I was told that Congress was finally back in session today. How, exactly, are we going to be able to tell?

Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country? There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.

BRENNAN: The president's last envoy to Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, says US oil executives seem to be coming to Mar-a-Lago and whispering about how easy life would be if we just made a deal with the regime once Maduro is gone. Is that what happened here? MARCO RUBIO: No.

I’ll never ever believe that Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris lost their elections and Jack Smith’s damning testimony only helps to cement that for me.

The fact that RFK Jr. is alive and Tatiana Schlossberg is dead is proof that this world is highly unfair.

My NY tradition is to stop biting my nails. 50 yrs. 😂

Whether it's Hillary Clinton making $100,000 in cattle futures 14 years before she became First Lady or Donald Trump making $1.7 billion from his DJT meme stock while serving as president, both sides have made money in controversial ways.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. Democracy dies in ▪️.

Randomly remembered the one time I got rear ended by a mildly intoxicated driver at a red light who begged me to not call the police because he was almost home and I graciously agreed because the car I was driving I had recently bought and it was unregistered and running tags from my other car.

Trump's deal to sell TikTok won't just enrich his billionaire pal Larry Ellison. It also gives UAE investment firm MGX — a key business partner of the Trump family's crypto company — a major ownership stake in TikTok. Everything is for sale.

Didn't watch it. It's always lies. Moving on.

The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.

The FIFA World Peace winner who made everything more expensive is on his affordability tour, which seems silly since it’s a Democratic hoax.

I do absolutely everything in Times New Roman and enforce this as a standard when hiring and editing guest writers, so please know where I’m coming from when I say this is an absolutely moronic waste of time and energy. Just a whole cabinet arranging pens on their desk while the world burns.

This.

My husband and I decorating today #birds

I honestly don’t know what’s more concerning. That the president of the United States keeps falling asleep in public or that everyone around him is too scared to wake him up.

Today’s analysis winner 🏅

Sorry I had to use the most useless CS-class example ever to show off interfaces working. #kotlin

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

I begged (in vain) my senators not to confirm Hegseth and RFK Jr., and it's all going basically like we knew it would.

Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.

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Women being attracted to RFK Jr is how you know heterosexuality is NOT a choice.

To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger… U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes. We’ve fallen far.

“No! I am not making tacos for dinner.” #birds

Pretty sad that we need one dead man’s emails to believe over 1000 women’s testimonies

Oh my. James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists. Get this man in the Senate.

Terrific

The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸

Welp!

This is a very quick break down of what happened in the Senate over the weekend. While I'm more than disappointed that they just took the L on ACA help, it is good to see SNAP & furloughed feds catch a much needed break. Call your reps. Hit @resist.bot. We're not out of the woods yet. Stay loud.

Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.

Crockett: Marjorie Taylor Greene voted for this point blank period. Her constituents were the ones that were on the receiving end of this.

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So the World Series MVP is an… immigrant

In hindsight, it was probably a bad idea for voters to put the full force of the US state apparatus and military in the hands of a guy who bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any support, and who was also granted immunity by the Supreme Court before taking office.

I guess someone heard from Tylenol’s lawyers.

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

Ernie Clements is the most iconic baseball name in this #WorldSeries

Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

Caligula's unorthodox style raises eyebrows among some liberal Romans. -New York Times, 39 AD

I love color coded notes :)

The SCOTUS decision that allows Trump to run for a third term but denies the possibility to Obama will be a sheer marvel of intricate anti-logic

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP. A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify. I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

⚡️Ukrainian drones target Moscow in overnight attack, mayor says. Moscow's Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports have temporarily suspended operations in response to the drone threat.

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

When we show up and make our voices heard peacefully, we are too loud to ignore! Nearly seven million protesters, gathered yesterday for the #No Kings rallies in opposition to Trump’s authoritarian agenda. Protesters rallied across more than 2,700 US cities and towns Saturday.

Wow—nearly 7 million people participated in No Kings: