Jeff

If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.

32 years ago today, Homer Simpson had one of his more iconic hallucinations. “Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood” premiered November 18, 1993.

Looks like the lady in line ahead of me at Albertsons is having a day:

😂🤣👏🏽

Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.

“whatever they are legally entitled to” is the tell here - they’re going to hold back the worst of it and come up with some bullshit as to why

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Wow, it is not easy to stream the MLB network. Quite annoying.

AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"

Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.

Thank you, Veterans!

a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

Warner said he can't support the deal.

Surprisingly Sen. Warner (D-VA) is a no, splitting with Kaine after the Cave Caucus dangled the RIF prohibition.

Markey & Pritzker weigh in…

With all respect Sir, this is weak. You had leverage and the momentum from Tuesday and you squandered it.

If you can ratchet the pain on GOP senators for the December vote, you may still accomplish something. But you threw away your leverage.

Donnie dipshit between the announcers in the Fox booth on November 9, record 40th day of the GOP shutdown

Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.

Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.

It bars RIFs for only about 80 days?! That’s it?! The dems on caving for no RIFs until after the holidays and just a vote, not a deal, on keeping health insurance affordable for millions of americas?!

Disgraceful and pathetic!

So yeah, Schumer is fucking awful. But there’s enough Democrats supporting this debacle that it’s obviously more than a one-guy problem. The party that consistently presents itself as the only bulwark against fascism keeps surrendering to fascism.

I can’t imagine how furious the people who patiently suffered through this shutdown must be—hoping the Democrats would actually save these health care subsidies.

Democrats caving after 40 days with nothing to show for it would be the most democrat thing to have ever happened.

I truly don’t know how you look at the past week and THEN decide THIS is an appropriate — let alone the right — response.

Northwest Stadium cut away from Trump on the giant screen after he was relentlessly booed by NFL fans

Elections in democracies determine who administers the government; they do not alter whom the government is for. Under any administration, Republican or Democratic, the United States government exists to serve the people of the United States, regardless of their partisan affiliation. Besides, Americans are not as easily divided as Trump might think. Millions of Republican voters live in New York, just as millions of Democrats live in Texas. He cannot tell whom he is punishing by glancing at an electoral map. But even if he could, Trump’s acts of extortion have no place in a democracy. They belong in a protection racket: If you support Trump, you are protected; if you do not, you are vulnerable. If you donate enough cash to Trump, you may receive favorable treatment, including immunity from the law. If you oppose Trump, you may be prosecuted.

This is not how a representative government works. It is how the Mafia works.

Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Fanatics would be embarrassed about the quality of this sign

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.

A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.