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We don't have to agree, but belligerent a-holes will be blocked 😘
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Today on Can We Still Govern, I got to share new research on how my team at USDS drove around the country in a van to protect Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans after the pandemic - and share some lessons learned for the coming crisis.

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.

*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Smart lady.
“Longtime Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced Monday that she is not running for reelection next year and will retire at the end of her term, saying that it is “time to pass the torch.”’
#NJ #MomSky #NoFascistsUSA @indivisible.org

www.politico.com/live-updates...
Watson Coleman to retire from Congress
The 80-year-old New Jersey Democrat said it is "time to pass the torch."
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A prayer vigil for the Palestinian victims of the Gaza War in Jackson, Mississippi, lasted two days. Here is a collection of photos from the vigil.

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Photos: Gaza Vigil in Jackson, Mississippi
A prayer vigil for the Palestinian victims of the Gaza War in Jackson, Mississippi, lasted two days. Here is a collection of photos from the vigil.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Ro Khanna, who has called for Chuck Schumer to be replaced, says the only reason other Democrats aren't calling for it is because it would "offend a lot of donors."

"Are we gonna be beholden to the donors that have gotten us two terms of Donald Trump, or are we gonna listen to people?"
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Beautiful Day® is sure to give you a beautiful day with her delicious apricot blossoms that reach 5-6” in width with 35+ petals each. This Hybrid Tea rose has an intense fruity fragrance, perfect for planting along the house so you can smell her through the kitchen window. Giving U2 vibes!
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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“To witness them rise and lean toward hope is a testament to their resilience and refusal to give up on the light.” 💫
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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He loves playing with the next door neighbour 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Starting now: Press conference announcing a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging USDA's unlawful attempt to withhold SNAP benefits, featuring Attorneys General of CA, NY, MN, NJ and leaders from City Harvest, Food Action Research Center and No Kid Hungry.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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As a leader, Weather Flight Commander Grace Kimzey has realized that sometimes the most important leadership lessons are those you must unlearn. https://awis.org/resource/leading-from-the-front/ #WomenInScience
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Bluesky, a reintroduction!

I’m an investigative reporter @chicagotribune.com covering big stories. Now focused on immigration. But I’ll take any tips about people being hurt by government, junk science, healthcare, business or anybody else. Reach out [email protected] or Signal grp.27
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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What's happening in Sudan is horrific and deserves more of our attention.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”

Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.

🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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We are all carrying so much
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.

My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I’m no political strategist or anything, but I feel like a bunch of people willing to use starving children as bargaining chips probably won’t honor any promises you make with them.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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You can’t convince me that Dem leadership gives a fuck about a single part of their platform. They’ll say compromise advances immediate goals like it’s not a veil of morality shielding platitudes and placation, but, in truth, all this party does is lose the long game, faster and faster, to oblivion.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 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
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Democratic voters deserve better out of the party expected to stand up for them.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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For years, I’ve criticized the Democratic Party.

This is why. Not due to hate, but out of love for the working class.

This version of the Democratic Party at the federal level has enabled a genocide, refused to hold a robust primary in 2024, and is now caving on healthcare. 1/2
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Call them!! Please!!! If you are in New Hampshire call them and let them know that under NO circumstances will you EVER vote for them again if they sell out the ACA to appease Schumer and Trump!
NEW HAMPSHIRE: HASSAN AND SHAHEEN ARE BOTH ON THE LIST OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT DEFECTING

CALL NOW

(202) 224-3324 (Hassan)
(202) 224-2841 (Shaheen)

LEAVE VOICEMAILS #NHPoli #NHPolitics
If you have a Dem senator and you're seeing this right now, CALL THEM RIGHT NOW and tell them NO. If you don't know anyone who would be affected by this, call them for my friend Lisa. She cannot afford insurance without ACA subsidies and without health insurance I'm terrified she will die.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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All just this morning: read about the horror stories at CECOT & horrifying abuses in AL prisons; mass murder in Sudan that rivals the mass murder in GAZA; ICE brutalizing innocent ppl & donald’s admin. withholding food from hungry millions; and on and on - the inhumanity is not new, but my God.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WALMART.

(This is real. I took the screenshots.)
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WALMART.

(This is real. I took the screenshots.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM