The Speaker of the House is chosen by the Majority Party. In this Congress, it is the responsibility of House Republicans to choose a nominee & elect the Speaker on the Floor. At this time there is no justification for a departure from this tradition. The House will be in order.

Just a reminder that with the *exact same margin* that Republicans currently have, Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act, American Rescue Plan, Infrastructure package, gun safety law, PACT Act, CHIPS Act, and reauthorized VAWA. Republicans can't even choose a Speaker.

Welcome to the newest member of the United States Senate!

House Democrats are committed to a bipartisan path forward. We simply need a partner willing to abandon MAGA extremism.

Contrary to how McCarthy’s defenders are behaving, men failing up is not a Constitutionally protected right. The man made risky decisions and faced the natural consequences of them. I am not his mom, and my job is not to put pool noodles around hard corners for Republicans.

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Zero Republicans would’ve voted for Pelosi as speaker if the situation was reversed. They can get over themselves.

I had two phones within 2 ft of me. I was prepared but was not prepared.

Day 4 of the #SpacetoberChallenge: Astronaut The word "astronaut" is derived from the Greek words meaning "star sailor". All astronauts are star sailors, and I personally think that is really beautiful ✨⛵️

Just....wow. Failure built-in from the start. I mean, I'm not surprised, but to see it in writing is a bit surprising.

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 5: Moon Why have just one illustration of the Moon when you can have all the phases instead? This one was a lot of fun to create.

#SpacetoberChallenge Day 6: JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) It's hard to believe this magnificent telescope has been unfolding the Universe for over a year now.

There's no way a Gmail tab should take up 600+ MB of memory in Chrome.

Librarians being fired for having books a politician doesn’t like is something Americans of the past dreaded happening under an authoritarian regime. Now it’s happening under the rule of Arkansas Republicans. #arpx #arleg kark.com/news/local-new…

Paul and Tuberville's actions would lead us to believe they are anti-American.

Yeah, but filming a horizontal screen vertically should get you an official reprimand at the station. :)

The head of a public library in Arkansas was fired today following clashes with conservative county officials over how to handle controversial books. Asked if she'd take legal action against the county, she said: “Let’s just say I have an attorney.” buff.ly/46Icmmg

MUST WATCH: New evidence may link mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson to white supremacist harassment campaign (Details in link below) 1/

News links on Twitter are worthless now, which I guess fits the platform in general as it stands.

First post on Twitter in weeks just to ask why you’re not on Threads. Find me there if you are.