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adriennerj.bsky.social
Mom. SMBC. VT native, she/her, Ravenclaw, recovering Hill staffer, Asst. Dir. @AllianceExchnge, Africa, sometimes tweet about politics. Opinions are my own.
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hi, are you doomscrolling? You should order your free Covid-19 tests while the federal program still exists: special.usps.com/testkits

submitted 4 days ago • 36 comments

I keep trying to give up cookies after being pregnant and breastfeeding (still doing that) and having them be a primary food group in my diet, but the news cycle makes it patently impossible.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Today attended my first Brown Bag lunch with @punchbowlnews.bsky.social and it was every federal budget nerd's dream. Thanks for the great reporting and conversation, team. I learned a lot!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

PSA: staff only to walk across the capitol plaza (outdoors) today 🥶

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

What a year this week has been.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

It’s Saturday morning and I’ve already sent an email to my boss that ended “Anyway, for Monday.” (And we’re still emailing) it’s going to be one of those weekends.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I just became a premium subscriber to @punchbowlnews.bsky.social, and I am deliriously excited about it. #NerdAlert

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

There’s a decent amount of unexpected joy when you get a Pret croissant fresh out of the oven on a chilly morning.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

You know you have a ~DC job~ when you have to hop on a call while at the dentist to strategize about how to kill a section of a bill working its way thru congress 🙃

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Semi-regular PSA with impending snow in the DC region: clean your whole ass car off before you drive it! It’s dangerous to drive w/ snow/ice on your windows and it’s dangerous to drive w/ snow/ice flying off your car! @capitalweather.bsky.social @washprobs.bsky.social @matthewcappucci.bsky.social ❄️✌🏼

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

I ate two helpings of spaghetti and salad plus steak and shrimp at dinner tonight, and my dad was like, “did you eat at all today?” And my response was, “this is my appetite on breastfeeding.”

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

If you use a shorter, wider mug you can have as much cocoa and 3x the marshmallows Follow me for more life hacks

submitted 57 days ago • 113 comments

Postpartum hormones still at full strength this morning as I sob on the way to daycare when this song comes on: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_M...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

My brain on nights my infant chooses to sleep like a dream.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

This is just beautiful.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

submitted 338 days ago • 997 comments

Sen. Jon Tester, living his best life, does not care to answer questions about Joe Biden pardoning his son: “I’m about to get the fuck out of here. Ask somebody else,” he tells reporters with a wide smile.

submitted 82 days ago • 24 comments

This this this one million times this. Single Momma by choice to a beautiful 9-month old boy. I am so grateful for the choice I made, and for this tiny human who teaches me so much every day.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

I’ll block anyone whose main purpose is to get me to invest money/crypto on here. Nothing personal, just not interested 🫶🏼

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Went to Target for razor blades and came out $150 poorer. Again.

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

I just followed all of my favorite @npr.org people and gosh I’m so glad they’re all here. I missed them in the other place.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

I feel like I had a single mom career lady win today… dropped baby boy off at daycare, came home started laundry and worked, went into DC for a working lunch with the boss and a Hill meeting, came home sent final emails and folded laundry, picked baby boy up early. #supermom #smbc

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

My first post here will obviously be to promote my very smart friend, Bobby, and his brilliant explainer of budget reconciliation. I’ve been in the trenches with Bobby… always read him!

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment