Rabbi Iris Richman
@rabbir.bsky.social
Rabbi- Believer in justice, Jewish pluralism and the power to repair the world/ tikkun olam. Conservative Rabbi but liberal
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In addressing whether removing Senator Schumer as leader should be an issue in Democratic primaries, Senator Sanders broadens the focus: "We need to take on the Democratic establishment all over this country."
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In addressing whether removing Senator Schumer as leader should be an issue in Democratic primaries, Senator Sanders broadens the focus: "We need to take on the Democratic establishment all over this country."
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Not one Democrat spoke up to slow this down. Indeed they all agreed to speed it up.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Not one Democrat spoke up to slow this down. Indeed they all agreed to speed it up.
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Jeffries is whipping NO votes in the House on the shutdown deal. From Jake Sherman at Punchbowl:
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Jeffries is whipping NO votes in the House on the shutdown deal. From Jake Sherman at Punchbowl:
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Italy’s biggest pasta exporters say Trump administration tariffs totaling 107% will make selling in America impossible and plan to pull out of U.S. stores by January.
“It’s an incredibly important market for us,” said Giuseppe Ferro, La Molisana’s CEO. “But no one has those kinds of margins.”
“It’s an incredibly important market for us,” said Giuseppe Ferro, La Molisana’s CEO. “But no one has those kinds of margins.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Italy’s biggest pasta exporters say Trump administration tariffs totaling 107% will make selling in America impossible and plan to pull out of U.S. stores by January.
“It’s an incredibly important market for us,” said Giuseppe Ferro, La Molisana’s CEO. “But no one has those kinds of margins.”
“It’s an incredibly important market for us,” said Giuseppe Ferro, La Molisana’s CEO. “But no one has those kinds of margins.”
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“We need to keep the peace! Who can we call?”
“Well, there’s that agitated Yalie who shot his own eye out.”
“PERFECT!”
“Well, there’s that agitated Yalie who shot his own eye out.”
“PERFECT!”
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
...
And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
...
He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“We need to keep the peace! Who can we call?”
“Well, there’s that agitated Yalie who shot his own eye out.”
“PERFECT!”
“Well, there’s that agitated Yalie who shot his own eye out.”
“PERFECT!”
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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 5:20 AM
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.
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Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.
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Here are the 8 Democratic senators who just voted to move forward with an agreement to end the shutdown:
Catherine Cortez Masto
Dick Durbin
John Fetterman
Maggie Hassan
Tim Kaine
Angus King (I)
Jacky Rosen
Jeanne Shaheen
Catherine Cortez Masto
Dick Durbin
John Fetterman
Maggie Hassan
Tim Kaine
Angus King (I)
Jacky Rosen
Jeanne Shaheen
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Here are the 8 Democratic senators who just voted to move forward with an agreement to end the shutdown:
Catherine Cortez Masto
Dick Durbin
John Fetterman
Maggie Hassan
Tim Kaine
Angus King (I)
Jacky Rosen
Jeanne Shaheen
Catherine Cortez Masto
Dick Durbin
John Fetterman
Maggie Hassan
Tim Kaine
Angus King (I)
Jacky Rosen
Jeanne Shaheen
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No to advocate an agreement to stick voters with devastating health insurance price hikes.
Breaking news: A key group of Senate Democrats joined Republicans on Sunday night to advance an agreement to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Senate takes key vote toward ending government shutdown
The deal that split Democrats doesn’t extend expiring ACA subsidies. If a bill passes the Senate, it needs the House to approve and President Donald Trump on board.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
No to advocate an agreement to stick voters with devastating health insurance price hikes.
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After everything, Senate Democrats still haven’t figured out that surrendering to Trump Republicans will end badly? Unbelievable.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
After everything, Senate Democrats still haven’t figured out that surrendering to Trump Republicans will end badly? Unbelievable.
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Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov: compromising with fascists is compliance. Read the room. Do your jobs. Protect your constituents.
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I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
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BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-ID) told reporters Sunday that there will be 'something to vote on' later today amid the government shutdown. MSNBC's Alex Witt reports.
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-ID) told reporters Sunday that there will be 'something to vote on' later today amid the government shutdown. MSNBC's Alex Witt reports.
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Holy shit @nbcnews.com — these are concentration camps. They are death camps that they are proposing!
They are not “unconventional choices.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
They are not “unconventional choices.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Holy shit @nbcnews.com — these are concentration camps. They are death camps that they are proposing!
They are not “unconventional choices.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
They are not “unconventional choices.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
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I assumed that since Schumer asked for such a pathetically low number on the ACA extension (1 year) it would get whittled down to maybe four months and pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I assumed that since Schumer asked for such a pathetically low number on the ACA extension (1 year) it would get whittled down to maybe four months and pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
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BREAKING -- Another pro-sports gambling bust.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BREAKING -- Another pro-sports gambling bust.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
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"AR-15 Ammunition at a Crime Scene? Good Odds This Army Plant Made It.: Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
AR-15 Ammunition at a Crime Scene? Good Odds This Army Plant Made It.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"AR-15 Ammunition at a Crime Scene? Good Odds This Army Plant Made It.: Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
When the shutdown started I projected that massive flight delays would end it. Now that in each iteration the Republicans are more unhinged, I fear that the Republicans will only end this when a flight crashes
Spent more than a decade working directly with the FAA on flight safety.
Loss of separation in the NAS, ground incursions, & an over-stressed, unpaid ATC are serious safety issues.
If this goes on much longer, the US will experience a flight safety collapse of one sort or another.
Loss of separation in the NAS, ground incursions, & an over-stressed, unpaid ATC are serious safety issues.
If this goes on much longer, the US will experience a flight safety collapse of one sort or another.
"We have loss of separation in the airspace. Those numbers are going up. More ground incursions. I have more complaints coming into the FAA from pilots who are saying that air traffic controllers are not as responsive. They seem stressed or they're not using the appropriate language..."
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When the shutdown started I projected that massive flight delays would end it. Now that in each iteration the Republicans are more unhinged, I fear that the Republicans will only end this when a flight crashes
Yeah! Medicare for All!
Senator Lindsey Graham: “Democrats are demanding we continue to throw money at a broken Healthcare System that enriches Insurance Companies at the expense of American Consumers. We refuse to be held hostage! ”
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yeah! Medicare for All!
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Obviously, some terrified courtier finally explained to Trump that the tariff decrees were too much even for the supine SCOTUS and also mentioned that they would be ok with him granting “licenses”, per the relevant statute.
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Obviously, some terrified courtier finally explained to Trump that the tariff decrees were too much even for the supine SCOTUS and also mentioned that they would be ok with him granting “licenses”, per the relevant statute.
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Trump just pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, who were convicted on federal corruption charges. Both are Republicans.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Trump just pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, who were convicted on federal corruption charges. Both are Republicans.