I think Rep. Crockett makes a good case for herself as ranking member on the Oversight Committee here:
Jasmine Crockett isn’t being quiet about it—when it’s time to elect the next House Oversight Committee ranking member, she wants the job.
And she’s earned it.
Let’s back up @repjasmine.bsky.social . We need her voice in leadership—ASAP!
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) May 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Her pitch is that she has the legal skills to do the work, and she knows how to communicate with regular people about the committee’s findings. Both skills are important in that job!
Crockett said something that puzzles me at about the 50-second mark in the clip: She said current ranking member Connolly said he’s not running for reelection again but hasn’t resigned the ranking member post, so she’s not sure there will be an election for the post this term.
I thought Connolly made it clear in his announcement that he would step back from serving as ranking member. So I double checked, and he said he would step back “soon” in the statement last week. Interesting.
Open thread!
Pete Buttigieg and the 3-Hour Tour
TaMara
I hope he isn’t playing games to handpick his replacement – another old white dude*
*no offence to any old white dudes here, but I am a little sick and tired of being overseen by them for what I think are obvious reasons.
TEL
Crockett is impressive, with a good combination of being media savvy and a good understanding of the law. I will be happy if the dems can get more reps like her elected. I don’t know enough about what the most important skills for oversight are to know if that’s what the ranking member needs, but honestly, having the skills to deal effectively with the media is something the democratic party needs a lot more of. Part of why I hope Mayor Pete gets back into elected office (I can’t spell his last name so going back to his old nickname).
Betty
I wouldn’t want to see this come down to a fight between Jasmine and AOC who I understand is looking at it. I just hope Democrats understand that seniority must not be the deciding factor. I hear that Stephen Lynch believes he is entitled to the position. Just no!
TEL
Or I could have just copied Pete B.’s last name from the previous post (oops!).
Old Man Shadow
Well, she seems fired up, intelligent, and ready to fight.
Clearly, the Democratic party couldn’t possibly put her into a leadership role. Heavens, we might be accused of partisan incivility!
Baud
It’s cool how she got Trump to criticize her recently. Shows she’s up for the job.
Spanky
@TaMara: As an old white dude myself, I am totally with you on OWDs being way past their sell date.
And of course, you should give fuck-all about my opinion.
Another Scott
I like Crockett. She’s sharp and talented.
I don’t have much of an opinion on who Democrats pick for their internal leadership in the House and Senate. Those jobs are often much more than about being sharp and talented. It’s often about finding ways to sway opinions, horse trade, provide and receive chits for future legislation that I want in return for helping you now, figuring out ways to sway the majority when you’re in the minority, etc., etc.
Different people have different skillsets, and being persuasive to the public is often quite different than being a leader in the legislature.
They’ll figure it out. :-)
Thanks.
Best wishes,
Scott.
Omnes Omnibus
@Old Man Shadow: I am totally sure that this kind of cynicism is exactly what we need right now.
laura
@Betty: I hear that Stephen Lynch believes he is entitled to the position. Just no!
I recollect that he acted quite the pissy lil man in public when speaking with a member of the public. If Ranking Member Connolly is or attempts to position Lynch as his replacement, woe betide him. I hope that Representative Crockett can achieve this role and count on the support of her colleagues in voting for her and move forward as a solid wave of opposition to all things on the republican agenda.
sab
Crockett is also doing fundraisers around the country with Democrats in Congress. I signed up for one while acknowledging that as a small donor my place should give way to bigger and I haven’t heard back since their original acknowledgement and thanks. My donation isn’t contingent on acceptance but the timing might be.
It is the night before Ohio BJ meetup so, much as I would
likelove to Ms Crockett in person, I also need sleep. I am an old. And frankly, I wouldn’t want to take the place of someone younger. Probably should e-mail that to them, and send the check.Belafon
@TaMara: As a middle aged white dude, if I really wanted to hear more from them, I’d talk to myself in a mirror.
Old Man Shadow
@Omnes Omnibus: If my words made that much of a difference, President Kamala Harris would be implementing Single Payer Health Care right about now.
Baud
Politico report from a week ago is informative
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/28/congress/stephen-lynch-house-oversight-ranking-member-00314482
sixthdoctor
According to Politico, Brian Kemp is not running for Senate in 2026.
