Patrick Connolly

"I thought I made myself perfectly clear the last time you came home with one of my kids. You are not welcome here. I am busy with real life, working full-time and schlepping my three kids to sporting events in which they are mediocre at best. I don’t have time for your bullshit."

Gerald Ford vetoed naming a post office after himself.

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Breaking: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial.

Epic Paralympic Games,,, Congratulationz to all the competitors ,, medalists ,, and way to go parasled hockey team on GOLD,!! Now Thatz a hat trick for USA Hockey 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 All that is HARDER THAN YOU THINK youtu.be/pCx5Std7mCo?...

Consent calendar just passed and I am now officially endorsed by the California Democratic Party! Thank you to all the delegates and everyone involved in the process - it’s not always sexy work, but it’s all important for a functioning democracy. Onwards to the primary!

NBER: “.. Tariff increases are contractionary: imports fall sharply, exports decline with a lag, and output and manufacturing activity drop persistently.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34852

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:

Jay-Z’s Limited Problem Set: Let x = the set including Jay’s total number of possible tribulations (maximum = 100). GIVEN: One of the set ≠ “a bitch.” How many other potential quandaries might Jay-Z face?

Because reading is fundamental.

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Reason one million and ten I love NYC: Every single time I need to get my giant double stroller up or down stairs or up into the bus, a kind stranger jumps in to help me. Every single time!

RFK Jr. is anti-science, anti-vax, anti-public health, and in charge of preventing infectious disease in the United States. If I’m flying I’m masking.

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie: My Two Left Feet

Protect yourself against SARS-CoV-2/COVID despite everything around you telling you it’s no longer a threat. #CovidIsntOver #WearAnN95

This is enraging me lol. No one deserves or is entitled to my attention without my consent and willing participation.

They make it sound like there are millions of dead people getting Social Security checks. But it's just not true.

Not you, J.D. Not you.

NEW TODAY: 200 college and university presidents band together to condemn “unprecedented government overreach” in higher education and reaffirm the “essential freedom to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom.” www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

This is just outstanding.

HAPPENING NOW: The Justice Department has missed a 5pm deadline to file details about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's whereabouts and efforts to comply with a judge's otder to facilitate his return. Still waiting to see if they're just a few minutes behind or not planning to file at all

BREAKING: We're suing the Trump Administration over their attempt to gut funding that supports our public libraries and museums. Massachusetts is home to countless diverse cultural institutions - and I won't let attacks on them go unchecked.

A reminder that Bill Maher has long been an antivaxxer and AIDS denier and helped mainstream the “do your own research” culture now dismantling public health. He is also a good friend of RFK Jr. It’s time for the media to stop giving him a platform. You are not entitled to your own facts.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

You fuck with Bea Arthur (or any golden girl) you fuck with me. Bring it, and may whatever god you believe in help you, bc you’re going to need it.

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States." "Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that." www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...

Congratulationz to all my friends at Ted Lasso,,, I think we all need something to BELIEVE in right now ,,, and if y’all need Flavor Flav to step up and sponsor your women’s soccer team,,, I gots you. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 @jasonsudeikis.bsky.social

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

“Judicial independence does not happen all by itself. It is hard to create, and it is easier than most people imagine to damage or destroy.” Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

I’m headed to a corn and soybean farm in Cannon Falls to hear about the impact of Trump’s tariffs on Minnesota farmers.   Farming is a tough job, and it certainly isn’t made any easier by two out-of-touch billionaires cutting off economic opportunities.

#copyediting tortuous = twisty, also lengthy/complicated torturous = painful like torture

No kings, no tyrants. Not now, not ever.

For folks in DC with animal pals

I am hiring a predoc at MIT to start this summer! We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc. Please apply and share ! #predoc @mitiwer.bsky.social #EconSky apply.interfolio.com/163492

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.

To quote Rick Wilson, Everything Trump Touches Dies. Guess that includes the Chiefs.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

DOGE is not a real department. In order to be a real department, DOGE would have to be approved by Congress. Pass it on.

Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

If a plea for kindness and empathy makes you furious, you might be a sociopath.

Brilliant use of vacant office space in NYC: Two empty floors of 307 W. 38th St have come back to life as new home of the famed Paul Taylor Dance Company. With beautiful studios, classrooms and rehearsal space. A win for dance. A win for NYC. Thrilled to join today’s ribbon cutting.

Elon’s estranged daughter has re-entered the chat