I assume that the release of these emails on the day when maximum pressure would be exerted on Republicans who have signed the discharge petition is not coincidental. Well played.

We will know we have reached a turning point when the press starts asking of Mike Johnson and others who participated in the coverup: “what did they know, and when did they know it?”

The lie will set you free

And he said it on Fox News, his Völkischer Beobachter.

Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell

TIL this song was co-written by Stevie Nicks and .. Prince.

I strongly reject the “ending the shutdown by surrendering is good, actually” takes. This is an “ending the shutdown by surrendering is bad, but was also inevitable and maybe not too consequential” take, and I am going to try to make peace with it.

“Any hope on the part of Schumer and the centrist Democrats getting credit for reopening the government is now swamped by the political story of Republicans dividing Democrats and reopening the government on Republican terms.” No one could have anticipated this outcome.

The Fucking New York Fucking Times, ladies and gentlemen.

Evergreen

You haven’t the slightest idea how to fight, Chuck. You are a disgrace. Resign, and save yourself further embarrassment.

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

The original Dem demands were: 1) Permanent ACA subsidies 2) Medicaid funding restored 3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission) They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today. The Senate Democrats!

Quislings all.

What @democrats.senate.gov are doing tonight is taking the wind out of the sails of every Democratic voter who delivered them an upset win this week and gives fuel to the non voters who say "look, both parties are the same." It takes true political genius to shoot yourself in the dick twice.

There are several different lessons that could reasonably be taken from Tuesday's blowout election results. Dems surrendering is absolutely not one of them.

A federal judge (appointed by Reagan) steps down in order to be able to speak out against the lawlessness of the Trump administration. There is nothing new in the bill of particulars he recites. But the fact that a judge resigned to speak it speaks volumes.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

This. "...the real issue in Democratic politics right now is not policy. It’s communication. Can you actually communicate your passion to workers using the media that matters in 2025? That’s what both Mamdani and Spanberger are quite good at."

An example of how much sicker we have become as a society.

Just to be clear: trump’s new healthcare tirade is gov should give people money to buy health insurance. The government is currently closed because GOP refuses to give people money to buy health insurance.

In case there is any remaining doubt that (a) we are in a post-Constitutional era and (b) that the Trump administration is completely devoid of anything remotely resembling principles.

There are vital lessons in Mamdani’s decisive drubbing of Cuomo, as @mmasnick.bsky.social explains. But Dem insiders will resist them. They would rather perpetuate their losing grift than win by embracing hippies.

The image of Trump looking peeved that someone is having a health problem in his office SHOULD have the same devastating effect on his image that this image had on GW Bush's popularity:

The image of Trump looking peeved that someone is having a health problem in his office SHOULD have the same devastating effect on his image that this image had on GW Bush's popularity:

The FAA said it would cut air traffic to "provide relief to air traffic controllers, who have been working without pay because of the government shutdown." I strongly suspect that the best way to "provide relief" to air traffic controllers would be to fucking pay them.

One of the huge mistakes Obama made was abandoning the volunteer machine that got him elected. I hope Mamdani does not repeat that mistake.

Noun, verb, noun, 9/11

Did Cuomo give a concession speech? Have not seen anything about that.

If I was a GOP strategist, I’d be pretty worried about diluting my safe +15 districts into a bunch of +5 gerrymandered districts after tonight.

Damn, he’s good.

Because populism.

South Park goes after Pam Bondi with their typical subtlety.

An appropriately dark obit for Darth Cheney:

State-owned media

President Sundowner.

The cruelty is the policy

Racist xenophobia, pure and simple.

The US is a police state

So. Much. Winning.

A Kavanaugh battery.

Ta Nehisi Coates is not just a leading public intellectual. He is a leading public conscience.

Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

And this may be the reason the numbers don't add up: he is building what is in effect a small Trump Hotel. The game is likely that for a sufficiently large donation (i.e., bribe), you, too can sleep at the White House.

Just saw this picture from the aftermath of the Louvre heist. Dude in the Borsalino hat and tan vest looks suspicious as hell to me.

its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites