HA!!! Kim Davis's cert petition challenging Obergefell denied at SCOTUS. A good sign that ACB's reliance argument won the day with at least one fellow conservative justice (and how interesting that not even Thomas dissented!). A very large bit of good news today.

Praying folk, need your services please--I'm huge/9 months pregnant and presently have to catch and wrestle a cat into a carrier.

Pregnancy + Hashimoto’s dilemma. Take an antacid so I can maybe sleep for another 2 hours but then not eat until 9 AM, or, continue to experience the worst heartburn, even though propped up to nearly sitting, and probably not sleep, but eat at 7 AM when I’m awake and hungry.

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

Here's the best way I can illustrate what it's like to have a 3 year old: You pull your Chapstick out of your bag and remove the cap. The cylinder of balm has been twisted to its maximum height and a bite has been taken out of the end of it.

Hey, NY Times, The New Yorker has entered the chat.

Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.

This is really important. Like, I'm pretty left, and very woke (different axis). But I am 100% here for the broad coalition, the popular front, against MAGA. Bulwark-Liberal Currents-Zeteo Alliance.

Who would have guessed that a cat we found destroying our basement a year ago would be SO ANNOYING at 5 AM? 😩

There is nothing “radical” about wanting a more equitable city. About wanting to be able to afford rent. About seeing the gap between the rich and the poor growing beyond comprehension. Any mainstream media organization portraying these promises as such is doing a disservice to the industry.

In this era of generative AI, why does autocorrect suddenly keep trying to sign my name on emails as Slice and Alive 😑

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

This game is insane. (Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)

Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall is PACKED. Six outs away. 📸 @NickIwanyshyn

This game is such a nail biter! #Game7

Last night our 150 pieces of candy (unattended on our porch while we walked our kids down our block) went crazy fast, right before we got back. Curious, I watched our ring cam. Turns out 3 teen neighbor girls cleaned us out in one go. *first scoops* "OMG leave enough for me!" *scooping the rest* 1/2

“You’re never too old to get a little spooky!” By The Belladonna Writers Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/how-the-bell...

Apparently I missed the memo that it’s Dress Like a Demonhunter Day!

I hate waking to a very realistic and frightening sound (in this case, a shout or scream of terror), and not knowing whether you dreamed it or whether it was real—because it had nothing to do with your dream but no one else woke up and there was no recurrence or response. Hopefully a nightmare?

“They’re playing fast and loose with people eating!”—Rep. Rosa DeLauro. 40% of the people on SNAP benefits are children. The richest people in the United States are taking food away from the poorest children before thanksgiving, let that sink in. #Resist #Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #SNAP

Who knew Chekhov was such a comedian? Act 3 is a head lice notice from the 5 year old's school!

Thank you so much to the @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social for publishing my latest humor piece for spooky season! Check it out below and thank you for reading!

Like I said... I assume NOTHING re: the NYC electorate except that folks usually live down to expectations. If you don't want Cuomo as Mayor then you need to get out to vote. Vote early if you can.

Was it Anton Chekov who wrote that a preschool classroom notice of head lice in the morning means there will be a louse on your preschooler at night?

Well, at least it’s not another ad about my posture.

WH Ballroom donors (source: CNN) Altria Group, Inc. Amazon Apple Booz Allen Hamilton Caterpillar, Inc. Coinbase Comcast Corporation J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Meta Platforms Micron Technology Microsoft NextEra Energy, Inc. 1/2

And that's it. The whole East Wing is gone. 123 years of history in those walls, and poof.

Car dealership email: “We want to stay in touch with you!” Aww, how thoughtful, but no thanks.

Well! Now that the corrupt bribery fraud guy has chimed in favorably, I have to say I’m really warming up to the rich, out-of-touch pervy nepotism guy!

Trump: To touch Confederate monuments is to launch an attack on our collective history. Also Trump: I unilaterally decided to destroy a third of the White House because I see Americans’ treasures as my own. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The Constitution is not optional. It says you can't kill people without due process and that's what it means. It says any president can have only two terms and that's what it means. It says if you're born here you're a citizen and that's what it means.

East Wing photo dump, 2012-2016. I’m sure I’ll have more. Sorry, very much in my feelings right now. Every location in these photos has either been demolished this week or will be in the next few days.

If they’ll let him do this, they’ll let him do literally anything

On the one hand, I’m not surprised because he already demolished the reception and hallway adjacent to the Visitors Office and part of the FLOTUS suite. On the other, I am…honestly bereft. Great chance tonight will be just crying over photos and memories and loss of place.

Just spent an hour sifting through boxes of baby clothes. Good news is I don’t think we have to buy any clothes for this child until he’s old enough to object to hand-me-downs! (Which my 3 y/o soon to be middle child has yet to care about, so a while) Bad news…much prep work ahead and I am so tired.

I hate it when Libby nags you. Four people are waiting!!!!! I KNOW, I’m getting there! It’s not my fault all my holds came open at once when they were staggered weeks apart.

41 million people (including 20 million kids) will lose access to food in a few days while a new 90,000 square foot ballroom is being added to the White House. This political moment is profoundly disgusting.

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I don't know why I click on news in my inbox thinking it's going to be good, but my state of South Carolina has set an execution date. Stephen Bryant, November 14, 2025. A man named Stephen Bryant on Bryan Stevenson's birthday 😐

All my EW memories flooding back today like a montage. Mrs. Obama, walking down the hall to our office to sign a huge bday card for a beloved staffer. Glimpsing the NY Giants through the crack in a door as they pooled into the EW hallway. Dog-sitting Bo while his NPS pal did work on the grounds.

East Reception, the East Wing of the White House, 2012. A toast after my husband proposed to me in the Residence. From the photos circulating of the demolish, it appears likely this space no longer exists. It’s a gut punch.

I don’t think I’ve had this happen before—the baby and I both have hiccups at the same time! Not especially in sync, either 😄 must be something I ate.

Happy “I DON’T LIKE THESE PANTS! TAKE THEM OFF, I’M NOT WEARING PANTS! I WANT SHORTS!” Season to all who celebrate.

Also want to add my thanks to the folks at PSAF who have kept the community so well informed on the progress of SC’s total abortion bill that imposes the death penalty for abortion and bans IUDs.

Please help keep my favorite nonprofit open and running! This month and last have had high demand, and they’ve got to raise about $35K to cover this month and keep going next month. Please repost + give if you can. PSAF is mostly volunteer-run and gifts directly help people in need of abortive care.

It's telling that Vance's first instinct following the Politico leak was to tell his sons to be wary of what they write in group chats--to assume “some scumbag is going to leak it in an effort to try to cause you harm.” His message here is basically--be racist; just don't get caught.

As a former public defender, Rep. Taylor’s denial reminds me of the “not my pants” defense. As in, “the pants I was wearing were not mine! They were given to me by someone else. I had no idea there were drugs in the pockets.” It’s a classic.

Ugh, I hate watching a funny/cute Reel and then having that sinking feeling that it’s too good to be true…and then wondering “Is this AI?” and debating until I’ve convinced myself it must be. Bad taste in my mouth every time and it’s turning me into a cynic. It sucks to have to question everything.