During an unpleasant near-crash in a Tim Hortons lot, I discovered the most awesome burn against guys in very large pickups (especially if bright red, as this one was): “Is that your wife’s car?”

NEW: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Gotta love the enhancement to our lives brought by AI. A human never could have streamlined things this way.

Brooks and Capehart were on fire on @pbsnews.org. Depressing but very powerful observations about our times. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Than you, @npr.org! Calling Trump (or at least his “rant”) “racist … xenophobic, nativist” is not only appropriate but necessary to accurately report the news. Well done, Monthly Supporter

#poetry #auden #tyranny

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

Trump: “They gave him 45 years because he was the President of the Country — you could do this to any President.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

We are thankful for the help from @consumerreports.org on our #OptOutOctober project. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I’ve long subscribed to the NYT, despite stupid headlines and sanewashing Trump for a decade, but I can’t stand that the app doesn’t allow me to zoom in on the iPad. Why not? Nearly every other app does. Maddening.

THIS 👉👉👉

Why won’t any of the US press corps do this with Trump?!

It’s way past time to “Jair Bolsonaro” Trump.

The President is struggling to find a turkey convicted of financial crimes that he can pardon.

Vaccines do NOT cause autism. A scientist LIED in a paper and caused this scare in 1998. It was retracted by the journal in 2010 because it was FRAUDULENT. Literally fraudulent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraudul...

In news reports about the Saudi murderer visiting Trump, why aren’t we seeing mention of the TWO BILLION dollars Saudi gave his son-in-law or any purchase of Trump‘s BribeCoin?

I keep coming back to the Joseph McCarthy moment where the red-baiting senator was finally asked, “Have you no decency,” and his cult of personality burst. “Quiet, Piggy.” We shouldn’t forget that the president of the United States uttered those words in this moment.

Can we all plan for the largest march on DC ever on July 4, 2026, when America turns 250? Make America a Democracy Again!

“[Larry] Summers went on to describe [to ‘wing man’ Epstein] what he saw as his ‘best shot’: that the woman finds him ‘invaluable and interesting‘ and concludes ‘she can’t have it without romance / sex.’”

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.” Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…

These are not the Epstein files. Trump can still hide the Justice Department files by vetoing a bill to release them and/or making them top secret. Want a real investigation? Vote for Democrats next year.

Prices since Trump took office: -Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7% -Utilities: ⬆️ 11% -ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26% -Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3% Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”

If I heard correctly, Musk must sell 22 M products (plus self-driving subscriptions) to get $1,000,000,000,000. That is about $45,000 for every product sold. Like that $65,000 Tesla? How about $110,000 to include Musk’s pay?

Michael Cannon of Cato was on NPR saying that if consumers bought healthcare, absent any regulation, The Market would provide efficient solutions. Try to figure out which plan covers a medication: lots of time. Now imagine a million decisions—most you’re unaware of until the need arises.

Protecting child sexual abusers is Trump’s thing: Sheriff: “…a detective with federal clearance was barred from working on child trafficking cases, she said.” www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.

Hey, let’s also add fan dancers to the mix, right in the middle of my huge pervert problem.

He sounds so smart when he ends a screed with “Thank you for your attention in this matter.” It’s exactly what a fourth grader would write to sound important.

No lies detected…

Sardonic laughter is the only response.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Is it confusing to Republicans in the UK that Republicans in the US want a king?

how long can your call volumes be "higher than expected" until it's your fault for not adjusting your expectations?

Not content with the figurative destruction of the White House, the concrete-thinker-in-chief goes literal:

This is real! www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...

2025 feels like that late-stage game of monopoly where you just go round and round paying rent and utilities forever and nobody knows what the rules are anymore and everyone’s just waiting for it all to end except the one player who cheated and has all the money

I do not like that man Ted Cruz I do not like his far right views I do not like his stupid chin I do not like his smarmy grin I do not like his lying whine I do not like his jelly spine I do not like him, not one bit A craven, phony hypocrite

This is what authoritarianism looks like: scary but incredibly foolish.

Tried to listen to VP Harris on the Kara Swisher podcast. I just can’t. She’s so hard to listen to. Such a bad candidate. (She’s smart, seems like a good person, obviously worlds better than Trump, etc., etc. But just not a good candidate. Biden really screwed us!)

I, probably like many, have lots of violent thoughts about the fascists. But they crave violence. They need violence. We win by being nonviolent and ridiculing them. Keep it happy & silly on the 18th!

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

Went to Cracker Barrel. Pancakes are still good. Everything else? Still terrible. Delicious-looking skillet cinnamon rolls? Hard, stale, uncooked frozen rolls drenched in sugar. Pan is a prop—and room temp.

I had a dream last night. A show in the style of America’s Funniest Home Videos, with a live studio audience, called “What A Moron!” The host sets up clips of Trump and everyone laughs. It was 2 hours long. Why? “Because we can’t fit that much stupid in just one hour.”

Masked ICE agents are killing people’s dogs…just because…then refusing to ID themselves.

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook) Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

“It bears pausing on the starkness of these facts: The president of the United States demanded the jailing of two elected officials who belong to the opposing political party” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Hard to claim an insurrection with these images. Great job!