Cameran Drew, 19, defeated his former high school government teacher by 10 votes in a race for a county supervisor seat in southeastern Virginia this week.

BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I can’t imagine having joined the military to protect the country and being forced to walk around Washington DC without pay like these soldiers who just waved at me.

Debates over Medicaid and affordable healthcare are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. Our research shows that 1.8 million LGBT adults rely on Medicaid as their primary health insurance.

The Trump administration moved on Friday to deny swift and full food stamp payments to millions of low-income Americans, as it asked a federal appeals court to halt a judge’s recent order that would preserve those benefits during the shutdown.

Transphobes are already targeting the biggest star in women's soccer and baselessly alleging she's a man because she's Black. This is what trans people warned would happen. Gender policing that becomes explicitly racial. www.outsports.com/2025/11/6/24...

Not content with holding title to one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the world, Uganda’s parliament to consider new bill would send people to prison for 10 years for identifying as LGBTQ+.

Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...

BREAKING: Federal Judge McConnell orders the Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to states for November, finding that the administration did not comply with his order. Judge raises Trump's Truth social post as evidence that he intended to defy the order.

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Recognizing the Merit of our Peers: 2026 APSA Awards Nominations Open | Deadline: February 11, 2026

Greene: "I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party. I served under her speakership in my first term in Congress and I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party."

Monstrous

John sides on moderation "I have a half-baked thesis that the more uncertainty surrounds some empirical claim, the more heated the argument. It should be the opposite, I think. If the evidence is pretty mixed or uncertain [....] The right view is basically 'it’s hard to know.' "

“This is something I experienced as a woman, but it is something that all women in our country experience,” said Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum. “If I do not file a complaint, where does that leave all Mexican women? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Immigration-driven diversity increases innovation How Cultural Diversity Drives Innovation: Surnames and Patents in U.S. History www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Huge news!

You can apply to be the Associate Director of @IPPSR here, joining me in all our endeavors (when I return from sabbatical): careers.msu.edu/jobs/special...

NEW - A Rainbow Ceiling? Sexual Orientation and Party Leader Evaluations - https://cup.org/47G8q7r - Joseph Francesco Cozza, @gdilandro.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich & @zeynsom.bsky.social #OpenAccess

More than 40 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to pay for food. They are caught in the middle of a protracted budget standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress who have been unable to come up with an agreement that would fund the government.

Democrat JoAnna Mendoza told The Advocate that her life's story has prepared her to run for Congress.

"Trans people have existed, they will exist, they have always existed." - Jody Herman speaking with @vox.com

The government shutdown is taking a growing toll on air traffic controllers who are working without pay. Staffing shortages led to big delays over the weekend, raising concerns about travel chaos. n.pr/3JGPkWR

Honestly, when was the last time he went to a grocery store?

Great assessment from the folks at @ymriofficial.bsky.social on the Gen Z vote last night. youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/young-men-...

Trump to Republican senators: "I thought we'd have a discussion after the press leaves about what last night represented and what we should do about it and also about the shutdown and how that relates to last night. If you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor, negative for Republicans."

I always enjoy a good inside story.

Wow, demos. Showed up!!

I just want to remind everyone that this is a statewide mandate, unencumbered by maps.

Prop 50 wins in CA. The gerrymandering wars will continue until A.) there are no more gains to be had for parties in redrawing districts, or B.) we eliminate DISTRICTS. I'm team eliminate districts--multimember districts with proportional representation is better for America.

BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA

BREAKING: Texas voters approve a constitutional amendment that requires U.S. citizenship to vote in the state. Follow AP for live updates.

This election shows what a lot of trans people know: trans rights fit right in with people who want to protect health care, bodily autonomy, repro freedom, and basic fucking dignity for everyone.

Trump, holding the GOP in front of him as a shield from the bullets

NBC News: Voters in Maine have rejected a voter ID proposal.

In some ways, the lesson of the night isn't that Mamdani is the face of the Democratic Party, it's that Cuomo is *not*

One of my favs from the campaign: youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...

Waiting for the hot takes about how Democrats need to moderate their positions and throw trans people under the bus tomorrow 🤔

Breaking: NBC News projects: Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices — preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority.

Decision Desk has called the NYC mayors race for Zohran Mamdani.

BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia governor’s race, defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and becoming the state's first female governor.

The LGBTQ+ Victory Fund supports queer political candidates across the country. This year, they've endorsed 171 candidates appearing on the 2025 general election ballot. These are a few.

This is so bleak. Xania Monet is not a real person. This is an entirely ai generated artist with AI generated music that has millions of monthly listeners and music getting actual radio play and millions of listens. It's digital blackface.

Trump says he will not release SNAP benefits, despite a federal court order requiring him to do so.

I used to say this trial was a waste of taxpayer dollars, but I think it’s totally worth it.

Voting today in Virginia and trans? Know your rights.

I'll be presenting today on DWRAP at the World Bank's Law, Justice, and Development conference. The talk will be live-streamed; details below. www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

NEW - Reluctance to Speak Your Mind: Changing Perceptions of the Costs of Speaking Out Among Black and White Americans - https://cup.org/4qIqjeu - James L. Gibson #OpenAccess