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Writer, Artist, musician, avid reader who likes long walks on the beach and in dark, creepy castles in Eastern Europe. Currently working on my first novel and some other things.

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Every single person in Little Village fighting ICE/BP this week, each one of those people had more courage than the entire party leadership put together. Every single person in the street resisting in LA, Portland, Chicago, they're ALL showing more backbone than useless top tiers of Dem apparatus

10.11.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1331    πŸ” 367    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 11

just a reminder that the 8 Dems who folded need to vote again later in the week (thanks to dumb senate procedure, unsurprisingly)

light their phones up tomorrow at 9AM

10.11.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1019    πŸ” 485    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8

The fact him or one of his staffers would post this on *this* platform is yet another sign of how unfit this man is to do anything other than retire.

10.11.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1122    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 2

i was here in march so i’m obviously pleased to see so many others arriving at this same space

10.11.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 301    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

the β€œaxios is fake news trying to stir shit, dems aren’t gonna cave” to β€œthe dem deal is actually good and smart and savvy” pipeline is real and best explained not be rational trains of thought but fear and cognitive dissonance

10.11.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1148    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 10
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SNAP

At 11:54 p.m. ET, the First Circuit *denied* the Trump administration's request for a stay pending appeal in the SNAP case.

#SCOTUS now has 48 hours (so, through 11:54 p.m. on Tuesday) to either grant the same relief or extend the "administrative stay" entered by Justice Jackson on Friday night.

10.11.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 482    πŸ” 177    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10

who call themselves the Democratic Party today. We deserve actual leadership, not collaborators of our misery.

10.11.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

be taken away by the Republican Party, while you write your strongly worded letters and go on msnbc and cnn to take about your failures to do anything for the people who gave you your power. And we’re not going to tolerate it anymore. The American people deserve better than the sorry ass people

10.11.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a lie Senator and we are not stupid. You collaborated with those eight senators to get this terrible β€œdeal” passed and we won’t forget it. The Senate Democrats under your leadership has done nothing for the American people but watched our rights and social safety nets

10.11.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

10.11.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3756    πŸ” 890    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 23

The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.

10.11.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2185    πŸ” 420    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 20

I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really

10.11.2025 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5260    πŸ” 966    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 50

Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.

10.11.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1043    πŸ” 374    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 120

I think it's funny that they are making Shaheen and King the faces of the cave. Hmmm I wonder why???? King is not a Dem and Shaheen is retiring and DOES NOT GIVE A FUCK.

10.11.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

A young woman on TikTok recently posted a video speaking about how she will die without the insulin she will no longer be able to afford. How she won’t be able to stockpile it forever. How heavy it was to consider that as a young person full of dreams and potential. My heart breaks for her.

10.11.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1039    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 4

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

10.11.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 18548    πŸ” 5412    πŸ’¬ 304    πŸ“Œ 202

Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao

10.11.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4466    πŸ” 1042    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 47

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

10.11.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8220    πŸ” 1995    πŸ’¬ 307    πŸ“Œ 257

Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.

10.11.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4501    πŸ” 1190    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 47

Not a single senate Democrat should be politically safe from this day forward. Not one

10.11.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 578    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

10.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11633    πŸ” 3297    πŸ’¬ 213    πŸ“Œ 157

I don’t what to say about a Dem leadership that can be undone by the likes of Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen. Saying they went over Schumer’s head is not the flex people think it is.

10.11.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1238    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 6

Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.

Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.

10.11.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1928    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 12

i think Senator Lander has a ring to it

10.11.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 737    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 9

Fuck it, man, join DSA. Eat these losers alive or die.

10.11.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 462    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 13

would be a shame if people called venues the way they did for Jeffries’ book tour

09.11.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 774    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Schumer isn't afraid of Dem voters. People can yell *primary* all they want as the Federal government becomes more fascist over time. There is no organized movement against the Democratic party. There's the fascists and their enablers (the Democratic party). Perhaps this would be the final straw.

09.11.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 566    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

Let me be clear: if Chuck Schumer caves tonight, that will be the formal end of his career in Democratic politics.

The new generation coming into leadership has no tolerance for cowards.

09.11.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2281    πŸ” 570    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 55

Mitch McConnel's singular political insight is that Presidents get punished for Congressional obstinancy and he used that insight to get the Right an unbreakable majority on the Supreme Court, so of course Chuck Schumer's iteration on it is to proactively let democrats take blame after tangible harm

09.11.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1415    πŸ” 306    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
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Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: β€˜It’s heartbreaking as a mom’ Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.

Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.

"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

09.11.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3021    πŸ” 1691    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 165

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