Is this good? It doesn't seem good. "Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."

"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org

This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.

I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here

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Breaking WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.

Name them.

I should really have fit into this post that this county voted for Trump.

THEY HAVE ZERO LEVERAGE. NADA, NONE.

This sounds like the start of a conversation to put Paw Paw in an assisted living center.

SCOOP: Schumer privately fought to extend government shutdown

Wut?

Oh, honey, bless your heart...

Basically agree with everything Dave says here with the additional note that caving right now at the least-optimal time has the minor benefit of really clarifying in a *public* way who is on Team Fight vs. Team Surrender. That's good and will shape things going forward.

these are the dumbest people on earth.

Sigh. Although surprising he hadn’t done it months ago.

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.

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not. If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

Durbin is trash. Yes, lots of great stuff in the past. Sure he’s a decent guy. But he’s pure trash now. Important to see that the bulk of Team Cave is made up of people who are retiring.

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

America is in a fight for its very survival. And the leaders of the Democratic Party in the US Senate are just not up to the challenge. Time to turn the page on them. With prejudice.

The Democrats: Cotton candy to a knife fight every damn time. The electorate hands them a huge win on Tuesday only to be sold down the river on Sunday. No wonder their approval is at 18%.

Pathetic. This isn’t a deal. It’s a surrender. Don’t bend the knee!

I've looked at all the details of this deal to end the shutdown reached by a small group of Senate Democrats. I've talked to a number of friends on the Hill to see if there's anything I'm missing. Sadly, I am not. This is a shit deal. It's a betrayal. It's cowardice.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.

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happy anniversary of Stupid Lake getting its name [citation needed]

It's important to remember that while the degree to which James Watson deliberately stole from Rosalind Franklin is still in dispute, he also shit on her in his memoir for no apparent reason other than to save face and then spent the last two decades of his life pushing bullshit race science.

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

Trump administration in disarray: USDA complies with a federal court order while DOJ takes its desire to withhold food from Americans all the way to SCOTUS.

BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

He USED to be good at picking fights His brain is goo, now

The USDA has announced that it is working to fully fund food stamp benefits for November to comply with a federal court order. https://cnn.it/3Lx3Pgw

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It is sad, but not surprising, that the president of Mexico is wasting her time on frivolous matters like suing the man who groped her. by Andrew Cuomo

Seeing some false reports about the man who collapsed in the Oval Office. It was *not* Novo Nordisk executive Gordon Findlay. It was a patient who uses Lilly GLP-1 drug, per multiple sources. I hear he's OK now.

Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani

It's gotta be hard to be blaming Democrats for the shutdown when Trump is saying "the GOP can end it all by themselves!" and the GOP is saying "this is all Trump's fault!"

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straight-up jury nullification. this guy did it, confessed to it, and the jury instructions explicitly said that if he did it intentionally, it was assault.

They unanimously acquitted sandwich guy, even though this was probably misdemeanor assault. I know I joke a lot about this case, but this jury nullification is actually really embarrassing for Pirro/Trump/Bondi.

It is clearly deeply annoying for a sociopath when a human collapses nearby and distracts attention from him.

BREAKING: SANDWICH GUY ACQUITTED. NOT GUILTY!

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