MTBinDurham
@mtbindurham.bsky.social
Durmite, pain in the ass. Reconstituting this handle from birdsite after period of dormancy for purposes of posting about sporting things, politics, religion, vulgarity, music, antifascism, and horrible, horrible puns.
Avi: Biscuits + Banjos fest
Avi: Biscuits + Banjos fest
Reposted by MTBinDurham
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
Reposted by MTBinDurham
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
Reposted by MTBinDurham
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
I appreciate this for making me feel less exhausted by the news.
The cave was fucking stupid but it matters that they held out this long.
The cave was fucking stupid but it matters that they held out this long.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I appreciate this for making me feel less exhausted by the news.
The cave was fucking stupid but it matters that they held out this long.
The cave was fucking stupid but it matters that they held out this long.
It's never too early or too late to #FireChuckSchumer
if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It's never too early or too late to #FireChuckSchumer
if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Reposted by MTBinDurham
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
Reposted by MTBinDurham
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
Reposted by MTBinDurham
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.
No one can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like DC Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
No one can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like DC Democrats.
Mamdani is going to implement Sheila E. law. He wants to lead a glamorous life.
Mamdani is going to implement Maria law, because he's all the wonderful sounds of the world in a single word.
Mamdani is going to implement Shari Lewis law.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Sheila E. law. He wants to lead a glamorous life.
Reposted by MTBinDurham
Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
Reposted by MTBinDurham
I think that superhero movies have done a number of human beings conditioning some people to believe that extraordinary actions are what matter. And if one can't be a superhero, then simple, ordinary efforts aren't worth doing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I think that superhero movies have done a number of human beings conditioning some people to believe that extraordinary actions are what matter. And if one can't be a superhero, then simple, ordinary efforts aren't worth doing.
Reposted by MTBinDurham
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
Reposted by MTBinDurham
me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted
should have known better
And you can impeach any appointed officer! Impeach Hegseth! RFK! You might even get some GOP votes for them!
Impeachment is like a sword rusted into its scabbard. It hasn’t been used much, so people assume it’s not useful. But when you need a sword and it’s the only weapon you have, maybe you’ll oil it up, sharpen the blade, swing it around some. Test it on some lesser demons. Think of new ways to use it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
And you can impeach any appointed officer! Impeach Hegseth! RFK! You might even get some GOP votes for them!
Reposted by MTBinDurham
Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
Reposted by MTBinDurham
Target greeters trying to lure us back:
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Target greeters trying to lure us back:
On Pelosi retiring:
Younger folk may not remember just how fucking bad the House leadership was before her. Gephardt wasn't a bad person but he was at the top of a long list of hapless failures as leader.
Pelosi won a ton of critical votes. She's overdue to leave. But she was well above average.
Younger folk may not remember just how fucking bad the House leadership was before her. Gephardt wasn't a bad person but he was at the top of a long list of hapless failures as leader.
Pelosi won a ton of critical votes. She's overdue to leave. But she was well above average.
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On Pelosi retiring:
Younger folk may not remember just how fucking bad the House leadership was before her. Gephardt wasn't a bad person but he was at the top of a long list of hapless failures as leader.
Pelosi won a ton of critical votes. She's overdue to leave. But she was well above average.
Younger folk may not remember just how fucking bad the House leadership was before her. Gephardt wasn't a bad person but he was at the top of a long list of hapless failures as leader.
Pelosi won a ton of critical votes. She's overdue to leave. But she was well above average.
Reposted by MTBinDurham
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Among the good news here, I had not heard that Mamdani had hired Lina Khan as an advisor.
That's . . . tremendously good news.
That's . . . tremendously good news.
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Among the good news here, I had not heard that Mamdani had hired Lina Khan as an advisor.
That's . . . tremendously good news.
That's . . . tremendously good news.
Reposted by MTBinDurham
I'm still searching for ... The masculine "virtues" that feminism has chased from the workplace....
What value of merit... that the historical socialization of men brought to the workplace ... that is unwelcome in the presence of women?
What value of merit... that the historical socialization of men brought to the workplace ... that is unwelcome in the presence of women?
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm still searching for ... The masculine "virtues" that feminism has chased from the workplace....
What value of merit... that the historical socialization of men brought to the workplace ... that is unwelcome in the presence of women?
What value of merit... that the historical socialization of men brought to the workplace ... that is unwelcome in the presence of women?
Reposted by MTBinDurham
if you can move... WITH NO LOSS OF GENERALITY... from sexual harassment in the workplace to the...
THREE POINT LINE in basketball... as foundational examples to how feminism has hurt the work place... i am terrified at your cognition
THREE POINT LINE in basketball... as foundational examples to how feminism has hurt the work place... i am terrified at your cognition
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
if you can move... WITH NO LOSS OF GENERALITY... from sexual harassment in the workplace to the...
THREE POINT LINE in basketball... as foundational examples to how feminism has hurt the work place... i am terrified at your cognition
THREE POINT LINE in basketball... as foundational examples to how feminism has hurt the work place... i am terrified at your cognition
Reposted by MTBinDurham
i know you are lying to me
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
i know you are lying to me
Reposted by MTBinDurham
