Well, I did not anticipate a NYT critic's pick here. 👀

One point worth emphasizing here: The punditry has been saying Sherrill (and Spanberger) represent the sane centrist wing of the party versus the left. Well, okay, but here Sherrill is urging more fight. Again, the results show that anti-Trump + affordability can *unite* the party. This shows how.

Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

It's impossible to build any more housing in America, but luckily we have the politically easy and physically effortless alternative of just removing a third of the population. This clown is the GOP chair in Tarrant County, Texas, the third largest county in the state.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

Theory 1: Administration botching it badly, but the intent is to cause pain and suffering so people will blame Dems. Theory 2: Causing pain and suffering to cater to strongest supporters, who like pain and suffering. Theory 3: Administration just likes pain and suffering. All plausible!

they really want to test out that three missed meals theory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...

I hope Trump will get to the bottom of who did this

Something is going on over there this morning.

every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours

“Throughout his campaign, Mamdani treated New Yorkers with respect. His behavior was greeted with shock, and then appreciation. Whether it translates into policy remains to be seen, but it translated into votes — and, hopefully, into a cultural shift that goes far beyond one politician.”

One of my favorite Encores! audience experiences was the closing night of The Most Happy Fella in 2014, where we applauded Laura Benanti and Shuler Hensley through dialogue until the next musical cue after a truly showstopping rendition of "My Heart Is So Full of You"

Shuffle taking me from Chita Rivera singing "Mean" in Bajour to Chita Rivera singing "Spanish Rose" from the Bye Bye Birdie OBCR.

Elliott Gould and co. (including Carol Arthur as Hildy) in the original London production of On the Town (1963)

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

Also: buying music (in digital or physical form) puts more money in the artists' pockets.

Are we invading Poland

Trump’s second-term version of the check with his name on it is a canceled flight to a friend’s wedding or to visit your sick grandmother with his name on it.

It was an amazing day to feel absolutely insane.

Treat yourself to this wonderful profile of Amy Madigan in The Hollywood Reporter.

Everyone in the audience for the Wicked: One Wonderful Night special.

TIL Scott Bakula played Dominique in the first revision of The Baker’s Wife at Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park in 1980.

I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul

BREAKING: Cornell caved. Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

The note is pretty good evidence that the sandwich guy jurors carefully evaluated the legal merits of the DOJ’s case and weren’t collectively engaged in a nullification exercise.

So much of the conservative rage at the world stems from the fact that they spurn real friendship opportunities in order to maintain credibility with right wing posters they have never met and never will. X is more important than real life and they wonder why they hate their lives

Literally the one place in the country where Democrats got their clock cleaned was in the home county of state chair who refused to endorse Mamdani and has generally overseen a string very poor democratic performances.

The press lost its shit for weeks at the mere thought of referring to Trump and his political movement as "fascist." Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.

Treat yourself to this wonderful profile of Amy Madigan in The Hollywood Reporter.

Indeed, he was allowed to to kill all those children because he is so rich

Has his aging process just suddenly sped up or something?

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

We’re flying today and this is just a gentle reminder to thank the TSA they’re working without pay and it’s a tough job

“There in the shambles of a war” from Miss Saigon's "The Confrontation" has to be one of the most poorly-scanned lyrics in all musical theatre.

Pauline Collins delivered one of the most charming performances ever nominated for an Oscar in Shirley Valentine (an adaptation of a one-person play for which she won Olivier and Tony Awards) Goodbye to this great talent. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I love how the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the guy in charge of our national well-being, runs away like a cartoon character the moment somebody needs medical help. The other Trump gargoyles at least attempt to look concerned. Kennedy sprints off camera.

We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero

Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi won't seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House.

“Don’t let Ezra Klein analyze what happened here “

oh my god they actually did it lmao

Have you tried turning off and back on again.

They keep this up, and there will be Mamdanis running — and winning — everywhere.

All’s Fair is so bad it plays like it’s a Jenna Maroney procedural they’d reference for a throwaway gag on 30 Rock.

This would explain her Sunday School Manners publicity tour.