MTG isn't the dumbest person in the House.Her political calculus is banking on the virulently anti-semitic wing of the GOP becoming ascendent. She says Epstein & a *lot* of other Jewish Americans are Mossad operatives. She blames Mossad for killing JFK. Who can forget "Jewish space lasers"?

60 Minutes of Fraud

I'm not gonna speculate on measurements, but back in 1992 Bill Clinton exuded BDE without overtly trying, while Trump's *entire* career seems like compensating.

Not enough people realizing we are in the lame duck years now.

I haven't seen any reporting on this, but the CR amendment that would let Republican Senators sue for Jack Smith getting subpoenas of their phone call history was sponsored by Susan Collins.

Did he answer why he repeatedly lied about the timeline of discovering the meaning of his Nazi tattoo? Or did that escape discussion?

Mamdani also talked to Wes Moore & Josh Shapiro. Says he'll talk to Trump if Trump's interested. He's better at this politics stuff than most of us. abc7chicago.com/post/new-yor...

Red light running has been consistently worse in Portland since the pandemic.

Sorry, can we just... can we just discuss what does and doesn't constitute a "gaffe"?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11.... This would be the kind of headline I might have expected to read for a concert for Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz pianist, not Jelly Roll, the rapper.

The Access Hollywood tape was the "locker room talk" of a country club that had a 99% white membership & women weren't allowed to be full members in their own name.

DHS takes credit for crime being down in Chicago. Data shows that was happening before it arrived

You can count on the Chicago City Council to turn this into a pissing match. The full thread is uhhh... awesome!

I can't wait to see how folks react to Senate Minority Leader Amy Klobuchar.

On Veterans Day SCOTUS decides to extend the suffering of the 1.2 MILLION Veterans that have to rely on SNAP.

#OneMagicSeason: John Wall, 2016-17, 7 MVP points 23.1 ppg, 10.7 apg, 4.2 rpg, 2.0 spg, All-Star, All-NBA Third Team Washington Wizards (49-33) Wall was the only Wizard to receive any accolades or award consideration. Washington made a modest improvement from a 41-41 in 2015-16.

Legislatures are not football games, but no coach is winning with fewer players on the field.

November 11, 2025 Utah Judge Dianna Gibson Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Adopts Democratic-Leaning Map Judge Gibson ruled that Utah's Republican legislature's congressional map violated the voter-approved Prop 4 ban on partisan gerrymandering.

Rage about Democrats not stopping things because they don't have the votes, declare it's better to lose than keep going with the Senators who don't have enough votes, rinse & repeat.

My house is on fire. Should I call Ghostbusters?

I wonder how many people know "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a waltz.

Mitch McConnell raged impotently during the few weeks Democrats had the number to pass law over a filibuster. He raged impotently as Democrats confirmed Obama's nominees. He blocked everything for 2011 onward because he had a majority. How is anyone dumb enough to post this nonsense?

If you have never actually participated in assisting a political campaign I suggest you start. (This brought to you by the Primary Everyone Discourse)

I assume Christine is worried she'll be bored & neglected after losing relevance as the child of a high profile elected Democrat. People outside that district who care about a CA State Senate race are even more bored. Idk who else is running, but give them money if you care. I don't.

If you *want* to force the GOP into nuking the filibuster, you should want it to be a lot closer to the election. We can only tie up vote suppression laws in courts for a month or two. If you're convinced they'll do it, you should at least care about the timing.

I think making any deal pushing the budget past November 2026 contingent on real concessions is a good rallying point for the "fight" minded. Do another CR that funds through August, then one that goes till a new Congress is sworn in.

This is why I can't join the Bluesky Anger Caucus over Democrats agreeing to pass the CR. As much as some of ya want to nuke the filibuster NOW, letting repubs do whatever they want by simple majority for the next year is a worse outcome right now. This deal only funds government till Jan 30, 2026.

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Last Tuesday didn't erase the results from last November. If you want any chance of saving ACA subsidies, the guy whose mind you need to change is named Donald Trump.

Sincere question: what does victory look like? Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me bsky.app/profile/jame...

The blowback against repubs letting the ACA subsidies expire without a plan will be real. It's more helpful to focus on that than raging about the 8 Democrats who will probably retire before their next elections.

The problem with this agreement, even if Thune & Johnson honor it & an extension is passed, is that Trump is likely to veto unless someone changes his mind. If the plan is making Republicans decide between constituents or Trump & daring Trump to veto if it passes, you should be clear.

Given Trump's absolute refusal to consider extending the ACA subsidies, this was always going to end without an extension deal. These are the Democrats who voted yes: Cortez Masto - 2028 Durbin - 2026* Fetterman - 2028 Hassan -2028 Kaine - 2030 King - 2030 Rosen - 2030 Shaheen -2026* *Retiring

I will not support this bill that completely fails to help Americans afford their health care. Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.

Dayen in disarray? Schumer let moderates strike a deal & this week make it clear Trump wants repubs to nuke the filibuster instead.

Seems like an odd way to say “under Schumer’s leadership the caucus has hung together”

Ah well never da less www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/o...

Retconning the Empire into a leftist defender of peace because you're a raging antisemite is a new one.

Trump is fighting to keep YOUR SNAP benefits from you and to take food off your table. His choice leaves children hungry and families in anxious limbo. We need a system that works for working families. This isn't it. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

There's no way legacy media hasn't figured out what's going on here. John Kennedy criticizes Senate's lack of action since Donald Trump megabill share.google/aZuKpBywPWDP...

Schumer is pretty good at his actual job of being the Leader of the Senate Democrats. His job is keeping both Bernie Sanders & Maggie Hassan on board. He's not Bluesky's Anger Translator, nor should anyone expect him to be.

the individual behind the sarah mcbride heckling video is far-right pastor joseph phillip daniel

The man who did this is Joseph Philip Daniel. Shockingly, his xitter account is suspended, while his Instagram account still shows the video.

someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral i will not share the video but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself

I think identifying the person who did this and looking into their background might be useful. Likely they were either paid to do it or they have big skeletons in their closet.

Drawing of the Day: Pelosi announces retirement, the government is still shutdown, and Trump wants to defy the court order to pay out SNAP benefits

Dems also want it on camera and recorded, and it's very clear Trump can be made to say anything. So even aside from hiding Trump's instability and decline, they don't want him on tape in that situation saying the ACA subsidies should be restored.

Chuy Garcia waited till just after the filing deadline to withdraw his candidacy for #IL4 & just by coincidence, his Chief of Staff filed her paperwork to run minutes before the 5pm deadline. No one else is running, so he's effectively handed coronated his successor.

A lotta people miss the days they could walk into a woman's office and fire her for being pregnant, I hate to be that way, but that's in fact the class of shit that they miss