1) I wonder how much we, the taxpayer, paid for this crap from Cruz And B) if some of the other senators like @cantwell.senate.gov, @klobuchar.senate.gov, @edmarkey.bsky.social will have anything to say about it. Fetterman is on the committee as well, but I don’t expect anything from him.

This is A+ content.

Release the hostages, Bibi.

That reminds me, I need to get my Antifa ID renewed. I think it expired. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The majority party in Congress sets the voting schedule. House Republicans canceled votes for all of the entire week. They haven't scheduled a vote since September 19.  Remember that the next time they try to blame the shutdown on Democrats.

Yes, very weird. 🤷🏼‍♂️

From Tiffany to Tin Foil: The CBS Story

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

Well, Donnie, maybe you should have actually gone to fight instead of your 5 deferments. I’m sure you would have single handedly won Vietnam. #bonespurs

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

The Arizona Cardinals haven’t won a home game since their stadium was defiled. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence and not the Christian god exacting revenge.

Somewhere, there are 70 million people nodding along saying, “you got that exactly right Mr. President.”

😂 “Master negotiator” Donald Trump owns the modern government shutdown Via @317_2_202 on IG

If Joe Biden’s “spiritual advisor” had pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 12 year old girl, Fox would be playing that shit on a loop 24/7.

This rises to the same level as Trump playing Fortunate Son at rallies.

From the memory hole: Border czar Tom Homan allegedly took a $50,000 cash bribe in exchange for federal contracts. There are tapes. FBI isn't releasing the tapes because there's a likely coverup. (Also, I'm old enough to remember when Republicans crapped their cages over the term "czar" in 2009.)

Trump’s former “spiritual advisor.”

When Rep. Dean said Trump is unhinged, Mike Johnson said, “a lot of people on your side are too.” So Johnson is admitting that Trump is unhinged. Why isn’t he asked about that? “You admitted that the president is unhinged. Have you spoken to the Vice President about the 25th Amendment?

CBS: From Tiffany to tin foil.

So glad my subscription to Paramount+ is about to expire.

Only NASCAR drivers that actually won a race may comment on the Super Bowl halftime show. Dem’s da rules.

Did you kill Jeffrey Epstein? Buy your tickets to Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile at www.theonion.com/badpedophile now to find out. In select theaters October 2.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I can’t see how this is making us great (again).

A “beardo” Kegseth nevertheless rehung a picture of at West Point. Probably willing to overlook the beard because he owned other humans.

I lived and worked in Fayetteville, NC for a few years. Every person I knew who had a significant other in the army shopped on base. Imagine a fairly well stocked grocery store that wasn’t trying to make a profit. Tell me how much they love the troops.

World leaders laugh at Trump. But, he and his cult remain insulated and ignorant.

At least Kernen got this much right, “that sounds like malarkey.” I’ll say it, Joe. It sounds like another fucking lie by an ass that does nothing but lie.

This, Stephen Miller, this is why we call you fascists.

In my state, JV, it’s because our right wing legislators suck ass and hospitals have closed. So, fewer waiting rooms with more people = longer waits. What a pathetic excuse for a human, but some idiot tried to tell me what a good Christian Vance is.

In a city of world-class artists and production crew hunting for the next gig, Andrew Cuomo made a TV ad the same way he wrote his housing policy: with AI. Then again, maybe a fake Cuomo is better than the real one?

The Prospect has obtained through a state FOIA request thousands of pages of documents related to a little-known investigation of Jeffrey Epstein by the New Mexico attorney general in 2019, related to his 8,000-acre Zorro Ranch near Stanley, NM that he bought from a former governor.

Just to note. January 23, 2019 there was a vote to reopen government (HJ RES 28, roll call vote 46) when the govt had been shut down for 30 days. Mike Johnson voted “no” on that. They didn’t seem to mind shutdowns then

FLASHBACK — TRUMP ON A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN 2013: "Problems start from the top. The President's the leader. he’s got to get everybody in a room and lead.”🤔

Getting people to stop using “literally” incorrectly challenge (impossible).

@fetterman.senate.gov and @sencortezmasto.govpeeps.us, I expect to suck. But King is a bit of a surprise.

Where are the endless @nytimes.com articles about diners at a deli in Manhattan or a brunch spot in Los Angeles asking them about how they feel about the President calling them that?

If I don’t show up for work, I get fired. Why should these assholes get to keep theirs?

The idiocy of these people is endless. On shore bananas and coffee and every fucking fruit and vegetable you buy at the grocery store in the middle of winter. Think this moron is ok with no guacamole at her unattended Super Bowl party? No tomatoes on her salad in February?

I 100% understand people wanting to stay anonymous. It’s hard to stick your neck out and potentially endanger everything you’ve worked for. At the same time, I wish they and anyone else who wants to come forward to tell the world that they too are embarrassed and outraged by this shit would do so.

Republicans control the White House, Senate & House. They set this shutdown deadline, and then jammed through the Big Ugly Bill gutting SNAP, Medicaid & ACA tax credits to enrich billionaires. Now they need Dems and won't negotiate—and blocked us from offering an alternative. It's a GOP shutdown.

Not even 10 months and this is where we’re at. What is happening 10 or 20 months from now?

Dear SCOTUS, Good job allowing this moron to shit on the Constitution. Nice of you to leave it on a nice little pile for him when you shredded it. Sincerely, Go fuck yourselves

“Because we’re going into Dallas very soon. That’s a big city with an incompetent governor. Stupid governor.” -Joe Biden How would the right respond to that? Think governors from any red state or most blue states would stay quiet? The right and the MSM (but I repeat myself) have normalized this.