My favorite comment on the FT story

Like @amutepiggy.bsky.social said.

BREAKING: Federal judge orders the Trump administration to make full food stamp payments in November. More to come.

He’s not even good at lying because everyone knows we’ve been talking about health care for the entire month. He just knows if he let there be a vote on health insurance subsidies, it’d pass with bipartisan support.

The lesson for all of us is: don’t throw an open sandwich at a federal agent or whatever. Ask for extra tape, for safety! Then, aim for the chest at close range and throw as hard as your emotions dictate without hitting the guy or gal in the face. Be polite, now! Use video so they can’t lie!

The viral post about the East Wing demolition contractor calling out the president for unpaid invoices is completely made up, but if you want to actually learn something about the procurement + regulatory environment for firms involved in the project, there's this excellent ENR article from today:

Can we quickly work towards the collective culinary sacrifice that leads to headlines like “DC-AREA SUBWAY FRANCHISES POST LARGEST DINNER SALES EVER”? Fuck you, I’m a food snob. I don’t care.

Idk, but u can’t spell Bahn Mi multiple times without “aaahhhahahahahahahahahahaha”.

People never been to a townhome? You know what it’s like? It’s like A house. Usually there are steps. Fucked up? No doubt. Some have fenced yards, some don’t. Catastrophic? Most times, I hear. You share walls with your neighbors, and sometimes you have to be polite to them. Impossible? Yes.

Thank you, Metro Riders! In FY25, Metro customers took 22.1M trips monthly, up 9% from last year! We're proud to be your go-to transportation choice, helping you reach work, flights, events, and more. 🚇 🚌 🚐

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

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HIRE ALICE

Looks like you can buy the art online, but you have to pick it up at the gallery in DC www.shopmadeindc.com/shop/sm-gall...

I have 2 paintings in this show opening Friday in Georgetown

Donald Trump was caught on tape describing his perpetration of sexual assault against strangers, and some of these people probably have voted for him five times since then.

Area party upset to discover that years of sadistic, violent rhetoric and actions critically eroded political norms they forgot that they also relied on, news at 11

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES

I had the pleasure of interviewing Sterlin Harjo about “The Lowdown”: the real-life inspiration for the series, that incredibly cathartic season finale, and why he believes there’s hope for the future of our deeply broken country.

ditto George Michael Bluth, always back and forth with his emotions. about his cousin.

How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!! "Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯 🔌💡

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

Holy rolling trashcans, it’s windy.

Wow, huge credit to Katie and the rest of the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social. USDA has now issued revised numbers because CBPP caught them either accidentally or intentionally making huge errors that would severely underfund SNAP, in direct violation of court orders.

It was a rejection of the entire administration and Dems should see this as a signal to become an actual opposition party. On everything. You don't stop the shutdown. You don't approve another appointee. You do nothing at all. The voters saved you, not the other way around. LEARN TO LEAD.

the latest in the social media postings of Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas:

Holy crap. MAGA diehard Danielle Jurinsky lost her city council seat in Aurora, Colorado. She more than anyone is responsible for ginning up the false claim that Tren de Aragua had "taken over" the city. She also repeatedly tried to dissolve the city's groundbreaking public defender office.

We should definitely use a bunch of our collective money to help a bunch of us get laid off

oh my god they actually did it lmao

Shaming bad behavior, on the record, is the preamble to the reclamation of our nation. Fuckers need to hear it.

Art points to the government table and says "these defendants should be ashamed of themselves. "It's a disgrace. And one of the great things about our Constitution, is that if that's what we think, we can say it."

Art tells the judge that Greg Bovino admitted, after days of questioning, that he threw tear gas in Little Village "before a rock was ever thrown." chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

Art calls it the government's "fever dream about what is going on."

Art: "The government is hearing speech it does not like and, instead of understanding that it's free speech, the government is calling it a riot. The government is calling it violence. The government is calling it terrorism."

Sure, Jan.

just want to reiterate that the first amendment isn't something you "hide behind," it's something that constrains the government's ability to limit your inalienable rights. that distinction is very important

The Department of Homeland Security: “hide behind the First Amendment”

Marcia Kramer, political correspondent for CBS asked Mamdani if he held his presser at the Unisphere because apparently in 1947 the UN signed some pact creating Israel in that park and I'm sorry that woman's brain is cooked He picked it b/c he reps Queens hard and it's iconic to the borough

Mamdani did as poorly among New York’s Jewish population as President Trump is doing in national polling on several key issues. One of these demonstrates an enormous problem for entire nation, and the other is about President Trump driving us into a ditch, so it’s uninteresting to the pundit class.

“Trump admin limits air traffic to pressure democrats” is a funny way of saying they have a mass callout everyday now while their controllers learn how to navigate the ground traffic around their local restaurants on a cheap moped.

putting up signs that say 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒪𝓋𝒶𝓁 𝒪𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝑒 on every abandoned mineshaft I can find

Yes to this art. Really powerful.

A beautiful thing is that we paid taxes and vested power in a system to manage some of that money so that fewer children, families, and elders would go hungry. That that beautiful thing is being disrupted by the whims of power doesn't make it less beautiful.

Human Waste Container Jason Rapert Thinks God Is On His Side.

I apologize in advance if this turns out to be bullshit, but Wowwee Kazowee look at this.

Bernie Moreno seems like a stalker, as do most GOP members, nowadays.

A sleepy Senate Commerce hearing on transportation nominees devolves into a heated fight between Sens. Jacky Rosen (D) and Bernie Moreno (R), with Rosen accusing Moreno of tracking her team’s car VIN numbers. Rosen: That seems a little creepy Moreno says he’s exposing hypocrisy

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

This preliminary injunction hearing in Chicago is just like... normie white liberal after normie white liberal describing how federal agents beat them, shot at them with pepper balls, pointed guns at them, threw flashbangs and tear gas at them