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Let’s survive this 1000-alarm fire together. Also, not to be morbid, but if you’re going to protest—get a will, health care proxy & power of attorney. If you’re unable to act, you’ll want to appoint someone you trust to act for you. (Free legal advice.)
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To be clear: the deal they voted on to move forward last night still needs to be formally voted on in the Senate and House. If the eight are your senators, they should be hearing from you this morning!
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Time to swear in Adelita Grijalva, let her cast the final vote to release the Epstein files!
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Keep organizing, y’all. It is, and always has been, on all of us.

• Get connected to the resistance:
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• Get trained on noncooperation:
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• Get bold for rapid response:
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• Get engaged in politics:
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• Get started:
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November 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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When you can’t afford healthcare, blame Democrats Dick Durbin and Jeanne Shaheen, who are both retiring. Blame Senators John Fetterman, and Maggie Hassan who are up for reelection in 2028, and Tim Kaine, Jacky Rosen and Angus King who are up in 2030. 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 3:37 AM
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To me among the most infuriating parts about the healthcare debate and ACA credits is this would not be an issue if we were like every developed country on Earth and GUARANTEED HEALTHCARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT.

We'd pay half per capita what we're paying now, have more coverage, & longer life expectancy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?

MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting.

Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.
So Democrats get:

1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays

2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail

3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts

Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:

Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542

Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224

King (ME)
202 224-5344

Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324

Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451

Masto (NV)
202 224-3542

Warner (VA)
202 224-2023

Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @whipkclark.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Talk to @schumer.senate.gov and the others thinking of caving. It clearly won’t end well.
Know this, @schumer.senate.gov — if you cave, we will not rest until you are primaried and wrested from your seat. When kids on SNAP aren’t being fed, we’re even more hungry for justice. New York has shown you the people’s power just days ago. You *could* join with us, still, and do the right thing.
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542

Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224

King (ME) 202 224-5344

Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324

Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451

Masto (NV) 202 224-3542

Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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What kind of man works aggressively to flex his power and deny nearly 42 million Americans food benefits intended to stave off hunger just weeks before Thanksgiving?
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I called them both! New Yorkers, so should you

(To reach your state's senators, you can always go through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121)
Oh for the love of

Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line

Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542

Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thank you @warren.senate.gov & @markey.senate.gov for not caving.

Please let your colleagues know that voters will remember it if they cave now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“The ripple effect of cutting off nutritional assistance and welfare benefits…permeates outward like a socio-economic cluster bomb. It creates trauma, violence and lasting damage that scars the lives of those mistreated and abused by short-sighted & malicious Republican policy decisions.”
“President Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior, cognitive decline and clear physical deterioration are posing a great risk to the safety of our country and represents an imminent threat if not addressed in the near term.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Flirtin' with Disaster'
President Trump’s increasingly erratic behavior, cognitive decline and clear physical deterioration are posing a great risk to the safety of our country and represents an imminent threat if not addres...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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If billionaires can dream of Mars colonies, eternal life, and a post-democracy world… we can dream of health care, groceries, and a livable planet.

They want to monopolize the future — let’s imagine one without billionaires.
My conversation w/ @wajali.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKym...
The TRILLIONAIRE Technocrats Are REELING — with GIL DURAN
YouTube video by Wajahat Ali
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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We can't find money to feed hungry children (SNAP) or to keep planes in the sky (FAA), but we can find money for this?
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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⚠️ Feds sent a late night memo demanding states “immediately undo” any actions to provide full SNAP benefits.

(It’s unclear if there will be an effort to claw back benefits already distributed, but an expert says such efforts would not be legal.)

Gift link:
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Can someone explain to me why we’re paying House Republicans to stay at home and do nothing? SMDH

If our air traffic controllers and TSA, as well as, other essential workers have to go to work without pay, then why in the hell are all these lazy, do-nothing Republicans getting paychecks?!
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Happy almost weekend. Someone you know or someone you know might know someone who might know something! 👋

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November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Goodbye, Billionaires. Hello, Trillionaires! Welcome our New Techno Kings!

@gilduran.com, editor of the Nerd Reich, joins me around 205 pm ET to discuss how the broligarchy and Silicon Valley will drink all our milkshakes.

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The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack
A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscriber...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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How different the world would have been had the Rehnquist Court not been corrupt
November 7th, 2000.
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Russia is in shambles, there is no road for recovery, as a state it has collapsed, the thing keeping it together is violence by the regime. As oil infrastructure continues to be destroyed, petroleum will be replaced by the blood of the youth Putin and his Nazis keep sacrificing.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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If you read this book it will help you personally to end the nightmare that we allow to continue. Read this book by @heathermarsh.bsky.social .
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM