Leslie Naim
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Acting though it's business as usual is a violation of their oath of office.
I have heard a bit about how a lot of members, such as @warren.senate.gov, are trying to keep their heads down on the big picture stuff so that they can get the gavels for their committees and then finally do good work.
And let me be the first to say that is dumb as hell.
And let me be the first to say that is dumb as hell.
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Acting though it's business as usual is a violation of their oath of office.
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Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
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Perversion of Justice: Jeffrey Epstein
In her year-long investigation of Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown tracked down more than 60 women who said they were victims of abuse and revealed the fu...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
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Sarah Kendzior being gone from Bluesky has to be a mistake.
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sarah Kendzior being gone from Bluesky has to be a mistake.
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If our democracy works at all, these people who swore an oath to our constitution are going to do exactly what we say, stop making up bullshit excuses for why its interrupting their corporate tested mumbo jumbo messaging, and do their jobs.
If they don't, what good are these people anyway?
If they don't, what good are these people anyway?
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
If our democracy works at all, these people who swore an oath to our constitution are going to do exactly what we say, stop making up bullshit excuses for why its interrupting their corporate tested mumbo jumbo messaging, and do their jobs.
If they don't, what good are these people anyway?
If they don't, what good are these people anyway?
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Having been on the inside, I know exactly how to advocate. You are never supposed to cast aspersions on members, you are supposed to smile and say hello to their staff, you try to work with them and turn them from skeptics to advocates.
These people work for us! And their behavior is criminal.
These people work for us! And their behavior is criminal.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Having been on the inside, I know exactly how to advocate. You are never supposed to cast aspersions on members, you are supposed to smile and say hello to their staff, you try to work with them and turn them from skeptics to advocates.
These people work for us! And their behavior is criminal.
These people work for us! And their behavior is criminal.
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His cabinet was confirmed because the Senate fast tracked all of his nominations in near record time. It broke modern records for fastest cabinet confirmed.
Chuck Schumer, Amy Klobuchar and Hakeem Jeffries literally planned Trump's inauguration.
Chuck Schumer, Amy Klobuchar and Hakeem Jeffries literally planned Trump's inauguration.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
His cabinet was confirmed because the Senate fast tracked all of his nominations in near record time. It broke modern records for fastest cabinet confirmed.
Chuck Schumer, Amy Klobuchar and Hakeem Jeffries literally planned Trump's inauguration.
Chuck Schumer, Amy Klobuchar and Hakeem Jeffries literally planned Trump's inauguration.
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This is what our tax dollars pay for? A member of congress to walk away from a catastrophe because a security guard told them to leave? They have their own police force!
And then the gaslighting about how they are fighting Trump when they keep handing him trillions of dollars without conditions?
And then the gaslighting about how they are fighting Trump when they keep handing him trillions of dollars without conditions?
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is what our tax dollars pay for? A member of congress to walk away from a catastrophe because a security guard told them to leave? They have their own police force!
And then the gaslighting about how they are fighting Trump when they keep handing him trillions of dollars without conditions?
And then the gaslighting about how they are fighting Trump when they keep handing him trillions of dollars without conditions?
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Someone described to me what it was like when the members went to confront some of the DOGE kids after a rally. They made a big show of marching into one of the government buildings, some guy at the door told them no, and they walked away.
Apparently the DOGE kids were laughing out the window.
Apparently the DOGE kids were laughing out the window.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Someone described to me what it was like when the members went to confront some of the DOGE kids after a rally. They made a big show of marching into one of the government buildings, some guy at the door told them no, and they walked away.
Apparently the DOGE kids were laughing out the window.
Apparently the DOGE kids were laughing out the window.
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How is it at all acceptable to treat a government shutdown, where millions aren't getting paid and people are starving as some sort of weird messaging ploy for the midterms?
It's outrageous! And what the hundreds of thousands who are already dead because these idiots let some dweeb delete USAID?
It's outrageous! And what the hundreds of thousands who are already dead because these idiots let some dweeb delete USAID?
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
How is it at all acceptable to treat a government shutdown, where millions aren't getting paid and people are starving as some sort of weird messaging ploy for the midterms?
It's outrageous! And what the hundreds of thousands who are already dead because these idiots let some dweeb delete USAID?
It's outrageous! And what the hundreds of thousands who are already dead because these idiots let some dweeb delete USAID?
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In politics, especially national politics, you need to have a strong stomach.
You are often going to be confronted with choices that involve lives being destroyed if you pick badly. I have some empathy for decision makers.
But their behavior this year has been unbelievably next level.
You are often going to be confronted with choices that involve lives being destroyed if you pick badly. I have some empathy for decision makers.
But their behavior this year has been unbelievably next level.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In politics, especially national politics, you need to have a strong stomach.
You are often going to be confronted with choices that involve lives being destroyed if you pick badly. I have some empathy for decision makers.
But their behavior this year has been unbelievably next level.
You are often going to be confronted with choices that involve lives being destroyed if you pick badly. I have some empathy for decision makers.
But their behavior this year has been unbelievably next level.
“Several students expressed disappointment with student government. From urinal dividers to softer toilet paper, they said, many of the promises made across multiple student government administrations have proved hollow.”
Bronx Science students, rejoicing at alum Mamdani’s victory, sound note of caution.
Bronx Science students, rejoicing at alum Mamdani’s victory, sound note of caution
Teenagers at the prestigious school said their experience with student government had made them wary of candidates making promises they can’t deliver.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Several students expressed disappointment with student government. From urinal dividers to softer toilet paper, they said, many of the promises made across multiple student government administrations have proved hollow.”
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More on why it was always going to end this way, and an ongoing reminder about how American parties work.
Nonhierarchical Parties in Action – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/nonhierarchi...
Nonhierarchical Parties in Action – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/nonhierarchi...
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
More on why it was always going to end this way, and an ongoing reminder about how American parties work.
Nonhierarchical Parties in Action – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/nonhierarchi...
Nonhierarchical Parties in Action – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/nonhierarchi...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I am so over "progressives" saying this stuff publicly. AOC is not paid 170k+ per year to be a pundit. She is paid to be a member of congress.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I am so over "progressives" saying this stuff publicly. AOC is not paid 170k+ per year to be a pundit. She is paid to be a member of congress.
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People are saying there's no upside to this deal. Wait a second. Isn't the end of Chuck Schumer's political career an upside?
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People are saying there's no upside to this deal. Wait a second. Isn't the end of Chuck Schumer's political career an upside?
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This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is why this surrender isn't just about this narrow issue but is rather the whole constitutional ballgame:
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
Democrats are affirmatively signaling they do not want political power at the same time Trump is transitioning the political system into an autocratic one wherein they're denied it forever
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I explained this back in September
"This is wholesale destruction, what’s proposed"
The question is not whether to fund or shut down the government—it’s whether to fund or shut down this government
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November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I explained this back in September
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Again, the Ds in September conceded EVERYTHING except the ACA subsidies, and Schumer just gave that away too.
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Again, the Ds in September conceded EVERYTHING except the ACA subsidies, and Schumer just gave that away too.
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Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
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Unfortunately @hcrichardson.bsky.social is wrong and @senategabe.bsky.social @ddayen.bsky.social @parkroseperma.bsky.social etc. are right
Yesterday I took down a video about Schumer's paltry offer to reopen the govt after hearing @hcrichardson.bsky.social 's take. This morning I got additional data points and have amended my opinion and restore my original video.
Think Schumer made a good move yesterday? You need to listen to this.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
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November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Unfortunately @hcrichardson.bsky.social is wrong and @senategabe.bsky.social @ddayen.bsky.social @parkroseperma.bsky.social etc. are right
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...