If you look through the auction photos (because who doesn't want commercial grade milkshake gear for 10 cents), the burst pipe in the freezer may be a clue.

It's good to see old friends after six weeks away.

Big and Little Spoons xkcd.com/3166/

And it will only be half as racist as the cartoons Disney initially made.

cannot believe I have to now hand it to the kooks who insisted the government was being run by a shadowy cabal of pedophiles

Who keeps thinking today is Monday?

I don't like to talk about my specific experience much in the Senate because I always prefer to have discussions on arguments alone. However that being said, let me tell you where I'm coming from with this "all of these people are knuckleheads and Schumer isn't the real problem" thing. 🧵

Get real coffee instead while you struggle to return to a workday after six weeks of furlough.

Faint aurora possibly viewable with cameras away from city lights in DC area. The geomagnetic storm is not as intense as last night but strong enough for cameras to pick up a bit of color away from light pollution in the DC area! Starting to see some pics on our other social media feeds.

Opinion | It's time for eight brave House Democrats to step up and block the release of the Epstein files. by John Fetterman and Tim Kaine

I’d like to apologize to every cartoonishly sleazy journalist character who was a secondary villain in a ‘90s-era thriller, I rolled my eyes at you because you seemed so implausible but I now know you walk among us and were in regular email contact with Jeffrey Epstein.

HOUSE TO VOTE NEXT WEEK ON RELEASING ALL JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES, SAYS SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON

This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.

I don't think legacy media is reading the room correctly on the Epstein Files. Many of us are asking why they have ignored this story for the last decade? Why did they dismiss all of us who were concerned that Trump might be compromised? And where is their fucking contrition and apology now?

The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.

BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.

Our bodies are ready, aka some of our dining companions disagree with the concept of The Camera Eats First.

Theatre skill I will always have: Finding my light

So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.

I wrote an explained to the Epstein files a little while back. Just because this shit isn’t surprising doesn’t mean it isn’t important. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gift link of an article that is fabulous.

UPDATE: A CHANCE to see NORTHERN LIGHTS in DC area TONIGHT (Tues into Wed). A strong geomagnetic storm is hitting Earth NOW (8p Tuesday) w/ aurora erupting to our north. It could get stronger & reach severe levels into Wed. Clouds are an impediment though. Read more: www.facebook.com/capitalweath...

Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.

YAAASSSS

50% Petty Activist, 50% YIMBY Keyboard Warrior

Okay, so after enraging your entire base, you're gonna go ahead and get rid of the thing that calms everyone down. It's like the Founders voting to get rid of Ketrecel White.

5 tips for better sleep that you can read on your bright phone at 2AM

Yesterday was stupid beyond belief, so here is some Justin Beaver blurry action shots brought to you by a late night stop at Brenman Park. Not pictured: Mrs. Beaver and li'l Justin Junior that were making their way back to the fort.

This furloughed fed worker has a lot to say about your spineless caving.

Maxx knows it’s a bad day today. He suggests logging off for a bit, scooping the litter, grabbing the greenies, and settling on the couch for Mandatory Cuddle’n’Purr time.

I also want to point out that this preview photo is hilarious, because he looks like a dog being yelled at for pooping on the carpet, but he doesn't know what to do because that's his nature.

Hint: It's not you. And boy will we remember in 2030, because sadly there's no chance in hell than Spanberger will set a recall mechanism in place to oust you sooner.

The democrats commemorating the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald by also being a sinking ship

In This House We Believe: -Warner is a piece of shit -Kaine is a piece of shit -Every establishment Democrat needs to be tossed -Virginia needs a recall mechanism -[redacted due to 18 U.S. Code § 871] -Love Is Love

"You can't fold, I haven't even dealt yet" -- dealer to Chuck Schumer at a poker game

By the way, the one bit of gallows humor I'm enjoying tonight is everyone listing Fetterman on the cave list as if he isn't a full throated republican by now.

I realized a while ago that all three of my congressional reps make a lowly social media intern post press releases on here, then mute all notifications. There is not one iota of chance any of them have any idea what goes on around here.

In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead

I knew she was going to be an ineffective milquetoast the moment she said she wasn't going to repeal Virginia's right to work law. But the option was either her or another of the far right's worst, so here we are. At least New Jersey got some spine with their new leadership.

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

85-year-old democrats negotiating with the jaws of defeat: hey bud you hungry?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

So. Who wants to start an impeachment campaign for Kaine? We got lots of new Delegates, maybe would should make the first order of business for the new legislature ousting him.

They both have failed Virginia. They both need to go.

If I lived in Virginia, the second that Spanberger is sworn in as governor, I'd be demanding @kaine.senate.gov's resignation so she could replace him with someone who's actually aware of what is going on.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.