One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

NEW for the Ten Four: The Adelanto ICE Processing Center and its conditions inside are the subject of dozens of concerning stories, but rarely is there an opportunity to actually talk to those inside the facility. I was able to get inside (kind of). latenfour.com/2025/11/06/i...

Sandwich night 🥪

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

Sandwiches are a form of free spinach.

Exciting personal news: Basement Jaxx made a remix with PinkPantheress

Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women. I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...

While this error was limiting access to nutrition for children and families, the USDA made it a messaging priority to claim that SNAP is a "corrupt" program. www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n... finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-r...

Wemman, what are they and why do they get to share the fridge at work

Change in Headline

Love checking in on luxury markets reporting.

“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?” Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.

The Reddit community r/Democrats has a conspicuous absence of any news about Zohran Mamdani today. But that's by design. The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists. www.reddit.com/r/democrats/

Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."

umm yeah, i think the table will share an onion blossom

“Only in blue cities” Right. www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

french queer eye is called Homme Improvement

yes officer. that's the sandwich that assaulted me

The Sliwa caucus

anyone else think this whole Dick Cheney death narrative is a little... off? ex-VPs just don't suddenly die. I have questions and so should you.

Lots to unpack. Lots has been packed in this lost pile of baggage. This is not my luggage but I'm being asked to take it anyway I'm throwing away your bag

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest. The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says. "I could smell the onions and mustard."

Babygirl (2024)

Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"

So I write a weekly newsletter for our indivisible chapter, and each week I profile a left journalist operation. If you’re struggling to build an audience for your thing and think you can speak to a lefty ex-hippie inner-ring Madison suburb that’s very into good apples, get in touch.

Lord, this Lily Allen album is heartbreaking and so touching

Happy #godzilladay

As any Yugioh expert can tell you, Exododus is the plural of Exodia and it won't happen because Mamdani understands the true heart of the cards

The questions surrounding the Mississippi crash and the mystery of why the animals were traveling through the South are remarkable, animal advocates say.

I keep thinking about the allegory of a French carpenter who rebuilt Notre Dame later getting married there. One of the world's happier stories in 2025. www.ncregister.com/blog/notre-d...

Banana smoothie time ✅️

I was reminded last night that in the run up to the French revolution, public sentiment was largely on the side of anti-tax elitists—who felt it was their god-given right to be wealthy and selfish—because many poor French people thought the elitists were doing so under the banner of "freedom"!

Cottage cheese, healthiest snack with the worst name

Scoop: FBI ousts senior official after Kash Patel’s fury over news of his use of government jet to see girlfriend perform. The removed head of critical incident response group was 27-year FBI veteran who oversaw aviation sections. news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...

Sometimes I feel like only people who grew up in LA should be allowed to professionally review works about LA Like, I recently read a book “about LA” that was universally praised by New York media, and it was one of the worst books I’ve read in a long time

Ranting via Zoom calls back to the more creatively unique era of communications, the pandemic, which is exactly the energy that the international discussion of the recent Louvre heist deserves. youtu.be/B2g7JfT8KEw?... #JohnOliver #comedy @thebugle.bsky.social

Looked at the numbers on this yesterday. www.pbump.net/o/the-racist...

🎃 Some lessons from Hallowe’en: 👻 Little kids should be able to walk in the streets, even at night, without worrying about cars. People who are well-off are expected to give out more candy. Candy is for anyone who asks — no means-testing. Whatever else we are, we are each other’s neighbors.

"TSA agents are not currently being fully paid, due to the ongoing government shutdown."

BREAKING: A judge says that Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voter registration form, siding with Democrats and civil rights groups.

Yeah, it's almost like this disgusting hate speech should be banned. Wonder who has the power to do that

the real test is whether you can name ALL six spice girls

BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.

Posted all over my grocery store in Clayton today for an emergency food drive. (Based on previous experience, it should be ok to drop off items on the list that weren't purchased there.)

How did I just discover this

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Back in 2020, I profiled a random Long Island dad named Bill DeBlasio, who constantly received vicious hate mail intended for Bill de Blasio. This is the same guy who just pranked The Times of London into publishing anti-Zohran quotes from Mayor de Blasio. God, I miss MEL Magazine.

This @kff.org calculator estimates how much out-of-pocket premiums would increase for families if Congress does not extend the credits. The projected premium increases are estimated based on family income, zip code, size, ages, and newly released 2026 ACA Marketplace premiums. bit.ly/4hwCTt8

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...