I try to avoid this situation by surrounding myself with the most bizarre group of nerd outliers from across a variety of domains, making it impossible to forget that neither we, nor our opinions, are even close to normal.

Probably works 70% of the time.

⬇️This is true! With the caveats that (a) sometimes they do materialize (i.e. McCarthy on 9/23 CR) and (b) even when they don't, leaders might have to go through the slog of working/socializing/dragging the process in order to get to the spot where they don't materialize.

Also true for House Practice several times in the 118th Congress.

The congressional procedure nerds are coming over to my house for cocktails tonight and I'm already speaking in almost exclusively bad House procedure dad jokes.

Well this is either SUMMARY JUDGEMENT for the DEFENDANT or a QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE TO IMPEACH APPROXIMATELY ONE FEDERAL JUDGE.

the motion to vacay doesn't actually exist, you need to bring a resolution to vacay via a question of PTO.

Here are the Dems yesterday on the tabling vote, by district PVI and member NOMINATE ideology.

Here's the GOP yesterday on the tabling vote, by district PVI and member NOMINATE ideology. Also shows those against Jordan for Speaker back in October for some context.

We've reached a point where a vote on a motion to table a resolution declaring the chair vacant offered as a question of the privileges of the House is...just a thing that happens while I'm giving my kid dinner and I miss the whole thing entirely.

The 118th Congress, man.

Full list of the 11 House Rs who voted against the motion to table Rep. MTG’s motion to vacate:

Biggs
Burlison
Crane
Davidson
Gosar
Greene
Massie
Mooney
Moore (AL)
Roy
Spartz

BREAKING -- THE HOUSE has resoundingly tabled a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson

359-43

R
196Y
11N

D
163Y
32N

Some thoughts from me on... all this in POLITICO Magazine politico.com/news/magazine/…

I’m one of the weirdos who thought of Steve Albini more as a card player than a music guy. Never met him but spent a lot of time on the 2+2 Stud forum with him. What a guy.

RIP Electrical.

My take on yesterday's important (and correct) federal court decision striking down state law criminalizing people who assist interstate travel for abortion. reason.com/volokh/2024/05…