Schumer's using the lame duck to rush a GOP bill opposed by Jeffries, most of the incoming Dems, NAACP, Earthjustice, Sierra Club, ACLU, Detention Watch Network, and Public Citizen. It's an inexcusable break with coalition, party, and caucus. It's incompatible with him remaining in Dem leadership.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 5d ago

22 Democrats including their Leader Chuck Schumer & Incoming Judiciary Committee Chairman Whitehouse vote to advance a bill less than a week after an historic election giving Dems huge majority/leverage ... that will ... checks notes ... to speed up building of data centers.

Ok so I need y’all to remember that the next part is to bully the shit out of democrats to do their fucking jobs while in office

New Dem leadership. Now. Thanks.

MS NOW@ms.now · 2w ago

"The American people don't want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is now poised to become the next House Speaker, says that Democrats will focus on affordability concerns and not retribution after their midterm wins.

Kathy Hochul, New York's first female governor, defeated Trump goon Bruce Blakeman.

For the first time ever, at least 100 Democratic women are expected to serve in the the U.S. House simultaneously.

Democrats hit a new milestone: 100 women in the House

“Women made history because we showed up to vote, and then voted in more than 100 Democratic women to serve in the House,” said Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico.

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Welcome back, America. We missed you.

Watching the election right now like

Senhor Dos Anéis: Hope is Kindled

ALT: Senhor Dos Anéis: Hope is Kindled

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my role as the eccentric, childless witchy, aunt is cemented. got a long text from my niece thanking me for my influence on her life and getting her onto the witchy/spiritual path. If this is my impact, I'll take it. This is a big #w for me. Proud to be an #auntie to my many nieces and nephew.

Again, we had basically eradicated this species of parasitic larva within the United States until last year when a pimply DOGE staffer decided that the line item in the budget that kept them out looked dumb and wasteful.

Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Flesh-Eating Screwworm Is Spreading—and Now Burrowing Into Cats gizmodo.com/the-flesh-ea...

Our blessed cornball prophet

TristanTD@tristantd.bsky.social · 3w ago

Something I wish more people would realize.

y'all... 🤭😭

Your occasional reminder that polls don't mean shit, you have to show up and vote, preferably early and in person if you can

If you live in #ny #newyork #nys you better get out and vote for #hochul. I'm seeing way too many blakeman signs. We can't have ICE given the greenlight to terrorize us. We can't open our green state up to AI data centers and fracking and environmental protection rollbacks. #saveny from blakeman.

"I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means." Joan Didion on writing.

Joan Didion: Why I Write

Of course I stole the title for this talk from George Orwell. One reason I stole it was that I like the sound of the words: Why I Write. There you have three short unambiguous words that share a so…

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I could watch them do the whole series tbh.

Game Changer@gamechanger.dropout.tv · last mo.

Someone dub this over a Star Wars scene 🤣

The best way to be sure your vote counts is to vote early and in person. www.vote.org

TODAY: Early voting begins in Maine and California, and the process has already started in many other states across the U.S. Are YOU registered to vote? As the Trump administration ramps up its attacks on voting, it’s time to check your registration status: https://demdock.com/4gRtE8P

TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/vote

How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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🇺🇸🗳️ Make sure you’re registered to vote. Do it now & repost. iwillvote.com

I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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My poem "Swimming the Witch," about how systems of power often create the very things they are attempting to quell, is now free to read at @trollbreathmag.bsky.social -- just in time for spooky season! I hope you enjoy! magazine.trollbreath.com/swimming-the...

It is October 1. I have written a book. #writing #author #writers #horror #fantasy #darkfantasy #meetmeinthewoods

The colder autumn nights in Germany coaxes this magnificent eagle, Oropherion, to spend his nights in his heated indoor winter aviary. This is an African Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), the largest eagle species native to Africa. (Cr @birdsofprey_nathalie_denolf) #birds #eagle

book update: we're in denouement now, folks. the remaining word count goal is below 10k. weirdly excited to get into revisions. #writers #authors #horror #fantasy #darkfantasy #writingprocess

Sometimes I want to socialize, but I don't want to talk. I just want to be around like a cat.

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

#booksky

'Rope' was released on this day 78 years ago! (September 25, 1948) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Arthur Laurents. Starring James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Joan Chandler, & more. #OTD #OnThisDay

🚨🚨 Social media venues such as #facebook and #instagram's algorithms have been designed by #meta to filter out 'social topic' such as #civilrights and #feminism. #Freespeech my ass. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism

Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism

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congratulations to @katiedippold.bsky.social and @widowsbay.bsky.social for their well deserved Emmy wins!!! Can't wait for season 2!