@erinmelina.bsky.social
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
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This is driving me crazy. The New York Times calling this madness an “anti-drug operation” is one of the worst forms of propaganda: accepting stated motivations of powerful people as the truth.
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is driving me crazy. The New York Times calling this madness an “anti-drug operation” is one of the worst forms of propaganda: accepting stated motivations of powerful people as the truth.
The degree to which the legacy media have collaborated with the overthrow of the U.S. constitution should probably not shock me anymore, but, somehow, it still does
About a week ago, the New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast portrayed Russell Vought as a devout Christian, a true “small government” conservative who loves the free market, and a man with a great work ethic. A remarkable combination of credulousness and deliberate whitewashing.
October 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The degree to which the legacy media have collaborated with the overthrow of the U.S. constitution should probably not shock me anymore, but, somehow, it still does
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It really does get old, seeing government officials use every single tragedy they can to attack their political opponents.
Americans want affordable lives and the ability to work hard and get ahead.
It’s really that simple.
Americans want affordable lives and the ability to work hard and get ahead.
It’s really that simple.
October 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It really does get old, seeing government officials use every single tragedy they can to attack their political opponents.
Americans want affordable lives and the ability to work hard and get ahead.
It’s really that simple.
Americans want affordable lives and the ability to work hard and get ahead.
It’s really that simple.
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also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)
Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
October 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)
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“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
-Declaration of Independence
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
-Declaration of Independence
Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."
September 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
-Declaration of Independence
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
-Declaration of Independence
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Not only should the Dems refuse to cave on the shutdown; they should announce they won’t vote for a budget until: (a) the military is withdrawn from every American city where it’s been deployed; (b) the budget forbids the use of any funds for that purpose; AND (c) the healthcare demand already made.
September 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Not only should the Dems refuse to cave on the shutdown; they should announce they won’t vote for a budget until: (a) the military is withdrawn from every American city where it’s been deployed; (b) the budget forbids the use of any funds for that purpose; AND (c) the healthcare demand already made.
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A few random headlines from the last 24 hours are a reminder that the system of “law enforcement” only attempts to enforce *some* laws against *some* people. Being “tough on crime” always means ignoring crimes of the powerful while ruthlessly crushing vulnerable people and political targets.
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A few random headlines from the last 24 hours are a reminder that the system of “law enforcement” only attempts to enforce *some* laws against *some* people. Being “tough on crime” always means ignoring crimes of the powerful while ruthlessly crushing vulnerable people and political targets.
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This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is literally the largest act of union busting in American history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
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Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
August 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
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"Public grocery stores add to food security, offering something that food banks can’t: dignity, choice, and control over food supply chains.”
Read the op-ed by @rajpatel.org and @grocerynerd.bsky.social ⬇️
Read the op-ed by @rajpatel.org and @grocerynerd.bsky.social ⬇️
Op-ed: Public Grocery Stores Already Exist and Work Well. We Need More.
Government-run, nonprofit grocery systems can better respond to food-price inflation, corporate consolidation, and inequality.
buff.ly
August 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Public grocery stores add to food security, offering something that food banks can’t: dignity, choice, and control over food supply chains.”
Read the op-ed by @rajpatel.org and @grocerynerd.bsky.social ⬇️
Read the op-ed by @rajpatel.org and @grocerynerd.bsky.social ⬇️
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I doubt you could convince me that starving children to death made me safer. But if you somehow proved to me that it did, I pray I would have the simple moral courage to say that it would not be worth it.
Starving children is unjustifiable. There is no benefit that could outweigh that cost.
Starving children is unjustifiable. There is no benefit that could outweigh that cost.
July 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I doubt you could convince me that starving children to death made me safer. But if you somehow proved to me that it did, I pray I would have the simple moral courage to say that it would not be worth it.
Starving children is unjustifiable. There is no benefit that could outweigh that cost.
Starving children is unjustifiable. There is no benefit that could outweigh that cost.
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“All cities are walkable if you’re not a bitch.”
July 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“All cities are walkable if you’re not a bitch.”
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Someone asked me why Democrats are now coming out vaguely against starvation. People who celebrated and funded this inevitable result every step of the way are issuing statements now in a futile attempt to distort how history judges their unforgivable crimes against humanity.
July 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Someone asked me why Democrats are now coming out vaguely against starvation. People who celebrated and funded this inevitable result every step of the way are issuing statements now in a futile attempt to distort how history judges their unforgivable crimes against humanity.
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Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
July 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
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Trying to get over yesterday’s NYT article. We have lowest violent crime rates since 1968, fascists building Gestapo/concentration camps, and NYT is telling liberal readers that “experts” can conceive of only “two” policies to stop murder, more cops and Orwellian surveillance.
The thesis of the article is that because American cops are so terrible at solving murder (and getting much much worse than they used to be), "experts" believe the U.S. must spend massively more money on hiring police and surveillance.
July 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Trying to get over yesterday’s NYT article. We have lowest violent crime rates since 1968, fascists building Gestapo/concentration camps, and NYT is telling liberal readers that “experts” can conceive of only “two” policies to stop murder, more cops and Orwellian surveillance.
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If people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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THREAD. Something must be said about the New York Times. We are in the midst of a full-blown fascist takeover, and the NYT let one of its most dishonest reporters publish an article today full of misinformation arguing for massive new investments in police and surveillance.
July 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
THREAD. Something must be said about the New York Times. We are in the midst of a full-blown fascist takeover, and the NYT let one of its most dishonest reporters publish an article today full of misinformation arguing for massive new investments in police and surveillance.
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We now have some evidence that federal immigration agents might be switching license plates. Two different cars same license plate. The first was a raid at Bell on 6/20 and the second was a raid today at Terminal Island.
July 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We now have some evidence that federal immigration agents might be switching license plates. Two different cars same license plate. The first was a raid at Bell on 6/20 and the second was a raid today at Terminal Island.
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I see that Indivisible has some helpful-looking action steps for people who live in Republican congressional districts indivisible.org/stopthecuts
STOP THE CUTS
indivisible.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I see that Indivisible has some helpful-looking action steps for people who live in Republican congressional districts indivisible.org/stopthecuts
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"You may not be able to get needed medical care but just think of the pain we'll get to inflict on others" pretty much encapsulates this movement.
Incredibly, JD Vance basically told Trump voters not to worry too much about losing their Medicaid and instead to think about how many migrants the new bill will jail and deport.
The scam is out in the open. My pod exchange w/ @kristencrowell.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1975...
The scam is out in the open. My pod exchange w/ @kristencrowell.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1975...
July 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"You may not be able to get needed medical care but just think of the pain we'll get to inflict on others" pretty much encapsulates this movement.
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you know, if i were in the position of interviewing jeffries here, i would ask the congressman to specify exactly when and where mamdani used that language.
Hakeem Jeffries on Mamdani: "'Globalizing the intifada' by way of example is not an acceptable phrasing. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward."
June 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
you know, if i were in the position of interviewing jeffries here, i would ask the congressman to specify exactly when and where mamdani used that language.