Ash, apparently
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· Nov 14
RULES FOR BLUESKY
Welcome friends! Here are some differences from the BirdSite that I hope you'll respect.
1. We do not quote dunk. Quote dunking is a miserable thing to do. It spreads terrible crap to your friends feeds and generates rage clicks. I unfollow people who quote dunk.
Welcome friends! Here are some differences from the BirdSite that I hope you'll respect.
1. We do not quote dunk. Quote dunking is a miserable thing to do. It spreads terrible crap to your friends feeds and generates rage clicks. I unfollow people who quote dunk.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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SEATTLE CURE YOUR VOTES PLEASE
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
SEATTLE CURE YOUR VOTES PLEASE
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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all the senators who voted no: uhhh listen. we live... to fight another day. for our fighting. and i think voters will recognize who was fighting for their fighting.
tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING
tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
all the senators who voted no: uhhh listen. we live... to fight another day. for our fighting. and i think voters will recognize who was fighting for their fighting.
tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING
tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING
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🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
Hey @shaheen.senate.gov and @hassan.senate.gov
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE
YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE
YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Hey @shaheen.senate.gov and @hassan.senate.gov
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE
YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE
YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING
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they reopened the government for a promise to do this over again in a month
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
they reopened the government for a promise to do this over again in a month
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Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
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Don't let this get lost in the current health care debate:
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Legal immigrants face loss of Obamacare help, threatening insurance markets
The GOP megabill stripped subsidies from hundreds of thousands of green card holders and other legal migrants. Experts predict ripple effects for citizens.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Don't let this get lost in the current health care debate:
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The overnight process failed and we will need to apply the self loathing manually today.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The overnight process failed and we will need to apply the self loathing manually today.
I hate her so fucking much. She's sold us up the creek for nothing.
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I hate her so fucking much. She's sold us up the creek for nothing.
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hahahaha go fuck yourself
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
hahahaha go fuck yourself
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I've checked, @hassan.senate.gov, and CareFirst doesn't allow me to pay my health insurance premium with "shame"
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I've checked, @hassan.senate.gov, and CareFirst doesn't allow me to pay my health insurance premium with "shame"
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Senate Republicans and Democrats RN
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Senate Republicans and Democrats RN
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The point of a political party is what it does
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The point of a political party is what it does
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
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it is entirely on-brand for democrats to ask us to suffer and then throw our effort in the garbage to give a win to the GOP
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
it is entirely on-brand for democrats to ask us to suffer and then throw our effort in the garbage to give a win to the GOP
Also traitor
CCM and Shaheen just voted yes
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Also traitor
Traitor
Hassan aye (expected that)
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Traitor
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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.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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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I’m voting no on the continuing resolution that would double healthcare premiums for 20 million Americans, kick 15 million people off Medicaid & allow 50,000 Americans to die unnecessarily every year.
All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
LIVE: I Won't Support Doubling Health Care Premiums
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I’m voting no on the continuing resolution that would double healthcare premiums for 20 million Americans, kick 15 million people off Medicaid & allow 50,000 Americans to die unnecessarily every year.
All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
All to give $1 trillion in tax breaks for billionaires.
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I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents.
March 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents.
I hate @shaheen.senate.gov and @hassan.senate.gov and I hope they get run out of politics for this complete betrayal. They're not naive enough to believe this bullshit will help with the ACA subsidies. They're fucking collaborators.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I hate @shaheen.senate.gov and @hassan.senate.gov and I hope they get run out of politics for this complete betrayal. They're not naive enough to believe this bullshit will help with the ACA subsidies. They're fucking collaborators.
Oh for FUCKS SAKE what good is a VOTE in DECEMBER on something that's ALREADY BEEN CUT
BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh for FUCKS SAKE what good is a VOTE in DECEMBER on something that's ALREADY BEEN CUT