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Left toxic Twitter to be here with all the cool kids. Democrat, lit dropper, door knocker, and poll watcher. Birder, phytophile of native plants. Passionate about saving the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken. Environmental professional in a former life.

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03.08.2025 12:08 — 👍 3784    🔁 573    💬 324    📌 44

First it was “I barely knew him,” now it’s “we were best friends until he started stealing the barely legals out from under me.”

02.08.2025 21:10 — 👍 7600    🔁 1565    💬 215    📌 41

The new Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, John Barron, has revised the jobs numbers for the last three months up from 106,000 jobs to "seventy trillion billion jobs."

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Me three months ago:

01.08.2025 22:53 — 👍 16734    🔁 3833    💬 454    📌 115
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In critiquing Trump's Desecration of the Rose Garden Part II, "the drainage gates are in the shapes [sic] of American flags" metaphor went right over johnny maga's little head.

01.08.2025 23:32 — 👍 651    🔁 134    💬 107    📌 17
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Submit Online Public Comments on TX Congressional Redistricting · MOVE Texas Texas already redrew its congressional maps in 2021, but now Donald Trump and national Republicans are demanding a second redraw, not because of new Census data, but to protect their grip on power as ...

www.mobilize.us/movetexas/ev...

01.08.2025 16:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bove misled lawmakers about his actions in NYC mayor case, evidence suggests The details from a whistleblower complaint emerged hours before a final vote on Bove’s nomination to a federal judgeship.

Emil Bove misled lawmakers in his confirmation hearings for a federal judgeship when he denied targeting prosecutors who refused to go along with his dismissal of corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

29.07.2025 23:57 — 👍 4533    🔁 1667    💬 680    📌 189
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RAPID RESPONSE TX REDISTRICTING UPDATE CALL · MOVE Texas Governor Abbott has put mid-decade redistricting front and center during the special session following pressure from the Trump administration in a blatant attempt to increase Republican representation...

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31.07.2025 02:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Probably the best decision tRump has ever made.

20.07.2025 18:21 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Maxwell will lie about how democrats were the real pedos, trump is innocemt, trump will pardon her. It will work, magats will be comvinced. They will arrest democrats. And Americams will do nothing.

26.07.2025 16:12 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The Department of Justice is pretending it needed to talk to notorious liar Ghislaine Maxwell to know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein, when it is concealing thousands of documents about him that don’t lie. It’s a sick farce.

25.07.2025 19:28 — 👍 31132    🔁 8811    💬 932    📌 316

God bless South Park!

24.07.2025 17:11 — 👍 8843    🔁 1030    💬 184    📌 32
Please reject the “Big Beautiful Bill” and stand with everyday Americans Text SIGN PVPMHB to 50409 — I’m writing to urge you to stand firmly against the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” Despite its name and rhetoric, this proposal would have devastating consequences for everyday Americans, especially the most vulnerable among us. With deep cuts to Medicaid, tax giveaways to the ultra-wealthy, and a projected $2.4 trillion increase to the deficit, this bill is not a vision for prosperity—it’s a blueprint for widening inequality and eroding trust in government. I’m especially concerned about how these cuts will impact rural communities, working families, and those who already struggle to access affordable healthcare. The suggestion that Americans will “get over it,” as some Senate leaders have said, is not only dismissive—it’s dangerous. This moment calls for leadership rooted in fairness, compassion, and fiscal responsibility. I hope you will reject this bill and work instead toward bipartisan solutions that uplift Main Street, not just Wall Street. Please put your constituents first. Thank you for your service to our state—I hope we can count on your strong voice in this critical moment.

🖋️ “Please reject the “Big Beautiful Bill” and stand with everyday Americans” (Wash. only) hit 250 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PVPMHB to 50409

02.07.2025 19:53 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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House Republicans Stuck Ahead Of Big Tax Bill Vote The so-called Big Beautiful Bill has run aground after sailing through the Senate on Tuesday.

NOW: CAPITOL CLIFFHANGER

House Republicans Stuck Ahead Of Big Tax Bill Vote
The so-called Big Beautiful Bill has run aground after sailing through the Senate on Tuesday.

go.shr.lc/4eHkwQX

03.07.2025 02:54 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
Keith Self: I came to Washington to help rein in our national debt.

In negotiations with House leadership, commitments were made to ensure the One Big Beautiful Bill would include key provisions, such as:

 - Matching every $1 of tax cuts with $1 of spending cuts.

- Terminating Biden's Green New Scam.

- Prohibiting taxpayer-funded experimental gender transition procedures.

The Senate broke the House framework, and then they stomped all over it. Now, House leadership wants to cram this broken bill down our throats by rushing it to the floor while in the middle of discussions, completely disregarding their promises.

The only way of making this right is by leadership adhering to their commitments and restoring, at a minimum, these three important issues from the House version.

