The new Ken Burns documentary is on PBS right now.

Noem spent over $200 million in taxpayer dollars to film videos over 2xs last year’s budget. The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/AZPU7INIQR3C...

Hard, good reading by Jeet Heer www.thenation.com/article/soci...

nypost.com/2025/11/12/b... I know where I’m not eating now

This judge promised to rule on Lindsey Halligan's fate by Thanksgiving. That's just two weeks away. @notus.com: www.notus.org/courts/linds...

This is far worse than anyone expected. Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps. All as mass internment camps are being built.

Yet again… disabled people keep trying to warn you. We’re in the middle of a huge resurgence in eugenicist policies and sentiment and it won’t stop with us.

AI is already driving up your electric bill. It could soon control every aspect of your life — and put you out of a job. We must put up guardrails before it's too late.

“We may even put small batteries in most electrical appliances, from laundry machines to lightbulbs and cooktops — the “batterisation of everything” as energy analyst Gerard Reid calls it.”

More advice for incoming Mayor Mamdani: Free buses better not have a negative implication for the MTA’s Access-A-Ride service:

Recent history has shown that attorneys and jurists can play a big role in bringing their nations back from the brink of autocracy. That day is coming for us as well. The Lawyers March for Democracy kicks off on Nov 15 @1pm: @skennedy2504.myatproto.social in @newrepublic.com

The Trump administration’s systematic targeting of US knowledge infrastructure spans the entire production chain, from soup to nuts. Without reliable statistics, research funding, or accessible data, information asymmetries will surely increase, writes Amelia Acker.

There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.

"In losing, Dems have said: we will relinquish future opportunities to use deadlines to bend Trump to our will. That is a posture of weakness that voters will pick up on." On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social has good ideas for Ds to salvage something from shutdown: newrepublic.com/article/2029...

Listen to Bernie there’s no debate that a doubling tripling & quadrupling of premiums will result and when 15 million people lose coverage altogether, 50,000 people will die each year unnecessarily

A 30 vs. 50 year mortgage:

We have a winner… And a twist! secure.givelively.org/donate/veter...

Magnons ! www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits. The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.

BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign will be studied as a masterpiece in motivating the power of people over money. His superb rhetorical skills are just one piece of that puzzle, but a very important one. His victory speech is chock full of great examples of powerful communication that we can learn from.

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.

Brother Warnock lays it plain.

“Redistricting is always a gamble. To create more GOP seats, mapmakers have to siphon off Republican voters from existing districts, making each one a little less safe. That kind of overreach is called a “dummymander”—when a party stretches its base too thin in pursuit of extra seats. “

Senior German officials have accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of deliberately abusing parliamentary powers to collect and likely pass secret information about the country's military capabilities and the state of critical infrastructure to Russia. Source: Der Spiegel

I look forward to reading the entire transcript of today’s hearing

Last night wasn't a fluke. It was a blueprint. And this article shows you exactly how to ride the 2025 wave into a 2026 tsunami. Strategy. Psychology. Power moves.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.

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Kagan reminds again that tariffs are taxes. "I don't see how a quota is equivalent to revenue raising. ... I don't understand this argument." "Didn't we agree in Biden case an emergency can't make clear what is ambiguous?" [Again, this is WILDLY inconsistent with Trump's loud screems abt revenue]

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4 court hearings today: 1) Review of Trump's tariffs in SCOTUS 2) Hearing on FBI's review of Jim Comey material w/o new warrant 3) Closing arguments and deliberation for sandwich guy in DC 4) Preliminary injunction hearing for CBP/ICE invasion of Chicago, featuring Greg Bovino vids

“Defendants have blatantly overstepped their statutory authority, violated the [Administrative Procedure Act] & transgressed well-settled constitutional limitations on federal funding conditions” McConnell wrote in a 32pg ruling. “The Constitution demands the court set aside this lawless behavior”

This is amazing news. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

indiandefencereview.com/archaeologis... “…were Neanderthals or other archaic humans the first artists?”

TIL that in 1920, former president William Howard Taft, the year before he became Chief Justice of SCOTUS, did a ruthless takedown of Henry Ford's "The International Jew" and its antecedent the Protocols of the Elders of Zion: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu...

youtu.be/CZ8K1sRibCY Think of your fellow man Lend him a helping hand Put a little love in your heart You see it's getting late Oh, please don't hesitate Put a little love in your heart And the world will be a better place

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

Wanna know what to watch on Election Night on Tuesday to see how things will go? Of course you do! Here are some places I'm watching in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California 1/