I'm back with an update. We've got ourselves a Democratic mayor in Pocatello, Idaho -- and by a landslide!

but we’ve only broken a 15+ point margin a handful of times, and none of them were at the congressional level. But what we did was take a 21 point margin and turn it into a 9 point one. That’s a really big deal. That is a signal that no R seat where the R won by less than 12 points is safe. 2/

Trump pardoned the ex-president of Honduras who shoveled hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China. These men poisoned America & killed millions. Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.

In a working democracy, if 75% or 80% of the country is in favor, it happens. We have been in minority rule for decades. Great conversation with @djrothkopf.bsky.social & @jimacosta.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

But this won’t hold water. If Trump and Hegseth claim Bradley is at fault and exceeded his orders, why was Hegseth crowing about the strikes publicly and why hasn’t he removed Bradley? The strike happened in September and witnesses claim the video made the double tap horrifyingly clear.

I’m reading this right now and it’s fascinating! Bonus: it contains the haunted Hoosic Tunnel I wrote into an as-yet unpublished story. :)

I bought a Mac so I could use Vellum. If you create ebooks, it will relieve your life of HUGE amounts of stress. If it’s on sale today, and you’ve got the cash and the inclination, GO GET IT. 😄

Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.” Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”

Why do I have labels from 2016 conferences in my inbox? Because I'm old and disorganized. Or was. Better organized. Still old, though.

I'm back writing! Yay! A snippet after a sea rescue. #writing "Huh. She could think of many things this angelic, almost boyish knight, might do on his knees for her. He opened his mouth as if to ask a question, and his face nearly turned green. “Over the railing!” she pointed." 📚💙 #booksky

every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades

In addition to cancer, a growing body of research has shown that vaccines can reduce the risk of developing dementia and heart conditions. Here are the common vaccines experts recommend:

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Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC): "I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported." "There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."

Buster is enjoying his Thanksgiving. #caturday

Just to be clear: armed government agents are allowed to wear masks, balaclavas, and glasses that completely hide their identities as they disappear people off streets and out of public places, but students can't wear masks while protesting even in approved "time, manner, and place".

I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.

This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.

Hey #booksky buy the two books so far in Alex White's Starmetal Symphony series for anyone that loves #scifi, giant #robot battles, and music! They kick serious mech ass!

2022 ProPublica report on CIA-trained "Zero Units" in Afghanistan, a former member of which shot two National Guard troops in DC yesterday

Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells. #Science 🧪

When the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade was directed by Hieronymus Bosch

You better be a writer when: One of the top things on your to-do list this week is to kill someone. (Don't worry, they aren't real).

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.

To recap: •Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually •Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses •The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45% 1/2

So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark

Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers. My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.

I'm begging you all in the media. Please read the emails for more than 2 seconds. They don't just say Trump "knew" about underage girls. THE EMAILS SAY HE PERSONALLY PARTICIPATED.

Some #christmas balls for you this morning. Located on 6th Avenue, New York City, across from #radiocity

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

Before DOGE, systems meant to serve millions of people were being run by a few harried employees using outdated systems. And now, after DOGE, they are being run by even fewer, even more harried employees on those same outdated systems!

The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder

"Of all the Thompson gunners/Roland was the best..." in a Zevon mood this morning.

Like travel? Love conventions? Live & breathe social media? ReedPop is hiring a Marketing Coordinator to join the Events team, working on conventions such as Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, New York Comic Con, and more. (1/2)

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files? CHRIS MURPHY: So what?

The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives. Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks

Massie's prediction that the Administration would use the bogus Trump-directed "investigations" of Bill Clinton and Reid Hoffman as an excuse to continue blocking release of the Epstein files, on the spurious grounds that it's an ongoing investigation, is looking pretty good here

21 fucking Obgyns were involved in her care. She was hospitalized three times before 9 weeks. This was murder, pure and simple - a conspiracy to just try to keep her body operating long enough to get her to viability.

ABC Mary Bruce deserves a Pulitzer Prize for asking the Saudi Prince this question:

Trump just called Mohammed bin Salman a "very good friend" and added, "we've always been on the same side of every issue." This is the first time MBS has been on U.S. soil since Saudi agents murdered and dismembered Jamal Khashoggi. Trump praised MBS's record on human rights.

Worth noting that the reason healthcare is so damned expensive in the US is The HMO Act of 1973 that was signed by Nixon and made HMO for profit instead of nonprofit. The last Republican healthcare plan literally gave us the mess we're still in today. ACA barely reigned in some of the worst parts.

Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

An assemblage of would-be super-villains.

NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors. These are the stories of the people who were inside.

‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family

Finally made it to B&N in Holyoke, MA, to sign my books after missing the Halloween event due to the concussion. Met the lovely Madi Baer, Senior Bookseller. Love this store and how cool that my stuff is displayed up front!!! 📚💙 #bn #romanticsuspsense #romancelandie