a great point. it sometimes gets forgotten that pelosi took the keys away after J6. it was an extra-constitutional action in a time of extreme crisis, but she knew there was no choice. she led when the men could not. stay mad, douthat

she was a generational political talent. i owe her my life thanks to her getting the ACA passed. she’s led some really bad votes too, but i still think our country is a much better place in a lot of different ways, largely thanks to her leadership and ceiling breaking

trump has lost a visible amount of weight this year. i think he’s likely on a GLP-1, just like all the other rich people hawking wellness supplements who suddenly lose 30 pounds out of nowhere

they’re so cooked. they really thought they could gaslight the nation about inflation because they exaggerated it for years under biden. but it doesn’t work that way—as prices skyrocket, the bank account cuts through the propaganda. and now they simply don’t know what else to do

Federal workers—including furloughed workers—are entitled to backpay after the shutdown ends. That is the LAW. Trump and his administration of crooks saying anything otherwise are LYING to try and scare and intimidate federal workers.

Pelosi is the major reason we have the Affordable Care Act in its current form. She stiffened the spines of the White House and congressional members in 2010 after there was talk of paring ACA back after Scott Brown's upset in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate election that year.

it is astonishing that most democrats are still reticent on ending the federal orgs that are terrorizing our neighborhoods. do they think parents will forget about this? maybe we really do need to primary them all

god damn it. editors, just read a few of alice’s columns, and it’ll be immediately obvious that it deserves a good home, perhaps on your pages

update your iphone! they actually did it! you can finally turn it off!!

when men like ross douthat say this, they’re usually just resentful that the interns aren’t hitting on them at the office

god damn it. editors, just read a few of alice’s columns, and it’ll be immediately obvious that it deserves a good home, perhaps on your pages

sorry, but you can’t write about CGM without mentioning that the people pushing the practice (specifically, those leading our government) have financial conflicts of interest

americans really underestimate how seriously the rest of the world is taking trump’s threats. they don’t have a choice—nor do they believe this madness will end with him. this isn’t consequence-free behavior from our mad king

look upon that belly am i right

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legolas: the white wizard approaches

ok! los angeles area folks! i have two improv shows this week. tomorrow (thursday) and friday. you should come!

anyways here is my shithead cat

RT @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social : “Please, please, please take 20 minute to watch this incredibly powerful film about the fatal recklessness of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s aid cuts. Children are dying from these cuts. This is one of the many, many stories - a South Sudanese refugee child in Uganda.”

maybe it’s just the stress or hunger or something, but the dunk culture on here is getting really old

“I saw dozens of parents and educators weeping, hugging each other, consoling one another. Children who are crying as well who thankfully are too young to understand the whole gravity of what happened this morning,” @aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social said.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

trump has destroyed nearly every part of the federal government that would help respond to incidents like this

I honestly do not know how many more of these stories we are supposed to be able to withstand as human people with empathy

For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

i know he’s fun to laugh at but we really need to start enforcing corruption laws again, and the statute of limitations has absolutely not run out

By this point in January 2019, LaGuardia and Atlanta shutdown and the government reopened the next day. By the end of this week, federal employees will have missed 2 1/2 paychecks. The workforce is breaking.

don’t exactly love where we are rhetorically as a country but i appreciate that pritzker has the ear for the difference between “fuck off” and “fuck all the way off”

That’s the second reported and sourced story on US soldiers not being fed today

~~per day~~

“excuse me mr. mayor? congratulations on your inauguration and all that, yadda yadda, who cares — have you seen alf hog? … ALF HOG. have you seen it. don’t dodge, yes or no”

legolas: a red sun sets, zohran must’ve won

I joined Atlanta City Councilman Michael Julian Bond to help fill people’s trunks with the food they need to keep their families fed during the #RepublicanShutdown. (1/2)

An absurd media narrative in runup to the election said Dems must choose between being "anti-Trump" and running on substance. The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics: newrepublic.com/article/2027...

this regime is cooked

now i want a sandwich. great job bluesky

We all need to keep up the pressure and demand that Trump follows the law and gets SNAP benefits to the millions of families and kids that are counting on them to put food on the table.

A good paper on the lack of an evidentiary or normative basis for "Assisted Outpatient Treatment" (involuntary outpatient commitment): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“It’s time to turn up the heat of justice,” says state Rep. Justin Jones #SpeakForHealth

@elenahung.bsky.social: Like many Little Lobbyists children, my daughter Xiomara relies on Medicaid. Xiomara is the joy of my life. She recently celebrated her 11th birthday this summer and is now in the 5th grade! #SpeakForHealth#APHA2025

@elenahung.bsky.social: This issue is personal to me. I want to tell you about my daughter Xiomara. And I want to talk about Medicaid; Medicaid accounts for one fifth of all health care spending in this country, and it accounts for over half of spending on long-term care #APHA2025 #SpeakForHealth

“When we fight to end hunger, we fight for health!” #SpeakForHealth

Public health saves lives!!! #SpeakForHealth

NOW: @elenahung.bsky.social speaks at @apha.org's #SpeakForHealth rally! I am Elena Hung. I am the Executive Director and Co-founder of Little Lobbyists, a family-led and disability-led organization advocating for kids with complex medical needs and disabilities. #APAH2025

Some of you have asked how you can support our family. The biggest thing you can do right now is to contribute to Brian’s legal defense fund. secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...

As many of you know by now, I am facing federal charges after exercising my First Amendment rights by participating in a protest at the ICE detention facility in Broadview, challenging the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment of our immigration neighbors.

Last night, I spent time with @shannonstraw.bsky.social and @brianstraw.bsky.social as they navigate a new reality: they are fighting unjust federal charges because Brian was at Broadview exercising his Constitutionally protected First Amendment right to protest. Please join me in supporting them.

“When we organize, we win!” says Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost at the Rally for the Public’s Health. “Let’s fight for patients over politics.” #SpeakForHealth

We’re starting! Can’t join us on the National Mall for the Rally for the Public’s Health? Watch our livestream on Instagram: www.instagram.com/americanpubl...

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