Congress demanded Jack Smith testify about his investigations, but kept him behind closed doors during his sworn deposition. If we care about transparency, then Congress should release the transcript. My thoughts in Bloomberg. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

President John F. Kennedy didn’t name the Kennedy Center for himself. Eisenhower signed legislation to create a “National Cultural Center.” Eisenhower and Kennedy fundraised for it. Congress and Johnson only named it in honor of Kennedy after he was assassinated. www.kennedy-center.org/our-story/

👀 Trump’s CoS suggests Trump “has an alcoholic’s personality,” and calls JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” Susie is trying to clear her name before the Trump’s house of cards come crashing down.

Only in America!

Walking with other people who are grieving a loss is one way to ease some of the pain and feel less alone. n.pr/4iW5b13

25% of all farmers depend on the healthcare.gov plans, and their premiums are about to skyrocket. Mr. Lehman, a 5th-generation Iowa farmer, thinks the cost of healthcare is directly connected to whether his son decides to be the 6th generation.

In Opinion When people lose their sense of home, they tend to reach “for anything stable enough to hold onto — and that can include any leader who seems strong enough to reattach them to that place called home, however fraudulent that leader is or unrealistic the prospect,” Thomas Friedman writes.

Prayer of the day #Sojourners Let our eyes linger on what is good rather than what is wicked, so that our life's mission can impart respect instead of contempt.

⚠️ The Heritage Foundation has released its follow up to Project 2025 for 2026. 🧵 www.heritage.org/priorities

ACA tax credits keep health care costs down for millions—but they'll expire at the end of the year unless Republicans act. Every House Democrat signed a discharge petition to extend them and stop premiums from skyrocketing. If just four Republicans join us, the House would vote.

Texas, let’s win this thing. #JasmineForUS #TexasTough

"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered -- private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..." www.kuow.org/stories/thou...

"Dear brother, dear sister, to God, who changed history in the course of a census, you are not a number but a face. Your name is written on God's heart." Pope Francis

Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2025: $493.8 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2025: $240.9 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2025: $226.9 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2025: $7.25 It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.

Blatant corruption on full display.

Trump isn’t hiding the hypocrisy: blowing up vessels and people to fight the drug war while pardoning a drug kingpin who facilitated tons upon tons of cocaine to enter the US…

Hakeem Jeffries is out with a new Dear Colleague letter, saying there are "just 13 legislative days left" before ACA tax credits expire, and that House Dems are planning to introduce a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on a three-year extension of ACA tax credits.

#Sojourners Voice of the day: I wanna cherish the trying and the living and dying / And make big mistakes the way kind people do - Sara Bareilles & Brandi Carlile, “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” (2025)

Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

This story, phrased as always in vague obfuscations about the horror involved, interposed with the timeline’s other RFK Jr. storyline is quite something this morning.

Fox News Channel legal analyst Andy McCarthy promptly wrote: “There is no insurrection or sedition without the use of force. Disobeying a lawful order is insubordination, not insurrection or sedition. Disobeying an unlawful order is required. That is all.” #HCR

Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging. Here’s my response:

LWV CEO @thecelinafactor.bsky.social , and HeadCount executive director Lucille Wenegieme shared the value of nonpartisan third-party voter registration in light of restrictions that prohibits nonpartisan groups from registering voters and naturalization ceremonies. buff.ly/RxgxZ2K

November 19, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.

Pope Leo XIV expressed his support for U.S. catholic leaders’ recent rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.

People in Sweden have social security, affordable healthcare, strict gun laws, 5 weeks paid annual leave & a year maternity leave A night in hospital costs $10. "Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210. The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country

NEW: President Trump mentioned over 1,000 times in Epstein files, more than anyone else. (gift) www.miamiherald.com/article31290...

"They were intimate enough for her to see him flossing his teeth, his dopp kit overflowing with prescriptions. She writes that despite being 'sober' for decades, Kennedy [RFK Jr.] told her he still uses psychedelics, and smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...

Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.

House Oversight Dems released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Trump. One is a 2011 message from Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell that said Trump "spent hours at my house" with one of Epstein's victims. In a 2019 email, Epstein wrote, "Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop."

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

“Honoring all who served. Your courage, sacrifice, and steady commitment mean more than words can say. Thank you, veterans.”

For almost four decades, Nancy Pelosi has served the American people and worked to make our country better. No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed – and I will always be grateful for her support of the Affordable Care Act.

Warren Buffett shared leadership lessons on humility and self-improvement in his final Thanksgiving message as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.

After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans are even more desperate to prevent free and fair elections in 2026. In this video, I lay out the eight things we should all expect next and what we can do to fight back. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...

The League of Women Voters of the United States today announced the formation of the Unite and Rise 8.5 Advisory Committee, a diverse group of leaders from across sectors who will provide strategic counsel and elevate the campaign’s mission to protect and strengthen democracy through partnership.

Some get the gravy / And some get the gristle / Some get the marrow bone / And some get nothing though there's plenty to spare - Joni Mitchell, “Banquet”

Here's Nancy Pelosi's retirement announcement this morning... .

November 5, 1872: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.

Seems now is the time to implement @neeratanden.bsky.social strategy. No Kings participants should each dedicate themselves to one candidate and support them until midterms. Make calls, rally, raise $, write letters to the editor and address postcards. I'm down for @mcbride.house.gov

A Pentagon spokesperson claims that Donald Trump is "restoring the warrior ethos" to the military. That cowardly draft dodger is doing what?

The people on the right getting mad at Tucker Carlson for hosting Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes on his podcast don’t seem to have gotten mad at all at Donald Trump for hosting Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at his home for dinner. Funny that.

Max Boot‬: "The pace of boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific—aka extra-judicial killings—seems to have accelerated since Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander of US Southern Command, announced he was retiring after reported disagreements with Hegseth. Coincidence?" Obviously not.

Even back when they handed George W Bush the White House, it still used to feel like we had a Supreme Court. Now we have a Supreme Corpse.