Agree with the other replies on how it started, I remember it. It sounds less like a virtue that everyone agrees with and more like “bureaucrat” or something. The funny thing is they’ve been doing it so long that many people who don’t seem like they’re being intentionally rude have picked it up.
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Agree with the other replies on how it started, I remember it. It sounds less like a virtue that everyone agrees with and more like “bureaucrat” or something. The funny thing is they’ve been doing it so long that many people who don’t seem like they’re being intentionally rude have picked it up.
Oh good, thank you for the correction
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Oh good, thank you for the correction
I’m also sadly taking the reports with a grain of salt since he installed his loyalist EJ Antoni after not liking the August numbers. Hopefully it’ll be hard for him to bend the career statisticians to his will but I’m not sure.
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’m also sadly taking the reports with a grain of salt since he installed his loyalist EJ Antoni after not liking the August numbers. Hopefully it’ll be hard for him to bend the career statisticians to his will but I’m not sure.
Ha! totally accurate down to the capitalization
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ha! totally accurate down to the capitalization
And we need to be boldly progressive to unstack the deck against the non-wealthy. Chugging along in the center is not the safe path. It’s what opens the door to someone dangerous saying, however disingenuously, “I’m the only one who’s truly on your side.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And we need to be boldly progressive to unstack the deck against the non-wealthy. Chugging along in the center is not the safe path. It’s what opens the door to someone dangerous saying, however disingenuously, “I’m the only one who’s truly on your side.”
I really hope we are planning now, our own project 2026. To me the biggest lessons of the past 10 years are: we need laws for all the things we used to rely on norms, shame, decency, or self restraint for.
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I really hope we are planning now, our own project 2026. To me the biggest lessons of the past 10 years are: we need laws for all the things we used to rely on norms, shame, decency, or self restraint for.
I understand they’re trying to retain access but it’s such a pattern I’m really surprise reporters aren’t more ready to push back. Something along the lines of “It’s not for you to judge my news organization, that’s for the American people. Answer the question sir.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I understand they’re trying to retain access but it’s such a pattern I’m really surprise reporters aren’t more ready to push back. Something along the lines of “It’s not for you to judge my news organization, that’s for the American people. Answer the question sir.”
Honestly the reason Biden didn’t release them was probably that there are democrats or their donors in them, along with Republicans. I don’t think we’re naive around here about that. This isn’t a democrats vs republicans thing. It’s a do the right thing thing.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Honestly the reason Biden didn’t release them was probably that there are democrats or their donors in them, along with Republicans. I don’t think we’re naive around here about that. This isn’t a democrats vs republicans thing. It’s a do the right thing thing.
Are you saying that they’ve released all the DOJ files? If so they would have no reason to fight the house resolution. The stated reason in the case of the grand jury files was that they provided no information beyond what was already public. Let’s just release all of them and then we’ll know.
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Are you saying that they’ve released all the DOJ files? If so they would have no reason to fight the house resolution. The stated reason in the case of the grand jury files was that they provided no information beyond what was already public. Let’s just release all of them and then we’ll know.
Head on over to truth social. You can see Trump openly fighting against the release in his own posts there.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Head on over to truth social. You can see Trump openly fighting against the release in his own posts there.
The man is so selfless that he’s fighting tooth and nail against the release of the files that would prove him to be a hero.
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The man is so selfless that he’s fighting tooth and nail against the release of the files that would prove him to be a hero.
Called and emailed!
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Called and emailed!
With Tim Kaine as my senator I’m honestly trying to think of the most productive way to register my intense opposition. I called and emailed this morning, but it doesn’t seem like enough.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
With Tim Kaine as my senator I’m honestly trying to think of the most productive way to register my intense opposition. I called and emailed this morning, but it doesn’t seem like enough.
Due to my incredible psychic powers I left Virginia Senator Tim Kaine a voicemail about this this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Due to my incredible psychic powers I left Virginia Senator Tim Kaine a voicemail about this this morning.
“It wasn’t working.” One more lesson to the Republican Party that if they’re intransigent enough for long enough democrats will just give up.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“It wasn’t working.” One more lesson to the Republican Party that if they’re intransigent enough for long enough democrats will just give up.
The fact that we're negotiating about this at all just underscores that the administration is happy to ignore the law to scapegoat and hammer on federal workers. An agreement from senate colleagues won't change any of that.
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The fact that we're negotiating about this at all just underscores that the administration is happy to ignore the law to scapegoat and hammer on federal workers. An agreement from senate colleagues won't change any of that.
On the other point, that he won protections for federal workers, I'm sympathetic, I have friends and neighbors going without pay. What kills me though is he throws in this little brag "as required by a law I got passed in 2019." Agreeing to follow a law already on the books is not a concession!
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
On the other point, that he won protections for federal workers, I'm sympathetic, I have friends and neighbors going without pay. What kills me though is he throws in this little brag "as required by a law I got passed in 2019." Agreeing to follow a law already on the books is not a concession!
Also it's possible you could lose that vote, in which case the promise to have one won't mean much to the people whose health care costs double.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Also it's possible you could lose that vote, in which case the promise to have one won't mean much to the people whose health care costs double.
I am for sure someone who generally believes in compromise, but caving on your central demand is not compromising. Negotiation around the extension period, maybe. But this, no. There are a so many ways Republicans can use their control of government to render this meaningless.
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I am for sure someone who generally believes in compromise, but caving on your central demand is not compromising. Negotiation around the extension period, maybe. But this, no. There are a so many ways Republicans can use their control of government to render this meaningless.
His statement is here: www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releas... and he's saying two things. One, that he got Republicans to agree to a vote on extending health care subsidies, and two he got protections for federal workers. Summarizing my thoughts on these two points below.
Kaine Statement on Funding Deal to Reopen Government, Protect Federal Employees, and Vote to Protect Health Care | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement announcing he will vote to advance legislation to reopen the...
www.kaine.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
His statement is here: www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releas... and he's saying two things. One, that he got Republicans to agree to a vote on extending health care subsidies, and two he got protections for federal workers. Summarizing my thoughts on these two points below.
Love this! Thank you.
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Love this! Thank you.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Seriously though do we have a plan? To move as forcefully as we fairly and legally can, for however many branches of government we control, to both undo what was done, make positive progress, and write laws that fairly enforce all the things we used to rely on norms of reasonableness for?
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Seriously though do we have a plan? To move as forcefully as we fairly and legally can, for however many branches of government we control, to both undo what was done, make positive progress, and write laws that fairly enforce all the things we used to rely on norms of reasonableness for?