The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848.

Last month, President Trump launched a $40 billion bailout for Argentina, started construction on a new ballroom for himself, and bought two new private jets for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. But he did nothing to help Americans afford their groceries.

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Democrats: Important to pick the precise dollar amount of minimum wage increase that’s most popular lest everyone get mad at us Republicans: hahah yes, a Gatsby party at the president’s luxury resort at the exact moment benefits expire for millions!! Voters: I like you roughly the same amount

This billionaire is trolling hardworking educators—and making jokes about gutting supports for special needs kids.

sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over hunger and directed $5 million to food banks across the state, seeking to avert the impending November loss of food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians. buff.ly/Humghvf by @shaanthx.bsky.social

According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history. The leading cause of death? Covid-19. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The phrase "Trump administration plan to build dozens of new nuclear plants" should solicit hearty laughter from anyone familiar with the history of the nuclear industry, the fate of most recent nuclear plants, the honesty & competence of the Trump administration, or the meanings of words.

The White House violated a court order in Oregon and deployed National Guard troops the day after they were told not to do that.

America's immigration crackdown might have serious financial consequences for a range of countries. n.pr/4o91GpD

The Trump administration has a rainy day fund that will keep SNAP from expiring in November. Trump is refusing to use it. Funding SNAP isn't a choice he can make. It's a legal obligation. USDA must release the funds and stop punishing the American people. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible. Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

Reuters found Maritime Mutual has covered almost one in six shadow fleet tankers blacklisted by Western governments. Here's how it worked: reut.rs/3WX9uii

I think my favorite thing about "every city reveals its inner character" era of ice protests is that people keep saying portland is weird or cute or nice or silly when one of the most common chants at the ice building is people looking up at feds on the roof and yelling "jump! jump! jump!" in unison

Don't forget — they're not just buying a ballroom. They're buying Trump's favor. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.

Russia now owns another Republican member of Congress. Likely bought at a bargain price.

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

"The agency's announcement came after more than 200 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday called on USDA to draw on its emergency reserves to fund November food benefits. However, according to a memo seen by Reuters, the department indicated that it would not do so."

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It probably doesn’t matter but I would be flooding the zone with images of the White House destruction right now.

You cannot trust any statement any branch of the government makes at this point.

🧵 1/5 Thanks, Trump. Because only you could turn a shutdown into an asbestos awareness week. 🎉 #EastWingDemolition #ShutdownShitshow #AsbestosAwareness

This is really what it comes down to. I'm holding the Senate floor to say HELL NO to Trump destroying our We the People government. 🔗 www.youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...

"Yes, yes, it *is* sad that you lost the family farm, but have you heard about the big beautiful ballroom that President Trump is building at the White House? It's going cost a quarter of a billion dollars! Yes, billion, with a b. ... What? ... No, you can't come see it. What a stupid question."

Protesters at ICE pretty excited about the arrival of Mr. Peanut

A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities

four dicks

@wyden.senate.gov Forest Grove, OR #nokings

to be clear I don't think the dsa is somehow stealing the limelight. I think the institutional libs have failed to meet the moment and their constituents.

That's right

This. You are not alone. Go feel it.

Proud to see how #pdx lowered the national inhibitions for inflatable costumes #nokings

To everyone participating in a No Kings protest today, thank you. Protest PEACEFULLY, look out for your neighbors, and use your voice. This is part of how we protect our democracy. There are NO KINGS in America! ❌👑🇺🇲

This is what Mike Johnson is terrified of:

Status in Portland, 10 pm-ish

There is absolutely no reason for this. Trump is doing this only b/c Santos sucked up to him. The case against Santos was solid. He was a total fraud and violated assorted campaign finance laws. Noah Lanard and I broke a major piece of the Santos story in 2023: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

Sounds crazy but Ed Orgeron to #gobeavers Oregon State is a path already traveled by Denny Erickson. 2-3 years of successful building and then a final move to a bigger gig or simply stay and enjoy success at the smaller scale and retire.

PENN IS OUT! That means both institutions that signed prior agreements with the administration have said no. We're at 3 rejections. I told y'all once the second one hit yesterday, the clock started for the rest. www.thedp.com/article/2025...

JD Vance’s unwillingness to condemn the Nazi GOP groupchat provides the press corps yet another opportunity to probe his personal associations, and take note of how the whole administration exists to please them and make sadistic content go viral. www.offmessage.net/p/governing-...

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts. We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...