I was led to believe that Americans, when angry, grabbed pitchforks and carried torches.

They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

They shut down the government for nothing. Literally nothing.

I have not seen any post fly thru my feed with a “well, actually, this democratic positioning is good”. Is Bluesky an echo chamber?

The only Dem senators voting to cave on the shutdown fight are either retiring or not up for reelection this cycle. Might be Dems' most beautifully synchronized cave yet

It is remarkable to me that even I, a dumb-dumb, understand this and the people elected to the highest offices (and their staffs) do not; or choose to not.

Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences

I assume Sen. Warren’s colleague already know this. I also assume Sen. Warren has done everything in her power short of tying colleagues to a chair and play Stealers Wheel to convince them they are in the wrong.

Anyone else’s kid forget about their Halloween haul?

Apropos of nothing: “More than 70 percent of Senate Democrats hold degrees from private universities.” www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?

Live look at GOP HQ, moments after getting Dem proposal to end the shutdown.

If Dems accept this deal, it will help the GOP cement the following ideas into the public conscience over the coming 4 weeks: -Shutdown was Dems fault/responsibility -They did it for nothing -They caved to Trump Having accepted responsibility, it will also cripple them in the follow up debate.

More and more people need to be saying this

Trump and GOP have shown they don’t care about the rule of law or the powers the Constitution gives to Congress, so why does Schumer and Senate Dems think this one time they will?

This is who Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are caving to—a president who gets loudly booed at Washington Commanders game.

Bodie Wan. Now that is a name I haven’t heard in a long time…a long time.

To the tune of Timothee Chalomet’s Willy Wonka song “You’ve never had chocolate like this”: 🎶The politicians Are playing politics The Dems cave on principles around the clock-elet🎶

The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to… they are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt

Democrats ran the table on Tuesday at state and local levels, getting not just its base excited but “normies” fed up over the last 10mo, so of course national Democrats want to do everything to pop the air in the balloon.

At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and Sideshow Bob are advising Chuck Schumer.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band performed Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen album (with the original members like Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, and Chris Stainton, and special guests including Chris Robinson, Warren Haynes, Anders Osborne, and Dave Mason.) open.spotify.com/album/27Fphg...

Joshes just joshing

This shirt is now 30 years old. (I bought it at the 12/1 Hershey show) This shirt is basically the same age as most Bsky users (+/- a few years). What’s your oldest piece of clothing (that you bought new)?

I’m always fascinated by our most important media companies’ push alert strategies. How do they determine what to push, and when etc etc

Charging my Ionia 5 at a Tesla super charging area and there are 6 Teslas and me. So, basically, 6 people who support fascism and one true patriot who drives a South Korean car.

Nature. You love to see it.

Now would be a good time for reporters who were on the Biden-is-too-old-and-has-mental-decline train to aim their intellectual prowess at the current president.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to withhold for now about $4 billion needed to fully fund a food aid program for 42 million low-income Americans this month amid the federal government shutdown. www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

“[Edward] Durfee, the Republican municipal chairman in Northvale [NJ] who was at the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol as a member of the Oath Keepers, overcame a last-minute write-in campaign to win a three-year term on the [Northern Valley Regional] school board.” www.nj.com/bergen/2025/...

Bodie Wan. Now that is a name I haven’t heard in a long time…a long time.

I hate living in a country at a time when it is _not_ a given that five SCOTUS justices will do the right thing. This is a legal issue, sure, but also a moral one. And it shouldn’t be a coin toss as to whether nine justices all agree that 42 million Americans should be able to eat.

Just depravity. While Trump et al throws a Gatsby-style event at the White House, the people’s house, he is asking to prevent 42 million of our friends, family, and neighbors to live under duress, not knowing whether they will be able to eat. More trauma for those who already suffer the most.

Trump Administration asking the Supreme Court to deny 42 million Americans food is…no word. Every single person in this administration should not feel comfortable walking among us. Ever.

NEW: Trump is asking Supreme Court to act by 9:30pm tonight to block the ruling that requires SNAP payments to be made.

After going to theater to watch Back to the Future, the kids wanted to tech Back to the Future 2. Always loved this movie when I was a kid bc, you know, the future! And then boy was the real 2015 such a let down. But always tickled at how they invented flying cars but still read newspapers.

Forever Charlie Brown trying to kick a football.

For schools that are ostensibly filled with the smartest of smarty pants, the Ivy Leagues sure are pretty dumb. (But also: the law firms and businesses and universities that all pay the Trump vig are often run by Ivy grads. It’s a cabal. They all agree with a segregated society—from race to class)

Never change, New Paltz.

Heading up to New Paltz today, one of my favorite towns in the Hudson Valley area. There’s a guitar/coffee shop that I waste my time in.

The absolute collapse of their stupid AI ruse — hopefully followed by a massive wave of tech regulation and imprisoning the politicians who enabled this — cannot come soon enough.

reminder David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel both went on the record to Politico to say they were fine with this, either knowing the result would be mass death of children or being too dumb to know. Decide for yourself what’s worse!

As an aside: this recalls Tiffany Dover, a nurse who fainted after getting jabbed w/the covid vax, which kicked off a virulent conspiracy about her/vax. Shout to @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social and her AMAZING podcast on this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGaR...

It would be cartoon villain funny, the bumbling and naked corruption of it all, if there wasn't also the death and destruction that comes with the Trump brand of governance.

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

One of my local pizza joints is telling people who have SNAP cards that if they just show the card, they’ll get two slices and a fountain soda free. This is how community steps up to help when our government pushes those in need down. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DmSJNw/

A generation of kids who learned about media through the Trump/Bannon prism, where the media is the enemy while the media didn’t help its cause by allowing Trump to lie with impunity. (Oh and the platforms pushing disinformation, ofc) No kidding they believe these things.