ChuckInOregon

Jamal Khashoggi.

Jamal Khashoggi.

Jamal Khashoggi.

I think we need a menu style federal tax system.
For example, I’d like to opt out of my share of federal tax that supports an FBI Swat team protecting the FBI directors girlfriend for no known reason.
There are many other examples but Bluesky has a character limit.

Totally.

Anyone watching Ken Burns American Revolution? Inspiring. Timely.

In Reversal, Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote To Release Epstein Files Trump says House Republicans should vote to release files involving the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal.

Trump doesn’t like to lose. He knows the votes are there. So he pretends that’s his position. But I don’t think he really wants the full unedited report released.
He wants DOJ to investigate Clinton and Epstein.
Active investigation prevents release.

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

The pettiness is overflowing.

“an out-of-control federal agency terrorizing our communities”.

At the direction of an out-of-control president terrorizing our communities.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Too few people are talking about the fact that for eight years (2011-2019), while Jeffrey Epstein was raping young girls and trafficking them to hundreds of other rapists from his home base in Palm Beach, Florida, the Florida district attorney was Pam Bondi. Connect the dots.

Trump is obsessed with keeping the Epstein files hidden.
If only he had the same obsession for feeding hungry citizens, or lowering the cost of living, or creating jobs, or providing affordable healthcare or so many other things that would help Americans.

“republicans are running a pedophile protection program”.

More of this please.

#ReleaseEpsteinFiles

Distraction.

#ReleaseEpsteinFiles

Trump and the gop took away food from children. The court said he couldn’t do that so he went to the trouble of asking the Supreme Court to overturn the lower court ruling.
He must really want to starve children.
That’s some cold hearted evil sh!t.

I refuse to let Chuck Schumer and the 8 spineless, self-serving democrat traitors ruin my high from the #NoKings march and the democratic sweep in the recent election.
It only reinforces my belief that it’s on us. WE are the leaders we’ve been looking for.
Double down.
Speak up, march, vote.

Greg Sargent tweet on Mikie Sherrill's statement "slamming the Senate's proposed shutdown deal"

Statement from Mikie Sherrill "sharply criticizing Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as 'malpractice' and a betrayal of the people who are 'counting on us to fight for them'." bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-... h/t @gregsargent.bsky.social

From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.

The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.

Seven million people came out on No Kings Day, the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, and then followed it up with sweeping every major race on Nov. 4. We did our job in the streets and at the polls. It’d be nice if Democrats in the Senate could get on board.

If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.

Perfect outcome. For trump. He gets what he wants - no funding for ACA. His obsession to overturn anything Obama related is worth sacrificing your healthcare and affordability (yep I said it) to eat.
AND as a bonus it divides the Democratic Party.
A good day. For trump.

Absolutely. Our representatives should live in the same world. Same healthcare, same wage structure, same tax structure, same investment rules.
Representatives making decisions not to benefit us, but to benefit them is in no way a democracy.

Schumer needs to be replaced as leader. NOW. TODAY.

There are others to blame. I believe there are other Dems who supported caving. These 8 are just the votes that were needed.

For the rest of your life, IF you get to vote in an election, you don’t have to listen to a thing the candidates say. All you have to do is check who is funding them. THAT is how you’ll know what they will DO once in office. The words coming out of their mouths mean absolutely nothing.

House repubs - do what your constituents want. Not what Trump wants.
You represent the people. Grow a spine. Have some courage.

8 Dems caved. I’m frustrated. Angry. Pissed off.
They got NOTHING.
They surrendered.
Tell me what I’m missing.

My only question is can he still pitch 2-3 innings every few days?

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Like her or not, Nancy Pelosi fought for the American people.
Mike Johnson, well we all know who he fights for.

Dems - please do not cave on the shutdown due to a “promise” to negotiate on healthcare. Come to an agreement on healthcare written into the budget BEFORE voting for it.

Must have missed this version. The times I’ve seen him “dance”, he wasn’t nearly this good.

FAA To Start Reducing Air Traffic Due To Government Shutdown The agency is confronting staffing shortages caused by air traffic controllers, who are being asked to work without pay.

GOP Congress members are getting paid but refuse to call the house in session, swear in a duly elected member and negotiate to end the shutdown. All to take away healthcare and keep Epstein files hidden.
But air traffic controllers are required to work without pay.
www.huffpost.com/entry/faa-re...

Keep repeating that to yourself lil’ Mike.