Well, now, *here's* some good news for a Monday morning . . .

To be clear: the deal they voted on to move forward last night still needs to be formally voted on in the Senate and House. If the eight are your senators, they should be hearing from you this morning!

My fave part of this whole disturbing story: "Before leaving Britain, Mr. Patel and his girlfriend joined the other security and intelligence officials for a dinner at Windsor Palace with King Charles III . . ." (Gifted)

Can we let Mamdani get sworn in and govern before we start criticizing him? Please and thank you.

Let's not forget that private planes will be flying over the holidays. Just not the planes for us serfs.

Schumer is sooooooo damn clueless.

Barack Obama is not making royalties on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare. The ACA is a federal law, and former presidents or government officials do not receive royalties or any form of direct payment from legislation they sign into law.

It’s very funny to think that the guy who didn’t know what the 13 stripes on the flag meant has a nuanced understanding of the intentions and debates of the founding fathers.

Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:

And is the FBI doing anything to catch these men? Because isn't that their damn job?!?

It is, indeed, fucking brilliant, @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social!!! Thanks for sharing :)

Met someone at a party last night who played in the band. Super vibed over him. Talked to him on a break and I made some minimal reference to something something elections — to which he replied, "Oh, I don't vote." What an absolute buzzkill.

All they know is bullying, deprivation, and extortion -- just like any good mob.

Charlie Schumer is the living embodiment of Charlie Brown, to the GOP's Lucy.

Dems need to start talking more about how Trump’s dementia means that he can’t distinguish his fantasies from reality. He has completely lost touch with the real world and only knows what his sycophantic courtiers are telling him.

Did he stay or did he go?

America is certainly not sending us their best people. They're sending us their rapists and murderers.

And please note that the price-per-pound of the turkey is more this year.

Not all heroes wear capes. Some take pictures.

For a man who genuinely understands (or at least has understood) how to work a camera and the importance of media presence, this is a distinctly shocking set of images. As is the one of him just standing like (as one person put it) an idling NPC during the medical event in the Oval.

Honestly, why would anyone expect 47 to pay attention to the courts? SCOTUS gave him a free pass to do whatever he (and Miller. And Bannon. And Thiel. And Vought) wants to do in his duties as "President." And he'll pardon all of em.

"Affordability" is really a pretty stupid hill for GOP to die on, when we've all spent the last year watching — in real time — prices go ⬆️ and ⬆️⬆️ and ⬆️⬆️⬆️.

Stay classy, dude.

While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.

"This administration professes to be so concerned about lawlessness that it is deploying troops to confront American citizens in our own cities, while it removes the constables patrolling our financial markets." This article is really quite something, which is why I'm gifting it:

From this morning's NYT: "There are more than 50 House Democrats who are 70 or older (including Pelosi, who is 85), compared to just over 30 Republicans. Since the beginning of the year, three Democratic members have died in office, padding Republicans’ minuscule majority." OUCH.

O, T****'s America: How great thou art! Gifted.

Let's get him on DWTS!!!

So it is written, so it shall be done.

Too bad we can't all eat "oil and gas."

Someone should ask MTG how she feels about the trending "REPEAL THE 19th!" movement.

That is . . . "They got it up and they couldn't finish it" . . . quite the line.

Oh my god listen to him he is dying at the microphone this is like a comedy act he's the least healthy person on the planet he's fucking WHEEZING into the mic

If they think they can't get laid now, just WAIT till men start being more outspoken about what is, at essence, an *extremely* shitty hill to die on. How *dare* they think they are the arbiters of who in this country can vote?!?

I'm a little bit confused (rhetorical, I'm not) about why we're not hearing more from the Democrats that Donald Trump fired a bunch of federal employees and a government shutdown where only ICE and the military get paid is completely in line with his plans and funding goals

So, Elon, a swindler is someone who tells people what they want to hear — like the Tesla roadster that was supposed to be out 8 years is going to be out by the end of the year? And that it's going to fly?

There seems to be a correlation between how shitty and scared he's feeling — both mentally and physically — and his gilding of every surface in the WH.

Mamdani should adopt a "conciliatory tone" when T**** does.

Has there ever lived a man more delusional than Mike Johnson?

I am gobsmacked at the fact that 50% of noncollege voters voted for WOMEN in these contests! Seems there's hope for men and boys yet.

"Tuesday was a Democratic victory. And the party didn’t just win — it won by commanding majorities on virtually every field of play. In polls, in focus groups and now at the ballot box, the public is telling us something very clearly: Trump is simply too much."

And yes, monster tariffs are famous for helping out with that "affordability" stuff.

Dems in Disarray

Like that famously blue state of Mississippi, Mike?

Dems even flipped in Mississippi! www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

Who "lacks political savvy" now, @nytimes.com?

🎵 Oh, what a beautiful morning . . . 🎶

NYC to Trump: BRING IT