US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic The U.S. government's gross national debt has surpassed $38 trillion during the federal shutdown, marking a record high.

I thought the rebups were all about fixing the debt.... 🧐

apnews.com/article/trum...

@cortezmasto.senate.gov ??? Care to comment?

I had trouble parsing this, maybe say Hoover-like instead. I originally thought this was about Hoover and not the current admin.

Same, John, same.

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Creepers be creepin....

This is why we love you!

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.

www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

I thought the DoD was for manly men* only?

*As defined by Hegseth and the right. This should not be construed as me supporting social gender norms (because I don't).

I remember when reading that the Sec of Defense was going to visit our allies was not an anxiety inducing headline.
#notnormal

Resign.

Hey Nevada! From what I can tell @cortezmasto.senate.gov has not committed to voting no on cloture and the lousy republican CR.
This is scheduled for this afternoon, call her office and make your voice heard.
(202) 224-3542

If you call me and want me to confirm my identity, I'm going to hang up on you.

There has to be a better way to provide healthcare services... No wonder people are getting scammed if the healthcare "safeguards" look just like identity theft.

I bet there some real good stuff in that box there... Can't wait to find out.

Gave a training today. I already have difficulty with parsing facial expressions and body language, but online training takes it to a whole new level.
Everyone said it was good, but I felt like I was just talking to my monitor for an hour.