The obscenity and unhinged greed of Musk's trillion dollar pay deal can be seen clearly when you consider that it would allow him to spend a million dollars an HOUR for 114 years, or a million a DAY for 2738 years. These people are not taxed nearly enough.

Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read. Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work. He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country

Restoring a bad status quo and calling it a win sounds disturbingly familiar.

if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.

My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.

On Zohran... "I do not have hope in our political institutions, I do not have hope in any of our political parties, and I don’t have hope in things magically getting better, or in people we elect not disappointing us. I think in general we need to get past this..." via @citymystic.bsky.social

On Zohran... "I do not have hope in our political institutions, I do not have hope in any of our political parties, and I don’t have hope in things magically getting better, or in people we elect not disappointing us. I think in general we need to get past this..." via @citymystic.bsky.social

Oh look, on October 31 this year, the Fed pumped $50.35 billion into the US financial system. #collapse

"Tehran’s dam reservoirs have fallen to their lowest level in 60 years. The city has entered its sixth consecutive year of drought, with some dams at less than 10% of capacity. Officials say that in the east of Tehran, the Latyan Dam — one of five key reservoirs — is only about 9% full."

"[Tuesday's elections] will only add fuel to the fire in Trump’s quest for retribution and his desire to inflict harm on the American people. You can see the desperation in Trump’s narcotically hooded, soulless eyes (benzos will do that to an old man after a long night rage-tweeting on Adderall)."

Tony Blair was friends with Jeffrey Epstein before it was child rapey.

"Two-thirds of warming since 1990 has been attributable to the wealthiest 10% because of high-consumption lifestyles, high per capita fossil fuel use, and investments." academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

"Currently, 22 of 34 planetary vital signs are at record levels. Population, livestock, meat consumption, and gross domestic product are all at record highs, with an additional approximately ... 1.3 million humans (and 500K ruminants) added WEEKLY." academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons. State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

🤬 "[Trump] told states that they must 'immediately undo' any actions to provide full SNAP benefits. The Ag' Dept issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo, which threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not 'comply' quickly with the govt’s new orders." archive.ph/xfdXk

The starvation, is the point. archive.ph/xfdXk

#TheGreatTrumpDepression "... these layoffs point to a significantly weakened labor market, which had already ground to a halt over the summer when the last jobs report released by the BLS showed the economy created just 22,000 jobs in the month of August." via @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social

#ThisIsFine "Tehran's population has swelled... to nearly 20 million. "They've already started cutting off water for residents at night to conserve water. Pipes have gone dry in parts of the metropolitan area. In less than two weeks, they'll run out." via @jessicawildfire.bsky.social

SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates. In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.

In a motel doing a podcast?

"the Right is currently enmeshed in a succession crisis, and it is doing real damage..."

"[Gen Z] legitimately don't have a future, capitalism is cannibalizing civil society and ripping out all the wiring to find the last bits of profit it can before the whole thing snaps. It's not creating new jobs or possibilities..."

All that shit about bringing back manufacturing was a lie to enrich the capitalists at the core of the American right. Their voters got Trad memes and operator-branded coffee, meanwhile the economy is cratering and there are no jobs, no plan for these young men. And they are realizing that.

The amount of financial scams happening are getting more diverse & harder to spot. I imagine access to data brokers and the amt of data leaks, hacks and poor security practices at large companies is making it worse. Lots of job and rental home scams! Two things in short supply/high demand.

Wondered where the exact location is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop_slide

Social studies

A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow. But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.

In NE Georgia I went to food bank only to be turned away as they are not accepting new clients.

Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

This story is CRAZY: How Laura Loomer and ICE Teamed Up to Abduct a Pro-Palestine Journalist youtu.be/zZGyLcnPxXw?...

🧵 #THREAD

Supreme Court says it is fine for Trump and Nazi Party to starve children and elderly. apnews.com/article/snap...

here's @alexshephard.bsky.social with more on Trump's fetish for punishing people newrepublic.com/article/2028...

I poured everything I had into this one. "I see you gathering, hundreds at a time, to learn, to keep watch, and bare your teeth. I see you running toward danger, together, and loving each other more fiercely than you ever knew you could." organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...

My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."

The feds raided an East Chicago home, arrested a mother and her 26-year-old schizophrenic daughter. She's been here since she's 2. In ICE custody, she had no meds and chose to leave the country. Now she's in Mexico, barely speaks Spanish, and her family can't find her.

As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.

Post by @thinkwert.bsky.social #Caturday

he’s going to have to cut more corners than he’s ever cut before

With Tesla stock at a price-to-earnings ratio of almost 300 it doesn't look like anyone is buying what Elon Musk is selling, other than Tesla shareholders finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/

What if the government just skipped those steps and paid the hospitals directly?

The daily news cycle is now: billionaire promises he'll make the world exponentially worse; govt officials say "yes please, we'll help you make the world exponentially worse"; everyone else goes "wtf?" Repeat.

CW: Father has seizure as ICE agents attempt to take his child away from his family. ICE must be abolished

let me tell you the story of the first 25 seconds of this website 😖

"post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it"

'Since the ceasefire, Israeli authorities have denied 107 shipments containing blankets, winter clothing, and materials needed to maintain Gaza’s collapsing water and sanitation systems.'

Pure 🔥🔥🔥from Sen. Rosen: "This is a Republican shutdown...You are in control of the White House, the House, and the Senate. If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-A-Lago...while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents. You are blind to the suffering."