Cricket is barking with joy in heaven, I hear.

The FY 2026 AG appropriations bill prevents them from spending one thin dime on this activity. How the hell can they be moving forward with it?

This and related swag available from an Etsy shop

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run by a fired former NIH employee.

also a lot of the right wingers agreeing with this think that Soros and Nancy Pelosi are the rich people with too much power, and Elon is fine since he just wants to get us to live on Mars

I had a long debate with a Trump voter where I basically backed them into agreeing with this completely, and socratically walked them through the answer being to tax them, and they immediately went to "but that's socialism!"

Strangely some of the Trump voters I talk with don't seem to think he's rich. They think he's "one of them" and they're mostly blue collar folks. When I point out he's a New York maybe-Billionaire with a gold toilet they go "Oh, well, yeah I guess, but still..."

The orange man has no juice

I demand that all states amend their laws to not prosecute ASF for speeding after 2025.

OMG, this Spencer guy has admitted to breaking the law by using purposefully overloading a truck then sending it out on the road!
Doesn’t matter who is driving.
And you gotta slow the video speed to 0.5 to listen.

He really needed to ask if he's never had sex with views like that? 🤣
It takes A LOT to make Piers Morgan look good. And well...damn...😬

She feared for her own and her family’s lives which is why some names were left unsaid. We owe it to her and all the other victims to see these horrible people unmasked for who they are.

Well not in her case. Because she tried to get the DCCC to take his money and they actually rejected it because of his background.

She's not a victim of the broader system.

Today was the last day for Candidates to file for a place on the ballot for the March 3, 2026 Primary in Texas. I am exhausted, but joyful. Every race in the county has a Democrat in the Primary, and for the first time in 1 or 2 decades, every statewide office has a Democratic challenger.

Got the suitcases out and started packing for my trip for the holidays. Yes, I start packing early because as I do laundry, I pack.

It is working as designed. It is a highly efficient machine for extracting money from sick and vulnerable people. Any threat to fix healthcare would break that powerful and profitable machine.

My Oregon Senators and Representative are all here. So are many other Democratic members of Congress.