Now why would that be?

I’ve been tracking and writing about Brownstone since December 2021 and it’s really validating to see these pieces. Solid write-up from KFF on its influence. One thing left out: The group helped steer the GOP House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic long before Trump took office.

This Thanksgiving. thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...

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)

Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.

“.. In the first half of this year, the Trump Organization’s income soared 17-fold to $864 million .. “.. more than 90% .. came from Trump crypto ventures, including sales of World Liberty tokens.” @reuters.com $WLFI www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. - from @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/okla...

That’s Brent Bozell III, founder of the Media Research Center, nephew of William F Buckley and one of many Council For National Policy members who worked to oppose anti-apartheid efforts in the 1980s. Also, his son was one of the first rioters inside the Capitol on Jan 6. Got four years for it.

There already aren’t enough dentists who accept Medicaid patients, said Kimberly Raleigh of the Michigan Oral Health Coalition, and “if there is a reduction in community water fluoridation, it’s just a downward spiral.”

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time. There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease. www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Indigenous people are 5 percent of Canada's population but have made up more than half its wildfire evacuees this year while their generational knowledge of forest stewardship is largely ignored. Indigenous Services Canada says “more work needs to be done” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

MAGA charismatic pastor mismanaged funds, enriched himself, etc. a continuing saga apnews.com/article/sean...

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

Thank you! (I agree.)

Riverside Park

🚨🧵My latest: As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding. The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

The CDC has been decapitated. In my latest newsletter, I wrote about how most of the agency's division directors are gone. RFK's stated priorities for the CDC directly contradict his actions. Newsletter @kffhealthnews.org @healthbeat.org healthbeat.beehiiv.com/p/the-cdc-as...

This bird needs a name.

Which suggestion?

God, Guns, and Sedition, now available in paperback! "Nothing short of a new grand narrative of the contemporary far right." - @drewmckevitt.bsky.social "An encyclopedic examination." - @anelsona.bsky.social "A frighteningly easy read." - @joshuachuminski.bsky.social

The Council for National Policy's core organization, the Leadership Institute, is getting a jump on the 2026 elections. Check out this line-up: leadershipinstitute.org/training/

An impending US Treasury Department decision threatens to undermine the financial viability of hundreds of planned wind and solar projects.

“Veggie-flation Nation” 🌽 🥒🥦 “.. the biggest month-on-month increase for fresh vegetables since March 2022. .. “.. also the largest monthly increase ever recorded in a summer month .. in figures that go back to 1947 ..” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...

The eye

h/t @anelsona.bsky.social enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/art...

Official data released yesterday shows US data center construction hitting another record high in June, exceeding $40B annualized for the first time That's up 28% from this time last year and up 190% since the launch of ChatGPT nearly three years ago

May: Bondi tells Trump he’s all over the Epstein files June: Acosta - architect of the og Epstein sweetheart deal - gets a Trump Media streaming deal & a seat on the Newsmax board July: Bondi tells SCOTUS Maxwell isn’t part of the Acosta deal, keeping her in prison That’s called a set up

The U.S. passport falls to 10th, based on the number of countries its holders may visit visa-free. It was No. 1 in 2014 www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...

This is a great resource adoptastation.org?fbclid=PAQ0x...

Do I really need to say how bad this would be?

The Council for National Policy's core organization, the Leadership Institute, is getting a jump on the 2026 elections. Check out this line-up: leadershipinstitute.org/training/

🔎💰 New: "Trump Media Board Member Who Led SPAC Merger Sells Nearly All His Shares" me, for @forbes.com 1/

What could possibly go wrong

Early post-immigration escalation polling ugly for Trump: Immigration approval 37%-52% (-15) WaPo 43%-54% (-11) Quinnipiac (Q) Deportations 39%-50% (-11) YouGov 40%-56% (-16) Q Overall approval 43%-52% (-9) Econ/YouGov 40%-53% (-13) YouGov 38%-54% (-16) Q Budget Bill 30%-50% (-20) Econ/YG

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There already is a doctor shortage in the US. Wait times can take months — even longer in rural areas. Imagine your cancer or heart disease worsening… not because there’s no treatment, but because you can’t see a doctor. It’s already bad. And the policies they’re pushing will make it much worse.

President Donald Trump’s pick to investigate waste, fraud and abuse at the Labor Department, Anthony D’Esposito, is a former Republican congressman who lost his New York seat after he was accused of putting his mistress and fiancée’s daughter on his payroll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

If you live in the US, this new law will make you sick. My Daily Brief: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

Awful: Trump just blamed foreign students for taking the slots of American kids. But the cuts in the House GOP bill he's pushing could cost hundreds of thousands of working class kids their route to college. Those two things are connected. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1957...

I love this idea👇🏼 Big Dem donors should help revive local news—I was founding editor of a small town paper and we grew readership w/high school sports, school news, small biz news, local orgs, local govt. See Shadow Network by @anelsona.bsky.social on GOP media takeover. @markjacob.bsky.social

#Opinion: A proposed Republican budget includes cuts to Medicaid and other social services. What will happen to people, like a veteran in a nursing home, who rely on it? trib.al/KVIpgy0

America’s drug prices are indeed extraordinarily high — other developed countries pay about a third of what Americans do for prescriptions. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

Scoop: Saudi firm Kingdom Holding Co. helped refinance debt for Elon Musk's social media company X two weeks before his Musk's visit to Riyadh with Trump. More details on that deal, and Musk's extensive dealmaking with Gulf funds, in my new piece @forbes.com 👇 www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...

President Trump's media company, which runs Truth Social, told investors today it expects to "incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future." It reported sales of $821,000 for the entire quarter, and lost $31.7 million (which is better than last quarter).

As a graduate of Oklahoma public schools (and Yale University) I am sickened by this greed and corruption.