NEW: Here's Judge McConnell's order telling the USDA to fully pay SNAP benefits immediately. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71820...

I am digging the creative dunking by the Dems

Sharing a few photos taken at the marina by neighbor @rmklumpp.bsky.social. Amazing images of bald eagles.

#photography #eaglephotography #oregon

Yes. Love her. The bright face of the future.

Local woman wakes up, puts the former Teen Vogue writers in charge of the Washington Post, makes oatmeal.

🗽

Hey MAGA: I'll see your "mandate" and raise you a MAMDANI.

We go to sleep in a better country than we woke up in. Thank you to everyone who worked for these coast-to-coast victories, for this utter repudiation of Trumpism, for economic justice and a country for all of us, not for white supremacy.

California voters sent a strong anti-Donald Trump message on Tuesday by passing Proposition 50, another big win for Democrats during the 2025 off-year election.

Making the case for joy in an upcoming workshop — brevity.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/j... #writingworkshops #joy #MaryOliver #KephartKeepers

It's been 40 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social never disappoints.

It's been 38 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

Probably just a coincidence, but SNAP benefits end for 42 million Americans tomorrow, on the Day of the Dead.

The top three things Jesus was on about were feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger. Rich men have convinced so-called Christians to starve the hungry, gut health care, and deport the stranger to enrich themselves. It’s astoundingly anti-Christ.

Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/

Philadelphians, don't miss this chance to see and hear @bethkephart.bsky.social on November 17!

Do not do unto others as you would not like it not done unto you

Dear Democratic Members of Congress: I am urging each of you to adopt a food pantry this week. Make it clear that Trump and the GOP are withholding $5 billion in a contingency fund that could fund SNAP benefits and feed Americans, so you're adopting a food pantry in your district.

To dear @bethkephart.bsky.social, my enduring appreciation for loving on my debut novel so well! Books are one of the main things we need for resilience. 💙 Plus good friends, coffee cake, and—in a pinch—a thorough house-vacuuming. 😜

I mean, seriously, if they never publish another word I write: GFY.

Extra, extra: Russ Douthat at the NYT and the WaPo Editorial Board are cool with the East Wing teardown, castigating liberal "NIMBYs" and clutching their pearls over (gasp!) the specter of VIPS sipping their Dom Pérignon under temporary tents on the South Lawn. Plus, Douthat takes a swing at Obama.

Sewing with Joan. We could be part of each other's fortune. tinyurl.com/5x45yxfm

Deliciousness on the heart. And the Author's Note by @miriamgershow.bsky.social at the end of this goodness.

Today Bannon said what we've known since at least Jan. 6, that Trump plans to be "president" forever. A bully who has managed to rig the system to his (not our) advantage at every turn aims to stay in office until he dies. To vastly understate things, this is NOT RIGHT. tinyurl.com/3d77t6h5

Follow the link and do what @piperformissouri.bsky.social suggests. Pay particular attention to 1998 on. This "timeline" will make you sick to your stomach, which is uncomfortable—but worth it, I think, to stare clear-eyed at what these goons are putting up on the official government website.

"How many times must a man turn his head ... and pretend that he just doesn't see?" youtu.be/vWwgrjjIMXA?...

Thank you to @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for giving us the phrase "Enshittification Administration." Could not have said it better myself.

Building a Big Beautiful Bunker beneath the Epstein Ballroom?

Updating my LEGO White House

Spitballing here, but could Pete Hegseth's directive to his Pentagon peeps to not breathe a word about what's going on in there to Congress be a problem?

Darned if there is absolutely NO coverage in the WaPo or NT of the meet-the-moment floor speech by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) that rang alarm bells for our republic from Tuesday evening to Wednesday afternoon while Congressional Rs were nowhere to be found because Mike Johnson told them to "git."

Price tag for wanton desecration of the People's House has gone up $50K—to $300 million now. Wonder if they're saving the bunker underneath the East Wing (oops, I meant Big Don Energy Ballroom). Read it and weep: wapo.st/3Jqdtkn

Who approved the demolition of the fucking White House? Congress isn’t even in session.

How I wish every person who cares about our country was listening to this incredible floor speech by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, now in its 20th hour, enumerating the ways we're already deep into an authoritarian crisis. It is an American issue, not a blue or red issue, and we'd better pay attention.

New post. Losses are hard, especially when they tumble so fast. But! Books = resistance. And small joys = resistance. open.substack.com/pub/nancytow...

Do we think the fact that the $250 million cost of the stupid ballroom that warranted demolishing the East Wing of the White House and the $230 million Trump is suing the DOJ for because it dared to investigate his rampant crime-ing are PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME AMOUNT a coincidence?

It's 5 a.m. Wednesday. Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley's voice is getting a bit hoarse after 13 hours of speaking on the senate floor. "This is a dictator. This is not a president. This is a tyrant."

Taking a smidgen of encouragement from this quote by Seth Masket on [email protected]. For this afternoon, anyway.

It feels like we're at the part of the book where America either comes to its senses or it doesn't. Cliffhanger.

In my almost 68 years, I don't think I've ever seen a more potent metaphor. What are we going to do about it?

A friend just called to tell me he thinks we need to change the phrase No Kings to No Hitler. Kings are too relatable or namby-pamby, maybe? It feels like we're there. Would that move the needle? Maybe No Ovens? No Human Extermination? What?

"Trump did not achieve lasting peace in Gaza. He didn’t achieve a week of peace in Gaza, just like we all knew he wouldn’t. Because Trump only cares about Trump, and whatever narrative can be wrangled in support of Trump is what he’s going with, regardless of the consequences."

If you'd told me 50 years ago that the President of the United States would "post" something called an "AI video" to something called "social media," depicting himself as a king flying a helicopter and dumping sewage on protesters' heads, my teenage self would have called you crazy. But here we are.

Free balls. 🎾 #NoKings

Rubio's CECOT tattling, Louvre jewelry heist, Pentagon press coverage, and vaccine timing all topped the awful headline "No Kings protests draw large crowds" in today’s WaPo. Lemme help: SEVEN MILLION AMERICANS FLOOD STREETS TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY AGAINST FASCISM. Much better and way more accurate.

Anyone wanna take any bets on how many op-eds are published by legacy outlets about Trump posting an AI video of himself dumping shit on Americans who are protesting?

Exactly.