The government is currently shut down

ok one more quote post and then i'm laying down for the afternoon lol

Total federal spending is up +7% in 2025 over 2024 year-to-date to Oct 20. The story that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere. Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.

jesus they took the whole wing down

Pundit voice: This is just like "1984"

Ah the grift list, seeing cryptobros www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/p...

Pundit voice: This is just like "1984"

That's right

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I hate that owning a car means i have to get an oil change and an inspection at least once a year even though i barely ever drive it!!!

“She really wanted to be a cancelled person but she just couldn’t pull it off” wheeeeeew

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they should promise to let one lucky voter blow it up with a looney tunes dynamite plunger

Check check check check. Can't get rid of him. Kid's got alligator blood

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Chauncey Billups 1v1ing Teddy KGB

"Clearly, this is hearsay" "Please clarify the record."

At one point in this episode, I said "I didn't know my bussy could end western civilization," and I think @michaelhobbes.bsky.social's head was close to bursting lmao

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This happens every time a Republican takes office

As long as we're talking about tattoos...

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Hmmm I think I have to do this!

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wow. zohran brought one of cuomo’s accusers, charlotte bennett, to the mayoral debate. he asked cuomo what he would say to his 13 accusers of sexual harassment. cuomo said it takes “a certain level of maturity to work in government” and that the cases were resolved anyway. fucking scum.

it's fucked up that each of these characters looks vaguely like an actor i recognize.

Excuse me, Andrew, it's the Tappan Zee Bridge and always will be.

Cuomo can say Kościuszko but not Mamdani?

Oh man, Zohran

good answer there from Zohran about LGBTQ issues in Uganda

christ they're cooking cuomo lmao

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The Epstein Throne Room

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I bet Matt Stoller is still surprised when his mom's face reappears suddenly when they play peekaboo

Isn't the whole point of a primary to stress year the candidates and find out if they are the ones who can win? The system is working.