Ben Zonatate
@drxuggist.bsky.social
Dad. Emergency medicine pharmacist. Food, wine & travel aficionado.
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Are those 8 really so naive to think Thune made an offer w/o his fingers crossed behind his back? What’s the plan if he doesn’t bring it up in a month and more importantly how do you get 60 standalone votes?!?! SMH primary them all
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Are those 8 really so naive to think Thune made an offer w/o his fingers crossed behind his back? What’s the plan if he doesn’t bring it up in a month and more importantly how do you get 60 standalone votes?!?! SMH primary them all
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
Finally a major network with a headline telling it like it is. They all should try it more.
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Finally a major network with a headline telling it like it is. They all should try it more.
Sorry Rock Hall induction, Columbus got Paul tonight!
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Sorry Rock Hall induction, Columbus got Paul tonight!
There’s nothing like game day in Columbus. Yes, even when it’s an away game.
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
There’s nothing like game day in Columbus. Yes, even when it’s an away game.
TL cleanse. 2.5 weeks old! 🐘
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
TL cleanse. 2.5 weeks old! 🐘
I really hope the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is planning on coming to work this weekend even if they’d normally be off so they can, idk, KEEP AMERICANS FROM STARVING
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I really hope the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is planning on coming to work this weekend even if they’d normally be off so they can, idk, KEEP AMERICANS FROM STARVING
Well well
(The legal nuances are a bit finer than a full swarm) but I nailed the headline!!
apnews.com/article/snap...
(The legal nuances are a bit finer than a full swarm) but I nailed the headline!!
apnews.com/article/snap...
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Well well
(The legal nuances are a bit finer than a full swarm) but I nailed the headline!!
apnews.com/article/snap...
(The legal nuances are a bit finer than a full swarm) but I nailed the headline!!
apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump: Gonna release a swarm of locusts
District court: no you’re not. Would hurt people
Appeals court: Correct. Locust killer’s in that aisle there.
SCOTUS: Sure you can. Enjoy watching your swarm! We’ll consider it after they’ve eaten everything.
Probably.
District court: no you’re not. Would hurt people
Appeals court: Correct. Locust killer’s in that aisle there.
SCOTUS: Sure you can. Enjoy watching your swarm! We’ll consider it after they’ve eaten everything.
Probably.
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Trump: Gonna release a swarm of locusts
District court: no you’re not. Would hurt people
Appeals court: Correct. Locust killer’s in that aisle there.
SCOTUS: Sure you can. Enjoy watching your swarm! We’ll consider it after they’ve eaten everything.
Probably.
District court: no you’re not. Would hurt people
Appeals court: Correct. Locust killer’s in that aisle there.
SCOTUS: Sure you can. Enjoy watching your swarm! We’ll consider it after they’ve eaten everything.
Probably.
Random pharmacist perk: occasionally finding out nursing colleagues are pregnant at “don’t say a fucking word” weeks because they have personal med questions (and learning they trust you with both!) ☺️
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Random pharmacist perk: occasionally finding out nursing colleagues are pregnant at “don’t say a fucking word” weeks because they have personal med questions (and learning they trust you with both!) ☺️
Holy shit this month’s bill it’s $3.32. 68% increase just in time for winter.
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Holy shit this month’s bill it’s $3.32. 68% increase just in time for winter.
So climate change killed the Farmer’s Almanac, huh?
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So climate change killed the Farmer’s Almanac, huh?
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The Trump administration is now literally *fighting* to deny food to 42 million people, more than a third of them children.
Read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The Trump administration is now literally *fighting* to deny food to 42 million people, more than a third of them children.
Read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Read that again.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, 📸 by @andyharnik
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, 📸 by @andyharnik
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Brilliant.
'You’re probably thinking, screw you, my doctor would tell me if something was really wrong, or else they wouldn’t have sent these. But do you know that for sure? Because there sure are a lot of numbers here and a lot of arrows up and down."
I’m Your Uploaded Bloodwork Results, and No, I Will Not Explain Myself to You
I’ve finally arrived. That’s right, it’s me, your bloodwork results, in your inbox three days after that chatty nurse couldn’t find your vein and l...
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Brilliant.
Ya know, Tesla shareholders could have spent a couple billion reinvesting in the company, or making some charity donations, hell even building & naming Tesla Stadium and still giving their boss more than he deserves. But no, he gets a trillion as though he doesn’t already have enough.
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Ya know, Tesla shareholders could have spent a couple billion reinvesting in the company, or making some charity donations, hell even building & naming Tesla Stadium and still giving their boss more than he deserves. But no, he gets a trillion as though he doesn’t already have enough.
Prickly pear is such an underrated flavor
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Prickly pear is such an underrated flavor
Woohoo!! A concert was a great way to keep from doom scrolling on election night & I get home to find all three right-wing crazies running for our school board were defeated 🥳
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Woohoo!! A concert was a great way to keep from doom scrolling on election night & I get home to find all three right-wing crazies running for our school board were defeated 🥳
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If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
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Can’t think of a better encapsulation of US mainstream White House press than the fact that Trump has stated for literally YEARS that refugees seeking asylum means people from mental institutions are coming to the US and not a single reporter has pushed back on it
O'DONNELL: Are we going to war against Venezuela?
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Can’t think of a better encapsulation of US mainstream White House press than the fact that Trump has stated for literally YEARS that refugees seeking asylum means people from mental institutions are coming to the US and not a single reporter has pushed back on it