Nathan from Michigan
@nathanfrommi.bsky.social
Precinct Delegate, Political Treasurer, member of the LCI, and ELCA. Former member of the UAW (former local CAP Chair 2022-2025) Wayne County MI Democrat (we need a county party). Son, brother and friend.
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A note on worry: worry doesn't solve problems, worry doesn't help others, worry doesn't help us, worry doesn't accomplish. I'm not going to tell anyone not to feel bad, things are scary and people are getting hurt. But I know worry and despair aren't going to help those who are being hurt.
Were senators King and Shaheen always so damned stupid?
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Were senators King and Shaheen always so damned stupid?
Okay, when things are down, it can help to talk anout somethjng that'll cheer you up. Let's talk personal political and ideological heroes:
Union leader and civil rights activist A. Phillip Randolph
Former Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams
Judge Thurgood Marshall
UAW Leader Walter Reuther
Union leader and civil rights activist A. Phillip Randolph
Former Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams
Judge Thurgood Marshall
UAW Leader Walter Reuther
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Okay, when things are down, it can help to talk anout somethjng that'll cheer you up. Let's talk personal political and ideological heroes:
Union leader and civil rights activist A. Phillip Randolph
Former Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams
Judge Thurgood Marshall
UAW Leader Walter Reuther
Union leader and civil rights activist A. Phillip Randolph
Former Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams
Judge Thurgood Marshall
UAW Leader Walter Reuther
Gotta admit, I've never felt more hopeless, and the utterly idiotic statements by rhe US Senate 8 in their press conference made it worse. Can't help but feel this was the ball game it
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Gotta admit, I've never felt more hopeless, and the utterly idiotic statements by rhe US Senate 8 in their press conference made it worse. Can't help but feel this was the ball game it
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Local politics > congressional politics.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Local politics > congressional politics.
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This is a bad deal for Americans.
Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.
We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.
We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is a bad deal for Americans.
Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.
We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.
We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
The US Senate 8 just gave Republicans a huge win just before election year.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The US Senate 8 just gave Republicans a huge win just before election year.
This guy gets it
Mitch McConnel's singular political insight is that Presidents get punished for Congressional obstinancy and he used that insight to get the Right an unbreakable majority on the Supreme Court, so of course Chuck Schumer's iteration on it is to proactively let democrats take blame after tangible harm
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This guy gets it
How bad is the news out of the Senate? It's got me reposting Oliver Willis...someone needs to sit in a corner and think aboht what they've done
Millions of Democratic voters on Tuesday: Fight these guys. Fight them.
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
Senate Democrats: We heard you loud and clear and we will give in
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
How bad is the news out of the Senate? It's got me reposting Oliver Willis...someone needs to sit in a corner and think aboht what they've done
He's fucked up now...
Mike Duggan: “These Medicaid cuts are not as bad as they look.”
Shocker, the man taking in a lot of MAGA money is defending MAGA medicaid cuts.
Shocker, the man taking in a lot of MAGA money is defending MAGA medicaid cuts.
Duggan defends Trump’s Medicaid work rules as critics warn cuts will strip coverage from hundreds of thousands - Detroit Metro Times
Health care leaders and Democrats say Mike Duggan is ignoring the reality of Trump’s legislation, which slashes $840 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. Duggan is running for governor.
www.metrotimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
He's fucked up now...
The election of Mamdani, despite me actually liking him, appears to be an Event Horizon of Social Media fuckery- Centrists to twist themselves in knots to (usually falsely) diminish him, Progs to twist themselves in knots to falsely diminish normie Dem support of him&overstate his win...
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The election of Mamdani, despite me actually liking him, appears to be an Event Horizon of Social Media fuckery- Centrists to twist themselves in knots to (usually falsely) diminish him, Progs to twist themselves in knots to falsely diminish normie Dem support of him&overstate his win...
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Ban “A.i.”
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Ban “A.i.”
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The Trump shutdown is now the longest EVER. Federal workers are locked out of their jobs or working without pay. Health insurance costs and prices on everything are spiking. Everyone is feeling the pain.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The Trump shutdown is now the longest EVER. Federal workers are locked out of their jobs or working without pay. Health insurance costs and prices on everything are spiking. Everyone is feeling the pain.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Why the hell do I hear that in the voice of a monologue from Apocalypse Now or some other Vietnam movie?
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Why the hell do I hear that in the voice of a monologue from Apocalypse Now or some other Vietnam movie?
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
It appears there is a little opposition to taxes and bond proposals for schools in SE Michigan: the MCCC renewal millage failed in Monroe Co and the Van Buren Twp school bond passed by approximately 10 votes. Anyone else hear how the votes went for others?
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It appears there is a little opposition to taxes and bond proposals for schools in SE Michigan: the MCCC renewal millage failed in Monroe Co and the Van Buren Twp school bond passed by approximately 10 votes. Anyone else hear how the votes went for others?
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The Michigan Attorney General is leading a critical fight to protect consumers from corporations that cheat and steal. This case is about the price of insulin, but it’s about so much more: restoring Michiganders’ right to seek economic justice. ⚖️
Michigan Supreme Court weighs past precedent blocking AG's insulin pricing investigation
The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn past precedent to clear the way for an attorney general probe into insulin pricing in Michigan.
www.detroitnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Michigan Attorney General is leading a critical fight to protect consumers from corporations that cheat and steal. This case is about the price of insulin, but it’s about so much more: restoring Michiganders’ right to seek economic justice. ⚖️
As someone who's actually an officer in a group that offers community, the X Factor is whether they show up and come out for something other than the candidate they're in love with. Like the grinding work between elections
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As someone who's actually an officer in a group that offers community, the X Factor is whether they show up and come out for something other than the candidate they're in love with. Like the grinding work between elections
More good news, my friend and UAW sister Dora Rodriguez got reelected to the Trenton MI City Council, 1st overall of 4 (elect 3)
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
More good news, my friend and UAW sister Dora Rodriguez got reelected to the Trenton MI City Council, 1st overall of 4 (elect 3)
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It is honestly an extremely big deal to me that Americans have come through big in beating back the fascist elements in our country. Tonight’s margins plus the drubbing ICE is taking in our best cities is really giving me hope.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It is honestly an extremely big deal to me that Americans have come through big in beating back the fascist elements in our country. Tonight’s margins plus the drubbing ICE is taking in our best cities is really giving me hope.
You all will never know how much I neded usnto repond with wins like tonight
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You all will never know how much I neded usnto repond with wins like tonight
Goddammit...he's right
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Goddammit...he's right
I expected tonight to be good. I'd never have predicted in my wildest dreams it'd be *this* good: statewide wins in Georgia, winning VA broadway, blowing a hole in all NJ polling as Sherill wins ever bigger, retaining *every* PA Supreme Ct seat. Is this one of those = and opposite reaction things?
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I expected tonight to be good. I'd never have predicted in my wildest dreams it'd be *this* good: statewide wins in Georgia, winning VA broadway, blowing a hole in all NJ polling as Sherill wins ever bigger, retaining *every* PA Supreme Ct seat. Is this one of those = and opposite reaction things?
Quick reset for those following at home: We've won all 3 statewide seats in Virginia, are looking at 64/5 seats in Virginia HoD, retained the PA Supreme Court Justices, are winnjng NJ Gov in a route, knocked out the last R Orlando City Council member, Mamdani win big, and *NEXT*
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Quick reset for those following at home: We've won all 3 statewide seats in Virginia, are looking at 64/5 seats in Virginia HoD, retained the PA Supreme Court Justices, are winnjng NJ Gov in a route, knocked out the last R Orlando City Council member, Mamdani win big, and *NEXT*
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