A very auspicious day!!! @mkn.bsky.social

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Finally some good news!

Blueskis, I have to sit tight and play it cool about something for the next week or so—and I am so not that person. So my strategy is to pretend like I am someone who can do such things.

Question: is the only somewhat silver lining here that the vote will force the House back into session, and Johnson will have to swear in and seat Adelita Grijalva? Or will he find other reasons to continue denying the citizens of Arizona representation in the House?

Well, unfortunately

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

We need our elected officials to fight for and with us, NOT to undermine our power and our voices and our victories. How is this so hard for them to understand?

MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems. My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.

seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous

I cannot believe this. It is ENRAGING.

SO excited to have the ARCs of "The Westerners" out there in the world!

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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Huzzah for Sandwich Guy! #ourgyro

Legend. You don’t have to like her or her politics. But she was pure power.

This.

If you voted but then the high winds ripped the “I Voted” sticker right off your coat so you could not do a cute selfie after, did you really vote? #electionday2025

I think the norm where academic presses own copyright of the author’s work is not a good norm

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Calling all Cambridge and Boston Metro West Blueskis!

Well, if I had to watch one game all year, I picked a good one!

Wow. That was a textbook bunt. This game is off the hook.

Heh

I love for everyone that this is now the baseball app

I want the Blue Jays to win just so they can refuse to go to the White House (even if they are not invited).

This. Game. Is. Absurd.

Whoa! That is some ‘stache.

Givin’g ‘em the ol’ razzle dazzle.

That slide into home was epic

I have just been informed that Van Cleef & Arpels necklaces are now a thing in MLB.

What brand of conditioner does this new Dodgers pitcher use? Because wow.

Whether this Dodgers pitcher meant to hit the batter or not, the fact remains that he could play an Army officer in a Civil War movie.

This is like Drunk History meets This Old House

What is the first item in *your* Project 2029? Here’s mine: Abolish the Electoral College, now and forever.

This is such a great piece. The “working class” is so much more than disaffected white men, and Democrats need to figure this out, sooner rather than later.

This book will be as repellent as she is. Also, I am not above smirking about the fact that her name is misspelled.

This.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

If a democratic Speaker had refused to call the House into session for OVER A MONTH there would be wall to wall coverage on all networks. What the fuck is wrong with our media

Who also thinks that Trump will sell the naming rights to this hideous, tacky ballroom (or even parts of it)? “The Amazon Ballroom at the White House.” “The Hard Rock International Foyer at the Trump Ballroom.” So. Many. Options!

This.

For my Colorado Blueskis IYKYK

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Good god.

This. Also, infuriating.

Amidst today’s photos, videos, and rhetoric of destruction — — this mural on a storefront in Denver made me smile.

The optics of Trump building a ballroom that 99.9% of Americans will never set foot in while millions line up for food banks are worth more than any policy paper or economic proposal. This image is a visceral punch in the mouth that needs no words. It should haunt the GOP for a generation.

YES. THIS. ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY THIS. 👀 at you, corporate media, podbros and „the lesser of two evils“-people as well. You failed.