Willow
@rockshrimp.bsky.social
Cynical idealist, unreliable narrator.
Half kvetching about people, half sports, half music, half pop culture, half politics, etc. not representative of any employer. #NYisBlue. Posting is a form of stimming. I swear a lot.
Half kvetching about people, half sports, half music, half pop culture, half politics, etc. not representative of any employer. #NYisBlue. Posting is a form of stimming. I swear a lot.
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Goodnight everybody. Try to be less stupid in the morning.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Goodnight everybody. Try to be less stupid in the morning.
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Is he even committing to reconvening the house and seating elected officials?
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Is he even committing to reconvening the house and seating elected officials?
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this man show sequel is really going some interesting directions, I like how they're exploring the logical consequences of the worldbuilding
They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
this man show sequel is really going some interesting directions, I like how they're exploring the logical consequences of the worldbuilding
Have I been under a rock or has there been zero coverage of this?
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Have I been under a rock or has there been zero coverage of this?
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"The MRI was not disclosed in the report of the president’s latest visit to the Walter Reed Medical Center …
Asked about this by the Daily Beast on Friday, along with a request for an update on the president’s health given this week’s events, the White House declined to answer.”
Asked about this by the Daily Beast on Friday, along with a request for an update on the president’s health given this week’s events, the White House declined to answer.”
“Over the past 48 hours alone, the Daily Beast has counted at least a dozen times when Trump has either confused names and dates, mixed up facts, or even appeared to drift off in public, prompting the obvious question: Is the president OK?” www.thedailybeast.com/12-reasons-w...
12 Reasons Why Trump, 79, May Be Losing The Plot
A series of confusing rants and apparent naps have prompted fresh questions about the president’s health.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The MRI was not disclosed in the report of the president’s latest visit to the Walter Reed Medical Center …
Asked about this by the Daily Beast on Friday, along with a request for an update on the president’s health given this week’s events, the White House declined to answer.”
Asked about this by the Daily Beast on Friday, along with a request for an update on the president’s health given this week’s events, the White House declined to answer.”
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I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
If it's not going to take pavlovian I feel like it should take panino.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If it's not going to take pavlovian I feel like it should take panino.
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This case has one of my favorite non-dispositive facts of all time - that the prisoner showed up to jail with a Fifth Circuit decision saying dreadlocks could not he cut, and the guards threw it out and shaved him anyway
At 10am, Supreme Court hears arguments in this religious rights case involving a Rastafarian prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off against his wishes:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court weighs Rastafarian man's religious rights claim over shorn dreadlocks
Damon Landor is seeking damages after Louisiana prison officials cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This case has one of my favorite non-dispositive facts of all time - that the prisoner showed up to jail with a Fifth Circuit decision saying dreadlocks could not he cut, and the guards threw it out and shaved him anyway
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
it's *a* win. I'm assuming they're just waiting on a less asinine one with a less asinine plaintiff who is still in the news vs that lady.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
it's *a* win. I'm assuming they're just waiting on a less asinine one with a less asinine plaintiff who is still in the news vs that lady.
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The Times doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt here. I’d love to know which reporter asked these questions.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Times doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt here. I’d love to know which reporter asked these questions.
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EVERYBODY ALREADY KNEW, TIM, THAT'S WHY YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT FOR HEALTCARE
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
EVERYBODY ALREADY KNEW, TIM, THAT'S WHY YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT FOR HEALTCARE
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Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
Maybe I’ll just stay off the internet today.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Maybe I’ll just stay off the internet today.
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This is key. The vote the Dems secured here is a fake nominal vote. Everyone knows this.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is key. The vote the Dems secured here is a fake nominal vote. Everyone knows this.
Yes honking in the traffic getting out of the Lincoln tunnel will definitely make a difference. Especially in the rain on a Sunday afternoon.
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Yes honking in the traffic getting out of the Lincoln tunnel will definitely make a difference. Especially in the rain on a Sunday afternoon.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Trump is now telling states to “UNDO” food assistance
He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers
He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump is now telling states to “UNDO” food assistance
He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers
He’s literally taking food from hungry Americans as he throws Gatsby parties with giant seafood towers