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Gov. Whitmer and Sen. Moss dryly reading this awkward clown for filth would be funny if it wasn't so concerning.

But I support bigots running away like this.

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

In many ways what we are seeing in 2025 is the triumph of Pat Buchanan, who among other things convinced Nixon to veto federal child care legislation in 1971.

None of this is nearly as new as we liberals want to think.

Darling, let's talk about how galleries lean on artists to force politically, commercial works sell better. 🥰🥳🥳

Underreported: Elon just picked the head of NASA—a massive conflict-of-interest that will damage a government entity that he partners with, depends on, and in some cases competes with. The nominated NASA director is a high-school dropout billionaire who is pals with Musk. He has no business at NASA.

For the past decade we were told canceling events at colleges over private protests was the harbinger of totalitarianism but now a right wing government is doing it so it’s fine bsky.app/profile/adam...

Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike The Teamsters union released the results of the strike vote on Sunday evening.

More imperative than ever: don’t cross picket lines

new video: Debunking Myths About Trans People & Restrooms and “sexual predator” tropes more generally

@juliaserano.bsky.social expertly debunks the transphobic “bathroom predator” myth which falsely insinuates that trans women/girls are a “threat” to women’s/girl’s spaces.

juliaserano.substack.com/p/new-video-...

This Day in Labor History: January 19, 1915. Armed thugs hired by the Williams & Clark fertilizer plant in Roosevelt, New Jersey (now known as Carteret) killed two striking workers. Let's talk about the Roosevelt Massacre, little known today but part of the violence at the core of capitalism!

Blue sky is awesome because a bunch of people who like to make jokes and a bunch of people who are incapable of identifying a joke are forced to share space