The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.

No words. 1/2

Welcome to “justice” in Donald Trump’s America.

Tucked into a spending bill that is part of the deal to end the government shutdown is a provision that would allow GOP senators to personally sue the federal government for as much as $500K over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s lawful search of their phone records. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell

If you are as angry as I am over the cave, this expresses our true anger:

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

Language buried in this shutdown “deal” allows 8 GOP Senators who tried to throw a coup, sue to get millions in taxpayer money—because Jack Smith got their phone records. THEY TRIED TO THROW A COUP. There is no excuse for any Dem supporting this. This is absolutely wrong. Full stop—Period.

In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

Yeah, real professionals will quit because this is not Justice. This is a concocted lie by a corrupt President who wants his followers to believe nonsense.

Breaking: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Bonkers 5th Circuit Opinion Holding that Federal Law Prohibits the Counting of Timely Mailed Ballots That Arrive after Election Day electionlawblog.org?p=152963

Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

Some good news!

The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.

Whistleblower leaks Ghislaine Maxwell pardon plea planned for Trump - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/ghislaine-ma...

Resign.

Yep: "Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."

Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

What a difference a day makes.

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country. Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right. The solution: Medicare for All.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

well played Finland

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

Lest we forget

in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...

Friday night “Hey Ed!” series

When we purchased the property it was in ruin. The creek below was not visible due to grapevine, Virginia creeper and poison ivy. It took me several years cleaning out the vines, overgrowth and invasive plants to improve the view. This is our last Autumn here. I will miss it. #autumnlandscapes

I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.

Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨

Do the American public realise they will never set foot in Trumps golden ballroom. It’s for all his billionaire mates not you.

I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.

The most corrupt America Last President in history. Every day a new pardon worse than one the day before.

From a YouTube livestream following Bovino and his men in north suburbs, an agent perched in the open doorway of the SUV while it’s driving away, like something out of a movie

Abolish Border Patrol.

ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler. "He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!" Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child. Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.

The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists. They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver. apnews.com/article/trum...

This is happening just outside of Chicago. Those in charge must face Justice for their inhumanity: (THREAD)

Sub Guy DC's Sean Dunn After Beating the Wrap 11/06/2025 Washington DC

Just generally I wish there was more enforcement around scams and fraud. Maybe it’s a drop in the bucket, but enforcing the laws that protect our most vulnerable Americans from financial ruin seems like it’s always a good idea.

Perhaps the end of beautiful foliage as a cold front moves in. Our last autumn in Ohio.

I’m sure the defendant is salty he had to go through this ham-handed trial, but he’s relishing the spicy coverage of his acquittal www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

#BREAKING U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago is entering a preliminary injunction governing the use of force against protesters and journalists.

More from Judge Ellis in the Chicago case:

Federal Judge Ellis (from Chicago):

Read this thread.. Chicago Judge Ellis rips Bovino a new one: