The UN is reinventing peacekeeping – Haiti is the testing ground @us.theconversation.com @ahmed-b.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-un-is-re...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case The president said the assertions behind a judgment that he sexually abused and defamed the writer were “implausible” and “unsubstantiated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...

USA plunges from 30th/60 to 48th/60 in its national reputation among the citizens of the G7

What America’s divided and tumultuous politics of the late-19th century can teach us @us.theconversation.com Robert A. Strong theconversation.com/what-america...

When a picture/graph says more than 1,000 words could ever say.

Ever wondered which master's degrees reign supreme across the globe? 🎓 Visual Capitalist explores the data, uncovering surprising trends and unique national preferences: https://www.voronoiapp.com/category/The-Most-Common-Masters-Degrees-in-43-Countries-7042

Countries With the Best Reputations, According to G7 Citizens @voronoiapp.bsky.social www.voronoiapp.com/geopolitics/...

Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Deal Puts Government Closer to Reopening www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

Trump Renews Attacks on Obamacare in New Push Over Government Shutdown www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamp Benefits www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

New York approves permits for controversial gas pipeline downstate www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

Elise Stefanik is officially in the race for governor but Bruce Blakeman is still "seriously considering" his own run www.capitolconfidential.com/p/stefanik-a... Plus: 5 things to know about Stefanik as she begins to introduce herself to voters statewide

The Counterinsurgency Dilemma... Foreign Fighter Influence on Insurgencies in Afghanistan and Somalia -very interesting looking book coming out soon by @triciabacon.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

After Liberation... Women and the Politics of Expectations in Rebel-to-Party Transitions Very interesting looking book soon coming out by @hilarymatfess.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

What I Learned From the ‘New Globalists’ of an Optimistic Nation www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

Another antisemitic incident in 🇫🇷 Where is the theater security? Imagine the poss disaster of open 🔥in a theater Video & caption From IG acct: @jonnydaniels "Insane footage from Paris as terror supporters disrupt the Israeli Philharmonic. There is no security in sight. Mayhem and madness."

A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Disruptions Light on Day 1 of Flight Cuts, but Duffy Warns of Worse to Come www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Court Denies President’s Bid to Halt Food Stamp Funding for Now www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts @us.theconversation.com Tracy Roof theconversation.com/who-gets-sna...

As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/w...

Another Victim of the Shutdown: Tourism in the Nation’s Capital www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/t...

Live Updates: Hundreds of U.S. Flights Are Canceled as Shutdown Hits Air Travel www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... via @nbcnews.com #SNAP #shutdown #hunger #poverty

📢 What shapes who works in Congress? Rutherford & Wu analyze 180K U.S. House staff contracts showing how legislators’ demographics, party, and competition shape staff representation. Nonwhite members hire more staff of color, while gender links are weaker. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 How does gender become a battleground in Türkiye? Bezirgan-Tanış shows how the Big Family Platform and allies cast gender and LGBTQ+ rights as Western threats to family and nation, while activists resist through legal and digital action. 🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy Thursday! Foxy’s 🦊 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋 Say hi and meet new friends! ‘Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.’ -- Thurgood Marshall As Foxy says… We will be okay! ✌️ #StrongerTogether #BlueCrew

Striking evidence of the decline of the historian’s profession: the number of empty offices in my department

A Skeptical Supreme Court Puts Trump’s Economic Agenda in Question www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

No surprise, but take note www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...

Elections Show Trump’s Edge on the Economy Slipping www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Trump Administration Ends Deportation Protections for South Sudanese www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. to Cut 10% of Air Traffic at 40 Airports Over Government Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

A Big Win in California Propels Newsom www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

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Kindergarten vaccination rates jumped substantially in four states that eliminated nonmedical exemptions between 2015 and 2021. A new study found parents didn't simply shift to medical exemptions instead – they protected their children. buff.ly/okboz1y 🧪#VaccinesWork

One of America’s most affordable paths to homeownership is slipping away. Rents are rapidly rising at trailer parks, or mobile home parks, due to large-scale buyouts by private equity firms. A poverty law attorney explains: buff.ly/QHpnb1G

Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India buff.ly/z1BwawE

Artists often have to move between arts and non-arts jobs, teaching by day or bartending at night, just to keep their creative practice alive. A scholar who studies how artists earn a living explains how a creative career has become an increasingly risky pursuit buff.ly/rovjIuT

Monica's Place Sunday Starter Pack! 🌊💙🌊 I've gathered a collection of mutuals who have included me in SPs recently & more great Rebels, Resisters & Democracy Defenders for you to meet & connect with! #StrongerTogether 💙💪💙 Check it out! 👀 Vet 🧐, Follow 👣 & Repost! 🔄 Ty! 💙 go.bsky.app/MVdnenU

As I watch the stock market drop over 1% today on fears of an AI bubble, which I have increasingly believed is real, I believe it is important traders go back and watch the movie The Big Short about the financial collapse in 2008-2009.

Fellow Californians, if you haven’t yet VOTE! To all my fellow democrats and independents, taking back our democracy starts with today’s elections.