ICYMI, this clip from Russell Cleveland delivers an urgent message. He's running for Congress from Montana and tells of the damage AI is poised to deliver, sneaking it past before the American populace catches on. Watch and tell your neighbors before it's too late. www.facebook.com/reel/7254127...

Agree that this is "court-style politics", a great phrase. And that in part it's about succession. But it's also about desperation. Putin needs a ceasefire and he has is asking all his assets to lean in, and they are doing so without coordination. See thread.

I think you have to have a FB account to view this (drat!), but if you can, be sure to watch the whole thing. Some seriously crazy stuff going on with a pending economic disaster along with resource exploitation in the western states. www.facebook.com/reel/7254127...

Scott Bessent says gasoline prices are down? No kidding. The summer travel season is over, meaning usage falls off. It's not rocket science, buddy. Groceries (or "the grocery") are still insane. I mean, $9 for 3 oz of pancetta makes you think twice about your menu planning.

FWIW, then-Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney sheltered with his colleagues in a safe-room as the Jan 6 riot raged on. He said that the air in the room was tense, except for one person, who was laughing. And her initials were MTG. Just saying, now that she's on a mission to recharacterize her reputation.

Lawsuit says DEQ keeping public in the dark on mining decisions, violating state Constitution #mtpol dailymontanan.com/2025/11/20/l...

This is a YouTube fictional video, the kind of which I've noticed are all over YT. And sadly, if you count on whatever AI you're using to verify its validity, the answer comes up that it's true--BASED ON THE CONTENT OF THIS VERY VIDEO! Just please be careful of such dodgy sites before re-posting.

“Montana has a history of fighting corporate spending and is a fitting state to spearhead the beginning of the end of Citizens United" transparentelection.org disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog/montana-has...

JD Vance is such a putz. He claims it's hard for Americans to buy or rent a house these days because of the "30 million immigrants" who are occupying them. But come on. What about the Airbnb units owned by hedge funds and wealthy landlords, making a mint off of them? Isn't that the real problem?

Anybody remember the Millenium trilogy (starting with Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) by Stieg Larsson? How it ended with the evil force causing the destruction being a worldwide sex trafficking ring? Larsson was a journalist, as well as author, and died of a heart attack at age 50. Interesting.

The northern lights tonight just won’t quit. They’ve been lit up for nearly three hours.

Northern lights are out in NW Montana. Not sure how far the visibility area extends, but you gotta love the end of daylight savings so I can see them without staying up half the night. 😉

Last night’s overwhelming Democratic sweep in Pennsylvania preserves liberal control of the state supreme courts across the Midwest’s Blue Wall—MI, PA, WI. These courts are really important for election law and voting rights. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

If AI is going to eliminate great swaths of jobs to make workers superfluous, what happens to the tax base? Shouldn't we be raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans--who are incidentally made wealthier in the AI economy?

For people who discounted the value of Hands Off/No Kings rallies as nothing but "performative," I see them as the ignition factor for what happened in the election yesterday.

Seriously, folks. Would you really want someone so poorly informed to be just a heartbeat or two away from being POTUS? Shouldn't he at least *try* to keep up?? www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Grizzly cubs often stick together for a year or two after their mom shows them the door. These two are enjoying a nice fresh carcass while waiting for THE EPSTEIN FILES.

"John Roberts destroyed the United States." That should be the first line of his obituary.

Rick Wilson says it all here. Do not miss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qow-...

We're watching the end of democracy (government of, by and for the people), replaced by power going to the ultra-rich. The spectacle at Trump's inauguration was a tell, and it's happening so fast, it makes your head spin.

Americans can be progressive, conservative, libertarian or whatever they want to call themselves. What they can't be is against the rule of law. If you're against the rule of law, you're anti-American.

If you're on the fence about going to a rally on Saturday, read this and then resolve to join in. We can do this, but it's going to take every right-thinking person to speak up and make noise. From The Atlantic, Nov 2025 edition:

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

Just watched this entire interview, and I'm blown away by the intelligence, vision and skill of Mamdani. He'll surely have his detractors who'll nitpick and kvetch, but I believe NYC will be enriched in countless ways by his leadership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbq7...

If *I* pointed the weapon in the picture at a cop and the cop shot and killed me, the cop would get off EVERY SINGLE TIME. If I kill the cop, I'd get convicted EVERY SINGLE TIME. This asymmetry IS THE PROBLEM.

This strikes me as pretty bad

Kimmel's back!! Starting tomorrow. Poor Donald is going to cry himself to sleep tonight.

If you dreaded hearing today's pronouncement from RFK Jr on Tylenol causing autism, just read this article first. That way, you'll be able to laugh yourself silly at the stupid stuff coming out of his mouth instead of crying into your pillow. Because it surely will be hilarious.

It hurts my heart that we have racists like Laura Loomer effectively running the White House.

The view from across the pond. Why does he see it--and *say it*--so much more clearly than we do here? I think it's time to stand up and push back. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Xy...

Something good.

“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” — Pablo Casals, 1876-1973. Georgian-French classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs George Frideric Handel, Minuet in G minor, composed c. 1720. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

Thanks, Persephone. I do think that if one has the means it’d be wise now to collect hard copies of books you value that are critical of the moment or targeted in other ways. No book burning now, but if people can be disappeared books certainly can.

I've commented several times here about Max Blumenthal's book Republican Gomorrah, but he's also produced a comprehensively reported one called Goliath, about the inner workings of Israeli politics. This links those politics with ours. Do not miss. It's shocking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3j5...

If you think it's far-fetched to think Trump might do whatever he needs to stay in office after 2028, just look at Bibi Netanyahu. He's managed to avoid impending prosecution for two years by prolonging (even encouraging the triggering event?) of the war with Hamas. You know Trump is taking notes.

I'd ask when we can expect them to start spying on us like the Stasi in East Germany, but of course, DOGE stole all that data to put the AI snooper to work, sussing out the rebels. It's no longer coming. It's here.

Sounds like it's time for another massive march--while it's still legal to make our own signs. And I'm not kidding on that last part.

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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Love him or hate him, what Charlie Kirk vehemently espoused was un-American. Women submitting to their husbands and being financially dependent on them makes half of the population into second-class citizens. HE gets to do as he likes, and SHE has to shut up and take whatever crumbs he offers. 1/2

The Internet has been conquered.

Shawn Harris could be the one to send Marge back home next November. Remember his name.

This is so worth watching, especially if you're like me and hadn't focused on how Charlie Kirk conducted himself in his campus "debates." Note how he used bullying to intimidate and humiliate opponents. Something Ted Cruz does, too, and it's particularly skeezy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mvI...

Please read the thread and file it away in your mind as quite a plausible explanation. Coming events may give more evidence as to whether it's right, but in the meantime, it's good to have as a structural explanation of something that's been happening out of sight for most of us.

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

He is such a dick. Trump just revoked Kamala Harris's security detail, just as she is about to start a nationwide book tour. Petty really doesn't cover it. Nasty is more like it.

My statement on the limited Epstein files release and continued White House cover-up:

Just remember on this redistricting brouhaha. Reshaping districts to shave off a little here and put it there is likely to deliver *less extreme* candidates, because thinning out the partisan packing of voters means an extreme candidate won't win the general. It could be a good thing.