The classic joke: a sailor and a Marine are using urinals. The sailor finishes and washes his hands, the Marine just zips up and walks out. The sailor says, "In the Navy they teach us to wash our hands after we piss." The Marine responds, "In the Corps they teach us not to piss on our hands."

During the Civil War, more than 20% of Union soldiers were also foreign-born, mostly from Germany and Ireland. During World War I, approximately half a million immigrants were serving in the US military. “Foreigners have continued to serve in significant numbers since World War II.” #VeteransDay

Shouts to the juxtaposition

Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.

you want inspiration? do the work [become malnourished in an abbey till the virgin mary makes an appearance]

This is why I love Stafford. He's having so much fun. He loves the game of football. He's still playing pee wee ball in his head and he's like a million years old. Some guys are driven and some guys are intense but he's just having a great time out there.

Well??

Not now, Nepotism Machine

[Avengers reverse the Snap and have all their heroes and all of Wakanda's army arrayed against Thanos] Cap: "Okay *now* we surrender"

this was basically a defeatist capitulation in the name of harm reduction

I think it's cool that your cousin on facebook who doesn't understand why Geico doesn't give him his money back if he doesn't get in an accident can be elected to Congress, that's the American success story

Anyway I think one reason I'm not that mad at these guys is we already knew they were the wrong people for this moment. A party trying to carry on with business as usual in the face of autocracy won't survive. They're sitting in a burning house and commissioning polls on how popular the fire is

Mel Brooks was really on to something

This isn’t a new skeet from Serwer, but it still resonates bcuz there are so often a few Dems who just will not hold the line — even when surrendering persuades many voters the Dem Party as a whole can’t be counted on in the clinches. This makes it hell for us canvassers. bsky.app/profile/adam...

No Kings includes Angus King

more like angus vassal got his ass

Welp, guess we couldn't keep it. Sorry, Ben.

what many centrist scolds of bluesky(tm) don't get is most lefty left shitheads on here are desperate to give dems a chance, they HUNGER to believe, and yet centrist dem reps trip over their own dicks on the first hurdle every time it's not being a spoiler to expect your reps to stand up to fascism

This is absolutely right. The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.

Look, I'm just a humble pet services guy but federal employees are about 40% of my client base. This is the second shutdown we have endured together and they are all getting dug in for the LONG haul. One assures me she has enough set aside to keep our regular schedule at least until March.

If this is the case, it's the job of the caucus leadership to discipline these senators. Anybody losing their committee assignments?

Democrats whenever some dumb fool Democrat decides to open their dumb fool mouth to say something both dumb and foolish.

"The best time to completely capitulate is right after a major win" just like how Lincoln waited until after Antietam to issue the Reenslavement Proclamation

The only thing that stands between you and your dreams are all the things you suck at

anyone who believes this shit has already lost their life savings to the wallet inspector the democratic party, as a whole, does not give one shit about you, or me, or anyone with a net worth lower than the party Donor Threshold

New England's Texas

And unlike the rancid, anti-democratic Senate, every House member is up for reelection next year. An approach I’d consider is focusing attn. on your REP. (if you have a Cave Senator™️ [PA, IL, ME, NV, NH, VA]) & instruct them to (figuratively) torture your Cave Senator (if said Rep. wants your vote)

Love to need to call my representatives and beg for my life every day but in fairness this is just the daily experience of people who were marginalized long before I felt that pressure

I truly despise the Senate. Useless holdover from back when the thing American conservatives were willing to kill to maintain was chattel slavery.

Love that glasses are perfectly designed to catch and preserve all the sweat from my face in little dishes in front of my eyes when I am doing detail work

This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?

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.

Cornyn was abducted by ICE after being overheard saying "fajita" in the Senate cafeteria

It is rational for Republican senators wanting to nuke the filibuster only as a last resort -- it's a major net benefit to reactionary interests over the long run. For Dem senators to prefer near-total capitulation to a democratic voting rule is a lose-lose situation

SENATUS DELENDUS EST

senator merkley would make a fantastic minority leader

I think it is notable that 'moderate-ness' does not appear meaningfully predictive of fight-ness.

Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that. It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.

The message for Democrats is, "Republicans held food for kids hostage so they could make sure your healthcare costs skyrocket."

We literally can tell a bible story, it’s the Judgement of Solomon Republicans are ready to cut the baby in half

If Ossoff can vote no I don't want to hear Tim Kaine whine

New Journeys in Middle Earth game tonight

Sorry one more

yes senator they're roasting you on Bluesky, sir yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir

So it's not so much a "deal" as a defection of members of his own caucus?