Dave
@merlyn43.bsky.social
A Twitter refugee, still going through divorce proceedings w/ the Democratic Party. #GreenParty supporter.
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Dave
@merlyn43.bsky.social
· Aug 30
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Robert Reich may sounds like a progressive for calling corruption in the fascist GOP.
He’s no progressive when he never calls out Biden for being beholden to the rich bastards and corporate interests or corruption in the Democratic Party.
He’s no progressive when he never calls out Biden for being beholden to the rich bastards and corporate interests or corruption in the Democratic Party.
Zohran Mamdani better re-evaluate decision to endorse Hakeem Jeffries if the House minority leader won’t support a ban on stock trading.
Congress is on the verge to ban stock trading for members — but leadership is holding it up. Hakeem Jeffries has the chance to give Democrats a major victory writes @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/tpNsuuU
House Democratic Leaders Urged to Force a Vote on Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
Enough Republicans are on a discharge petition to get a House vote to end congressional stock trading—if Democrats sign on.
trib.al
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Zohran Mamdani better re-evaluate decision to endorse Hakeem Jeffries if the House minority leader won’t support a ban on stock trading.
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Israeli settlers and soldiers kidnapped an 18-year-old boy in the West Bank and brutally beat him for hours. In November alone, violent settlers attacked Palestinians more than 2,000 times.
“Survival here has become a daily miracle.”
“Survival here has become a daily miracle.”
Anatomy of a settler abduction
Ambushed, dragged to a hilltop outpost, beaten unconscious: Palestinian teen Owais Hammam recounts his brutal torture by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
www.972mag.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Israeli settlers and soldiers kidnapped an 18-year-old boy in the West Bank and brutally beat him for hours. In November alone, violent settlers attacked Palestinians more than 2,000 times.
“Survival here has become a daily miracle.”
“Survival here has become a daily miracle.”
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79 years #ForEveryChild.
Together, we have helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization — and we’re not stopping.
Together, we have helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization — and we’re not stopping.
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
79 years #ForEveryChild.
Together, we have helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization — and we’re not stopping.
Together, we have helped save more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization — and we’re not stopping.
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Americans have been underreacting to everything. The country has been basically couped, all three branches of government corrupt, Israeli spies everywhere, all the wealth stolen and an armed gestapo is terrorising and kidnapping people.
Totally cooked country.
Totally cooked country.
We are underreacting to this‼️
We have no explanation on SCOTUS decisions affecting our lives.
The emergency docket, aka “shadow docket,” is the quiet backdoor of the Supreme Court. Decisions drop fast, with little explanation, and Trump is hammering it harder than anyone in modern history.
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We have no explanation on SCOTUS decisions affecting our lives.
The emergency docket, aka “shadow docket,” is the quiet backdoor of the Supreme Court. Decisions drop fast, with little explanation, and Trump is hammering it harder than anyone in modern history.
1/2
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Americans have been underreacting to everything. The country has been basically couped, all three branches of government corrupt, Israeli spies everywhere, all the wealth stolen and an armed gestapo is terrorising and kidnapping people.
Totally cooked country.
Totally cooked country.
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Little Mohammed- who is only five- was injured by falling shrapnel which has left him unable to speak- Mohsen really wants him to be able to get proper medical care to figure out what is going on
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohsen. Mohsen was a farmer prior to this. The occupation bulldozed his farm and took his home he is now living in a tent with his 75 year old mother who has cancer and his four small kids Ayham, 6, Mohammed, 5, Areej, 4 and Malak, 2.
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Little Mohammed- who is only five- was injured by falling shrapnel which has left him unable to speak- Mohsen really wants him to be able to get proper medical care to figure out what is going on
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As a winter storm batters Gaza, "people's tents are either being washed away or flooded entirely," says Moureen Kaki with the medical aid group Glia, speaking from Khan Younis. She says the current situation is "not really a ceasefire" but merely "a slower form of death."
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As a winter storm batters Gaza, "people's tents are either being washed away or flooded entirely," says Moureen Kaki with the medical aid group Glia, speaking from Khan Younis. She says the current situation is "not really a ceasefire" but merely "a slower form of death."
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The House just passed a bill 312-112 to give $900 BILLION to the Pentagon next year.
