Ash, apparently
@arreffbee.bsky.social
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@arreffbee.bsky.social
· Nov 14
RULES FOR BLUESKY
Welcome friends! Here are some differences from the BirdSite that I hope you'll respect.
1. We do not quote dunk. Quote dunking is a miserable thing to do. It spreads terrible crap to your friends feeds and generates rage clicks. I unfollow people who quote dunk.
Welcome friends! Here are some differences from the BirdSite that I hope you'll respect.
1. We do not quote dunk. Quote dunking is a miserable thing to do. It spreads terrible crap to your friends feeds and generates rage clicks. I unfollow people who quote dunk.
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"He promised not fiscal discipline but social welfare for the right kind of American. For migrants and minorities, he offered deportation and incarceration."
Good that @aselrod.bsky.social gets this exactly right, very few do:
Good that @aselrod.bsky.social gets this exactly right, very few do:
The America First solution to the housing crunch isn’t a 50-year mortgage. It’s 100+ million deportations.
I wrote about the nativist dream of an idyllic, white, Christian America for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
I wrote about the nativist dream of an idyllic, white, Christian America for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
Don’t Build Housing, Just Deport People: The Nativist Right Recoils at Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The backlash against Trump's proposal reveals the characteristics of his base's reactionary housing politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"He promised not fiscal discipline but social welfare for the right kind of American. For migrants and minorities, he offered deportation and incarceration."
Good that @aselrod.bsky.social gets this exactly right, very few do:
Good that @aselrod.bsky.social gets this exactly right, very few do:
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We talk about this a lot, but one thing that does appear different in this current moment is that there are a lot of Trump and Trump adjacent voters who -did- expect things to get better for them. That getting rid of DEI and immigrants would give them jobs, houses, and girls, etc.
"He promised not fiscal discipline but social welfare for the right kind of American. For migrants and minorities, he offered deportation and incarceration."
Good that @aselrod.bsky.social gets this exactly right, very few do:
Good that @aselrod.bsky.social gets this exactly right, very few do:
The America First solution to the housing crunch isn’t a 50-year mortgage. It’s 100+ million deportations.
I wrote about the nativist dream of an idyllic, white, Christian America for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
I wrote about the nativist dream of an idyllic, white, Christian America for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-build-h...
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We talk about this a lot, but one thing that does appear different in this current moment is that there are a lot of Trump and Trump adjacent voters who -did- expect things to get better for them. That getting rid of DEI and immigrants would give them jobs, houses, and girls, etc.
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Not a good sign that for several decades, if you went to a journalist with a story about Epstein odds were very good that journalist and Epstein were emailing each other all the time
"What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it"
The email: I,,am sex criminol
"What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it"
The email: I,,am sex criminol
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Not a good sign that for several decades, if you went to a journalist with a story about Epstein odds were very good that journalist and Epstein were emailing each other all the time
"What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it"
The email: I,,am sex criminol
"What? No, couldn't be. He emailed me just yesterday, he would have told me about it"
The email: I,,am sex criminol
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
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UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
UPDATE — With Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus), there are now at least 12 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
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Musk: joyce carol oates? she a very meana lady!
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Musk: joyce carol oates? she a very meana lady!
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
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the president raped children and his entire political party continues to actively cover it up
even if we can't throw him in jail for it he should resign in disgrace and so should all of them
even if we can't throw him in jail for it he should resign in disgrace and so should all of them
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
the president raped children and his entire political party continues to actively cover it up
even if we can't throw him in jail for it he should resign in disgrace and so should all of them
even if we can't throw him in jail for it he should resign in disgrace and so should all of them
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I mean they are literally refusing to do their jobs at all rather than face these files, what else are we supposed to conclude? nobody has ever acted guiltier than these people
Back and then gone again, Republican leadership are signaling that the funding bill votes will be the only votes in the House this week, they're sending everyone home afterwards
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I mean they are literally refusing to do their jobs at all rather than face these files, what else are we supposed to conclude? nobody has ever acted guiltier than these people
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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SEATTLE CURE YOUR VOTES PLEASE
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!
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 12:37 AM
SEATTLE CURE YOUR VOTES PLEASE
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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all the senators who voted no: uhhh listen. we live... to fight another day. for our fighting. and i think voters will recognize who was fighting for their fighting.
tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING
tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
all the senators who voted no: uhhh listen. we live... to fight another day. for our fighting. and i think voters will recognize who was fighting for their fighting.
tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING
tim kaine, out loud: oh you would not believe how many people were glad we're around to get yelled at for them, they were SWEATING
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🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
Hey @shaheen.senate.gov and @hassan.senate.gov
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE
YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE
YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Hey @shaheen.senate.gov and @hassan.senate.gov
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE
YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A MONTH IF THEY EVEN HAVE A VOTE
YOU SOLD US OUT FOR NOTHING
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they reopened the government for a promise to do this over again in a month
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
they reopened the government for a promise to do this over again in a month
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Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
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Don't let this get lost in the current health care debate:
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Legal immigrants face loss of Obamacare help, threatening insurance markets
The GOP megabill stripped subsidies from hundreds of thousands of green card holders and other legal migrants. Experts predict ripple effects for citizens.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Don't let this get lost in the current health care debate:
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Stripping legal, taxpaying immigrants of insurance subsidies will inevitably hurt citizens too, experts warn.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The overnight process failed and we will need to apply the self loathing manually today.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The overnight process failed and we will need to apply the self loathing manually today.
I hate her so fucking much. She's sold us up the creek for nothing.
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I hate her so fucking much. She's sold us up the creek for nothing.
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hahahaha go fuck yourself
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
hahahaha go fuck yourself
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I've checked, @hassan.senate.gov, and CareFirst doesn't allow me to pay my health insurance premium with "shame"
Agree.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."
This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I've checked, @hassan.senate.gov, and CareFirst doesn't allow me to pay my health insurance premium with "shame"