@mkstarry.bsky.social

Donald Trump and his Republican cronies have officially shut down the government.

It's midnight in D.C., and the government has officially shut down.
 
Why? Because Republicans don't even want to TALK about how to stop your premiums from doubling.
 
This is a REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN. Make sure everyone knows it.

Y'all send support and "thank you" to @murray.senate.gov for standing strong against the GOP!

Might be nice to mention this in the national news?

Ezra- Your piece on the death of Charlie Kirk was reckless, insulting, condescending, and worst of all, a piece of hagiography. For someone who claims to honor history and context in your work, it reads as if it was written by someone who respects neither of those things.  What does it mean to practice politics in the "right way"? For whom does a "taste for disagreement" benefit? Certainly not the vulnerable populations—trans people, Black women, and more—who Kirk routinely targeted with hate speech and calls for violence.  When I was a college intern at NBC News Washington in 2008, I would watch your MSNBC appearances on the monitor in our office. At that point I could only dream of having a platform like yours, which has grown exponentially since then. Now that I have a platform (albeit it much, much smaller than yours) and I couldn't fathom using it to gaslight the country into believing a hateful man stood for a public good. Maybe it's time to consider how you're using yours.  Marisa

i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social

We are close to wiping out all professionalism from the agencies of the United States government.

We're in serious trouble

After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.

She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse.

ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.

Yeah they shouldn't be sending Jim Jordan out to do spin on the molestation of young people I am just saying.

YouTube video by Matthew Joseph Hughes Goodbye To Romance (Piano Cover) for Ozzy

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LIVE NOW: Hakeem Jeffries' long minute (updated) The House Democratic leader is giving his Republican colleagues the business over the Big Billionaire Bailout

Watch now as Hakeem Jeffries holds the House floor to call out Trump and Republicans’ hypocritical, butt-ugly, billionaire bailout bill. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

People will die because of the all-out Republican assault on healthcare in America.

The House Floor is now a crime scene.

One part of Republicans' Big Ugly Bill that hasn't gotten enough attention?

It DEFUNDS Planned Parenthood—a big step toward the GOP's plan for a Backdoor Nationwide Abortion Ban where women won't be able to get care anywhere.

NOW is the time to speak up against this heinous bill.

Ask yourself why Rolling Stone is the only outlet performing this obvious public service.

I am no parliamentarian but if you can just hold the vote open indefinitely after the votes are in until you get the outcome you want that feels uhhh
not democratic

You’re going to love this.

Trump ran on lowering prices. Instead, he’s shrunk GDP, and is now adding trillions to the deficit with the Big Ugly Bill.

Maria Bartiromo: “…the expectations called for ADP numbers to be up 95,000… actually, uh, they show a decline in jobs, uh, down 33,000.”

The people want trains. Folks should be able to take a high speed train from Binghamton to Bowling Green. From Mobile to Madison. From Pittsburgh to Portland. Don’t build detention camps. Build trains.

My bet is that people will want real news outlets that are highly specialized. That is what Democracy Docket aims to be in the pro-democracy space. It has 20 employees and a plan to grow newsletters and video. If that sound good, give it a try. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Rep. Dean: "The senators voted on this not knowing exactly what was in the bill. I bet they loved the part about no sales tax on silencers. Really, folks? We want to make silencers more plentiful in this country at the behest of the representative who owns gun stores? Conflicts of interest abound."

I can

Well, there it is.

Every Senator should stand up for their state.

But fighting for your constituents does NOT mean getting a special carve out for YOUR state while actively HARMING the REST of the country.

We are the UNITED States of America.

SENATORS, VOTE NO!

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🚨The GOP provision to DEFUND Planned Parenthood is staying in the Big Ugly bill. Clinics will shutter. Women will lose access to cancer screenings, birth control, and basic care.

I will be forcing a vote to try to strip it out.

Fight like hell. We need to kill this bill.

the fuck is up with republicans and their utter lack of empathy for actual fuckin death

He knows. He does not care. His donors will back him because they think money can outvote people, and they want their billionaire tax cuts.

Unbelievable. Latest update from the nonpartisan budget office says the Senate Republican bill now cuts nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.