1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal. You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government. It says it right in the Constitution.

What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.

Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

wrote about the boat strikes, and people’s skepticism that Hegseth will face consequences. the thing is…the bipartisan congressional pushback is already a consequence. it damages hegseth personally and politically and may restrain policy. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/will-hegse...

America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1

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The Best Of The Outbursts Of Everett True August 07,1922

"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."

Please do media outlets (particularly the ones that are doing AI-critical stuff) a solid and link to their work, this isn't X, folks www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing "Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions." Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social

This is a sign of a healthy democracy. Imagine Trump’s DOJ investigating Trump’s closest aides or Russian prosecutors investigating Putin’s closest aides. It’s inconceivable even though corruption is rampant. Yet Zelensky’s closest aide is being forced out in a corruption investigation.

Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday, and Assemblyman Spearman, Chair of the Commerce, Economic Development, and Agriculture Committee, has a simple message: our communities thrive when we lift up the people who keep them running. youtube.com/shorts/RnXR1...

Had to be, Jack was ready and willing to sell us off to the corrupt Trump regime.

Hi All, Just sent out this free piece. The controversial Bloomberg piece is the perfect example of why we must stop making excuses for Trump. Trump has reconfirmed that Witkoff was doing what he wanted and that Witkoff is soon off to Moscow to represent the USA. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

wrote about Sean Duffy telling everyone that the way to make flying better is to blame the guy next to you for not wearing a tie. Rather than, I don’t know, keeping in place Biden’s regulations that you get a payout if your flight is delayed. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/sean-duffy...

To be clear (since NPR isn't), the "joke" is premised on the fact that Trump is kidnapping people w/o due process and shipping them to offshore concentration slave camps in defiance of court orders, human rights accordances, the U.S. constitution, all tenets of common decency, and international law.

Please support this bill. NJ bill would ban ICE agents from wearing masks newjerseymonitor.com/2025/11/24/n...

"Hi my name is Marcie, I am nearly 12 years old, I was diagnosed with Long Covid last year but I have been having symptoms since 2021" www.youtube.com/watch?v=9817... #ChildHealth #LongCovidKids #LongCovid

Money well spent! Plus, the cat pictures...

Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.* The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.

Right. And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.

This is a glaring example of how he doesn't understand how science works. You don't make a wild claim without proof and demand evidence that disproves your outrageous belief. “You can’t prove that Coca-Cola doesn’t cause autism either,” Dr. Arthur Caplan.

If the motto of the first Trump regime was the cruelty is the point (Adam Serwer) then the motto of the second is every accusation is a confession: the weaponization of the federal government against political opponents, the Trump crime family, and the torpedoing of the economy and U.S. hegemony.

Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵

THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos. I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.

Trump’s Complicity in the Khashoggi Murder: How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...

EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.

Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."

Excellent idea - pass it on.

I’m demanding accountability after the Trump Administration illegally placed a civil servant on leave for being a “radical leftist” in violation of both the Constitution and the Whistleblower Protection Act.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

It's a revealing moment... J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost. The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.

Me too, can't wait for the crash

Cat Follows Man Through Apartment Like Racist Walgreens Employee https://theonion.com/cat-follows-man-through-apartment-like-racist-walgreens-employee/

NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends. It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.

My courageous brother Matt, is fighting a tremendous health battle with end-stage heart failure and has been living with an LVAD while waiting for a heart transplant. Despite our family's best efforts, he needs additional support to get through this difficult time.

A mushroom cloud has developed over the Russian barracks in Novorossiysk. This is very likely missile fuel burning from the destroyed Russian air defense battery. It was likely a S-300/S-400 tasked to shield the city.

'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean. A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here

@kenmartin.bsky.social This tone deaf crap is the reason most Americans don't see a difference between the parties (and one of the many reasons National Democratic Party gets no more of my family's money). Do better or step down for a real leader.

Excellent by @jamellebouie.net. "There are still too many Democrats whose instinct is to retreat to normalcy rather than face the conflict at hand." (Which also describes The Times; Bouie is the welcome exception.) Gift. Democrats Are Teaching Trump the Wrong Lesson www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

So much power in extending awareness, decency, love and just some fun and joy. So much power for all of us when we feel seen and feel like we belong. May we share more of that.

Will Bunch nails what I have been trying to say about the Dems folding. It's not just the fight, but the spotlight on the fight, a light that just went out...

Some thoughts on the CR/minibus. 1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins. Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.

This was easy and I spoke to someone in 1 of two offices. Keep the pressure on.

@booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov please do not cave if there is no extension of ACA credits right now. Republicans cannot be trusted! After all this, you cannot give up now.

WOLFERS: “.. I can’t tell you why the president lies, but I can tell you that everything he has said about prices being lower is a lie. .. I’m starting to think that he doesn’t actually care about the cost of living.” @justinwolfers.bsky.social @svdate.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...