jmichels
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CoS to Senator Ron Wyden - I will very rarely post from this account so following me will be quite boring (might be either way, but fair warning)
Maybe they put it in a blind trust
October 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Maybe they put it in a blind trust
And he’s just getting started
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And he’s just getting started
He REALLY likes that Blazers cap - not sure anything can be done about it - we’ve tried.
And that being said - why should they own red hats?
And that being said - why should they own red hats?
October 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
He REALLY likes that Blazers cap - not sure anything can be done about it - we’ve tried.
And that being said - why should they own red hats?
And that being said - why should they own red hats?
He doesn’t have them - they are in possession of the Treasury Department.
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
He doesn’t have them - they are in possession of the Treasury Department.
Just loaded it overnight, no explosions yet
July 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just loaded it overnight, no explosions yet
They can vote to “waive the rules” but that requires 60 votes - so Sen Wyden is making a motion that says - hey, this is breaking the rules - and the republicans will respond with - ok, we want to waive the rules - but they will need 60 votes (including at least 7 Democrats) to succeed.
June 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
They can vote to “waive the rules” but that requires 60 votes - so Sen Wyden is making a motion that says - hey, this is breaking the rules - and the republicans will respond with - ok, we want to waive the rules - but they will need 60 votes (including at least 7 Democrats) to succeed.
Once an employer shut down there was now the choice to stay home - no need to go out and find other work to make that months rent. If it could have been better calibrated to reflect actual cost of living that would have been grand - but that’s what happens when you underinvest in human services.
April 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Once an employer shut down there was now the choice to stay home - no need to go out and find other work to make that months rent. If it could have been better calibrated to reflect actual cost of living that would have been grand - but that’s what happens when you underinvest in human services.
Faced with that choice most of those folks are going to show up to work. If the death rate turned out to be higher than it ultimately was that would have meant millions of additional deaths. I don’t know how anyone could encounter that situation and not see a moral imperative to act.
April 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Faced with that choice most of those folks are going to show up to work. If the death rate turned out to be higher than it ultimately was that would have meant millions of additional deaths. I don’t know how anyone could encounter that situation and not see a moral imperative to act.
The middle class and up could afford to turtle with their families and stay home as soon as their offices closed - but folks working paycheck to paycheck and the service industries had to either work or begin to starve/lose the roof over their families heads - all based on an unknown risk
April 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The middle class and up could afford to turtle with their families and stay home as soon as their offices closed - but folks working paycheck to paycheck and the service industries had to either work or begin to starve/lose the roof over their families heads - all based on an unknown risk
It’s important to understand the motivation behind the payments. We had no clear idea how bad the pandemic was going to be at that moment. .1% death rate? 1%? 10%?
April 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It’s important to understand the motivation behind the payments. We had no clear idea how bad the pandemic was going to be at that moment. .1% death rate? 1%? 10%?
Can’t even remember what the original abbreviation was supposed to be but it marks posters who said something interesting and it’s worth keeping track of their future comments
April 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Can’t even remember what the original abbreviation was supposed to be but it marks posters who said something interesting and it’s worth keeping track of their future comments
No, unfortunately. Once Sen Booker yields the floor the Majority Leader (Republican) has the privilege to reclaim the floor and manage floor time again.
April 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No, unfortunately. Once Sen Booker yields the floor the Majority Leader (Republican) has the privilege to reclaim the floor and manage floor time again.
Senator Wyden has already made clear that he is running for reelection at the end of this term. There’s far too much work to do (and things to undo)
March 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Senator Wyden has already made clear that he is running for reelection at the end of this term. There’s far too much work to do (and things to undo)
It is impossible to explain something to someone if their living, agenda, or ideology depends upon not understanding it.
March 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It is impossible to explain something to someone if their living, agenda, or ideology depends upon not understanding it.
There’s even a pickup truck the size of a mini cooper being made by the guys who actually created the Tesla
March 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
There’s even a pickup truck the size of a mini cooper being made by the guys who actually created the Tesla
Hatchbacks are making a comeback - and not “coupes” with all sorts of extra unnecessary bodywork where rear glass should be. The Rivian3x, the Ioniq5, the VW 1 and 2 and a host of other cars are adopting the old glass box, highly efficient style. .
March 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hatchbacks are making a comeback - and not “coupes” with all sorts of extra unnecessary bodywork where rear glass should be. The Rivian3x, the Ioniq5, the VW 1 and 2 and a host of other cars are adopting the old glass box, highly efficient style. .
Growing up in the Bay Area in the 1970s as a cis/straight kid Broshears was a legendary figure who gave lie to every depiction of gays and trans people as weak and deviant. A tragic figure as well. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
The Controversial Gay Priest Who Brought Vigilante Justice to San Francisco's Streets
In response to anti-gay violence, the Reverend Raymond Broshears formed the Lavender Panthers, an armed self-defense group, in 1973
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Growing up in the Bay Area in the 1970s as a cis/straight kid Broshears was a legendary figure who gave lie to every depiction of gays and trans people as weak and deviant. A tragic figure as well. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
Yup, saw it as a woman too. Something about the way the author wrote about their protective instincts came across as more feminine than masculine. I always saw the character played by charlize theron. Given the dearth of good female lead roles in sci-fi it’s a shame they didn’t see that
February 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yup, saw it as a woman too. Something about the way the author wrote about their protective instincts came across as more feminine than masculine. I always saw the character played by charlize theron. Given the dearth of good female lead roles in sci-fi it’s a shame they didn’t see that
Wired has been doing a good job covering this DOGE fiasco, did that leave you any time to check out the book?
February 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Wired has been doing a good job covering this DOGE fiasco, did that leave you any time to check out the book?
I just have to reiterate how proud I am that literate folks have put us in this company
February 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I just have to reiterate how proud I am that literate folks have put us in this company
Certainly Ron Wyden. He must be aware the Senator has a book coming out in a couple of weeks that doubles down on his call for the court’s attempt to invalidate the approval of RU486 to be ignored.
January 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Certainly Ron Wyden. He must be aware the Senator has a book coming out in a couple of weeks that doubles down on his call for the court’s attempt to invalidate the approval of RU486 to be ignored.