Mark
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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SEATTLE!!!

We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Well, we got six nice days.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This was one of my first thoughts too: "Dem capitulators whose seats would be filled by Dem governors ... should be under immense pressure to resign ... in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud." @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Pathetic. This isn’t a deal. It’s a surrender. Don’t bend the knee!
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.

We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.

A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.

Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.

Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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if you are insured, in all likelihood.. you got a SUBSIDY to buy health insurance.

WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE

Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.

So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?
A complaint: extending ACA/marketplace enhanced premium tax credits would be expensive.

It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.

In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This is what oligarchy looks like:

If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.

If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.

Obscene.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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One of the largest school districts in Texas, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, has come to be dominated by the Christian right.

But conservative board members lost 3 seats last night to a slate of candidate running on separating church and education: www.houstonpress.com/news/progres...
Progressives Pick Up All 3 Cy-Fair ISD Trustee Seats - Houston Press
Lesley Guilmart, Cleveland Lane Jr. and Kendra Camarena — a slate of pro-public education candidates who support the separation of church and state in Progressive candidates Lesley Guilmart, Cleveland...
www.houstonpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.

Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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‼️ On SNAP, very significant here:

A federal judge rules that the Trump admin is "required" to spend the $5.5 billion in contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.

But there will still be a gap in benefits; she gave the admin until Nov. 3 to share if/how they will issue payments.
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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JD Vance: "The suffering is going to get a lot worse."
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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You're welcome
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM