Greene was full-throated MAGA. The issue is that she expected that, when Trump returned to power, she would be rewarded with a position in the administration. Except that she’s now an older woman, and she looks it, and they mostly only want young, good-looking women in the administration. Even then, she might’ve gotten a position, except she insists on voicing her opinions, which they can’t stand. An older, not-pretty, vocal woman? Nah.

Tiny hands, the tiniest, everyone says so!

I don’t think they’re going after Charlie, I think they’re going after his wife. And I think it’s because they don’t want her stepping into Charlie’s shoes and becoming a competing influence in a crowded world (though honestly I don’t think she has much of a chance because she’s a woman and maga is entirely too male-centric). But she’s just starting to try to pull together a power base, and suddenly, miraculously, she’s accused of being trans. If she doesn’t fight the rumors, they’ll get more outrageous and if she does fight then, she loses momentum. I’m not sure who’s pulling this, but if I had to place a bet, I’d guess Fuentes.

“The government does not announce that they have become fascist. They announce that anti-fascists are the enemy.”

Trump has sued almost everyone over almost everything - but he’s never sued anyone over accusations of child sex abuse.

He made a post on reddit like five years ago, doing a brain dump on various features and stuff.

The fact that the Democrats want to keep the filibuster to keep progressives in check just makes their cave-in even worse.

Also, by acknowledging that this was the reason for their submission, it makes it first what we suspected: despite his denials, this move was orchestrated by Schumer, and the “defectors” were specifically chosen because they were either retiring or not up for re-election for so long that other “good deeds” for the manufactured to give them cover when they are up for re-election.

At this point, I’m only staying with the Democrats so I can pull them as far to the left in the primaries, after that they’re on their own.

Yeah, we already knew that, ffs they tried to slip a backdoor nationwide ban into their proposal last week. I am so sick of their shit …

USPS has something called a “Mail Imaging program”, where they photograph the outside of every piece of mail that goes through their system. They use it to process the mail, but law enforcement does request copies of all stored images related to people and addresses they’re investigating.

They also have the “Mail Covers program”, where law enforcement will proactively request USPS to monitor and forward information on all mail to and, as far as possible, from a given person or address. That information is limited to the outside of the envelope but, if they see something they deem suspicious, they can get a warrant to open the mail. I’ll also note that privacy guardrails on the program are notoriously lax: something like 20% of covers were approved without the necessary paperwork, and 15% weren’t adequately justified.

If you’re wondering what the big deal with getting data from the outside of the envelope is, you might be interested in “Finding Paul Revere”.

I wonder if the bill still has the nation-wide shadow abortion ban in it. I bet it does …

God. Fucking. Damnit!

20 a day right now, and that number is going to escalate. They’re working without pay, bills and rent/mortgage are overdue, savings are disappearing, and trump has said he thinks government workers who are working through the shutdown don’t deserve to be paid for that work when it ends. It’s a cascade effect, where every retirement increases pressure on those who remain, some of whom will also chose to leave, increasing pressure, etc.

At some point, there isn’t going to be much to stop the cascade, and we were already short on ATC recruitment before all this.

Hey, how about banning private jets, that would lower the load.

”Controllers are resigning every day now because of the prolonged nature of the shutdown […] We hadn’t seen that before."

Well, none of the other shutdowns have gone on this long. I’m also struggling to remember any shutdown that’s gone on for any length in an economy this clearly bad and heading further downhill. Nor has there ever been a shutdown where the head of the government has said they won’t be paid in the end for time worked. It makes perfect sense for the ATC’s to prioritize themselves, their families and their finances over a system that consistently and chronically under-values them, over-works and over-stresses them, and has explicitly declared it has no loyalty or concern for the people who work there.

Called my senators yesterday. Told the R we were hurting and they needed to give in to the Democrats. Told the D I knew they were under pressure but we needed them to stand up for Medicaid, food stamps, ACA funds, etc.

I’m not going to bother looking up DC misdemeanor law, but in many places the judgement of guilt is done by the jury and the assessment of penalty is done by the judge.

I don’t know what else could be more damning than that.

Like their podcast “heroes”, I’m just asking questions here, but:

What if Trump didn’t just rape kids? He had beauty pageants where he admitted to walking in on naked teenagers to “inspect” them. He walked around “interviewing” contestants, asking them about their lives. He himself specifically chose a decent percentage of the finalists - and by claiming those spots for certain chosen people, significantly reduced the chances for other contestants. And there were not only the contestants, but a bunch of wannabe contestant-types on the fringes. And a lot of those contests were held overseas.

So, just asking questions here, but: what if Donald Trump wasn’t just raping kids? What if he was actively involved in recruiting and trafficking them?

I need to call my Senators tomorrow. I have one from each party. I tell the ® how much the shutdown is hurting me and my entire extended family and tell them I want them to end the shutdown even if it means giving the Democrats everything they want. Then I call the (D) and tell them that I know they’re under pressure to end the shutdown but me and my entire extended family have talked it over and we really really need them to stand firm about Medicaid money and access, ACA premiums, food stamps access, etc.

It’s a fun game I’ve been playing every week, and I encourage y’all to join in!

That reminds me, I need to call my Senators. I have one from each party. I tell the ® how much the shutdown is hurting me and my entire extended family and tell them I want them to end the shutdown even if it means giving the Democrats everything they want. Then I call the (D) and tell them that I know they’re under pressure to end the shutdown but me and my entire extended family have talked it over and we really really need them to stand firm about Medicaid money and access, ACA premiums, food stamps access, etc.

It’s a fun game I’ve been playing every week, and I encourage y’all to join in!

All we want is voter ID, you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID, you go to a gas station, you give ID, but for voting, they want no voter ID.

A) I don’t need an ID for gas or groceries; B) Buying gas and groceries aren’t Constitutional Rights.