The Other Bob
@TaMara:
Old white dude here. Not offended. You are right.
Baud
@sixthdoctor:
Whoa. That’s big for Ossoff. Kemp is likely looking at president.
Betty
@Baud: From what I see on Wikipedia, Lynch is 70 so old white man is applicable. He has an interesting past, having first worked as an ironworker and held a leadership position in their union. As a lawyer he did significant pro bono work. I don’t know what his record in Congress has been like.
sab
As an extremely white person, I am extremely tired of jackals complaining when white feelings are hurt when anyone mentions that we aren’t all racist. Not all of America is but a lot of us are.
We can pester our white racist friends and family. Black and brown people can’t, or at least can’t effectively.
Do we very white Americans think defending our hurt feelings is more important than defending non-white Americans’ serious concerns about all aspects of their life in this country?
Baud
@Betty:
I don’t know that much about him, but I think he’d generally be a step down from Connolly. I’m not going to get worked up over it.
rikyrah
Blue Georgia (@BlueATLGeorgia) posted at 7:51 PM on Sun, May 04, 2025:
Scott Pelley: “It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story… Marc Elias… is the only lawyer the President has named who was willing to appear on 60 Minutes.”
Marc Elias: “Donald Trump hates me because I fight hard and I fight for fair and free elections.” https://t.co/R3nAXZ7EJD
(https://x.com/BlueATLGeorgia/status/1919193079606555129?t=Zi-SH3J-JHp0iiFses-aoQ&s=03)
Baud
@rikyrah:
Elias is a hero.
rikyrah
Totally fine with Rep. Crockett.
I like her style. She punches right back and doesn’t cower.
She tells uncomfortable truths
rikyrah
@Belafon:
BWA HA HA HA AH AH HA HA
This tickled me
kindness
That ‘soon’ is doing a lot of work in Connelly’s statement. And the guy isn’t even Chairman of the committee which is the usual drug they all get hooked on.
Betty Cracker
@Another Scott: Those are good points. I don’t know much about how committee leaders operate behind the scenes, but I think good communication skills are a must-have these days.
WaterGirl
@sixthdoctor: From politico:
That should read more like Ossoff is still likely to face a difficult race in GA, but not nearly as tough as it would have been if Kemp were running for the Republicans
Politico. :: spit ::
Belafon
@sab:
I can’t quite parse this. Are you angry at the people who get bent out of shape when whites are accused of being racist, or you are you angry at those of us saying “Yep, as a white guy, I agree that whites are racist”?
Betty Cracker
@WaterGirl: Still blows my mind that KEMP is what passes for a Republican moderate these days. The MAGA movement opened up the Overton Airlock.
Betty
@rikyrah: Fights and wins. Making Trump a loser! Oh, how he hates that.
Ruckus
@TaMara:
I’m an old white dude and I am not offended in the least.
I served in the USN during a war, I started voting when I turned 21, which was the same year the age was dropped to 18, which was the exact right thing to do. People were serving their country at 18 yrs old and quite possibly dying for it. They deserved to have a say in how it worked and in what it did.
This county has a rather strong goal and basis, that we are all citizens and this is OUR COUNTRY, not just the wealthy. That is the basis of a democracy – it is OUR COUNTRY. The people that operate the federal government work for US. (that US can be taken 2 ways, in the end those 2 ways are the same, the US is all of us, citizens and even non citizens who live and work here. This is supposed to be that democracy, not a monarchy, not bullshit promises, not by people that think they own the place. It isn’t theirs – it belongs to ALL OF US.
And if some need to learn that the hard way, they still need to learn it. And if they suffer learning it, tough shit.
Betty
@Betty Cracker: I would click like if I could. So I’ll just say I like that image. So good.
Nukular Biskits
@TaMara:
None taken.
And agree 1000%.
Ruckus
@Old Man Shadow:
I like your style!
NotMax
@
It isn’t that difficult to type “white racists” instead of “white people.”
Baud
Man, there are a lot of old white dudes on this blog.
sab
We have local elections tomorrow.
You other jackal might also.
We have a state bond issue (roads and bridges, not moving the Browns) and a local library issue, and one replacement city councilman.
Seems like a minor election but those are all really important issues in our lives here locally.
