IN 15 MINUTES: The walls of the Epstein Ballroom are closing in on Trump, and there's no room for him to dance his way out. The Breakdown goes live at 7 PM EST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvVAXktzTUY

Has a single reporter asked any of them why it's OK for Texas, but not for California where we literally had an election and it was approved by the voters?

@repdangoldman.bsky.social is the best. We need more members of Congress like him. 👏👏👏

More impunity for the elite, courtesy of the Trump regime.

There's no problem Vance won't blame on immigrants, even if he has to invent the problem himself. A few weeks ago he was insisting immigrants lived in cramped squalor and their (white) neighbors had a right to be upset about that. Now they're so rich they're snatching up all the good houses? OK.

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open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Great quick read from Robert Reich Trump is a monster. He is an aspiring dictator who wants to wield the same power as a Stalin or Hitler, and he wants to be remembered through statues, stadiums and ballrooms. He should be remembered as both a liar and traitor

OH. NO GUNSHOTS, YOU SAY?

"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."

The polls are shifting. The shutdown bit. Trump’s grip is slipping — and the GOP knows it. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Texans who get insurance from healthcare.gov can now see how much their plan will cost in 2026. Prices are higher for MILLIONS because Republicans are getting rid of critical tax credits. I asked Texans to share what this would mean for their family. ⬇️

My dog. Pup-Aya. Can't go outside. It's raining. 😭 She's a good girl ❤️

"I come from the camp of when they go low, you fucking get in the gutter," @michaelfanone.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social. "I think that that's the only thing really that the MAGA world responds to."

GOP Rep. John Rose on GOP senators' taxpayer-funded payouts: "I'm calling on senators to disavow this, including Marsha Blackburn, who unfortunately apparently telegraphed she's planning to take advantage of this opportunity to put millions of dollars in her pocket at the expense of the taxpayer"

More Autumn Gold #morningwalk #gold #autumn #fall #garryoak #path #forest #cedarhillpark #saanich #britishcolumbia #vancouverisland #photography #eastcoastkin #yyj

🍄 #nature #moss #fungi #fungifriends #mushroom #photography

Cartoon: Real American www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

An actual deal with something for everyone is possible on Obamacare - if the Republicans mean what they're saying.

Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"

615 people arrested by ICE this summer in Chicago must be released, a federal judge ruled, saying long-term residents can’t be held without bond. | WEBZ www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Rep. Ro Khanna tells @Lawrence that he, Thomas Massie, and MTG will hold a news conference next Tuesday with survivors of Epstein's abuse.

Credit cartoonist @adamzyglis.bsky.social Check out the details 👇🏻

When you read these Epstein emails, you start to understand why so many prominent conservatives are obsessed with checking the genitals of children. It's a big thing for them!

According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally. Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.

In 10 months MAGA went from “He’s the new messiah!” to “Look, we don’t have anyone else.”

Wait, Are the Epstein Files Real Now? The White House’s responses get curiouser and curiouser.

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

Thanksgiving is the time to share your blessings with your family and your closest, most enigmatic friends.

Civic participation doesn’t just mean voting — it means holding our elected officials accountable. Joyce Vance discusses her new book on the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman. Watch: bit.ly/3JN1BJC

NOW YOU'RE TALKING. Keep the focus on the party that caused this.

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

Top tier explainer today from @stevevladeck.bsky.social on what likely occurred with the SNAP case. It was not “referred” by Justice KBJ, to the full Court, as is the usual practice from a Circuit Justice. But instead it was “taken” by the full court. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

Watercolour painting of a dog called Larry! Done from a photo. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #throwbackthursday #petportraits #painting #art #watercolours

A #WhiteHouse correspondent asked Karoline Leavitt: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?" The silence was deafening

The front page of today’s @nydailynews.com.

The British press doesn’t mince words. 🇬🇧

The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.