Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman
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I used to write laws… then I invented Knee Defender. ex-HPSCI, ex-Senate tech, taxes, trade/FP, ethics, antitrust… crime & even reputed parliamentarian
ALT TAKE: NYC is sui generis.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
ALT TAKE: NYC is sui generis.
IN RELATED NEWS: Still, always check the pocket parts.*
(* – TIL: They're alive!)
(* – TIL: They're alive!)
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
IN RELATED NEWS: Still, always check the pocket parts.*
(* – TIL: They're alive!)
(* – TIL: They're alive!)
If Trump weren't the "world's greatest real estate developer", one could let this slide. But in Chicago, it was never called the "Miracle Mile", and it was never, or ever called, a"Shopping Center".
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
If Trump weren't the "world's greatest real estate developer", one could let this slide. But in Chicago, it was never called the "Miracle Mile", and it was never, or ever called, a"Shopping Center".
We know this can be done, but I did not know it had been done during a joint session during a challenge of a state's electoral votes. 🤯
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
We know this can be done, but I did not know it had been done during a joint session during a challenge of a state's electoral votes. 🤯
A) Yes, as it happens, the first day of the formal recess the House took in 2014 is the same day as the day after the current House last met in regular (non-pro forma) session.
B) 2014 was an election year and that recess bracketed Election Day.
C) That was a recess; Mike Johnson is vamping.
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B) 2014 was an election year and that recess bracketed Election Day.
C) That was a recess; Mike Johnson is vamping.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A) Yes, as it happens, the first day of the formal recess the House took in 2014 is the same day as the day after the current House last met in regular (non-pro forma) session.
B) 2014 was an election year and that recess bracketed Election Day.
C) That was a recess; Mike Johnson is vamping.
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B) 2014 was an election year and that recess bracketed Election Day.
C) That was a recess; Mike Johnson is vamping.
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Yep. And so, despite Republicans back in January committing themselves to making passage of regular funding bills a priority, these 9 (of 12) "regular order" funding bills are still on the House Calendar, moldering, left to die.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yep. And so, despite Republicans back in January committing themselves to making passage of regular funding bills a priority, these 9 (of 12) "regular order" funding bills are still on the House Calendar, moldering, left to die.
A couple notable bits, re his opinion for the Court in NLRB v Noel Canning, about Justice Breyer's garbling of how UCs work. First, he'd worked in the Senate, as chief counsel on the Judiciary Cmte, so he'd spent chunks of time on the floor. Second, later in that same graff he got it right –
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A couple notable bits, re his opinion for the Court in NLRB v Noel Canning, about Justice Breyer's garbling of how UCs work. First, he'd worked in the Senate, as chief counsel on the Judiciary Cmte, so he'd spent chunks of time on the floor. Second, later in that same graff he got it right –
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We know when resolutions, concurrent resolutions, motions & amendments are approved, they're "agreed to" or "adopted"; they're not "passed". Bills & joint resolutions are "passed".
Now if anyone is thinking, "Okay, but how are unanimous consent agreements approved?"
Well, not like this ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
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Now if anyone is thinking, "Okay, but how are unanimous consent agreements approved?"
Well, not like this ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
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![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
NLRB v Canning
(June 26, 2014)
JUSTICE BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Ordinarily the President must obtain “the Advice and
Consent of the Senate” before appointing an “Office[r] of
the United States.” U. S. Const., Art. II, §2, cl. 2. But the
Recess Appointments Clause creates an exception. It
gives the President alone the power “to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by
granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of
their next Session.” Art. II, §2, cl. 3. We here consider
three questions about the application of this Clause.
[snip]
Second, the Senate’s rules make clear that during its
pro forma sessions, despite its resolution that it would
conduct no business, the Senate retained the power to
conduct business. During any pro forma session, the
Senate could have conducted business simply by passing a
unanimous consent agreement. See Riddick’s 1313. The
Senate in fact conducts much of its business through
unanimous consent. Id., at 1311–1312. Senate rules
presume that a quorum is present unless a present Senator questions it. Id., at 1041–1042. And when the Senate
has a quorum, an agreement is unanimously passed if,
upon its proposal, no present Senator objects. Id., at
1329–1330. It is consequently unsurprising that the
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We know when resolutions, concurrent resolutions, motions & amendments are approved, they're "agreed to" or "adopted"; they're not "passed". Bills & joint resolutions are "passed".
Now if anyone is thinking, "Okay, but how are unanimous consent agreements approved?"
Well, not like this ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
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Now if anyone is thinking, "Okay, but how are unanimous consent agreements approved?"
Well, not like this ⬇️. 🤦🏻♂️
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Not the unknown unknowns.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Not the unknown unknowns.
Say whatever about Schumer, but this is the Donald Trump he's dealing with.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Say whatever about Schumer, but this is the Donald Trump he's dealing with.
"What are the asterisks for?"
"Sine die adjournment."
"Someone died, what?"
Sunday session of the Senate –
#SRules www.senate.gov/legislative/...
"Sine die adjournment."
"Someone died, what?"
Sunday session of the Senate –
#SRules www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"What are the asterisks for?"
"Sine die adjournment."
"Someone died, what?"
Sunday session of the Senate –
#SRules www.senate.gov/legislative/...
"Sine die adjournment."
"Someone died, what?"
Sunday session of the Senate –
#SRules www.senate.gov/legislative/...
After Sen Mullin tweeted some photos on Sat, I asked my local AI machine if it could make out the text on the Truth Social post printouts seen lying about… and, if so, compare them to what Trump's already posted to determine (A) if these have been posted, or (B) if they're drafts.
Its answer: B
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Its answer: B
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![AI OCR of what appear to be printouts lying on Trump's desk of his posts on Truth Social, but on closer look seem likely to be drafts for him to approve/edit that are formatted as posts.
Top-left printout (angled toward the camera):
"The Radical Left Democrats want to DESTROY our Country with Open Borders and Crime, but we are FIGHTING BACK like never before! The Wall is being BUILT, and the Drugs are being STOPPED. BIG RESULTS COMING SOON!"
Center printout (partially under a folder):
"Fake News CNN is at it again with their LIES about the Economy. Inflation is DOWN, Jobs are UP, and America is WINNING. The Failing New York Times said the same garbage in 2017—WRONG THEN, WRONG NOW!"
Bottom-right printout (near the edge of the desk):
"Just had a GREAT call with [redacted name, likely a foreign leader]. They LOVE what we're doing on Trade. China is PAYING the Price for their Bad Behavior. No more being RIPPED OFF!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mf6x4tcxia23iqiflhqtv2dg/bafkreiafif7geqgbm3nh3pnltoset2h7anwkkgswkp5mrm6geevw4pj65i@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
After Sen Mullin tweeted some photos on Sat, I asked my local AI machine if it could make out the text on the Truth Social post printouts seen lying about… and, if so, compare them to what Trump's already posted to determine (A) if these have been posted, or (B) if they're drafts.
Its answer: B
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Its answer: B
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NY POST: Things took a bad turn recently between actor Jeremy Renner and Chinese filmmaker Yi Zhou after the pair had made two films together, as well as dating for some months.
Hate to see that happen. I wonder how they met, one of those "meet cute" stories? 🤔
About Renner, "Zhou claimed…
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Hate to see that happen. I wonder how they met, one of those "meet cute" stories? 🤔
About Renner, "Zhou claimed…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
NY POST: Things took a bad turn recently between actor Jeremy Renner and Chinese filmmaker Yi Zhou after the pair had made two films together, as well as dating for some months.
Hate to see that happen. I wonder how they met, one of those "meet cute" stories? 🤔
About Renner, "Zhou claimed…
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Hate to see that happen. I wonder how they met, one of those "meet cute" stories? 🤔
About Renner, "Zhou claimed…
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More Donald Trump SOP: A bunch of people do a lot of work to get something done, and then at the end if Trump is so generous to not get in the f*****g way to block it, he says he made it all possible.
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
More Donald Trump SOP: A bunch of people do a lot of work to get something done, and then at the end if Trump is so generous to not get in the f*****g way to block it, he says he made it all possible.
I sometimes check Walmart prices on-line as a mini-tracker for inflation. But their fresh meat prices are a huge outlier, way more expensive than supermarket chains. I figure people are convinced Walmart = Low, so they assume for meat, too. Eg, at Walmart, this brand is 84 cents/lb, vs ↘️ 😳
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I sometimes check Walmart prices on-line as a mini-tracker for inflation. But their fresh meat prices are a huge outlier, way more expensive than supermarket chains. I figure people are convinced Walmart = Low, so they assume for meat, too. Eg, at Walmart, this brand is 84 cents/lb, vs ↘️ 😳
Pipe thread? Ed Martin? More like pipe dope.
Amirite!
