On this day, I ruined the workplace.

Mamdani is going to implement Shasta law so that the soda will be also available at Key Food, C-Town, CVS and Walgreens.

Remember when Donald Trump said there would be people standing in bread lines trying to get food if Kamala Harris won? People are standing in line for food in Cleveland because of Donald Trump.

imagine looking at this House from the R side and knowing that for like two months at least you can’t do anything unless all four of Chip Roy, Paul Gosar, Victoria Spartz, and Nancy Mace show up to work and are reasonably lucid that day

I think the folks loudly criticizing him for this are likely not among his supporters...

incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries

I have a hard and fast rule about not sharing substack links, but if you want to understand the strategy behind what Justice Jackson did in issuing a administrative stay with a 48 hour deadline re SNAP, do a little searching. Don’t just be like “I can’t believe she did that.” She had a reason.

KBJ, as the circuit justice for CA1, temporarily stays McConnell’s order that Trump fully fund SNAP for November, says the appeals court should issue its decision on the matter before she or the full SCOTUS gets involved. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business. -if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her. -if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet. -instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.

Of course the Roberts et al could choose to extend the admin stay or, more likely, will just straight up stay McConnell’s order before KBJ’s deadline passes. But she did what she could to control the process tonight and let CA1 put its reasoning on the record before Roberts et al disregard it.

Accord @stevevladeck.bsky.social

Doing my part to unexplode heads

it's really weird to have developed super specialized knowledge of the art industry and art crime for three years and then just suddenly stop developing it or reporting on it due to a layoff; but this happens to so many reporters and then I see discussions about declining public trust in the media

it is especially hard when you are a non-white journalist (I was mistaken for another Asian art journalist at another trade publication twice) because promotion and retention rates for JOC are still not great but corporate work culture often overemphasizes individual effort over systemic changes

I spent so much extra time developing sources and reporting in-depth features in areas like Indigenous Art, design, Canadian galleries, Asian art and antiques, mid-season auction sales, Southeast and East Asian galleries, and art crime. I made successful social media videos. And now I just stop?

It felt so good every time a source felt like I was asking them better, more interesting questions and wasn't just being extractive because I went in-depth and published long-quotes or additional context that would normally be cut. But it feels like that's not what media companies want anymore.

For example, this feature I wrote on the LA Museum of Natural History receiving a NAGPRA grant goes into its plans for the funds, dealing with state and federal policies, challenging logistics for repatriated items, plus a style disclosure: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

I don't know how to fix this beyond trying to work at trade publications where this kind of work is wanted and read or pivoting out of media. It just strikes me when I think about how many people are being laid off right now, in and out of the media industry, what is lost as a result.

I am still so proud of the features I did at ARTnews even right before my layoff, like this detailed report on the auction results for a decorative arts sale at Christie's which smashed expectations after an "in-situ" viewing and didn't adhere to any clear trends: www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...

I have one more art-related story coming up (the money will go to charity) and then I don't know about the future. But it feels weird to know I might never report on art crimes or the art industry again after that, even though I became pretty good at both after three years.

No it can not. Dude is too far left. Your model of the future will become Governor of VA tomorrow. NYC isn’t Milwaukee or Detroit or Pittsburgh or Philly or any other city in a battleground state.

Let’s ignore him until 2028 primary season.

No recession huh?

Folks this is their back door run at another ACA repeal. Dems need to defend these three things. 1. No denials for preexisting conditions 2. No lifetime caps on healthcare plans 3. Keep your kids on your plan until age 26. POUND THE GOP on this.

Thune really does seem to think he and his caucus are like the 300 at Thermopylae on taking away everyone's health care and jacking up premiums and they think it's a winning look. So I guess okay guys please proceed and all that.

There was once a man from Nazareth… that sat and supped with sex workers

“She got one of ✌🏿them✌🏿” Does she have healthcare? Is there a roof over her head? Does he have food on his table? A sex worker has never kidnapped an immigrant Denied snap benefits Or blown up Venezuelan fishermen

Christians think they are better than sex workers cause they don’t sell “time” Western evangelicals are worse cause many of us have sold our souls for Maga slop

I know folks love to shit on Schumer because he doesn‘t scream and wag his finger but what he did today was pretty smart. Between the orange demon throwing a fit because he can’t starve Americans and the GQP even refusing to do this…Republicans look like huge a-holes. They would have gotten

a clean CR they’ve been claiming to want (that’s a damn lie and Schumer proved that) but they would have had to extend ACA credits for a year separately. On top of that…if they agree to 1 year that makes it a midterm issue that favors Dems. All of that would have helped the middle class but now

the dodos just look like awful B movie villains. They basically said if we can’t starve people and take away their healthcare we’re just gonna punish Americans in other ways. He backed them into a corner and you might think it’s caving but it’s damn good politics. 🤷🏾‍♀️

He got the republicans to say no to reopening the government. That's freaking brilliant.

Dr. Annie Andrews is already dragging the hell out of Lindsey Graham for his commentary dismissing the offer. Got some free advertising for Senate races like that one already. 🤷‍♂️

If you’re wondering why the folks who never listen to Black WOman are now suddenly hyper focused on insulting one…this is a great read and explanation... Long game is never fun…but anyway…great breakdown. #TrustBlackWomen

Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.” The result was “institutionalized hunger.” @kristencrowell.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

When contemplating the GOP's motives for destroying USAID, gutting the ACA, withholding SNAP, vaccine conspiracy mongering, etc. remember their wide, bloodthirsty streak of contempt for "welfare queens", "useless eaters" and pretty much anyone who isn't them. They want their enemies gone...

He has no idea what Obamacare is. Absolutely no idea. We are ruled by the dumbest monarch ever.

chasing-duck.png purchase insurance from whom

It's not about "organized religion," as the OP stated the non-White churches/temples/mosques all offered to help. This is specifically about WHITE churches and their refusal to help. This has nothing to do with religion at all, organized or not.

Remember, "church" (synagogue/temple/mosque etc) is the people, not the building. Many White Americans have a certain mindset and their churches and organizations are going to reflect that mindset.

Your move, Republicans. Do you want Americans to have health care?

Republicans (shrieking): STOP OPPRESSING CHRISTIANS WE ARE SO PERSECUTED WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRAY IN PUBLIC WITHOUT YOUR SCORN Also Republicans:

Good morning, NYC! Beautiful fall day on Warren Street today. We’ll be here 11-7 for all your murder mystery needs..

Finally someone that gets it. Charles Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters is front for all the methods used to control black voters. Jean Grey is the spokesperson while Storm manipulated the weather in certain areas so that Bernie lost. Also Nightcrawler teleported to precincts & stole ballots.

No they refuse to accept that black voters are smart, savvy, make intelligent choices & saw his bullshit wouldn’t fly nationwide. They’ve always attacked our intellect while they chase politicians that say “ I can fart sunshine” & they fall in line like sheep.

1/? Does anyone remember back earlier this year when Chuck Schumer and exactly 8 other Dems voted for that CR? Remember how people trashed Schumer for it? Has it ever occurred to you "Do Something" people that he was playing chess, while you played checkers.

2/? Minority Leader Schumer knew that another shutdown would be looming and he knew what the GOP was gonna do with the ACA and Medicaid. Now everyone is paying attention to this shutdown much more than would have months ago b/c folks see what they have to lose.

3/3 The U.S. populace has short attention spans. A shutdown months ago in the name of "Do Something" would have just been a shutdown. But having a shutdown now in the fight for healthcare means more and people blame the GOP. They got trounced on Tuesday.

The Trump administration sent attorneys to the Supreme Court to stop SNAP money going out. Those attorneys are paid more in one hour of work than SNAP assistance for one family for a whole year!

This part. Not to mention all the department stores depending on customers not stealing from their clothing budget in order to buy milk and bread.