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"The biggest takeaway from all this is that Donald Trump learns another lesson in the virtues of brazening it out. He is willing to shoot the hostage, and the Democrats are not. This ultimately strengthens his negotiating hand."
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The biggest takeaway from all this is that Donald Trump learns another lesson in the virtues of brazening it out. He is willing to shoot the hostage, and the Democrats are not. This ultimately strengthens his negotiating hand."
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Happy "circulatory system in the kitchen" day to those who celebrate! #November10thNow
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy "circulatory system in the kitchen" day to those who celebrate! #November10thNow
It's snowing here. The forecast is wildly fluctuating between nothing and 7 inches, because we're right on the edge of a lake effect snow band.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's snowing here. The forecast is wildly fluctuating between nothing and 7 inches, because we're right on the edge of a lake effect snow band.
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If we don’t hold them accountable, we become this ourselves. There’s no third option.
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
If we don’t hold them accountable, we become this ourselves. There’s no third option.
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The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
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Gun violence continues to fall in Rochester. Mayor Evans announced shootings are down 57% and shots fired are down 52% compared to four years ago.
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/news/mayor-evans-announces-continued-fall-gun-violence-latest-public-safety-update-senior-managers
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/news/mayor-evans-announces-continued-fall-gun-violence-latest-public-safety-update-senior-managers
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Gun violence continues to fall in Rochester. Mayor Evans announced shootings are down 57% and shots fired are down 52% compared to four years ago.
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/news/mayor-evans-announces-continued-fall-gun-violence-latest-public-safety-update-senior-managers
Learn more: cityofrochester.gov/news/mayor-evans-announces-continued-fall-gun-violence-latest-public-safety-update-senior-managers
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Elise Stefanik called J6 insurrectionists “hostages,” voted to strip healthcare from 1.5M New Yorkers, and backed Trump’s cuts to our hospitals and counterterrorism funds.
Now she wants to bring that extremism to Albany. NY deserves better than Trump’s self-described “top ally.”
Now she wants to bring that extremism to Albany. NY deserves better than Trump’s self-described “top ally.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Elise Stefanik called J6 insurrectionists “hostages,” voted to strip healthcare from 1.5M New Yorkers, and backed Trump’s cuts to our hospitals and counterterrorism funds.
Now she wants to bring that extremism to Albany. NY deserves better than Trump’s self-described “top ally.”
Now she wants to bring that extremism to Albany. NY deserves better than Trump’s self-described “top ally.”
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Jeremiah 22:13
“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Jeremiah 22:13
“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
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We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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That the executive can't spend money, and thus do stuff, without the regular and periodic approval of a representative legislature isn't some incidental hiccup. It is the core premise of the power of the purse, the most bedrock foundation of Anglo-American constitutionalism from time immemorial.
The American people expect Congress to get the hard work done.
It’s time we end shutdowns once and for all and get back to the real debate over the things that matter. | Sen. Lankford
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/it-is-time-to-be-done-with-shutdowns/
It’s time we end shutdowns once and for all and get back to the real debate over the things that matter. | Sen. Lankford
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/it-is-time-to-be-done-with-shutdowns/
It Is Time to Be Done with Shutdowns | National Review
We’re five weeks into a government shutdown. It should be the last one.
www.nationalreview.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
That the executive can't spend money, and thus do stuff, without the regular and periodic approval of a representative legislature isn't some incidental hiccup. It is the core premise of the power of the purse, the most bedrock foundation of Anglo-American constitutionalism from time immemorial.
I appreciate that Bluesky auto hides useless and abusive replies in the comments.
Presumably using (GASP) LLMs to detect them.
Presumably using (GASP) LLMs to detect them.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I appreciate that Bluesky auto hides useless and abusive replies in the comments.
Presumably using (GASP) LLMs to detect them.
Presumably using (GASP) LLMs to detect them.
The post-election unity of the Dems falls into disrepair as they can't resist taking shots at Nancy Pelosi in 3... 2...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The post-election unity of the Dems falls into disrepair as they can't resist taking shots at Nancy Pelosi in 3... 2...
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A coalition that ranges from democratic socialists to neoconservatives, including a lot of energized liberals in between, is large and formidable.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A coalition that ranges from democratic socialists to neoconservatives, including a lot of energized liberals in between, is large and formidable.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
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After several days of rain in South Africa's Drakensberg, towering basalt cliffs emerge from the clouds, as hikers (small white dots) make their way up the verdant foothills dressed in beautiful dappled light.
#bluesky #photography #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature
#bluesky #photography #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
After several days of rain in South Africa's Drakensberg, towering basalt cliffs emerge from the clouds, as hikers (small white dots) make their way up the verdant foothills dressed in beautiful dappled light.
#bluesky #photography #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature
#bluesky #photography #mountains #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature
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Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
FLOWER MOUND, TX—Condemning the “woke left” for what he called the “modern evisceration of masculinity,” local conservative man Hank Daniels confirmed Monday that he was never going to stop being prou...
theonion.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
Also, it’s still wholly irrelevant to me who is the mayor of New York
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Also, it’s still wholly irrelevant to me who is the mayor of New York
This is like a revolution for here. I’m not sure Penfield has *ever* been run by Dems before
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is like a revolution for here. I’m not sure Penfield has *ever* been run by Dems before
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It's the same photo.
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's the same photo.
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An unforgettable sunset on South Africa's Table Mountain, as the cliffs of the 12 apostles mountain range, towering by as much as 1 km above the surrounding Atlantic ocean, stick out over an inversion layer.
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
An unforgettable sunset on South Africa's Table Mountain, as the cliffs of the 12 apostles mountain range, towering by as much as 1 km above the surrounding Atlantic ocean, stick out over an inversion layer.
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature
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YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
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I have been screaming about this for months. Couldn’t get local media to cover. It’s an absolute disgrace.
open.substack.com/pub/rachbarn...
open.substack.com/pub/rachbarn...
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I have been screaming about this for months. Couldn’t get local media to cover. It’s an absolute disgrace.
open.substack.com/pub/rachbarn...
open.substack.com/pub/rachbarn...
My local ballot is three candidates running unopposed, one guy running as both the Conservative and Democratic parties, and a whole slew of judges.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My local ballot is three candidates running unopposed, one guy running as both the Conservative and Democratic parties, and a whole slew of judges.
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Why is it so hard for people to just say, out loud, what is obvious: Donald Trump is a socialist who is trying to make the American economy function more like Communist China?
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:
Donald Trump Is a Commie
Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
www.thebulwark.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Why is it so hard for people to just say, out loud, what is obvious: Donald Trump is a socialist who is trying to make the American economy function more like Communist China?
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: