Our tax dollars pay for the Speaker of the House of Representatives to have a staff of dozens of people who keep him informed of current events around the clock, often even before they make the news. It is offensive that our mainstream media never pushes back or even questions such an obvious lie.

Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."

Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Our economic system doesn’t work if 37% of people on food assistance are working full time. These companies are exploiting and stealing from their workers.

UN report: Israel has destroyed 69 years of human development in Gaza, “the worst economic collapse ever recorded.”

From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.

This is a huge embarrassment and substantially more problematic than the Panorama edit.

I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.

I happened to be in the audience for the Colbert taping last night where @warren.senate.gov called out David Ellison *by name* and I'm honestly shocked it wasn't edited out. We love to see it.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Palestinian journalist Mustafa Ayyash will be handed over to Austria, a court in the Netherlands decided today. That's by the book, but against justice, I write in my latest Substack post. Read and share! open.substack.com/pub/fgeerdin...

"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..." Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

The DOT also reportedly plans to rescind requirements that airlines disclose junk fees. It's also planning to redefine what flight cancellations would require refunds for passengers. Both Delta and United gave $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund. Everything is for sale.

Release the MRI images, too

The rich and powerful talked to Epstein the same way ChatGPT talks to me

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.

To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015 What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?

Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"

Absolutely, positively. And for the Caribbean boat strikes, too.

Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Trump says we are preparing to invade Nigeria. Apparently that’s what voters said they wanted in the exit polls. Trump: “We’re going to do things to Nigeria that Nigeria’s not gonna be happy about. Guns-a-blazin!”

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.

Along with everything else, Trump admitting the shutdown led to a bloodbath for Republicans should at an absolute minimum lead Dem Senators to shelve their apparent plan to prematurely cave. He's admitting he and the GOP are in a weak position, Dems. Exploit that!

Maar ze sluit extreemrechts niet uit. Zíj́ heeft in 2023 de cordon sanitaire rond de PVV opgebroken, omdat ze uitsluiting ondemocratisch vond. Dat ze de PVV nu uitsluit is niet omdat ze extreemrechts zijn, maar omdat ze inmiddels weet dat er met Wilders niet valt samen te werken.

What we know, final edition of the night: [Now in 3 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS —Dems defend NJ-Gov —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win state supreme court —ME anti-mail voting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

🔴Gaza Health Ministry: 3 Palestinians were killed, 1 more body recovered from the rubble, & 7 injured in past 24 hrs. Civil defense crews are continuing their search for victims trapped under debris. Since the US-backed ceasefire began on Oct. 11, Israel has killed 240 Palestinians & injured 607...

Trump just admitted he knew nothing about someone he pardoned, which either means he's lying to avoid answering further questions or is being told whom to pardon by others and just doing so. The NYT has printed multiple items from this interview-- but nothing on this as of 10:06 ET

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

Ex-topjurist Israëlisch leger na zoektocht opgepakt om video mishandeling Palestijnse gevangene

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald .. @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

You won't forget it? We certainly haven't forgotten your journey, Bethany. This is the road you chose.

BREAKING: At least 18 Palestinians have been killed and about 50 others injured in Israeli air strikes across Gaza, medical sources on the ground told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/11lhsx

Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since. interc.pt/4njg2T8

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

⛔️ BBC: Israel Marking Control Line Far Deeper Into Gaza Than Agreed, Then Opens Fire and Kills Civilians Beyond It New satellite images and IDF footage analyzed by BBC Verify show Israeli forces have placed “Yellow Line” boundary markers hundreds of meters deeper inside Gaza than agreed in the...

Some of the details may be disputed but this man’s cause of death was determined to be dehydration. It takes over a week without water for an adult to die of dehydration. One officer’s suggestion he needed medical attention was ignored. There’s no plausible situation where this wasn’t intentional.

Lamont Mealy, a mentally ill man, was locked in solitary confinement in a Maryland prison. Guards shut off water to his cell. A fellow prisoner says guards taunted him. He died of dehydration after 8 days. His family's lawsuit asserts officials covered it up.

Om de verkiezingen weer een beetje overzichtelijk te maken: we hebben eigenlijk maar twee problemen! Column: Pieter Derks over de verkiezingen youtu.be/Ck7Gt_CbbzI

Sylvana Simons zit in de Raad van Advies van de lobbyorganisatie ‘The Rights Forum’. Staat zij achter de poster van deze organisatie?

As a Senate candidate, Fetterman guaranteed voters he’d be a reliable Dem, not another Manchin or Sinema. Constantly. It was his core promise to primary voters. Liar.