Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.

Image: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.” She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.

Nothing like war crimes to distract folks from that whole pedophile thing…

MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect. The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April. Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Narrator: He is currently polling lower than salmonella.

A few thoughts from Chicago.

A stunner of a story.

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I made some artwork to go with my story. This was a lot of fun to envisage. Hope it connects with the writing in interesting ways.

A law set to take effect in Texas in early December allows people to sue anyone involved in mailing abortion medication to the state. Whether Texas’ statute can puncture other states’ shield laws remains to be seen. By @elishabrown.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shie...

you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric

You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?

Current regime’s answer to ethics: fire the watchdogs.

Billionaire ballroom builder crypto grifter and Gatsby party thrower Trump dismisses affordability concerns as “a con job by the Dems” and lies that “costs are way down”

The First World War ended at 11:00 on November 11, 1918. Remembering my grandfather who served.

I’ll be wearing my poppy pin Tuesday.

Unreal — Trump is fighting soooo hard to keep food from hungry families

🚨🚨DAMN‼️Go off Sen Rosen(D-NV) 🔥💥🔥She does not mince words when she confronts Sen Moreno (R-OH) about the Republican shutdown. Democrats have found their voices and as you see in this clip they’re not afraid to use it anymore!! Keep fighting these anti-democratic asshats.

A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

so it turns out that fascism is unpopular

Here’s @rawstory.com picking up on our post about Fox News falling for a racist AI video about SNAP recipients… then trying to turn it into a story about AI videos: www.rawstory.com/snap-2674256... Not journalism.

Trump’s America: FBI Director is taking govt jets to watch his girlfriend sing, president is in Palm Beach holding Great Gatsby balls after golf, we are murdering people in boats while refusing to show proof of guilty, govt is shut down, airports are a disaster, prices are up.

I still can’t believe Scott Bessent, whose net worth is $521 million, went on TV and claimed that he “has felt the pain” of the trade war because he is a “soybean farmer.” And he claims to be a “farmer” not because he grows things, but because he is a landlord of some farmers.

Prodding everyone to look up Scott Bessent’s wealth. 🤡 www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

“In France, we pride ourselves on enjoying life’s simple pleasures: food, drink, and the occasional grand larceny. To rush through these things would not just disrupt our leisurely schedule; it would be a sin.”

Three glass eyes with portable velvet carrying case and mirror, c.1870. These were likely meant to be carried by an ocularist – someone who specialized in making and fitting prosthetic eyes – to assist them in making the best possible match to the patient’s remaining eye.

Senator @johnfetterman.com (D?) downplays Trump’s $230,000,000 extortion of the DOJ as “small ball”

When even @anneapplebaum.bsky.social - an expert on authoritarianism - thinks Trump’s corruption and greed is breaking new ground

It’s disgraceful

He ruins everything he touches.

October 20, 2025

Everything’s a cover up

Making Argentina Great Again

You need to see this… Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯 Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚 And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋 youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

So proud to kick off today’s inspiring, record setting No Kings rally in DC. Twice the size of the first No Kings DC rally. Nationally, the early numbers suggest today was the BIGGEST DAY OF PEACEFUL PROTEST IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY. LFG. We have a democracy to save.

Yes yes yes

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

Just a bunch of paid domestic terrorists in Portland, Maine.

Why does the government need private jets is maybe a question we should be asking.

There was an incredible turnout across small-town USA! Many events weren’t even on our radar. Our coalition initially tracked around 3,000 events, but the number has now surged past 4,000 and counting.

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