Jay Kirell
@jasonkirell.bsky.social
Afghanistan combat veteran (OEF 10/11), amateur pet photographer, professional New York Jets/Mets sufferer, former reporter. Center City, Philadelphia.
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Happy Veterans Day to those who put on the uniform, whether you looked good in it or like an accountant they flew in to audit the Taliban.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happy Veterans Day to those who put on the uniform, whether you looked good in it or like an accountant they flew in to audit the Taliban.
If you can’t figure out your “internal recriminations” now - 12 months before the next election - you’re never going to.
This is the exact time you want to have these fights. You’ve already declared fighting Trump is pointless. The base is pissed. You have no power.
Enough kabuki theater.
This is the exact time you want to have these fights. You’ve already declared fighting Trump is pointless. The base is pissed. You have no power.
Enough kabuki theater.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
If you can’t figure out your “internal recriminations” now - 12 months before the next election - you’re never going to.
This is the exact time you want to have these fights. You’ve already declared fighting Trump is pointless. The base is pissed. You have no power.
Enough kabuki theater.
This is the exact time you want to have these fights. You’ve already declared fighting Trump is pointless. The base is pissed. You have no power.
Enough kabuki theater.
The only reason that explains why *now* is the flight delays and potential for holiday chaos.
Dems know they’d eventually cave and the older ones don’t want to even do the kabuki theater of fighting Republicans and delaying their holidays.
Dems know they’d eventually cave and the older ones don’t want to even do the kabuki theater of fighting Republicans and delaying their holidays.
I’m seeing convergence on 2 explanations for Dems caving: 1) Trump more willing to inflict pain on public than Dems (Ezra Klein), 2) protect the filibuster
But these are still puzzles (derogatory) because strategic actors should anticipate them. They don’t explain why now
But these are still puzzles (derogatory) because strategic actors should anticipate them. They don’t explain why now
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The only reason that explains why *now* is the flight delays and potential for holiday chaos.
Dems know they’d eventually cave and the older ones don’t want to even do the kabuki theater of fighting Republicans and delaying their holidays.
Dems know they’d eventually cave and the older ones don’t want to even do the kabuki theater of fighting Republicans and delaying their holidays.
Translation: We got some good election results and we really wanna go home for the holidays and not have to worry about the optics of a shutdown and it’s not like anyone will remember this when we’re at war with Venezuela in March.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Translation: We got some good election results and we really wanna go home for the holidays and not have to worry about the optics of a shutdown and it’s not like anyone will remember this when we’re at war with Venezuela in March.
“It’s a guaranteed vote.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“It’s a guaranteed vote.”
Looking for that Republican pat on the head they crave like gollum craves the ring.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Looking for that Republican pat on the head they crave like gollum craves the ring.
I’ve said it before, but the Democratic party is an alternative party not an opposition party and there’s a big difference.
The opposite of bad is good.
The alternative to bad is weak, disappointing, indifferent, mediocre, etc.
The opposite of bad is good.
The alternative to bad is weak, disappointing, indifferent, mediocre, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I’ve said it before, but the Democratic party is an alternative party not an opposition party and there’s a big difference.
The opposite of bad is good.
The alternative to bad is weak, disappointing, indifferent, mediocre, etc.
The opposite of bad is good.
The alternative to bad is weak, disappointing, indifferent, mediocre, etc.
“We received promises of a vote. But the vote never came. It’s been weeks. We ate Fetterman. He sustained us for a while. The base is angry. They beat drums. Drums in the deep. They are coming.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“We received promises of a vote. But the vote never came. It’s been weeks. We ate Fetterman. He sustained us for a while. The base is angry. They beat drums. Drums in the deep. They are coming.”
The Jets had a better day than senate Democrats, that’s how bad things are.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The Jets had a better day than senate Democrats, that’s how bad things are.
Time to take my mind off a giant clown terrorizing a population while the adults in charge do nothing to stop him by watching Welcome To Derry.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Time to take my mind off a giant clown terrorizing a population while the adults in charge do nothing to stop him by watching Welcome To Derry.
Say what you will about Nancy Pelosi, but she ruled her caucus with the type of iron fist Chuck Schumer can’t even begin to approach.
in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Say what you will about Nancy Pelosi, but she ruled her caucus with the type of iron fist Chuck Schumer can’t even begin to approach.
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Oh hey this is me 👋
Did you know: The Dept. of Defense has awarded billions of dollars to gun makers that sell virtual copies of their military weapons to civilians? These companies are exploiting military experience to sell some of the same guns that have been used in our nation’s deadliest mass shootings.
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Oh hey this is me 👋
Flights are so screwed up right now my parents’ trip next *March* just got re-booked to stop in Boston from JFK on the way to Florida.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Flights are so screwed up right now my parents’ trip next *March* just got re-booked to stop in Boston from JFK on the way to Florida.
Marie Antoinette, but she sells Antoinette Steaks, falls asleep during balls and doesn’t want anyone else to eat cake.
“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Marie Antoinette, but she sells Antoinette Steaks, falls asleep during balls and doesn’t want anyone else to eat cake.
Put the Jets hat on him and now he looks like a truck driver who still listens to wfan.
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Put the Jets hat on him and now he looks like a truck driver who still listens to wfan.
If you live in Philadelphia, here is the address and phone number for the pet food bank.
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you live in Philadelphia, here is the address and phone number for the pet food bank.
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
The rare Eastern Pennsylvania carpet seal:
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The rare Eastern Pennsylvania carpet seal:
*A Republican slips into a coma in 2008 and finally wakes up today, only to find out that the government has set up a military force based out of Chicago, banned prayer and started trade wars*
“I knew it.”
“I knew it.”
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
*A Republican slips into a coma in 2008 and finally wakes up today, only to find out that the government has set up a military force based out of Chicago, banned prayer and started trade wars*
“I knew it.”
“I knew it.”
Just starting this and the first 10 minutes are awesome.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just starting this and the first 10 minutes are awesome.