Trump is appealing the judicial order to pay full SNAP benefits by tomorrow. He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed. He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage. It’s enraging.

So it looks like we’re looking at a March, 2027 release for A DARK AND NARROW HOUSE. A bit later than I wanted, but I hope it will be worth the wait. (Beta readers so far seem to be enjoying it)

Very kind, Martin. Thanks for the readership MD Pakistani edition is a collectible at this point. The Hachette Indian is rare in the US. But good news! Putnam (Penguin RH) is bringing out a North America edition in 2028–something I’m really looking forward to.

Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters | Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the Blue Wave that washed away local GOP office holders, writes Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social.

NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011. It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat. “Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.

“You’ve been repeating several times that Russia should pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe that Israel should pay for the reconstruction of Gaza since they have destroyed almost all its civilian infrastructure?”

As noted today: Democrats are clearly winning the politics of the shutdown, and its Senators aiming to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory are being absurd. prospect.org/2025/11/04/t...

With all the excitement about the election I don’t want this story to get lost. This morning 8 car wash workers in Boston were kidnapped by federal agents in the largest workplace raid in the area in recent memory. The details are horrifying. 🧵 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

starts at 28:40 if you wanna watch the whole thing www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ys...

Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago

I think the two most imp things Mamdani and tn’s blue wave have given us are hope and courage. We shall not go gently into that good night We shall TURN THE VOLUME UP!

My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’

It’s real real interesting to see what happens when you win a major American election after your own party leadership refuses to endorse you, so you don’t owe them or their pollsters and lobbyists jack shit

one thing that other candidates need to learn from mamdani is how to deliver the most cold blooded attacks on an opponent with a smile on your face

This is incredibly important: we must frame tonight as a resounding victory — an electoral landslide, a mandate from the universe itself and as a repudiation of MAGA, of Trump, and of vichy democrats we must be relentless, we must not shut up

Damn straight. Be fucking loud and obnoxious. Shove this in the face of your idiot uncle and racist high school friends.

Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇 When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.

Remember when they said they need a Left Rogan for the “youth” Which youth?

Mamdani: So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.

I do not think the era of Islamophobia or anti Arab racism is over but I do think this book ends a particular era of a particular kind of Democratic politics and opens up a new one

"Children of Gaza are not just numbers or passing news; they are innocent souls who deserve love and care"(Mohammed Abusalama) #Gaza #TranslatingFalasteen

holy shit.

"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...

Haha

the vibe in NYC suggests a Zohran-related baby boom in nine months.

Only thing I'd add to what others have said is that Brianna's willingness to sell other queer folks, her own trans kin included, downstream is not unconnected to her support for a genocidal settler colonial entity that's currently continuing to brutalize the population whose land its occupying.

BREAKING: California voters approve a new House map designed to help Democrats net 5 seats next year, NBC News projects, countering Republican redistricting in other states.

If anyone needed another reminder of how deeply unpopular the Trump-MAGA Republican agenda is, tonight was the night. But we cannot relent and we cannot become complacent. The midterms are right around the corner.

The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC. It didn't matter. Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.

“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis

HUGE THING: 100,000 people volunteered for Mamdani. 1000s volunteering for the FIRST TIME. And they just won BIG. So that's a massive army of progressives HUNGRY to keep on winning. That's worth more than all the billionaires' money. We're going to keep working. And we're going to keep winning.

Was searching “Greg Abbott” to see what crap came out of his despicable mouth today and found this Number 4 is my favorite

not to bring the vibe down, but my guess is that after tonight Trump will probably double down on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and intimidation as tactics to disincentivize Dem turnout ahead of next year‘s midterms. (with margins like these, it won’t matter, but it’s a time to be vigilant)

well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy

“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

Whoever made this should run for president

🚨BREAKING: Maine voters rejected a Republican-backed ballot initiative Tuesday that would have imposed new photo ID rules and severely limited mail-in voting — a decisive win for voting rights advocates who said the measure threatened to upend the state’s tradition of accessible elections.

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

Obama is a hypocritical demon. He may be all-important to Dems but it was he who destroyed Libya, drone-bombed Northern Pakistan & Afghanistan like no one’s business and protected Israeli madness in 2014–which eventually paved way for genocide. He betrayed his mentor Edward Said.

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

you can win without billionaires supporting you you can win without party leadership endorsing you you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to

ive had this in my head all day but now it’s LOUD M A M D A N I

What are three policy proposals that you heard from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social during his campaign & where do you currently live? [I want to see something/ I allowed QP on this]

It’s cool that Chuck Schumer, Kiersten Gillibrand, and Hakeem Jeffries just proved to every future dem that establishment approval is irrelevant tbh

Every talking head is going to try to sell you the idea that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's win was a fluke. But working people are sending a message: they WANT a politics that prioritizes them, not the billionaires.