Both my wife and my doctor said no more jumping on the bed. But they don't get it. They don't know what it's like to live with the Monkey Instinct

“I was there, Gandalf. I was there three thousand years ago. I was there when I took out the current mortgage on Rivendell.”

ICE pours large canister of pepper spray directly into family car—hitting 1-year-old baby. "They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video. "ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside—where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."

what could go wrong with technologically enabling everyone to indulge their weird sadist thoughts

Seems like Senate Dems are willing to take the symbolism of “the longest shutdown ever” over substantive gains for their constituents

Withholding SNAP funds and the shutdown RIFs were totally illegal moves by the Trump admin and are being challenged in court. Dems “winning” by undoing them is rewarding Trump’s illegal behavior and theory of politics. Schumer was totally outmaneuvered. Russ Vought won

Durbin, Fetterman and Rosen didn't even bother to show up to the presser x.com/AndrewDesideri…

Tim Kaine and Jeanne Shaheen next month when the Senate votes no on ACA subsidies

Narrator: He did not fight

Woman struck and killed in North Philly hit-and-run, officials say on.nbc10.com/EAFJCUV

Caving at a time of maximum leverage also sends an unmistakable message to the GOP that Dems will never stand and fight, even under the best possible circumstances. It weakens the Dem hand in all future confrontations. 7/

Essential reading on what a failure this "deal" is. The Dems voting for this are rewarding Trump and Vought's lawless behavior re: SNAP and RIFs and they should fully expect more abuse in the future.

The eight Vichy Dems who backed this “deal” didn’t even secure a vote ***in both chambers*** on ACA subsidies

missed this. But Third Way opposed the agreement to end the shutdown. “Ultimately, Democrats may not have succeeded in extending the ACA subsidies, but now we will never know. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, one of America’s most pugnacious Democratic centrists, we should have been

some ~personal news~

The centrifugal force of the “it’s over / we are so back” cycle for national Dems is killing me rn

I'm glad the abundance folks have finally come around to the view that the CHIPS Act was good and successful, even though they used it as the poster child for failed "everything-bagel liberalism" just a couple years ago.

As a result of the federal government shutdown, Pennsylvania must delay the opening of the 2025-2026 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) season by one month, until Dec. 3, 2025. Check the graphic below to find info about local help near you.

“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”: theatln.tc/bkPeBQEH

Classic motte and bailey argumentation here as anyone can quibble with what constitutes “wide regard.” It is quite easy to think of successful government programs if you aren’t ideologically inclined to oppose them.