Breaking News: U.S. inflation shot up to a 3.8% annual rate in April, as the war in Iran raised energy prices and costs across the country.

Shut down by US regulators in 2022, Polymarket moved to Panama. Except ...

YouTube has removed one of my videos because I reported that women can still access abortion pills. I shared *factual & medically accurate* information about women's health—yet the platform says I'm "facilitating the sale of illegal drugs"

🚨BREAKING: Florida voters and pro-voting group Equal Ground Education Fund filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the GOP’s new congressional gerrymander, urging a court to block the map for violating the state constitution’s ban on partisan gerrymandering. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

It’s patently obvious that by obliterating the Voting Rights Act the Supreme Court unduly restricted the electoral power of Black citizens But since SCOTUS allowed partisan gerrymandering, that also means millions of Americans-in each party-will be disenfranchised Just an unmitigated disaster

Cartoon by Drew Sheneman

Michael De Adder again has it right

Even though this man was insanely stupid by supporting a man who lied to him & all farmers as well as We The People, a convicted fraudster, a failed businessman, a man who cheats on all his wives, lies, steals, cheats. Accused of raping children & grifts 24/7 - I can’t feel anything but grief for

SCOTUS in the Prize Cases (1863): "The proclamation of blockade is itself official and conclusive evidence to the Court that a state of war existed..."

Political corruption is even worse than you think. To build a functioning one-person-one-vote system where oligarchs don’t pull the strings, we need to make anti-corruption the central focus of our politics. @davidsirota.com explains why.

The White House is also using FDD collateral materials directly on its various socials in its efforts to justify the Iran War. FDD stands for “Foundation for Defense of Democracies,” but it was founded as “Emet”—which is Hebrew for “the truth”—prior to rebranding.

⚠️ Trump adds FDD staffer to Iran negotiating team FDD is an organization that explicitly advocates for the interests of Israel. This move strongly suggests that reaching a diplomatic deal is not Trump's objective.

Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...

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ALWAYS great to read and learn from one of @eddsmitty.bsky.social’s threads 🧵

@ansleyerickson.bsky.social thought you’d be interested!

Every time Todd Blanche opens his mouth, a defendant somewhere gets a better shot at motions for selective & vindictive prosecution.

6/ Thus, I have had a life-long interest in energy policy. This conflict scares the shit out of me.

5/ Then, I spent six years teaching law in the Persian Gulf in a region that had fascinated me for 50 years. I was especially interested in the gas reserves/production held by Qatar and Iran in the Pars fields.

4/ I lived in central Appalachia during the fracking boom and watched the trucks full of fracking fluids run the winding mountain roads. I moved there in 2015 to learn more about coal.

3/ The experience led me to college and law school classes on geology, regulated industries, antitrust law, and oil and gas law. I practiced natural gas law for five years with the largest law firm in Oklahoma and then the third-largest law firm in the world.

2/ I saw his tears of sadness and disbelief the day he had to switch out the gas pump meters so they could handle gas priced above 50 cents.

1/ This energy crisis is making me feel very old. I was a 19-year old gas station attendant in Grinnell, Iowa during the 1973 oil embargo. I helped my boss implement a gas rationing plan.

Also recommending this book.

Nearly finished with this book. Running theme is "authoritarian learning." Regimes learn from each other and adopt repressive strategies that fit their particular needs.

This strong growth by communities of color in the South puts the region on track to gain a record 9 congressional seats in the next reapportionment.

As states across the South begin to dismantle Black and Latino districts, it's worth highlighting that in recent years nearly all of the region's growth, as in the rest of the nation, has come from people of color.

CDC Clarifies Organic Onion Should Be Covered by Cotton Sock Then Wool Sock As Last Line Of Defence In Juvenile Illness

“Dhillon reposted a conservative lawyer’s social media comment last month that it was a good time to graduate from law school “if you are remotely rightwing” because “you can go straight . . . into DOJ”. She added: “We are hiring, y’all!” They can’t fill the openings with competent lawyers.

We did it! Trump & RFK Jr.'s unqualified wellness influencer buddy won't be our next U.S. Surgeon General. Thank you to everyone who contacted their Senators to ask them to vote no. Sometimes, even these days, advocacy works. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Republicans caved on additional ICE funding in their vote to reopen parts of DHS. CNN: “(House Speaker Mike) Johnson and his GOP have effectively lost their ability to govern.” Have they ever had that ability? Also, I love this for them. 🍿

🚨 "The US Air Force agreed to buy an undisclosed number of interceptor drones from a company backed by President Donald Trump’s sons" Annie Massa for @bloomberg.com

Yeah the rotisserie chicken amendment is neat! Unfortunately it was attached to the Farm Bill which locked in $187 billion in cuts to SNAP. So, yes, now SNAP can be used for rotisserie chickens but more importantly, this bill means red tape, cuts & tons of people losing access to food completely.

Hegseth argues 60-day clock on Iran war stopped with ceasefire #TheHill

Elizabeth Warren Gets In Heated Battle With Pete Hegseth Over Stock Trading: ‘You Have Not Given Us a Response!’ #Mediaite

NOTICE HOW MAGA/FOX CRIMINAL FASCISTS LIKE unqualified fake“Christian” Fox host, war-monger Pete Hegseth -like Bondi and all Trump cronies - refuses to answer ANY questions, and immediately reverts to spewing lies and slander of Biden instead? Biden’s Economy was FAR SUPERIOR to kleptocrat Trump’s.

yeah some amendments that would really repair the damage and build the country anew we could call them the Reconstruction Amendments maybe

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

The NYT has literally never asked any Republican “Has it been counterproductive to your goals to have enthusiastically embraced a racist rapist?” Seems like a glaring omission!

A grim example from @propublica.org: The Trump admin plans to punish people with disabilities living with their parents by reducing their SSI benefits. They are also going to drown them in administrative burdens, including for people w intellectual disabilities. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

New from @pamherd.bsky.social and I: Trump has added work requirements to Medicaid, expanded them in SNAP. Now he is going after public housing. You can do something about it: take 5 mins to write a public comment opposing this change. Instructions enclosed.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

The Trump administration sees administrative burdens as a way to shrink the safety net. He is also overwhelming state govts with burdens and preventing them from using tools to manage these hassles like automatic renewal.

Warsh is not only Peter Thiel’s guy. He will also be the wealthiest Fed chair in history.

The Trump DOJ is filling a second frivolous claim against Comey These cases aren't just an abuse of power. They wants to bleed Comey financially-make him pay to defend himself-and intimidate others from opposing Trump The judge needs to sanction all lawyers involved and direct the DOJ to pay costs