Shutdown day not enough as it turns out: today is the one federal holiday my family doesn’t also have off, so I upheld tradition and went to a movie alone. “Die, My Love” is confusingly named and not that great, but Jennifer Lawrence is.

Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.

I agree mr president, none of our elected officials should be able to read

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

he gave that one guy in the very believable audience a shirt that wasn't blue???

JCO just showing everyone the value of an education in the humanities

I just called my senators to thank them for voting NO last night and ask them to support replacing Chuck Schumer. If your senators also opposed the budget, I encourage you to do the same. In the past people have appreciated my sharing the voicemail scripts I use. Here's the template I wrote today:

THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago

Ok fine assume he did. He failed. New leadership.

this all sucks but reinforces the idea he should have stepped down not that he should be forever above valid criticisms for failing at his job

who leaked this devastating tidbit about Durbin [continues reading post] oh

OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars": ".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great." @variety.com $DIS variety.com/2025/film/ne...

I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative. Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?

DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie] SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in

This is how you lead. You think so far ahead that you’re worried about things that not only haven’t happened but are contraindicated by everything that HAS happened. You’re playing checkers; Chuck Schumer is playing checkers BLINDFOLDED

This is how you lead. You think so far ahead that you’re worried about things that not only haven’t happened but are contraindicated by everything that HAS happened. You’re playing checkers; Chuck Schumer is playing checkers BLINDFOLDED

Today is my wife’s 47th birthday so my “Happy 53rd, Edmund Fitzgerald!” cake will hit so hard in three years

“So 25 years ago two guys hosted a show called ‘The Man Show.’ Yes, it has girls jumping on trampolines. Yes, it was horrible. Yes, this was one of the guys. The other guy—now, actually, sit down for this.”

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN RO KHANNA SAYS SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER IS “NO LONGER EFFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED,” CALLING FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE SENATE.

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

The Democrats who voted for surrender should be hounded out of office asap. But the responsibility for this disaster runs much deeper than that. Any Democrat who does not vote for new leadership to prevent this endless replay of failure does not deserve your support.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

Not sure if I've ever admired a politician so much

Watching a five-day-old Hank Green video and he was very charitable about it but *I*, personally, hope Scott Adams is in an unbelievable amount of pain and then dies in a way that’s particularly embarrassing for some reason

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

There were also tapes that were priced only for rental so if you really needed a copy of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle or whatever right away you could pay like $97.99

“the planes also don’t have engines” really feels like a metaphor here

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

When you definitely believe you’re doing the lord’s work

People are focusing on the fact that he’s becoming a Miyazaki villain with his face being held together by a fading magic spell, and that’s fine. But have you also considered the wettest ear you’ve ever seen?

PURCHASE HEALTHCARE FROM WHO, DON?

Unfortunate font choice seen in 7eleven

Long time listener, first time caller, just out of curiosity, what happens when Senators continue to confirm a lawless President’s appointments? I’ll hang up and listen.

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

Attorney General Pam Bondi saying the quiet part out loud. The President’s agenda? Forcing millions of Americans to go hungry to give tax cuts to CEO billionaires.

your honor, every single crunchwrap is more supreme than this court

Failed country.

Just one week until “Stay Woke” and “Anti-Antifa” are out. Here’s a clip of “Anti-Antifa” a quick ripper that doubles as a grammar lesson for those among us who are missing the point. Thank you to @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social for providing the guitar solo for this one. Out November 14th!

I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

Sadistic. Cruel. Despicable. There aren’t enough words.

This had better not get expensive. @mmasnick.bsky.social www.trumpcancelledmyflight.com

Trump is losing this shutdown every way he possibly can

They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.

things that arent the future of civilization - chatbots - crypto - robot butlers - cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people things that actually are the future of civilization - free clean energy

i never judge before all the facts are in but my working hypothesis is these people are morons

watching Carol Burnett on Kimmel. Someone needs to sit down with her every day for at LEAST a month, talk to her just like this and record every damn thing she says