They’re gonna send Stephen Miller out to do a full-on Grinch on SNAP recipients, snatching up cans of Hoo hash and whatnot.

Come for the deep-dive into Trump's history of slapping gold on everything and his "sell them a fantasy [of luxury]" strategy; stay to read about how that fantasy is fading for low income Americans

This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇

“Instead of defending African interests on the world stage, the OAU and, later, the AU instead became a back-scratching club of heads of state.”

"Despite the ongoing shutdown, the tone-deaf paeans to splendor have continued"

Come for the deep-dive into Trump's history of slapping gold on everything and his "sell them a fantasy [of luxury]" strategy; stay to read about how that fantasy is fading for low income Americans

It’s bad!! On several levels!!

New from me: I wrote about the dumb new sign at the White House along with all the other tacky gold ornamentation that's gone up over the last few months. It's vintage Trump: micromanaging the most banal of details to sell a fantasy of luxury — but one that's getting harder for Americans to believe

New from me: I wrote about the dumb new sign at the White House along with all the other tacky gold ornamentation that's gone up over the last few months. It's vintage Trump: micromanaging the most banal of details to sell a fantasy of luxury — but one that's getting harder for Americans to believe

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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The shutdown is ultimately a legislative negotiation about a budget. Hard to resolve it when the controlling party in one part of Congress refuses to negotiate, will not re-open the House, is not in DC.

wow. i'm trying to tell if that feels as wild as the criteria for signature strikes or even wilder but either way yeah that's no way to determine who deserves to live or die

"Hey kids, we're skipping dinner tonight and instead we're going to have a family meeting about dinners."

The Washington Post with a story about how remaking an institution to appeal to the pro-Trump right doesn't help the bottom line.

me: yeah, i think i'm readjusting to being steeped in the news cycle pretty well after that time off also me: [has fidgeted with his hair enough from in one spot from anxiety/adhd that it's become noticeably shorter]

And actually astonishing when you think about it: The Trump administration's top officials are choosing to separate themselves from the public—more to the point: separate themselves from any visible protest—and live on military bases. Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

RFK Sr traveled the country as a senator to expose malnutrition, drum up support for food stamps. RFK Jr travels the country as HHS secretary, sees overweight children at airports, says food stamps "poisoning" today's children New story w/ Senate library material www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...

(extremely I'm-trying-to-delete-it voice) DeBloppelgänger

We first revealed Mobile Fortify in June. It takes the CBP system usually used when people enter or exit the US, and puts it into an app to be used on American streets www.404media.co/ice-is-using...

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Really makes me wonder between the ordinance and whatever (likely minimal) resources are being spent on targeting what the cost per murder is here for the Pentagon

Have they ever said what exactly they’re using to blow these boats out of the water? Ship fired missiles? Armed drones?

ADL used to rightfully and regularly boast that it was one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the country. www.jta.org/2025/10/29/u...

In a real “let them fight” moment, Cameo has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for creating a function in Sora that fakes personalized celebrity videos called… Cameo.

Indicting Democratic candidates on transparently pretextual charges is the latest sign that things are getting very bad.

I have thought about this tweet by @hayesbrown.bsky.social daily for the last 8 years.

Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes" wapo.st/4nuDGwf

I did not enjoy writing this; it can't even serve as an ad for my newsletter, which I've suspended due to an overbilling situation that has me almost regretting leaving Substack. But, you know, it's evidence for the piece I just didn't get to include. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...

consider this part one of what will be an ongoing series making the case for an imperial congress (gift link)

icymi: I wrote about what seems to me to be a clear line from the use of “signature” strikes in the drone war last decade to the military’s trigger-happy, lawless campaign against boats in international waters

"The agency's announcement came after more than 200 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday called on USDA to draw on its emergency reserves to fund November food benefits. However, according to a memo seen by Reuters, the department indicated that it would not do so."

The entire NSC legal team-some half-dozen-has been emptied out, inc Paul Ney Jr.,a onetime DOD GC who served briefly as NSC legal adviser. Lawyers at NSC, State, DOJ & DOD earlier questioned the legal basis for military cartel strikes, and were able for awhile to forestall action. shorturl.at/dBKDZ

New AP-NORC poll: – 25% of Hispanic adults have a favorable view of Trump, down from 44% in January – It's Trump's lowest favorability with Hispanic voters since 2019. – "About two-thirds of Hispanic adults under age 45 and Hispanic men now view Trump unfavorably." apnews.com/article/hisp...

OPINION by @hayesbrown.bsky.social: “Given his past as a real estate developer, his obsession with size and grandeur and his questionable taste in internal decor, Trump’s vision for a White House ballroom comes as little surprise.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

new from me: the Trump White House is defending its demolition of the East Wing by saying presidents have renovated the building over the last century I reviewed the history and yeah this gross, gilded vanity project is not the same

Love these viral posts that deprive the news org of traffic. So great. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Hey, I found this dirty scrap of paper in the gutter; can anybody tell me what it means?

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is everywhere. But it didn't start that way. There was a time when the mayoral front-runner was polling at 1%, tied literally with "Someone Else." Now he has an 80,000-strong army of volunteers, a killer social strategy, and the internet on his side. The Big Interview:

this is basically what happens if an eight year old goes "well what if Babe Ruth kept pitching and threw 100mph while hitting 55 homers a season" and the universe says okay sure kid I gotchu

Trump says he's "not a king" ahead of mass protests planned for Saturday. Which kind of begs the question, why would a president need to clarify that? @hayesbrown.bsky.social: "He knows that being called a king is bad, but he is not willing to not act like he wishes to be king."

new from me: I looked at the wild levels of illegality on display as WH budget chief, Russell Vought, shuffles money around to ensure Trump's top priorities remain funded during the shutdown. it's a play meant to lessen the pain the GOP feels even absent Congress actually appropriating those funds

TONIGHT: Nationwide 'No Kings' protests set for Saturday – Trump admits new tariffs on China are unsustainable – Democrats stand their ground on extending healthcare subsidies. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @hayesbrown.bsky.social @nayyeroar.bsky.social @timobrien.bsky.social @julierovner.bsky.social

new from me: I looked at the wild levels of illegality on display as WH budget chief, Russell Vought, shuffles money around to ensure Trump's top priorities remain funded during the shutdown. it's a play meant to lessen the pain the GOP feels even absent Congress actually appropriating those funds

1/ MSNBC is reporting that the US Atty for Maryland, Kelly Hayes -- who just indicted John Bolton at Trump's behest -- is herself "bracing for being fired" by Trump when she refuses to bring a bullshit, Lindsey Halligan-style indictment of Adam Schiff. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Segregationists spoke of the “long civil rights movement” as the “Second Reconstruction” and for inspiration turned to the Redemptionists, who declared war on the first Reconstruction and after many decades of legal and extralegal efforts Installed Jim Crow regimes. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Mike Johnson & other Rs argue that Dems should open the government first and then negotiate over extending the Obamacare premium subsidies later this year. But with open enrollment starting soon, some states say it's *already* too late to add back the enhanced subsidies