Michelle Chappell she/her

Senate will vote for the sixth time on the House-passed CR and Dems’ CR midday tomorrow, the eighth day of the shutdown

I remember watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade a few years ago, and Dolly came on the screen. The kids asked who she was, and I explained how she had sent them books to read since birth. She is Santa Claus and we love her ❤️

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Spaghetti is my go-to lunch for snow days when I have, on average, a half dozen ravenous children coming in to my house from sledding all morning. Making spaghetti expensive will break so many budgets

And now these MOTHERFUCKERS are coming for spaghetti night?

100% tariffs on pasta, are you fucking kidding me?

And remember, a LOT of how you came up with spaghetti night in the first place was asking "what can we afford for my bottomless pit-stomached family to have thirds on?"

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Updating this chart because the prior version is out of date. With Mike Johnson refusing to convene the House, the soonest Democrat Adelita Grijalva can get sworn in—and provide the 218th signature to force a vote on the Epstein files—is now three weeks after winning the #AZ07 special election.

ok I didn't mention this in my piece on friday but one of the things the judge asked about was whether the guardsmen were going to get paid during the shutdown

the doj was like "idk"

the state of oregon was like "we looked into it and the answer is no"

BREAKING: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces an executive order establishing "ICE-free zones" in Chicago.

"That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as staging grounds for these raids."

Here's a fun fact for week 2 of the federal shutdown:

Number of appropriations bills passed by the House this year: 3

Number of anti-DC bills passed by the House this year: 7

Even when the House was in session, Republicans were spending time harassing DC instead of doing their jobs #FreeDC

Serious question - is there a date by which Johnson is required to bring the House back?

Welcome to Monday in the Nations Capital:

The Supreme Court is in session but the rest of the government is not.

The House is in recess because why would they be here to deal with a crisis.

Members of Congress get paid but those who guard the building don’t, yet have to work.

Make it make sense

And DC has been under occupation of NG from half a dozen states since August. We don’t have the same 10th amendment rights that states have over their sovereignty #DCStatehoodNow #FreeDC

I thought about this as she was weighing whether to expand the scope of the TRO. The bravery that took.

The judge's entire reasoning in both TROs was based on the fact that there was NO VIOLENCE IN OREGON.

If that changes, her position might change, and even if it doesn't change her mind, it might convince the 9th Circuit to remand.

You've got to keep peacefully resisting. No matter what.

Even though Trump has direct control over DC National Guard, he attempted to federalize OR's NG, deploy CA's NG, and federalize TX NG, instead of directly ordering DC NG to Portland.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad DC is included in this TRO, but he really wants to keep our NG in the capital #FreeDC

This matters for any members of the National Guard following orders, for her to point out that they are illegal orders.

NEW: Judge Immergut schedules a hearing TONIGHT, in 45 min, to hear arguments on SECOND TRO to block federalized California National Guard from deploying in Portland, Oregon. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...

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Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an explosion. SLED is investigation as arson and refer attack as Judge Goodstein had been receiving multiple threats.

Just in this one incident you have child abuse, gun violence, sexual harassment, property damage, theft, and of course a dizzying amount of hate.

Perpetrated and paid for by the government of the United States.

If you know anyone who resides in Maryland and is a federal employee or contractor please share the below link with them. There are resources available to help get workers through the shutdown.

response.maryland.gov/federalpubli...

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

eventually ICE is going to kill a protester on camera and the federal government simply does not have enough thugs for what could happen after that

My mantra in 2020, after the March shutdown, was ”things have to get worse before they can get better” and that is so much more true now

Oh no MAGA! Look at the Antifa Frog in Portland, Oregon.

Is this really what you guys consider to be “domestic terrorists?”

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

Today, the Supreme Court will release the orders list of the cert grants from the long conference, the Court's first conference of the year. Several second amendment cases are under consideration, including cases addressing sensitive places and possession prohibitors for felonies and drug use.

Relatable

Someone should write an obituary for the Hatch Act.