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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1h

But…those are state charges. They were never federally charged. Nor could they be even if we win in 2028 because the statute of limitations will have expired. But okay.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h

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.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 57m

Newsom is a bad person and I’ll leave that bubble empty before I vote for him, but if he spends all day on tv tomorrow calling Schumer a coward and it normalizes the call to primary him among lowish information democrats, godspeed.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 2h

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 3h

So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 1h

Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 36m

The fact him or one of his staffers would post this on *this* platform is yet another sign of how unfit this man is to do anything other than retire.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 3h

Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis

For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare

We will keep fighting

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 3h

It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 1h

This is like the French Revolution, except it's the King storming the Bastille.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING

President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

GRANTING PARDONS
FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATED TO THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
This proclamation ends a grave national injustice
perpetrated upon the American people following the 2020
Presidential Election and continues the process of national reconcilíation.
Acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II,
Section 2, of the Constitution of the United states,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors, whether or not recognized by any State or State official, in connection with the 2020 Presidential Blection, as well for any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Blection.
This includes, but is not limited to:
• Mark Amick
• Kathy Berden
• Christina Bobb
• Tyler Bowyer
• Joseph Brannan
• Carol Brunner
• Mary Buestrin
• Darryl Carlson
• James "Ken" Carroll
• Brad Carver
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• Robert Cheeley
• Kenneth Chesebro
• Hank Choate
• Jeffrey Clark
• Vikki Consiglio
• Nancy Cottle
• James DeGraffenreid
• John Downey
• John Eastman
• Jenna Ellis
• Boris Epshteyn
• Amy Facchinello
• Bill Feehan
• Carolyn Fisher
• Harrison Ployd
• Clifford Frost
• Kay Godwin
• Edward Scott Grabins
• Stanley Grot
• Rudolph Giuliani
• John Haggard
• Scott Hall
• Misty Hampton
• David G. Hanna
• Mark Hennessy
• Mari-Ann Henry
• Durward James Hindle III
• Andrew Hitt
• Jake Hoffman

Burt Jones
• Anthony T. Kern
• Kathy Kiernen
• Timothy King
• Trevian Kutti
• James Lamon
• Cathleen Latham
• Jesse Law
• Stephen Lee
• Michele Lundgren
• Meshawn Maddock
• Michael McDonald
• Mark Meadows
• Shawn Meehan
• Robert Montgomery
• Daryl Moody
• Samuel I. Moorhead
• Loraine Pellegrino
• Sidney Powell
• James Renner
• Eileen Rice
• Mayra Rodriguez
• Mike Roman
• Rose Rook
• Kelly Ruh
• Greg Safsten
• David Shafer
• Marian Sheridan
• Ray Stallings Smith III
• Robert F. Spindell Jr.
• Shawn Still
• Ken Thompson
• Pam Travis
• James Troupis
• Kent Vanderwood
• Kelli Ward
• Michael Ward
• C.B. Yadav
This pardon does not apply to the President of the
United States, Donald J. Trump.
The Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, shall administer and effectuate the issuance of certificates of
pardon to eligible applicants.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1h

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 3h

Caving for nothing means that Democrats are the ones responsible for the shutdown because they could have taken this shit deal weeks ago.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3h

-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together.

-Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places.

-Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2h

Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown

Governor Kathy Hochul *
@GovKathyHochul
...
Ending the shutdown shouldn't come at the expense of health care for tens of millions of Americans.
This deal paves the way for devastating premium hikes that will drive up costs for New Yorkers.
Count me out.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

Let everybody else be clear: you are preventing any chance of that happening.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 3h

LESS. THAN. A. WEEK.

Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop.

I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 3h

There really should be a coordinated effort to force Schumer out as Minority Leader as a result of his failure here.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 3h

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.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 4h

so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)

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Peter Carlson @peterdcarlson.bsky.social · 2h

Key point

Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 3h

I know this sounds mean but if you think that this is a coincidence you're more than a bit of a mark. If Kaine had been up next year, it would have been Warner, if Slotkin was retiring, Peters, etc.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 3h

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.

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 4h

so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

This is not the first time we've seen federal agents direct chemical agents indiscriminately at members of the public in Chicago. Not at people attacking them or even protestors, just people going on with their day.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2h

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3h

The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 3h

These politicians aren't in disarray. They fucking hate you. They don't work for you.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

I see a lot of folks saying this will hurt Dems in the midterms and frankly I’m not sure that’s true - if anything, it shows the depth to which people are angry and engaged and wanting to fight these assholes

but it does substantially increase the chance they will be voting for different Democrats

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4h

This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.

Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 5h

Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.

Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.

He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2h

Capitulating Democratic senators waited until after the election, indicating they know capitulation was a bad politics that bothers their voters and reduces their chances of retaking power.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Silver lining is Mike Johnson has to come up with new reasons not to release the Epstein files

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 3h

"How could Dems cave like this after last Tuesday's victory?" But it wasn't a victory for Schumer. His candidate -- the Trump-supported one -- lost. The jubilation and hope folks feel about Mamdani? Chuck feels the opposite. To sum up: he sucks.

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