GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
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HEY PORTLAND! this is probably our last show of the year, and may end up being the biggest show we have ever played, so if you wanna check out an excellent show and maybe buy some ridiculous merch, come down to dante’s THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
HEY PORTLAND! this is probably our last show of the year, and may end up being the biggest show we have ever played, so if you wanna check out an excellent show and maybe buy some ridiculous merch, come down to dante’s THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
HEY PORTLAND! this is probably our last show of the year, and may end up being the biggest show we have ever played, so if you wanna check out an excellent show and maybe buy some ridiculous merch, come down to dante’s THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
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Piping in again with a reminder of our show this Wednesday. Nuclear Daisies are rad. Show Bar is a great venue. And it will be over by 10 so it won’t wreck your day at work!
Oh hey, PDX friends. I know we said we were done playing shows this year… BUT we will now be opening for Nuclear Daisies at Show Bar next Wednesday! If you’ve been meaning to see us, this your (second) last chance to do so this year!
Nuclear Daisies
Please note, when selecting the Print at Home or Mobile Delivery method, you will not have access to view your tickets until 14 days prior to the performance There’s an obscured beauty and a slithering cool that oozes throughout First Taste of Heaven– It’s raw and driving, powerful and playful, all with direct songwriting that is as revelatory as it is mysterious and compelling. Nuclear Daisies is made up of Austin players Rob Glynn (ex Temple of Angels), Alex Gehring (Ringo...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Piping in again with a reminder of our show this Wednesday. Nuclear Daisies are rad. Show Bar is a great venue. And it will be over by 10 so it won’t wreck your day at work!
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Kind of incredible how universal the whole "Teflon Don" thing is in regards to Trump skating past any and all blame for shit like explicitly demanding the population starve out of spite, even amongst his loudest enemies.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Kind of incredible how universal the whole "Teflon Don" thing is in regards to Trump skating past any and all blame for shit like explicitly demanding the population starve out of spite, even amongst his loudest enemies.
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Democratic senators should lose their jobs, republican senators should suffer consequences anticipated by the founding fathers that cannot be enumerated here
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Democratic senators should lose their jobs, republican senators should suffer consequences anticipated by the founding fathers that cannot be enumerated here
oh ho ho! so many clever responses i have never heard before about how dem electeds like republicans more than their voters, and yet so few campaign pitches or announcements!
primary every democrat, i don’t give a shit, but the cause of your suffering is the republican party and there are a lot of you who need to learn to hate them more — and i do mean hate — than you hate your allies
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
oh ho ho! so many clever responses i have never heard before about how dem electeds like republicans more than their voters, and yet so few campaign pitches or announcements!
because my senators *don’t* suck and because there’s not much else i can do about the ones that do, i want to say that my best friend and i had a long conversation today about how rad punk planet was, and how influential it was on us, and how cool it is that dan’s still fucking grinding it out
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November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
because my senators *don’t* suck and because there’s not much else i can do about the ones that do, i want to say that my best friend and i had a long conversation today about how rad punk planet was, and how influential it was on us, and how cool it is that dan’s still fucking grinding it out
oh, sorry, no, i am going to miss all of your comments about how actually the democrats were all bad and that all of the reporting was directionally correct even if factually wrong because i muting both this and that thread and never looking at either again
man, it’s worth noting that all of the reporting about this was dogshit all the way through
"The senators viewed as most likely to vote for a clean [CR] to reopen the government are Shaheen, Ossoff and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.)."
Two out of eight, great reporting.
Two out of eight, great reporting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
oh, sorry, no, i am going to miss all of your comments about how actually the democrats were all bad and that all of the reporting was directionally correct even if factually wrong because i muting both this and that thread and never looking at either again
it’s not gonna happen, but a senate vote failing because the majority whip couldn’t be found is one of the funniest possible ways for a vote to fail
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
it’s not gonna happen, but a senate vote failing because the majority whip couldn’t be found is one of the funniest possible ways for a vote to fail
man, it’s worth noting that all of the reporting about this was dogshit all the way through
"The senators viewed as most likely to vote for a clean [CR] to reopen the government are Shaheen, Ossoff and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.)."
Two out of eight, great reporting.
Two out of eight, great reporting.
thehill.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
man, it’s worth noting that all of the reporting about this was dogshit all the way through
i think people (you and me and everyone we know, everyone) have genuinely underestimated the nature of the second trump administration and the republican party in thrall to him, and all of us have had some difficulty realigning to them.
don't even know what to say because my thinking six weeks ago was "the ACA subsidies are a bad negotiating move because it's too easy for republicans to agree to that, it's not asking enough" & now here they are ready to destroy the country to prevent people from being able to afford their premiums
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i think people (you and me and everyone we know, everyone) have genuinely underestimated the nature of the second trump administration and the republican party in thrall to him, and all of us have had some difficulty realigning to them.
imagine being a dem senator who gets shown up by chuck schumer
America is in the midst of a Republican-made health care crisis—a crisis so severe, so urgent, and so devastating for American families that I cannot support a continuing resolution that fails to address it.
I am voting NO.
I am voting NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
imagine being a dem senator who gets shown up by chuck schumer
i mean, they’ll come around, but
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
i mean, they’ll come around, but
people think this is kayfabe to protect other mods, but there are mod senators who have already announced retirement (gary peters, for example) who didn’t go for this, this was moderate wildcatting, and they’re gonna need to be primary purged
correction: they are all retiring, announced or not
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
people think this is kayfabe to protect other mods, but there are mod senators who have already announced retirement (gary peters, for example) who didn’t go for this, this was moderate wildcatting, and they’re gonna need to be primary purged
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correction: they are all retiring, announced or not
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
correction: they are all retiring, announced or not
this is actually true but also a shitty argument
Durbin is a YES on this deal: “At Democrats’ urging, today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is actually true but also a shitty argument
the mods are wildcatting
Sen. Murray, the top Dem appropriator who negotiated the minibus, is a no on advancing the funding deal
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
the mods are wildcatting
yes, exactly. i understand why they would make this choice, and i can even respect it. but it is career ending, because you don’t have the nerves for what will have to come next.
anyone who is not willing to take the risk of gambling with starvation in order to save our system of government has no place in the Senate, and those who decided that they couldn't play a game with those stakes have not necessarily done anything wrong. they just have to leave.
two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
yes, exactly. i understand why they would make this choice, and i can even respect it. but it is career ending, because you don’t have the nerves for what will have to come next.
also, like, the die for pain was cast a year ago. the pain will continue for, at minimum, another three years. every choice now is between only bad options, and people will suffer no matter what choice is made, and senators cannot and should not be immune to that.
two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
also, like, the die for pain was cast a year ago. the pain will continue for, at minimum, another three years. every choice now is between only bad options, and people will suffer no matter what choice is made, and senators cannot and should not be immune to that.
two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame
if the mods are gonna walk the plank, they’re going to do it alone, and good riddance.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
if the mods are gonna walk the plank, they’re going to do it alone, and good riddance.