What can karaoke nights at a strip-mall biker bar in small-town Texas teach us about democracy? @lisabubert.bsky.social explores. www.noemamag.com/the-healing-...

When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.

local woman makes girldinner; 19 injured 4 dead

toilet paper USA

That halftime show was a NOVEL

as you watch all of the rah-rah pageantry of the Super Bowl it’s astounding to remember that MAGA is so weird and offputting that they’ve apparently given football to the libs in the national divorce

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Well, the Patriots literally allow their jets to be used for ICE deportations.

Meanwhile, at the public library, a guy came in with a bucket full of raw chicken legs asking if anybody wanted any

US authorities must immediately release journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. Journalism is not a crime. Reporting on protests is not a crime. Arresting journalists for their reporting is a clear example of an authoritarian practice.

At this point we have statements from IBEW, SEIU, and the TN AFL-CIO confirming that the rumors of union avoidance in recovery efforts are FALSE. People are justifiably pissed. Misleading them will not help us recover.

Statement From The Minority Caucus Regarding NES Restoration

For those who are hearing that Nashville is turning away line workers, here's a statement from the union VP:

A few dozen people have gathered outside an ICE field office in Nashville this morning after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis yesterday.

The one silver lining in Trump's daily rampages is that they have exposed Democrats' most insidious lie - the lie claiming that Democrats' own presidents never had the power to change much. It was always a lie. Now everyone can see that - and nobody will believe it next time.

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.

On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.

Oh www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

The 60 Minutes episode about CECOT was not only worth running, it was an exceptionally powerful work of journalism that made clear the US government has embraced torture. You can read the transcript here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Gavin Newsom is Mitt Romney for the Democrats, a department store mannequin who will lose in a general election

It’s all fun and games until this Nvidia bubble bursts

We murdered clippy and now they’ve raised us copilot

Companies trying to get people to use AI is the Mean Girls equivalent of trying to make fetch happen

John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”

I think “speak to your fake dead relative” might be the most evil application of “AI” i’ve seen so far

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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.

Honestly wild how much Behn closed the 22-point gap from the past two 7th District races.

It's 7 p.m. Polls are now closed in the 7th District special election between Matt Van Epps and Aftyn Behn. (if you are in line you can still cast your ballot). The first thing we are likely to see are early vote totals from around the district.

It's 7 p.m. and polls are closed in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District! Stay tuned for the Scene's coverage of the results, and have a look at our coverage leading up to Election Day.

Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together

I think about it all the time. And I think we shouldn’t give the private org ultimately responsible $15 Million for surveillance equipment.

Man, Al Gore has entered the chat.

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Why buy shit you don’t need when you can be out knocking doors for @aftynbehn.bsky.social? Vote for Aftyn on Tuesday, December 2 and let’s flip this mfin’ seat already

Lol Matt Van Epps was part of the $8 million graft purchase of those pesticide-laden sock masks (which had visible holes, for those of you who don’t live here). Incredible shit. www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

Threatening my friends

Why do we allow ourselves to be such easy marks? #monorail 🦞

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.

The problem of writing a novel while holding down a day job is that I just performed 4 hours of big brain work giving it all I got and now I have to go clock in for 8 more hours today

people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat

a very good and important response from @slotkin.senate.gov and company in response to Trump's threats. You absolutely cannot allow a would-be authoritarian to know that the surest way to make his opponents back down is to threaten them with violence. www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/11/20/j...

If you’re wondering how it’s going in rural Texas

PROTECT 👏🏼 PHIL 👏🏼 WILLIAMS 👏🏼 AT 👏🏼 ALL 👏🏼 COSTS

Tell me your go-to karaoke song and no one gets hurt

Kamala Harris & Justin Jones choosing not to even use Aftyn’s name… really something. And also utterly unsurprising. This is why so many of us hate the Dems, fyi. No such thing as solidarity, only self-interest & status quo.