Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will

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,

Chuck Schumer came out of the Senate Caucus meeting smiling, knowing that there were 10 votes for the cave-in without him, so it could pass without his vote. If he didn't approve, the vote wouldn't have happened. Chuck: some reporters may be this dumb, but your primary electorate isn't.

“A promise of a vote on healthcare” is nothing

If Democrats get no concessions, then what they are doing is casting blame on themselves for the shutdown,

Less than 24 hours ago Republican Senators were offering terms like reversing all the firing of govt employees. It appears Schumer is now looking to just settle on one year extension of ACA subsidies for the sake of bipartisanship.

So no commitment that a dollar is spent as intended but funding gets approved for Trump’s secret police?

Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.

When people say that ChatGPT can't manage discussions of complicated topics which are as coherent and correct as what you'd expect from a human, well... it apparently depends which human.

On fire now. Ashes in a year or two...

How badly are oral arguments over Trump's tariffs going for the government? Neal Katyal just began a sentence with: "Justice Gorsuch hit the nail on the head..."

Andrew, it's only justice. You deserve Florida... and Florida deserves you.

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After billionaires offering large sums of money couldn't get Sliwa to quit the NYC mayor's race, the spokesman for Cuomo's campaign has figured out why... x.com/RichAzzopard...

🤣This guy does these impressions so good! Trump swears so many Black folks love him. Just one of many lies from that fucking bigot.

The Baileys aren't Chuck Schumer's excuse for inaction They're psychic entities in the astral plane, thoughtforms of pure malevolence that only Chuck can see. They have haunted him his entire life When he says "What am I supposed to tell the Baileys?," he is afraid. Their True Name is unutterable

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Doctor Who," or "Transformers."

"No, Mrs. Bond, I expect you to walk. Your choice of a residence that requires you to enlist mechanical contrivances to pursue basic sustenance is not my concern..."

None of these states has universal free school meals

So, uh... does any of the imitation canned laughter follow something that could be reasonably described as a joke?

So, uhhh... do states have the option of just disbanding their national guard?

CHOTINER: how spicy is the spicy tofu? SANDWICH GUY: CHOTINER: look I don't do it all the time SANDWICH GUY: CHOTINER: that would be like expecting Sammy Davis Jr to tapdance everywhere, I just want a sandwich SANDWICH GUY: I'm saying fucking nothing until my lawyer gets here.

The Mayor of New York City has the power to "end Israel as a Jewish State". Amazing. (I'm a Jewish NYC resident and Mamdani voter. And if you wanted to convince me that his Jewish detractors weren't scaremongering... this is not the way.)

How about we compromise with The Epstein Ballroom Brought To You By His Dear Friend Donald Trump

Still promising to state a position "in advance of early voting". Which starts in less than 24 hours.

wtf?

He didn't say "deplorables", so no one could reasonably object.

Mike Johnson says a lot of things that are difficult to believe. He also says he's Christian. Your choice whether to believe *that*.

Reminds me of how Ollie North was the #1 background source for Beltway reporters, which is why he was able to kill the Iran/Contra story when AP first broke it. That lasted for 6 months, until the Sandinistas shot down an arms supply plane with papers from North in it & a survivor Eugene Hasenfus.

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Ummm... if this dude actually is (as he claims!) using ChatGPT to make "command decisions", is he typing classified info into servers run by OpenAI? Delusions about being "clear on OPSEC" may not just be for the upper echelons...

It's from out of town, doing this from memory. Give it a break.

When the fascists, Nazis, and authoritarians on the extreme right cut the crap, we'll be thrilled to stop calling them out for it.

A lot of the incentive structure for Democratic leadership is centered around trying to please major donors, as measured by money they provide -- even the endless shilling for small donations is to get metrics that impress the big ones. I'm no longer sure they're really trying to do anything else.

In which I talk with the woman who won't shut up (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

Constitution: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law." Trump:

A quick sanity check on all this whining: Florida has zero income tax. New York State already has rates close to 10% (over if you have more than $5M taxable income), and surcharges of over 3.8% for NYC residents. If that difference hasn't already driven them to Florida, an extra 1% won't either.

Mills had been courted for months by Chuck Schumer, who might prefer her to Susan Collins, but is clearly more comfortable with either than he would be with Graham Platner, the progressive firebrand already in the race who's getting national attention. Party leadership hates its energetic youth.

You could call it the Tupperware Network. But I'm not sure that Tupperware has done anything to merit the opprobrium...

‘Why is your mouth open? All I said was that the US president should invade San Francisco!’

"When you utter words aloud but then act in opposition to the intent of those words, you are not, in fact, running or standing on anything. "

This is why Trump is sending national guard to Portland

Also it’s covered in a terrible fog that turns everyone inside out! And gravity has stopped working there! Fish now keep people in bowls! Send in Space Force!

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Refusing to arrange a perp walk was the right thing in this case, but how does it being"unnecessary humiliation" here distinguish it from any other perp walk?

AI may well be smarter than some of us. If Sam Altman wants to put himself in that group, I'll take his word for it.

And they'll still be way too busy fighting in those places to refuse unanimous consent for anything in, uh.... the Senate.

It's fascinating and revealing how many centrists think refusing to compromise on human rights to gain the support of bigots represents a "political purity test," yet also think that a bigot saying "I won't join you unless you accommodate my bigotry" does NOT represent a "political purity test."

But the Democrats are not silent. They speak loudly in one voice, saying that this is a distraction from the important healthcare issue. (Which one? ACA subsidies? Medicare cuts? Trump's drug tariffs? They do not further explain.)

Sorry, @bencollins.bsky.social and @lolennui.bsky.social, you can't satirize this. But you can just cover it straight...