NotMax
Need moar coffee. ;)
#35 meant to be @Belafon.
sab
@Belafon: Of course you can’t parse this. Sigh.
dexwood
@TaMara:
As an old white dude, I am offended by many old white dudes.
Nukular Biskits
@Belafon:
You mean you don’t do that already? ;>)
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’d love to see Crockett on that committee, if only because she annoys the Rs
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: To be fair, there are a lot of old white chicks too.
Nukular Biskits
@Betty Cracker:
No. Not an airlock. I think the appropriate reference here with be a trans-warp conduit or wormhole.
Belafon
@sab: Hint: my brain doesn’t work like other peoples, and I don’t always get what other people do, hence the need for clarification.
Omnes Omnibus
@Dorothy A. Winsor: She is on the committee. She is the vice-ranking member.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’m looking at these comments on whether people “deserve” due process. “Deserve” feels like the wrong word to me. People don’t have to merit due process. They are entitled to it by the Constitution. They can be crappy people who deserve a kick in the crotch, but they’re still entitled to due process.
Baud
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
You’re not thinking like a right winger.
sab
@Belafon: Good dodge there. I am odd too, so not falling for that.
The Audacity of Krope
I was under the impression he was holding the role as a caretaker, that was the most I heard about it.
He has been my Rep for the better part of the last 24 years. That man has been looking for an upgrade in his Congressional career for so long. The voters haven’t given it to him and neither, so far, have his colleagues. I can understand the frustration at spinning one’s wheels, but at some point you might be best off realizing it’s you.
Belafon
@sab: Well, then, what’s it going to take to convince you that I cannot actually grok what you wrote in the paragraph I cited so that you will explain what you mean a little more clearly for me?
Belafon
@sab: Also, what makes you think your odd is the same as my odd?
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Baud: Why, thank you! :-)
sab
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I agree. Due process is a right ( RIGHT) if you are person (not just a citizen) in this country.
It is not a courtesy. It is not a convenience. It is a right , established in our constitution.
If those others don’t have their rights established in the Constitution then none of us have rights.
We keep bleating this over and over like sheep but it is true. Rights are rights. Weasel out of some and then nobody has them.
sab
@Belafon: Frankly I don’t care. That is my point. Odd people still have rights even of other odd people are annoyed by that.
Geminid
If I had my druthers, Chicago Rep. Raj Krishnamoorthi would be the next Ranking member. Krishnamoorthi’s been on Oversight a while, and he’s as sharp as any of them.
But considering the Chairman and the Majority control the agenda, I don’t think it makes much difference who gets the job. The Democrats all get five minutes to ask questions and make statements, and the Ranking Member gets to go first.
I think the Ranking Member negotiates some with the Chair over Committee matters, but I assume they’re all fairly competent negotiators. Well, maybe not Ro Khanna.
Belafon
@sab: Then why can’t I get an explanation?
sab
@Belafon: Grok? Seriously in adult 21st century discussion on American legal rights? We aren’t in a weird futuristic world written in the 20th century. We are in our own country now, tryimg to protect our own rights.
Betty Cracker
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Related ruling from the SCOTUS in 1993:
Any guesses which commie squish justice wrote that opinion? Hint: he bonded with RBG over their shared love of opera.
sab
@Belafon: Explanation for what? I can explain until I am blue in the face, but I live in the real 21st century world and you are wandering in last century sci-fy white guy libertarianism or whatever. Grok?! Really?
Salty Sam
To be fair, sab, I’ve re- read your original statement several times and still not clear on what you intended to say.
If you’ve got some personal animosity towards Belafon, fine, forget that guy. But I’m interested in what you intended to say.
sab
@Salty Sam: Which original statement was that? You didn’t link. White people (I am one) are too sensitive when criticized by others with more difficult lives, or the other statements when I responded to other responses
ETA Easy to link on BJ. Just go back to the offending statement and hit REPLY.
Omnes Omnibus
@sab: Belafon is not denying anything you said. They are saying that, to them, your original point was not clear and asking, rather politely, if you could clarify it for them. You are under no obligation to do so, but you probably shouldn’t think they are picking a fight.
sab
@Omnes Omnibus: Oh fuck.
If Omnes has an issue then I have to reconsider. Sort of don’t keep digging.
zhena gogolia
@sab: Okay, now you explained it. The original comment was a little unclear. I will try to find it.
zhena gogolia
@sab:
You wrote:
I didn’t get the logic of “white feelings are hurt when anyone mentions that we aren’t all racist.”
Betty
@Geminid: I agree that Krishnamoorti is excellent as well. Much more low-key than Jasmine. I believe from what she said she is looking toward the next Congress and being in the majority.
Professor Bigfoot
@NotMax: The only problem with that is that it doesn’t acknowledge that the majority— if not the vast majority of white people have demonstrated that white supremacy and misogyny are not dealbreakers.
I submit that “white people” captures that majority, and doesn’t try to pretend it’s some tiny Confederate flag waving pointy hatted few.
rikyrah
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(@HopeisaBison) posted at 8:40 PM on Sun, May 04, 2025:
See how the worst man in the world can lose an election and run again?
Have 6 bankruptcies and still believe he’ll fix the economy?
Be a felon and promise to enforce the law?
He won’t see himself as a failure, and he’ll convince others.
So stop fvcking telling women to quit.
(https://x.com/HopeisaBison/status/1919205474555093076?s=03)
rikyrah
You Should’ve Said Nicer Things About Joe Biden (@What46HasDone) posted at 0:06 AM on Mon, May 05, 2025:
Netanyahu, with Trump’s support, has initiated a full aid blockage of Gaza. Not a single truck of aid has entered Gaza in over 2 months.
You’ve heard barely a peep about it from so called Pro-Palestine Activists though because most retired on November 6th. https://t.co/rYAuRQRXvo
(https://x.com/What46HasDone/status/1919257454694592628?t=KocSPiB2pvqMPVgxXRgXNw&s=03)
zhena gogolia
@Professor Bigfoot: Right.
randy khan
@TaMara:
Speaking as an old(ish) white dude, that was my reaction on seeing it here. When I first saw it, I just thought he was going to tidy up his papers before he stepped down, so to speak, but I’m not so sure now.
He used to be my rep before the 2010 (I think) redistricting, and he was pretty good overall, but it’s hard for people to give up power even when it’s not even technically about them. This should be a Democratic caucus decision, not something where he gets to pick. I actually would have preferred that AOC get the job the last time around (another smart, unapologetic Dem), but she’s moved on to a different committee now, and Crockett absolutely would be a great fit. She’s also someone who has touched people who aren’t usually that engaged – a couple of months ago my Latina immigrant hair stylist talked to me about Crockett and then pulled up a video on her phone to show me.
dnfree
@Omnes Omnibus: I actually never was a “chick”, even before I aged out of that potential category. Guys who thought I might be a “chick” were soon disabused of that notion.
rikyrah
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 6:21 AM on Mon, May 05, 2025:
Freebie for reporters who are well sourced inside Trumpworld: Establish who is advising him that he should defy the Supreme Court on Abrego Garcia and it will be a big story!
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1919351623295307994?t=7ggcld40XgfMbi9u–4atg&s=03)
rikyrah
Alexis is sowing discord in the West (@ArchewellBaby) posted at 1:04 PM on Sun, May 04, 2025:
When Philip died, Queen Elizabeth made sure Prince Harry was informed before it was announced. When the Palace couldn’t reach him, they called the UK embassy in NY who called the sheriff’s office in SB to wake him at 3am.
She also sent a bullet proof car for them for the jubilee https://t.co/XVvSkhX9Eb
(https://x.com/ArchewellBaby/status/1919090877831532592?t=lMlCZ75Mx-R7oypCwKFymA&s=03)
Alexis is sowing discord in the West (@ArchewellBaby) posted at 1:07 PM on Sun, May 04, 2025:
King Charles could never. When the queen died, Harry found out through the BBC. A nasty man though and through.
(https://x.com/ArchewellBaby/status/1919091532231041094?t=7t8MhAqwc6eG9tjPyg_NBQ&s=03)
rikyrah
Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) posted at 9:25 PM on Sun, May 04, 2025:
Alcatraz. No more than a sensational distraction from this:
Trump just cut nearly $1 billion from bipartisan, proven, successful anti-crime, violence prevention programs around the country. Prevented crime before people were ever harmed.
