There are no words for how evil this is

Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.

A cool trend I’m seeing among leftish fitness influencers: talking about having been on SNAP/WIC as children as a way of discussing how important these programs are.

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

ah good, another media conglomerate whose nepo baby owner will apparently destroy it to help Donald Trump

Jake got fired for defending journalists doing important work. I rag on the state of the press all the time, but this is what integrity looks like. Hire Jake. He's got scruples and talent, two things sorely missing in the media landscape today.

Oh just one more thing… you say you want to wake up in the city that doesn’t sleep, but you do see the paradox in that, don’t you?

It's a bad newspaper run by people who want to destroy it to advance Trump's politics

I love that British people call clueless people a 'donut'. how many other pastry based insults are there (in English or any other language)?

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

If reversing the fertility decline were my thing, I would have this tattooed on my forehead.

Dems took multiple votes in 2021-2022 on the Freedom to Vote Act, which would ban partisan gerrymandering, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would (re-)ban racial gerrymandering. Republicans blocked them every time.

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

I’m a werewolf but I just turn into a dachshund and go for a little stroll

Oh just one more thing… you say you want to wake up in the city that doesn’t sleep, but you do see the paradox in that, don’t you?

My latest

They like Republicans and they want to help them win. Reinforcing the narrative that Republicans are feckless losers hates by the general public would not help them win so they avoid doing it

[to the tune of “I‘m Coming Out” by Diana Ross] 🎶 I’m libbing out 🎶

will be interested to see if he continues to make this his method of communication with voters (and if the participatory stuff that marked his campaign continues through his administration)

possibly one of the best headlines via @ryanlcooper.com for @prospect.org prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...

Computer… enhance…

I realize that the US is governed by deeply stupid malevolent people but basically ruining millions of families' Thanksgiving plans is going to be something that people notice.

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

we can chalk it up to youth and inexperience but the biggest mistake the mamdani campaign made was winning by 8.8% and not 1.5%, which is the margin needed for the media to say it’s a total mandate

This is about as clear that Fox signaling gets. Audience of one and all that, and trying to get through his head that he's fucking it all up.

Spare a thought for centrist dem consultants this morning. They just learned their ideal candidate for the Democratic 2028 presidential ticket has passed away.

The only thing that the Supreme Court majority is calculating is whether they'd be helping Trump politically by preventing him from continuing chaotic tariff policy that's pretty obviously fucking up the economy.

Remember when these guys said the shutdown was good for republicans and California wouldn’t redistrict?

Still buzzing, god what a night

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

"The more rainbows I can paint, the better."

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

Cuomo gave a fairly graceless concession speech, and Mamdani rips his skin off: "My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo the best in private life. But let tonight be the last time I mention his name."

Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live

Democrats are on track to win 64 of Virginia's 100 House seats. That'd be THIRTEEN flips; the chamber is 51/49 right now.

I remember this feeling.

Nooooooooooooooooo!

Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.

A huge % of Trump 2024 voters thought he would bring back stimulus checks in contrast to the stingy austerity of the 23-24 Biden Administration

If you want to walk on eggshells and avoid confronting them, as De Blasio did, they will still hate you. The news outlets they read will just make up lies about you. If you actively stand up for your office and power, well, they're gonna hate that too, but they at least might respect you at the end

roses are red big laughs are hearty

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

This graf.

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

Bill Gates's climate memo showed a stunning lack of political vision. The climate fight was always going to require technologies AND markets AND a social movement to make inconvenient demands upon the powerful. What did he think he was signing up for? open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...