I tell students they are growing up during the death throes of the Archie Bunker era, a long period of reactionary backlash to the end of Jim Crow. You can see it in these survey data and the ages of who sits in Congress. Older folks (like me) are fighting the same battles they grew up with.

here's Trump saying in 2019 he hasn't spoken with Epstein in "fifteen years". with today's email release, we know this is not true. (bonus, Trump mentions Secretary Acosta) www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

The U.S. is on track for another record year for clean electricity in 2025: 59 GW additions, which is 92% of new builds. Solar leads again, and storage nearly doubles. The grid is changing fast.

Arguing against extending ACA funds, GOP senators are circulating charts showing insurer profits rising since the enhanced subsidy began. Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.

In a rare move, one of the monopoly electric utilities operating in Oregon is asking state regulators for permission to lower residential customer rates in 2026. The reduction, though small at less than 1%, is the result of Idaho Power’s break with coal: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/04/a...

In the battle between "Partisan polarization means presidential approval is now locked into a narrow range" vs. "Nah"...no winner yet, but it's been a good week for Team How Low Can He Go.

Congress can’t expense things, begins feeling the heat in shutdown “The charge cards ... are not working right now, ... to buy MailChimp account, Canva accounts, Twitter once a year, premium stuff like that,” the staffer said. “So that’s a problem.” www.24sight.news/p/congressio...

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

Lawsuits from AZ AG Mayes and Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva are imminent, my sources say. They are most likely to be filed tomorrow, but could happen by the end of today.

Come on then, and remove him.

reposting with alt-text Zero arrests by NYPD is actually astounding to me

I've been following this threat of legal action, and I like AG Mayes. She says "times up", but in the whole interview does not say anything specific that will be done. We'll have to wait to see. PS, she did use the phrase: "taxation without representation" (!) #Grijalva #AZ07

Part of the utility for huge protests like No Kings is that they undermine the fundamental basis of Trump's power, which is elite consent. If universities, private companies, government officials, etc. think they could get caught up by a popular backlash they're less likely to comply w/ the regime.

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone. And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

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per Arizona Sec of State "Election officials ... have until October 09, 2025 to canvass the results. The Secretary of State will canvass all results by October 14, 2025." as soon as tomorrow morning Rep #Grijalva can demand to be seated in US House. #218th #Epstein #AZ7 azsos.gov/elections/vote

“This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” said @govpritzker.illinois.gov. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head … He doesn’t read. He doesn’t know anything that’s up to date. It’s just something in the recesses of his brain that is effectuating to have him call out these cities.”

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder: * There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress. Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

And courts clarify disputes when it's unclear exactly what laws and the constitution mean. No one is "in charge" in any absolute sense. This is all Intro to US Politics stuff; abandoning it means abandoning the Constitution and adopting some other system of government.

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Head into farm country right now and show me a sign that says Farmers for Trump…

At Brickworld Grand Rapids, one of our volunteers explained Ranked Choice Voting with Legos — and the kid got it instantly. RCV is simple, fair, and voters are ready. Share this and join us: rankmivote.org/volunteer #RankMIVote #RCV #FairElections

NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall! I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures. Explore, share, save:

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Trump's approval rating is back under 42% in our average www.gelliottmorris.com/data

Proportional representation would give voters more choice, end gerrymandering, and ensure all Americans have a voice. Learn more about how a bill called the #FairRepAct would bring proportional representation to Congress👇 fairvote.org/improving-re...

Los Angeles. D.C. Memphis. Portland. Our troops didn't sign up to intimidate their fellow Americans and be pawns in Trump's political theater. Shame on Republicans for being complicit in this abuse of our military.

US Rep.-elect James Walkinshaw (D-VA) will be sworn in today at about 4:20 pm Washington time, per Speaker Mike Johnson's office. #VA11

A ton of effort goes into tracking special elections on our Big Board, so we're always grateful when people cite us by name and link us. This data—especially the presidential results, which we calculate by hand—doesn't grow on trees! Ds now running 15.7 pts ahead of 2024. In 2017-18, it was D+10.6.

Treating Cuomo as a lackey who has already been dispensed with and Trump as the final boss of the campaign is a perfect framing. Because if Adams DOES drop out, it'll be because (1) Cuomo is dangerously weak and (2) Trump is scared of Mamdani.

HAPPENING NOW: CDC staff members are greeted by supporters as they stage a walkout at their headquarters in Atlanta in protest against the damage being done to the agency by conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social

“If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.”

Corrupting economic statistics will change our economic reality. Here's how: Tariffs raise prices. Social Security is indexed to inflation. If Trump tells a partisan BLS head to downplay inflation, seniors' social security checks won't keep up. Rigged stats = stolen benefits.

Housekeeper Susana Pacheco said she “no longer races against the clock to clean an unmanageable number of hotel suites, and she’s spending more quality time with her children because of the better pay and guaranteed days off. “Now with the union, we have a voice,” she said.

You know that scene in an action movie when the bad guy runs through the kitchen of a restaurant and pulls down all the pots and pans behind him to slow down his pursuers? We're in that part of the Trump presidency.

if Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) is your congressperson, call him to state how you feel about this bill

Mary Pickford had some great cinematography in her movies, like this shot from My Best Girl (1927)

Dems gonna do it! (if this report is to be believed, and if Dems really do follow through) www.politico.com/live-updates...

Do it!

well-written analysis with hope for the future... *if* we care to listen to people. the gift link works, although I had to log in first

As Trump clings to his “paid insurrectionists” line, there’s an unsettling subtext: For Trump, Americans who disagree with him are effectively an impossibility that can only be explained through corrupt schemes and illicit payments. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Musk’s supercomputer in Memphis

"If you found something like 1,000 current or former agency actions—a reasonable number considering all the work executive branch agencies do—you would probably have enough to keep the Senate debating and voting on CRA resolutions through the duration of this Congress." prospect.org/politics/202...

Something I'm not seeing mentioned in today's reports about the Qatari plane is that Trump has said that when his term ends it will be handed over to his foundation. The millions being spent on retro-fitting it as AF1 will be down the drain and taxpayers will still be on the hook for a new AF1.

At some point we are going to move from "laws were broken" to naming those who broke the laws and demand they be brought to justice. DOGE is a criminal gang, and should be treated as such.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

This is nuts! Seriously nuts.