That's a sad part of our parents aging, for sure. I remember when my dad's memory started fading. I really enjoy your posts that feature your dad! He seems like a lovely person.

Thank you, that put words to what dismayed me the most: that performative cruelty is a winning Republican strategy. That this video, like ICE deportation ASMR videos say, won't diminish their support and may even bolster it.

Thank you for correcting this disappointingly credulous headline.

What do you think you're accomplishing here? Or avoiding?

Quoting my husband: You do not have to treat bad faith with good faith.

"Sure, I want *fewer* people to die or go bankrupt from our broken health care system, but let's not stray so far to the left that *no one* dies or goes bankrupt."

Children's songwriter Casper Babypants has a great song called Butterfly Driving a Truck, and I very much hope he'll write a new version for this.

The Beets, fictional band from Doug and performers of the song Killer Tofu

Perfect. Along those lines:

Hey look, my senator! The worst part is, he's currently the least disappointing of my federal legislators. It's bleak.

I am a person who calls every day, but I can't fault the folks who don't in my state. In Oklahoma it's basically yelling at a wall.

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Thank you! Turns out my district has the largest number of workers in our state by quite a lot. Looking forward to mentioning that in my phone call to my rep on Monday.