"Be clear: I blame the protectors of the predators just as much as the rapists themselves because without them, this cycle might’ve ended long ago with sexual abusers, especially those ensconced in politics and media, rooted out," MFP Founding Editor Donna Ladd wrote in August. "Maybe."

⚡️ WOW — @RepJohnRose, also running for governor in Tennessee, files a bill to undo his Republican primary opponent Senator @MarshaBlackburn’s shameless multi-million dollar taxpayer funded money-grab. www.facebook.com/share/1DnU21...

After delivering a floor speech, Democrat Adelita Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures. buff.ly/rO3BSWs

JUST IN: Federal judge orders release of hundreds of people arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS. https://cnn.it/3LzqUPL

The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...

25% of the 8 are from Tennessee. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty we see you. #MarshaMoneyGrab

“Art is an expression while design is a solution. Any point where the two intersect is where I like to be.” - Artist Lou Spirito, who takes scoring a baseball game to new levels. See more of Lou's work & learn more about his process here: open.substack.com/pub/beautyof...

This is….INSANE. Like, more INSANE than regular insane.

NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media. The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.

No paywall. Release all the Epstein files now. We all know this is a bipartisan national tragedy. Reveal them all.

Since September, the Trump administration has carried out more than a dozen strikes on boats it claims are run by drug traffickers, killing more than 70 people. n.pr/4oUjxkV

WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.” Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?

#OnThisDay in baseball history

Reminder for this Veterans Day: Service members didn’t sign up to police their communities.

RAW STORY: “The first woman nominated to lead the Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her promotion abruptly canceled — military sources blame Hegseth's hostility to women in combat roles.” 🤔 www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...

Jeffries: "It's unbelievable that for 7 plus weeks Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been denied the ability to serve more than 800,000 people in Arizona because Republicans are running a pedophile protection program."

We'll be on Capitol Hill next week with veterans from across the country to meet with members of Congress and make it clear: Our elected officials have the power and the responsibility to stop President Trump's misuse of the military.

ICYMI: We secured a preliminary injunction to more permanently stop the violent and lawless tactics federal agents have deployed against protestors, press, and clergy in the Chicago area. Watch the stirring testimony of our brave clients speaking out just after the ruling:

From such pixels did early crushes form

Our allies want no complicity in a presidential drone-murder spree. Wondering if France (Guiana, Martinique) had or has suspended any intelligence-sharing arrangement, too.

Really valuable advice here for historians of all genres, @katecarp.bsky.social and @draftingthepast.bsky.social

MSNBC: How does a $20b bailout of Argentina help Americans? BESSENT: Do you know what a swap line is? Why would you call it a bailout? The US government made money

NEW: Tennessee has one of the highest rates of gun-related homicide. A blind spot in the state's probation department appears at a time when experts say offenders are a danger to domestic violence victims, @wpln.bsky.social and @propublica.org found.

The First Amendment protects our right to make jokes at the federal government's expense. We have the high ground and the Constitution on our side.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME CRIMES AND WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT: *Become a Republican member of Congress *Donate money to President Trump or cronies *Marry a Republican member of Congress

Wow — Casada wasn’t the only Tennessee Republican getting a Trump pardon. @RepHarshbarger got him to pardon her health care fraud husband too. Kelsey, Casada, Harshbarger… Tennessee Republicans working those pardons hard. The law no longer applies to them in the Trump era.

#OnThisDay in baseball history

In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

⚡️ JUST NOW — Speaker Johnson will NOT guarantee a vote on ACA subsidies even if it passes the senate (after the Schumer-orchestrated cave)👇🏽

This is so offensive I don’t even know where to start. “Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.” Nope. We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours. You work for us.

“A Reagan-appointed federal judge resigned from the lifetime position so he can speak out against what he believes are abject derelictions of duty and abuses of power within the Trump administration.” lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

This is a very specific chess analogy

I know that having principles is very difficult for most politicians, but this was the easiest hill to die on. Saving the ACA is incredibly popular. There is no excuse for this moral cowardice. No more donations to any Dem elected official until Schumer is out as leader. They must be punished.

TODAY'S HOLLER: Schumer Orchestrates A Surrender 🤔 Casada Gets His Trump Pardon 🤬 Matt Van Eppstein Files Runs Away at BNA 🏃 & more Check out today's links & videos: mailchi.mp/1bab05b5e2ed... CHIP IN and grab a Holler hat: tnholler.com/holler-hats/

Respectfully Senator, you need to remove Schumer as Senate minority leader or we have no chance.

Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the wind turns the minutes to hours?

Baltimore friends! Join SABR Baltimore/Babe Ruth Chapter this Friday November 14 at 6 pm at The Ivy Bookshop when Kevin Brown interviews Jane Leavy. Sign up and order a copy of her new book here. www.eventbrite.com/e/jane-leavy...

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

At the same time the Trump administration is firing FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors who investigated the J6 insurrection, they are pardoning those directly involved in trying to overturn the election and organizing January 6th, and prosecuting the President's perceived political enemies.

They voted to end the shutdown. To hell with extending the ACA subsidies I guess! #shutdown #PrimaryThem: Tim Kaine Dick Durbin John Fetterman Catherine Cortez Masto Jacky Rosen Jeanne Shaheen Maggie Hassan Angus King

This plan I’m reading about will jack up the cost of healthcare, and provide a limited amount of money that if not used correctly will turn into pure profit for the companies managing it. Insurance and HSA accounts get more $$$ and Americans get less healthcare. Disastrous capitulation by Dems.

The proposal is “not a deal," says Democratic U.S. House Rep. Ritchie Torres. "It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.” buff.ly/9aW3zLz

Trump and GOP have shown they don’t care about the rule of law or the powers the Constitution gives to Congress, so why does Schumer and Senate Dems think this one time they will?

Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."

Schiff: "Ultimately, what's gonna protect the American people is what we saw on Tuesday -- the voters coming out and rejecting Republicans, rejecting increased healthcare costs, rejecting a president who is more focused on his personal enrichment than he is on trying to help people who are hungry."

Jeffries: "These Republicans have tried to repeal the ACA more than 70 different times. They're not acting in good faith in dealing w/healthcare crisis they're visiting on the American people. This is the same group who just enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in history in their big ugly bill."

Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID. He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for. By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.