I have at least three bottles of this stuff. I guess my apartment counts as an Opium den.

Judd has an update to this: Argentine media is now reporting that the US billionaire, Rob Citrone, came to Bessent seeking the Trump bailout. Bessent delivered for his pal, and US taxpayers are gonna pay the price. Read it here => popular.info/p/update-hed...

The MAGA shutdown continues and I’ll have two important voices today: Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and Oregon Attorney General @danrayfield.bsky.social are joining the discussion at 4p ET/ 1p PT live on Substack and later on YouTube. See you soon!

Like most Americans this month, your most recent power bill may have given you a shock. Residential electricity rates have risen fast across the US — more than 30 percent on average since 2020 and almost double the rate of inflation in the past year — with no end in sight.

I’ve expanded my note a bit here with some more info on what SCOTUS did today regarding the Fed and Trump’s thus-far-unsuccessful attempt to fire Lisa Cook. tl;dr: SCOTUS changed nothing, but, in reality, that is doing something.

⛽️📉 In Crimea, the fuel sales limit has been lowered to 20 liters per purchase. Previously, the limit was set on Monday – 30 liters per purchase. It didn't help.

The United States is "actively trying to dismantle" today's system of international justice. @fborello.bsky.social and @agnescallamard.bsky.social discuss how US sanctions against Palestinian rights orgs and ICC and UN officials puts rights at risk globally:

A whopping 38% of Russia’s refining capacity is now offline, according to The Economist. Gasoline output fell by 1 million tons in September which has created a 20% domestic shortfall. Repairs may take months because of sanctions limiting access to parts and tech.

GOLDBERG: One of the things I've heard you talk about is making the city affordable and that you're gonna put a tax on people who make over a million bucks MAMDANI: With an exception for Joy

To cite a really simple example — I think I first heard this one from @lydy.bsky.social — it’s obviously useful to any band of humans to have a few members who can’t sleep at night or stay awake during the day.

As the government shutdown begins, remember that one of the biggest deficit drivers of the past 20 years are Republican tax cuts for the wealthy & corporations. The issue isn't programs that help millions of Americans, it's giveaways to the rich.

More than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50 in the last decade. Scientists don’t have all of the answers, but research is starting to offer clues.

❗️Russians attacked energy infrastructure in Kyiv region, resulting in residents of Kyiv and Chernihiv regions being left without electricity, — Ministry of Energy

the real innovation here seems to be in moving ai slop from a banal, low quality, and mostly stupid digital pollutant to something that's potentially very dangerous

The Trump administration says Minnesota and its governing body for high school sports are violating a key federal law against sex discrimination by allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.

I think it's actually Kegsbreath

*Hegseth* - for some reason I always get that spelling wrong. Norwegian not my strong point . Apologies.

You won't read a better summation of the Hesgeth/Trump show than this one... (From my subscription for you) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

In the 1990s, 85-year-old Maria Zarembska was one of a dozen embroidery artists who called Kyiv home. Now, she says, she’s the only Ukrainian folk artist remaining in her neighborhood.

Hunter S Thompson's death to be reviewed by Colorado investigators 20 years later

🔥 In September, 14 SBS regiment hit 19 Russian refineries or energy targets, - Magyar's report

Aguilar on the Hegseth/Trump speeches yesterday: "If Republicans can't speak out against what they heard him say, then what are we doing here?"

Tesla is a dying company run by a dim white supremacist with a bunch of DOA vaporware in the pipeline that just reported its lowest sales figures on record and lost a massive EV credit that props up the lion's share of its remaining business and yet

This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...

"Eba, an orca scent detection dog, peers over the edge of a research boat on the Salish Sea." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We're not worthy. bbc.com/news/article...

A big blow…for now.

I want to see this fucking guy in the dock one day. In shackles.

“The ADP employment report is likely to be the only one investors see this week after a government shutdown began at midnight. The official U.S. jobs report produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to be delayed …”

At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities say.

The diamond-draped icon's assistant of two decades explains how a new Taylor Swift song will impact Elizabeth Taylor’s foundation.

Pope Leo XIV has spoken out about abortion and the “inhuman treatment of immigrants” in the U.S., calling for Americans and Catholics around the world to show “greater respect for one another” in rare comments addressing Trump administration policies.

West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack called on Gov. Patrick Morrisey and state lawmakers to eliminate the state’s tax on overtime and tips. via @westvirginiawatch.com

There's a Senate rule that says you need 60 votes. And another Senate rule that says 51 votes can change that at any time. The US Senate is simple majority rule whenever the majority wants it to be. Why must we pretend that's not the case?

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick trashed Kash Patel’s assessment that the late pedophile only trafficked young girls to himself.

wait, do the Democrats control the Senate now?

U.S. consumers cannot report fraud to FTC during shutdown, agency says reut.rs/4pR0xEE

For Black Louisianans, health fears mount as federal crews face delays, threats, and funding shortfalls at the oil disaster site.

"England last heard from Aguilera on Monday evening. As of Tuesday evening, he no longer appeared on ICE’s inmate locator website and she did not know where he was."

The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops in more than half a dozen American cities that it says are crime ridden.

Chuck Schumer says "we are going to be fighting everywhere: on TV stations like yours, in the social media"

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania wjactv.com/news/local/p...

How dare journalists quote the president's words in the exact context in which they were spoken.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'? JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said. S: Those are quotes

Plese tell me that "workslop" is going to make the Word of the Year list...

The #TrumpSlump is picking up speed. Payroll company ADP says US private-sector businesses lost 32,000 jobs in September. The figures for August had been estimated at 54,000 payroll gains. They’ve now been revised down to negative 3,000.

Madison Cawthorn is launching a comeback bid — in Florida. The former member of Congress lost his North Carolina seat in 2022 after a scandal-plagued term.

The Supreme Court ruled Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook can remain in her job for now and announced it will hear a case in January over President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove her.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Odds on Israel x Hamas ceasefire by October 31 is now 27% on Polymarket. 🇺🇸 Trump has already presented his peace plan and said that if Hamas does not agree to the plan, the US will fully support Israel. Will there be a major war in the Middle East this month? 🤔