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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 7h

But Saddam Hussein is.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 9h

NEWS: Dick Matador woman unfamiliar with Dick Wolf

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 10h

An Appropriations Status Table, each year back to 1999. www.congress.gov/crs-appropri... 😎👍🏻 And (first time I did this) I got an AI machine to combine and summarize some of the data for me: Number of approps passed by the House before Oct 1.

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ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 11h

Just be glad they’re not following this law.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 10h

The federal fiscal year ended on June 30 until it was moved to Sept 30 for FY1977... because if Congress had those three extra months to work out the details, meeting the deadline would be easy-peasy.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 11h

House Republicans, giving new meaning to the word "practicable".

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 11h

"How can you say that? Lincoln freed the slaves," to be joined by, "How can you say that? The Washington Post brought down Nixon."

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 11h

1) Yes.
2) But no reason to think Vance wouldn't pursue the same course.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 11h

FBI director gets a label slapped by X on this post saying he delivered on transparency

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 12h

... To harass VZ/Maduro + what you said. I think the VZ-specific part is noteworthy b/c if Maduro were yada yada-yada replaced tomorrow by someone more to Trump's liking, Trump might suspend blowing up VZ boats, but it shouldn't be seen as him suspending plans/planning for what you outlined.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 12h

1) I agree with your read.
2) Afaik, VZ is not the top departure point for drugs from South & Central America coming to the US by sea, yet it tops Trump's list. So Trump deciding to focus on VZ – ie, Maduro – adds another element. The best explanation seems to be Trump is using it as a two-fer…

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 13h

[that should say "the two top members"]

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 13h

Three most recent press releases from the top two members of Senate Appropriations (days ago & date):
Chairman Collins (R-ME)
19 days, Sep 19, 2025
40 days, Aug 29, 2025
68 days, Aug 1, 2025
Ranking Member Murray (D-WA)
1 day, Oct 7, 2025
1 day, Oct 7, 2025
5 days, Oct 3, 2025

#SRules

Screenshot, top of homepage of Senate Appropriations Committee, below the banner

Majority News
19 – Sep 19, 2025 – Senator Collins Urges Colleagues to Support House-Passed Continuing Resolution, Avert Shutdown
40 – Aug 29, 2025 – Senator Collins’ Statement on OMB’s Rescissions Proposal
68 – Aug 1, 2025 – Senate Passes Appropriations Bills with Significant Wins for Maine

Minority News
1 – Oct 7, 2025 – Senator Murray Slams Republicans for Refusing to Get Serious About Solving Health Care Crisis, Ending Republican Shutdown
1 – Oct 7, 2025 – REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN DAY 7: Senator Murray Blasts Trump and Vought’s Latest Threats, Slams Republicans’ Refusal to Get Serious About Tackling Health Care Costs
5 – Oct 3, 2025 – REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN DAY 3: Senator Murray Calls Out Trump, Republicans’ Cruelty & Refusal to Get Serious About Reopening Government, Addressing Health Care Costs

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 15h

NOTE: Back during his campaign for 2016, Trump said he wanted to go after the families of ISIS fighters. And so as Trump has now grouped antifa with ISIS, it makes sense he'd want our domestic law enforcement to go after families of antifa members – ie, irrespective of involvement by the families.

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 17h

lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 16h

I wish I could say I'd compiled some sort of grand list of ICE assaults on persons using cellphones or cameras, but there are just too many reports of such attacks for me to hope to keep up. My piece does link to the TRO in the Los Angeles Press Club case which aggregates some L.A. instances. /2

storage.courtlistener.com

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 16h

Mike Johnson said that? 😄

bsky.app/profile/kdby...

Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 19h

October in non-election years can be a busy time on Capitol Hill, and Speaker Mike Johnson dropped by the weekly Senate Republican presser on Tuesday to talk about the heavy schedule confronting the House under his leadership.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 17h

…and they’ve always been the good guys, Jack.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19h

CBO fy2025 projections for deficit/spending/etc are out

Some issues make simple comparisons apples-to-oranges, so I'll do apples-to-apples & explain in the thread

Relative to pre-Trump projections:
-Primary deficits ⬆️ $34 bn
-program spending ⬆️ $97 bn
-revenues ⬆️ $63 bn
www.cbo.gov/publication/...

2025 (January estimate, adjusted to fix issues) 2025 CBO estimate (remove student loan one-time revaluation) 2025 (adjusted for student loans) vs. 2025 projection (adjusted to fix issues)
Spending 7061 7166 105
Program spending 6108 6205 97
Interest 953 961 9
Revenue 5163 5226 63
Primary deficit 945 979 34
Total deficit 1898 1940 42

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 18h

Even when Biden first did what he did, and then the courts got involved, I've been wondering about that accounting. I even once hunted down some answers, but... in the end I decided to file it as a known unknown.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 19h

October in non-election years can be a busy time on Capitol Hill, and Speaker Mike Johnson dropped by the weekly Senate Republican presser on Tuesday to talk about the heavy schedule confronting the House under his leadership.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but tbf (seriously) he was the only one to whom Bondi gave responsive answers.

My take:
"Ms Bondi, you went to law school. You have a degree. You're a member of the Bar. Right?
"Your mother f*cked sailors for two bits."
"That's nice. Now, you know what...

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 1d

… to the House in June, but Speaker Johnson never called them up, because reasons.

Now, combining approps bills isn't at all new, but I do hope (😳 )that THAT part of this has not reached the level of being considered "regular order". Still, congrats to Cole on *A* conference.

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 1d

The House passed and sent to the Senate the MILCON and Veterans Affairs approps bill, then – yada-yada yada – the Senate sent it back not just with "germane" amendments, but also with the Ag Approps and Leg Approps bills attached.

Cole's committee reported their versions of those bills…

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Cole calls it "regular order" because the House & Senate were going to CONFERENCE on an appropriations bill 🥳, which is all fine and good, but it does overlook a detail that makes it a bit less than "regular order" (as that term is used in this context):

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#HRules

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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi cribbed her style from Regan talking to priests.

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