@hbmurphy.bsky.social
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Here are the numbers for Angus King’s offices: (207) 945-8000, (207) 622-8292 and (202) 224-5344. Why call? Because he needs to hear how we are being hurt by his vote to cave on protecting healthcare access.
#NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #NoKings #HoldTheLine #SavetheACA #TogetherWeCan
#NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #NoKings #HoldTheLine #SavetheACA #TogetherWeCan
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Here are the numbers for Angus King’s offices: (207) 945-8000, (207) 622-8292 and (202) 224-5344. Why call? Because he needs to hear how we are being hurt by his vote to cave on protecting healthcare access.
#NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #NoKings #HoldTheLine #SavetheACA #TogetherWeCan
#NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation #NoKings #HoldTheLine #SavetheACA #TogetherWeCan
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
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Hey, assholes, there’d be fewer people who needed SNAP benefits if corporations paid a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Hey, assholes, there’d be fewer people who needed SNAP benefits if corporations paid a living wage.
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An estimated 2 thousand people showed up for our #NoKings protest in Bangor today!!! Thank you for helping us make this happen 🇺🇸❤️
We the People dissent!! #MEPolitics #TogetherWeCan #HoldTheLine #ReleaseTheEpsteinTrumpFiles
We the People dissent!! #MEPolitics #TogetherWeCan #HoldTheLine #ReleaseTheEpsteinTrumpFiles
October 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
An estimated 2 thousand people showed up for our #NoKings protest in Bangor today!!! Thank you for helping us make this happen 🇺🇸❤️
We the People dissent!! #MEPolitics #TogetherWeCan #HoldTheLine #ReleaseTheEpsteinTrumpFiles
We the People dissent!! #MEPolitics #TogetherWeCan #HoldTheLine #ReleaseTheEpsteinTrumpFiles
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I put together a primer on Charlie Kirk — and paid some special attention to his relationship with Nick Fuentes and the Groyper movement.
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
Who Was Charlie Kirk, Anyway?
Kirk occupied a uniquely powerful place in the MAGA movement
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I put together a primer on Charlie Kirk — and paid some special attention to his relationship with Nick Fuentes and the Groyper movement.
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...
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The Senate voted 51-49 to dismiss the changes to the bill, with Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Rand Paul of Kentucky joining with all Democrats in opposition.
Susan Collins and Senate Republicans barely defeat effort by Democrats to force release of Epstein files
The Senate voted 51-49 to dismiss the changes to the bill, with Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Rand Paul of Kentucky joining with all Democrats in opposition.
www.bangordailynews.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The Senate voted 51-49 to dismiss the changes to the bill, with Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Rand Paul of Kentucky joining with all Democrats in opposition.
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I am devastated by today’s shooting at Evergreen High in Colorado. I am sending my love to the community as they seek to heal from this tragedy.
But healing requires action. We need action now.
But healing requires action. We need action now.
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I am devastated by today’s shooting at Evergreen High in Colorado. I am sending my love to the community as they seek to heal from this tragedy.
But healing requires action. We need action now.
But healing requires action. We need action now.
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Just days after Paramount settles with Trump for $36 million, the FCC approved its merger in a partisan vote. This timing speaks for itself. This is dark and sad day for the FCC.
DARK DAY: FCC Approves Merger A Week After CBS Cancels the Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert
YouTube video by Senator Markey
youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just days after Paramount settles with Trump for $36 million, the FCC approved its merger in a partisan vote. This timing speaks for itself. This is dark and sad day for the FCC.
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"Coldplaye ys the thynge / Wherein I'll cacche the conscience of the kynge"
July 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Coldplaye ys the thynge / Wherein I'll cacche the conscience of the kynge"
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We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
Congress should have to be on the state healthcare plans provided through the ACA. Then maybe they'd think differently about how vital healthcare is when they start kicking themselves off in the name of "fiscal responsibility".
July 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Congress should have to be on the state healthcare plans provided through the ACA. Then maybe they'd think differently about how vital healthcare is when they start kicking themselves off in the name of "fiscal responsibility".
