Sadly we live in a time when dramatic videos attract more outrage than slow insidious starvation.

The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.

Sorry to repeat it but: Having seen a lot of person-to-person showdowns w elected leaders, don't think I've ever seen as complete an "own" as Mamdani does w Trump here. JDV should be furious Cuckolded Republicans should be furious Trump's actual kids should be furious Trump will be furious—tomorrow

And Trump likely sees in Mamdani what he always wanted himself: to go from being a Queens outsider to a Manhattan insider. (2/2)

Its incredible that nine years after Americans elected a guy who presents in every way as a through and through super villain the big news story should finally be - wow, check this out, he really is a through and through super villain.

People don’t always follow politics (and who can blame them), but they understand stuff like “nothing to eat now,” “the president is bulldozing the White House,” “the president is hiding stuff about his relationship to America’s most notorious child sex trafficker”

-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together. -Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places. -Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."

2/2 You think Dem voters would have turned out in the numbers, and with the enthusiasm, they did JUST FIVE DAYS AGO if they thought the party was going cave like this? Jesus

This is not a deal — it's an empty promise. Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families. Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Emil Seidel (1910-1912), Daniel Hoan (1916-1940), & Frank Zeidler (1948-1960) have likely impacted your life in ways you never think about, even if you’ve never stepped foot in Milwaukee. And if city governments are laboratories of democracy, then the Cream City has been research central!

"There is something haunting in the light of the [red giant].” Have a happy and safe Halloween, from STScI! 🎃 Credit: Illustration: Ralf Crawford/STScI; Quote: Joseph Conrad.

The New York Times editorial board thinks Democrats should “move to the center.” Where the hell is the center between democracy and fascism?

You know, it’s like “D.A.R.E.,” but with extrajudicial killing and no oversight

It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.

Trump says his $40B bailout for Argentina's failing libertarian economy is "not gonna make a big difference for our country." Really? Imagine if we invested those billions on healthcare and housing for Americans, instead of bailing out Trump's pals abroad.

“There are a lot of troubles in the world today. Playing baseball helps to take your mind off them.” --- POW! --- "I think I'd rather worry about the troubles in the world." ~ Charlie Brown (Classic Peanuts - 1981) ⚾️ #MLB #Baseball #ALCS #NLCS #Postseason

One of the formative experiences of my very young baseball life was seeing the Yankees win the first two games of the 1981 WS against the Dodgers and thinking, "This is in the bag!" And it wasn't! So, as it was said in ancient times let it be said today: it ain't over 'til it's over.

All the more reason to turn out #nomorekings

Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine -Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

¡Ándale! That’s the spirit of defiance we all need right now

In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office. I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.

The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.

Sadly, this is probably the most truthful statement he’s made. I’d love to see the establishment Dems prove him wrong.

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.

Milwaukee, 112 years ago today Thousands of Milwaukees spontaneously march to celebrate the Brewers’ victory over Louisville to win clinched their first American Association pennant. Fun fact: the @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social mascot was a goat named Fatima (pictured)

This may have been the most insane and incoherent four days of his presidency. Tylenol, the U.N., I hate my opponents, other countries are going to hell, this escalator's broken, I'm mad at a TV comedian, I like Ukraine now. It really feels as if some minimal tether to reality has snapped.

Autism, ADHD and neurospiciness in general are not "problems" to be solved. Problems that could really do with solving: addled demagogues spreading conspiracy theories, trashing science and driving us all mad with their endless stupidity and nonsense.

Jimmy Kimmel isn't returning to the airwaves because of "thoughtful conversations" with Disney executives. He's back because consumers sent Disney a clear message: selling out our fundamental rights is not an acceptable cost of doing business.

Had they shown backbone originally they would deserve credit. It was only after recognizing the cost of their pathetic sycophancy did they reverse their actions.

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

Another local hero setting an example, standing up for her constituents, fighting for their rights. Well done, Senator Villa.

so basically fuentes/loomer v. kirk produced a MAGA white-supremacist version of a gangland or rap-beef rub-out — if only we had a leader who was tough on crime instead of leaving us at the mercy of these these bestial thugs who're corrupting the kids

Notice to flat-Earthers in Earth's Eastern Hemisphere witnessing a Total Lunar Eclipse right now Once again, please alert the authorities if your eclipse tonight looks like this:

setting aside our two-century-long rivalry for a moment, this Milwaukeean stands with Chicago the orange tyrant and his goons don’t stand a chance against the grit and power of this mighty city a few 📸s from my latest visit to the City of Big Shoulders

I don’t understand why people in AI don’t realise that in effect they are currently building the world’s largest parasite, and parasites can only survive for as long as the underlying host is strong and healthy.

The guy that ordered 8 fighter jets to perform a low altitude fly-over in an effort to drown out Epstein survivors is the same guy who wants you to believe he's innocent.

defunding weather satellites because they could contribute to climate anxiety is like driving with a blindfold to reduce one’s fear of driving

Mayor Brandon of Chicago responds to a question from a reporter if pushing back will make things harder? “Can you imagine if my ancestors would have had the same rationale? Let’s not fight against the Confederacy. Let’s just try to get along, and maybe one day they’ll give us our freedom?”

The Battle of DC is underway, brave US troops march on the nation’s Capitol, meeting the enemy head on in a desperate struggle against littering. With steel in their hearts and plastic bags in their hands, the troops brave behind enemy lines.

I’m with the late great Molly Ivins:

This is what leadership looks like.

Pritzker: “to trump officials who are complicit in this scheme, to public servants who have forsaken their oath to the Constitution to serve the petty whims of an arrogant little man, to any federal official who would come to incite my people into violence…We’re taking names!”.

As a survivor of SA, this is a gentle reminder that The Epstein Files are about the under age children who were bought and sold and repeatedly r@ped by old, rich, white men, all supplied by Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump’s friend. They are not, in fact, about Donald Trump.

Good to remind yourself that in geological time Trump doesn’t exist.

I'd quite forgotten the allies' negotiation with that chap in the Berlin bunker....

In the ancient satirical TV programme, A Very Peculiar Practice, set in a university campus, the management team discuss closing the Philosophy Department but one of them says ‘Gee I don’t know. It’s good to have some old folk around talking about truth and beauty.’ We need that kind of thinking.

Do you know how insane and infuriating it is to live in a country where one party claims, with media and public support, the mantle of being the ‘tough on crime’ party while its leader openly calls for convicted criminals to be released from prison ‘or else’?