Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

1. On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special Congressional election in Arizona, collecting 69% of the vote. 43 days later, Speaker Johnson has not sworn her in. The delay, 8 days longer than the previous record, has prevented Grijalva from forcing a vote to release the Epstein files.

@aoc.bsky.social says of Mamdani victory: "A lot of people...are willing to talk about party unity when it serves them, but not party unity when it serves everybody." "We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind."

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Mike Johnson knew about Dick Cheney's death and had a statement ready right after the news broke, but ask him about a new policy Trump announced or something he posted or said the day before and he doesn't know anything about it.

Vaxxed? www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

Usha you don't need him

Gonna tell my kids this was the sanctity of marriage

This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism. The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.

I hate gay nerd Halloween cause what do you mean you're the elaborate buffet table at the soirée welcoming Bajoran comfort women to Terek Nor in the DS9 episode where Kira uses the Orb of Time to see if her mom and Gul Dukat were lovers

I still hate Gay Halloween what do you mean you’re the loaded ice cream cone Reese Witherspoon threw at Meryl Streep in the infamous cut scene from Season 2 of Big Little Lies?

Think about this for a minute

Nero is practicing fire prevention the right way. Ezra Klein, 64 AD

This was taken by Gianluca Masi using one of the telescopes in the Virtual Telescope Nework (@virtualtelescope.eu.web.brid.gy). He describes it here: www.virtualtelescope.eu/2025/10/26/c...

I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this. But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.

Always keep your cameras rolling. Federal officials are scheduled to appear in court today, where they’ll face questions over whether the government breached a prior order by deploying tear gas during immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.

If this deeply degrading, wasteful and dangerous stunt proved anything, it’s that the best thing Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace. Immediately.

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign. "If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

Realizing that I posted these Deadwood shitposts about 15k followers ago so a repost can’t hurt

@paramountpictures.bsky.social Your app sucks so freaking hard, man. No wonder you won't let people register complaints in a simple way, your servers would probably crash

About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”

Gross. Gonna unfollow @briantylercohen.bsky.social www.facebook.com/136101155/po...

I think we can safely lay to rest the entire mythos around Trump being unable to call up the National Guard on January 6th.

"There is no middle ground between an arsonist and a firefighter." — Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social)

I imagine Liz Truss watching Putin humiliating Trump and desperately wondering if she can get back into the PM spot and get that kind of treatment. Just quivering.

While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused. Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right? Agent: Liberals already ruined it.

"Lizard!" : Gen-X men :: "Banana!" : Boomer women I will not elaborate

Frot dogs

The masculine urge to hold a friend tight and tell them they got this and it's going to be okay

Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”

So often, the compulsion to ask WHY a thing is how it is is just the desire that it NOT be that way dressed in a lazy disguise

Erasing history

I can’t stress this enough These rates are the result of magic “math” And they’re being done on the whim of a guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

ADHD? Oh you must be referring to my Brain Jazz

Boys who don't get enough attention grow up to be men who pee hands-free in public restrooms. That's my theory.

This "lazy Medicaid scammer" myth is an insane level of gaslighting It's not like Medicaid recipients receive any money The benefits are used to pay doctors-for medical visits And who thinks an otherwise healthy gamer living in his mom's basement is even going to see a doctor Just more GOP lies

I'm 40, but I'm not a dad. So wearing white briefs feels like a form of stolen valor.

Yeah long-term gratification is cool but have you tried short-term gratification?

Doctor: I tell you what, I know just the thing that will cheer you up. There's this big, orange clown who has a list of people who paid to have s*x with underage girls. And he's promised everyone that he'll make it public. But the really funny part is, he's on the list, too! Trump: But Doctor...

With all the shit going on these days, I think we cold really use a nice distraction. Like... if Sony re-released Morbius, I would definitely go see that in theaters. Anyone else?

"The electoral college was put in place to protect rural communities from the tyranny of city folks" Ok so let's get rid of it to protect women, minorities, and queer kids from the tyranny of white christian bigots 🤷‍♂️

hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot

I'm exhausted and famished waiting for my to-go order. Gonna just STIM cause cause fuck it.

In 2016 MN Police killed a Black man named Philando Castile despite him disclosing he had a legal firearm. Yesterday MN Police released a white woman named Jenny Boelter despite her car full of cash, firearms, & passports hours after her husband mass murdered people & was on the run from police.