“This dude can’t stop flying to Nashville.” www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...

Jeffries: "This from a group of people who somehow found $40b to bail out their right-wing dictator friend in Argentina. Republicans put Argentina first. And they can't find a dime to extend ACA tax credits? That's part of the reason why Republicans were rejected all across the country, pummeled."

Trump's appointed Solicitor General admits Americans pay for 30-80% of the cost of tariffs

FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets during government shutdown apnews.com/article/gove...

Trump Says He Doesn’t Know Crypto Billionaire He Pardoned www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago

Spanberger Wins Virginia Governor’s Race With Forceful Anti-Trump Campaign www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

Politics is so complicated.

THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN 12 SEATS FLIPPED BY DEMOCRATS IN THE VA HOUSE TONIGHT

Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.

Basically going about as well as progressives/Democrats could possibly hope.

To understand what was at stake here: in VA, the AG gets to appoint university counsel. From Jim Ryan’s forced resignation to the (mercifully) reject “Compact” to the odious and bizarre “settlement,” UVA has been hamstrung by counsel chosen by the state’s GOP administration. That’s about to change.

There are no words. Hungry kids are not a bargaining chip. Choosing to let millions go hungry is unspeakably cruel.

We experience these events through our media bubbles. So please take a little time to look at the details. For example: here is how DHS described one incident in Chicago. Now watch the video, which tells a different story. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa... bsky.app/profile/news...

Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Donors to Trump’s Ballroom Are Asked Why They Chose to Remain Incognito www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

Cool optics bro

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” By @andykroll.bsky.social, with @newyorker.com

Trump’s Retribution Campaign Leaves D.C. Prosecutor’s Office in Crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...

Food Stamp Cuts Expose Trump’s Strategy to Use Shutdown to Advance Agenda www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...

As the Shutdown Pain Grows, Trump Attends to Other Matters www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

Read all of this. "Children in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighbourhood were preparing for a Halloween parade on Oct. 25 when federal agents reportedly deployed tear gas on the street to disperse protesters opposing immigration-related arrests in the neighbourhood." www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like—because it’s already happening in North Carolina, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily:

Trump Lost the Trade War to China www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

Unprecedented corruption: Trump's "family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized 'on paper' gains. Much of that cash has come from foreign sources"

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Adelita Grijalva Just Wants to Get to Work. The House Speaker Won’t Let Her. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

Amazon announces they are laying off the largest amount of workers ever in the company’s history. 30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.

3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests" Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

50 States, 50 Fixes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...

An embarrassingly obvious point, but... This. Is. Illegal. If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed. In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...

I am an economist and was a small part of the US negotiation technical support in the Uruguay Round when Reagan was president. His, and the US position, supported elimination of tariffs and movement to free markets. Trump saying Reagan loved tariffs is wrong. He is rewriting the history of the GOP.

For Trump, the pardons are not a one-off. They are a central pillar of his emerging kakistocracy. They are his instruments of immunity and impunity. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?

Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.

This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about. Would be a shame if it went viral.

Companies Have Shielded Buyers From Tariffs. But Not for Long. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/b...

White House List of Donors for President Trump’s $300 Million Ballroom www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Trump Pardons Founder of the Crypto Exchange Binance www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/t...

More Than 100 Cases of Measles Reported in Utah and Arizona www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...

Good: Jamie Raskin tells me he's formally demanding any/all internal communications between WH and DOJ on Trump's $230 million payoff. More Dems should talk this way about Trump's criming. He's turning the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2021...

This is extrajudicial murder. It is illegal and unethical. And it is a pathetic use of American military force, demonstrating not strength but weakness.

A Palo Alto company has launched more than 4,000 of its "smart" balloons. Looks like one of them smashed into a United 737. Everyone was OK, but the pilot did tell passengers, “The aircraft has collided with an object and a window in the cockpit has shattered" www.sfchronicle.com/travel/artic...

1. The Trump administration quietly DOUBLED the bailout of Argentina from $20 BILLION to $40 BILLION Here is what is really happening

Trump Dismisses Another Inspector General, Fueling Oversight Concerns www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...