Sure would be nice if some of the papers in this country were as honest in their headlines.

I should add that quite a few of you have said many of the things that you will come across in PC's piece. I don't want to name names b/c space is limited, and I'd hate to forget anyone, but you'll know who you are. Prob you all made me more receptive to this.

An outstanding longishread from Peter Coviello. As you likely know, I am one of the more vociferous defenders of the NYT, on this site. But I can't raise one finger of objection to anything PC says in this piece. h/t @philnugent.bsky.social on FB. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Scenario: Trump shuts Truth™Social down b/c it's easier to take bribes through his crypto schemes, so he doesn't need this grift anymore. He figures Tw is a better stage, anyway. Elno, still smarting over the recent snubs, suspends his account.

Area woman who would like to be the next governor of New York:

You must click through. Masterful juxtaposition.

Valuable advice from Mr. Bezos

If last week's WaPo article didn't bum you out enough, here is some more coverage from the NYT. Gift article link, thanks to @otherjimdonahue.bsky.social on the FB. Every thing Trump touches ... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

"As it happens, the GOP was already in the middle of a debate you might summarize as 'How Nazi should we be?,' whose terms are vastly more appealing to most Americans than its other functional expression: 'How much do we like JD Vance?' Ordinarily, such a discussion is called CPAC."

Pictured below: ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt. I forget whether he's the one on the left or right. ANYway ... here is something from @remas.bsky.social, titled "The ADL Is Having A Mamdani Meltdown". And here is a gift article link: defector.com/the-adl-is-h...

Well played.

Can we just put the diminutive Nazi cosplayer in jail for the next year? It would calm everything down. (Yes, that description of is from another @marciej.bsky.social post. He likes to be known as "Commander Op At Large CA Gregory K. Bovino" but seriously, ftg. He is not large. Not even close.)

How bad are all of Trump's economic ideas? Even worse than you have thought.

A nice appreciation of Nancy Pelosi from @doktorzoom.bsky.social www.wonkette.com/p/nancy-pelo... ___________________________________________________________

Fascinating stuff. And yes, many ethical questions. Not sure how to keep the current crop of tech bros away from this, but we should definitely try. Gift article link from the author, @carlzimmer.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/s...

It's not just this one. Click through for a bunch more!

Post election note from @dennycarter.bsky.social: "Stop your fucking dooming. You’re telling the regime and its allies what they can get away with when you broadcast this impenetrable sense of doom. You're telling them how to treat you, to not take you seriously." h/t @wonkettemedia.bsky.social

Indeed it is. Metaphor of his presidency. (Context in comments.)

I still have this image clearly etched in memory. As I said about it then, "... as beautiful a depiction of Tired But Happy as I've ever seen, at least apart from the field of sport and mothers with newborns." This was on the front page of @talkingpointsmemo.com, 25 March 2010.

Congratulations, @CMDROpAtLargeCA, for winning the Most Pathetic Handle On Twitter contest. h/t @wonkette.bsky.social (www.wonkette.com/p/border-pat...)

Line of the Day "The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to" -- @michaelhobbes.bsky.social h/t @elongreen.bsky.social

"Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip." My god, he has singlehandedly overturned Murc's Law.

Fun Stat of the Day "Mamdani will easily surpass one million votes ... That’s more votes total than Joe Manchin received throughout his entire Senate career (seriously)." -- @playtyperguy.com www.playtyperguy.com/p/zohran-mam...

Someday, we're going to wake up from a dream, and learn that Donald Trump is a performance artist who decided to spend an entire lifetime being more tacky than anyone else on the planet.

Want to see some heartwarming pix? @tomtomorrow.bsky.social has you covered! "a quick gallery of photos from the mamdani election night party at the brooklyn paramount theater thismodernworld.com/archives/10415"

MANDATE Left: Won a majority of the popular vote Right: Did not win a majority of the popular vote

The most jaw-dropping number of the election I've heard so far. Let's hope the GOP has learned a lesson. h/t @normative.bsky.social

Congratulations to @marcelias.bsky.social who went 6/6 last night. (Q1 in Maine would have "Require[d] photo IDs for in-person voting and tighten[ed] rules on absentee voting and ballot drop box use, among other changes.")