The same Pentagon that has failed 7 straight audits, so GOP, where’s that “government efficiency”?
The same Pentagon run by Pete Hegseth, so Democrats, where is the fight against this admin?
The same Pentagon that has failed 7 straight audits, so GOP, where’s that “government efficiency”?
The same Pentagon run by Pete Hegseth, so Democrats, where is the fight against this admin?
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The House just passed a bill 312-112 to give $900 BILLION to the Pentagon next year.
The same Pentagon that has failed 7 straight audits, so GOP, where’s that “government efficiency”?
The same Pentagon run by Pete Hegseth, so Democrats, where is the fight against this admin?
The same Pentagon that has failed 7 straight audits, so GOP, where’s that “government efficiency”?
The same Pentagon run by Pete Hegseth, so Democrats, where is the fight against this admin?
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Just because we're on national ULP strike doesn't mean we stop organizing. We've won 7 union elections in just the last few weeks!
150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just because we're on national ULP strike doesn't mean we stop organizing. We've won 7 union elections in just the last few weeks!
150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
150 baristas have joined the union while we're on ULP strike. Here are 2 of our newest stores in St. Paul & Portland. Give it up for worker power! 🔥
I’ve already canceled my Hulu/Disney+ subscription
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I’ve already canceled my Hulu/Disney+ subscription
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Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount's CEO David Ellison, is funding Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
It gets worse.
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is ALSO part of the bid.
If Paramount wins the bid, Trump's family will directly profit.
Disgusting.
It gets worse.
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is ALSO part of the bid.
If Paramount wins the bid, Trump's family will directly profit.
Disgusting.
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount's CEO David Ellison, is funding Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
It gets worse.
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is ALSO part of the bid.
If Paramount wins the bid, Trump's family will directly profit.
Disgusting.
It gets worse.
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is ALSO part of the bid.
If Paramount wins the bid, Trump's family will directly profit.
Disgusting.
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Only fascists attack antifascists, just like Zionists attack anti-Zionists. Fascism, Zionism, Nazism all the same.
Trump plans to designate antifascists as terrorists.
How much clearer does it need to be?
How much clearer does it need to be?
September 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Only fascists attack antifascists, just like Zionists attack anti-Zionists. Fascism, Zionism, Nazism all the same.
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And then what, people will ignore your genocide?
December 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
And then what, people will ignore your genocide?
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Seattle... we have something big planned 👀
Help us bring the noise on December 18th! RSVP for details:
www.mobilize.us/seiuorganizi...
Help us bring the noise on December 18th! RSVP for details:
www.mobilize.us/seiuorganizi...
Starbucks Action and Rally · SEIU Organizing
Join union baristas for a major rally heading into the holidays!
www.mobilize.us
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Seattle... we have something big planned 👀
Help us bring the noise on December 18th! RSVP for details:
www.mobilize.us/seiuorganizi...
Help us bring the noise on December 18th! RSVP for details:
www.mobilize.us/seiuorganizi...
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Disavowing AIPAC and supporting Medicare for All should be a must for every candidate.
“I won’t be bribed and I’ll fight to make sure no one goes into debt if they get sick” is a winning message in every neighborhood in America.
And miss me with “purity” nonsense, standards are necessary.
“I won’t be bribed and I’ll fight to make sure no one goes into debt if they get sick” is a winning message in every neighborhood in America.
And miss me with “purity” nonsense, standards are necessary.
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Disavowing AIPAC and supporting Medicare for All should be a must for every candidate.
“I won’t be bribed and I’ll fight to make sure no one goes into debt if they get sick” is a winning message in every neighborhood in America.
And miss me with “purity” nonsense, standards are necessary.
“I won’t be bribed and I’ll fight to make sure no one goes into debt if they get sick” is a winning message in every neighborhood in America.
And miss me with “purity” nonsense, standards are necessary.
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Today's global solidarity actions in support of US baristas are SO inspiring! This is truly what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win!
US Starbucks baristas are on strike — and we’re, FSPM Bali Region, standing with them. We support their fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. #NoContractNoCoffee @sbworkersunited.bsky.social seiu.co/NoStarbucks
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today's global solidarity actions in support of US baristas are SO inspiring! This is truly what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win!
