Nicholas Smith
@borninawar.bsky.social
I’m here to serve.
Fuck fascists forever.
I have friends everywhere.
Fuck fascists forever.
I have friends everywhere.
Pinned
Literally anyone else.
Christine Pelosi, daughter of Nancy Pelosi, has announced she’s running for the California State Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Literally anyone else.
Wut?
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wut?
I think this really is the theme of this year. Just a complete misunderstanding of the situation.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I think this really is the theme of this year. Just a complete misunderstanding of the situation.
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fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
fresh off caving, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is going on Fox & Friends
There are some good points in here. The silver lining may be the blowback which could spark a little more courage.
Dem leadership has got to go, though. They are killing us.
Dem leadership has got to go, though. They are killing us.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There are some good points in here. The silver lining may be the blowback which could spark a little more courage.
Dem leadership has got to go, though. They are killing us.
Dem leadership has got to go, though. They are killing us.
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I called for this with Kaine last night, but Brian is right that it holds true for King, Durbin and Fetterman too.
If I lived in Virginia, the second that Spanberger is sworn in as governor, I'd be demanding @kaine.senate.gov's resignation so she could replace him with someone who's actually aware of what is going on.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I called for this with Kaine last night, but Brian is right that it holds true for King, Durbin and Fetterman too.
Sums it up
All the momentum from Tuesday's smashing of republicans, gone.
All the leverage dems had, gone.
All the pressure on republicans to give in to THE PEOPLE's demands, gone.
All my small vestige of remaining respect for the dem party, gone.
Thune is smiling. Republicans are laughing. WTG, dem IDIOTS! 🤬
All the leverage dems had, gone.
All the pressure on republicans to give in to THE PEOPLE's demands, gone.
All my small vestige of remaining respect for the dem party, gone.
Thune is smiling. Republicans are laughing. WTG, dem IDIOTS! 🤬
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Sums it up
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This is absolutely right.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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No. Just water
Cool milk applied to the afflicted areas will immediately bring relief from the burning and heat of pepper spray in the eyes and on the skin. The active is Capsicum oil. Applying water to the area makes things worse by spreading the stinging oil further. Diluted baby shampoo will wash it off too
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
No. Just water
Where my primaries at?
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Where my primaries at?
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These are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
These are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
The answer to this very fair question is Dems need to be fund raising to distribute food outside the government. Create health care support systems, etc. Learn from how unions support striking workers. Whatever it takes.
I'm no fan of his but what is exactly is Schumer supposed to do when republicans are all terrorists who want to destroy the federal government?
Just keep people hungry and government workers unpaid until the midterms, meanwhile the ACA premiums go up anyway?
Your arguments make no sense
Just keep people hungry and government workers unpaid until the midterms, meanwhile the ACA premiums go up anyway?
Your arguments make no sense
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The answer to this very fair question is Dems need to be fund raising to distribute food outside the government. Create health care support systems, etc. Learn from how unions support striking workers. Whatever it takes.
Maybe I’ll get in trouble for saying it but the Republican Party needs to cease to exist. It needs to be ripped out by the roots.
I am not saying all politics have to reflect my views, I’m saying that party is so corrupt, so polluted, so devoid of morality or sanity that it needs to be ended.
I am not saying all politics have to reflect my views, I’m saying that party is so corrupt, so polluted, so devoid of morality or sanity that it needs to be ended.
Remember when Trump said there would be people standing in bread lines trying to get food if Harris won?
It’s always projection.
It’s always projection.
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Maybe I’ll get in trouble for saying it but the Republican Party needs to cease to exist. It needs to be ripped out by the roots.
I am not saying all politics have to reflect my views, I’m saying that party is so corrupt, so polluted, so devoid of morality or sanity that it needs to be ended.
I am not saying all politics have to reflect my views, I’m saying that party is so corrupt, so polluted, so devoid of morality or sanity that it needs to be ended.
There is probably not much more he wants in the world right now than to send out checks with his name on them.
He did it before.
He did it before.
Trump’s approval rating drops to a dismal 37%.
Trump: Free $2,000 for everyone!!!
Trump: Free $2,000 for everyone!!!
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
There is probably not much more he wants in the world right now than to send out checks with his name on them.
He did it before.
He did it before.
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And his people treat him like one! Showering him with praise for achieving small things. Calling him special. Managing his tantrums with redirection or distraction. Shielding him from upsetting information.
Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
And his people treat him like one! Showering him with praise for achieving small things. Calling him special. Managing his tantrums with redirection or distraction. Shielding him from upsetting information.
Here's the basic pattern in Dem politics for the past few decades:
- Swoop in on a wave of disgust at the GOP
- Try to work with the GOP on crap policy
- Lose the next election when unenthusiastic Dem voters don't show up
- Misunderstand the loss, go MORE bipartisan
- Lose big to the GOP
- Repeat
- Swoop in on a wave of disgust at the GOP
- Try to work with the GOP on crap policy
- Lose the next election when unenthusiastic Dem voters don't show up
- Misunderstand the loss, go MORE bipartisan
- Lose big to the GOP
- Repeat
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Here's the basic pattern in Dem politics for the past few decades:
- Swoop in on a wave of disgust at the GOP
- Try to work with the GOP on crap policy
- Lose the next election when unenthusiastic Dem voters don't show up
- Misunderstand the loss, go MORE bipartisan
- Lose big to the GOP
- Repeat
- Swoop in on a wave of disgust at the GOP
- Try to work with the GOP on crap policy
- Lose the next election when unenthusiastic Dem voters don't show up
- Misunderstand the loss, go MORE bipartisan
- Lose big to the GOP
- Repeat
The way I see it there are three possible paths you can take as a Dem in Congress.
1. Fight fascists every step of the way.
2. Be a coward, keep your head down, wait it out.
3. Give the GOP enough rope and hope voters will punish them.
(2 and 3 look similar but it depends on the intention)
1. Fight fascists every step of the way.
2. Be a coward, keep your head down, wait it out.
3. Give the GOP enough rope and hope voters will punish them.
(2 and 3 look similar but it depends on the intention)
It really wasn't that politically costly to call for Trump's removal on day one. Instead every single senator voted to make Marco Rubio Secretary of State and immediately started fast tracking all his nominees and his agenda like fucking cowards.
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The way I see it there are three possible paths you can take as a Dem in Congress.
1. Fight fascists every step of the way.
2. Be a coward, keep your head down, wait it out.
3. Give the GOP enough rope and hope voters will punish them.
(2 and 3 look similar but it depends on the intention)
1. Fight fascists every step of the way.
2. Be a coward, keep your head down, wait it out.
3. Give the GOP enough rope and hope voters will punish them.
(2 and 3 look similar but it depends on the intention)
It’s very important to understand that whatever is in these files is going to run deep. And it won’t just be creepy rich men implicated. Epstein was moving a massive amount of money around and prominent figures in both parties, the business world and media would be exposed if it all comes out.
did no one in the garland DOJ look through the epstein files?
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It’s very important to understand that whatever is in these files is going to run deep. And it won’t just be creepy rich men implicated. Epstein was moving a massive amount of money around and prominent figures in both parties, the business world and media would be exposed if it all comes out.
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I really do want to know the answer to this
did no one in the garland DOJ look through the epstein files?
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I really do want to know the answer to this
I’m trying not to let my general cynicism take over here, but I don’t get this. Why would you want any health care subsidies to expire AFTER the next election?
You want them extended either forever or maybe 6-9 months maximum. Am I missing something here?
You want them extended either forever or maybe 6-9 months maximum. Am I missing something here?
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I’m trying not to let my general cynicism take over here, but I don’t get this. Why would you want any health care subsidies to expire AFTER the next election?
You want them extended either forever or maybe 6-9 months maximum. Am I missing something here?
You want them extended either forever or maybe 6-9 months maximum. Am I missing something here?
One year ago.
You are all so wonderful and kind. You really don’t deserve what’s about to happen to you and I’m so, so sorry. I wish there was something I could do. ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
One year ago.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Donald Quixote… 🙄
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Donald Quixote… 🙄
Sorry, frogs, there’s a new Hero in town.
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sorry, frogs, there’s a new Hero in town.