@pdxcarolyn.bsky.social
Emergency Physician , US Navy Veteran , wine, cat and food lover . Portland Oregon
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"Booker can help rebrand his party as less risk-averse and more willing to try … something. He can rebrand himself, just as the old and ineffective guard falters. Booker’s speech was raw and visceral and real and angry. He did something. Now his colleagues and American voters must do more."
Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Was a Stunt. It Worked.
The New Jersey senator’s display of stamina wasn't just for the Democratic base. It was a message to his colleagues in the Senate.
www.bloomberg.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Booker can help rebrand his party as less risk-averse and more willing to try … something. He can rebrand himself, just as the old and ineffective guard falters. Booker’s speech was raw and visceral and real and angry. He did something. Now his colleagues and American voters must do more."
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![“I’m honestly shocked. I thought we had it in the bag,” said Pam Van Handel, Chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin’s Outagamie County. “I thought [Musk] was gonna be an asset for this race. People love Trump, but maybe they don’t love everybody he supports. Maybe I have blinders on.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7vj2towokzui3hgna5u5u46f/bafkreig4kjmy5yti2tt4wwwsm3ihhuhykpkaqfefos7qoq5fbtfckbhciu@jpeg)
April 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
No comment needed www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Tonight I witnessed history on the Senate floor. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov, for standing up for everyday Americans, for our health care, and for our democracy.
This moment calls for moral courage. It isn’t left or right—it’s right or wrong. Let’s keep making good trouble.
This moment calls for moral courage. It isn’t left or right—it’s right or wrong. Let’s keep making good trouble.
Thank you, Senator Booker. Let’s keep making good trouble.
YouTube video by Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove
youtube.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Tonight I witnessed history on the Senate floor. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov, for standing up for everyday Americans, for our health care, and for our democracy.
This moment calls for moral courage. It isn’t left or right—it’s right or wrong. Let’s keep making good trouble.
This moment calls for moral courage. It isn’t left or right—it’s right or wrong. Let’s keep making good trouble.
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Sincere civic pride is a beautiful thing
so my favorite dive bar in WI passed up showing tonight’s Bucks game so they could show live poll results. when the election was called for Crawford, the whole bar started chanting, “Fuck El*n”. the bartender pulled out the good stuff and handed out free shots to us all—an absolutely electric nite
April 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Sincere civic pride is a beautiful thing
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😭😭😭
April 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
😭😭😭
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"The Republican controlled House of Representatives in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression passed the Smoot-Hawley Act which raised tariffs... It did not work and the US sank deeper into the Great Depression."
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"The Republican controlled House of Representatives in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression passed the Smoot-Hawley Act which raised tariffs... It did not work and the US sank deeper into the Great Depression."
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Let's appreciate the poetry of this beautiful moment.
Longest speaking filibuster ever was 24 hours, 18 minutes by Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
In a few hours, that record will be shattered by Sen. Cory Booker, a Black man, laying out the case for saving democracy from an aspiring despot.
In a few hours, that record will be shattered by Sen. Cory Booker, a Black man, laying out the case for saving democracy from an aspiring despot.
April 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Let's appreciate the poetry of this beautiful moment.
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Despite ridership rebound to 75% of pre-pandemic levels, the SFMTA board voted 4-3 yesterday to cut service this summer. Cuts won't help with voter confidence to save and improve service!
Muni ridership as of March is at 75% of pre-pandemic levels; a child died in a "non-skiing accident" at a Tahoe resort; and there was a memorial service Monday night for the Oakland teen killed two weeks ago.
Tuesday Morning Topline: Muni Ridership at 75% of Pre-Pandemic Levels
Muni ridership as of March is at 75% of pre-pandemic levels; a child died in a "non skiing accident" at a Tahoe resort; and there was a memorial service Monday night for the Oakland teen killed two…
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April 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Despite ridership rebound to 75% of pre-pandemic levels, the SFMTA board voted 4-3 yesterday to cut service this summer. Cuts won't help with voter confidence to save and improve service!
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Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs are designed to liberate Americans from their hard-earned cash and will:
- Make groceries more expensive
- Crash markets and retirements
- And make it harder to build and make things in America.
How do we know? Anyone…anyone?
Because, we know.
The chaos must end.
- Make groceries more expensive
- Crash markets and retirements
- And make it harder to build and make things in America.
How do we know? Anyone…anyone?
Because, we know.
The chaos must end.
April 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs are designed to liberate Americans from their hard-earned cash and will:
- Make groceries more expensive
- Crash markets and retirements
- And make it harder to build and make things in America.
How do we know? Anyone…anyone?
Because, we know.
The chaos must end.
- Make groceries more expensive
- Crash markets and retirements
- And make it harder to build and make things in America.
How do we know? Anyone…anyone?
Because, we know.
The chaos must end.
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The best way to repair the damage neoliberal policies like NAFTA did to states like mine would be to invest in new infrastructure projects like energy and high-speed rail.
We can diversify our energy sector, improve transportation, & manufacture everything here.
We can diversify our energy sector, improve transportation, & manufacture everything here.
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The best way to repair the damage neoliberal policies like NAFTA did to states like mine would be to invest in new infrastructure projects like energy and high-speed rail.
