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the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence

this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch

If Dems accept this deal, it will help the GOP cement the following ideas into the public conscience over the coming 4 weeks:

-Shutdown was Dems fault/responsibility
-They did it for nothing
-They caved to Trump

Having accepted responsibility, it will also cripple them in the follow up debate.

The people googling why they aren't getting their food stamps will see headlines about Democrats caving and agreeing to a deal and assume it was the Democrat's fault all along

The whole reason this shutdown was going in Democrats favor was because they were showing spine

The media now smells blood in the water from spineless Democrat senators and will blame the shutdown on Democrats for not caving earlier

No, this is the problem. The minute Democrats made the fight about ACA subsidies there were only two acceptable ends - with getting ACA subsidies or the GOP nuking the filibuster.

"Democrats give up" is the exact wrong message. It needs to be either "Democrats win" or "Republicans cheated".

And now, an important announcement from Captain Jean Luc Picard.

Glad that's settled. Whew, everything's going to be fine

Obviously the worst part of murdering 600,000 people as your genocidal revenge for the fall of Apartheid is the murdering 600,000 people as your genocidal revenge for the fall of Apartheid, but to do it with a Reddit meme older than the kids you killed gets you an extra ten degrees of heat in hell.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Sandwich assault goes unpunished. It’s open season now. Nobody is safe.

Look at the death toll from the USAID shutdown and tell me to give a shit about protecting crypto owners.

JUSTICE IS BEST SERVED LIGHTLY TOASTED

straight-up jury nullification. this guy did it, confessed to it, and the jury instructions explicitly said that if he did it intentionally, it was assault.

Sky News does a great job here of showing that right wing voices get outsized amplification on X. The why of it is complicated (we have upcoming work on this). But the fact if it is undeniable. The platform is also full of clickbaity bullshit. Not unrelated.

Major newspapers should not run headlines that if spoken aloud would merit a punch in the mouth

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

US media did the “today is rhe day Trump became president” thing about peace deal and then forgot about it

The 🇺🇦 Food Train 🚂 had a visitor today! Grateful to the Ukrainian Railways team for their non-stop courageous work. The train is still cooking thousands of meals every day, often under fire in the Kharkiv region. The Iron People are unbreakable.

parks and rec is still fucking hilarious

Tula’s on the ball

Broke: The Democrats would be a rightwing party in Europe

Woke: The Republicans would be a centrist party in Europe

It looks like the entire slate of NIMBY incumbents in Orem is getting wiped out by forward-thinking moderates.

It's a really big deal for Utah County; these reactionaries have been a roadblock to countywide improvements like BRT on a remained State Street.

Greetings and good morning it’s the Wednesday farm rush hour with George & our farmily friends

graphs of bluesky activity over the last week with increases in likes and posts tonight relative to baseline

Chat did something happen tonight?

A large cheer just erupted where I'm at in the Avenues, as District 3 incumbent Chris Wharton takes a pretty solid lead in his race

Wharton - 44%
McClary - 25%
Huntsman-Hernandez - 18%

As it stands, Wharton would win 51% to 28% over McClary in a third-round runoff

I wonder how much of this was Hank Green?

this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam