One interesting wrinkle of reconciliation:
You have two major GOP factions with entirely different ideas of what the final bill will look like.
Both groups are counting on Trump to screw the other guy. And no one knows who will be *the other guy*.
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What a contribution!
If you're helping to fill out that big spreadsheet from OMB, trying to decide whether a federal program has DEI elements or whether it gets in the way of energy production or any of the other qs, I would love to know how it's going. Signal below 👇
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 2022 congressional campaign failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of illicit campaign contributions.
To this day, she hasn’t paid back the money.
www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...
The day the Starbucks changes from the Christmas cups back to normal is my own personal “nature is healing.”
The days are getting longer. The nights are getting shorter. The Masters is practically here.
On a scale of 1 - “Tiny Vessels”-to-“Transatlanticism,” “Nightswimming”-to-“Brick” is a 9.
And if you can understand what I’m talking about, you are beautiful but you don’t mean a thing to me.
After Donald Trump got the Freedom Caucus to fold, there's some new hope that this may be the way for Republicans to govern: Chart out a path, accept the chaos and resistance, then have Trump twist arms.
Some really interesting reporting in here:
www.notus.org/congress/tru...
Folks, you have to love the United States House of Representatives.
www.notus.org/congress/hou...
Carter has passed. An accomplished man. A brilliant legacy. Although for many of us he died years ago when he refused to condemn, gamer gate
He just loves the touch of oak on this fumé blanc
The quick shot of Kevin McCallister shoving fireworks into his backpack in 2 really is some Chekhov’s gun shit.
Just saw a group of 5 teen goths getting their photo taken with a real bearded Santa.
Who said Mall Culture is dead?
Important shutdown development here:
Democrats are publicly insisting that they're not coming back to the negotiating table on a spending deal, but if you listen carefully and talk to the right people...
They're open to a narrower deal.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
Can you imagine the Facebook posts if Barack Obama, a month before he took office, called for eliminating the debt ceiling on George W. Bush’s watch?
WASHINGTON — It feels like 6 p.m.
Immigration was a political loser for Democrats this election, even as the party adopted GOP positions on border security.
Now, congressional Democrats are trying to figure out how to move forward on the issue—and if the lesson is to move further right.
www.notus.org/congress/dem...
This should be required reading for all incoming Members and staff. It explains a lot about how Congress actually works (or doesn't) currently.
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Glut of people viewing my Spotify Wrapped story on Instagram, dearth of people liking my Spotify Wrapped story on Instagram.
You don’t understand: *My* Spotify Wrapped is important.
He died doing what he loved: Requesting edit access.
GOP senators aren't just open to Kash Patel leading the FBI, an agency he's said he'd like to shut down and reopen as a "museum to the Deep State"; many are enthusiastic about it.
www.notus.org/congress/all...
My favorite part of Wicked was making everyone in my group discuss the parallels to fascism as we left the theater
🗣️ Be!👏 Regressive!👏
🗣️Be-ee!👏 Regressive!👏
Me, to my 2-year-old nephew: “Stop being so thumotic.”
Literally opened up Twitter, saw this Elon post at the top of my feed (despite never following the guy), and came straight over to Bluesky.
might fuck around and
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And post lyrics to Bon Iver’s seminal album, For Emma, Forever Ago.
It’s literally one of the most poignant words in existence.
Not to go too liberal arts on The Tragedy of Matt Gaetz, but the moment he realized he was not going to be Attorney General — his anagnorisis — he was probably sitting in some senator's office in the Hart building, surrounded by Republican staffers who didn't even vote for Trump.
A very damning story about Matt Gaetz: www.notus.org/trump-transi...
(Do people click on links in Bluesky? I don’t know! This is a good story to try!)
