@cometsncats.bsky.social
I'll write something up one of these days. Probably.
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
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When asked if he considers himself a “tough guy cat lady,” Sliwa responds:
“Oh yeah, very much so. I’ll challenge ya. If you come up and you start making fun of cats, I’ll say, ‘Do you want me to knock your schnoz right down your throat?’”
“Oh yeah, very much so. I’ll challenge ya. If you come up and you start making fun of cats, I’ll say, ‘Do you want me to knock your schnoz right down your throat?’”
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
When asked if he considers himself a “tough guy cat lady,” Sliwa responds:
“Oh yeah, very much so. I’ll challenge ya. If you come up and you start making fun of cats, I’ll say, ‘Do you want me to knock your schnoz right down your throat?’”
“Oh yeah, very much so. I’ll challenge ya. If you come up and you start making fun of cats, I’ll say, ‘Do you want me to knock your schnoz right down your throat?’”
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Elect 50 Dems to the Senate, abolish the filibuster, & then immediately pass a bill that makes the Senate a purely advisory body. We do the will of the people in the House (which we should dramatically expand). We consult the Senate when we want an opinion from septuagenarian oligarchs.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Elect 50 Dems to the Senate, abolish the filibuster, & then immediately pass a bill that makes the Senate a purely advisory body. We do the will of the people in the House (which we should dramatically expand). We consult the Senate when we want an opinion from septuagenarian oligarchs.
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Starting to think that putting a deeply partisan sycophant with no housing policy expertise in charge of US housing policy was not a great idea.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Starting to think that putting a deeply partisan sycophant with no housing policy expertise in charge of US housing policy was not a great idea.
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others.
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others.
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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"What is obvious, however, is that the Democrats who both voted to initiate the shutdown and then caved in the face of no material change of circumstance were either wrong 41 days ago or are wrong now."
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org assesses what the government shutdown has accomplished.
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org assesses what the government shutdown has accomplished.
The Situation: Assessing the Shutdown
Not a good outcome—except perhaps politically.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"What is obvious, however, is that the Democrats who both voted to initiate the shutdown and then caved in the face of no material change of circumstance were either wrong 41 days ago or are wrong now."
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org assesses what the government shutdown has accomplished.
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org assesses what the government shutdown has accomplished.
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Here are the Senators who voted to criminalize hemp products: [with alt text included]
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Here are the Senators who voted to criminalize hemp products: [with alt text included]
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Private commission.
Derwent lightfast pencil on Canson black paper.
11”x17”.
Derwent lightfast pencil on Canson black paper.
11”x17”.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Private commission.
Derwent lightfast pencil on Canson black paper.
11”x17”.
Derwent lightfast pencil on Canson black paper.
11”x17”.
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Quick moon before bed, rising & waning gibbously at 64%
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#astrophotography #photography
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#astrophotography #photography
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Quick moon before bed, rising & waning gibbously at 64%
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#astrophotography #photography
@stormhour.com
@photohour.bsky.social
#astrophotography #photography
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Breaking MSNBC:
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign
Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Breaking MSNBC:
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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And always the beauty of a cloister. I love them.🩶🌿
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
And always the beauty of a cloister. I love them.🩶🌿
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EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
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"Would you like to see some bugs?" The answer is always yes! Barrett Klein shows my colleague Jess some of his collection as we headed to the Oregon Convention Center for Day 2 of #EntSoc25
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Would you like to see some bugs?" The answer is always yes! Barrett Klein shows my colleague Jess some of his collection as we headed to the Oregon Convention Center for Day 2 of #EntSoc25
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UPDATED: Arizona faces potential financial penalty after @usdagov.bsky.social says Hobbs jumped the gun in providing full food stamp benefits while case remains on appeal. But a federal judge today block the agency from taking any action, at least right now. tucson.com/news/state-r...
Uncertainty for Arizona, other states as feds fight SNAP funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says states like Arizona that fully funded SNAP benefits for November could be liable for anything above the 65% of funding authorized by the Trump
tucson.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
UPDATED: Arizona faces potential financial penalty after @usdagov.bsky.social says Hobbs jumped the gun in providing full food stamp benefits while case remains on appeal. But a federal judge today block the agency from taking any action, at least right now. tucson.com/news/state-r...
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Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
Odd Jobs and DoorDash: How Air Traffic Controllers Are Surviving
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...
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Neon-clad protesters stage '80s aerobics demonstration outside Portland ICE facility. They called it “Sweatin’ Out the Fascists.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Neon-clad protesters stage '80s aerobics demonstration outside Portland ICE facility. They called it “Sweatin’ Out the Fascists.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
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Phang: These firings were illegal in the first fucking place.
It’s like the Republicans are supposed to think that they’ve now done something right by not doing what is illegal in the first place.
It’s like the Republicans are supposed to think that they’ve now done something right by not doing what is illegal in the first place.
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Phang: These firings were illegal in the first fucking place.
It’s like the Republicans are supposed to think that they’ve now done something right by not doing what is illegal in the first place.
It’s like the Republicans are supposed to think that they’ve now done something right by not doing what is illegal in the first place.
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Looking at what's entering the public domain in January, and it looks like 2026 belongs to the girls.
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Looking at what's entering the public domain in January, and it looks like 2026 belongs to the girls.