Over on the hellsite: Can't wait until Trump starts bleating about this on his fake-Twitter.

"Chris LaCivita, co-manager of Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, criticized Republicans’ loss in Virginia’s governor’s race, writing on social media that 'a bad candidate and bad campaign have consequences.' Trump encouraged supporters to vote for Republicans up and down the ballot but 1/2

Interesting. NYT/AP called the VA race with only 34% counted. Now 38%. Only 11% margin. I guess big blue districts are expected to report in later? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Seen on the FB (link is safe): "So Emily Austin ... a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'. Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 [ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]"

This is a really good response to that Gates thing that dropped last week. I'll admit that Gates had me fooled. @davekarpf.bsky.social did a much better job of critical reading.

My suspicion is that Greg Bovino put him up to it, b/c he was embarrassed by his Snowflake Trophy for the "two week groin injury." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/feds-dr...

Great pic. src: bsky.app/profile/zohr...

I've been checking Trump's fake-Twitter to see if he's said anything about Cheney. Not so far. But he did just say this: "Energy costs, as and [sic] example, are plummeting - Getting close to 2 Dollar a gallon gasoline." truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT... Sadly, no! gasprices.aaa.com

I'll also never forget that time Cheney snarled at Wolf Blitzer during an interview. Never has a man's name been more inappropriate. The poster child for deer in the headlights.

Thinking of that time Harry Reid was asked by a reporter about some disparaging remark Cheney had made about him. Reid said, "I'm not going to waste my time responding to a guy with a 9% approval rating."

Just in case you were wondering about the maturity of the latest Pentagon correspondent ... This is junior high school level hair-pulling about who the cute boy in the lunchroom likes best.

Some detailed analysis of this aspect of Trump's crypto corruption (and subsequent denial) from @molly.wiki www.citationneeded.news/trump-binanc...

Imagine if you paid "$1,899 to $3,499" for a new refrigerator and the manufacturer decided after you bought it to download a software update that would start showing ads on the fridge's screen. (Quite why you bought a fridge with a screen in the first place is another question.)

Just an endless supply of terrible people, all delighted to do the bidding of Dear Leader. Meet John Sarcone III. ("The third". Not "ill.")

Probably you wanted nothing to do with this, and I can't blame you. But it's worth clicking through to the LGM post to read a few sentences on a part that was edited (!) out, even from the extended vid posted online. It's about Trump's crypto-based corruption. Eh, what's $2 billion among friends?

"To paraphrase Captain Malcom Reynolds, 'My days of not taking Kim Kardashian seriously are certainly coming to a middle.'" -- @philplait.bsky.social On KK the Moon hoaxer: badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/kim-kardas... See comments for link to Phil's classic takedown of Fox's Moon hoaxing from 2001!

Probably don't click right now if you're already feeling like "I can't start my Monday off with any more bad news," but today's @wonkette.bsky.social morning tabs by @marciej.bsky.social has a ton of links documenting the ICE atrocities. So go there to bookmark, and just don't read past the GIF.

MAGAt Meltdown! Apparently, Norah O'Donnell addressed Trump as "Mr. Trump" during the "60 Minutes" interview and there are two trending topics on Tw about it. It's like having every butthurt snowflake in the country all in one room. Delightful! x.com/search?q=%22... x.com/search?q=%22...

Wondering what was going on with the headline I keep seeing about "Halloween terror plot that Kash Patel described never existed." Now, thanks to @ursa58.bsky.social, I get it! This is a hell of a story. Shout out to Kyle Seraphin. (Remember competent FBI people?) marygeddry.com/p/wag-the-do...

I like this. As satisfying as it is in the moment to LOL at those posts you see from people who voted for Trump who are now facing hard times, that's not the way to go about it, if we want to wrest control back from the regime. (I'm not talking about the bigots.) h/t @kristofarian.bsky.social

Gotta win the House if we're ever going to move forward on the Epstein Files.

Gotta love the kids who rant and rant, without one link of substantiation, and finish by telling you to "go do some research." Or, you could just love the block button.