HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.

Inshallah

Sandwiches FOR EVERYONE!!!

Amazing what a "too big" federal government actually DOES.

movie where * the protagonist's immigrant family being undocumented is an actual plot point * the anti-immigrant cat brigade is portrayed unequivocally as villains * the capitalist exploitation of immigrant labor is clearly articulated * the main events are kicked off by an anti-Semitic arson attack

Families, and by extension, tribes, are the fundamental units of humanity. Communism is the fundamental economic system of humanity.

We're going to need a few new chapters in the DSM.

As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.

Oh man finance.yahoo.com/video/openai...

As I predicted, California flexed its power, definitively. And it shouldn't stop now: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Teen Vogue was one of the best media outlets left. What's the over/under on Wired lasting out the year?

Shocked. Totally shocked.

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

i'm sorry did you all know about the historic butt-drag fossil and you didn't tell me? y'all were keeping this from me??? this whole time??? i am wounded

In case you were wondering why the US is securing mineral deals around the world at the moment.

Feel like some reporter should ask, "sir, how is it that you believe you can competently do your job when you repeatedly fail to hear, read, or see major political events that everybody's least media literate facebook uncle knows about?"

Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed. n.pr/47yYhti

Another one bites the dust. Trump fired yet another inspector general (IG), the FHFA’s Acting IG, Joe Allen, after Allen apparently gave exculpatory information to the DoJ lawyers prosecuting NY AG Letitia James, as required by the constitution & basic fairness. www.reuters.com/world/us/wat...

can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.

Trump administration policy is indistinguishable from a foreign attack, episode 7,200:

"Appalachian Power... is proposing more than a 20% reduction in electricity costs... The reason... is a combination of lower fuel costs and greater adoption of renewable energy". Clean energy = cheap energy, because if you don't burn fuel, you don't pay for fuel. cardinalnews.org/2025/11/03/l...

I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...

They “didn’t know they had the legal authority” to use the SNAP emergency funds and it may take until Wednesday to figure out the process. They tore down the East Wing overnight and will send their goon squads into cities and put people in camps with no problem…. but feed people? Don't be fooled.

This quote continues to rattle me to my core: "So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them." That's Rep Adam Smith to Pentagon officials in a briefing on Trump's illegal boat bombings. As he told me in this piece, they didn't answer his objection:

I just like signing my name on stuff.

Prison companies donate to politicians… who pass laws forcing people into poverty… and criminalize poverty… to fill up the for-profit prisons… and then sell their stocks to wealthy people and members of Congress to invest in. Rinse and repeat. popular.info/p/inmates-wi...

Thou shalt not take the name or word of the Lord, thy God, into the service of thine own vanity.

Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.

Luxury problem for liberal cosmopolitans, some will say -- but surely another indicator of decline: "America, which topped the index in 2014, has dropped out of the top ten for the first time since the ranking began in 2006. It now shares the 12th tier of passports with Malaysia..."

Why?

Don't get lost in the facts ..

Why would you not shout from the rooftops about your great healthcare plan? Unless it's going to screw an awful lot of people so you need to keep it secret while you implement it.

A patient in Utah refused to be tested or to help with investigation into the outbreak. Measles is extremely infectious. It can linger in the room for up to 2 h after an infectious person has left. Among unvaccinated people, 90% will become infected if exposed. 🧪 arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

tfw you realize chickens are raised better than you

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government go.nature.com/47hn0n5

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Scoop: FBI ousts senior official after Kash Patel’s fury over news of his use of government jet to see girlfriend perform. The removed head of critical incident response group was 27-year FBI veteran who oversaw aviation sections. news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...

And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations. I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.

Happy Halloween

Look what Ohio just did to Cincinnati in redistricting. Completely cracking a Democratic-leaning city in half.

Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard. There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.

Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500. Insane

How long before he shoots someone on 5th Avenue, without losing any votes?

In late 80s I was social worker in Houston working in Verification unit for food stamps. Made unannounced home visits to verify applicants were qualified &had reported all income etc. Unit was dismantled because cost more to run than were recovering. Very little fraud.So many myths/lies about SNAP

You can’t even use SNAP to buy a hot rotisserie chicken unless you live in a state with a special waiver.

Trump has denied he intends to go to war with Venezuela, but his administration is positioning extensive military assets poised to do so. Believe the actions.

More Democrats should get more combative with the media, in particular by calling out questions that have an unspoken premise of "GOP voters are realer Americans than you," or in this case, "the president can break the law if voters in a city choose a mayor according to their own preferences."

The director of immigration services said he was "declaring war” on anyone who wants to naturalize but “doesn’t want the responsibility of what it means to actually be a U.S. citizen.” That includes screening in social media or actions viewed as "anti-American" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI! This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...