"But it was a procedural ruse! Nothing he could do!" Jeffries isnt even covering for his members.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h ago

Not off to a great start here folks

It took all of a week for Jeffries to come out as a weak leader in the face of mounting opposition.

Just Jack@just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16h ago

For those keeping score, Jeffries did not whip the vote for impeachment, calling it a “vote of conscience”.

Picking one of these things up used in like 6 years is going to be legit. 👀

@reuters.com I noticed that there isn't a single mention in your article about how the Republicans repeatedly stonewalled Obama's judicial appointments at the lower courts in the middle of his term, and then stonewalled SCOTUS nominations. Any comments on that?

Nate Raymond@nateraymond.bsky.social · 19h ago

Senator Chuck Grassley says he is rushing to advance Trump's judicial picks in the lame duck. "Some Democrats so despise President Trump that for the first time in our nation’s history they’re planning to stonewall a president’s ability to appoint judges," www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

There is going to be an extinction burst.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 5d ago

Never go full Nazi.

All the millennial optimism this week has me feeling like I should open a craft beer and burger bar and have some guy with a handlebar moustache serve up truffle fries alongside our flagship IPA, WhimZ.

Cross stitch if into a throw pillow. No civility for scumbags 🥰

Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lots of the most prominent members of the Dem class of 2026 are now just stating plainly, over and over, that they feel no obligation to perform rituals of civility for odious scumbags. It's a tectonic shift in political messaging, and one with—it seems to me—real policy implications.

Been a believer of this since the election - Harris was in an impossible spot with global, anti-incumbent government sentiment. Winning was almost impossible in the environment, but the specific campaign she ran staunched a lot of bleeding.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is a screaming hot take but hear me out. In retrospect, given that inflation got to ***9%*** and the incumbent president dropped off the ticket two months before the, I think I'm coming to view 2024 as a genuine over-performacne by the Democratic party

Woke 3 isn't even a week old and we already killed the cybertruck.

WIRED@wired.com · 5d ago

The decision to halt production of Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup marks the end of an error.

Right. Just coincidentally was there with Danny Amendola, who has been on the campaign trail for Trump this year. If you don't want to be mistaken for taking a side, maybe don't be out doing fuckin politics man.

My niece informed me they already have a litter box back in class. Nature is healing.

Van Hollen is also saying they will pass legislation to benefit the American people and watch Trump veto it. AND that they are going to get rid of the filibuster. HOT DAMN.

This is how a lot of things used to pass! Bills always got riders and pork, but the governance by omnibus is a direct result of partisan breakdown over the last 30 years where the only way you could get anything done was through reconciliation. Pass the bill as is! Make them own that ONE thing!

Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social · 6d ago

Interesting hearing El-Sayed use Mamdani as a model and suggest moving away from governing by giant omnibus bills to smaller bills you can move. My sense is that if that happened, it would also decentralize power somewhat (since huge bills let leadership make mega-deals on unrelated issues).

Just submitted a resume to the House and Senate Resume banks for support on federal agency oversight. It'll probably sit forever untouched. But if my phone rings...I'll tear their fucking rot out from the root.

HAHAHAHAH FUCK YES.

bijan@bijan.bsky.social · 6d ago

this is one of the greatest political stories i've ever read, holy shit this dude stayed in the race to split the republican vote and hand mississippi to the dems

Oh my god Indiana woulda had maybe only 1 GOP Rep if they gerrymandered

Millennial optimism is now Whim-Z. Hope has a funny way of coming back 🥹

Dylan Mulvaney leads the Kennedy Center.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · last wk.

What's your most ridiculous, newly emboldened political demand? (Absurd answers only.)

What's the opposite of doom scrolling?

>Mississippi fixes literacy rates >biggest shift towards Democrats in a generation

has the New York Times announced the roster of new progressive columnists they're bringing on board, the restructuring and creation of new verticals, and other dramatic steps they're taking to reflect the Real America they didn't properly understand or nah?

bluesky added a pronouns field today. the day after election night. pronouns really are going back in the bios, you can't make this shit up

*David Attenborough voice* "here we see a younger male, sensing that the older male leading the pack is weak. His colorful display and posturing indicates he is staking out a position for attack."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

DeSantis: "Let's just be clear about what happened last night. This is as close to an extinction-level event for Republicans in many parts of the country probably as we have seen in the last 100 years ... if the Republican Party doesn't have Texas an anchor, we're not going to be viable nationally"

I don’t really want to spend all day arguing about it but I will observe that the presumptive Speaker and Senate Majority Leader going “let’s move forward and legislate” while all of the committee chairs are sharpening axes is probably not because the caucus leaders are out of step with their chairs

Katherine Clark: "There is one image that has stuck with me. It's the video of the memorial to Alex Pretti and Renee Good. It is covered with 'I Voted' stickers. Hundreds and hundreds of people went to that memorial. Each one placed by an American who cast their ballot in the ultimate act of hope."

It's going to be so fun watching all of the worst people in America try to use each other as meat shields.

My office is nothing but millennial clap and stomp music today over the sound system.