Denise Cote

We're all trying to find the guy who did this!

@JonahDispatch There's only so much temptation one can reasonably bear.

Treats

If you hated the hero worship around Obama—as I did—then I don't understand making excuses for a president putting his face on buildings, currency, and passports. Private individuals making a politician a personality trait is unhealthy. Forcing the public to do so is grotesque.

The demand that I HAVE to choose a Senate candidate to support in a completely different state from where I live is not only silly, it's typical woke right and woke left behavior. The "you will be made to care" woke attitude is caustic to civic health.

@whignewtons I see lots of good barbecue in your future 😉

I’m moving back to Texas, y’all 🤠 chevron.com/newsroom/2026/…

Hello @AOC, while you smiled in a hijab at a New York event, I was in Federal Court facing the 4th hitman hired by the Islamic Republic to assassinate me, for campaigning for Iranian women to have the same freedom you performed for a photo op. Will you come to court with me in August when I face the 5th hitman? Or does solidarity only work when it doesn't offend the Islamic regime? You wore hijab voluntarily in New York. Women are killed in Iran for taking it off. You are the very woman who, at every opportunity, protests against violence against women, decries gender segregation, and champions "inclusion." Yet here you stand, smiling and wearing a hijab, at an event in New York, in the heart of the West, where men and women are strictly separated. To me and millions of Iranian women, this does not look like a choice. It is no longer "My body, my choice," but rather "My body for votes." They who claim to fight for women's self-determination in the name of feminism voluntarily embrace an ideology that mandates our women cover their hair simply because they are women. They enjoy the prosperity, freedom, and privileges of the Western world, where they may live as autonomous individuals , yet they simultaneously accept that other women should not be afforded the same rights. #LetUsTalk

@scottlincicome If only someone had tried to warn them...

"Dombrowski said she believed Trump when he promised during his last campaign to lower prices. She watched excitedly.. last year as Trump signed one executive order after another. But now her bills for gas, groceries and other necessities have gone up." And her Ohio factory is closing.

Voters: We'd really like you to focus on the cost of living. Trump: Best I can do is investigate E. Jean Carroll.

This is really gross behavior on the part of our government.

Hi, it's me, I'm the reason

@PolicyEngineer Every city and town in Connecticut has their own zoning regulations. Many towns have well water and septic systems. Hartford can't force those places to have more housing density. Many of the cities are places a lot of people don't want to live due to crime. It's Complicated.

Connecticut's job-creation problem is a housing problem, made worse by Hartford's policies that discourage housing rehabilitiation/construction in its cities and reward NIMBYism in its suburbs.

@DavidAFrench My step mother was in denial about my father's alzheimers right to the end. I had to get a copy of his death certificate to know he had been diagnosed. Same vibes with Jill.

Then: “Joe, you did such a great job! You answered every question, you knew all the facts!” Now: “As I watched it, I thought, 'Oh, my God, he's having a stroke.' And it scared me to death.” Incredible.

@JonahDispatch Zoë rules the roost

“Good morning. It’s Thursday. Thumb guy has figured out an acceptable protocol while I’m on injured reserve. He takes Zoë for a very long patrol while I sleep in. Then when he gets back, he and Zoë escort me out for a short walk, then treats and breakfast. Then belly rubs. Also, I love you.”

Exactly. Budget hawks were screaming 15-20 years ago not because those debt levels were a crisis, but because any coherent observer could see what was coming when the boomers retire and interest rates rise. The idea was to avoid the entirely-predictable spot we're in now. The time to deal with the termites is when they enter the house - not after the floor collapses. The best time to avert a debt spital was when the boomers were young enough to phase-in Social Security & Medicare reforms, and those 2% interest rates on the debt could be locked in long-term. But we were dismissed during the big spend-and-tax-cut party ("interest rates are low, there's no reason to hold back!") Now the boomers are mostly retired, their benefits are locked in, and interest rates are dangerously rising on a bloated debt - and we have the OECD's largest deficits, and an unsustainable debt path. And the inevitable fiscal reforms will be much more painful because we waited so long.

@DavidAFrench A hundred percent

And another thing ... when establishment Republicans shrug their shoulders and campaign for corrupt politicians immediately after calling them out for their corruption, they demonstrate how few principles they have. If corruption is only a dealbreaker in the primary, then it's no dealbreaker at all.

@janecoaston I'm a boomer, 72, and I think the whole 'seniors shouldn't have to pay property tax' stuff is ridiculous. We use services too! The sense of entitlement is too much for me to handle.

it is absurd pandering but they also know they are pandering to people who 1.) vote most often and 2.) conceive of themselves as the ur-voter, who cannot be wrong.

@DavidAFrench They specialize in irresponsible.

This is wildly false, and it breeds a dangerous level of ignorance and wishful thinking in the American public. We'd have to make some hard choices (including making some very tough trade-offs) to come close to balancing the budget. Saying anything else is irresponsible.

@scottlincicome The full width tp alone is worth the membership fee. All the paper products are a great value. And yes, proteins freeze very well in their sealed packages. Kerry gold butter is a steal. And don't get me started on the chicken taco kit. 😋

You can mealplan around this quite easily: buy frozen veggies and bulk spices/dry goods; get versatile fresh produce (eg, fresh spinach makes salads, cooked sides, & an ingredient), and freeze fresh proteins/berries/etc that might go bad after a few days. Worth it!

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded?

Russia has one of the highest HIV, prostitution, divorce, alcoholism, substance abuse, abortion, and murder rates in Europe, yet some people still seriously deem it the last bastion of Christian values in Europe. Can someone please explain why? Where do they get their news from?