When I think about how exquisitely careful NEH staff were to be fair, impartial, and rigorous, and how much work people put into grants so small they’re pocket change…I just want to scream.

Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding. Reporter: Was it your brain? Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Politically orchestrated removals of multiple university presidents, state manipulation of governing boards to eliminate institutional autonomy, the ideological firing of multiple instructors, restrictions on campus speech…after years of censored teaching and research in numerous state systems. 1/

what

What a terrible day to know how to read

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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric

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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally. Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.

Protesting Cancellation of Conference on “Palestine and Europe” at the Collège de France

Fireable offenses for Harvard president: bad faith allegations over half a footnote in something published two decades ago. Non-fireable offenses for Harvard president: being good buddies with the most notorious child sex trafficker in the country.

this should be obvious but the reason Trump is working desperately against Epstein transparency is because he's guilty

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Second, after The Weather Channel (for real)

The bigger fight? Buddy, I die without health care and your pals in the Senate — none of whom will ever go without access to lifesaving medical care — told me they were gonna fight so my premiums don't go up 50%. And then they folded.

Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.

no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one

Sorry to this man, but when you are actually in a real battle against a corrupt and malevolent foe, you do anything you can to stop them. None of them believe that this administration and the Republican party are all that bad. If they believed it, they would have left the wrench in the gears.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.

Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."

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A legal marriage between two consenting adults is no one's business but their own. Love live Obergefell! 🏳️‍🌈

seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything

I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them

The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.

An explanation is needed here.

The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) Maggie Hassan (N.H.) Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.) the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.

Police in Chicago arresting people on behalf of ICE. They are there to Protect & Serve their corporate overlords. The same ones who funded Trump and are now benefiting from his corruption and gutting our democracy.

I'm honestly pretty frustrated with the people who are insisting that there's One Right Way to feed other people during the SNAP crisis, because this is an all-hands-on-deck moment. We need people donating money to food banks *and* cooking for community fridges *and* buying groceries for neighbors

Yesterday at the farmer’s market I saw a vendor quietly give food to someone whose EBT (SNAP) card didn’t have enough money on it. People helping people because the president and his administration refuse to. Even when court-ordered.

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Imagine asking whether women ruined the workplace while our nation is being run into the ground by some of the most unqualified, toxic, mediocre men in politics.

Keep hammering that message home. All the way to Ohio and W Va. #vance #snap

Doing my best

Catholic bishops, even some aligned with the White House, are now speaking out forcefully against the Trump administration's policies about immigrants, respect for Native Americans and the Army's cancellation of support for uniformed priests www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

People need to understand that the audience, wildly applauding and starting an impromptu chant are... The Illinois Federation of Teachers.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

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Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected. Now think about how you feel after last night's election. You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out. You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off. Remember this.

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout: Humanities majors killed on the job market 1) Mamdani- Africana Studies 2) Spanberger -French 3) Sherill - Global History

Everyone in Virginia is now obligated to transition. Welcome! 🏳️‍⚧️

ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges

I just got back from a walk. While I was walking through the park, a little white boy and his father flagged me down from the very other end of the park. Now to be fair, I have on my hat on, so I’m easy to spot lol. The little boy drew me this. A month ago. He has been waiting to see me again.