burgh68.bsky.social

burgh68.bsky.social

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After over nine months of Trump and his regime inflicting extreme pain and abuse on the country every day, eight Senate Democrats decided to remove one actual moment of leverage and end the government shutdown. Just pathetic.

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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength. Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans. The American people need more from their leaders.

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The pardons are primarily symbolic: No one on the list has been charged with federal crimes, and Trump can't pardon those facing state charges in GA, AZ, NV and WI. But it's another effort by Trump to recast the history of his bid to seize a second term in 2020. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

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Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.” Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.

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President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria is set to meet with President Trump in Washington on Monday, his first visit to the U.S. capital since coming to power and the first by any Syrian head of state to the White House.

nyti.msSyria’s President to Meet Trump at White House for First TimeThe visit by President Ahmed al-Shara is another step in the transformation of the former rebel leader once wanted by the United States as a terrorist.

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At some point we have to sit down and reason out that Republicans are exactly who they are telling us they are and there was no deal to be made. That being the case the shutdown becomes pointless.

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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

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This promise is worthless but I understand the politics of it. This leaves all the damage at the feet of Republicans going into the midterms. Well played Democrats. Well played.

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

The deal would include a promised vote on extending Obamacare tax credits in December, the sources said. It could also include some kind of language to help federal workers who have been laid off under the shutdown. www.axios.com/2025/11/09/s...

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Excellent o(pi)nion piece by @barbmcquade.bsky.social. It thoroughly digests the dispositive legal and factual issues, and tastefully establishes why the case had no meat to it, and why the jury didn't swallow it. It's a must(ard)-read.

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social

Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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He lies in the morning, he lies at night. He lies when he’s snoring, he lies to incite. He lies when it rains, he lies when it snows. He lies thru his veins, he lies when he picks his nose. He lies in the Summer, he lies in the Fall. He lies to a plumber, he lies to us all.

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The disruptions from federal restrictions on flying at the nation’s busiest airports were challenging, but relatively contained this weekend. But the cuts are expected to grow in the coming days, threatening to wreak havoc for airlines and travelers as Thanksgiving approaches.

nyti.msAirport Disruptions May Get Worse This WeekThe fact that planes are generally less full in early November helped airlines limit the impact. That will change as Thanksgiving nears.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Pressed by Stephanopoulos on the fact that electricity prices have in fact gone up, Bessent punts: "Electricity prices are a state problem ... look, there are things the federal government can control. Local electricity prices are not one of them."

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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."

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Sean Duffy: "We have a number of people who want to get home for the holidays, they want to see their family. Listen, many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane."

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TAPPER: Do you have any numerical idea of how many Americans will not be able to be with their families for Thanksgiving because of this? DUFFY: I think the number is going to be substantial

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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?

Karoline Lovett calling any news organization “fake news” is laughable. She stands in front of the American people everyday and just makes stuff up. When challenged, she continues with the narrative she has been told to sell to the MAGA crowd.

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Musk does not get 1/1000th of the grief he should over this absurd claim about 20 million dead people getting Social Security. Social Security is run far better than Tesla and provides a way more valuable service.

Dean Baker@deanbaker13.bsky.social

Imagine shareholders willing to give a trillion dollars to a guy who says there are 20 million dead people getting Social Security, but is too incompetent to find any of them.