The Crone of the 4th District

Mom would take us trick-or-treating and Dad stayed home to give out candy. He HATED it. So when I was 10 he offered me $20 if I'd stay home and answer the door. $20 was an absolute fortune for a 10 year old in 1970. He raised it every year so the last Halloween before I went to college I got $75.

I'll keep posting until you answer. Why did you use a picture of a gay congresswoman pressuring Pam Bondi over her failure to release the Epstein files as your example of "extremism" on the Dem side? Is being LGBTQ or wanting justice for Epstein's victims "extreme" to you? bsky.app/profile/erin...

It’s really too bad that this poor man doesn’t have anyone in his life who cares enough about him to tell him to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

The vile attacks on Amy Acton need to be seen in the context of a party that *needs* people to believe women fabricating sexual assaults is common as rainwater. Because it’s pretty much the only way to evade the conclusion that the president is a rapist.

Nice tribute, thanks for that. He did great work as Chekov and I loved reading Chekov’s Enterprise when I was a kid, but his best work was portraying Mr. Bester on Babylon 5. He was really proud of that role and he should have been - a complex villain you loved to hate. Be seeing you, Walter.

Walter Koenig has passed away at 90. He was a very good actor, equally at home playing the very sweet Ensign Chekov on Star Trek, and the slimiest slimeball who ever slimed Bester on Babylon 5. I've been a fan since I was 5 years old. I take solace in knowing he is star stuff now.

That's 2 Chekovs we've lost now. Godamnit.

House Judiciary Democrats have released a 50-page report examining Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, including accounts involving 11 women and a new rape allegation that the White House denies. With just 8 days until the midterms, the report is raising explosive new questions.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

This. Is. A. Crime. If I had accessed Georgia voter data, the GBI would be at my house with a pair of silver bracelets. Why isn't Dario Amodeo on down not being hauled in before a judge? AI agents can't do this on their own. They are being prompted by humans. Arrest the humans!

Thank you to everyone we met in Council Bluffs for the warm welcome and great conversations! We also had the chance to connect with volunteers by phone and thank them for the important work they’re doing to get this campaign across the finish line.

President Donald Trump’s 11th-hour campaign to intervene in California’s vote counting encountered the first signs of resistance in federal court over the weekend, Jonathan Shorman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/10/26/r...

SAG-AFTRA remembers Eric Bauza, the Emmy-winning voice actor behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Porky Pig. Our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. #SagAftraMember https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/looney-tunes-voice-actor-eric-bauza-dies/3960621/

Eric Bauza was the People's Bugs Bunny, he fought tirelessly to get Coyote vs. Acme released, he was on the front lines of strikes supporting writers and actors, this is a huge loss

I love how On-Some-Other-Shit Penzy’s is, man

I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.

This took me out ☠️ 😭

FLORIDA — Insane: Winter Park police called on 3 year old for being too good at soccer because 5 year olds couldn’t get the ball from him. (H/T @the_public_defender2) More: blacksportsonline.com/2026/10/poli... Their TikTok account: www.tiktok.com/@nevadaney10...

Ask your doctor if Schadenfreude™ may be right for you.

Despite the transportation (and other kinds of) election sabotage by the right today, it is very much looking like Lula is going to pull this off anyway and win

I am so bone-tired of white people - which is awkward because I *am* white people. Also, we will see this lad in the World Cup in 20 years.

Did you say... "manufacturer of high-tech penis rings"? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/u...

October Domestic Violence Awareness Month littlegreenfootballs.com/page/329859_...

Hay Iowa kids! Disgusted by Josh Turek's anti-trans ad? Wondering how Turek could have beaten the excellent Zach Wahls in the Iowa primary? Look no further than everyone's favorite Dem milquetoast Chuckie Schumer! bsky.app/profile/leve...

Lots to chew on in this by @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social and Beth Reinhard, such as: "Mr. Lahn cast an Iowa ballot in the 2024 general election. But voting records that have not previously been reported show he requested that his ballot be mailed to him—in Kansas." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/u...

To say nothing, obviously, of his violently extreme position on gender-affirming care.

The question is "Would this guy vote against a hypothetical SCOTUS nominee who agreed with the three sitting liberal Justices that trans bans in sports violate the 14th Amendment," and based on this ad I can't say that the answer is "no," and that is completely unacceptable.

this is very bad with democrats like this, who needs etc.

Today I'm sad. I've unfollowed Comic Sands, though I dearly love our Uncle George. But I can't take another post/article that supports and touts Piers Morgan as some sort of voice of reason. He's a dirtbag from way back. There's reasons why that meme of Morgan giving Trump a rim job exists.

1972 reggae cover of the Glen Campbell song "Wichita Lineman" by a 16 year old Dennis Brown. Produced by the late Derrick Harriott. From the late "Crown Prince of Reggae"'s Trojan-label album Super Reggae & Soul Hits. #RIPDerrickHarriott #Reggae m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNUk...

www.alternet.org/trump-mental... Why isn’t @jaketapper.bsky.social writing a book about this?

If they weren’t committing crimes, they wouldn’t need pardons. This isn’t an administration. It’s a criminal conspiracy. 

SCOOP: Spokesperson for Sen. Ron Wyden told me he is investigating 2 for-profit companies running new ICE facility for unaccompanied children set to open in Louisiana. LaSalle Corrections and 'humanitarian response' firm Anovaeon LLC are facing Wyden's scrutiny. www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

Trump is a venal, selfish, amoral pile of orange goo. He cares about his underlings about as much as he cares about the American people. What he'll really do is give himself a blanket pardon and leave everyone else twisting in the wind.

striking how WaPo can write a headline with such moral clarity when they want

lol www.kcrg.com/2026/10/23/l...

Paul Pate just got caught accepting an illegal contribution from one of the most corrupt politicians in the country. We need folks in office who are serious about serving with honor and integrity, not cozying up with corrupt politicians.

Hey, #IA02, can we not elect this dip💩 Maybe if Mar-a-lago Joe spent some time in Iowa, he would know about our world famous bike ride across the state. ragbrai.com

Tell us you never learned how to ride a bike without telling us you never learned how to ride a bike... #raygun

The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

Evil and pathetically needy is a bad combination.

Ask Wimpycrat Kathy Castor after she joins with Republicans in attacking trans people...WHO'S NEXT???? www.erininthemorning.com/p/dem-congre...

This is what happens when you ask a rapist to denounce another rapist. 

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?