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Gay Episcopalian Anglo-Catholic in the Diocese of Washington w/a nerdy love of politics, philosophy, theology, and Roberts Rules! VP of Province III. He/him. Armchair Parliamentarian who plays Mr. Speaker in a UK Political Simulation.
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Union between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church is always possible, not just because of our shared faith in the risen Christ and the Episcopate, but also because of our shared antipathy to food served at Church Governance functions 🤣

Actual footage of me waiting patiently in a conversation to spill some good tea

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

I think the question at this point isn't when the Trump administration is going to "accidentally" deport a US Citizen to El Salvador's prison and then say that they can't bring them back, but when.

Make it make sense

I'm excited for this. I feel like TX Senate races are always Lucy with the football with Charlie Brown running at it for Dems--but a nasty primary, a collapsing economy, and Allred running again might just let us take it. PARTICULARLY if Paxton wins the primary.

Who did this🤣

One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months. I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.

JUST IN: After Trump’s tariffs wiped more than $2.5 trillion off U.S. stock markets in less than a day, Liz Truss has awarded Donald Trump with the Golden Lettuce — the highest honor in reckless economic policy.

My 401k is looking more like a 201k these days 🥲

"Let them play golf" #TrumpRecession

Honestly, I can not think of a more appropriate company to open the markets today, Giuliani's presence is just a chef's kiss

Man, the market is so bad today that FOX "News" has a headline about it about halfway through its main webpage (the number 2 story, of course, being about a trans athlete 10 stories above the market crash) #TrumpRecession

We put tariffs on an uninhabited island full of penguins but not Russia. Very normal administration we have here.

It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful. Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.

We deserved some good news!

White House: we’re going to raise taxes on the richest Americans to cover no tax on tips GOP Congress: the fuck you are The bridge too far, for anyone keeping track, appears to be their rich friends income.

I require, therefore, that you promise

OPINION: Whether through Rengoku’s selfless courage or Akaza’s tragic downfall, “Demon Slayer: Mugen Train” offers a timeless meditation on what it means to live with purpose and integrity.

Revoking legal status for people protesting causes you disagree with sounds like something I'd expect from China, not the USA.

Yep

Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121

Also my GalPals in college who wanted me to walk with them at night. It never occurred to me that walking around a campus at night would be scary and it was like. Oh. That's privilege.

So one aspect of learning my privilege was being in a political simulation. I shook things up one round and played a woman exactly as I did a man and one of my pressers got down marked for sounding "shrill" and I was like...Oh...wow. One of the most privileged way to experience this but...CLICK

Really feel like I’m losing my mind: government OBVIOUSLY cannot punish an individual law firm for hiring someone it disfavors! It’s ludicrously unconstitutional and I feel like without a day of law school I could argue the case. And yet the best paid lawyers in the country are folding?

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.

If this were a Democratic administration, Articles of Impeachment would have already been drafted for SECDEF and DNI, and Waltz would have been fired.

LGBTQ+ folks aren't a danger to the military, the SECDEF is.

If an Army private accidentally texted the details of a classified military operation to a reporter, let alone transmitted any classified information to anyone who was unauthorized over an unsecured device, they’d be charged and likely spend time in Leavenworth. But it’s Hegseth, so probably not.

As someone who once aspired to public office, I can't imagine sinking your life, time, money, &energy into getting elected to make a difference--then staying silent as policies harm your constituents and our nation. Why did you run if you will stay silent in order to get re-elected to remain silent.

Authoritarians tend to attack media and educational institutions first because both act as a mirror. And authoritarians are too afraid and insecure to see what they really look like.

I feel confident in predicting history will judge this decade or so as the absolutely stupidest time in American history. Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.

Stephen Miller really liked nationwide TROs from district judges during Biden’s term. Now he says they’re unconstitutional. Absolute fucking hypocrite.

the democratic party leadership is not meeting the moment. we live in fascism and the party leadership is doing book tours and calling their own base anti-semitic for supporting palestinians. it’s laughable how there’s any confusion why no one likes them

Welp, there goes the US defense industry.

-This is DC's own money, which its 700,000+ taxpaying residents have already paid. -Purely for GOP spite, DC will be laying off teachers, closing libraries, reducing public services etc that its people (including us) have paid taxes for. -Nine Democratic Senators, led by Schumer, voted Yes.

When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.

Congrats Chuck Schumer you have thoroughly misplayed the funding fight. You’ve done everything possible to take ownership of it, despite democrats having no levers in govt. Are ya new?

Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid