@whateverwhichwitch.bsky.social
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Like I fucking said.
To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Like I fucking said.
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It was absolutely working. You could hear Republicans beginning to panic at the prospect of Trump presiding over Thanksgiving chaos.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It was absolutely working. You could hear Republicans beginning to panic at the prospect of Trump presiding over Thanksgiving chaos.
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Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election
Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election
Pardon recipients include Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman and dozens more.
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election
Schumer did this.
It’s the Collins playbook.
It’s the Collins playbook.
I know this sounds mean but if you think that this is a coincidence you're more than a bit of a mark. If Kaine had been up next year, it would have been Warner, if Slotkin was retiring, Peters, etc.
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Schumer did this.
It’s the Collins playbook.
It’s the Collins playbook.
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This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
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Vote out Schumer, Gillibrand, and every Establishment Corporate funded Democrat. They've failed us repeatedly and have no idea how to lead. The Democratic Party will either die or transform into new leadership. It cannot survive in its current state.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Vote out Schumer, Gillibrand, and every Establishment Corporate funded Democrat. They've failed us repeatedly and have no idea how to lead. The Democratic Party will either die or transform into new leadership. It cannot survive in its current state.
Looks like we’re in for a Charlie Brown Christmas.
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Looks like we’re in for a Charlie Brown Christmas.
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ICYMI: I reviewed hundreds of internal FBI emails and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?
Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ICYMI: I reviewed hundreds of internal FBI emails and documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
The records appear to undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
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No one better at this than @amandalitman.bsky.social and her team.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
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Find offices you can run for
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November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
No one better at this than @amandalitman.bsky.social and her team.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Tap into the anger and run for office. Build the bench to replace the spineless fucks who betrayed us tonight.
Said to a party and president completely incapable of shame.
Hassan: My vote was to do two things: 1) Make sure the government is functioning… 2) continue the fight to a realistic platform to get the premium tax cuts done. If that is not successful, then shame on the Republican Party and shame on Donald Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Said to a party and president completely incapable of shame.
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
The Dems have finally copped on to the strategy Susan Collins has been using for years.
It’s a cynical ploy at its core.
It’s a cynical ploy at its core.
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The Dems have finally copped on to the strategy Susan Collins has been using for years.
It’s a cynical ploy at its core.
It’s a cynical ploy at its core.
I’m really shocked at Angus King’s thinking on this vote.
Basically, we had no choice but to capitulate.
This is someone who does not know how to fight.
Basically, we had no choice but to capitulate.
This is someone who does not know how to fight.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I’m really shocked at Angus King’s thinking on this vote.
Basically, we had no choice but to capitulate.
This is someone who does not know how to fight.
Basically, we had no choice but to capitulate.
This is someone who does not know how to fight.
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Schumer is spreading the word he was against the deal. But he is the leader. So he either tacitly let it happen or he failed as a leader. No excuse works for him. This is a fail.
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Schumer is spreading the word he was against the deal. But he is the leader. So he either tacitly let it happen or he failed as a leader. No excuse works for him. This is a fail.
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Seems like one of the important lessons of the past week is that the Democratic Party is big enough for a wide range of views…so long as all are willing to do whatever it takes to fight for the American people, the Constitution & stand up to Trump. That’s not negotiable. And some folks don’t get it
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Seems like one of the important lessons of the past week is that the Democratic Party is big enough for a wide range of views…so long as all are willing to do whatever it takes to fight for the American people, the Constitution & stand up to Trump. That’s not negotiable. And some folks don’t get it
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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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Seriously.
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Seriously.
If this passes in the Senate, doesn’t Johnson have to call back the House into session?
Wouldn’t he have to swear the Arizona Congresswoman in?
Asking for a friend.
@msnbc.com
@velshi.com
@simonwdc.bsky.social
Wouldn’t he have to swear the Arizona Congresswoman in?
Asking for a friend.
@msnbc.com
@velshi.com
@simonwdc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If this passes in the Senate, doesn’t Johnson have to call back the House into session?
Wouldn’t he have to swear the Arizona Congresswoman in?
Asking for a friend.
@msnbc.com
@velshi.com
@simonwdc.bsky.social
Wouldn’t he have to swear the Arizona Congresswoman in?
Asking for a friend.
@msnbc.com
@velshi.com
@simonwdc.bsky.social
Will the government be pumping people’s stomachs?
Any food which has gotten to poor families the states must send agents to reclaim the food before it is eaten or face new federal penalties
“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Will the government be pumping people’s stomachs?
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Thank you.
Thank you.
Mark Kelly a NO, notable as he was allegedly one of the cavers
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Thank you.
Thank you.
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Schumer put the nail in his own coffin and the Democratic Leadership. It's done. Just a matter of time. Ditto Centrists.
They have misread the moment and the rage of the people.
Trump and MAGA will continue playing them because they know they are weak.
They have misread the moment and the rage of the people.
Trump and MAGA will continue playing them because they know they are weak.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM