Bessent: The $2,000 divided could come in in lots of forms. It could be just the tax decreases

Translation: You’re never getting those $2,000 checks.

It's impossible to build any more housing in America, but luckily we have the politically easy and physically effortless alternative of just removing a third of the population.

This clown is the GOP chair in Tarrant County, Texas, the third largest county in the state.

I'd like for someone in the dem caucus to tell us which senators were real no votes and which ones voted no because they were allowed to.

Checking in on Trump:

Along the pond shore
#stunday #landscape #photography #scape #eastcoastkin #autumn #fall
#Bluesky #forest #forestfriday #trees

“This was a very very bad vote”

NEWS: U.S. Senate advances bill to reopen the federal government in a 60-40 vote.

Dems who votes yes:
🔵 Catherine Cortez Masto
🔵 Dick Durbin
🔵 John Fetterman
🔵 Maggie Hassan
🔵 Tim Kaine
🔵 Angus King
🔵 Jackie Rosen
🔵 Jeanne Shaheen

Republicans who voted no:
🔴 Rand Paul

Thanks to @mostmuscle.bsky.social

www.opensecrets.org/orgs/america...

And put some God damned oversight over CBP as well:

Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.

Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.

If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.

This was pretty brutal

This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW

80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.

Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?

Deplorable behaviour from a 3rd world admin

Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"

The corruption never ends

Drug Courts Save Lives. That May Not Save Them From Trump. An Alabama man’s recovery story shows what the program can do—and what could be lost.

"Daniel Oldham says he would not be around today if not for the drug court, which was one of hundreds that have popped up across the country over the last thirty-five years." Trump admin: Nice drug court you got there...

Why I Am Resigning A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

Why I Am Resigning

A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.

“What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

What will Mike Johnson's new excuse be for not swearing in Grijalva?

?????

what i want is to be able to queue up like ten movies and just have them play in a random order so i don't need to decide

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

New: Sens. King, Shaheen, Hassan led negotiations on a deal that will have enough Democratic support to pass in the Senate, I'm told. This is the package: - CR thru Jan 30 - A vote on a ACA bill by a December, on a DEM bill - Minibus WHICH INCLUDES reversal of shutdown RIFs and back pay and protections against them happening in the future PLUS SNAP is funded through the fiscal year 26

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.

An agreement to agree to do a later vote is NOT an enforceable contract so what in the actual hell are Americans getting out of this deal??

RFK fled

Golden Idol, Empty Soul: Trump’s Real-Time Failure of Humanity Cameras rolled, a man fell, and the self-anointed savior of America didn’t even blink — proving you can gild rot, but it still stinks.

Golden Idol, Empty Soul: Trump’s Real-Time Failure of Humanity
open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/...

Over 8,500 Flights Disrupted Sunday As Government Shutdown Snarls Air Travel Hundreds of flights out of major airports were delayed Sunday, including in New York, Chicago and Atlanta.

Hundreds of flights out of major airports were delayed Sunday, including in New York, Chicago and Atlanta.

yea the problem with poverty and food scarcity is that once people experience extended food scarcity that shit is carved in there forever. this was a major observable thing after the great leap forward and its resulting famine