Got into an argument with a coworker. I ask him, "Why don't we meet somewhere in the middle?" He agrees. The fool. He has no idea that that's where I'm strongest.
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A new poll shared exclusively with Strength In Numbers finds independent candidate Seth Bodnar polling 6 points ahead of Republican Kurt Alme in a hypothetical one-on-one for Montana's Senate race, but the Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead trailing by 8. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-07-28...
To defeat Republicans, Democrats should stand down in places independents are more likely to win
An exclusive poll shared first with Strength In Numbers shows Independent Seth Bodnar in Montana runs ahead of the Democrat in a hypothetical Senate horse-race
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Europe Heatwave Simulator https://store.steampowered.com/app/4910780/ $3.59 It's 42°C and you live in Europe, so of course there is no AC. Survive a 14-day heatwave in a Paris studio: melt on camera for your remote job, riot for the last discounted AC unit, lose every fan auction to...
Giant Bomb is now independent "Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them" - Jeff Grubb
Trump just opened up a procedural avenue for Dems to force votes on the tariffs he announced yesterday. A quick explainer-
If one question tonight was: is the Florida result gonna make GOP officials sweat what's happening at the polls... the answer is clearly yes, regardless of Fine's victory.
Strom Thurmond made his Senate record while fighting against Black voting rights. It stood for 67 years. A Black man is about to break it.
We've heard concerning things about the Social Security Administration lately, so I decided to check for myself. SSA says Wednesday is the best day to call, so I called then. Their system told me there would be a two-hour wait time, told me to call back, and then just hung up.
We will not blindly follow illegal orders because Donald Trump wrote them down on a piece of paper. Illinois follows the laws of the land – not the decrees of an aspiring king hell bent on disenfranchising millions of voters who deserve to have their voice heard.
Paul Weiss is merely rearranging the proverbial deck chairs on the Titanic. With this administration, there will be no legitimate legal system and no need for actual lawyers. The failure to recognize that will lead to the demise of the legal profession in its entirety. Fight back while you can.
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.Paul Weiss Has Gone “America First” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/paul-...
Here is the full preliminary injunction. DOGE is required to restore all email access to current or admin leave'd USAID staff, not disclose PII, stop further reducing staff, and ensure USAID will be able to reoccupy its building. /Apologies for no alt-text, the document was not OCRd.
Boasberg: OK, so I will hear from you from noon tomorrow—and I will memorialize this in a written order, since my oral orders apparently don't carry much weight
Judge Bredar is frustrated with the attorney for the federal government, who is largely talking past his questions. Bredar: "Move fast and break things. Move fast? Fine. Break things? If that involves breaking the law, then that becomes problematic."
I'm hosting my next telephone town hall tomorrow night (Monday, March 3) at 6:00 p.m. If you'd like to participate, you can sign up here: beyer.house.gov/forms/form/?...
Jackson asks how it would make "any sense" that the president could remove the appointed whistleblower in charge of protecting other whistleblowers. At-will removal would chill all whistleblowing
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.
Sketchy details but there appears to have been a plane crash in DC. DCA is closed and getting reports of emergency responce in the city.
Masks and hand sanitizer aren't enough to protect you from this virus.
Why Norovirus Seems to Be Everywhere — And How to Protect Yourself
Norovirus is on the rise, and it’s not just a seasonal thing. A local doctor explains what to do to protect yourself.
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🍕Pentagon Pizza Report Establishment: California Pizza Kitchen Location: Arlington, VA Current Activity Level: Busy California Pizza Kitchen, very close to the Pentagon, is experiencing "Busier than usual" levels of activity for a Thursday afternoon. #Pentagon #Pizza #PizzaIndex #OSINT
SCOTUSblog joined Bluesky just a few days before founder Tom Goldstein published his "under the Constitution Trump is above the law" op-ed in The New York Times, and now the replies to anything they post, no matter how anodyne, are just people cooking Tom for being a deeply wrong bootlicker
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
Michael 🚲🚲@ballstonbakfiets.bsky.social · 2y agoPost a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
Anyone aware of a starter pack for journalists and public officials for the DMV?
Read "All Systems Red" for my book club. A fast-paced short book that manages to get a lot done in a short number of pages. Enjoyed it! Not sure if I enjoyed it enough to read the next book though.