Drawing of the Day: the world is on fire and the efforts to stop adding fuel are coming up short. But in nicer news @wutrain.bsky.social played the piano with Yo-Yo Ma so there’s also beautiful things out there.

Drawing of the Day: Trump fawns over Mamdani who doesn’t roll back comments calling Trump a fascist. MTG announced her resignation and SCOTUS lets Texas keep gerrymandered maps

Drawing of the Day: Trump calls for the death of several congress members, Judge says DC troop deployment is illegal, Trumps Ukraine - Russia peace plan is so pro Russian that Ukraine already rejected it, and Israel violates the ceasefire again making it a question of what to call the current phase

Drawing of the Day: Oakland mobilization against ICE, Epstein files may not be fully released despite a bill, but Larry Summers is taking a break based on what’s already out there, and Zoox starts driving itself around SF.

Drawing of the Day: Trump hosts MBS who gets questioned about Khashoggi’s murder- to which Trump attacks Khashoggi, the journalist, and ABC’s right to broadcast. Congress votes to release Epstein files. Federal judges block Texas redistricting maps for racial gerrymandering

Drawing of the Day: Pope Leo XIV calls on leaders to do more about the climate, the UN passes a Gaza stabilization force plan, Epstein emails have weakened Trump but for some reason Larry Summers still has a job.

Drawing of the Day: As rains begin in Gaza life gets harder for those displaced by the attacks over the last 2 years. Meanwhile the Pope called on the world to listen to poor and churches across the US had empty pews after ICE raids

Drawing of the Day: Alice Wong, disability activist and writer has died. ICE begins raids in Charlotte

Drawing of the Day: Climate activists in Brazil work to access COP30, ICE arrests pastor as attacks on Chicago continue, and did Trump give Bill Clinton a blowjob? The Epstein files have us asking questions about that and sex trafficking

Drawing of the Day: Government reopens, Starbucks strikes, Epstein emails reveal links between powerful men and sex trafficker, Gaetz gets in on the action with his own rape of a trafficked girl, and Hegseth bombed another boat.

Drawing of the Day: Government shutdown ends, Trump is in the situation room lobbying Congress to not release Epstein files, Oversight committee released 20,000 emails from Epstein showing Epstein believed Trump knew about his crimes, and the US Mint stopped production of pennies today.

Drawing of the Day: Armistice Day / Veterans Day / Remembrance Day And the government shutdown continues but will likely soon end

Drawing of the Day: Spineless Schumer and the Senate Democrats cave without getting ACA funding (F*ckers!!), SCOTUS won’t take up a case on same-sex marriage (yay) but will take up one on counting mailed in ballots (uh oh)

Drawing of the Day: Government still shutdown, Dems ready to cave despite a fired up base that doesn’t want them too, and tenderness and care seen amidst the chaos as Typhoon Fung-Wong hit the Philippines.

Drawing of the Day: the shutdown continues, flights are being canceled and people are going hungry. Meanwhile Super Typhoon Fung-Wong is hitting the Philippines in the wake of an already devastating storm.

Drawing of the day: Day 38 of the shutdown, Trump admin sues to avoid paying out SNAP benefits, SCOTUS considers same-sex marriage, and a judge rules Portland troop deployment was illegal

Drawing of the Day: Pelosi announces retirement, the government is still shutdown, and Trump wants to defy the court order to pay out SNAP benefits

Drawing of the Day: Government shut down continues, Mamdani picks his team, FAA cuts flights, and the UPS plane crash in Kentucky is being investigated as search and rescue continues

Drawing of the Day: Mamdani, Spanberger, and Sherrill all enjoy exciting wins in a wave of Democratic election wins tonight, CA passes Prop 50, Dick Cheney former VP and war criminal dies, the US is now in its longest ever shutdown

Drawing of the Day… and a walrus cuz it was mostly text today Government still shut down, Election Day tomorrow, SNAP will get partial payments, and maker of Tylenol to be acquired by the maker of lots of toilet paper.

Another journal done - new one begins tomorrow

Drawing of the Day: Long lines at food pantries, Dodgers win the World Series making Bluesky good at breaking news for a bit, Adelina Grijalva has still not been sworn in, and Hegseth ordered a 15th boat bombed while not giving any evidence to Congress.

