District work periods are times when members of Congress return to their home states to engage with constituents and address local issues. These periods allow lawmakers to connect with their communities and discuss legislative priorities.

Connecting with constituents, eh? Florida constituents, at Sundance in Park City, Utah?

The country is straight up on the brink right now. Glad this guy isn’t missing the chance to hobnob with celebrities and rich donors.

Witnesses say, and now you can too:

https://cdn.social.linux.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/115/856/646/204/566/240/original/f975f29efc0205fa.mp4

The bald fellow, Joe Borelli (the Republican minority leader of the New York City Council), was being a shitty panel guest by gish-galloping, making unsubstantiated claims and not responding to questions.

People should be called out when they do this for using non-logical debate tactics. But CNN won’t, because this is peddling mental junk food, not news.

I was listing to You Are Not So Smart the other day and McRaney did an episode on an argument mapping game, Point Taken, that you can use to calmly and collaboratively debate with people of differing opinions such that everyone comes away learning more. You can play it online, too: https://pointtaken.social/

What I wouldn’t give to see politicians play this game instead of verbally debate and trade talking points.