Andrea
@andielouca.bsky.social
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Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
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We have to adapt to endure in a post-information age, where we are told there are no facts, only politics.
open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
September 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We have to adapt to endure in a post-information age, where we are told there are no facts, only politics.
open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
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I don't want to read any more stories about people in the thrall of motivated reasoning. I want to read stories about some people who have changed their minds when presented with new information.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I don't want to read any more stories about people in the thrall of motivated reasoning. I want to read stories about some people who have changed their minds when presented with new information.
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to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech
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If you dehumanize people when you are living, sympathy will be absent when you die. Across time, this has always remained true.
September 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If you dehumanize people when you are living, sympathy will be absent when you die. Across time, this has always remained true.
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You know what would be good FBI experience for identifying violent criminals in a large crowd? The agents who investigated January 6.
Who have been/are being fired.
Who have been/are being fired.
September 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You know what would be good FBI experience for identifying violent criminals in a large crowd? The agents who investigated January 6.
Who have been/are being fired.
Who have been/are being fired.
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Well done helping the rest of us appreciate why the decision to honor an insurrectionist is damaging both to our military and our society, @markhertling.bsky.social.
Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
www.thebulwark.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Well done helping the rest of us appreciate why the decision to honor an insurrectionist is damaging both to our military and our society, @markhertling.bsky.social.
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Some of my colleagues who are currently crying online about TX Democrats leaving the state are the same ones who left D.C. early so they wouldn’t have to vote on releasing the Epstein Files.
Kind of interesting how that works, huh?
Kind of interesting how that works, huh?
August 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Some of my colleagues who are currently crying online about TX Democrats leaving the state are the same ones who left D.C. early so they wouldn’t have to vote on releasing the Epstein Files.
Kind of interesting how that works, huh?
Kind of interesting how that works, huh?
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What are they hiding? You don’t get to slam the door on a Member of Congress during a routine ICE visit. I’ve toured this facility before—so why am I suddenly a “security risk”? My team requested permission. They had no right to deny us. They’re clearly afraid of accountability.
August 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
What are they hiding? You don’t get to slam the door on a Member of Congress during a routine ICE visit. I’ve toured this facility before—so why am I suddenly a “security risk”? My team requested permission. They had no right to deny us. They’re clearly afraid of accountability.
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Some call it a movement… I call it about damn time! www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/h...
In what some call a ‘national movement,’ more than a dozen states introduce menopause bills | CNN
A wave of menopause-related legislation has been introduced across the United States this year, leading to possible shifts in how women are cared for during that phase in their lives.
www.cnn.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Some call it a movement… I call it about damn time! www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/h...
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This Saturday July 19, rally in Dublin, CA to stop ICE from opening a facility in Dublin. Event starts at 11am, there'll be a march from the BART station starting at 10:30am.
actionnetwork.org/events/all-o...
actionnetwork.org/events/all-o...
All Out Against ICE in Dublin
Join us on Saturday, July 19th 2025 at 11am in Dublin, CA for a rally at Don Biddle Park the Intersection of Dublin Blvd. & Columbus St. Tsuru for Solidarity, in partnership with the ICE out of D...
actionnetwork.org
July 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This Saturday July 19, rally in Dublin, CA to stop ICE from opening a facility in Dublin. Event starts at 11am, there'll be a march from the BART station starting at 10:30am.
actionnetwork.org/events/all-o...
actionnetwork.org/events/all-o...
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This is a brilliant thread of contextualization of this moment and what's praiseworthy about it amidst the atrocities.
I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
July 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is a brilliant thread of contextualization of this moment and what's praiseworthy about it amidst the atrocities.
Fascinating AND with expert citations.
As a historian, I have been curious (and appalled) by this choice of pseudo. The interpretation below is quite common, but not in fact correct. It was an 1865 law (sénatus-consulte) that made “Muslim Algerians” (a racial category divorced from actual faith) French nationals without citizenship 1/
The name “Crémieux” that Jordan Lasker uses is a specific, deeply anti-Muslim dog whistle: a reference to the Crémieux Decree — the official anti-Islam policy of colonial France, making Muslims in Algeria second-class citizens. Who the fuck even *knows* that, let alone makes it their _name_? Bigots.
July 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Fascinating AND with expert citations.
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Call your congressional rep and ask them to fight this bill! Glad to know my rep is doing what is right for the people.
Senate Republicans just passed Trump’s disastrous budget bill that will take health care away from up to 17 million Americans to give tax breaks to the ultrawealthy (1/2).
July 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Call your congressional rep and ask them to fight this bill! Glad to know my rep is doing what is right for the people.
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Great. Just great. Scopes trials for everyone.
June 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Great. Just great. Scopes trials for everyone.
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I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
What a fantastic discussion! Sharing this episode widely with friends and women I love.
This is hands down the best, most enjoyable, and far-ranging discussion that I have had in recent memory. Katie brought so much to this interview about vibecessions, “finance guy” memes as politics of social reproduction in casino capitalism, Bama Rush and DSA.
moneywithkatie.com/status-power...
moneywithkatie.com/status-power...
6.25.2025 | A Masterclass on Status, Power, & the Economy with Tressie McMillan Cottom — Millennial Money with Katie
moneywithkatie.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What a fantastic discussion! Sharing this episode widely with friends and women I love.
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The 2026 Dem Primary season is gonna be fucking lit
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The 2026 Dem Primary season is gonna be fucking lit
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Gen Z/Gen Alpha (and those who maybe missed it the first time):
I feel like now is a good time to re-up shoe throwing guy, aka Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi:
Just. Things you should know.
I feel like now is a good time to re-up shoe throwing guy, aka Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi:
Just. Things you should know.
Man Throws Shoes At Bush
YouTube video by CBS
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Gen Z/Gen Alpha (and those who maybe missed it the first time):
I feel like now is a good time to re-up shoe throwing guy, aka Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi:
Just. Things you should know.
I feel like now is a good time to re-up shoe throwing guy, aka Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi:
Just. Things you should know.
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It’s the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
June 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It’s the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Why are no headlines focusing on the unconstitutional and dictatorial nature of this action?
June 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Why are no headlines focusing on the unconstitutional and dictatorial nature of this action?
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I’m sure this notorious psychopath who just unilaterally started a war because he was bored will wind this down with great care.
June 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’m sure this notorious psychopath who just unilaterally started a war because he was bored will wind this down with great care.
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.