“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan

Here’s a list of people that should be in jail.

So don't use AI, kids.

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

One *Curious City* listener wanted to know if Native Americans currently have a neighborhood enclave in the city. While there isn’t one concentrated neighborhood anymore, Uptown on the city’s North Side used to be that nucleus. 

The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, DC today is a horrible tragedy. We must all condemn this kind of unacceptable violence. MK and I are praying for the victims, their families, and all of our service members who sign up to serve our country.

There are currently TWENTY THREE Great Pyr mixes at the Oregon Humane Society available for adoption, rescued from a huge neglect case out in Polk County. If you’ve ever wanted a LORG fren for your family, you can’t do much better than Pyrs.

this is what I'm grinding for

James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars. Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)

when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean

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Added note: the Trump family is *heavily* connected to DATCOs. In an August newsletter I outlined the 5–6 DATCOs linked to the Trump family. Since then, Trump-linked World Liberty Financial and Fight Fight Fight LLC have also launched treasury strategies, bringing the total to 7–8.

🚨🚨HOLY SHIT‼️Robert De Niro just went scorched earth on “Dirty Donald” and his administration and it is delicious to watch. This is how you pushback on this fascist regime. Thank you calling out these anti-American fools for the invasive species that they are. Must watch🔥💥🔥

Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw. The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.

“”My mother taught me the importance of compassion and community, and I can’t think of a better way to honor her than by helping to ensure those in need can obtain the most advanced neurological care available,” Michael Jordan said in a written statement.”

Those times I stayed at the InterContinental in Caracas…

This kind of story pulls me temporarily out of retirement and away from bear hunting. chicago.suntimes.com/outdoors/202...

DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.

Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union. They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration. More updates TK.

A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.

My friend @ousvyatsky.bskysocial and I are quoted. Gift link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A W. Philly apartment building was destroyed in a suspected arson right after its tenants were evicted and the building sold to shell company. What is this, the ‘70s? Great reporting by Ryan Briggs and William Bender. www.inquirer.com/news/phil-pu...

8-y/o Bellarina listed for medical - shelter diagnosed as diabetic & started treatment. Surrendered b/c owner cannot afford a vet. Shy, sensitive & sweet. Available to foster or adopt by 11/25: nycacc.app#/browse/240474

A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."

They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

🎁WSJ: Kahn and Indyke "are among the beneficiaries of a major trust that will collect his remaining assets after all claims against the estate are resolved, called the 1953 Trust." The Feds never questioned them in the Epstein investigation.

Rounding the turn Philly Marathon near 6 mile mark. Everyone still fresh and the crowds are roaring under my windows. Weather is perfect. #NotRunningWatching

A floor a day, everyday...that's what we do.

A little bit goes a long way for those who are struggling those holiday season. #SoOthersMightEat give.some.org/campaign/730...

from government by consultant to government by consultants using generative AI. decades of degrading government capacity to actually govern has left it open to further degradation through ai hype and perceptions it enables further cost cutting.

There’s a great children’s book about this too, called Brave Girl. My girls now love running around the house shouting “general strike” in Yiddish [kvells] www.harpercollins.com/products/bra...

She’s not a journalist. She’s a Kardashian.

This is a wonderful time to support journalists who do the work, don’t fuck sources, and actually have moral clarity.

Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...

Technically no. But my Thursday column (sneak peek!) predicts we don't leave the decade without at least one civil suit alleging some violation of the below clause:

But will bars accept these phone IDs, given that underage folks could score screenshots of over-21 ID? Will it have little bouncing Abe Lincolns, like Cubs tickets baseballs, to show it’s a legitimate online ID? @chicagobars.bsky.social

Bubblicious and I were out at Dilworth ParkPhilly today. They have really gone all out with the Holiday Market decorations. There is even a carousel in City Hall courtyard! Staying in town TGiving. If you are passing through Center City say hi!

How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.

The We Rate Dogs guy has been at it for like a decade now and unlike almost every other account of this size and reach, he has stayed true to his mission and message and it's weirdly re-affirming that not everything has to be bad. He's made it a career while still spreading goodness

In other news, here is a very nice profile of me and WITHOUT CONSENT in the Salem Statesman-Journal, the local paper whose coverage started it all back in 1978:

Didn’t know this @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social but that whole novel tackles Christian fascism! That’s the focus. interminablerambling.medium.com/flashes-of-l...

New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...

A man died today at the Rikers Island jail complex. He was just hours away from an expected release. This year, 13 people have now died in the NYC jails. That is *nearly triple* the number of people who died in the NYC jails in all of 2024. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/r...

Pras, cofounder of the Grammy-winning hip hop group the Fugees, was sentenced to 14 years over a multimillion-dollar foreign political influence scheme.

With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…

this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter

"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends." The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...

Tierra Walker died because she could not get an abortion in Texas to treat her severe preeclampsia. This is what Republicans have wrought with their anti-abortion crusade. But let’s be clear: Abortion bans aren’t pro-life. They’re pro-control. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN3oLwO0OEE