Almost a week ago, a judge ordered the end of the National Guard deployments in DC. It would not surprise me to find out the shooting was done by administration insiders to justify the deployment and martial law.

Reading this thread, I wonder how many of those outraged at charity CEO salaries happily watch or attend major sports league games, unbothered by the m/billions of $ their support feeds into the pockets of athletes and owners.

A brand new episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social has dropped! Our guest is Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P., Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark in #NewJersey and one of the @caldwelldominicans.bsky.social. Please listen here or at your podcast player:

Happy Turkey Day (early)

Today's diversion: Dinner theater matinee at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts of "White Christmas"

Moved in September just before the Government shutdown. An agonizing 51 days between pay checks (43 days plus the 8 it took to get pay processed) later we can finally begin exploring the new to us local restaurants. Today's pick, Doc Rocco's Deli and Market.

This wouldn't be necessary if we were an actual first world country and had universal Healthcare. www.newsweek.com/veterans-set...

We are going backwards. @schumer.senate.gov this is on you for not fighting last March. We already struggle to get enough qualified individuals, especially teachers and nurses. www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...

Funny - when I went through basic training, we were told several times that must refuse to obey illegal orders. www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...

Dollars to donuts, Mango Mussolini signs the Epstein files bill and the DOJ immediately sues for some outlandish reason to stop the release.

You do not "send legislation to the other chamber" hoping they will "correct serious deficiencies in the bill." You write a good bill to start. If you don't agree with everything in the bill, vote against it. Unfortunately this seems to be the way the current congress believes you operate.

OPM is a disaster. I work for a legislative agency. The flexible spending account administration is by FSAFEDS.gov. They recently added "identity verification" to their website using login.gov (another opm initiative).

I just has Google Gemini AI-splain to me that my Nest hub "doesn't support streaming" the radio station I have been streaming on it for months. Google needs to fix it's crap AI.

As a step toward a more united country and world, how about we stop using phrases like "left leaning" and "right leaning" especially with respect to people? Just <name> is enough, then describe the situation and let the person receive the information without the pre-bias bias.

"The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash in Victoria gathered 374 players to perform the song at Federation Square, just a few blocks from where the music video for the Australian rock band's original version was filmed in 1976." #weirdnews #weird #classicrock www.upi.com/Odd_News/202...

Over 40 days shutdown, they voted 15 times. 40 > 15. They did not "vote everyday." Speaker Johnson: 'I want to apologize' for government shutdown search.app/7fSLr

Here is a snip from a recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring Marissa Papula, the Director of Campus Ministry at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles:

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Seems like a design flaw that there is no way to recall a senator

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com you can't spin this. The Republicans didn't change their position. The Dems got nothing that wasn't already passed in the Senate. The RIFs during the shutdown were already found illegal in court and backpacking was guaranteed in the 2019 law.

@kaine.senate.gov claims he's getting overwhelming support from his constituents for his vote. I'm a constituent. I don't support his vote. I suspect most, like myself, realize the futility of contacting his office. He's not listening anyway.

The US Government need never shut down again. Making an automatic CR on appropriations expiration would remove the shutdown threat. Requiring both houses to remain in DC until all appropriations bills are passed and signed into law would also help solve the problem.

To the 8 senators who voted to give up the only leverage they had and trust the GOP:

It is unconscionable that the so called "richest country in the world" is playing games with a basic food benefit for the Poor. It is equally unconscionable that the same country does not provide health care and higher education for everyone. "promote the general welfare" my rear end.

How effective do you think Senate minority whip Durbin was in rallying the democrats to vote against the deal when he voted for it? He needs to be removed from the leadership.

I wouldn't bet on this after the Senate's Sunday night capitulation. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social thehill.com/homenews/hou...

FYI - the "minibus" package attached to the CR was approved in the Senate August 1, 2025. THE "DEAL" GOT NOTHING www.congress.gov/crs-appropri...

Ultimately, this vote by the democrats goes back to the vote last March that postponed the government shutdown until October. The Democratic party leadership seems to have a pathological fear of success.

So much for the support shown to the democrats in last week's elections. We suffered for nothing. Cruelty is the point.

People want to know their sacrifices are not on vain. Federal employees have suffered and sacrificed for over 40 days only to be told it was for nothing. @schumer.senate.gov needs to get a grip on the caucus or step aside. @kaine.senate.gov may find reelection challenging.

Let's get rid of the "shadow docket" and single justice actions from the SCOTUS. Either they issue a ruling/opinion/order as the collegiate body with all members weighing in or they issue nothing.

Went to the Cabrini Shrine in Washington Heights to let Mother know the city is safely in immigrant hands. (Ok, I am chaperoning a field trip, but good timing, right?) Deo gratias!

For the Dem senators saying an agreement to have a vote on healthcare subsidies after the government reopens - "are you crazy?" The Republicans have shown they are not trustworthy. Put that extention to a vote in the Senate before any CR.

A gentle reminder that the US Congress could have spent the last month negotiating regular appropriations bills and even passing them. Instead, the House has been in recess and the Senate keeps beating a dead horse.

This administration feels that is a welcome bonus feature

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Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar. End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.

There is a fundamental question every person needs to answer for themselves: how much is "enough." Capitalism claims there is no such thing as "enough." The Gospel tells us all we need is Christ.

How about we require data centers to produce a minimum of 50% of their power requirements from on site renewable sources like solar and wind? 100%+ would be preferable. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Well, guess we must eat the rich 🍴 🍽️ 🥄 hope that is the proper table setting.

"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away" - Billie Eilish This goes really well with Delixi Te.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

"one cannot pray and offer sacrifice while oppressing the weakest and poorest" - Leo XIV, Dilexi Te #17

Thune can spare us the forced theatrics. They have not tried to end the shutdown, they have simply continued to "beat a dead horse" as a political stunt. If they wanted to end the shutdown, they would abandon the "my way or the highway" position and negotiate. youtube.com/shorts/S9Dmv...

Didn't have it, but love to see it. 🤷‍♂️

Ok, so Mango Mussolini said he wants to work WITH the democrats on a replacement for the ACA. Time to work out the new public health system like other developed and civilized countries have. No, allowing private companies to be claims administration contractors is not OK - look at the student loans

Last month, Amazon submitted a request to re-zone 200 acres across from me for a data center campus. 200 acres, 2 million-ish square feet, 75 jobs. That's a mighty small jobs to square footage ratio. Today they announced 14k-30k job cuts. I'm going to have to urge a "no" vote on the zoning request.

2025 Marine corp marathon's first runner crossed the finish line in 2 hours 18 min. 26.2 miles in 2 hours and 18 min. Some days, it takes me that long to get out of bed.

It's always DNS

BREAKING: Trump says he's punishing Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down an anti-tariff ad sooner.