65,000 followers :( probably mostly bots but jeez. The reach of even these smaller anon accounts is distressing.

Like it isn’t a given that a continued shutdown over Christmas would work in Democrats favor re 2026. Why risk it when you’ve got Trump down to 35 anyway?

On some level we all knew this was just about damaging Rs in the polls & getting any kind of concession on ACA or impoundment was a long shot. After the longest shutdown ever with no concessions, what was there to do? It’s either keep the govt shutdown forever or reopen it and let ACA collapse.

Wow how generous. Now that we have our 20 year majority confirmed on partisan lines, we should go back to bipartisan picks. I am very smart

DCAS has delegated a lot of testing and background check duties over the years and it’s always somehow for the worse

It is insane that NYCTA is still working off a list that old. It expires in September next year and has been extended four times. Why in the world does it take NYCTA literally two years to establish a new list? DCAS takes forever but not that long, and their lists are even bigger.

“I’m an Old Testament Democrat”

I gave myself brain damage reading this article.

Being an extreme racist and a huge fucking dunce, a classic pairing

What the poll is really telling us: a substantial portion of the GOP base is extremely stupid.

As Krugman said there is not legitimate use for cryptocurrency; only as a vehicle for speculation and crime.

Only car I’d ever consider buying is the hamster car (Kia soul). I think it falls under that category

Our cultural, economic, and political leaders have fallen under the poisoning temptations of tyranny and greed

One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.

oh my god