Denial is a helluva drug.

Well, that's gonna be one stuffed podcast. So here's another thing to stuff it with.

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Tell your dad.

As I emailed yesterday, Scenario 1: Psych!

Also, if the Republicans really wanted to extend the ACA subsidies (without poisoning the bill), they would've done it to avoid a shutdown in the first place.

8 shocked/disappointed Susan Collinses didn't realize that

Dear New York *ing (for Bluegal 🫶) Times, and others from 2024 (you'll know who you are in a second),
How did the man you assured us was 35 in 2024 turn into a 79-year-old in just one year? You insisted ONLY BIDEN was old. Wassup?
Sincerely,
Guy who still hasn't forgiven for you doing that

@bluegal.bsky.social @driftglass.bsky.social To the Eight: look in the mirror and practice saying, "I'm shocked and disappointed at what's happened." You'll need to have that line down perfect when Republicans decide to Republican all over you.

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Unless I'm missing something, I didn't see "people will die" anywhere in this piece. It comes across like a Leftwing version of Bill Kristol treating war like a chess game.

The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.

@bluegal.bsky.social @driftglass.bsky.social The Door...the crossing of which is where you either gain your senses, or lose them.

"Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois"
"He is retiring next year after three decades in office."

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Trump and the Republicans implement plan. Entire healthcare system collapses in one year. LOTS of lifeboats built.

Cornell University agrees to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration over frozen research funds Cornell University reached an agreement to "immediately restore" its frozen federal funding after negotiations over alleged civil rights violations.

Um, @olbermann.bsky.social , this is your old place, right? Just thought I'd keep you up-to-date on things.

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@bluegal.bsky.social You got a story. Here's your chance to get it a little further outside the cornfield:

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Just warning you, there's a good chance it'll be Trump. You don't have to like Mount Vesuvius, but it DID have an impact on Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Immigrants with health conditions may be denied visas under new Trump administration guidance Foreigners seeking U.S. visas might be rejected if they have certain medical conditions, including diabetes or obesity, under a directive from the Trump administration.

@bluegal.bsky.social @driftglass.bsky.social Because the whole "Hermit Kingdom" thing is going so well for North Korea...

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How many times are reporters gonna fall for this?

TRUMP: Who are you with?
REPORTER: (insert media organization)
TRUMP: (insults reporter and news organization)

Seriously, he's SUPER predictable about this.

Not that I like the idea of Trump getting drunk on even more power, but I wonder if he could use Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution to force a special session of Congress.

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@driftglass.bsky.social Not gonna lie: I saw the graphic for the new podcast (which I'm about to listen to in a minute), and thought, "Why is the screaming guy from the OxiClean commercials in front of the Sun? Is this a new meme, like the 6 7 thing?" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦

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First stage of coping, Ms. Gal.

Just remember, once she had kids, she started breaking all her rules 'cuz...raising kids.
So this is probably pre-kid Marie Kondo having the luxury of wanting a Spartan home.

They really have no foresight, do they? The ACA subsidies are dead unless extended. Any Republican hope to replace them with something "better" will take a LONG time to work out...especially because Republicans suck at healthcare reform. So next year will be just medical horror stories.

I see the time bomb you warned us about just exploded.

Fun fact: @driftglass.bsky.social is actually three children inside a giant, magnificently faked, prosthetic flesh suit.

Does Trump WANT to get assassinated? 'Cuz that door doesn't exactly scream "impregnable."

And if the Secret Service is reading, I don't want Trump to die. I want him to live long enough to see himself become irrelevant. I'm just complaining about White House security.

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Could be he hadn't heard of Prince. Could be he's doing the aging thing of "everything was better back in my day."

More antagonism towards facts (medical, scientific, etc.), women, non-whites, non-rich people, non-Christians, people who don't want to live in a dictatorship, the social safety net, non-heterosexuals, anyone encountered by law enforcement, non-Republicans, non-conservatives, etc.
Same as always.

A taser pointed at the words "MS Now." Looks like a good metaphor for our media, including how the media's holding the taser to itself like it's "Blazing Saddles."

Ouch, but I can see it. 👍

@bluegal.bsky.social @driftglass.bsky.social

If it's any consolation, there's too much going on in the country right now for Cheney to get the Charlie Kirk treatment. Government shutdown, people about to lose their healthcare, people not having food, election today...
Too much going on for Cheney to become a Saint.

Stirring eulogy, Padre. Brought a tear to me eye. 😭

YouTube video by kevinjetton "Well...................Bye."

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