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2:15 pm - Speaker Johnson says Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ can be sworn in 'as soon as she wants.'

Two hours later, GOP tells reporters Grijalva won't be sworn in until the government shutdown is over.

Some Ukrainian beauty
to your feed.

It’s viburnum (kalyna 🇺🇦).
One of Ukraine’s deepest symbols.
Since ancient times, its red berries have meant life, love, and endurance.

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

Our dedicated federal workers should NOT be used as political pawns!

Let’s be clear: it’s against the law to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.

Trump should know- he signed the law after he last shut down the federal government.

Feel better Kat. Hi Heater 🥹

Ridiculous Hack Bari Weiss Ready To Fly Woke CBS News Right Into The Ground Edward R. Murrow is spinning at about 1,000 rpm in his grave.

Ridiculous Hack Bari Weiss Ready To Fly Woke CBS News Right Into The Ground
www.wonkette.com/p/ridiculous...

I have been flummoxed by Bari Weiss heading up CBS news all day. It’s not jealousy. I don’t want that job. I am not qualified to do it. I just don’t understand how this is possible.

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

I’d assume it’s totally unrelated to the Burbank mess but a helicopter just crashed on Highway 50 in NorCal.

Hoping the best for those injured, all first responders, and for those sitting trapped in traffic which can be scary and dangerous if it goes on long enough. ❤️‍🩹

stressful af just *listening* to air traffic control handle this situation in real time

jfc these people are NOT appreciated enough, and we take their dedicated service for granted at our peril 💔

Burbank unmanned is actual clown shoes. #avgeek #avsky

KCAL’s Desmond Shaw, on-air reporting on this news of #Burbank going unstaffed, called this “unprecedented” in all his years covering L.A. airspace

Extra stress & danger shifted to pilots and I believe SOCAL Approach Valley Sector #1 #atc, who are assisting remotely on top of existing duties

U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva won her election two weeks ago. Republicans refuse to seat her in Congress.

Do itttttttt

Do it just bc you can and it’d be good

WIC!!!

which is already hard to qualify for, or was when I was a young mother making ends meet. You have to REALLY be struggling & on PAPER, real life doesn’t matter. Most folks who stay up nights about money still make too much to qualify for WIC.

They’re hurting THE most vulnerable on purpose.

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

AAAAAND I’M CRYING OVER A DRUGSTORE CHAIN, this is not okay, this is such bullshit. Even though it was clearly coming for at least a year or two now. And I have *zero* doubt the general turmoil and destruction gleefully caused by the current admin only sped this up. #RIPRiteAid

Everything’s so great

This is so pretty and looks like a very relaxing session 😊

a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting down and saying `` alright , i 'm gonna go cry . '' ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting down and saying `` alright , i 'm gonna go cry . ''

*stares in Arizonan*

[giving treats to dog]
thank you for not being people

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

Still haven’t heard the new Taylor Swift and all I know so far is 1. there is a song about dick and 2. critics say the songs are too happy and a bit dumb

PERFECT!! 👏YES!!! 👏 THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS CALLED FOR AT PRESENT, CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR IT, STFU!!! Respectfully 😘

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

I couldn’t possibly agree more. And similar—I eventually left school a year early, got my diploma, started college early and did great bc it wasn’t all tied to some bullshit life-ruining schedule, but a much more more balanced one that also allowed for precious sleep and work and a social life.

My second thought. My first was “thank you AGAIN to this judge.” And then immediately I’m thinking of *gestures at our political climate*

I hope she’s safe now and every day.

This is excellent news! I do wonder if so many judges have ever put in so many Sunday hours in a single nine month period of our nation’s entire history until now. God bless them.