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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

When the shakedowns just start happening in public. $NVO

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion” futurism.com/artificial-i...

Across the country, demand for electricity is on the rise — and so is the price of electric power. n.pr/485sLnd

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Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this. But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!

The Trump administration announced it will reduce flight traffic by 10 percent in 40 markets across the U.S. Details about which markets would be affected will be announced Thursday, administration officials said.

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

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No for real, even 6 years ago a 24 year old Black man in Cobb County sure as hell wasn't just 87 votes from a MAYORAL SEAT

In 2023, I interviewed the parents who organized this effort to oust Moms for Liberty. If you want to know more — and maybe learn from them! — check it out. Congrats to them for getting rid of them all! www.salon.com/2023/10/10/m...

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.

Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.

I think a lot of people have been noticing this over the past couple years but courage and conviction wins people over. Drawing lines and plotting indifference curves to figure out what you believe in turns them off

I’m hoping this is the case, I know nothing will probably happen this week but I really want to see the pressure turned up on this coward.

A lot of how people learn is exposure! The vocabulary paired with a positive message helps to reinforce that.

They taught us to believe in 'Go Woke, Go Broke'...but when everyone's already broke, there's only one thing left to try. This New Year's, be among the first to experience... Woke 2: Zohran Takes Manhattan

I wrote about tonight's amazing news! "We should celebrate the election results. They have the potential to bring a sea change. We can look to these races for strategies in the next year and beyond. But it’s worth remembering that what happened today is just the wave. *We* are the water."

Why I get so fucking pissed when people try to use lesbians and queer women as props against our trans siblings. It’s utter BS, you think women who get misgendered and compared to men in a negative way because of patriarchal standards are going to side with the oppressors? REALLY?!?

you can win without billionaires supporting you you can win without party leadership endorsing you you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.

you guys have GOT to watch the whole thing www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...

This whole thread LMFAO

Feeling great going into work tonight!! I love seeing billionaires money so completely wasted!!

READ IT. Please. The funnest book every month.

Damn

Local News Rules

"Snack time, anytime." New pages of my webcomic SETTLERS OF THE STORM WORLDS, free to read on Patreon! It's boom time. www.patreon.com/posts/settle...

Polls are officially open, Virginia! If you have not voted yet — from now until 7PM — make your voice heard and VOTE! Happy Election Day! iwillvote.com/va

Ahem.

They are destroying what SHE built. #TeenVogue

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

All of this.

They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs. www.vogue.com/article/teen...

Winsome Earle-Sears's campaign finally caught fire yesterday. Haha, no, it was her bus that burst into flames. Here's today's roundup.

NEW: A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.

You know what would be better than SNAP? Just give everyone like $500 a week. Everyone. Yes, even them.

The "Deciding To Win" centrists dismiss base mobilization, but the actual 2024 data shows: the more blue a place was in 2020, the lower its turnout was in 2024. Swing voters weren't nearly as important as Dem-leaning irregular voters not voting at all. The base wasn't mobilized, so we lost.

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits

“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" - F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Also, L.A. has had a really rough year, with the fire hurricane and Trump's thugs marauding through the streets every day. A little good news for us is welcome. We're going to pass prop 50 on Tuesday too.

Holy fucknuts. I'm wrapping up the final states for my annual rate change project, and check out Molina Healthcare of Mississippi. 👀 They were already asking for a 39% avg increase. They were just approved for...nearly 60%.

Happy Halloween! 🎃 I wore my Superman outfit “costume” at work last night. Very proud to distribute the Daily Planet aka a mixture of candy to my coworkers.

Wow! This is exciting for people with long COVID in the USA.