Alfe
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I live in replies and eat the leaves of the forest
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I'm mad about the shut down and worried about healthcare, but not letting people starve is a pretty good reason to cave on this bureaucratic fight, the more I think about it. So just say that: Republicans wanted you to starve rather than compromise, so we let this one go.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'm mad about the shut down and worried about healthcare, but not letting people starve is a pretty good reason to cave on this bureaucratic fight, the more I think about it. So just say that: Republicans wanted you to starve rather than compromise, so we let this one go.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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Generational run
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Generational run
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I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
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I mean can you blame them? They have a fucking point: Democrats are useless fucking doormats and that's exactly the position they want to remain in. It's a fucking circus with both parties forming two wings flapping towards the same end for all of us.
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I mean can you blame them? They have a fucking point: Democrats are useless fucking doormats and that's exactly the position they want to remain in. It's a fucking circus with both parties forming two wings flapping towards the same end for all of us.
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get mad and, instead of quitting, elect better democrats
it’s possible
it’s possible
JUST IN: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Bruce Harrell in the Seattle mayoral race.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
get mad and, instead of quitting, elect better democrats
it’s possible
it’s possible
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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The Trump administration State Department is taking money that's supposed to be used for helping vulnerable refugees around the world and using it to bribe corrupt governments into taking people that ICE can't deport to their home countries.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Trump administration State Department is taking money that's supposed to be used for helping vulnerable refugees around the world and using it to bribe corrupt governments into taking people that ICE can't deport to their home countries.
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I think we're seeing a whole lot of filler words mostly because Trump is having a whole lot of trouble with words he wishes he could find
what is with the whole “are you ready” verbal tic lately
INGRAHAM: Is affordability a voter perception issue of the economy, or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans?
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I think we're seeing a whole lot of filler words mostly because Trump is having a whole lot of trouble with words he wishes he could find
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Mamdani is a threat not because he is a special unicorn, but because his success is replicable.
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Mamdani is a threat not because he is a special unicorn, but because his success is replicable.
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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This is my assessment as well. They know if they name how horrific the horrors are, they'll be stuck having to push back on whatever the new political status quo is in 2027
“if we talk a lot about ICE and then win, we will be expected to do something about ICE. can’t have that!” this is setting up 2 years of dicking around with bipartisan healthcare legislation that goes nowhere. that’s the plan afaict
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is my assessment as well. They know if they name how horrific the horrors are, they'll be stuck having to push back on whatever the new political status quo is in 2027
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He’s the world’s oldest Make-A-Wish kid
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
He’s the world’s oldest Make-A-Wish kid
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This is kinda where I am emotionally. This is a siege, we're in this messy bitch for the long haul, and losing your shit isn't going to help anybody but the enemy, who, remember, want to kill us all.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is kinda where I am emotionally. This is a siege, we're in this messy bitch for the long haul, and losing your shit isn't going to help anybody but the enemy, who, remember, want to kill us all.
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I agree with this take that the GOP is not going to be able to figure out a good solution and what we get is going to suck.
BUT, it is interesting that Johnson is saying that its now top priority. There does seem to be acceptance that something needs to be done here even amongst the GOP.
BUT, it is interesting that Johnson is saying that its now top priority. There does seem to be acceptance that something needs to be done here even amongst the GOP.
So, we're fucked.
VAN SUSTEREN: Is the Republican healthcare solution going to go into effect at midnight on Dec. 31? Because people are gonna get sticker shock
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I agree with this take that the GOP is not going to be able to figure out a good solution and what we get is going to suck.
BUT, it is interesting that Johnson is saying that its now top priority. There does seem to be acceptance that something needs to be done here even amongst the GOP.
BUT, it is interesting that Johnson is saying that its now top priority. There does seem to be acceptance that something needs to be done here even amongst the GOP.
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I am not happy with this Senate bullshit, but I am seeing “both parties are the saaaaaame” shit on more normal social media.
Too many supposedly left-of-center people don’t actually hate the Republican Party and it shows.
Too many supposedly left-of-center people don’t actually hate the Republican Party and it shows.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I am not happy with this Senate bullshit, but I am seeing “both parties are the saaaaaame” shit on more normal social media.
Too many supposedly left-of-center people don’t actually hate the Republican Party and it shows.
Too many supposedly left-of-center people don’t actually hate the Republican Party and it shows.
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The GOP does seem to be treating the healthcare cliff as a problem now, and I think you can firmly place that on election results from last Tuesday
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The GOP does seem to be treating the healthcare cliff as a problem now, and I think you can firmly place that on election results from last Tuesday