Laurie MacNamara
@lauriedelray.bsky.social
VA/MA (ALX/RCKPT). Trying to keep one step ahead. Said about me “If coffee could sing…”
Pinned
Given “waves arms at everything,” I realize my leadership philosophy can be summed up as follows:
Don’t be a jerk.
Don’t be a jerk.
May we all appreciate the comforts of home as much as Trixie does.
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
May we all appreciate the comforts of home as much as Trixie does.
✅ Back pay from furlough received. Thanks for doing better, #GSA.
Now for the odds on how long it will take for retirement processing. That one’s a complete crapshoot.
Now for the odds on how long it will take for retirement processing. That one’s a complete crapshoot.
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
✅ Back pay from furlough received. Thanks for doing better, #GSA.
Now for the odds on how long it will take for retirement processing. That one’s a complete crapshoot.
Now for the odds on how long it will take for retirement processing. That one’s a complete crapshoot.
Reposted by Laurie MacNamara
Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.
Godspeed to my former fed colleagues returning to the office today with the equivalent of five minutes’ notice. #chaostheory
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Godspeed to my former fed colleagues returning to the office today with the equivalent of five minutes’ notice. #chaostheory
No, they are not.
On a related note, where do they come up with these guys?
On a related note, where do they come up with these guys?
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
No, they are not.
On a related note, where do they come up with these guys?
On a related note, where do they come up with these guys?
Dan Pfeiffer: “This is now a messaging campaign. It is an opportunity to make sure that every American knows two things: Republicans raised their premiums and Democrats tried to stop them.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Dan Pfeiffer: “This is now a messaging campaign. It is an opportunity to make sure that every American knows two things: Republicans raised their premiums and Democrats tried to stop them.”
Tell me that you don’t understand insurance without telling me you don’t understand it.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Tell me that you don’t understand insurance without telling me you don’t understand it.
Well yes, this.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Well yes, this.
Dan Pfeiffer: “Yell at any Democrat you want this week — I get why people are furious. I’m furious.
Now we need every American to know that Donald Trump and the Republicans are the ones who raised their premiums. If we do that, they may have won the shutdown battle, but they will have lost the war.”
Now we need every American to know that Donald Trump and the Republicans are the ones who raised their premiums. If we do that, they may have won the shutdown battle, but they will have lost the war.”
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Dan Pfeiffer: “Yell at any Democrat you want this week — I get why people are furious. I’m furious.
Now we need every American to know that Donald Trump and the Republicans are the ones who raised their premiums. If we do that, they may have won the shutdown battle, but they will have lost the war.”
Now we need every American to know that Donald Trump and the Republicans are the ones who raised their premiums. If we do that, they may have won the shutdown battle, but they will have lost the war.”
I hate that this is the case, but I think this is the correct take. It’s been 40 days of “no” and likely will be another 40 days of the same.
Honestly, this is likely as good of a deal as the Democrats are going to get.
Reinstates fired federal workers. Prevents admin from re-firing them. SNAP funding for a year, and an ACA vote in December.
Voters are already blaming the GOP for the ACA - make them vote against it.
Reinstates fired federal workers. Prevents admin from re-firing them. SNAP funding for a year, and an ACA vote in December.
Voters are already blaming the GOP for the ACA - make them vote against it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I hate that this is the case, but I think this is the correct take. It’s been 40 days of “no” and likely will be another 40 days of the same.
Dear Husband: Let’s watch Jaws this afternoon; it’s about to leave Netflix.
<watch film>
Me: Film production values from the early 1970s are really substandard compared to the late 1970s.
Dear Husband: Did you notice the shark?
<watch film>
Me: Film production values from the early 1970s are really substandard compared to the late 1970s.
Dear Husband: Did you notice the shark?
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Dear Husband: Let’s watch Jaws this afternoon; it’s about to leave Netflix.
<watch film>
Me: Film production values from the early 1970s are really substandard compared to the late 1970s.
Dear Husband: Did you notice the shark?
<watch film>
Me: Film production values from the early 1970s are really substandard compared to the late 1970s.
Dear Husband: Did you notice the shark?
I sang the most exquisite church service today. And that’s just a fact.
WPC Worship Service - November 9, 2025
YouTube video by Westminster Presbyterian Church
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I sang the most exquisite church service today. And that’s just a fact.
Your locally-based Alexandria Symphony Orchestra provides a world-class concert experience without compromising your principles. Check us out at alexsym.org for our upcoming holiday performance.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Your locally-based Alexandria Symphony Orchestra provides a world-class concert experience without compromising your principles. Check us out at alexsym.org for our upcoming holiday performance.
Another stellar Alexandria Symphony Orchestra performance this evening. Pittsburgh Symphony principal clarinetist Michael Rusinek played an exquisite Mozart Clarinet Concerto that left this former clarinetist speechless. Pleased to see a house full of fellow music lovers who seek peace in music.
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Another stellar Alexandria Symphony Orchestra performance this evening. Pittsburgh Symphony principal clarinetist Michael Rusinek played an exquisite Mozart Clarinet Concerto that left this former clarinetist speechless. Pleased to see a house full of fellow music lovers who seek peace in music.
This feels like 1789 and 1929 again all at once.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This feels like 1789 and 1929 again all at once.
It’s bad out there.
Getting back to Nashville from @CrookedMedia’s #CrookedCon just got harder thanks to Trump’s *leadership*
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It’s bad out there.
“For example, the carrier cut the number of flights from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Reagan National Airport from 10 to nine. In all, the carrier canceled 220 flights on Friday.” Well, we sure know which one got canceled.
Flight cancellations hit major airports on first day of FAA reductions
Airlines have canceled more than 1,000 flights to comply with a shutdown-related FAA directive to reduce traffic at 40 airports, including Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“For example, the carrier cut the number of flights from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Reagan National Airport from 10 to nine. In all, the carrier canceled 220 flights on Friday.” Well, we sure know which one got canceled.
Flight right before ours was cancelled due to the 💩 show. Looks like we’ll make it after all.
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Flight right before ours was cancelled due to the 💩 show. Looks like we’ll make it after all.
Getting all of the decisions made in a kitchen renovation really boosts your confidence.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Getting all of the decisions made in a kitchen renovation really boosts your confidence.
Ha ha, we’re returning Friday. Of course.
Reuters headline: US may cut air traffic 10% by Friday without shutdown deal, sources say
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ha ha, we’re returning Friday. Of course.
I have one of them, and they are definitely not playing around.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I have one of them, and they are definitely not playing around.
Read this again. There is hope.
BREAKING: In Colorado, Voters approved a ballot measure to raise state income taxes on households earning $300,000 or more in order to fund free meals for all public school students.
They voted to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for free meals for public school students.
They voted to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for free meals for public school students.
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Read this again. There is hope.
Yes, this.
Jeffries: "Abigail focused relentlessly on affordability and driving down the high cost of living in VA. Mikie Sherrill focused relentlessly on affordability & dealing with some of the escalating prices in NJ. And of course Zohran focused relentlessly on affordability. That's the connective tissue"
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Yes, this.