While honoring one's commitment may be a rare commodity in Washington, each member of Congress is obligated to return home and explain their actions to the constituents they serve.

Ultimately, this is an issue of morality. Abiding by our word is the only thing we have; therefore, as the bill currently stands, I voted against the rule.

We have an incredibly rare opportunity to extend President Trump's tax cuts, begin restoring fiscal sanity by reducing spending to pre-COVID numbers and truly leave our country better than we found it.

Keith Self: I came to Washington to help rein in our national debt. In negotiations with House leadership, commitments were made to ensure the One Big Beautiful Bill would include key provisions, such as: - Matching every $1 of tax cuts with $1 of spending cuts. - Terminating Biden's Green New Scam. - Prohibiting taxpayer-funded experimental gender transition procedures. The Senate broke the House framework, and then they stomped all over it. Now, House leadership wants to cram this broken bill down our throats by rushing it to the floor while in the middle of discussions, completely disregarding their promises. The only way of making this right is by leadership adhering to their commitments and restoring, at a minimum, these three important issues from the House version. While honoring one's commitment may be a rare commodity in Washington, each member of Congress is obligated to return home and explain their actions to the constituents they serve. Ultimately, this is an issue of morality. Abiding by our word is the only thing we have; therefore, as the bill currently stands, I voted against the rule. We have an incredibly rare opportunity to extend President Trump's tax cuts, begin restoring fiscal sanity by reducing spending to pre-COVID numbers and truly leave our country better than we found it.

Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) says he voted NO on moving to the One Big Brutal Bill Act because it's not brutal enough for him.

03.07.2025 02:56 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 1
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BREAKING: Senator Warnock calls Big Beautiful Bill “Socialism for the Rich”.

100% true!

30.06.2025 13:34 — 👍 19868    🔁 5603    💬 604    📌 266
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Unraveling the Big Beautiful Bill Spin - FactCheck.org As the Republican budget bill, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, nears the July 4 deadline set by the White House, lawmakers have been ramping up the rhetoric. We referee the claims from both sid...

www.factcheck.org/2025/07/unra...

02.07.2025 16:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ABC's explanation of why they suspended correspondent Terry Moran misuses the word "objective". Moran said Stephen Miller was a "world-class hater" and "his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment". Those are objectively true statements. Miller's hatred is deeply documented. 1/

08.06.2025 18:16 — 👍 109    🔁 25    💬 2    📌 5

The Dem Senators who broke party lines on a procedural motion vote for the stablecoin bill are not a surprise. They are well-predicted by the pro-crypto "Stand With Crypto" site: 16 of the top 18 Dem Senators as ranked for their support for crypto voted yes.
www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians

12.06.2025 00:46 — 👍 102    🔁 65    💬 21    📌 15

RFK Jr's appointing anti-vaxxers to set policy on vaccines for our children is a bat signal for amateur genealogists. You are needed! Remind us how half of US children used to die before age 5 - by showing it in the family trees of everyone on this panel. 1/
#genealogy #familyhistory #ancestry

11.06.2025 23:33 — 👍 159    🔁 66    💬 15    📌 7

Let's be careful - we know little of the religion of Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter. He's likely Pentecostal but it's unknown what church he was ordained in. Yes, he said "apostle" in a sermon in the Congo, but his (now moribund) "Revoformation Ministries" dates from the 1960s, long before NAR. 1/

14.06.2025 23:25 — 👍 51    🔁 13    💬 6    📌 2

Masked ICE in unmarked vehicles using excessive force. Let's investigate this, @senatedemocrats.bsky.social , @housedemocrats.bsky.social

11.06.2025 21:20 — 👍 457    🔁 230    💬 29    📌 5
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BREAKING: LA solidarity protesters in Austin are occupying JJ Pickle Federal Building, which houses local ICE processing center

10.06.2025 00:59 — 👍 30826    🔁 7482    💬 695    📌 546
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NO KINGS League City · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS League City” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

06.06.2025 17:24 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Oh wait, does that mean Trump hired an immigrant here illegally and put him in charge of systematically dismantling of the Federal government? Wouldn’t that be treason?

05.06.2025 21:40 — 👍 595    🔁 67    💬 16    📌 1
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Oh.

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Who keeps the car in the divorce?

05.06.2025 21:14 — 👍 9168    🔁 1220    💬 620    📌 122
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Live updates: Trump and Musk escalate public feud over agenda bill | CNN Politics President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s disagreements over Trump’s agenda bill have spilled into public view. Trump also held a long-awaited call with China’s leader Xi Jinping on trade. Follow for liv...

There is not enough popcorn in the world to watch Trump and Musk go after each other

www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

05.06.2025 20:37 — 👍 51    🔁 3    💬 8    📌 2

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