I was curious if recommended child vaccine schedules have the new RSV mab injection, so I searched Google. The top results were from the CDC and I realized I had to skip those as no longer reliable sources. Thankfully, Harvard Health and CHOP had schedules posted.

it doesn’t matter who wins federal elections. The House is AWOL and the Senate is captured by billionaires and corps. And Exec branch and the Sup. Court are systematically dismantling democratic govt. Since the opposition party has capitulated fully, we should run any spoiler candidates we want.

John Fetterman is like a movie titled “mr big bag of shit goes to Washington”

How long till Trump posts that he “won the shutdown”?

"Would you be willing to kill for CHICKEN FINGERS and CAPTAIN STINKY PANTS?"

I would call Senator Fetterman to tell him not to cave on the shutdown, but he’s basically a Republican already. Maybe if I tell him the deal doesn’t give enough bombs to Israel?

Calling it now: Shapiro loses re-election to Republican Stacy Garrity in 2026. Garrity will move to the center and away from the increasingly toxic Trump, putting her even with Shapiro amongst suburban centrists. Meanwhile, the bottom drops out for Shapiro with young people and urban progressives.

For progressive Philadelphians looking ahead to 2026 races, the map is rough. Progressive wins in the Philly DA race, the local burbs going blue, and wins across the country bring hope for the lefty side of politics. But the Democratic party establishment still runs runs the table here. 🧵

“Watch out, middle America! The free buses are coming to trans your children!” -Fox News, probably

Turnout in my Philly ward was way higher than four years ago. Judicial retention elections aren’t that exciting, so there’s a clearly a strong sense of dissatisfaction out there. Can Philly Dems capitalize on this? Or will we simply run our same old slate of safe incumbants in 2022?

Based solely on the results of the Cincinnati mayoral election, we can now safely declare Trump a lame-duck President. Right?

The Judicial Retention election in Philadelphia features a dozen or so names you’ve likely never heard of. Most of the judges are deserving of a YES vote, so it’s easier to remember who should be rejected: Common Pleas: ❌DiClaudio ❌Grey ❌Palumbo ❌Younge Municipal: ❌Frazier-Lyde

No, no, no, no, yes. Philly turnout will be down as it always is, and billionaires & Trump realized they can’t sway a judicial retention because judicial retention votes are inherently broken. Nothing matters anymore; everything is broken.

I see you torn fishnets, smudged makeup, sexy slutty devil. At 10am on a Saturday, waiting for the El, it’s still fierce. 🏳️‍🌈😈

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

It’s not that I want @phillymag.com to fail, but it’s been disconnected from the real Philadelphia for years. It was always very white, but even affluent gentrifiers don’t read it now. And becoming a Bari Weiss/Free Press of Phila is completely the wrong dir. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Handed out candy in gentrified Kensington to kids from who-knows-where tonight. Had a blast. If you’re policing who gets what before handing out Snickers, that’s a you problem.

I have $50 worth of candy now; I hope it’s enough. Otherwise, I’m giving out ritz crackers and salsa.

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

I got invited to a fundraiser for a PA Dem in a competitive house district. Told them: “Rep. Deluzio has plenty of AIPAC money; he doesn’t need mine.” This is the only way they’ll learn.

“Content Transformation” is the most make-work consulting practice I’ve ever encountered.

“When the Dems take power….!” I wish I were that delusional. It seems fun.

Razing the East Wing is the Abundance Agenda.

Proud to be a judge for the 17th annual Kensington Kinetic Derby, and to get a front row view of all the action! I love this city so much ❤️🦅

I’m sure we will discover that one of Grindr’s primary revenue streams is scammers paying for access.

My house rep, Brendan Boyle, keeps posting clips of himself grilling Trump appointees, and MSNBC media hits on budget cuts. Good for him, but claims that Boyle is the “next JFK”? He’s taken more AIPAC money than any PA Dem congressman, even Fetterman. His ceiling’s Northeast Philly, and that’s it.

New, in your inbox, if you subscribed to my newsletter for @spotlightpa.org: A dark money group has been quietly boosting Gov. Josh Shapiro's profile this year. Plus, some other notes, quotes and tidbits to cut through the noise of Harrisburg.

The gov shutdown will drag on because those hurt most (gov workers, the poor, Americans on vacation) aren’t Trump’s concern. Trump’s allies still get paid: the military, ICE goons, even his WH demolition crews. Republicans are content to wait; they have no shame and know Democrats will blink first.

Every weekend I think I am going to do some work to catch up, but I never do and go into Monday morning raw dogging it. And you know what? Things usually end up fine! So the moral of the story, don’t give up your weekends.

Released on this day in 1989, "Pretty Hate Machine" is the debut album by #NineInchNails.

I won’t attend No Kings today because I’m embarrassed by my out-of-season NPR tote bag.

20+ SEPTA ADA projects postponed; thanks state Republicans! Will the folks who claimed SEPTA was racist because they wouldn’t use capital funding for operations also sue them for being ableist because they DO use capital funding for operations? No?!? I wonder why… www.inquirer.com/transportati...

Stop blaming Orion for the Phillies’ NLDS disaster. The $700M worth of power hitters who mysteriously forgot how to hit are the real culprits. www.inquirer.com/phillies/ori...

Another case of Jay Young versus everyone www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

"before starting [medication] tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection" ...nnno I believe my doctor needs to tell ME that information

I’d be more receptive to arguments against federal gerrymandering and for broad-appeal centrism if our congress hadn’t abdicated all responsibilities to the other branches. If it’s all for show, we need populist left-wing candidates who can message elected through maximum Dem gerrymanders.

PA is a glaring absence. @governor.pa.gov

is it gay to drive a Cybertruck?

I’m glad the inky published this before I submitted my ballot! sure seems like a lot of judges who shouldn’t be on the bench!

It’s the hypocrisy that truly galls. David Hogg is ousted from Democratic leadership for recruiting younger candidates in party primaries, yet when Schumer intervenes in Maine’s Senate race to install a fellow septuagenarian, it’s totally fine.

Made my semi-annual call to the @inquirer.com to complain about subscription price increases, threaten to cancel, then accept their lower rate offer. The “treat your most loyal customers like shit” business model worked great for Comcast, right?

The conservative movement in Pennsylvania is clearly intellectually bankrupt, because the Inquirer’s only Republican editorials are from billionaire shills at the Commonwealth Foundation and AFP. I won’t link to the poorly sourced op-ed, but it’s telling.

It’s so cute how Dems are planning for federal elections in ‘28. ☺️

Putting aside the reality of the situation, the optics to the median American voter are that Biden armed the Gaza genocide, while Trump ended it. This is not a good look.

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States. Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