Mamdani is going to implement Shyamalan law. Everyone in the city will be issued their own shocking but heavily foreshadowed and ultimately kind of predictable plot twist.

If you see this, post four women characters you love (I added a bonus because I couldn't split a duo)

I think when he put up that portrait walk everyone was so focused on the dumb Biden trolling (Autopen! Har har har!) there wasn't much mention of the whole "Walk of Fame" aspect. FAME. He really thinks being POTUS is like being the ultimate star, not at all about public service.

Half of his campaign should be his record of fighting for Alabama, the other half should be, “Have you seen how dumb as shit the other guy is? AYFKM?”

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

It's unshocking that Pulte, who makes his money selling (shoddy) homes, loves this idea. A 50 year mortgage means hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest and never actually owning the house, a literal lifetime bond servitude to a debt. It's builders' and bankers' wildest dream.

At least they FINALLY admitted why they refused to negotiate on the shutdown. First they lied and promised Dems they would “negotiate” this, but only AFTER they voted for the CR. But Dems were correct when they assessed that Republicans NEVER intended to extend these subsidies.

In addition to being an excellent guide for anyone in a role that might be called to talk to the ideologically captured legacy press, it's also an important object lesson for the rest of us in a crucial bit of media literacy. Definitely worth taking a few minutes to read this.

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Even as USDA began paying out SNAP benefits while DOJ tried to get a stay, DOJ today filed a notice of appeal in the case over the Trump administration's efforts to force many other federally funded public services to require ID checks for immigration purposes. From the 9/10 prelim injunction:

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge rules Trump’s Portland military takeover unconstitutional. Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.

He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.

The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

Wall Street’s biggest banks are not ruling out a $20 billion bailout for Argentina. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent still won’t say whether U.S. taxpayers will be left holding the bag. The American people deserve answers, and Trump’s foreign bailouts must end.

Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US. ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point? If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?

At this point, I don't think anyone could make a convincing argument to me that Johnson isn't going to keep the house adjourned until January to make the whole issue of healthcare subsidies a moot point because the new year will have started and open enrollment will be over.

Scoop: The University of Pittsburgh will maintain its current federal funding for indirect research costs after cuts announced earlier this year threatened to push one of the region’s major research institutions off a financial cliff. www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

Ben Franklin was writing that thing & it falls in the first year of Trump's term.

Elon Musk is not set to become the world's first trillionaire because this pay package has a bunch of preconditions he will never meet. The 600,000 people he killed are dead for real, though.

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

*marks this week as spam* *closes window*

Earlier this week people discovered that Facebook had opted everyone in to AI-ification of the photos in their Memories feed without any notice and posts about how to turn that off went viral across the platform. Now suddenly the Memories feed is broken. That's not coincidence.

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

Three minutes of Michelle Obama being amazing as always. She is my Forever FLOTUS! Remember how it feels to have a normal, non-billionaire President and First Lady who could relate to the experiences of most Americans? Sigh.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation. The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent. More to come: www.lawdork.com

There is no president.

Can you imagine how quickly Jake Tapper and the fiends at Fox would have run to be on air in an emergency breaking news broadcast if Joe Biden had first been asleep during an Oval Office event and then stood staring off into space while someone had a medical emergency feet away?

Today in the least shocking gross thing sleazy billionaires did, the illegal Chan-Zuckerberg primary school. Named after a chicken. Because why not? www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

Can a hot flash last for an hour or do I have a fever?

On today, Trans Day of Screaming, there is a dispute as to whether you have fulfilled your obligation to listen to a trans person’s screaming if you merely hear the echo of their scream.

When many other Democratic leaders in Congress were cravenly supporting the run-up to the Iraq War, Nancy Pelosi opposed it and whipped votes in the House against it. She has many other career accomplishments but that brave and prescient stand is what I'll remember.

People shit on the ACA for its shortcomings but it was a monumental achievement dragged across the line with tons of moderate and even conservative Dems required support.

If your first response to Nancy Pelosi's retirement announcement is some kind of insult or castigation of her, you need to do a shit ton of soul-searching.

Following a historic career, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is retiring at the end of her term. Not to put too fine a point on this, but officials with records like the California Democrat’s tend to have buildings named after them. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

I Feel Like Absolute Garbage But I Have to Pick Up the Groceries: The Amadi Lovelace limited anthology series released as biweekly minisodes.

My blood runs cold, my memory has just been sold.

“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”

The text is tellingly vague ("policies that could create a hostile environment") because if Mamdani's policies were spelled out (open a Department of Community Safety that will address antisemitism) it would make the inflated rhetorical stance look ridiculous

Pushing this man into the spotlight needs to be recognized for what it is: a ratfucking operation by conservatives, to bring down Democratic vibes after the joy of Mamdani's win. Don't let it get to you. The only thing Rahm is going to win is a spot on some TV news show panel

The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid

I love the little free pantry library things, but please remember that canned foods are hard for a lot of people for a lot of reasons, and if you are going to stock cans, stick to ones with pop tabs. Please remember the varied needs of the real people experiencing food insecurity.

Then when the bubble bursts, the US taxpayers will already be on the hook. “Too big to fail” redux. Meanwhile these folks will continue to collect on their massive compensation packages.