Don't forget to make time for joy. :)

Michael Bell, sentenced to death for murder, spent time at a Florida reform school so violent that the state later apologized for the abuse and paid millions to the victims. Bell is among at least 34 boys from Dozier who ended up on Florida’s death row:

Texas, where they want to force the teaching of things that don't exist—like a snake chatting up someone called "Eve"—and ban the teaching of things that do exist—like race and gender. Christian Nationalism is toxic.

Agreed.

Our newsletter, The Counter Signal, is where we drop the research, rants, and raw stories that are too hot (or too weird) for the main show. The first installment is Monday and deals with manufactured outrage - to sign up visit our site counterwaveradio.com/countersigna...

This holiday season, remember to prioritize your own peace of mind. youtube.com/shorts/5AOb5...

Operation Change The Topic From Epstein

But it was such a big, beautiful Bill.

When we hear the song "Comfort Eagle" by Cake we now picture Epstein. That is all.

So Trump is now having the DOJ investigate his foes over the Epstein files, but thinks he can stay clean. This is the most monumentally stupid thing he's done yet. :/

We thought so.

For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging. www.wired.com/story/maga-w...

NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.

NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign. We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.

Trump is panicking. Expect the worst.

Yep. Meta is the devil's social media company. We're convinced.

Raskin Sounds Alarm Over ‘Million-Dollar Jackpot Provision’ Snuck Into Senate Shutdown Bill “One of the most blatantly corrupt provisions for political self-dealing and the plunder of public resources ever proposed.” #thieves #traitors #GOPSeditiousTraitors www.commondreams.org/news/jamie-r...

Mark Wolf, a federal judge appointed by Reagan, is resigning after 40 years on the bench. In an essay published by The Atlantic this week, he wrote, “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”

If you've tried to follow our insta, all we can say is: We're sorry, Meta is insane. Once every 36 hours or so we get locked out of our Instagram for impersonating ourselves. We then have to go through the appeal process to regain access for roughly 12 hours before it happens again.

Your daily coward award goes to this fuckface

Thousands of documents released by the House Oversight Committee offer a new glimpse into what Epstein's relationships with business executives, reporters, academics and political players looked like over a decade.

Wild!

Cannot be said enough.

Quite literally dystopian.

Need a listen for this morning's commute that won't leave you morally outraged? Our latest From The Vault Mini-Episode is out. Check it out here:

DOJ’s recent decision to appoint several military lawyers, or JAGs, to serve as immigration judges is not only against the law, but a bad idea, write @marknevitt.bsky.social and @margyoh.bsky.social: www.justsecurity.org/124574/soldi...

The @accuweather.com acct hasn't posted here on Bluesky in two months but they did put this map together on their other socials, showing verified shots of the 11/11 aurora in all 50 states. Solar Cycle 25 has defied expectations and has been giving us a show for a year and a half. #northernlights

We've got a big new project cooking behind the scenes as part of our new show, but we're not quite ready to announce what we're up to yet. Superstition and all... Soon.

I haven't used loose change in probably decades and yet I still mourn this for some reason!

The footage of Robert Brooks’ killing shocked the public. We identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010; Brooks and two other prisoners died, while many others were left with severe injuries.

Joe Rogan has one of the most popular podcasts, 50M subscribers. That doesn’t make him an expert on ANYTHING. Rogan & climate change deniers regurgitate many old climate myths & conspiracy theories. Here are some actual climate facts from actual experts. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker worries that Trump will go to extremes to distract from Epstein files apnews.com/article/prit...

The American mainstream media has done nothing but cultivate fear and anger for traffic for years. Where we are now in our history is in part a product of that. We'll be talking about it in our first newsletter next week. Sign up now so you don't miss it. 😄 counterwaveradio.com/countersigna...

NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials. “Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."

Priorities.

Trump refusing to take the L on the California Clapback — instead wants to go take another L in court. Man, they really don’t like democracy. “California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50” apnews.com/article/cali...

Great idea!!

A little clip from today's mini episode:

Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"

We have a blast from the past -- our episode from last season called "Self-Care In a Dystopia" has reappeared as part of our vault recordings!

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Trump Press Secretary’s Epstein Spin Implodes as New Info Rattles Him Deeply As Karoline Leavitt struggles to explain away Trump’s growing panic over new Jeffrey Epstein revelations, a sharp observer of the right explains why MAGA is cracking up over the scandal—and what to expect from it next.

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Excellent flu vaccine explainer that acknowledges concerns around vaccine risks and then builds them into the larger picture, which is: how do those risks compare to getting the actual flu? canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/11/i...

Here's a closer look at the surveillance video at the center of the Kevin Walker trial. Read the full story: www.injusticewatch.org/juvenile-cou...

Tonight!

There is no future for humanity under 2.6C of global warming. That is it. Nothing else matters. www.theguardian.com/environment/...