Michael
@mstevens86.bsky.social
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Michael
@mstevens86.bsky.social
· Feb 4
If you're spending time defending the Dems' Do Nothing, Not Even The Bare Minimum approach to this with 'BUT THEY'RE THE MINORITY PARTYYYY'
Kindly shut the fuck up and remove your head from your ass.
Kindly shut the fuck up and remove your head from your ass.
Up next: The Toothpaste Game
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Up next: The Toothpaste Game
Has the officiating been lopsided in Illinois's favor or have we been just...really disciplined?
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Has the officiating been lopsided in Illinois's favor or have we been just...really disciplined?
Is that the first time we've trailed in a game so far?
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Is that the first time we've trailed in a game so far?
The timeout in Wake Forest-Michigan was almost enough for the whole of Mr. Brightside.
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The timeout in Wake Forest-Michigan was almost enough for the whole of Mr. Brightside.
Wow. Justice Jackson got the sides to brief an issue. Before the whole court extended the stay.
Nothing stops them from extending it again, or making them make a decision on any fucking timeline.
It's out to Thursday today but if funding isn't done by then, watch that go further.
Nothing stops them from extending it again, or making them make a decision on any fucking timeline.
It's out to Thursday today but if funding isn't done by then, watch that go further.
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Wow. Justice Jackson got the sides to brief an issue. Before the whole court extended the stay.
Nothing stops them from extending it again, or making them make a decision on any fucking timeline.
It's out to Thursday today but if funding isn't done by then, watch that go further.
Nothing stops them from extending it again, or making them make a decision on any fucking timeline.
It's out to Thursday today but if funding isn't done by then, watch that go further.
This gets to the absolute failure of messaging that they can't seem to get out of.
If the GOP wanted SNAP funded, they could have passed their CR on their own with a rule change and zero Dem votes.
SNAP going unfunded never had ANYTHING to do with them and they FAILED to message it.
If the GOP wanted SNAP funded, they could have passed their CR on their own with a rule change and zero Dem votes.
SNAP going unfunded never had ANYTHING to do with them and they FAILED to message it.
Eight Dems voted with GOP to end the shutdown, but there were more ready to call it quits.
They just didn't wanna take the heat for it.
“There were a lot more than eight that were really happy that the eight of us voted … the way we did,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), one of those 8, said Monday.
They just didn't wanna take the heat for it.
“There were a lot more than eight that were really happy that the eight of us voted … the way we did,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), one of those 8, said Monday.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This gets to the absolute failure of messaging that they can't seem to get out of.
If the GOP wanted SNAP funded, they could have passed their CR on their own with a rule change and zero Dem votes.
SNAP going unfunded never had ANYTHING to do with them and they FAILED to message it.
If the GOP wanted SNAP funded, they could have passed their CR on their own with a rule change and zero Dem votes.
SNAP going unfunded never had ANYTHING to do with them and they FAILED to message it.
A hail mary or a bunch of laterals probably stood a better chance than a fucking 64 yard field goal lol
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
A hail mary or a bunch of laterals probably stood a better chance than a fucking 64 yard field goal lol
And Dick Durbin just being a dick as usual.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
And Dick Durbin just being a dick as usual.
Tim Kaine saw the election results that came out of his state and is determined to make sure that shit doesn't happen again.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Tim Kaine saw the election results that came out of his state and is determined to make sure that shit doesn't happen again.
And now we've got more fucking assertions that, actually, the Dems are winning at 4-D chess when in reality they're just fucking cowards *at best*.
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
And now we've got more fucking assertions that, actually, the Dems are winning at 4-D chess when in reality they're just fucking cowards *at best*.
Gonna need to see some D Senators calling out Schumer and any of the others who cave loudly from the Senate floor.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Gonna need to see some D Senators calling out Schumer and any of the others who cave loudly from the Senate floor.
Lions and Packers lose today/tomorrow and the Bears are in first place lol
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Lions and Packers lose today/tomorrow and the Bears are in first place lol
But, yeah, taking the field goal instead of trying to punch it in was a big error by NY.
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
But, yeah, taking the field goal instead of trying to punch it in was a big error by NY.
They could make these less exciting
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
They could make these less exciting
It's the second quarter and the Bears still have all three timeouts???
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's the second quarter and the Bears still have all three timeouts???
Child the younger emerges from bed for the bathroom and laments that she "woke up blind for a minute".
Because her eyes were caked shut with mucus. And her eyes are like super red.
Soooo...doctor in the morning, and the sheets go in the wash, hot, soon after.
Because her eyes were caked shut with mucus. And her eyes are like super red.
Soooo...doctor in the morning, and the sheets go in the wash, hot, soon after.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Child the younger emerges from bed for the bathroom and laments that she "woke up blind for a minute".
Because her eyes were caked shut with mucus. And her eyes are like super red.
Soooo...doctor in the morning, and the sheets go in the wash, hot, soon after.
Because her eyes were caked shut with mucus. And her eyes are like super red.
Soooo...doctor in the morning, and the sheets go in the wash, hot, soon after.
We are going way too out of our way to excuse someone for signing their name to some bullshit when they were under no obligation to and I have no fucking idea why.
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
We are going way too out of our way to excuse someone for signing their name to some bullshit when they were under no obligation to and I have no fucking idea why.
There is nothing anyone can say that will convince me that there is ANY good goddamn reason to let the government stop disbursing monies to *feed people* for *at least* 48 hours, and to do so on your own.
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There is nothing anyone can say that will convince me that there is ANY good goddamn reason to let the government stop disbursing monies to *feed people* for *at least* 48 hours, and to do so on your own.
If I owned an opthalmology practice locally, I would *totally* sponsor official reviews.
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If I owned an opthalmology practice locally, I would *totally* sponsor official reviews.
The NBC scorebug doesn't work great for basketball.
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The NBC scorebug doesn't work great for basketball.
This isn't interrupting your enemy while they're making a mistake, this is actively helping them fix it. Fucking hell.
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This isn't interrupting your enemy while they're making a mistake, this is actively helping them fix it. Fucking hell.
How black does your heart have to be to be told, make the money available to people who need it so they can eat, and your first impulse is...no?
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
How black does your heart have to be to be told, make the money available to people who need it so they can eat, and your first impulse is...no?
Three big Ls in court for the feds today, damn
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Three big Ls in court for the feds today, damn