Denise Clapsaddle
@revdmc.bsky.social
DC STATEHOOD NOW! 💙 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ I stand with Ukraine. Progressive Pastor, Teaching Artist, hiker, New Englander, wife, mom, grandma.
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An opinion piece loaded with actual facts. A must read as our failing felon wobbles along. This is an illegitimate government to whom no American owes allegiance
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The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast | Simon Tisdall
These widely condemned strikes are just the latest sign of Trump’s imperialist revival – and the collapsing before our eyes of the rules-based world order, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Si...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
An opinion piece loaded with actual facts. A must read as our failing felon wobbles along. This is an illegitimate government to whom no American owes allegiance
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A stunt that killed people? Big if true.
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A stunt that killed people? Big if true.
It takes 24 Senate Dems to oust Schumer. I am guessing some of them are quietly counting the votes right now. Very. Quietly.
"No Senate Democrats have joined their colleagues in seeking Schumer’s resignation and none responded to requests for comment from the Prospect."
Hear me out...
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It takes 24 Senate Dems to oust Schumer. I am guessing some of them are quietly counting the votes right now. Very. Quietly.
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DHS/ICE was given its own $165B as in BIG Ugly bill budget — yet here they are misappropriating funds right now from DoD and military budgets (e.g. Navy) to ramrod through detention center buildouts…
Where is the USDA money for SNAP folks? Where did that end up?
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Where is the USDA money for SNAP folks? Where did that end up?
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Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy | CNN Politics
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement ai...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
DHS/ICE was given its own $165B as in BIG Ugly bill budget — yet here they are misappropriating funds right now from DoD and military budgets (e.g. Navy) to ramrod through detention center buildouts…
Where is the USDA money for SNAP folks? Where did that end up?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Where is the USDA money for SNAP folks? Where did that end up?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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EXACTLY!! Right out of the Kremlin play book, & copying Netanyahu, too. Instead of bombing low income areas, he's cutting off food supply to the ppl who need it most. We can expect 2c crime rate go up & domino effect socially.
A leader should help his ppl not take away from the least among us.✌🏼☮️
A leader should help his ppl not take away from the least among us.✌🏼☮️
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
EXACTLY!! Right out of the Kremlin play book, & copying Netanyahu, too. Instead of bombing low income areas, he's cutting off food supply to the ppl who need it most. We can expect 2c crime rate go up & domino effect socially.
A leader should help his ppl not take away from the least among us.✌🏼☮️
A leader should help his ppl not take away from the least among us.✌🏼☮️
It's about their priorities.
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's about their priorities.
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“…the worse it gets for him, the more obvious it is that he’s losing, the more desperate and extreme he gets. That means we can’t sit back and relax, counting the days until the midterms and a beautiful blue wave. We need to maintain our sense of urgency.”
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A Punch in the Face
Tuesday's Democratic blowout demonstrated that the wannabe king is growing weaker while the public's anger is growing stronger
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November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“…the worse it gets for him, the more obvious it is that he’s losing, the more desperate and extreme he gets. That means we can’t sit back and relax, counting the days until the midterms and a beautiful blue wave. We need to maintain our sense of urgency.”
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 107 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @mluckovichajc)
(From @mluckovichajc)
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From @mluckovichajc)
(From @mluckovichajc)
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DOJ tells Republicans that Epstein files even worse for Trump than they thought: report
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DOJ tells Republicans that Epstein files even worse for Trump than they thought: report
Several House Republicans have reportedly heard from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein documents are especially compromising for President Donald Trump.That's accordi...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
DOJ tells Republicans that Epstein files even worse for Trump than they thought: report
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Sandwich guy found not guilty!
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sandwich guy found not guilty!
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Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🤣
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🤣
I 100% agree with her.
hero
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I 100% agree with her.
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a stammering Ron Johnson throws a tantrum at Richard Blumenthal during an ACA hearing
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
a stammering Ron Johnson throws a tantrum at Richard Blumenthal during an ACA hearing
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BREAKING: RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.
Findlay is reportedly ok.
Findlay is reportedly ok.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
BREAKING: RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.
Findlay is reportedly ok.
Findlay is reportedly ok.
Let's all get loud!
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Let's all get loud!
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Good question, Junior!
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Good question, Junior!
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🚨🚨🚨ICE agents have criminal backgrounds including domestic violence and battery. Many have not had any background checks or fingerprints taken. Well, this is 100% consistent with what we are seeing on the streets of America.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
🚨🚨🚨ICE agents have criminal backgrounds including domestic violence and battery. Many have not had any background checks or fingerprints taken. Well, this is 100% consistent with what we are seeing on the streets of America.
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Cartoon by John Darkow.
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Cartoon by John Darkow.
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the king blames his subjects for complaining about his policies hurting them
October 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
the king blames his subjects for complaining about his policies hurting them
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Corruption goes courtside.
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Corruption goes courtside.