Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII. One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing. The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.

The United States "is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” a Trump-appointed federal judge affirmed in a ruling blocking the deployment of troops to Portland. More on the TRO, and an interview with @briantylercohen.bsky.social, here. www.allrisenews.com/p/oregon-tro...

The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.

Hegseth orders military to draw up plans for 40% total budget cuts over the next fives years, 8% per year. Exponentially worse than sequestration that crippled the military in 2011. wapo.st/4hHV3Yt

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

Trump's first foreign leader call was with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Reminder that Trump's first 2017 foreign visit was to Saudi Arabia - and Saudi Arabia has paid Trump for golf and real estate deals and Kushner manages over $2 billion in Saudi investments.

Let's not read anything into the fact that Trump's SCOTUS docket number is ... 666

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post” — Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos

FLASH: FBI releases more video of person who left two live pipe bombs on Capitol Hill on Jan 5, 2021 FBI estimates this person is 5-feet, 7-inches tall Hundreds of tips and interviews … but still no suspect www.cbsnews.com/news/dc-pipe...

I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.

Hi Bluesky! I’ve heard the water’s a bit warmer over here. I’ll be posting here frequently — so follow along to stay up to date.

@hollyjolebed.bsky.social hi Holly and welcome!!

In Poland, one death of this kind sparked a huge national protest

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Multiple accounts that Smith is preparing a report and that Garland will release it publicly, all before the inauguration.

Ex-FBI informant charged with lies at 'heart' of Biden impeachment effort indicted on new tax charges www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Sue Bird will be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's class of 2025

@vwstaff.bsky.social welcome!!👋🏻🥰

In case you need a primer explaining why RFK Jr. being the head of the HHS would be a DISASTER. 👀 ⬇️

Insane www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Some big news this morning www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

Damn… Judge Merchan delays ruling in Hush Money case until next week.

Hey guys, it works!!!!

@waseeka.bsky.social 👋🏻🍷😘

X has a new terms of service that goes into effect on November 15. It says that by using X, you agree that everything you post can be used to train their AI models.

Back on September 6th, Judge Juan Merchan (in Trump's NY election interference case) ruled that he would issue a decision by tomorrow, November 12th, on Trump's Motion to Set Aside the jury's verdict and to Dismiss the indictment, based on SCOTUS' immunity ruling.

Hi! Worth a shot here too as I cast my net: I am freelancing these days but I need full time work or a lot more freelance to keep making ends meet! I am trying to stay in journalism! If you or anyone you know is hiring writers or reporters right now, please consider putting us in touch? Thanks.

PSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