Worked so well, there was hope they’d be expanded given Trump’s claim to care about healthy and safety for Americans. Instead, he made America substantially less safe.
And now he’s stomping & parading around with big words and sensational capital letters about a wasteful reopening of a domestic torture complex that will never actually happen & do nothing to keep America safer. All while claiming to to care about violence prevention.
What a dangerous joke.
https://t.co/PbEOylZUe7
(https://x.com/ScottHech/status/1919216792721043794?t=Wg8OaR7s7iPZjBDqRuu0XQ&s=03)
Omnes Omnibus
@dnfree: I didn’t want to use dudettes.
dnfree
@rikyrah: Who is Alexis?
lowtechcyclist
@Spanky:
You speak for your fellow Calvert County OWD jackal as well.
I feel like too many Democrats over 50 grew up politically in the Clinton era, the era of triangulation, where it seemed like we had to hedge on every liberal principle or priority. Toto, we’re not in
Kansas1995 anymore, haven’t been for a good long while, and mushmouthed leadership is a drawback now. We need people like Crockett in leadership positions so that people will know what Dems stand for.dnfree
@Omnes Omnibus: Thanks…I guess….
Salty Sam
Yeah, that was it. Got it.
I’ve lived with that shit my entire life, raised by a mid-century middle class Southern white woman who proclaims “why, I don’t have a racist bone in my body!” while desperately clinging to her “Southern Heritage”. Gahh!
Geminid
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
There may be a crowded primary field:
sab
@dnfree: The Amazon phone voice? When you ask, Alexi/as answers. On Android Siri would answer.
At home, Siri actually interrupts us at home to answer questions she/it wasn’t asked. She always agrees with husband.
ETA Not sexist. She/they know the phone bill is in husband’s name.
Salty Sam
Ha ha, I got schooled on this in 1971, when I told a co-worker that I just scored a date with a chick— she scornfully asked “Oh? You are going out with a baby chicken?” Her tongue dripped acid as she spoke. I never used that slang again.
Omnes Omnibus
@dnfree: Alexis is the one sowing discord.
Harrison Wesley
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Gene Hackman: “I don’t deserve this.” Clint Eastwood: “Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.”
lowtechcyclist
@Baud:
Lot of olds of both genders, actually. The 65+ age bracket is definitely overrepresented here.
I don’t have a problem with that in the least. But I don’t want the House or Senate Democratic Caucus to look as much like like us as they do.
Ruckus
@Salty Sam:
I had 2 older sisters.
Who thought they owned me. They didn’t but that was their concept.
I learned early on that the only good way was respect till proven otherwise. My oldest sister learned that one. Had my arm/elbow on the table at dinner one night. “Get your elbow off the table!” “Fuck you.” She stabbed me in the forearm with her fork. I chased her up to her room after removing the fork. She got the door closed/locked just in time. Did a hard jab to the door. She didn’t come out while I was awake for 2 days. Took a while but she actually recognized me and not as her brother that she could kick/stab, but as a human being. I never said another word about it. She got the message. We actually became real friends a bit later. I was the last one to speak to her when she passed away from cancer moments after I said goodbye.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Old Man Shadow: would that not be lovely? Instead of the crushing anxieties griping truckers, farmers, small businessmen, car manufacturers and longshoremen (really everybody, no?) right now, everybody would be trying to figure out which* free health care plan they wanted following the change. People would be complaining in a much less existential (he sent human beings to a torture prison without even a hearing?) kind of way.
* because there would have to be choice, and an option to pay more, alongside private insurance plans. Otherwise, Americans would be so confused. Just think of our cereal aisle.
lowtechcyclist
@Betty Cracker:
Guessed right! But I was still surprised when I clicked through – it offered HTML and WordPerfect versions of the opinions. WordPerfect is still around?! I loved it, but haven’t seen it used in 15 years or so.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Betty: Rep Lynch is a decent man and representative imho. Is he the best choice for oversight? I don’t know. I lean toward Rep Ocasio-Cortez.
Princess
I like Crockett and as deputy to Connolly she surely knows something substantial about how Oversight works. Do I recall that Connolly personally chosen her for that position? Is there a chance he’s slow to officially step down because he wants to hand it off to her?
Gloria DryGarden
OT
The rotating tag says don’t get rid of your umbrella when it’s still raining.
hmm. Can we rain on his parade?
Belafon
@sab:
Thank you. I didn’t get that from your original statement. I would agree with you more than 100%, but I understand math.
Joe Falco
@sixthdoctor:
Kemp is likely thinking of a potential bloodbath for Republicans in the midterms that could sweep Georgia and wanting to be seen as a presidential contender in ’28 (if there’s still a country left). He may be the Republicans’ strongest candidate for a (oh please FSM!) post-Trump presidential ticket.
Omnes Omnibus
@HopefullyNotcassandra: AOC traded membership on this committee for a seat on Environment.
Omnes Omnibus
@lowtechcyclist: Courts and the legal profession found WP to be perfectly suited to their needs.
Sure Lurkalot
@Another Scott:
Exactly why I think Schumer is in the wrong position for this moment. He can get judges confirmed and legislation passed with thin margins but he is not a communicator.
Melancholy Jaques
@rikyrah:
Strange how that happened.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@WaterGirl: it looks like Marjorie Taylor Green will be Joel Ossoff’s opponent now that Bryan Kemp has withdrawn.
In which case we will all discover just how efficiently the modern Jim Crow GOP can suppress the vote post Shelby County and Rucho.
Elizabelle
Ann Telnaes, formerly of the BezosPost, won a Pulitzer for cartooning (Illustrated Reporting and Commentary). Yay!
Pro Publica won the Public Service Pulitzer, for coverage of women who died due to “life of the mother” legislation. Baltimore Banner won one too! Yay, double yay!
The FTF NY Times won or shared four. Yuck!
Way too many “breaking news” awards went to — the assassination attempt on Trump. Yuck!
The Wall Street Journal won a Pulitzer for an in-depth article on how Elon Musk took a very wrong (rightwing) turn. Also his drug use and ties with Putin. Yay, I guess.
Here’s a link to the Pulitzer website on 2025 awards. If they are not up already (probably are), you will get to read the winners, and maybe the finalists’ submissions too.
Baud
Via Reddit
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Dorothy A. Winsor: absolutely!!
They Call Me Noni
@sab: Do we very white Americans think defending our hurt feelings is more important than defending non-white Americans’ serious concerns about all aspects of their life in this country?
Absolutely not.
Elizabelle
Goddamn. The NY Times won a Pulitzer for photographic coverage of the assassination attempt. Including one of those iconic pics of Trump with a bloody ear, shaking his fist. Yuck and gag.
Weirdly, no one won anything for coverage about how enfeebled Biden was. Not even submitted!
Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump. And it’s all about his defeating death, how very lucky our country is. Yuck.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Betty Cracker: Scalia was a slippery critter. He meant what he meant so long as it achieved what he (and his billionaire “tippers”) wanted.
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: The tariffs are going to wipe out the businesses that depend on JIT inventory.
Sure Lurkalot
@Geminid:
I liked Kat Abu’s social media presence taking it to Fox but I’m lukewarm on her candidacy after reading her electioneering posts. I get mostly a “OG Democrats don’t do anything for you” vibe, i.e. same reactive posture that made her “famous” taking it to right wing media. Besides that and her youth, she needs 2 or 3 policy points for voters to chew on, IMHO.
Elizabelle
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to Percival Everett’s James. Retelling of Huck Finn, from Jim’s perspective. Yay!
The Books, Drama and Music category is overwhelmingly DEI. Topics were Harriet Tubman, Native Americans, civil rights, Chinese women, Soviet dissidents, and a biography of not just one, but two scientists. Yay!!
May Tom Levenson be a contender next year. That would be a big Small Thing.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@rikyrah: I read Bibi Netanyahu plans to bulldoze everything and move everyone left breathing into a concentrated area. Nobody seems to be remembering what we were supposed to never forget.
Baud
@schrodingers_cat:
It sucks, but I assume most of them are Republican.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@rikyrah: guess
Not-a-lawyer Stephen Miller
Baud
@Elizabelle:
Definitely Tom.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Elizabelle: I love James! Great choice
trollhattan
@Elizabelle: Love themselves some Donny clickbait, they do.
The capitulation is breathtaking. How many hours did the announced Amazon citing tariff price increases last? Already memory-holed.
