A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office Trump appeared to struggle to stay awake as his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and two other deputies took turns explaining the announcement. Clips of the scene have circulated widely on social media […]

Trump demands ACA subsidy changes as Senate remains divided over shutdown “Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt? He is so unserious,” Senator Chris Murphy wrote on X […]

Patriotic Millionaires, a group of high-net-worth individuals who advocate for more progressive taxes in order to close the wealth gap, is suggesting an alternative that it says would spare commercial airline passengers and still offer relief for air traffic controllers: Just cancel all private […]

40 years ago tonight, the #GratefulDead’s last trip to the #rochester war memorial, their local home since ’73. a show for weir lovers. dude’s really on one. fall ’85, show #11. soundboard: https://archive.org/details/gd1985-11-08.139717.sbd.miller.flac2496 oade […] [Original post on heads.social]

Private jets make up one in six flights handled by the FAA, and taxpayers already foot the bill for their ‘jet setting,’ says Patriotic Millionaires. https://www.fastcompany.com/91437451/faa-should-cancel-all-private-jets-during-shutdown-say-millionaires

We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. CBS News is gone; CNN seems about to follow. The Los Angeles Times installed an AI-powered “bias meter” to warn readers […]

The Trump administration has been giving additional massive tax breaks to uber-wealthy corporations through under-the-radar notices, according to a report. Through proposed regulations, the Treasury Department has offered tax relief to private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate […]

There’s nothing good about him. Good people hate him.

Trump wants his name on DC’s new NFL stadium and has lobbied the team owner to make it happen The D.C. Council and the National Parks Service would have to sign off on the stadium’s name before it could bear the felon-president’s moniker […]

2020 taught us that we can live perfectly well without our millionaires, so long as the working class keeps working

Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions […]

Flooded disused coalmines could be a significant source of energy and provide cheap heat to thousands of homes, a new report argues. Mine water geothermal heat (MWGH) systems use the water in flooded coalmines, which is warmed by natural processes, to supply low-carbon heat. Heat exchangers and […]

Big Ben has over 3000 followers https://mastodon.org.uk/@bigben/115514674674000990

With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies and wealthiest investors. The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, through a series of new notices and proposed […]

Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli PM, ministers and army chief accused of crimes against humanity ‘perpetrated systematically’ in Gaza […]

Over the last decade, the Russian satellite Luch/Olymp conducted a series of deliberate proximity operations with commercial and military spacecraft, including Seasat 2, Intelsat 7, Intelsat 901, Intelsat 905, Athena-Fidus, Skynet 4C, Astra 1G, and Turksat 4. Its persistent “shadowing” of […]

Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes has led to a major reckoning in the Republican party. https://www.wired.com/story/gop-civil-war-over-nick-fuentes-antisemitism/

I see my departure as a blessing, to be honest. I think in this moment, not being a part of corporate media is actually a gift. Because from now, on the outside looking in, I don’t know that I could live with the kind of restrictions that people in corporate media are facing […]

We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. CBS News is gone; CNN seems about to follow. The Los Angeles Times installed an AI-powered “bias meter” to warn readers […]

Breathless, I make it to the sweet spot and turn to face the monument. Before I can fix the camera to the tripod, the scene before me stops me completely. I’ve reached the monument not only at the edge of sunrise, but on the brink of the metaphysical - as if I am the final piece in a vast jigsaw […]

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, authorized the purchase of Spirit Airlines jets before discovering the airline didn’t actually own the planes – and that the aircraft lacked engines. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/kristi-noem-spirit-airlines-planes?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

France starved, Louis and Marie build magnificent buildings, threw fancy parties, and glutted on exotic foods. Too bad Trump slept through history classes. It didn’t turn out well for them, and I hope Trump eventually sees accountability.

The story of Bruce Springsteen’s father shows what is obscured by the nostalgic narrative about a lost golden age of American manhood, Mitchell Duneier writes. “Today’s crisis didn’t begin with the loss of manufacturing jobs, and simply bringing those jobs back won’t solve it.” […]

BBC is ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s Minister of Lies https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/08/bbc-100-fake-news-says-donald-trumps-press-secretary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Judge rules Trump administration failed to meet legal requirements for deploying troops to Portland https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-11-07/judge-rules-trump-administration-failed-to-meet-legal-requirements-for-deploying-troops-to-portland

Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continued into its 38th day […]

Country singer Alexis Wilkins, who is dating FBI director Kash Patel, has filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against a Utah social media influencer — arguing the man fabricated his claim that she’s a honeypot' Israeli spy […]

Construction is underway at the Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium mine in southeastern Utah, the first project approved under the Interior Department’s accelerated permitting process.

The hearing was a bloodbath for the Trump administration: Six justices lined up to bash the Justice Department’s defense of the tariffs, barely disguising their annoyance with the government’s barrage of blustery nonsense. At the halfway point, it would’ve saved everyone time had the court just […]

The U.S. Navy failed to alert the public to high levels of airborne radioactive material detected almost a year ago at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco According to a notice warning community groups in neighborhoods around the defunct base, the Navy notified the San Francisco […]

Just depravity. While Trump et al throws a Gatsby-style event at the White House, the people’s house, he is asking to prevent 42 million of our friends, family, and neighbors to live under duress, not knowing whether they will be able to eat. More trauma for those who already suffer the most.

Supreme Court issues a stay, with three dissenting and Brett Kavanaugh concurring separately to note that hunger tends to be brief

Flooded disused coalmines could be a significant source of energy and provide cheap heat to thousands of homes, a new report argues. Mine water geothermal heat (MWGH) systems use the water in flooded coalmines, which is warmed by natural processes, to supply low-carbon heat. Heat exchangers and […]

As Trump’s excuses for GOP losses worsen he calls for rigging the midterms in response A Democratic operative explains why his schemes could still be a problem—and how Democrats should respond https://newrepublic.com/article/202852/unraveling-trump-accidentally-blurts-secret-plan-rig-2026

Colleges report dramatic declines in enrollment among master’s-level students amid visa issuance and immigration challenges in the U.S. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/graduate-students-and-postdocs/2025/11/06/international-graduate-student-enrollment

Legislation requiring cars and trucks to have AM radios easily cleared a House committee Wednesday, although it could run into opposition going forward. H.R. 979 -- the “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act,” would require the Department of Transportation to enforce the mandate through a rulemaking […]

Nancy Pelosi is out, and Zohran Mamdani is in. Or so Republicans hope. After spending years — and tens of millions of dollars — pillorying Ms. Pelosi and seeking to tie her to seemingly every Democrat in America Republicans are betting that their next boogeyman has arrived, just in time. For […]

It pisses me off that NBC Nightly News showed actual footage from this presser -- and neglected to mention the guy from Novo Nordisk keeled over seconds later. And there was no mention of this now-iconic photo. Just, yay, cheaper weight loss drugs. -- No visuals of the sociopath sociopathing.

New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim said he’s still in the dark about the future of the Gateway Tunnel Project after President Donald Trump declared it dead in the water. The senator again warned of “catastrophic” consequences if the Hudson River crossings aren’t built […]

“Tariffs are an import tax, plain and simple. I would assume the administration understands that. “I actually am surprised that it was so lacking,” Senator Maria Cantwell added, of the administration’s case. The court did not appear persuaded, either. “You want to say tariffs are not taxes,” […]

US Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in Venezuela https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/senate-trump-venezuela?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Low income people don't save, they spend. The real recipients of welfare are corporations. Not just through sales, but also because welfare payments are wage subsidies. The ghost of Keynes is standing over his grave shouting "I fucking told you so!!" https://syzito.xyz/@selzero/115491442539586408

Donald Trump has pardoned the former Tennessee House speaker and his former top aide in the state legislature just weeks after they were sentenced to prison on public corruption charges. Glen Casada, 66, was sentenced in September to three years in federal prison on charges related to a kickback […]

Last season’s updated vaccine provides significant protection against covid-19, particularly against severe illness and death. The results reaffirm the benefit of staying current with covid vaccination. Researchers analyzed data from approximately 1.8 million Americans between August 2024 and […]

Financial well-being has an outsize imprint on older Americans’ quality of life -- affecting their physical health, social life and even cognitive skills. Low-income seniors are more likely to experience mental confusion, spend less time pursuing hobbies, and face difficulties with everyday […]

Charts Show The Stock Market Headed to a Correction The ominous Hindenburg Omen, a rare technical warning that appears when market breadth bifurcates and many stocks hit highs and lows at the same time, has surfaced. This signal has appeared three times over the last week, the last time […]

The National Shooting Sports Foundation boasts of raising awareness about suicide, but it uses deceptive numbers to promote its efforts https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/gun-industry-suicide-prevention-effort-misleading-1235460363/

Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity. “The program would require electricity retailers to provide free electricity to everyone for at least three hours a day" https://kottke.org/25/11/0047800-australia-has-so-much-sol

Money has always distorted U.S. politics, but the current Trump regime has entered new territory with 🔥an unabashed pay-to-play setup that’s stuffing the president’s political coffers while enriching him and his family. 💥Donald Trump’s coldly transactional dealings have been on full display as […]

Up to 1,800 flights a day could be disrupted by Trump's airport cuts; California to be hard hit https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-06/why-california-could-be-so-hard-hit-by-airport-capacity-reductions-safety