Same

@Acyn

Biden: I'm sick and tired of Republicans in the House saying they want to cut the deficit when all they really want to do is cut taxes for the wealthy 

 Meanwhile…

@hausfath
The first global temperature data is in for the full month of September. This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist – absolutely gobsmackingly bananas.

https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/111/178/916/795/746/908/original/177ef45627c05119.png 

 Far more useful than AI: “In 2001, a group of Japanese scientists made a startling discovery at a rubbish dump. In trenches packed with dirt and waste, they found a slimy film of bacteria that had been happily chewing through plastic bottles, toys and other bric-a-brac. As they broke down the trash, the bacteria harvested the carbon in the plastic for energy, which they used to grow, move and divide into even more plastic-hungry bacteria”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/plastic-eating-bacteria-enzyme-recycling-waste 

 “The move is a familiar one — a prominent Republican gathering the courage to arrest his party’s drift toward Trumpism and then, when the next election comes around, heading for the exits
But rarely has such an exit been so consequential for that segment of the party. And rarely has it come with the degree of resignation Romney expressed”

The party ceded control to the extremists a long back (see Newt Gingrich). Slow decline ever since https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/13/mitt-romneys-startling-familiar-concession-demagogues-have-won/