Betty Cracker
@Elizabelle: I’m really glad ProPublica won for that coverage. Also Telnaes.
Baud
Best buds.
Ruckus
@Baud:
@TaMara:
You should be sick and tired of being overseen. No one should have to go through that. My comment above this is really about that as well. I was small as a kid and didn’t grow much at all, less than an inch between 5 and 12. At 5 my size was about normal. At 12 it wasn’t close.
@dnfree:
You sound like my oldest sister (passed from cancer 17 years ago)
That’s actually praise.
rekoob
@Elizabelle: For what it’s worth, I have relocated back to Central Virginia for a while. Perhaps we can organize a meet up in this neck of the woods or coordinate a protest carpool to DC before too long. I believe you have my mac email and I believe I have a gmail for you. Otherwise, check with WaterGirl and we can be in direct contact again. Thanks for the news on the Pulitzers!
Elizabelle
@Betty Cracker: Yeah, they got those two right. A lot of them right, but the breaking news category sucked, sucked, sucked.
Elizabelle
@rekoob: Yes!! Great idea. Welcome back.
Gloria DryGarden
@lowtechcyclist: time, experience, wisdom.
diversity of age, though, younger energy levels, some idealism not yet buried by cynicism or resignation.. would be good.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Omnes Omnibus: Representative Ocasio-Cortez said a few days back she is considering seeking to be ranking member on oversight.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/30/aoc-oversight-committee-lynch-connolly
The ‘cons are framing the opening as if there is a feud developing between Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Crockett.
Speaker Jeffries said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez would be a “potent” ranking member at Oversight. That is at the Hill to which I will not link, cookie-loving, tracking wing nut place these days in my humble opinion.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@Omnes Omnibus: I miss word perfect.
HopefullyNotcassandra
@schrodingers_cat: nearly everyone?
catclub
@trollhattan: I would be impressed if they planned the whole thing. Roll out tariff price notifications, fully intending to cancel them when Trump complains.
Then implement the price increases.
Coke switched the formula for original Coke
( to save money , natch) during the blowback on New Coke.
trollhattan
@HopefullyNotcassandra:
“Reveal codes” FTW.
Omnes Omnibus
@HopefullyNotcassandra: I had not seen that.
They Call Me Noni
I gotta say Mark Elias is in court during the day and then on TV nearly nightly explaining to us what he does in court during the day. I admire the hell out of him.
The Audacity of Krope
I never took to gardening, but it may become necessary.
lowtechcyclist
@Omnes Omnibus:
Glad somebody does so and is keeping it alive. Back when I was first at Census, the Bureau accepted both Word and WP for official documents. I strongly preferred WP, hell, “reveal codes” was worth favoring WP all by itself. But they dropped WP a long time ago.
trollhattan
@catclub:
Nothing is beyond them, for sure. I was…impressed how quickly the Trump Blonde directly threatened Amazon afterward.
Geminid
@Sure Lurkalot: Kat Abughazaleh might have a chance for a plurality win if the primary field is big enough. She’s raising plenty of money from all over the country. Abughazaleh moved to Illinois less than a year ago though, and district Democrats may hold that against her.
JML
@lowtechcyclist: I loved WordPerfect. Used it for as long as I could, but the Microsoft behemoth killed it.
lowtechcyclist
@rekoob:
I’d been wondering where you wound up. I’d be delighted to drive down to C’ville, Richmond, or wherever for a Central VA meetup. After 26.5 years in Maryland, I no longer think of myself as a Virginian, but I miss the downstate. I get over to the inner ‘burbs of DC every now and then, but that isn’t the same.
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: CEOs maybe, but not everyone who will be affected.
Glory b
@Sure Lurkalot: I read that she has spent time crying poverty but moved into a Chicago penthouse, which isn’t in the target district.
schrodingers_cat
@HopefullyNotcassandra: Pretty much.
Glory b
@JML: I did too (sigh).
BarcaChicago
@Glory b: Yeah. I live in the district – I see no substance there, and swooping into Illinois to try for this seat is not a great look either. I also saw her posts that you’re referring to: living in a Loop condo and doing fancy stuff. Which is fine unless you’re selling yourself as a struggling worker on the front lines…. We’ll see how it goes.