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Greg Sargent
25 days ago
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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Charlotte Clymer
25 days ago
I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not. This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.
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George Conway âď¸đşđ¸
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Ezra Levin âđ
25 days ago
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
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Santiago Mayer
25 days ago
Durbin, the guy whose job it is to whip the votes for leadership, voted for the deal Schumer was supposedly against. What are we even doing here people
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
25 days ago
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. Itâs about peopleâs lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Brian Beutler
25 days ago
Schumer and the Dems are about to teach Trump the lesson that theyâll cave whenever he abuses power to sufficiently hurt people.
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Brad Johnson
25 days ago
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care Trump: No Schumer: Okay
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emptywheel
25 days ago
While we're waiting to hear the terms of a shitty deal, this needs to be said. Whatever reason Trump is claiming there'll be a $2K tariff dividend (remember the $5K DOGE dividend), there'll be no such thing. Right now Trump is staring at a $200B tariff payback hole.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Suggests $2,000 Payouts to Americans as He Defends Tariffs
President praises benefits of the levies after Supreme Court appears skeptical of his justification for many of them.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-suggests-2-000-payouts-to-americans-as-he-defends-tariffs-c4af7ec1
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Coach Finstock
25 days ago
It seems like lots of voters are calling Chuck and telling him not to fold and since his job description is that he works for us then that's a clear signal Chuck Schumer does NOT represent his constituency so it should be easy for Dems to oust him as leader unless they're all secretly Chuck
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Aaron Rupar
25 days ago
Dems backed Trump into a corner where heâs advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing itâs a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Milan Markovic
25 days ago
The Art of War advises that when your enemy is self-immolating, rush to grab a bucket.
@schumer.senate.gov
has outdone himself once again.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
25 days ago
DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen.
takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant
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Schooley
25 days ago
Take that food from those kids mouths, I'll be golfing.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH
25 days ago
Reading this interesting article about a study of depression in teens. Researchers concluded many teens experience boredom as depression or anxiety. Meaning they have not been taught to sit with themselves & their thoughts & dont know how to handle lack of stimulation Only childs were the exception
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Walker Bragman
25 days ago
This is pure, unadulterated evil. The president of the United States is deliberately trying to starve millions of people.
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Miranda Yaver
27 days ago
China First?
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Kevin M. Kruse
27 days ago
So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesnât have to obey the law and feed the hungry. Amazing.
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Dave Kartunen
27 days ago
No one can rip defeat from the jaws of victory like the Democratic caucus.
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If Senate Dems don't throw Chuck Schumer overboard this weekend, what are we even doing?
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Claire Willett
27 days ago
sorry but the Democrats literally just swept a special off-year election slate that was explicitly a "fuck you, GOP" referendum up and down the ballot from sea to shining sea, a clear sign that the GOP are losing the "your problems are the Democrats' fault" optics battle, and you're surrendering???
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George Takei
27 days ago
The 2025 writers are trolling us.
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Everything old is new again. Remember the Maine! SpanishâAmerican War - Wikipedia
share.google/qU4XD0VM9rAy...
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Micah
27 days ago
heâs saying exactly what weâve been saying, heâs absolutely right, and any colleagues of his should listen to him every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
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Anne Applebaum
28 days ago
actual communism
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Senator Bernie Sanders
28 days ago
This is what oligarchy looks like: If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break. If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry. Obscene.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
28 days ago
No itâs important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker âif she winsâ I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
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David Ziff
28 days ago
When "search" was the thing, the tech goal seemed librarian-like: organize the world's information, make it available, and rank the most reliable/useful info first. That was a noble "librarian at scale" goal! A.I. doesn't want to be a librarian. It wants to be the confidently wrong drunk guy. 1/
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The People's Fabric
28 days ago
This reminds me: A few CBP agents were recently overheard complaining about how much they *hate* the whistles. Apparently, in addition to the obvious, the racket makes it harder for them to communicate with each other.
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Ron Filipkowski
28 days ago
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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The Tennessee Holler
28 days ago
Texas⌠itâs not just GrijalvaâŚ.
#TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp
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Gil DurĂĄn
29 days ago
Please take a minute to scroll through thisâand share it. It's the story of our time. The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic AmericanâAnd Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America â And Why Europe Is Next
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
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Asher Langton
28 days ago
Donât forget that the sandwich guy was released at the scene and then re-arrested in a raid by a full tactical team. They were willing to kill him and and any neighbors in the way to get propaganda footage of the âarrestâ.
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Russ
28 days ago
Update: the woman on the Tumwater (WA) school board who voted to protect trans kids is now ahead by *25 points*.
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m
28 days ago
finance guys on twitter are like "can't believe zohran hired lina khan. she wants to make it illegal to bundle memecoin futures into junk stocks and sell them to public worker pension plans. the public won't stand for it."
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What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano)
28 days ago
Newport News Shipbuilding lays off over 100 employees Wait...I thought there was an issue with needing skilled shipyard workers.
www.dailypress.com/2025/11/06/n...
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Newport News Shipbuilding lays off over 100 employees
While some furloughed shipbuilders returned to the shipyard during the furlough period, others chose to leave the company voluntarily, the company said.
https://www.dailypress.com/2025/11/06/newport-news-shipbuilding-layoffs/
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Ron Filipkowski
28 days ago
I donât understand camps saying: Dems need to follow the Mamdani model to win the midterms; or Dems need to follow the Spanberger model to win. Itâs a big country. Different approaches work in different places. Candidates who connect w/their specific constituencies is the model.
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Mike Luckovich
28 days ago
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Sahil Kapur
28 days ago
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnsonâs office.
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Lindsay Beyerstein
28 days ago
To make this clear, the media need to walk people through what happens when tariffs goods arrive in a US port. Who has to fork over the tariff money? The US importer. Where does the money go? The US Treasury. It's a tax.
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Stars and Stripes
28 days ago
Stars and Stripes, the editorially independent daily newspaper and website covering the U.S. military worldwide, is hiring a U.S. Bureau Chief at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. đď¸ Interested? Apply hereâĄď¸
www.usajobs.gov/job/849430100
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Annie Waldman
28 days ago
NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year. The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices. But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low. đ§ľ/
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The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nationâs seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
https://www.propublica.org/article/foreign-food-safety-inspections-historic-low-fda
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đľđ¸Tim Henke (tÉŞm 'ÉŚÉĹ.kÉ)
28 days ago
weird how the losers always glazing Sun Tzu's Art of War appear to not have internalised arguably the most pressing lesson
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Joe Sudbay
28 days ago
Too many Dem strategists both feed the NYT these bogus narratives or believe them Best thing some of them could do would be stop talking to each other and go canvass with state leg candidates. Listen to some actual voters. Same for pundits. And always read
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Melissa Murray
28 days ago
Yes, work used to be SO FUN before all of the feminist hags started insisting on getting equal pay for equal work and not getting sexually harassed while on the job. It's all been downhill since. Deep sigh.
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The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial)
29 days ago
lol
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Josh Johnson having far more clarity about the state of things than our politicians (including many Dems) and political pundits. Beginning at the 31:30 mark.
youtu.be/YAwzlt_afZg?...
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Zohran Mamdani: Andrew Cuomoâs #1 Hater (and NYCâs Next Mayor?)
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
https://youtu.be/YAwzlt_afZg?si=7eWKBeibhDCQnr2I
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Rogue NASA
29 days ago
I saw this earlier this week but needed time to have a public conversation about it. Goddard has always been one of my favorite NASA centers. The work they do is so cool and the folks there are incredible. This truly gutted me. đ˘
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