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lizdente.bsky.social
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Ain't good. Compared to Senate Dems, House Dems have less leverage. One exception is the budget fight. But here's the Dem House Leader TODAY declining to use that leverage. If you have a Dem rep, ask them to use their leverage. And tell them to tell Jeffries to lead. Stay tuned - more to come.

submitted 21 days ago • 388 comments

Senator Schatz, @schatz.bsky.social, rejects idea that Dems should wait for Trump to touch 'most popular' programs to fight. "I'm not going to just wait until they touch the ACA. That's the kind of pundit-brain, poll-tested bullshit that got us into this mess." www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

submitted 21 days ago • 199 comments

Genuine question. He is committing a crime, publicly. Why is no one arresting him?

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I'm here.🙋‍♂️

submitted 25 days ago • 334 comments

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

submitted 26 days ago • 3291 comments

It’s a coup. That’s what’s happening. It doesn’t matter if it’s only been two weeks. Impeachable offenses aren’t like wine. They don’t need to age.

submitted 25 days ago • 53 comments

John Fetterman’s a disgrace to the oaf community. He does not represent America’s lumbering buffoons, ham-fisted galoots, or men whose heavy footsteps are soundtracked by a tuba.

submitted 33 days ago • 201 comments

If you wanna see what active service members think of Hegseth, go to /military…

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Instagram.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Looking for archivists to follow, specifically of film and digital media. Any suggestions?

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Let me state this is bluntly as I can, as a biographer of both Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Vladimir Putin is now inside the U.S. government, with visibility into absolutely everything. He has that access through Trump, Musk, and David Sacks. We are fully infiltrated. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...

submitted 107 days ago • 656 comments

donald trump nominates jeffrey epsteins corpse as head of department of education

submitted 107 days ago • 69 comments

“The appointments of Stephen Miller and Tom Homan to non-Senate confirmed positions is a signal that they want to go for maximum disruption with minimal oversight by Congress or the courts,” says America’s Voice Executive Director @vcardenas.bsky.social ⬇️

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

The AG can set direct precedent in immigration court.

submitted 107 days ago • 13 comments

the trump campaign was literally bought and paid for by the wealthiest people on the planet — openly! — and dim-witted pundits are going on about how voters are tired of "elitist democrats"

submitted 111 days ago • 375 comments

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 114 days ago • 67 comments