Honestly, for all the analysis we're all doing about the Senate Democrats rolling over, I think there is a serious chance the Democrats sweet the midterms regardless of what they do or say based on the principle of 'things expensive = people mad.'

For good reason. This Bills team is supremely untrustworthy right now and I absolutely hate it.

The Packers are the most fraudulent team in football and it's fucking hilarious.

Dear Green Bay:

Took a break from rage and annoyance to make one of those fun top 25 lists the kids have been enjoy. Unranked. Only one entry per franchise. Please roast my old head picks.

Yea, Chuck might be cooked. And not a moment too soon.

This is why I'll never be able to truly leave Twitter. Where else can you find such galaxy brained takes as "fellas, is washing piss off your hands gay?"

While I share everyone's frustration over the Senate Dems folding, it's definitely a mistake to read last week's election as an endorsement of the shutdown. The shutdown likely had no effect on those races whatsoever.

Say what you want, but with a response like this, the strategy of using those 8 as scapegoats to protect the party at large might actually work.

This humiliation will have been worth it if it produces the necessary mountain of incumbent scalps.

It is worth keeping mind that this CR only funds the government until January, making it more of a ceasefire vs total surrender. We will likely be right back here in two months.

Cornyn still AWOL. Currently 59-40.

I love that while all this Senate drama is playing out, the Steelers and Chargers are playing unwatchable football of generational quality.

Mike Lee and Rick Scott have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

That's the thing, the average voter is not following Congressional politics in any capacity.

Preface: this deal is bad and the Senate dems are absolute dumbshits. With that said, the prospect of commercial air traffic collapsing is far worse than people seem to realize. It wouldn't just be bougie people missing their vacations, critical supply chains would implode. It would be cataclysmic.

That's probably the dagger, and honestly one that actually makes sense. The disruptions to air travel are utterly catastrophic for Nevada. If people can't get to Vegas and Reno to gamble, the state's economy ceases to exist.

They need 8 and currently have 4 confirmed/assumed: Kaine, Fetterman, Hassan, and Shaheen. Who are the rest?

Also assume Hassan and Shaheen. That's 5. They need 3-5 more. Durbin? Rosen?

Who are the confirmed 'yes' votes? Kaine, Fetterman, King. Who else?

I'll be real, I will be shocked if there is even a fleeting memory of the shutdown in the public consciousness come February.

I do at least kinda understand why the prospect of an economic meltdown during the holidays scared some of the Dems completely out of their wits. They're still idiots, but I kinda get it.

Real question to folks who know more than me: can this pass the House?

I full grant that this is an easy position to have if you're getting a paycheck or don't rely on SNAP, but god damn it's a bitter pill to swallow.

Keep up the pressure folks. The folders are getting screamed at and realizing there won't be a shred of cover.

The Bills choke against Miami, The Pats win again, and even the fucking Jets win. I am in football hell this afternoon. Thank god my fantasy teams are cooking.

I feel like I could get this as a tattoo at this point.

Yeaaaaa I'm gonna be staying far away from Bills social media this week. Shit is gonna make Chernobyl look like a day spa.

Why can't the Bills ever just be a normal football team?

You're not wrong, but how fucking dare you?

Ok del Toro's 'Frankenstein' adaptation fucking rocks. Easily his best film since 'Shape of Water.' Also, Jacob Elordi (yes, the jock douche from Euphoria) absolutely steals the show as the monster.

@mikesenters.bsky.social I'm so tired

I swear, watching the GOP self-destruct on account of the legions of brain rotted podcast bros they spent the last decade inculcating is gonna hit like crack.

This is football cinema.

Listen, under no circumstances do you need to 'hand it to Margorie Taylor Greene,' but this shit is getting weird.

So Pluribus, the new show from Vince Gilligan (of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul), is literally what you get from turning the Unity episode of Rick and Morty into a prestige TV show. And 2 episodes in, it works remarkably well! Also, Rhea Seehorn (aka Kim Wexler) is back and as radiant as ever.

Friends, we did it. It's the big one. We finally got "literal murdering gangster is uneasy about Mamdani." Even @nytpitchbot.bsky.social could never.

Oh god damn it :(

Ok, the fact the GOP rejected this offer in minutes means that this MIGHT have actually been a smart move from Chuck. Make a conciliatory offer you know they will reject to hammer home GOP responsibility. That said, Chuck might also just be a dumbass and got bailed out by pure GOP derangement.

Thank fuck the GOP is so deranged they likely won't take this, but holy hell how is Schumer so bad at this?

Unironically one of the greatest moments in modern political history.

Bill Kristol being in the vanguard of the revolution will never not blow my mind.

The chances of him making it to 2028 are dropping by the week. The man's brain is pure cabbage at this point.

I honestly don't know what's more cringe: arguing with grok or online leftists continuing to insist that the stated motivations of fucking Stalin warrant credulity and should be taken seriously.

Look, Stanley has every right to do what he thinks is best for his own safety and the safety of his family. But the man talks like he's Hannah Arendt and barely dodged the secret police to sneak across the border. He left a tenured job at Yale for a tenured job at the University of Toronto.

The partisanship of gen-z men is soft as baby food.

The post-Mamdani crashout is reaching even more hilarious levels.

So initial exit polling shows that both Spanberger and Mamdani won white men under 30. I grant that it's an off-year election, but it definitely supports the 'gen-z soft partisanship' hypothesis.

Yea, this one rocks.