Category: Politics As Usual

Light in the tunnel

~ susie

Yesterday I met with a team from the pain center, and I was pleasantly surprised.

I thought they would just throw a lot of pills at me, which would mean countless months of falling asleep and not being about to function. Instead, they described a bunch of procedures that short-circuit pain signals — which, if you know about pancreatic cancer, is no small thing.

So I’m a lot less worried today.

Everyone knows this

~ susie ~ 3 Comments

This is also the reason the Dems couldn’t bring themselves to support year-round voices like blogs. Instead, they send huge amounts of money to (losing) consultants instead:

the idea that democrats are still like "huh, its bad for us when republicans frame an issue for years" in 2026 is fucking insane. when media matters launched in 2004 this was a well known and understood problem.and yet 22 years later, thumbs still way up their asses.

— Oliver Willis (@owillis.bsky.social) 2026-05-21T18:52:41.389Z

Woo hoo

~ susie

In a blow to the White House, Senate Republicans will remove a $1 billion Secret Service funding request that would help Trump’s ballroom project from their immigration enforcement funding bill amid internal objections.

— Politico (@politico.com) 2026-05-20T20:26:04.709Z

Donald Trump should be on the hook to restore the East Wing out of his own pocket.He tore it down based on a unilateral decision; our tax dollars should not have to pay for this shit.And I know I’m not the only one suspecting the real plan is to never leave.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-05-20T20:09:03.010Z