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If you’re a Democratic voter who believes we are facing the threat of fascism, understand that right now it is vital to “purity test” candidates.
The implications of letting just anyone hold power in a moment that dire are vast.
The implications of letting just anyone hold power in a moment that dire are vast.
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you’re a Democratic voter who believes we are facing the threat of fascism, understand that right now it is vital to “purity test” candidates.
The implications of letting just anyone hold power in a moment that dire are vast.
The implications of letting just anyone hold power in a moment that dire are vast.
#Canada has never been a climate leader.
Under Stephen Harper, pipelines infrastructure expanded without getting the consent from indigenous First Nations communities.
youtu.be/j_9W5rivkU0?...
Under Stephen Harper, pipelines infrastructure expanded without getting the consent from indigenous First Nations communities.
youtu.be/j_9W5rivkU0?...
Top climate adviser resigns, says Canada doing worse than almost any other nation | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#Canada has never been a climate leader.
Under Stephen Harper, pipelines infrastructure expanded without getting the consent from indigenous First Nations communities.
youtu.be/j_9W5rivkU0?...
Under Stephen Harper, pipelines infrastructure expanded without getting the consent from indigenous First Nations communities.
youtu.be/j_9W5rivkU0?...
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I think it’s time to leave Israel, for good now 😬
And it's not even an implicit threat. Smotrich just said it explicitly: Jewish "traitors" would also be executed.
December 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I think it’s time to leave Israel, for good now 😬
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This how you do it. Fuck these fascist fucks. Start reclaiming your civil liberties and human rights, including the right to privacy.
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This how you do it. Fuck these fascist fucks. Start reclaiming your civil liberties and human rights, including the right to privacy.
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My friends, this month we need £500 to keep safe roof over my family, a place where my kids can sleep without fear & where we can continue rebuilding our lives.🏠
Any support in any amount, truly helps us make it through this month❤️
Thank you for holding our family with such care, month after month.
Any support in any amount, truly helps us make it through this month❤️
Thank you for holding our family with such care, month after month.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My friends, this month we need £500 to keep safe roof over my family, a place where my kids can sleep without fear & where we can continue rebuilding our lives.🏠
Any support in any amount, truly helps us make it through this month❤️
Thank you for holding our family with such care, month after month.
Any support in any amount, truly helps us make it through this month❤️
Thank you for holding our family with such care, month after month.
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“I want the world to see our suffering & help us.”
In Gaza, the lives of people with disabilities are marked by daily struggles that go beyond physical limitations: loss of mobility, access to medicines, safe shelter & basic dignity, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi in a new dispatch from Palestine.
In Gaza, the lives of people with disabilities are marked by daily struggles that go beyond physical limitations: loss of mobility, access to medicines, safe shelter & basic dignity, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi in a new dispatch from Palestine.
The hidden struggles of people with disabilities in Gaza
Israel’s genocide has been cruel to disabled people, whose disabilities have been exacerbated by inadequate access to food and medicine
prismreports.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“I want the world to see our suffering & help us.”
In Gaza, the lives of people with disabilities are marked by daily struggles that go beyond physical limitations: loss of mobility, access to medicines, safe shelter & basic dignity, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi in a new dispatch from Palestine.
In Gaza, the lives of people with disabilities are marked by daily struggles that go beyond physical limitations: loss of mobility, access to medicines, safe shelter & basic dignity, reports Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi in a new dispatch from Palestine.
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This is a disgusting amount of money.
Families are losing healthcare and can't afford food or basic necessities.
And the billionaires keep getting richer.
Families are losing healthcare and can't afford food or basic necessities.
And the billionaires keep getting richer.
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is a disgusting amount of money.
Families are losing healthcare and can't afford food or basic necessities.
And the billionaires keep getting richer.
Families are losing healthcare and can't afford food or basic necessities.
And the billionaires keep getting richer.
Liberal’s outrage on Pete Hegseth’s war crimes off the Venezuelan coast rings hollow who never held Obama accountable for his own war crimes Yemen.
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Liberal’s outrage on Pete Hegseth’s war crimes off the Venezuelan coast rings hollow who never held Obama accountable for his own war crimes Yemen.
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Every hour there's new shocking levels of evil.
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Every hour there's new shocking levels of evil.