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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 2h

Slow night tonight for the 3rd week in a row. Really hoping the gumbo we make at Oktoberfest will be a hit

Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 8h

Our plates for tonight

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Our plates for tonight

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 11h

Hail to Pitt

a boy jumping on a bed wearing a yellow pittsburgh shirt

ALT: a boy jumping on a bed wearing a yellow pittsburgh shirt

media.tenor.com

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 11h

Reintier de cochon ragoût.
Pork backbone stew with turnips.

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 12h

Every place I’ve been to is meh. Been here three years and haven’t been to a BBQ place in two. But when I visited Memphis I thought their BBQ was great at the places I went.

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 15h

Hahahaha. You dumb bastard. It’s not a schooner, it’s a sailboat.

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 15h

KC prides itself on BBQ but universally it might be the worst BBQ city I’ve been to.

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 15h

I looked closely but all I saw was a sailboat

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15h

If you look closely, you can see signs of GOP lawmakers fearing the long-term political consequences of paying more attention to Trump's demands than to the voices of their own constituents - or consciences.

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 15h

So the GOP is not going to pay the military, not pay federal employees, fire federal employees during a shutdown, and increase ICE arrests. Surely, things will end up fine and back to normal any minute now.

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Chris Sanders @highlycaffeinated.bsky.social · 15h

Not paying your soldiers almost always works out well, historically speaking. Not like any major rebellions, civil wars, or insurrections started with unpaid soldiers.

CNN @cnn.com · 19h

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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James A. Robichaux @jamesrobichaux.bsky.social · 3d

This is a great essay by Dustin Granger!

Thanks for writing this.

Everyone else, please share this important information about what is at stake in this shutdown fight.

grangerforla.substack.com/p/wait-mike-...

Wait… Mike Johnson and the GOP Want a Shutdown to Raise Our Insurance??

Part of my ongoing Letters to Louisiana series — personal notes and stories written to my fellow Louisianans about the challenges we face and the future we can build together.

grangerforla.substack.com

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 15h

No shit. John Roberts is a traitor and deserves punishment befitting of a traitor

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 15h

“Trump administration officials have expressed confidence that they will continue to win at the Supreme Court — where the president has racked up multiple victories this year. That might make them less concerned with activities in the lower courts.”

They believe they own John Roberts …

Skeptical judges increasingly question administration’s veracity

Judges have increasingly shown exasperation with Trump administration court tactics. The White House has shot back, raising tensions to previously unseen levels.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 16h

A DHS camera man calmly films this kavanaugh stop.

Eventually the public will see some (though not all) of this recorded footage, and it will reveal human rights violations beyond what we thought we knew.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 1d

arguably happened the second he hit 18 but i feel like it must be noted and observed that we are all now officially allowed to be mean to baron trump

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza reunited for Furnace Fest and fucking killed it. Then they announced they will be releasing a new album - Danza V. I haven't been this excited for an album since Every Time I Die announced Radical

Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

Invade all they want, I’m still grocery shopping in the Dotte

Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

So tomorrow I gotta make a dark roux, cook some pork and turnips down, make some smothered cabbage, wife has to make bread pudding, coach a girls soccer game, make cornbread (I like adding corn to the corn), do an event form 5-8, and then relax. Hoping for a great turnout.

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

Agonizing for Detroit but congrats to Seattle. Go be great

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.

100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.

SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.

Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills

The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

www.notus.org

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS.

This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

Do it. Prosecute them. I’ll tailgate the trial.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Oh absolutely hell yes.

“Agency leaders who direct this work and Human Resources employees who conduct this work run the risk of being prosecuted under the Antideficiency Act, which could result in fines or imprisonment.”

democrats-budget.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1d

Every ICE Agent is the worst person alive

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

Uh, where again did you get these ribs?

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

For those that don’t know

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