Drawing of the Day Government is STILL Shutdown, the House is still in Recess. Trump went to Florida for a Halloween party, sharing photos of a bathroom renovation in the Lincoln Bedroom. Federal judges ordered Trump to continue SNAP payments, and China’s space program is going well.

Drawing of the Day: Two of Jeffrey Epstein’s friends led the news today: Trump for being mad at the Senate for not overturning the filibuster to push his agenda, and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor who is no longer a prince due to his abuses of girls while with Epstein

Trump is in South Korea and meeting with Xi, possibly selling advanced AI tech and threatening to test nuclear technology. NVIDIA is now valued at $5 trillion, Google got $100 billion this quarter, Military bombed boats and isn’t briefing Dems, Fed rate cut, Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica

Drawing of the Day: Hurricane Melissa slams into Jamaica, ICE ignores federal court and deports man to Laos, and a monkey is still on the loose in Mississippi following a truck crash

Drawing of the Day: The UN issues a stark warning on climate change- we’re missing our targets and need to take action immediately to avoid even more catastrophic consequences. The US government is still shutdown, but that hasn’t stopped ICE from detaining people even those here lawfully

Drawing of the Day: Guns vs Butter gets literal Hurricane Mellisa is heading to Jamaica Flight delays due to the ongoing government shutdown

Drawing of the Day Oh canada

Drawing of the Day: Who is the military working for and who are they fighting? Protests hold back ICE CA plans

Drawing of the Day: One wing White House, antiICE actions Bay Area wide, and Trump is mad at Canada

Drawing of the Day: Trump uses private tech money to destroy the East Wing of the White House, Sen Merkley gives a 23 hour speech warning about Trump and authoritarianism, Trump ordered another boat bombing, and NY shows up against ICE

Drawing of the Day: Tearing down the White House and not one but two Nazi scandals in US politics today… but NY stopped an ICE raid

Drawing of the Day: Happy Diwali! Orange man destroying White House during government shutdown. AWS outage and court case blocking troops from Oregon gets a new ruling and appeal.

Drawing of the Day: Gap between social media coverage of mass protests & news coverage. Trump posts a video of him as a king dropping poop on protests. Israeli strikes kill 44 Palestinians and put ceasefire in question. Military celebration sends shrapnel on cops. Louvre heist leads to stolen jewels

Drawing of the Day: #nokings

Drawing of the Day The government is still shutdown and Americans start to see what premiums for healthcare could look like. Trump talks to Putin and now shifts stance on Ukraine again …

Drawing of the Day: Government shutdown continues, Trump’s former National Security Advisor is indicted, and the head of US Military’s Southern Command steps down

Drawing of the Day: The government is still shut down and Trump has sent the CIA to Venezuela. Young Republicans are more racist than you might think in revealing texts between national Young Republican leaders. Press stands firm against Pentagon policy to restrict their ability to do journalism

Drawing of the Day: Trump’s grim reaper is cutting our government programs and murdering people in international waters

Drawing of the Day: the victory lap for the ceasefire and domestic preparedness under attack

Drawing of the Day: Whimsy protests mock authoritarian militarization

Drawing of the Day US Government shut down, House covering up Epstein files, Senate ends the war in Iraq after 23 years, and Marc Benioff wants the National Guard in SF

Drawing of the Day: Where are the troops going? Israel or Chicago? The government is shut down, Israel accepts the beginning of a peace deal, federal judge says no to troop deployment in Chicago, and Trump’s attacks on NY AG Letitia James have led to an indictment

Drawing of the Day Peace? Maybe US Gov still shut down and Les Mis turns 40

Drawing of the Day: Two years of suffering… what started as terror has turned into a humanitarian crisis like no other.

Drawing of the Day: celebrating the Nobel Prize in Medicine, AI market shifts, and Texas troops on route to Chicago

Drawing of the Day: Americas War on Americans

Drawing of the Day My friends got married, Portland judge says national guard deployment is illegal, and Israel and Palestine are getting closer to a peace deal

Drawing of the Day Peace negotiations continue between Israel and Palestine with international leaders weighing in US government is shut down and still shooting down boats near Venezuela Taylor Swift’s new album is out now