Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

We still have time to mess this up!

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

“Why isn’t this Snickers bar only a nickel?”

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Biden: Oh no. We’ve upset Big Pharma again.

Bad news for Ron DeSantis is great news for America.

It’s a doggy dog world.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Trump makes a mockery of the legal system and cowardly judges just sit back and let him.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Republicans would impeach Biden if he bit into a whole Kit Kat rather than breaking the sections apart.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Bogus polls are all they’ve got left. Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls a year from now.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Not all heroes wear capes.

The willow is too close to the house.

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These little stories are from an article about people who are making a difference, and I thought little pieces of it might make good late night posts.  A little bit of inspiration, perhaps, at the start of an open thread.

But talk about whatever you want!

In a year that made many of us want to give up, these unsung activists found a way to help others.

h/t hazmat

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The Unofficial Czar of the Migrant Crisis

Late Night Open Thread 11
Ruth Messinger, a former city elected official, has been pulling together aid for newly arrived migrants for over a year.Credit…Lev Radin/Sipa Usa, via Associated Press

It would be difficult to find a single person who has done more to meet the immediate needs of migrants than Ruth Messinger, the former Manhattan borough president and 1997 mayoral candidate, who is now 83. Her involvement took hold at the beginning, when she greeted the first wave of migrants arriving on buses from Texas to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in the summer of 2022.
“It was an easy thing for me to do,” she said.

From there, she leveraged her many connections to mobilize a network of dedicated volunteers, faith leaders, nonprofits, institutions and private philanthropists to feed, clothe and shelter the migrants. She is constantly pushing the mayor and state and federal governments to do more to meet the enormous challenges that attend the influx.

And she is no less nimble as a fixer on the ground. When a school in Harlem offered to store clothes for the many migrants who needed them, they soon realized that they needed more shelving. Ms. Messinger quickly found the money to pay for it.

“She is the superhero that guides us, connects us and inspires us,’’ said Judy Bass, co-chair of the Synagogue Coalition on the Refugee and Immigration Crisis.

From Six New Yorkers Who Made the City a Better, Cooler, Fairer Place in 2023.  Written by Ginia Bellafante, who writes the Big City column, a weekly commentary on the politics, culture and life of New York City.

In a year that made many of us want to give up, these unsung activists found a way to help others.

h/t hazmat

Open thread!

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  2. 2.

    cain

    Huh wonder why the New York times doesn’t have such stories? Probably need to stop visiting diners in upstate New York interviewing maga people

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    NotMax

    FYI. Dolorous milestone.

    Maui police today confirmed the identity of Lydia Coloma, 70, of Lahaina as a victim of the Aug. 8, 2023 wildfire in West Maui. Coloma was previously on a list of unaccounted for individuals, which has now dropped to three people. The latest confirmation completes the public identification process for the 100 known fatalities from the Lahaina fire. Source

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    NotMax

    @Nukular Biskits

    Both WaterGirl and Anne Laurie have been known to schedule posts for publication at a later time.

    Which in true FYWP fashion sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t.
    ;l)

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    sab

    OT I am wide awake at 4am USA time ES

    Meanwhile my stressed pitbull is sucking on her blanket. She does that when she is stressed. She does not know why I am stressing her.She does not know when she is stressed or why she is stressed.

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    H.E.Wolf

    Thank you, WaterGirl, for the profile of Ruth Messinger. You’ve cleared up a mystery for me. When I saw her photo, I realized she was the final eulogist at my aunt’s memorial service last September.

    I had no idea who she was at the time. Unlike a few of my late aunt’s other colleagues, she spoke primarily about my aunt and not herself… and still came across as a marvelous force of nature.

    Longer article (linked in the profile above) about Ruth Messinger here… and I see that that writer used the “force of nature” metaphor also!
    https://ajws.org/stories/ruth-messingers-story/

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    Gary K

    Glad to see Ruth Messinger is still going strong. She was our representative on the City Council until the day we moved away from NYC in 1980.

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