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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

For sure, but even that is intentional

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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I get upset with all the comments about dementia and intelligence for this exact reason They know exactly what they are doing. They didn't forget what they said. Any appearance of ignorance of facts, process, policy, laws, norms, etc are either purposeful or intentional

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The old "sarcasm" defense from Trump, which he uses to explain away his failures & make it impossible to hold him accountable: "Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours" apnews.com/article/trum...

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Trump says he was being a 'bit sarcastic' when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours

President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took o...

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Think about how no one under 30 knows what pensions are, it's a totally alien concept. The GOP goal is to make all government services as alien and unfamiliar. Imagine in a decade, trying to explain to a 20 year old what social security, libraries, grad school, the EPA, OSHA, mass vaccination, ADA,

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Lady “What Fresh Hell Is This?” @nakiajpnw.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

What happened was mass layoffs, RTO, restructuring, massive AI adoption, ...

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Once again: quit trying to insult Nazis by feminizing them. It is not shameful to be feminine. It is shameful to be a Nazi. It’s also shameful to have more money than God and inflict those hairstyles on the public, so maybe start there.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

A typical human story. Acceptance of abuse invites more abuse, even if retaliation can be costly. People are warier of people who hit back.

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Ah yes, the centuries old practice of successfully funding government through charity

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The courts can only help if you don't pass legislation to support the cuts and grant additional executive discretion of the appropriated funds after the fact

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Pretty sure that email regex isn't spec compliant

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6 months, though The call volume and protests against the Dems calm down to focus on more pressing issues Then rinse & repeat

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That would have played too much in the Dems favor, too much actual leverage to block the agenda, consistent public outrage and they might not actually cave the next month

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Not a Concorde, but you may be able to fly supersonic in the future boomsupersonic.com

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Making the World Dramatically More Accessible

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 15/03/2025

Also going after services for the homeless, minority businesses, and community development. The cruelty is the point.

i) the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service;
(ii) the United States Agency for Global Media;
(iii) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution;
(iv) the Institute of Museum and Library Services;
(v) the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness;
(vi) the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and
(vii) the Minority Business Development Agency.

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And hope those who negotiated in bad faith previously won't do it again

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I was going to say something similar, my bet is on straight up misogyny

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 14/03/2025

The struggle is real

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“I was one of the critics that sat on the side and made the decision there was only two genders, so I got an education that was unbelievable. And I don't know just exactly how to say this but my perspective for people have changed [...] I’d like to apologize" good things still happen sometimes 🥲

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/03/2025

“I was proud to vote recently for the House budget resolution, which provides the framework—" Rep. Edwards told the town hall in Asheville, North Carolina before cutting himself off as boos washed over him, while other attendees raised their hands to give him a thumbs-down. More:

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Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It feels like the argument inside of the Democratic establishment is heating up. I hope that's a good thing. I hope there's a faction that understands the fight in front of them and wants to be more proactive. And I hope they're winning against Schumer's milquetoast business as usual.

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fen @crayzeigh.com · 14/03/2025

omg, he's going to out-right mccain

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hey friends. there’s a whole lot going on, but I am still on the job hunt and watching savings vanish monthly any leads welcome, especially if you or your company are hiring devops/SRE and support related roles travel is not really safe for me now VT and/or remote, relocation negotiable

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

i fact checked this profile and think about it all the time. schumer isn't playing to anyone real, just imaginary ghouls in his head

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T DO THE THING WHEN BULLIES SAY, "DO THE THING OR ELSE." BECAUSE BULLIES ARE ALWAYS GOING TO DO THE THING OR ANOTHER, EQUALLY BAD THING. AND THEN A WORSE THING.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR. In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 14/03/2025

Annnnnd there it is. ““Medicaid is not just for Black people in the ghetto, these are our voters,” said a Republican operative close to the White House.”

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 14/03/2025

American exceptionalism is why many Americans genuinely don't understand why Canadians wouldn't want to join the US because they don't understand that people in other countries see the US for what it is- without freedom colored glasses (formerly known as rose colored glasses but sold in the USA).

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Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com · 14/03/2025

Cybersecurity is political. Period, end of story. If you could vote and didn't bother because it was boring you're just as responsible for loss of key research, ISAC funding, international collaboration, and federal jobs. Same if you kept using X. We warned you.

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Johns Hopkins laying off more than 2,000 workers after dramatic cut in USAID funding | CNN Politics

Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that it will be cutting more than 2,000 jobs after it lost $800 million in funding from the US Agency for International Development amid the Trump administration’s effort to significantly downsize the federal government.

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Bryan Liles @bryanl.dev · 14/03/2025

I read this book called “Let Them”. It’s super popular a en has sold lots of copies. The problem is that it is full of feel good mono with no substance. When you “let them”, you get the situation the United States is currently facing.

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/4 Yglesias’ view is that slogans like “states’ rights” and “welfare queens” and “anchor babies” are all just preexisting sincere concerns of the American electorate that emerged unprompted from the people. That’s deeply credulous.

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/3 The idea that the American people were a simmering cauldron of anxiety about trans issues and the GOP just finally acknowledged it is ridiculous. The trans panic is as cynical, bad-faith, and artificial as the “people eating dogs” panic. “Moderating” to their framing is capitulation to evil.

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/2 Today the demand for “moderation” calls on people to accept the Right’s hysterical bad faith framing of trans issues in a way that demeans humans and reduces liberty. If you do that their next demand will be that you abandon some other group or value.

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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Put another way: I’ve never had the sense that Yglesias has any actual values, just strategies. “Moderating” is a questionable strategy when you have no control over what “moderate” means and you’re just reacting to bad-faith fascists who will demand that you abandon value after value.

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Perfect example of how in leadership, you can’t aim to please everyone. If you’re getting shout outs from destructive people, you’re doing it wrong. Your job is to make things better.

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Ds: We'll stand in your way, see, we are holding tight Rs: *taps wristwatch*, do you want them to blame you? Ds: Ok fine, just this time, next time we'll make you see that we need to compromise

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Ds: Not if we make a big enough scene, coordinate outfits, try to tell our side to media Rs: You'll give in, or they'll blame you Ds: Look at all the calls we are getting, the protests, the people's anger. Don't you want to compromise? Rs: No, our way or the highway

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Rs: Here's our plan that we created without input and are giving you on a short deadline before shutdown Ds: We haven't had any input on this, let's compromise Rs: No, if you don't agree to our plan, the country will blame you

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Why not all of the above? Yes, it is a tough spot, but performative outrage followed by capitulation is exactly what Senate Dem leadership has been doing for decades They helped feed and create the "tough spot with few great choices" they are stuck in

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