I’ll likely butcher this but here @ringwiss.bsky.social is mapping out the timeline for what happens if even a single senator opposes “unanimous consent” to advance the funding bill (or “continuing resolution”). Obtaining UC means the Senate can save all kinds of time in advancing the CR.

Bluesky’s got the juice, part 1 million 👇

Any senator (regardless of party) could disrupt unanimous consent, but to what end? It would have to be accompanied by additional negotiations.

I don’t agree but I did have a good LOL. We have to laugh, right? RIGHT?!

The RIFs language is actually great. Not only does it rehire the people RIFed during the shutdown, it makes it an unequivocal Antideficiency Act violation to do ANY MORE RIFs through the duration of the CR (Jan 30) Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now Would love to see this standardized

3 GOOD: some real approps working right for the first time in EONS, built based on need & politics, not from toplines. SHALL language on backpay 4 feds. Good anti-RIF language we’d want to see continued 2 BAD: Nothing forces Trump to actually FOLLOW the approps. A vote we could have forced already

RIF Update: The proposed appropriations legislation would invalidate RIFs conducted between 10/1/25 and 1/30/26. (Section 120). It does not include any provisions invalidating RIFs pre-10/1/25 or preventing future RIFs conducted after 1/30/26. www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

It appears the bill text for the CR (in addition to the the minibus) is now out. www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit...

Idk man, shutdowns always go on until they don’t. Nobody exits a shutdown covered in glory. Except for the people who worked for us without pay. Those folks are glorious indeed.

"More than enough" Senate Democratic Caucus members to pass shutdown deal led by Shaheen, King and Hassan, source familiar with deal says - CR through Jan. 30 - ACA bill vote on bill of Dems' choosing in December - Minibus has RIF reversals and "protections" against them in future

You know I’m working on my tenure dossier if I have to get these bad boys out.

Sunny knows how to Sunday.

I'm working on a list of regulatory policy actions in Trump's second term. (I'll share it when I'm done.) So I'm scrolling through a bunch of administration output (mostly so you don't have to). But if you want a glimpse, here are all of the executive orders he has issued since Jan 20, 2025:

Least weasel but the most weasel in my heart.

Just an absolute banger of an animal family

Some excellent replies in here. Wall crabs ☠️☠️☠️

BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month. The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments. DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

Thrilled to be at an OpEd writing workshop today, made possible by @scholars.org! Academics and researchers- check them out!

It’s truly a loss today. First time since 1948, the government didn’t collect information on unemployment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isk...

Some!? What the actual. Govern, please. GOVERN. We are waiting.

I dunno about you but I know a lot of people who are Going Through It and if that’s you I just want to say I got you and we just need to keep swimming. One day at a time, my friends.

Ellis: The use of force during the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz "shocks the conscience."

Here's the transcript of today's tariff hearing in SCOTUS. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

AND ALSO why purposivism is just another word for “doing law the normal way”, but you people aren’t ready for that truth yet 😾

I've been called Leslie Knope more than once and I always received it as a compliment. Don't see that ever changing :)

a strong belief i have is that it is ok to occasionally be wrong about things, even in public, as long as you're open to changing your mind in the face of compelling arguments or evidence. but i could be wrong about that

Lairmore testifies that other agents gave him a plush sandwich toy, which he placed on the shelf in his office, and a patch that said "Felony Footlong," which he put on his lunch box. Lairmore has chuckled with the rest of us at times. Defense really trying to underscore the unseriousness of it all

Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer. Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss. 'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.

This is @liberatemethadone.bsky.social -PWLLE, researchers, clinicians, & those who claim more than 1 contributing skillsets, creating this magic elixir of an article which is a heartfelt salvo vs. the Drug War and a rigorous commentary. Honored to be co-author. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I give you (dramatic pause) the Administrative Procedure Act! *crowd goes wild*

An important piece on Trump's further arrogation of Congress's power of the purse.

Take it from @kellyclancy.bsky.social, writers, you have infinite hearts. ❤️💕

Ever wondered why AcWriMo works? I break it down for you, right here—come write with us this November!

A fellow furloughed coworker posted this. Laugh so you don’t cry.

A fall morning in Chicago now: biking down Lawrence through Albany Park, which looks like a relative ghost town compared to its usual foot traffic, watching as street vendors scramble to pack up and flee because ICE just grabbed someone. Folks screaming and whistling at every intersection.

Chap on the plane asked me who I blamed for the shutdown. I think he thought he was ready to talk D/R politics with me on a small plane. I said us. We’re responsible for who we send to Washington. These people work for us.

“What should be at the top of any agenda, given the magnitude of the challenges that will face us when Trump and his movement are gone, is the rebirth of Congress as the dominant force in the business of government.” 🔥 This “exec branch person” agrees wholeheartedly.

Day 29 of the government shutdown.

We designed a beautiful calendar to fundraise for Sojourners for Justice Press. Pre-orders end on Nov 16 so get yours soon. sojourners4justice.press/calendar/ - It will only be available through pre-orders cuz we're too broke to print it otherwise, lol.

NEW: The Trump admin just ended the practice of automatically extending work permits when people file to renew them — meaning that if USCIS takes too long to process a renewal the applicant loses their authorization to work legally. The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.

I worked on this issue, litigating it from 2000-3017 and then advocacy from 2017-2019. When the FCC set the first caps, staff got Commission Clyburn a cake that said "2.3 million children than you." I'm not so much heartbroken as so very tired.

“Antitrust law is bad for fish.” 🐟 Jonathan Adler explains how well-meaning regulations sometimes block fishers from saving their own fisheries. 🎙️ On Taboo Trades: Market-based conservation, from sardines to whales. 🎧

I’m still on the road. Dispatch from home. I miss my best girl!

McConnell: “economic harms of trade wars are not the exception to history, but the rule. And no cross-eyed reading of Reagan will reveal otherwise. This week, I will vote in favor of resolutions to end emergency tariff authorities” pretty much guarantees these will pass Senate. No future in House

NEW: Judge extends ban on Trump's shutdown-related mass firings/RIFs at federal agencies. Also DOJ lawyer argues Americans voted for broad culling of federal workers bc of Trump's signature line on The Apprentice: 'You're fired.' w/@carmenpaun @hassankanu www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

NOT NOW, MONKEYS

Teaching major questions doctrine today. I start with Brown & Williamson, then WV v EPA then Biden v Nebraska. I try to map the evolution across these 3 cases and my view is that reading from left to right it’s basically this: