Next week or so will really suck, bc we probably won’t know enough to assess the risks from the new variant, but demand from people to know more about the new variant will be met by a supply of often unhelpful & occasionally irresponsible speculation.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 26, 2021
Senate back in session today. House back tomorrow. Work goes on this week behind the scenes to prep Dems social spending bill for the Senate. But the main focus this week is funding the gov’t. The gov’t shuts down at 11:59:59 pm et Dec 3
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 29, 2021
A CNN anchor wondered today why public perceptions about the economy are not as positive as the actual economy. Which is a little like the captain of the Exxon Valdez wondering why all those birds have oil on them.
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) November 28, 2021
i don’t think he’s franklin roosevelt but lyndon johnson is probably the correct analogous president but these guys write stories like he’s sitting in the white house playing scrabble.
five trillion dollars. five trillion. five.
— World Famous Art Thief (@CalmSporting) November 29, 2021
"the politics of climate change"
like… here we are, decades into a problem that might be irreversible and people are still opposed to doing anything about it *because of politics.* and that's normal https://t.co/3AVE4PL3b8
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) November 29, 2021
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