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Michelle 🧘🏻‍♀️
@itsamichellething.bsky.social
Gen X, Washington State.
Knitter, Gardener, Reader.
Keep raising hell, friends.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought Walgreens.

Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays.

Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Hanging out in Downtown Portland and it did not disappoint.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you are currently a Democratic Senator and you have run for President in the past or plan to run for President in the future you are obligated to step up and take the Minority Leader position now. Otherwise, your Presidential ambitions are bullshit.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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In a world where the incumbent president bowed to pressure and stepped aside, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental ask to switch minority leaders.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’m normally a fan of Lawrence O on MsNBC but the scolding he’s doing about those upset about Schumer and the Dems who caved is a big miss. I am over being scolded. I didn’t quit.
Our electeds quit.
And I will stay mad about it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Blue Wave hit Spokane!!
Eff the Senate Dems.
We will clean them out as we take over at all levels of government. 🌊
This gives Spokane City Council a 6-1 progressive supermajority. It will remain a staunchly pro-housing Council, and the sole conservative is a YIMBY Republican.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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If Chuck Schumer’s leadership position is not challenged after this, the Democratic Party will lose the last shred of credibility it’s holding onto.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Carefully choreographed votes and angry press releases are all cute, but the indication of whether anyone in the caucus really cares is whether there’s any push for leadership changes or punitive action against the cavers.

There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
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)
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Here we go! A call for new leadership by a nationally known politician. Who’s next?
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.

We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I called both my Senators and left a message saying if they didn’t immediately call publicly and powerfully to replace Schumer as leader I will assume they wanted this surrender regardless of how they voted.
Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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If Chris Murphy or other Dem Senator doesn’t immediately challenge Schumer, then they’re all in on it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Pissed off Dem voters, let’s put our energy behind a party that will fight for the American People and not surrender to fascists.
Time to start replacing Corporate Democrats.
This is a bad deal for Americans.

Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.

We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Time to start defining:

Corporate Democrats VS The People’s Democrats.
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to,

not because the voters want them to,

not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…

they are caving because their DONORS want them to.

And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Politicians complicate things. But this whole issue of why the House has closed down for the past 5 months and why Adelita Grijalva isn’t sworn in yet likely isn’t complicated at all. The answer is likely pretty damn simple: Trump is most likely a pedophile, and Speaker Johnson knows it. That’s all.
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Note: according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the US government will pay $138 billion this year on ACA subsidies. The US population is 347 million. If Trump sends that money to citizens to pay for their own doctors and surgeries and pills, that works out to $397.70 per person.
www.crfb.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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And, what exactly, are we paying taxes for?
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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In what is perhaps the wildest possible upset of this election, @sardixit.bsky.social is now AHEAD of Republican Jonathan Bingle by 60 votes for the Spokane City Council Position 2 seat!

This seat has been occupied by Republicans for YEARS. For Sarah to flip it would be wild!
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Proud of you all! 👏🏻
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!

Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.

We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Californians should be extremely proud of themselves tonight. Thank you for Washington State for fighting for our Democracy. ✊🏻💙
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s nice to watch an MSNBC election night results show and feel… happy.
The past few have been pretty traumatic.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM