Democrats have to stop bailing out Republicans from facing the consequences of their own policies. And yeah, that means they have to stop sparing voters from experiencing what GOP government truly means. Every time Dems step in, it only emboldens the GOP & they make it even worse the next time.

I've defended establishment democrats a lot, as a lot of what they do has some justification, but this is my own breaking point. There is literally no good reason to cave now after holding on for so long. Either cave right away so people don't suffer for no reason, or ACTUALLY hold the damn line.

Things are fine.

I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis. I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO. Full statement:

If these absolute clowns cave like this, meaning my federal colleagues went multiple weeks with no pay and no guarantee of pay for absolutely nothing, it’s further confirmation that neither party is worth anything and major political changes are needed.

While the eastern US is dealing with its first big taste of winter, it is spring in the Southern Hemisphere and a tornado caused serious damage and fatalities in southern Brazil. Meanwhile, Fung-Wong reached super typhoon status. I covered it all in today's post here: https://tinyurl.com/mrxh368c

Strong wording regarding lake-effect snow from NWS Chicago this evening. First snow of the season looking to be quite impactful for the #Chicago metro. Monday morning’s commute could be treacherous ❄️ #ilwx

Sunrise over Typhoon Fung-Wong as it approaches Luzon Island in the northern Philippines. It is at least a category 3 equivalent storm and should make landfall in about 12 hours or so. My earlier post about the storm: open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

Appears a destructive tornado struck the city of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil this afternoon with a severe weather outbreak. Profile from neighboring Argentina shows extreme low level shear for South American standards. 50 kt winds at 1 km AGL. www.facebook.com/reel/1345539...

Tornado in southern Brazil kills six, injures hundreds reut.rs/499i2Kp

Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins just stripped 3 Republicans of their committee chairmanships and removed 2 more from vice chair roles, because they refused to sign his petition for a special session to redraw congressional maps targeting US Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids’ seat.

Bloomberg top news So much America is great again eh

Not sure if these are the Page One headlines WH was going for. @wsj.com

An unusually cold plunge of air is expected to move deep south into the eastern US early next week. I cover how long will it last (not very) and how unusual it is, as well as looking at the threat Fung-Wong posts to the Philippines. https://tinyurl.com/b8tcuxey

Man, this is the most incompetent level of pro football I have seen in a while

Did Women Ruin The Workplace

Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.

The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond

RECORD HEAT IN MEXICO Temperatures keep rising every day >40C on the plains of Sonora and Sinaloa,but not only that: Even the highlands are still scorching 32.8C at the current Chihuahua Airport smashed its November record of high temperature. Record heat will last weeks.

NEW: Foreign food safety inspections have hit a historic low after Trump staffing cuts. The dramatic shift in oversight comes as the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food. “It’s only a matter of time before people die,” one expert said.

We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time. Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.

Kalmaegi makes landfall in Vietnam in same area battered by flooding last couple of weeks, and Fung-Wong will be next threat for the Philippines. Stateside, unseasonably cold air set to make its first appearance over the East with records possible in Southeast. More: https://tinyurl.com/2e5m87x5

My new political party needs to immediately rediscover that this is a big, politically diverse country. Mamdani can’t win in South Carolina. I couldn’t win in NYC. We need ALL Dems - from super progressive to moderate/conservative - and run them where they can win. 💯 this.👇

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

BREAKING: The Philippines declares a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 114 dead and hundreds missing in central provinces.

I've talked a bit in my Substack posts about how #Kalmaegi would exacerbate flooding issues in Vietnam, but Jason has more details as someone who is familiar with the country.

Typhoon #Kalmaegi has intensified to the equivalent of a category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. It will be making landfall in the next several hours over central Vietnam.

oh my god they actually did it lmao

The Minneapolis milling district delivers a moonlit moment as the sun sets Wednesday afternoon.

I did a post this morning talking about the science of how Doppler weather radar could be used to monitor the impacts from the tragic UPS crash, and how these same concepts can help improve our readiness and response to other non-weather threats. tinyurl.com/55f2cuu3

My God, the mimicking of Trump is literally pathetic. How can anyone take these people seriously?

Just the laziest liars.

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

Awesome Sen Rosen. Someone might want to explain to Sen Moreno that yes, Dems know it takes 60 votes, but they aren’t required to give them to you when the result will be astronomical medical costs for people.

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

This may be my favorite election result of last night

Good news update (for a change) about the missing weather obs from the Mid-Atlantic region, and a deep dive into what weather radar data showed us about the tragic UPS crash. More: https://tinyurl.com/55f2cuu3

Endless record warm in CHINA Northwest China experienced unusually warm weather today. Zeku & Maqu broke their November Tmax records, and 19 other stations also broke their November Tmin records! The warm weather is expected to continue tomorrow, with more records likely to be broken

Youngkin wins by two points? That’s a model to follow Spanberger and Sherrill win by more than a dozen each? Boooooring

Once more, for old times’ sake

THE FAULKNER BOWL LFG

Hmm, well, apparently putting an oil recycling facility at the end of a runway is non-ideal for fire/emergency disaster response.

BREAKING: Video shows crash of UPS Flight 2976 while taking off from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky

Western Pacific in focus today as Kalmaegi has caused devastating flooding in Philippines and a new depression looks likely to threaten Luzon as a super typhoon this weekend. Also highlight @michaelrlowry.bsky.social post about just how poor GFS has been this hurricane season. tinyurl.com/du2smex7