The Onion – Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

Feb 242025
 

WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American people wouldn’t notice them. “Don’t make any sudden movements, or they’ll spot us,” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said out of the corner of his mouth, tightly squeezing his eyes shut as he reminded Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to hold their breath anytime a member of the voting public walked by. “Did it work? I think we’re in the clear for now, but that was a close one. They could have talked to us, for crying out loud, or worse—demanded that we…

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jwz – DNA Lounge: Wherein we have once again angered Poseidon, or possibly SFDPW.

Feb 242025
 

Last weekend we had that great thing happen again where suddenly there was sewage all over the floor of the main bar and the bathrooms. We snaked it and sand came out, which is a very bad sign! The last time this happened it meant that our lateral (the connection to the sewer main) had turned to dust, which cost use $25,000. But that was less than three years ago, so what the hell? We had like 700 people in the room and we had to close the main bathrooms and direct everyone to the Pizza bathrooms (which are thankfully on a separate system) and to upstairs to the balcony bar. It was Not Good. …

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World Socialist Web Site (en) – For emergency action to stop the Trump-Musk purge of federal workers!

Feb 242025
 

The IWA-RFC calls for mass action to stop the Trump administration’s purge of federal workers by Elon Musk’s DOGE, an unprecedented attack on the working class that, if unchecked, will have catastrophic consequences for all workers.

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