Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Here, if people are interested, is a wide-ranging interview with a couple of Claremont students from a month ago. A little on contemporary politics and on Trump and on Mamdani, a little on conservatism and liberalism, a little on liberal education. www.cmcforum.com/post/bill-kr...

"Govern effectively, get shit done, show people you're making their lives better, and demonstrate how the extremism and the chaos of Donald Trump is making their lives worse." @governor.pa.gov talks tips for Dems with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social:

Footballers should all take a knee...pathetic hyper sycophany

Now just to be clear. Communism in “theory” is NOT communism in “reality.” I do not think that the “idea” of communism has ever come in to fruition anywhere.

Correct...💯

If you know, you know

Gift article: So what happens when TSA screens passengers who do not look at all like what their birth certificate indicates? So much humiliation & discrimination will result. wapo.st/3WKecQB

Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! You ignited a grassroots campaign, built on the radical idea that everyone deserves to live in dignity. This is a seismic victory — not only for the people of New York, but for all those who believe that humanity & hope can prevail.

A concept that I will be adding to my toolbox: self-de-professionalization Parallel to voters who support policies that will impoverish them, like the proverbial frogs voting for pans

Truth

Lesson: Young voter turn out will be more critical than ever in 2026. The progressive GenZ MUST show up & out vote the MAGA GenZ & "groypers"

This map shows how Russia’s🇷🇺population has shifted over three decades, from growth in a few urban hubs to widespread decline across vast rural regions. Each green pixel signals renewal. Each magenta one, departure. Think, 1/5 all Russians live in and around Moscow within 100 km from the Kremlin.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the vessel, Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration's campaign in South American waters up to at least 66 people. n.pr/43eNJ1j

I've been following the aftermath of a car crash where a federal agent was captured on video placing a Black man in a chokehold. We obtained the 911 call made by a US Border Patrol agent who was on the scene through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request thetriibe.com/2025/11/list...

WaPo gift article re: the day "after Trump " dawns, and it will. "...Today, Buskirk helms the Rockbridge Network, a secretive organization birthed out of the weekend gathering that has established itself as one of the most influential forces in GOP politics." wapo.st/3Jsvgrl

How far does freedom of religion really go? This quiz tests what the First Amendment protects and what crosses the legal line.

WaPo series on our anti-colonialist history "Jefferson said Norfolk must be destroyed — and records reveal the Patriots burned much of it themselves - Washington Post" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Soon after publishing this—and it's not ironic, it's intentional—Heritage was given near-total control over the fed gov't and filled it with unqualified malicious incompetent crooks. Any one of these imaginary enemies of his would be better in the job than all of Trump's actual appointees.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a... ICYMI: JD Vance seems to be a."groyper" fan boy himself.

What @gelliottmorris.com calls the "Strategist's Fallacy" is an instance of what my favorite French sociologist (Bourdieu) calls the Scholastic Fallacy - the assumption that the way academics think about and see their objects of study will help them make sense of how other, regular people do so.

Morbid MAGA soap opera: Will JD trade in Hindu Usha for super Christian Erika Kirk? Will he & Erika be the dream ticket for 2028? Stay tuned for next season's episodes. 🤪

While Trump throws Gatsby themed parties for his billionaire friends, Americans are having to turn to crowdfunding platforms to pay for essentials.

The Applegate Valley, southwest Oregon wine country, when one has to take a break from the chaos & cruelty

Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

Google "hog scalding vat" . Albert Borde's grave marker in the Missouri Flats cemetery, Applegate Valley of Oregon.

💯 truth. I wish I could feel confident that there will be a post-MAGA US someday.

And meanwhile Andrew Windsor formerly known as prince, actually faces consequences. And should now face criminal charges as well.

Durango, CO citizens protesting the use of force by ICE who disappeared a father and children. Protestors were pepper bombed, thrown to the ground, etc. Gov. Jared Polis and CBI et al are investigating. www.denverpost.com/2025/10/30/c...

Wanted to talk about the fact that the ONLY form of communication/transparency the MAGA world seems to believe in is "trolling the libs." And why they're doing that. And why it's so stupid.

DHS posted a disturbing video today featuring a song that’s popular with Nazi creators

NEW: The DOJ filed felony charges against Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh for allegedly conspiring to impede an officer. The case raises First Amendment and electoral concerns, as opposing Trump’s Chicago immigration raids has become a central part of her campaign.

Enlightening discussion with Kyla Scanlon of the latest stage in Trumpist casino capitalism, meme-coins, the quest for passive income, ubiquitous gambling economy youtu.be/lT7h_t2RaUw?...

from an Oregon small town/tourist destination, where average house prices are $600K and rents average $1500/mo. This is what houseless campers, many ill & 50+ y.o., at a city-sponsored site deal with daily. The "move along" policy dominates, replacing "housing first" ashland.news/ashlands-nig...

Oregon ICE news: Latino farmworker families targeted. Children traumatized, their school tries to shield them. "As the county seat of Oregon’s most racially diverse county, Hillsboro, a city of around 110,000 residents, is known for its large Latino population.' www.opb.org/article/2025...

In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.

Byron Allen, whose corporation owns the Weather Channel and local TV stations, and who is a donor to Democrats, has a sanitized comedy show ready to take Colbert's place on CBS. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/b...

BREAKING | Netanyahu orders Israeli military to carry out strikes on Gaza immediately

Tracking national guard deployments. The Neo-Confederacy on the march. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Workers deserve a "seat at the table", via collective bargaining & unions. Michelle Eisen, leading Starbucks Workers United organizer, successfully unionized a Buffalo, NY Starbucks store & called for nationwide organizing. Union shops help profits too.

Grokipedia? The power to control knowledge/ truth/narrative on the march. Find the reality that works for you. "For years, the co-founder of Wikipedia has publicly condemned what he sees as a liberal bias shift on the site, contrary to its founding principle of neutrality." wapo.st/4onKnkM

Thanks to Donald Trump's Federal Trade Commission chair, Andrew Ferguson, millions of Americans are now doomed to remain shackled by non-compete clauses for the foreseeable future, lament Sandeep Vaheesan and @bedoyausa.bsky.social. bit.ly/43BbeBz

One impact of public health system failure. The rates of fetal death in the US related to the racial & income disparities that the regime is disappearing . "Stillbirth rates were higher in areas with more low-income households & larger Black populations, ....." wapo.st/3WlRKx3

How democracy dies: "...With regulators defanged and oversight gone, Mr. Trump and a handful of tech backers have been able to seize power and merge their interests with the country’s resources as they see fit." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...

King Trump has used Johnson to, in effect, do what actual kings of pre-democratic eras did: suspend parliaments and rule by decree. And then use their unrestrained power to require bribes for favors or to marginalize all who refused to bow down. So very 17th century...

ICE is being used not just for racism, but to make people very wealthy from decent people just because they're not White etc

He really has no boundary at this point not even to declare nuclear war on another country. He's a psychopath. He's going to keep escalating. Power is a drug to him. We are in grave danger. He has absolutely no empathy for other humans and he has no boundary he won't cross.

Mellon heir buys the US military. ANOTHER example of how the US has become a plutocratic kakioscracy. Reminds me of how ancient Rome turned its back on being a Republic. Trump is a Caesar wannabe, but be ware the Ides of March. Octavian is waiting for his moment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...