Amirite!
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Pipe thread? Ed Martin? More like pipe dope.
Amirite!
Amirite!
Still, while I don't know about the rest of you, I sure sleep better knowing that each of those 9 appropriations bills now left moldering on the Calendar includes "a spending reduction account to help address the bloated Federal budget".
#HRules
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#HRules
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November 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Still, while I don't know about the rest of you, I sure sleep better knowing that each of those 9 appropriations bills now left moldering on the Calendar includes "a spending reduction account to help address the bloated Federal budget".
#HRules
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#HRules
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And so the point here is that that's not done by a motion to vacate, either?
I noted the phrasing, "that the office... be vacated", vs "the office... is hereby declared to be vacant." Though when the entry says, "the 13th and 16th instant," phrasing will be what it be.
#HRules
I noted the phrasing, "that the office... be vacated", vs "the office... is hereby declared to be vacant." Though when the entry says, "the 13th and 16th instant," phrasing will be what it be.
#HRules
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
And so the point here is that that's not done by a motion to vacate, either?
I noted the phrasing, "that the office... be vacated", vs "the office... is hereby declared to be vacant." Though when the entry says, "the 13th and 16th instant," phrasing will be what it be.
#HRules
I noted the phrasing, "that the office... be vacated", vs "the office... is hereby declared to be vacant." Though when the entry says, "the 13th and 16th instant," phrasing will be what it be.
#HRules
Last Sunday on CNN, Bessent saying SNAP funding has to go through the courts – "The courts [that] keep jamming up things."
(ASIDE: Bessent is now the second senior official I've seen do a Truth Social product placement while being interviewed.)
(ASIDE: Bessent is now the second senior official I've seen do a Truth Social product placement while being interviewed.)
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Last Sunday on CNN, Bessent saying SNAP funding has to go through the courts – "The courts [that] keep jamming up things."
(ASIDE: Bessent is now the second senior official I've seen do a Truth Social product placement while being interviewed.)
(ASIDE: Bessent is now the second senior official I've seen do a Truth Social product placement while being interviewed.)
"Well, President Trump [is] very anxious to get this done, and it's got to go through the courts. The courts keep jamming up things." – Treasury Secretary SCOTT BESSENT, on CNN just this past Sunday, assuring us of Trump's eagerness to get SNAP benefits paid.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
"Well, President Trump [is] very anxious to get this done, and it's got to go through the courts. The courts keep jamming up things." – Treasury Secretary SCOTT BESSENT, on CNN just this past Sunday, assuring us of Trump's eagerness to get SNAP benefits paid.
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But tbf, it's not as if Tuberville has no NYer in him, if that NYer is Archie Bunker, of 704 Hauser Street.
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
But tbf, it's not as if Tuberville has no NYer in him, if that NYer is Archie Bunker, of 704 Hauser Street.
On what Trump's saying about Walmart's Thanksgiving dinner deal this year:
A) Yes, 2025's IS smaller.
B) If you take the 2025 package, add back the food it's missing from 2024, and take out the items 2024 didn't have, Walmart's 🦃 dinner package in 2025 costs 2.6% MORE than it did in 2024. 🤔
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A) Yes, 2025's IS smaller.
B) If you take the 2025 package, add back the food it's missing from 2024, and take out the items 2024 didn't have, Walmart's 🦃 dinner package in 2025 costs 2.6% MORE than it did in 2024. 🤔
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November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
On what Trump's saying about Walmart's Thanksgiving dinner deal this year:
A) Yes, 2025's IS smaller.
B) If you take the 2025 package, add back the food it's missing from 2024, and take out the items 2024 didn't have, Walmart's 🦃 dinner package in 2025 costs 2.6% MORE than it did in 2024. 🤔
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A) Yes, 2025's IS smaller.
B) If you take the 2025 package, add back the food it's missing from 2024, and take out the items 2024 didn't have, Walmart's 🦃 dinner package in 2025 costs 2.6% MORE than it did in 2024. 🤔
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November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It's as if a terrorist hit the White House with a glitter bomb.
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's as if a terrorist hit the White House with a glitter bomb.
Here's the record of House member-elect George Washington Bridges being sworn in for the 37th Congress. Note that when he took his seat on Feb 25, 1863, that was just a week before the end of the Congress.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Here's the record of House member-elect George Washington Bridges being sworn in for the 37th Congress. Note that when he took his seat on Feb 25, 1863, that was just a week before the end of the Congress.
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