Doctors don’t check the iron status of women between the ages of 12 and 55 years nearly enough. It’s embarrassing.

Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down? Federal workers aren’t furloughed. Funding for social services doesn’t dry up. Failure to pass a budget triggers an election. It puts the politicians jobs on the line. They get the budget passed.

"But removing Confederate statues destroys our heritage!"

The NYT interviewed 40 men who were in CECOT. They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards, driven to the brink of suicide. One said officers thrust his head into a tank of water to simulate drowning. Another was forced to perform oral sex on guards in hoods. Trump did this.

Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for letting us know the MAGA Senate Republicans are trying to slide a nationwide abortion ban into the shutdown negotiations. Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it. F the patriarchy.

This is why I canceled my subscription to WP NY times. Only subscribed to @reuters.com and @wired.com now In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream - www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Think of the quote in the photo below as you listen to this young man.

This is a pattern of politicization across the Trump administration, but the threats are more existential in the military, which has tried to stay above politics. The country does not need Generals promoted because they will do anything Trump or Hegseth asks of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

"Missouri anti-LGBTQ+ laws linked to population loss and decline in tax revenue, studies find." www.newsfromthestates.com/article/miss...

Don’t like SNAP? Raise the minimum wage.

Two policies, with the same price tag, yet only one is on the chopping block. Why?

Voters on Tuesday: We hate everything you're doing Trump administration: OK, got it. What if we starved you and ruined air travel for Thanksgiving

The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.

This week it is Halloween candy & #pizza for protesters at #TeslaTakedown in Lyndhurst, #Ohio 🍕🍫 BIG thank you to the pizza guy who came specifically to support us! Sat, 11/1/25🇺🇸 #TeslaTakeOver #Tesla Motors  www.teslatakedown.com actionnetwork.org/event_campai... #BoycottTesla #MuskMustFall

This is the story of a CS major who first accessed the thing for homework help. 18 months later it cheered him on as he died by suicide. All anyone at the university seems to want to talk about is how to better integrate these things into our curriculum. What the actual fuck are we doing here?

Republicans once again threatening us with a good time

This is what oligarchy looks like: If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break. If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry. Obscene.

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

If you read and watch one thing today it should be this pice accompanying @agawande.bsky.social documentary. "As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

SANDWICHMAN WINS! Here is a gift link! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Pretty clear evidence the state must seize SpaceX

Trump’s presidency in a single picture….

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

Fabulous counterpoint to the Douthat + two self-loathing women “have women ruined the workplace?” thing this morning. Look at him! The ultimate alpha male! A strong leader! A protector! A warrior!

Behold our Commander-in-Chief’s response to an actual emergency

You can just tell he's pissed off that someone's diverting attention, the fucking demented toddler.

so sad. perfect shot.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights. And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports. People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.

Elect stupid leaders, win stupid prizes

Trump's consolidation of authoritarian power is inseparable from the economic carnage he's unleashed. Tariffs, DOGE bloodbath, federal worker firings, killing of NY-NJ tunnel etc are *abuses of power* that *also* hurt the economy. Dems can say both these things. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2027...

After watching Fox News, they called. “We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry.” www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

It’s a recession.

ffs, @nytimes.com

Subscribe to The Onion instead of whatever this shit is. Membership.theonion.com

Starving the troops has famously gone so well for leaders throughout history. /s

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani is kicking off with a big move: bringing former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to co-chair his transition team. It's a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor. trib.al/99csETK

Who would have thought that raising prices on everything, cutting off food assistance, doubling health insurance, destroying our reputation around the world, decimating critical government agencies like the CDC, and waging actual war on our neighbors, family, and friends would be wildly unpopular?

To the Republicans wondering why they lost, your Lord and Savior posted this the morning of election day.

The only person who has been seizing private companies through the power of the state is Trump.

Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states. Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

Imagine if city planners planted fruit trees in public spaces, free for anyone to pick.

“It left mustard stains.” 🤣 www.cbsnews.com/news/sean-du...

Dick Cheney had I think the arc of a lot of republican politicians of his age, in that they assumed the foundations of liberal democracy were so rock solid they could be freely fucked with to no great cost. Then woke up one day to realize all those cracks in the foundation they wedged open mattered.

Unpaid government workers are being fed by World Central Kitchen…let that sink in just how dire things are.

Time to introduce my kids to Inspector Clouseau of Pink Panther fame