We can diversify our energy sector, improve transportation, & manufacture everything here.
We can diversify our energy sector, improve transportation, & manufacture everything here.
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Pretty interesting how everywhere Trump has business associates and/or business interests did fine today: the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Turkey, the UK, Israel, El Salvador, Argentina, and of course Russia—which is full of people Trump wants to work with in the future. Only China got screwed.
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Pretty interesting how everywhere Trump has business associates and/or business interests did fine today: the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Turkey, the UK, Israel, El Salvador, Argentina, and of course Russia—which is full of people Trump wants to work with in the future. Only China got screwed.
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We've all been there, you have a group project due, no one can agree on how to do it and you procrastinate until the night before, so one person has to do all the work and they phone it in. And then boom, there goes the global economy...
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We've all been there, you have a group project due, no one can agree on how to do it and you procrastinate until the night before, so one person has to do all the work and they phone it in. And then boom, there goes the global economy...
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I suppose congrats are in order?
“The mayor was always entitled to his day in court– instead, he’s used his power and privilege to sidestep the process. No matter what he’ll now claim, this isn’t a testament to his innocence, but to his capitulation and fear.”
Statement on the dismissal: www.advocate.nyc.gov/press/nyc-pu...
Statement on the dismissal: www.advocate.nyc.gov/press/nyc-pu...
NYC Public Advocate's Statement On The Dismissal Of The Mayor's Case
Press Release, April 2nd, 2025
www.advocate.nyc.gov
April 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I suppose congrats are in order?
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More of this, please! RESIST
Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
March 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
More of this, please! RESIST
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The Trump regime is threatening to shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a court ruling blocking DOGE from further infiltrating the agency.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
Social Security Says DOGE Ruling Could Force Agency to Shut Down
The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — an action that could delay payments to millions of beneficiaries caught in the middle of the legal battle.
www.bloomberg.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Trump regime is threatening to shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a court ruling blocking DOGE from further infiltrating the agency.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
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The uniquely obtuse John Fetterman mansplaining to AOC that America is currently NOT "in chaos" and the Trump administration is currently NOT "harming millions," and therefore our steady state is a Condition Normal he must fight to preserve
There's being out of touch, and then there's Fetterman
There's being out of touch, and then there's Fetterman
March 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The uniquely obtuse John Fetterman mansplaining to AOC that America is currently NOT "in chaos" and the Trump administration is currently NOT "harming millions," and therefore our steady state is a Condition Normal he must fight to preserve
There's being out of touch, and then there's Fetterman
There's being out of touch, and then there's Fetterman
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Goodnight 🌙
Fuck Columbia University
Fuck Columbia University
March 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Goodnight 🌙
Fuck Columbia University
Fuck Columbia University
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
March 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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"We request that you provide information regarding the decision-making procedure and justification, and immediately resume US support for this critical work."
Note that we now have GOP Senators directly pressuring Rubio to reverse the State Department's decision here:
Note that we now have GOP Senators directly pressuring Rubio to reverse the State Department's decision here:
Two GOP Senators, Grassley and Tillis, just joined a *very* harsh letter from Dems calling on Rubio to reinstate contract tracking abducted Ukrainian children.
"It must remain the policy of the US to pursue accountability for the Russian Federation’s atrocities in Ukraine."
"It must remain the policy of the US to pursue accountability for the Russian Federation’s atrocities in Ukraine."
March 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"We request that you provide information regarding the decision-making procedure and justification, and immediately resume US support for this critical work."
Note that we now have GOP Senators directly pressuring Rubio to reverse the State Department's decision here:
Note that we now have GOP Senators directly pressuring Rubio to reverse the State Department's decision here:
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Trump & his Billionaire Club have billions to gain by causing a recession.
It's part of Fucking America right in the ass to enrich himself & his buddies.
We need some adults in the room or the kids are gonna get us all killed!
Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost.
Economists Disagree.
It's part of Fucking America right in the ass to enrich himself & his buddies.
We need some adults in the room or the kids are gonna get us all killed!
Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost.
Economists Disagree.
Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost. Economists Disagree.
President Trump and his advisers say his policies may cause short-term pain but will produce big gains over time. Many economists are skeptical of those arguments.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trump & his Billionaire Club have billions to gain by causing a recession.
It's part of Fucking America right in the ass to enrich himself & his buddies.
We need some adults in the room or the kids are gonna get us all killed!
Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost.
Economists Disagree.
It's part of Fucking America right in the ass to enrich himself & his buddies.
We need some adults in the room or the kids are gonna get us all killed!
Trump Says a Recession Might Be Worth the Cost.
Economists Disagree.
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'Out of control' Tesla ploughs into pedestrians on busy London street injuring seven
www.lbc.co.uk/crime/tesla-...
www.lbc.co.uk/crime/tesla-...
'Out of control' Tesla ploughs into pedestrians on busy London street injuring seven
Seven people have been injured and later taken to hospital after a Tesla ploughed into the pavement of a busy London street before hitting a lamppost.
www.lbc.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
'Out of control' Tesla ploughs into pedestrians on busy London street injuring seven
www.lbc.co.uk/crime/tesla-...
www.lbc.co.uk/crime/tesla-...