Emerson poll - Trump approval Approve 41% (-4) Disapprove 49% (+1) (shift since last poll emersoncollegepolling.com/november-202...

I’m excited to launch my new series on Russia and the far-right. I’ve worked on this for so long, and over the coming months will share my research and documented info in one place so everyone can see how Russia has weaponized the far-right to subvert democracy in the U.S. and across Europe.

This one is totally new for me as someone who holds a peace professorship: Bragging about achieving peace between countries that are already at peace with each other.

Since @washingtonpost.com keeps inserting links to its new AI tool in its stories, I asked the AI if it was accurate when it came to reporting news. It warned me that using AI in reporting "can lead to misinformation and low-quality reporting, contributing to a rising mistrust in journalism."

The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

When your friend decides to propose at your birthday party and steals all the attention.

I was one of the four people who got canned. In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com

UPDATE: U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said she will issue a sweeping injunction limiting the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area after she found a litany of violations were committed in recent weeks.

NOOOO THAT WAS THE EVIDENCE EXHIBIT STOP EATING IT

Ellis: "I don't find it appropriate to stay a preliminary injunction pending appeal."

Ellis says the order is "enjoining all chilling of First Amendment rights."

Ellis, still ruling, makes a reference to awarding "complete relief" to the plaintiffs. She said it will "necessarily incidentally benefit other protesters, journalists and religious figures."

Ellis: "Requiring the government to comply with its obligations under the Constitution, in particular the Fourth Amendment, is simply not a harm."

Ellis: "The public also has an interest in its citizens' bodily integrity, the right to peaceful protest, the right to assemble, the right of peaceful free exercise of religion."

Ellis also finds that the feds' use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience."

"Barsukov said his client had stumbled upon information about Ukraine’s Azov Brigade and the Russian Volunteer Corps while browsing the internet on public transport and had not intentionally sought them out."

Judge Ellis finds that the Trump administration has placed "content-based restrictions" on protesters. "Tellingly, she says, "defendants do not deny that they would treat pro-ICE demonstrators more favorably."

Ellis: "The unlawful activity by a few protesters does not transform a peaceful assembly into an unlawful assembly."

Ellis notes that the feds argue "plaintiffs have not been engaged in First Amendment protected activity" because they've "intermingled themselves with rioters." "But as I've previously stated," Ellis says, "I don't find defendants' version of events credible."

"Israel has hired firms to conduct not just 'hasbara campaigns' but also campaigns targeting millions of Christian churchgoers, bot networks to amplify pro-Israel messages online, and efforts to influence both search results and the responses given by popular AI services like ChatGPT."

Ellis turns to the testimony of U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino. How he denied using force against a man he tackled and said he didn't see the Rev. David Black hit by pepperballs. "More telling," she says, "defendant Bovino admitted that he lied."

Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."

Big brother as virtual wingman.

Trader Joe’s is out here pissing off the French *and* the Italians with a single product.

In absolute shock at @jessica-clark.bsky.social's passing. A true pioneer and advocate for multimedia journalism. May her memory be a blessing.

Patel argues his predecessor, unlike himself, really misused FBI planes. Others consider him a flaming hypocrite. A fuller understanding of just how often Patel is using the jet and for what purposes would help. The latest False Flag from @willsommer.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...

Very important investigatiom. These are the techniques by which people become persuaded that, some day, people like you and me need to die, to preserve their safety. If you can stomach it, check into right-wing media occasionally. Don't look away. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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...

Lula warns world leaders of 'extremist forces' lying about climate reut.rs/4o0oPKp

Breaking on MSNBC: The Trump Justice Department is preparing to issue a series of grand jury subpoenas as part of a South Florida-based investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan and the probes by the CIA and FBI into 2016 Russian election interference — Ken Dilanian reports

Pretty sure you're not gonna find this guy in the US.

"Tuesday’s election night was a resounding repudiation of those who insist that Democrats must cut their trans constituents loose in order to win elections."

Imagine having the brand, history, platform and reach of The NY Times and asking whether Women Are Actually The Baddies.

Particularly worrisome for male vets who carry a BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation and are at a much higher risk for breast cancer.

With the Trumpian Hispanic realignment theory dead, this Home Depot boycott might be even more likely to materialize. Go back and read @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-ice-...

Wonder if it has Roman soldiers sacking the Temple of Solomon on it.

Truman's full remarks, courtesy of the Truman Library.

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

Broads: Are They Really People? Join us tomorrow at nytimes.com as Ross Douthat and a Neanderthal model we swiped from the Smithsonian investigate.

*A* bigotry in their midst? What about all the others?

"I have truly loved serving as your voice in Congress," the California Democrat, 85, said in a video dedicated to her San Francisco constituents. "With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative."

One of the most chilling things about this story is that some did not even know it was ICE. They thought it was “an attack on the school” i.e. a school shooter. Think on that for a minute.

Incredible reporting from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social about a school Mark Zuckerberg opened on his Palo Alto compound and operated for years with no permits, permissions, anything at all

Just for context, it was an international scandal when YouTube erased documentation of Syrian government war crimes. Now it's just the Intercept and tech outlets who care. apnews.com/article/d9f1...

Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."

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