I'm just Jeff, your friend who cares
leffjakin.bsky.social
I'm just Jeff, your friend who cares
@leffjakin.bsky.social
Attorney. Michigander turned North Carolinian. LGBT Affirming UCC Christian. FOT. He/Him.
This is not to knock chips in a sandwich, which always rules. Just that particular sandwich filling and chip flavor combo, for a kid that will sometimes turn down chicken nuggets if he's not feeling it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I know it's divisive, but I love the Matt Douglas smooth jazz wind instruments era of The Mountain Goats, and Wurster plays so well in that style too.
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A great read from the Washington Post archives about how she first got into house leadership in a hot race for Minority Whip back in 2001. Even then, maybe especially then, she was a ruthlessly efficient political operator.

www.washingtonpost.com/archive/life...
The Making of Madam Whip
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I know a South Carolina native son who is going to be looking for a job come next year. Big national profile, earnest Catholic boy. Might have some juice.
a man in a blue suit and tie is making a shhh gesture
ALT: a man in a blue suit and tie is making a shhh gesture
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November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Right? The guy held on for *so* long running on essentially a rechargable battery. He had to be plugged in at night!
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Anyhow, it's far less than he deserved, but it is at least kind of funny that he spent his final months watching his wildest dreams of unitary executive power come true for a boorish pig man who openly dreams of putting his daughter behind bars.
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Tonight is a few less wires (I think?) but adding in a CPAP mask to titrate the machine to the right levels. Taking a melatonin before getting hooked up in hopes I'll just conk out this time 🙏
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I love that we have a Pope who, due to his time at Villanova, could go toe to toe with Philly Boy Roy.
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I had this question for the entire run of Detroiters.

(also, as the parent of a very selective eater, I absolutely love this pitch and will remember it in working through food issues with him!)
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM