Members of Congress who voted to defund FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program one day before Helene hit: Sen. Budd (R-NC) Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) Sen. Hagerty (R-TN) Reps. Bean, Bilirakis, Cammack, Donalds, Gaetz, Lee, Luna, Mills, Posey, Waltz, Webster (R-FL) Rep. Bishop (R-NC)

If you ever have the chance, his Sagamore Hill house in NY is worth a visit. It’s kind of batshit in a sort of charming way.

Sister in law in Mills River just got power back!

Misogyny, like racism, is a hell of a drug.

Yikes. NCDOT’s office in Asheville, NC just posted this photo with the following caption: “You're standing on I-40, looking down at U.S. 74.”

Worst of it’s passed us by. Backyard flooded a bit. RIP my wood pile.

Tornado warning for Chapel Hill. Might get sticky here in a bit.

I can imagine few things I would enjoy less than conversing with some faked up approximation of my father. I would cheerfully have dental surgery first. The idea that they think this is acceptable makes me want to break things.

The minimum base pay for a K-12 teacher should be $75,000. On average they should be making six figures. Past time we fixed this.

Folks, I’m afraid that we’ve entered the era of Goatse Republican Politics.