S. M. Strand

The Congressional Democratic Leadership’s Official ICE Response Glossary A Guide to Center-Ground Inertia

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If our governors and state reps have any spines

It’s not even body cam - it’s from the shooter’s cell phone that he had in his other hand when he fired.

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Thank you! Love seeing my little pieces in Frazzled.

Love this!

Grateful any time something lands right for the McSweeney’s folk. ❤️

Thank you, @frazzledhumor.bsky.social!

Thank you, Mike!

Thank you Katherine! It was a fun one to write, and I appreciate your kind words.

So proud to be in @pointsincase.com! Thanks guys!

My first piece in Points in Case! ❤️

Normal Mom Group vs. Culty Mom Group Normal: Your toddler plays happily with the other children. Culty: Your toddler seems to be learning Latin.

Normal: Your toddler plays happily with the other children.
Culty: Your toddler seems to be learning Latin.

Yasssss.

Oh no. Been there. :(

Trump’s Hastily Compiled “Consumer Satisfaction” Priorities as a Smoke Screen for All Things… “Sir, the Fudge Filling Is Gone”

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No worries if not - but can you share what it was? I tend to go with what pops into my head but I don’t mind gaming the system now and then.

We rehomed upwards of 50 decorative lighthouses from my mom’s place in Dennis. And we did it right. Kept them all on the Cape. My sister wanted to take one back to Framingham - she was denied.

OMG forced password resets. If I say it’s secure enough, it’s secure enough.

Trade Your Way to Wellness: A Patriotic Guide to Farm-Fresh Health Care “Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first.’ Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut hea...

"Be open to the bartering process. Flexibility is the cornerstone of any successful rural birthing plan... Extra services like epidurals are nothing more than elaborate hoaxes designed by the left to rob women of God’s gift of increased pain in childbirth."

I’m Dating Birds Now And at least it’s better than Craig

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Always love getting posted at Frazzled!

The Cure to Meal-Planning Decision Fatigue Hint: Chaos Is Your Friend

I don’t mind being the meal planner. The kitchen’s my favorite place — it’s where my coffee pot lives, and my secret stash of Swedish Fish.

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Advice from Your Conservative Neighbor on How You, a Liberal, Can Hang an American Flag Without Looking Like a Trumper I saw you this morning as you were getting your paper, gazing wistfully at that flagpole bracket like it broke your heart in junior year. You want ...

"The flag belongs to all of us—left, right, Andrew Yang. You can love your country and still side-eye it. That’s real patriotism."

Sharing with everyone, this is terrific.

As a Seventy-Two-Year-Old Democrat, Am I Too Young to Run for Congress? Before I blew out all seventy-two candles on my birthday cake this year, I made a wish. I wished for something that had been gnawing at my soul eve...

"I worry that the powers that be might take one look at my salt-and-pepper hair, only slightly elevated blood pressure, and spry body with both its original hips, and laugh me right out of the Capitol."

Lovely photo.

😆 So good!

The is was a fun one to write. Grateful to @aknott21.bsky.social who always tries to boost his authors! ❤️