Missing The Point
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Ask not for whom the point is missed. It is missed for thee.
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In Losing We Are Winning
By Angus King
By Angus King
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In Losing We Are Winning
By Angus King
By Angus King
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Elon Musk says that he can see why Daryl Hall broke up with Joyce Carol Oates.
late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Elon Musk says that he can see why Daryl Hall broke up with Joyce Carol Oates.
We’re one day closer to Trump leaving office (one way or another).
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We’re one day closer to Trump leaving office (one way or another).
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She's just out of frame, laughing too.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
She's just out of frame, laughing too.
Enjoy your flights home! You really paid a big price for them.
And with that, the Senate is GONE until next Tuesday, November 18.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Enjoy your flights home! You really paid a big price for them.
Elon Musk says that he can see why Daryl Hall broke up with Joyce Carol Oates.
late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Elon Musk says that he can see why Daryl Hall broke up with Joyce Carol Oates.
1. Senate Democrats capitulate on first of several votes needed on government funding
2. Johnson swears in Adelita Grijalva before the House votes on government funding
3. House passes Epstein discharge petition with Grijalva as the 218th vote
4. Senate Democrats reverse course on subsequent votes
2. Johnson swears in Adelita Grijalva before the House votes on government funding
3. House passes Epstein discharge petition with Grijalva as the 218th vote
4. Senate Democrats reverse course on subsequent votes
BREAKING via Punchbowl
“Speaker Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) before the House votes on a government funding package, according to sources familiar with the planning.“
“Speaker Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) before the House votes on a government funding package, according to sources familiar with the planning.“
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1. Senate Democrats capitulate on first of several votes needed on government funding
2. Johnson swears in Adelita Grijalva before the House votes on government funding
3. House passes Epstein discharge petition with Grijalva as the 218th vote
4. Senate Democrats reverse course on subsequent votes
2. Johnson swears in Adelita Grijalva before the House votes on government funding
3. House passes Epstein discharge petition with Grijalva as the 218th vote
4. Senate Democrats reverse course on subsequent votes
Profiles in Capitulation
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Profiles in Capitulation
Durbin: “We have brought this issue as a major national issue from zero to a major factor. Everyone now knows just how important it is and that we are now giving up on it."
Oh @durbin.senate.gov is out on this surrender publicly and he is openly being contemptuous of the base - sounding like the coward he has always been.
Via @notus.com
Via @notus.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Durbin: “We have brought this issue as a major national issue from zero to a major factor. Everyone now knows just how important it is and that we are now giving up on it."
"The Fraidy Bunch"
Worst Brady Bunch reboot ever.
once more #WithAltText
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"The Fraidy Bunch"
Worst Brady Bunch reboot ever.
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Worst Brady Bunch reboot ever.
More people will now blame Democrats than Republicans for the shutdown. Masterful gambit!
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
More people will now blame Democrats than Republicans for the shutdown. Masterful gambit!
Abdicating Senate Democrats say maybe people will be deported to countries with better healthcare coverage.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Abdicating Senate Democrats say maybe people will be deported to countries with better healthcare coverage.
Shaheen: “No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do, though in fairness most were willing to do more than me to make that happen.”
Shaheen: So let me be clear. No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Shaheen: “No one in the senate chamber wants to extend the ACA tax credits more than I do, though in fairness most were willing to do more than me to make that happen.”
Credit to Senate Democrats for doing what no one could have expected immediately following a Blue tsunami election with polls showing they weren’t being blamed for the shutdown. Always keep ‘em guessing!
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Credit to Senate Democrats for doing what no one could have expected immediately following a Blue tsunami election with polls showing they weren’t being blamed for the shutdown. Always keep ‘em guessing!
Ghislaine Maxwell is the First Lady of Federal Prison.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein confidante and child sex trafficker, is being waited on “hand and foot” by the staff at her minimum security prison camp while she prepares a request that Donald Trump commute her sentence, according to whistleblower revelations. More on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell is the First Lady of Federal Prison.
We’re one day closer to Trump leaving office (one way or another).
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We’re one day closer to Trump leaving office (one way or another).
A lot of people have suffered, but at least it was for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A lot of people have suffered, but at least it was for nothing.
With the anti-RIF measure added to the CR, the only federal employee to lose their job as a result of the shutdown is Chuck Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
With the anti-RIF measure added to the CR, the only federal employee to lose their job as a result of the shutdown is Chuck Schumer.
Senate Democrats defend caving now to disappoint another day.
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Senate Democrats defend caving now to disappoint another day.
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??