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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
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Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
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 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
With Democrats like this, who needs Republicans?
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
With Democrats like this, who needs Republicans?
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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The federal government is now insisting that states not make funds available to feed starving families.
Footloose had a more realistic villain.
Footloose had a more realistic villain.
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The federal government is now insisting that states not make funds available to feed starving families.
Footloose had a more realistic villain.
Footloose had a more realistic villain.
A US citizen. They arrested a US citizen, and drove off with his child.
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A US citizen. They arrested a US citizen, and drove off with his child.
That was Barack Obama in 2004.
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
That was Barack Obama in 2004.
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My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My favourite of the Cow Tools edits
"I wish I could have stayed up past the 7th inning last night. I was so close to seeing it through. Let's see how it turned out."
*opens phone*
"What."
*opens phone*
"What."
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"I wish I could have stayed up past the 7th inning last night. I was so close to seeing it through. Let's see how it turned out."
*opens phone*
"What."
*opens phone*
"What."
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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Million dollar idea: All the live soap-opera magical realism of pro wrestling, but instead of people fighting, it's burlesque.
Okay, given the financials of indie wrestling and burlesque, maybe not an actual million dollars. But you get it.
Okay, given the financials of indie wrestling and burlesque, maybe not an actual million dollars. But you get it.
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Million dollar idea: All the live soap-opera magical realism of pro wrestling, but instead of people fighting, it's burlesque.
Okay, given the financials of indie wrestling and burlesque, maybe not an actual million dollars. But you get it.
Okay, given the financials of indie wrestling and burlesque, maybe not an actual million dollars. But you get it.
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Next week’s NYT op-ed headers
Ross Douthat: “Bari Weiss is not impressed by ‘No Kings’”
David Brooks: “A Yale Psychiatrist Makes the Moral Case for Kings”
Bret Stephens: “No Kings Proves that Israel was Right”
Maureen Dowd: “Hey Donny, Talk to the Hand, Because Americans Aren’t Listening.”
Ross Douthat: “Bari Weiss is not impressed by ‘No Kings’”
David Brooks: “A Yale Psychiatrist Makes the Moral Case for Kings”
Bret Stephens: “No Kings Proves that Israel was Right”
Maureen Dowd: “Hey Donny, Talk to the Hand, Because Americans Aren’t Listening.”
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next week’s NYT op-ed headers
Ross Douthat: “Bari Weiss is not impressed by ‘No Kings’”
David Brooks: “A Yale Psychiatrist Makes the Moral Case for Kings”
Bret Stephens: “No Kings Proves that Israel was Right”
Maureen Dowd: “Hey Donny, Talk to the Hand, Because Americans Aren’t Listening.”
Ross Douthat: “Bari Weiss is not impressed by ‘No Kings’”
David Brooks: “A Yale Psychiatrist Makes the Moral Case for Kings”
Bret Stephens: “No Kings Proves that Israel was Right”
Maureen Dowd: “Hey Donny, Talk to the Hand, Because Americans Aren’t Listening.”
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It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to find a story about No Kings on the NYT homepage
(Only a photo essay in “Most Shared,” since people really want to know about it despite what the editors think)
(Only a photo essay in “Most Shared,” since people really want to know about it despite what the editors think)
October 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to find a story about No Kings on the NYT homepage
(Only a photo essay in “Most Shared,” since people really want to know about it despite what the editors think)
(Only a photo essay in “Most Shared,” since people really want to know about it despite what the editors think)
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I'll be over here trying to explain to my 7yo why the scenes about Toya being in love with Yukito aren't dubbed.
October 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'll be over here trying to explain to my 7yo why the scenes about Toya being in love with Yukito aren't dubbed.
Million dollar idea: All-Dressed Goldfish
October 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Million dollar idea: All-Dressed Goldfish
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
I miss Auto-Tune the News. Or maybe I miss a world in which it felt appropriate.
October 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I miss Auto-Tune the News. Or maybe I miss a world in which it felt appropriate.