So, 82nd Airborne vs Chicken Suit Guy.

This is important. The GOP can open the government literally today with zero Democrats. Just ditch the filibuster. Go ahead. Why won’t they do it?

I think we can talk about positioning and negotiating strategy of the two parties, but President Deals has made himself the central figure of our politics, so for most normies, he will be the guy to blame.

At one point this guy is like “I’m not arguing the merits of it, but the politics” and why the fuck not dude?! Maybe the problem with the media is that you’re NOT ARGUING THE MERITS OF IF SOMETHING IS TRUE OR NOT

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Premature baby dies of measles in #Alberta outbreak's 1st death Baby born early after mother contracted measles, province says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Trump: we will do project 2025 Harris: he will do project 2025 Public: oh that’s bad Trump: I’m not gonna do it have never heard of it Harris: he’s still gonna do it Media: no one can predict the future 77 pinocchios

Since the beginning of the ACA, Democrats have fought to deliver affordable health care and Republicans have made up lies to keep you from getting it. There were no death panels, there are no demands for free health care for undocumented immigrants.

> @deanbaker13.bsky.social

We’re on day two of a Republican shutdown and our healthcare providers are already feeling the effects. Yesterday, I visited community health centers across the district to discuss the Republican healthcare crisis and its impacts on patient costs.

A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

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And children are dying from lack of access to medicine because he spent a weekend “feeding USAID into the woodchipper”

Republicans want to price you out of your health care

'The question is, why did Donald Trump shut down the government? He says he doesn't need Congress's permission to spend taxpayer money as he wants. He says he doesn't have to follow spending laws. So why doesn't he just order the Treasury to keep everything running? He's the boss, right?'

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

Priorities.

Hooray for Hollywood? Why tourists are giving the US a miss

He shuts down like you asked for and you’re still mad because you, a congressional reporter, get texts? You freaks should never even say the word politics again, let alone think you can talk about it. You deserve Republican rule

Join me at exactly midnight when the shutdown goes into effect with the @cbc.house.gov as we discuss what a government shutdown means for you — and how @housedemocrats.bsky.social are fighting back.

As the Trump-Republican shutdown takes effect at midnight, I’ll be live with @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social , @meeks.house.gov, and @amo.house.gov to discuss how we got here—and what it means for our communities. Tune in. www.youtube.com/live/2dm-OKj...

A good piece, if a bit gentle on Klein. I don't view his personal emotional struggle as healthy. I think he's a "smartest guy in the room" trying desperately to cling to that view of himself. If he'd been more humble his whole life, he wouldn't feel such a grim need to have all the answers now.

You probably think Democrats are doing nothing right now, right? Would you believe me if I said that they are doing a 24 hour live stream about the effects of losing healthcare and the shutdown on every day people with personal testimonies? www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dm-... 1/2

The GOP health care crisis is ripping away coverage, raising health care costs, and closing hospitals. House Democrats are in DC ready to pass a bill that funds our government, lowers costs, and saves health care. Where are our GOP colleagues?

I’m still processing what happened this morning. Is it now the administration’s position that the U.S. military does not observe or adhere to the laws of war?

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Uh NO, everyone was told & told & TOLD. MVP TOLD you all in plain language what would happen. Black women have been warning everyone & voted 93% to avoid all this & they were ignored.

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NEW: "The generals understand that Trump sees their fellow Americans as his enemies. And they must now realize that at some point, they are likely to be forced to choose between Trump and their oaths to defend the Constitution." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...

THIS. @ezraklein.bsky.social do better.

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

As I've mentioned elsewhere, coal mining represents 1/60th as much of US work force as it did at its peak, 100 years ago. (In 1923, ~800,000 Americans were coal miners. Now ~40,000 are. US workforce 3x as large now as it was then.) Obeisance to coal as fact-free as hostility to vaxx.

What’s the definition of foreign made film? 100% tariff on Devil Wears Prada sequel since they’re shooting scenes in Milan? This is nonsensical. It’s probably more about Newsom than anything

a thing I’d like us to keep in mind over the next two or more days is that there was never any possible outcome where you personally or collectively were not mad at Chuck Schumer

Hard to blame Democrats for the shutdown when sources close to Trump say out loud that the president “welcomes the prospect of a shutdown.”

ICE attempted and failed to disappear a food delivery guy. It needed to be scored.

Few takes have ever aged as badly as this one, and it came from the take-haver in chief!

Lol

Kamala Harris predicted a lot of what is unfolding today during her campaign and yet so much of the coverage at the time was as if she was taking crazy pills.

Mornin, @thehill.com

Watch out for the arugula!

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

The question with the most bearing on the material prosperity of a nation is "how much stuff can people buy?" not "what is the rate of change of nominal prices?" By the first standard, the US economy in 2024 was the strongest large economy in human history and nothing else even comes close.

War-ravaged Portland

Welp.

we love a vaccine thirst trap

Quinnipiac in recent poll asked: Do you think that the way people talk about politics these days is contributing to violence in the United States, or don't you think so? 82% of voters agreed with this including majority of Dems, Independents, and GOP. I said basically this and got fired.

Gee, if only they hadn’t thought of that… Oh wait, they have! There have been dozens of stories of Dem members of Congress going to federal facilities in the Washington area, & in their states & districts. And they’ve been doing it for months! As for why no hearings, minority can’t call hearings