Garrett Fitzgerald

A cardinal chomping on a pokeberry makes me so homesick

Weber doesn't need an excuse. And his villains don't need reasons. Twenty years— no, fifty years!— of watching "conservatism" unmask into a shallow, vicious, lying sewer pond of misogyny, hatred, and violence, into exactly the sort of cardboard villains we're told not to write, vindicates him.

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

At bedtime 12 told me that winter couldn't come soon enough because "cold days that end in hot cocoa are better"

Buddy, we're all there with you. We won't even complain if you add whipped cream and jimmies this year.

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

Here are the 10 states that will see the highest premium increases for families that lose tax credits if Republicans refuse to act.

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

I recognize the bags because…

YOOOOO big shout out to my man @mkraju.bsky.social for asking the question lmao run Mikey run

The era of AG Sessions seems so quaint nowadays.

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Murray: "If House Republicans were here, I'd make sure they understood over 3/4 of the families on the exchanges actually live in R states. And I'd make sure they understand the 10 states where families will face biggest average premium increase hikes when the ACA credits expire are all R states."

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Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for ^G

I rag on DOJ lawyers. And they deserve it.

But one frequent & reliable red flag is when career DOJ lawyers won’t cooperate.

This whole thing is an example of degenerate Trump thinking. Vought had references to the law deleted from OMB shutdown guidance. It's still the law.

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

We're on a mission from Grod.

💯. At the very least, if a criminal calls you or you call a criminal in the middle of his execution of a criminal conspiracy, you should expect that those conversations may be a subject of inquiry.

Senator Jim Banks V @SenatorBanks Follow g.. The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states. It included illegal immigrants and handed Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it. Zinited Statcs SScnate MASHNORON DEYNN October 6, 2025 an. Thow arewutn Socretary U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DXC 20230 Dear Secretary Lutaick: I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot đoo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens. Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, »hich the The it eiy of tie soaren alie n tor dur at ce hor inc ae oam toy ee n nght wilbout statsica ly signilicant ciroo. Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

Thanks, New Yorker

I show this clip in my Environmental Communication class as a perfect example of "walk & talk" #scicomm, & it always prompts a lively discussion answering my question, "How did they do this?" Also gets across the importance of pre-planning, especially if you only get one chance to do it right. 🧪

He’s seen the photos, she’s seen the photos, and there’s nothing else she can do or say. This is textbook, “I will never ask you a question I don’t already know the answer to.”

The CFPB has returned over $21 billion to Americans who were cheated by big banks and giant corporations.

But Trump has tried to destroy the CFPB, choosing big corporations over scammed Americans.

The case is in the courts now, and Democrats are united behind the CFPB.

Joseph Barranco posted on social media: Go Bears! Nobel Prize in Physics goes to 3 physicists studying mesoscopic quantum phenomena... Work was done in the 1980s in UC Berkeley Professor John Clarke's lab with his graduate student John Martinis and postdoctoral fellow Michel Devoret... all 3 share the Nobel Prize. Must also point out that both Clarke and Devoret are immigrants from the UK and France, respectively. All 3 are pioneers in the race to build the most powerful quantum supercomputers. California *public* education made this happen. Immigration made this happen.

Valuable info about the Physics Nobel Prize today from Prof. Joseph Barranco at SFSU on Martinis and Devoret being a grad student and postdoc in Clarke's lab at UC Berkeley & Clark and Devoret being immigrants. "California *public* education made this happen. Immigration made this happen." ⚛️

Uggi giving the galley serious side eye

Just got some early bound manuscripts of Dead Weight in the mail and I was gonna take cute photos with Uggi to share on social media but … I don’t think he likes my new book?

Basically, my own books are making me think about mortality and it annoys me.

They Got to Live a Life of Luxury. Then Came the Fine Print.

A functional government that cared about its citizens would do something to address this exploding problem (gift link)
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Trump Administration Threatens To Buck The Law, Not Pay Furloughed Federal Workers Except that Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.

The Trump admin is threatening not to pay furloughed federal workers -- except that would be illegal, and Trump himself signed the law requiring them to get back pay www.huffpost.com/entry/govern... w/ @delaneyrules.bsky.social