The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

Last night brought good news in many places, and I'm grateful for it. We need good news. But I do not understand triumphal responses in a country that A) has swung wildly back and forth in voting habits every 2 years for the last 10, and B) continuously learns the wrong lessons after each election.

In light of the stunning size of the blue wave, I’m also thinking of all the important races that Dems left on the table by not running a candidate:

My RCV take: It’s not preventing Minneapolis progressives from achieving desired city-wide results. It is actually showing that progressives are close even when not winning. And it’s affirming something about the electorate that we don’t understand, can’t accept, or don’t know what to do about.

Federal immigration cops are using "wellness checks" on minors as a ruse to get into homes and arrest people for alleged immigration violations. In this case, an alleged check on a 17-year-old let them arrest his 22-year-old brother, who was brought here at 11 and has protected status.

the 2028 democratic party is going to be 50% DSA and 50% CIA at this rate

This is about prog. council members winning their races by big margins. Yet the sole quote is from an 87yo woman who voted for Frey becuz she thinks they are extreme. The candidates *won.* So, at a minimum, you should have taken time to interview their constituents to learn why they *elected* them.

Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school

For all the anger at the pitiful Democratic leadership, rank and file Democrats seem to be demonstrating that they are actually in charge of the party and will set its direction. That is a good thing. The GOP belongs to one man; the future of the Democrats is up to every Democrat.

Last night, we ended a Republican supermajority in Mississippi. www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.

We won every precinct with a total of 62.05% of the vote! Thank you Ward 12, I look forward to representing and serving you for the next 4 years. A progressive vision for supporting everyday people and working families is what I will work to deliver with you. 🤍

Randall Gamboa Esquivel came to the US from Costa Rica in Dec 2024 ICE caught him & detained him in Texas. He was healthy & in contact with his family until he disappeared in June. By August he was in a persistent vegetative state… and ICE put him on a plane to Costa Rica anyways. He died there

Relieved that voters resoundingly rejected this fascist bullshit. Angry that we still have at least another year of it, probably another three, and that we're by no means in the clear. Livid that it all could have been avoided if we had simply not reelected the asshole who tried a coup.

Vanishing people from records is part of the protocol used by death squads and the worst South American dictatorships.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov 37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois. This is assault.

ICE is planning to offer private sector bounty hunters cash bonuses for quickly tracking down the home addresses of immigrants across the US, according to a DHS document I reviewed. ICE encourages potential contractors to use "all technology systems available.” theintercept.com/2025/10/31/i...

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?

you have just described taxes

New in PN: The triumph of bullshit "We’re a long way from 'covfefe' and tumescent hurricanes Sharpied on a weather map. This is an era of lies as policy, where government priorities are based on right-wing conspiracy theories and fear-mongering."

I hadn't seen anyone explain exactly why Trump withholding SNAP funds is illegal until @brycecovert.bsky.social did it for us. Short version: benefits must go to all eligible applicants, & the reserve fund must be used when appropriations expire to keep the program operating.

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.” It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

I was recently laid off by ARTnews, a few days before the theft at the Louvre. The terms of my TN work visa means I can't freelance unless I donate the funds to charity. I'm open to new FT roles in business reporting and communications, and am willing to relocate to other cities, including Toronto.

This is a beautiful new locker room at St Pius in Kansas City. They are a private religious school that accepts taxpayer vouchers for partial tuition. Anyway, the kids at the public school down the road from me learn to run track when they go to track meets — they don’t have a track of their own.

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

For an administration that came out of the box threatening Canadian independence, Greenland’s sovereignty, the Panama Canal, etc., it sure has a glass jaw. 🤡

TPT has a new documentary miniseries called Paradox out about the history of the Minneapolis Police Department. 3 parts, totaling about 2 hours total. Highly, highly recommended. I teach Minnesota and Minneapolis history for a living and it was very informative even for me. pbs.org/show/paradox...

June Lockhart's obituary brings with it a reminder of the Hollywood Blacklist, a period which I fear we're about to see repeated — so buckle up! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/a...

Hey twin cities friends! There’s a new website for the Mn Rapid Response network, now called Monarca. It has the hotline to call if you see 🧊 activity as well as Know Your Rights information and lists upcoming community trainings. A great resource. Please share widely! monarcamn.org

I can’t handle a media that thinks its job is to learn from voters what they think about world events that the media won’t accurately report on to those same voters. Backwards insanity.

That very MUNDANE action that you don't take because you are too busy fantasizing about being a superhero instead would actually DO something for someone. Your fantasy does not.

Thank you, Chicago.

I hate it here

If I had one request of people who care about equity in their education: stop making elite institutions the focus of your efforts. The vast majority of black, brown, poor, and/or non-traditional students attend community colleges and state institutions. These are the institutions that matter. 1/

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

"Let me see. What if I dressed a Black woman up as a 19th century minstral and then claimed she represented a dangerous national movement, while declaring that the white woman running against her represents 'only us'?" They're right about one thing: when people show who they are, believe them.

The rest of the world knows what time it is. Only American voters are clueless.

Right out of the textbooks. Whether it will succeed or not remains to be seen, but there is nothing complicated about what's happening here.

Grim.

i have about two million followers across three platforms. statistically, about 20,000 of you are in the top 1% in terms of wealth. if any of you feel like leaving me your home in a walkable neighborhood when you die, that would make for a very heartwarming social media story.

Minneapolis City Auditor Robert Timmerman: "Great resistance" from MPD in cooperating with after action reviews, even after speaking with "well over a dozen senior leaders to explain... the requirements of them and their staff to cooperate."

Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

This is driving me crazy. The New York Times calling this madness an “anti-drug operation” is one of the worst forms of propaganda: accepting stated motivations of powerful people as the truth.

POTENTIAL?! He’s LITERALLY stealing from us.

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

The silver lining is the Professor still has his faculty job, but this is explicitly viewpoint discrimination, a message that there is no such thing as faculty governance. All admin must be aligned with a political party. For all the talk of leftist indoctrination, this is no different from China.

This story, of a woman denied treatment for an ectopic pregnancy IN ILLINOIS is horrifying. In conclusion, subscribe to @jessicavalenti.bsky.social's newsletter, Abortion Every Day.