LOL they can't do anything right.

My head is spinning tonight. Here's why: barbaragrassey.substack.com/p/making-a-r...

⚡️ Ukraine reiterates its 'red lines' amid speculations about military size, territory. Ukraine will not recognize the Russian occupation or accept restrictions on its army size or alliances, Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said.

Major legal defeat for Trump! @normeisen.bsky.social and @jenrubin.bsky.social unpack the James Comey and Letitia James stunning dismissal decision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z7I3ASFdPo

We are the many, and they are the few. Don’t forget that, no matter what the psyops on your screen say. #50501movement #NoKings #PsyOps

ED of @justiceconnection.bsky.social Stacey Young unpacks what little remains of the DOJ under the Trump regime. Her full interview is up now. https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-justice-department-is-being-systematically

If only Donald Trump could read: “OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”

6 people have died from a nationwide listeria outbreak. 31 babies have been hospitalized with botulism from contaminated baby formula. Instead of firing crucial FDA employees & attacking the agency, Trump should be hiring more experts to crack down on these dangerous outbreaks.

FOX NEWS..... SOMEHOW TRYING TO EDUCATE THE TRUMP CULT.....

Yet another delay while Republicans wait to see if a health care plan will fall from the sky.

EXCLUSIVE: When asked if he supports repealing the Affordable Care Act, GOP Rep. Rich McCormick responds, “If only that were able to be done.”

Trump follows up this post by calling for these Democratic lawmakers to be put to death

The EU must seize Russia’s frozen assets, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard says, arguing that any other solution would be unfair to Ukraine’s biggest backers.  🔗 politi.co/4a3GuNH

The Epstein files must be released. @frost.house.gov is working with his colleagues to ensure that happens. Watch his full interview with Jen Rubin on Substack https://contrarian.substack.com/p/new-epstein-emails-air-traffic-jams

Lady Gaga tells Rolling Stone that ‘Mayhem’ could not exist without the past versions of herself: “What would 'Mayhem' sound like if I hadn’t become a jazz singer? What would it have sounded like if I hadn’t made 'Artpop'?” Read the cover story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Supporters of the decision say it "reaffirms" legal rights and precedent.

Cool, challenge Schumer for his position then @chrismurphyct.bsky.social.

Ghislaine Maxwell's special treatment in her Club Fed prison is revealed; Dems cave on the shutdown; MAGA Mike won't commit to a vote on ACA subsidies; Trump's bizarre Oval Office moment; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!

DC federal judge blocks Trump administration from using furloughed employee email accounts to send partisan messages about government shutdown Judge says administration “commandeered” email accounts of federal civil servants storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

he is just not into you buddy

Crockett: Why don't you at least try to look like you're serious about your job and look like you are doing the work of the people and not look like a petulant child and swear her in.

I described the entire GOP as vapor locked at this point. They've been conditioned to only do what Donald wants but Donald is pretty much non-functioning now.

At this point, I only hope that I will live long enough to be partially fluent. But yeah, I’m keeping at it. My October Portuguese Progress update. It ain't pretty. But it's not hopeless. barbaragrassey.substack.com/p/october-up...

I've started a SubStack publication for people who are interested in writing a memoir. People think a memoir has to be this BIG THING. I say, start simply. Memoir or Autobiography or Family History? No matter what, it starts with writing something down. writeamemoir.substack.com/p/what-is-a-...

For two decades, Paul Newby has pushed to make judicial elections in North Carolina explicitly partisan and consistently backed initiatives by Republican lawmakers to strip power away from North Carolina’s governor. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Neil Gorsuch welcome to the resistance #crookedcon2025

Trump confronted on his Thanksgiving prices lies, scolded reporters mid-tantrum with Orban looking on, and capped it off with more corrupt pardons. Meanwhile, Dems call the GOP's shutdown bluff, and much more. Full Bulletin out now.

Rep. LaMonica McIver on being charged with “beating up” ICE officers almost 2 weeks after touring a facility. #crookedcon2025

How did President Obama’s surprise at #crookedcon2025 come about? It started with a quiet message from his team. It ended with 3,000 screaming libs and a front row one foot away from a former president.

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate. It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. (Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)

Trump to Americans right now

And that’s a wrap on Crooked Con! We’re simultaneously exhausted AND energized??? Thanks to everyone who came out! Catch up on everything you missed at #crookedcon2025 at crookedcon.com/program

Judge Immergut rules against the administration in the Portland Nat’l Guard case, granting a permanent injunction even after giving Trump’s decision “great deference.”

BREAKING: Federal Judge Immergut in Portland rules Trump admin CANNOT deploy National Guard to Oregon. Grants state & city a PERMANENT injunction, barring troops indefinitely.

Have a sudden Spicy Italian craving...

Heritage president Kevin Roberts is on the board of a nonprofit (SLI) led by Nate Fischer who separately launched a venture in 2023 w/ Raw Egg Nationalist who “has a history of posting swastikas & other Nazi imagery,” which Fischer has called “ironic trolling” rather than “genuine Nazi belief” 1/

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals AFFIRMS dismissal of a lawsuit by Mohave County Supervisor Ron Gould seeking to force full hand counts. Court holds that Gould lacked standing. Another big victory for my law firm, its clients and the voters of Arizona. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...

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

Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask. (Published September)

Standing strong in a sea of white men.

#ThankYouNancy ❤️‍🔥

This guy doesn’t give a damn…about any other human being. He doesn’t even pretend like he does. He…is a suit full of BS…and a little of his own.

He trashed the strongest economy in the world in less than a year. Completely trashed it. Are we great? Boy, those Republicans really are “better” on issues of the economy, aren’t they! Can this lie go away now, please!!

And even less than $20.

Can't top this one I got in a text

Horrific conditions inside Chicago’s ICE detention center are finally being exposed.

BREAKING: Federal Judge McConnell orders the Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to states for November, finding that the administration did not comply with his order. Judge raises Trump's Truth social post as evidence that he intended to defy the order.

Shaggy tells us about coordinating food, water, and medicine dispersal in a town ravished by Hurricane Melissa with the help of a buddy and his private planes. More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

⚡️Zelensky orders Ukraine to begin export of controlled arms next month. President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed Ukraine's Defense Ministry on Oct. 28 to launch the "controlled export" of Ukrainian weapons abroad beginning in November 2025, the president announced on social media.

Pregnant women in ICE detention centers are subjected to unthinkable conditions, harkening back to the violent history of reproductive control during slavery. Read more about that in Irin Carmon's new book Unbearable.