Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance Billionaires are the result of a failed system.

Despots weaponize their opponents' compassion against them. Trump wants to use people's pain as extortion to get Democrats to fund his corruption. I didn't want the shutdown, but Democrats would be suckers to knowingly vote for a budget that destroys our democracy.

We wanted to express our gratitude to the brave, patriotic people who are video-taping and posting the disgusting crimes that Trump's masked goons commit every day on American streets. History will not remember this shameful period nor those who perpetrated it kindly. #ResistTrump

Institutions are failing us, including universities that, in principle, ought to be standing up for academic freedom. Academic friends, if you want to survive this moment, join the AAUP. Help yourself and colleagues at other institutions.

Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.” Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…

He's undoubtedly planning the Mother of all Distractions but can't think of anything to top flying over a city in a crown dropping poo on American citizens.

California is advancing as a global climate leader at #COP30. We're accelerating international cooperation and reinforcing California’s position as a reliable climate partner — especially while the Trump Administration fails to.

Stop me if you've heard this before: If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF??? They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???

Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/

TJAS SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP NAMED BY EPSTEIN IN DAMNING EMAILS RELEASED BY HOUSE DEMS youtube.com/live/mYjIw5O...

Particularly so now that we see payback in Maxwell prison conditions plus maybe evidence her statements not even true. Looks more and more like this “interview” was a personal/political errand run by DAG to minimize Trump damage; no govt purpose.

the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”

Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything." For once, I believe him.

Republicans didn't pay a high enough price for the shutdown, and now that they know some Dems are very weak, they'll never negotiate in good faith again. In a war, and yes we should be thinking of this as a cold war, it is 100% unavoidable that people are going to get hurt.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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...

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:

At this point, it’s utterly bonkers that any Democrat would trust any Republican to negotiate in good faith.

UPDATE: Donald Trump is so hellbent on denying people SNAP that he went all the way to the Supreme Court to block benefits. Now Trump is trying to bully states into TAKING BACK payments they already made to families. It’s chaos for the sake of cruelty.

Jeez, I should hope so. A corrupt administration selling out ratepayers, to shovel their money to creepy polluter billionaires, damned well better be an issue we can win!

Daily Show nailed it:

Make sure everyone you know sees this!

Bcuz of Elon Musk, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump, 400,000 children around the world died these past ten months. 400,000 children are dead and America is weakened bcuz of what Musk, Rubio, & Trump did. Elections really do have consequences. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

“.. I don’t want to hear about the affordability.” - 11/06/25

Jeffries: "Thune is divorced from reality. It's a clown show over in the Senate. 15 times you bring the same partisan Republican spending bill to the Senate floor expecting a different result? That's the classic definition of legislative insanity. Has no ability to actually negotiate in good faith."

COMMENTARY: Trump was on the ballot in Colorado

It's been a few days since Trump announced his "deal" with Xi. It's now clear that Trump got fleeced. America gave up lots and got nothing. It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship. 1/ So here's a🧵

If the Supreme Court decides President Trump's reciprocal tariffs are not legal, the federal government will be on the hook for $90 billion in refunds. How will that work? Marketplace's Justin Ho looked into it.

Commentary: We look back at one year since Trump's election on November 5, 2024: "Remember the 5th of November. Respond to it not with exhaustion or despair, but clear-eyed resolve to redeem something useful from the wreckage." Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Over half of the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom are facing (or recently faced) federal investigations into wrongdoing — including violating workers’ rights or misleading consumers. They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts. Follow the money.

There are no words. Hungry kids are not a bargaining chip. Choosing to let millions go hungry is unspeakably cruel.

You found $40 billion to bail out Argentina. But refuse to provide a dime to keep American children from going hungry. Show some leadership, get off the golf course and reopen the government.

Today is the day (I voted early). The Constitution can't support and defend itself. It's up to us. Let's roll.

While Donald Trump and his GOP allies in Congress turn their backs on Californians in need, California is mobilizing to have their backs.

New Column: Chew on this. The nation's capital, one of the most Democratic cities in America, no longer has a liberal newspaper. The techbro takeover of the mainstream media is a crisis rich liberals must wake up and address. newrepublic.com/article/2025... via @newrepublic.com

California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a wide-ranging interview on "Meet the Press" says why "the rules of the game have changed" when it comes to pushing back against Trump.

Here are my three truths about climate: 1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over. 2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets. 3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.

There’s a name for this. C O R R U P T I O N

I really don't like it when people post something and say it's a "must read" so I won't say it. But if you think Dem messaging is bad, or they should talk more about this or that, you will find it's not the message, it's the information environment.

It looks like the NYT has finally seen what is going on and is starting to resist. It's a beginning and I hope it will last.

Donald Trump needs to release SNAP funding immediately. Do what's right, for once. California will keep fighting to make sure Trump doesn't force millions of Americans to go hungry by illegally withholding federal food benefits.

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

American horror story: Choosing not to vote.

Give me a break. Whether millions of Americans go hungry or lose their health care shouldn't be some kind of game in the GOP government shutdown.

Jim Acosta has a message for The Washington Post: “Go fuck yourself”

Murphy may not be as charismatic as others, but if you really want a good president who will fight GOP fascism, he is an excellent choice.

Here's an example of how Trump's corruption factory works. 1. Coinbase put $46M into elections to help Trump allies. 2. Sends him a huge check for his inauguration. 3. Trump drops SEC lawsuit against Coinbase. 4. Trump demands big donation from Coinbase for ballroom. Done.

Hit with higher insurance premiums? Trump is making them even higher. Forced into bankruptcy by medical debt? Trump doesn’t care. Worried that’ll impact your credit score? Trump wants it to.