Zach Rabiroff
@zachrabiroff.com
Writer for the Comics Journal, Flaming Hydra, Polygon, io9, etc.
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Depressing to realize that all the generations of Americans cynically muttering "those crooked bums are all the same" were right more often than they were wrong.
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Depressing to realize that all the generations of Americans cynically muttering "those crooked bums are all the same" were right more often than they were wrong.
More National Book Award-winning writers need to spend the later portion of their careers picking one billionaire and just absolutely going to town.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
More National Book Award-winning writers need to spend the later portion of their careers picking one billionaire and just absolutely going to town.
They killed an identical deal on Thursday because too many people were paying attention.
You can tell that Senate Democrats know they made an awesome deal because they sprang it on us on a Sunday afternoon and then raced it through that same night.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
They killed an identical deal on Thursday because too many people were paying attention.
Fuck these guys, I'm going back to writing about comics.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Fuck these guys, I'm going back to writing about comics.
A month of American suffering, a massive win for authoritarian party, and the prize Senate Democrats won in the end is that instead of having 1 signature accomplishment of 21st century legislation, they can knock the ticker back down to 0.
Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
The Senate has decided the HSA idea from Trump is a win and they're going to do it.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A month of American suffering, a massive win for authoritarian party, and the prize Senate Democrats won in the end is that instead of having 1 signature accomplishment of 21st century legislation, they can knock the ticker back down to 0.
My read: Democrats used the shutdown as a short-term boost before an election, after which they could go ahead and give in. It was a cynical, political move, and whether you think that’s good or bad is up to you.
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My read: Democrats used the shutdown as a short-term boost before an election, after which they could go ahead and give in. It was a cynical, political move, and whether you think that’s good or bad is up to you.
My extremely offline boomer dad called me on his way back from kayaking just to shout “they fucking caved?”
Once this shit filters down from the high info parts of online libs it'll just be "The Dems caved. We have to vote them all out"
This is why this is terrible even if you will never ever ever hand it to your posting enemies on here
This is why this is terrible even if you will never ever ever hand it to your posting enemies on here
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My extremely offline boomer dad called me on his way back from kayaking just to shout “they fucking caved?”
Christ, it’s all so completely depressing.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Christ, it’s all so completely depressing.
Political suicide on national TV.
Multiple outlets reporting a deal has been reached
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Political suicide on national TV.
Actually makes total sense that a guy who voted for Cuomo would want to kill all the momentum from last Tuesday.
Anyway, call Schumer and yell at him, no matter where you live. It feels great.
Anyway, call Schumer and yell at him, no matter where you live. It feels great.
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Actually makes total sense that a guy who voted for Cuomo would want to kill all the momentum from last Tuesday.
Anyway, call Schumer and yell at him, no matter where you live. It feels great.
Anyway, call Schumer and yell at him, no matter where you live. It feels great.
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5/ Whether Republicans secure enough Democratic votes is NOT the only question here. It’s critical that if 7 or 8 mods vote with the gop to end this that the rest of the caucus vote the right way and make clear they think this was the wrong decision. If they don’t then “the Democrats” own this …
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
5/ Whether Republicans secure enough Democratic votes is NOT the only question here. It’s critical that if 7 or 8 mods vote with the gop to end this that the rest of the caucus vote the right way and make clear they think this was the wrong decision. If they don’t then “the Democrats” own this …
Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
The Senate has decided the HSA idea from Trump is a win and they're going to do it.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
I think this is right. Democrats can't stop the moderate-conservative wing from folding if they're set on it. But making surrender look like a bipartisan deal would be criminally bad politics on top of everything else.
I think if senate mods want to break, they will break, but it's really important they do it without cover from the caucus or leadership
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I think this is right. Democrats can't stop the moderate-conservative wing from folding if they're set on it. But making surrender look like a bipartisan deal would be criminally bad politics on top of everything else.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Incredible paragraph here
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Incredible paragraph here
Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Look, at the point when your game of dress-up results in a month-long mystery around a robbery at the Louvre, I think it’s fair to say you’ve made your dream come true
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This has been a year of discovering I agree with the Founding Fathers on topics I really did not expect to ever come up in conversation
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This has been a year of discovering I agree with the Founding Fathers on topics I really did not expect to ever come up in conversation
Apparently there’s a kitschy retro 90’s coffee shop opening in my neighborhood that will be selling bubble tea on a menu with Blockbuster Video fonts, and I think this is how Rutger Hauer felt in Blade Runner when he decided it was time to die
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Apparently there’s a kitschy retro 90’s coffee shop opening in my neighborhood that will be selling bubble tea on a menu with Blockbuster Video fonts, and I think this is how Rutger Hauer felt in Blade Runner when he decided it was time to die
Once more with feeling
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Once more with feeling
Very relieved that we finally got an answer to this question
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Very relieved that we finally got an answer to this question
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If you read in a history book about a dictator in failing health who cut off money and food supplies from his people, attacked them with violent gendarmes, seemed oblivious to a national public outburst of anger in local elections, and wiled away the days building vast palaces, what would you think
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
If you read in a history book about a dictator in failing health who cut off money and food supplies from his people, attacked them with violent gendarmes, seemed oblivious to a national public outburst of anger in local elections, and wiled away the days building vast palaces, what would you think
Jesus Christ, it hasn’t even been a year
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Jesus Christ, it hasn’t even been a year
Ah, yes. The pivot to affordability.
BREAKING: DOJ goes to SCOTUS trying to stop a district court order that USDA pay out full SNAP benefits this month.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
The First Circuit denied an administrative stay, but has not yet ruled on the stay request. And, CNN reported that USDA is already processing payments.
DOJ went to SCOTUS anyway.
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Ah, yes. The pivot to affordability.
Thinking about our current historical predicament in the context of this paragraph from Leonard Schapiro about the Soviet Union: "Nothing shakes the stability of an autocratic regime more profoundly than the moment when it becomes apparent that it is willing to make concessions to popular demand."
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thinking about our current historical predicament in the context of this paragraph from Leonard Schapiro about the Soviet Union: "Nothing shakes the stability of an autocratic regime more profoundly than the moment when it becomes apparent that it is willing to make concessions to popular demand."
