Looking forward to this live with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social to discuss his new book Autocrats vs. Democrats! I owe my tenure to serving on the NSC to his encouragement. Join us today, 10/31/25 at 16:30 ET for a Substack Live! And order his excellent new book!! open.substack.com/pub/alexande...

Virginia Democrats move forward in push for new congressional districts https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/virginia-democrats-move-forward-push-005143097.html

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

If Stephen Miller had paid attention in con law, he’d know: Congress controls the money. Courts interpret the law. The president doesn’t get to shout “You’re fired!” at the entire civil service when he loses a budget fight.

Oh no(!)

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Governor Lujan Grisham is stepping up to help feed New Mexico’s hungry after the feds cut off SNAP funds Nov 1. LFG New Mexico

Yup. And in reality he’s already getting close to all-out dementia.

Starbucks' outrageous CEO-to-worker pay gap might make you spit out your morning coffee. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

The fact that Johnson won't call the House into session (now possibly not until next year) is about the Epstein Files, for sure. But it's also about handing over complete control of this country to one man. It's about no checks and balances. It's about Authoritarianism. See what they are doing.

Cuomo says he’ll move to Florida if Mamdani becomes mayor. Mamdani isn’t even mayor yet, and he’s already driving out the criminals!

Mike Johnson: "On Saturday, things are gonna become very dire."

I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Are we great yet?

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Moulton: He’s auditioning to be the weakest Speaker in American history. And actually, maybe it’s not an audition anymore — he’s affirmatively the weakest Speaker in American history. He’s completely throwing out the Constitution. He might as well not be in Congress.

I've been seeing lots of community organizing on IG lately, from restaurants and cafés offering free food to SNAP recipients, to organizations running food drives, etc. and on the one hand, it really does warm my heart to see how many regular people care and are showing up for their community

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

We like presidents who don't starve kids while building themselves gold-plated ballrooms.

If I knew how, I’d post Musk doing his rather passionate front to back a Nazi salute at a rally.

Last year, Andrew Cuomo brought in nearly $5 million for "consulting." We don't know who paid him. Or who he now owes.

Neguse: "Does anyone here not believe that with one phone call from Speaker Johnson -- one phone call to the president or the secretary of ag -- that those funds would be released tomorrow? And that families wouldn't go starving by the weekend?"

Doesn’t make sense, does it?

🤞Hoping it won’t be long now.

I realize that it's so basic that it's practically banal to say it, but we really, really, really need to stop talking so much about people's motives, explicit or presumed, and spend much more time simply and accurately talking about their actions the consequences of those actions.

U.S. leadership still matters, as I write in my book Autocrats vs. Democrats. If America abandons the rule of law internationally, we open the door for Putin in Ukraine and Xi in Taiwan. That’s the danger of a “dog-eat-dog” world. Full podcast with PoliticsGirl here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUsd...

Baton Rouge voters: There are 3 propositions on the Nov 15 ballot, all tax levies-- for the library, mosquito abatement, and the Council on Aging. The propositions *suck* but it is important to vote for all of them. The groups had to pool funding, so if one fails, the budget for each goes down.

I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week placed two federal prosecutors on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol,” a source familiar with the personnel moves told Democracy Docket.

The federal government keeps labeling everyone they go after as cartel members — and it keeps being proven false. These are the same people we’re supposed to trust when they execute people at sea under that very justification?

Never did the #witch hunger for babies or children or really, people at all- strangely, her power came from burning red hats and gold sneakers and using the ashes for tea #whistpr #poetry #humor

Then when we revolt, he can send in martial law.

Americans are hostages to a predatory healthcare system accounting for 17.66 of every hundred dollars of GDP. That’s insane. The dollar sucking corporations make their living off American illness

In so many ways, the vibrancy of our city can be judged by the health of our bodegas. That’s why I’m so proud to be in the Bronx this morning to accept the endorsement of the United Bodegas of America.

Sad story about antivaxxer pet owners. Let's make #rabies great again? Or let pets suffer from easily preventable diseases? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s... 🎁 article

In Opinion When Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on Tuesday, the island "experienced something near to the worst tropical cyclone impacts our planet can produce," writes meteorologist Alan Gerard. "I have little doubt that climate change is contributing to more significant meteorological events."

Fed's Powell: There is a clear assessment that we are only slightly above ample in reserves.

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving: $100 billion Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%: $100 billion One is decried as "welfare." One is not. Why?

oh just straight up gutter racism!

I saw a remark in Instagram that really rang true. Snap is cut? Then stop spending money. Pass on Christmas. She said that your children already have enough .. toys, I pads and other electronics etc..clothes and all. Break the habit for this year. Just stop.

Saw a video of Adam Schiff speaking on YouTube. Hopeful and inspiring. And he doesn’t ask for money. Husband says he is making several. What a well-spoken, intelligent and courageous man.

LOL!

Very close to the truth(!)

Pappy has that right. #TrumpShutdown

Last night, I asked you to turn on your light if you’ve knocked on a door. Now I’m asking you to sign up for a shift. Take nothing for granted. We have a future to win. zohranfornyc.com/gotv

I’ve been going to a mat class most weekdays and my UU Congregation on Sundays.