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UPDATE from Washington: Republicans don’t have the votes to pass this bill, so we’re in limbo while holdouts make backroom deals.
But @housedemocrats.bsky.social are standing our ground and are ready to debate and defend Medicaid and SNAP.
We must #KilltheBill
But @housedemocrats.bsky.social are standing our ground and are ready to debate and defend Medicaid and SNAP.
We must #KilltheBill
July 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
UPDATE from Washington: Republicans don’t have the votes to pass this bill, so we’re in limbo while holdouts make backroom deals.
But @housedemocrats.bsky.social are standing our ground and are ready to debate and defend Medicaid and SNAP.
We must #KilltheBill
But @housedemocrats.bsky.social are standing our ground and are ready to debate and defend Medicaid and SNAP.
We must #KilltheBill
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“Republican leadership confirmed that Murkowski would do as she was told and, since she’s not up for reelection until 2028, and I am becoming increasingly unpopular in Maine as my 2026 race looms, they gave me a hall pass to vote no.”
There, I saved you the trouble of reading Collins’ statement.
There, I saved you the trouble of reading Collins’ statement.
New from @pressherald.com Early version of story is posted, more details, other sources to be added today www.pressherald.com/2025/07/02/s...
Sen. Collins explains her ‘no’ vote on Trump’s mega bill
The bill passed by one vote in the Senate and is now before the House.
www.pressherald.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Republican leadership confirmed that Murkowski would do as she was told and, since she’s not up for reelection until 2028, and I am becoming increasingly unpopular in Maine as my 2026 race looms, they gave me a hall pass to vote no.”
There, I saved you the trouble of reading Collins’ statement.
There, I saved you the trouble of reading Collins’ statement.
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I continue to be struck by this language of “in accordance with the president’s priorities,” which treats the executive branch as an extension of the person of the president, and not a mechanism for instituting the will of Congress
July 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I continue to be struck by this language of “in accordance with the president’s priorities,” which treats the executive branch as an extension of the person of the president, and not a mechanism for instituting the will of Congress
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July 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Collins is no hero. She voted to proceed only to safely vote no later. She could have stopped it earlier, but didn't. Because she needs her wealthy donor cash.
July 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Collins is no hero. She voted to proceed only to safely vote no later. She could have stopped it earlier, but didn't. Because she needs her wealthy donor cash.
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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“It’s not left-wing rhetoric to feed the hungry, heal the sick,” Bono added. “If this isn’t murder, I don’t know what is.”
Gift link: Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Gift link: Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“It’s not left-wing rhetoric to feed the hungry, heal the sick,” Bono added. “If this isn’t murder, I don’t know what is.”
Gift link: Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
Gift link: Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...
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Ahead of the overnight votes, I wanted to share my worries for Maine with this bill:
⚕️ ~60K people without health insurance
🍎 ~30K people losing all or part of their SNAP benefits
📈 3T+ added to the U.S. debt
➕ So much more
This bill isn't just irresponsible, it's cruel.
⚕️ ~60K people without health insurance
🍎 ~30K people losing all or part of their SNAP benefits
📈 3T+ added to the U.S. debt
➕ So much more
This bill isn't just irresponsible, it's cruel.
June 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Ahead of the overnight votes, I wanted to share my worries for Maine with this bill:
⚕️ ~60K people without health insurance
🍎 ~30K people losing all or part of their SNAP benefits
📈 3T+ added to the U.S. debt
➕ So much more
This bill isn't just irresponsible, it's cruel.
⚕️ ~60K people without health insurance
🍎 ~30K people losing all or part of their SNAP benefits
📈 3T+ added to the U.S. debt
➕ So much more
This bill isn't just irresponsible, it's cruel.
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This seems to be the new version of ICE List, to report sightings via web-based app. As always, stay safe!
June 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This seems to be the new version of ICE List, to report sightings via web-based app. As always, stay safe!
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Lyfe ys a cat ballet, olde chum
Come to the cat ballet
Come to the cat ballet
June 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Lyfe ys a cat ballet, olde chum
Come to the cat ballet
Come to the cat ballet