THIS. (Your bonus answer is named Newt Gingrich. Under his leadership, Congressional GOP started playing Congress like it was a game to be won rather than a legislative body that works COOPERATIVELY to govern the United States of America.)

ok but not congress

POV: You open your eyes and this lil face is inches from yours. Good morning, human. It’s breakfast time. You’re late. The bowl is clearly not empty, but I can see the bottom and that’s unacceptable. 😺🍽️

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"You’ve lived through several waves of feminism, and they’ve culminated in two women who were among the most qualified candidates in US presidential history losing to the same misogynistic con artist." #McSweeneysTop25of2025

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

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forget the long arc of history bending towards justice, I need the rube goldberg machine of inexorable consequence to endgame the kind of profoundly ironic yet blackly hilarious karmic downfall that would’ve had ancient greek theatergoers hollering at the chorus

I'm not going to get into an indoor vs. outdoor cat debate but I want to point out that Jan - Mar is coyote mating season in North America, which means coyotes are more agitated and territorial and therefore an increased danger to outdoor cats. Make the best decisions you can for your pets, please.

"Well, he's a dictator whose people don't actually want him in charge" is an interesting precedent for this guy to set

at least part of everything this government does is to impress a handful of psychos on twitter

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

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Here is a kitten. She wants you to take a deep breath. There’s a lot of smart people who have good ideas about how to harness the outrage & dread and put it to work. Direct action, community outreach, mutual aid, calls to your reps to demand impeachment. For now, breathe. Then go fight fascism.

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I read this and immediately thought of the Glen Eden, West Auckland librarians back in the day when I was a harried parent and the kids were small. The library was a thousand things and they were all gold. #kikorangi #librarians #WestAuckland

Wow the news is just one horror story after another this morning. Welcome to 2026.

The Constitution gives states the power to determine the time, place and manner of elections. Only Congress can change the rules for federal elections. The White House has no role to play in any of this.

ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means

You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.

what a terrible loss to the commonwealth www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

ah yes, news focused on the concerns of the average american

It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize

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Good prose makes me swoon.

Thread summarizing the WSJ Trump health article. America may never live down the shame of electing such a WILLFULLY IGNORANT (racist)(rapist)(pedophile)(corrupt)(fascist) monster as President. Also I hate living in a timeline where I can't tell the difference between the WSJ and The Onion.

While millions of Americans are ringing in the New Year with higher health care premiums thanks to the Republican price hike, my New Year's resolution is to keep fighting to lower your costs — not jack them up.

This man's media team is a bunch of goddamned geniuses, someone scouted for locations and figured out they could set up this very shot. Look at it, it's incredible. Look up pics of Adams being sworn in at the ball drop, which look chaotic, cheap, and undignified in comparison.

1. Yay Mamdani! 2. That may be the most stunning carefully posed political photograph I have ever seen. (Okay, yes, the Vanity Fair shoot, but that is its own beast.) 3. I want a renaissance in public architecture. There's no reason new buildings can't be as beautiful as this disused subway station.

Yes and-ing this to say, I absolutely love that his speeches do not sound like he studied Barack Obama recordings as if they were the zapruder or game film. He talks good but does it in his own way.

one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!

Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)

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No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet. (I have a twofer!)

"The president of the United States is a pedophile who can't stop bleeding" sounds like something you'd tell your kid to keep them away if you lived on the border

Happy New Year! 2025 was a dumpster fire, for me as a person, for us as a nation, and for us as a planet. Here's hoping for a better 2026.

We did it! Thank you so much everyone! And thank you for your patience - I know I've done a LOT of fundraising posting this past month and regular vintage cat posting will resume now. ☺️

I don't regret boosting other people's work. I never regret boosting other people's work! But uh, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, coming in '26 from Horned Lark Press, maybe should get used to reminding people that there will be harpies and opinionated swords and fictional Gilbert & Sullivan operettas and stuff.

Writers! How are your workshop applications coming? I have good news and bad news… The good news is that we have a STELLAR group of instructors this year! Fonda Lee is back this year after a break, joining Arkady Martine and Valerie Valdes, and new to the faculty: John Wiswell! FOUR amazing alumni!

it's a harsh world out there and not everyone is going to give you credit for all the great stuff you do. but Sandal thinks you have done awesome this year. he doesn't know how you do it. he also doesn't even know how to open the refrigerator but that isn't important rn

If I were actually a free thinker who questioned everything I might get to wondering why my government tries to make me mad at Somalis every time something new comes out about Epstein

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The constitutional remedy for a president who uses collective punishment against people for the crimes of a few is impeachment, removal, and disqualification, followed by a criminal trial.

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Wurman is retracing (toxic) arguments about subjects & aliens (& hereditary alienage) that laid a legal foundation for slavery in the seventeenth century via the high courts in England. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...