Is Rep. Clay Higgens (R-Louisiana) a creep? After consulting Wikipedia, my answer is yes.

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered public schools in Texas to remove displays of the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.

BREAKING: A federal court has BLOCKED Texas' gerrymandered congressional maps from going into effect for the 2026 election

An incredibly Trump-era headline theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...

Gift Link www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here's the actual text of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that will get a vote in the House tomorrow. Note that while it does permit files to be withheld if release "would jeopardize an active federal in9 vestigation or ongoing prosecution," the withholding www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...

If you’re deconstructing religion, then you have to deconstruct adoption because this 25 billion dollar industry is fueled by high control religions that tell mothers they sinned, are not worthy, and that god intended their child for strangers that weekly fill collection plates. #adoptionawareness

BREAKING: Magistrate orders DOJ to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, finding real prospect that "government misconduct" may have tainted the case.

"defense attorneys are telling us they can’t get their clients to take good or reasonable plea offers because they felt they’re better off spending their money on a political donation, drawing Trump’s attention, and getting the case dismissed or going to trial and getting a pardon."

I had dinner at Nori with my family the night before the raid. This place is south of Birmingham. The place was packed. Now it is closed. www.al.com/news/2025/11...

Trump pardons more miscreants. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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O.J. Simpson's estate will at long last pay some or all of the judgment rendered against him by Ron Goldman's father, Fred Goldman. nypost.com/2025/11/15/u...

11/16/2025- Thanksgiving 2025 www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/no...

Hard, good reading by Jeet Heer www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force. (Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!) Great obit—no paywall.

when certain celebrities state that adopting a child is “no different” from birthing a child, note that this is the legal structuring that makes that pretense possible 🥚

A longtime prosecutor announced he will take over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others, after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the case and no one else wanted the job. https://to.pbs.org/3M2TBVi

gene kelly is antifa

crazy IG em_clarkson

Monster email drop shows how scary Trump Epstein files really are www.al.com/politics/202...

NEW: 2-page legislation in US Senate would prohibit Trump from getting a $230 million settlement from taxpayers in return for the Trump criminal investigations Bill authored by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)

The failure of Republicans to do anything to save health care is truly disappointing. But House Democrats remain committed—we’ll keep fighting to protect health care.

Dear @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com, I appreciated this A-Block, and your defense of Schumer and all Senate Leaders. That being said, the main gain of this compromise was an increase in SNAP benefits. Everything else was mitigating the harm Trump caused during shutdown: youtu.be/Eqe0Suhoats?...

I understand the anger at leaders not doing what we hoped for. However the blame & vitriol adds to the polarization that is so toxic today. I’m trying to be compassionate & also - none of us know how this story is going to end. It might surprise us. Spewing hate is not the answer. End of sermon.

Remember the small-town newspaper which had its office raided two years ago? Eric Meyer’s 98-year-old mother Joan, the paper’s co-owner, died of a heart attack the next day, something he blames on the stress of the raid. apnews.com/article/kans...

#BREAKING: Over a public dissent from Justice Jackson, #SCOTUS *extends* the temporary pause of the district court’s order that had mandated full SNAP payments for November—keeping that ruling (and those payments) on hold through the end of the day this Thursday:

So much for a clean CR... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

Sim left Alabama to protect his family. He has since written a book “And the Dragons Do Come: Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America.” Give it a read. thenewpress.org/books/and-th...

For anyone who hasn’t encountered this before, Brad is referring to a structural “feature” of our electoral system that virtually guarantees a two party system. It sucks, but it’s the reality we live with. This is the video I use in my intro class as a quick explainer if you’re curious.

Editor Brian Lyman writes that Alabama leaders have been notably passive in helping 726,000 Alabamians avoid hunger, particularly when one remembers how quickly they move to give money to corporations and punish transgender people. https://ow.ly/nxjB50Xo2Qj

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. https://to.pbs.org/4qSZcNU

Supreme Court agrees to hear case on whether states may count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day https://cnn.it/4pmlWVl

A whole other form of partial and political justice. Trump pardons list of allies who worked to reverse his election loss in 2020. Many of them, especially Mark Meadows, know where the bodies are buried. A vile miscarriage of justice. Includes Rudy, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, & Ken Cheseboro.

Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.” Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.

BREAKING: Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.

BREAKING: The First Circuit denies DOJ’s stay request in the SNAP case, refusing to stay the Nov. 6 enforcement order. Justice Jackson’s 48-hour clock started just before midnight Sunday, meaning the administrative stay she issued Friday ends at the end of the day Tuesday.

! A key group of Senate Democrats is leaning toward voting for a deal to end the shutdown, provided final details can be worked out like worker protections (Gift link) (Deal does NOT include an ACA extension.) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/11/across-alabama-some-candidates-of-color-faced-threats-in-2025.html  Across Alabama, local politicians of color have at times faced threats and intimidation this year, as political threats and violence increase nationwide.

Study finds tubal ligations to permanently prevent pregnancy increased by 51% in 4 academic medical centers in PA, NY, FL & TN since Dobbs. A greater proportion were younger & had never given birth. Most worried their options would be limited in the future. www.psu.edu/news/researc...

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

Get 'em!

Surprised me! Wordle 1,603 2/6 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.

LAWSUIT WIN: A federal court ruled that the Trump admin violated the 1st Amendment by putting partisan messaging in employees’ out-of-office replies during the govt shutdown. It's simple: civil servants work for the people, not the president's political agenda.

JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

1958 Chevy Impala painted by Takahiko Izawa, president of Rohan Co., Ltd., a Japanese paint manufacturer. The car's bumper-to-bumper paint job uses a special 3D material and multiple silver paint variations to create a faux engraved finish that's almost chrome-like.

🚨 BREAKING: State lawmakers in New Mexico are pushing to create a “truth commission” to investigate alleged crimes at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch —nearly seven years after Jeffrey Epstein’s death and despite the property having been sold. More ⬇️

That man said If this Board of trustees doesn't let me .... Do ket lines impregnate Stephen Miller's wife build these ugly ass cars and do a pinch of Nazism for a TRILLON dollars ... I'm out