Ed
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Main Character Syndrome, but fun. Boston-based. My wood shop and my dogs are my personality. If you're still reading this, I'm your dad now. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
I don't speak for my employer.
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well, h*ck. half a million meals. that's pretty good. not enough--but certainly something, huh?
thanks to everybody who tossed some money in the pot, shared out the link, everything.
since it's a lot but it's not enough, the link's staying right here: teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
thanks to everybody who tossed some money in the pot, shared out the link, everything.
since it's a lot but it's not enough, the link's staying right here: teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/teams/7634
one of the things that dissuades me from using twitch subs (even the prime one) is that I genuinely do not want the streamer to thank me on stream, I am here to enjoy the thing and not get called out. I understand the parasocial...thing, but I am 37. almost 38. I have a mortgage
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
one of the things that dissuades me from using twitch subs (even the prime one) is that I genuinely do not want the streamer to thank me on stream, I am here to enjoy the thing and not get called out. I understand the parasocial...thing, but I am 37. almost 38. I have a mortgage
the 15-year car loan thing is incredibly stupid but I feel like many of the people saying "it'll be off the road in 15 years" have not looked at a 2010 car lately
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
the 15-year car loan thing is incredibly stupid but I feel like many of the people saying "it'll be off the road in 15 years" have not looked at a 2010 car lately
you can’t even get the Post on-side with this one, Donnie?
"Thirteen Italian pasta brands could pull their products from US grocery stores — or potentially be forced to hike prices dramatically as soon as January, when punishing 107% tariffs are set to take effect." nypost.com/2025/11/10/b...
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
you can’t even get the Post on-side with this one, Donnie?
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The extent to which these people will go to avoid placing blame on Republicans for bad things Republicans do is actually remarkable
I do not actually think Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding guest list was at the top of mind for the Virginia senator when he voted to get federal employees a paycheck!
I do not actually think Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding guest list was at the top of mind for the Virginia senator when he voted to get federal employees a paycheck!
Just a friendly reminder that Hillary's VP candidate just sold out the country to a bunch of starvation/death sadists and Chelsea Clinton was best friends with Ivanka for years while Ghislaine Maxwell was a prominent guest at Chelsea's wedding while Bill went to Epstein Island a bunch of times
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The extent to which these people will go to avoid placing blame on Republicans for bad things Republicans do is actually remarkable
I do not actually think Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding guest list was at the top of mind for the Virginia senator when he voted to get federal employees a paycheck!
I do not actually think Chelsea Clinton’s 2010 wedding guest list was at the top of mind for the Virginia senator when he voted to get federal employees a paycheck!
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It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is Mario Kart.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is Mario Kart.
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All judgments of the effectiveness of midterms strategy must be considered in the context of Trump doing a YMCA dance party while under federal indictment & winning the popular vote
Yes - this is a loss because Democrats have now signed on to ACA cuts as a complicit party and once again made it a less effective issue for the mid terms
From that perspective, this would be a failure, right? Because the Dems lose the narrative that they did everything to stand in the way of ACA cuts.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
All judgments of the effectiveness of midterms strategy must be considered in the context of Trump doing a YMCA dance party while under federal indictment & winning the popular vote
This is the best thing I’ve read on this whole mess, and not just because I agree with it
I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Shutdown Surrender
I just... I mean... Whatever.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is the best thing I’ve read on this whole mess, and not just because I agree with it
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I will say that anyone who you saw dooming about this on this or other websites is not someone you should trust about legal news and also probably not about anything else
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I will say that anyone who you saw dooming about this on this or other websites is not someone you should trust about legal news and also probably not about anything else
this isn't the kind of language you use if you have institutional support
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
this isn't the kind of language you use if you have institutional support
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I understand the impulse to say "how can you celebrate one small piece of good news when [all the bad news]" or even "how can you celebrate the mere temporary absence of bad news on this topic"
but I am, and I will.
but I am, and I will.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I understand the impulse to say "how can you celebrate one small piece of good news when [all the bad news]" or even "how can you celebrate the mere temporary absence of bad news on this topic"
but I am, and I will.
but I am, and I will.
"I'm going to try turning off follower-only replies" reader, I lasted like five days
and, of course: that reply was from somebody Not From Around Here
and, of course: that reply was from somebody Not From Around Here
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"I'm going to try turning off follower-only replies" reader, I lasted like five days
and, of course: that reply was from somebody Not From Around Here
and, of course: that reply was from somebody Not From Around Here
I think that, fundamentally, ending the shutdown without a commitment that congress actually controls how money is spent in this country is Very, Very Bad
but I am being thoroughly polarized away from that position's salience by the monstrous behavior of the sephiroth-posters who want starved kids
but I am being thoroughly polarized away from that position's salience by the monstrous behavior of the sephiroth-posters who want starved kids
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I think that, fundamentally, ending the shutdown without a commitment that congress actually controls how money is spent in this country is Very, Very Bad
but I am being thoroughly polarized away from that position's salience by the monstrous behavior of the sephiroth-posters who want starved kids
but I am being thoroughly polarized away from that position's salience by the monstrous behavior of the sephiroth-posters who want starved kids
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"actually there were like twenty D senators who secretly wanted to cave"
wow seems like you must think Chuck Schumer did a pretty good job keeping people onside this long then?
wow seems like you must think Chuck Schumer did a pretty good job keeping people onside this long then?
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"actually there were like twenty D senators who secretly wanted to cave"
wow seems like you must think Chuck Schumer did a pretty good job keeping people onside this long then?
wow seems like you must think Chuck Schumer did a pretty good job keeping people onside this long then?
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if we get rolling RIF prevention and very short CRs until 2027, that is actually almost a win.
I think a lot of people are thinking it's just "none of the RIFs get to stay and no more illegal RIFs", rather than the "no RIFs, even if otherwise permissible by law, and if you try to do it it's a felony criminal offense under the Anti-Deficiency Act" that this actually is.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
if we get rolling RIF prevention and very short CRs until 2027, that is actually almost a win.
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The Democrats are not at fault for anything going badly in your life right now.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Democrats are not at fault for anything going badly in your life right now.
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I'm hearing reports that Glonzo has trapped John Cornyn in a power station
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm hearing reports that Glonzo has trapped John Cornyn in a power station
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CSPAN for absolutely no reason tonight:
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
CSPAN for absolutely no reason tonight:
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To emphasize a point I made earlier: I work freelance and pay for my own health insurance - a silver plan I buy through the Massachusetts Health Connector. I pay $1065 a month this year and will pay over $1300 a month next year. And I still have an OOP max in the five digits.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
To emphasize a point I made earlier: I work freelance and pay for my own health insurance - a silver plan I buy through the Massachusetts Health Connector. I pay $1065 a month this year and will pay over $1300 a month next year. And I still have an OOP max in the five digits.
ma'am
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
ma'am