Getty photographer slow walks his exit and gets the ultimate shot.

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

Judge Ellis is on the bench this morning about to rule in the case about DHS's use of force in Chicago. Things are not going well for DHS — she just accused Gregory Bovino of lying under oath about his use of force.

Senior German officials have accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of deliberately abusing parliamentary powers to collect and likely pass secret information about the country's military capabilities and the state of critical infrastructure to Russia. Source: Der Spiegel

Baltimore is pushing back. I won't allow it in my city. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

This took place yesterday on the north side of Chicago, I lived 2 blocks from here. Just for reference, Lane Tech High School, is directly across the street. ICE enjoys intimidating, terrorizing and harming communities, as does this administration. #ice blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/06/f...

As civil rights groups warned 7 years ago.

Democrats chalked up massive wins on Tuesday night in governor's races, with the CA ballot initiative, in the NYC mayor's race -- but some of their most astounding victories played out down lower on ballots www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

That's murder.

Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency

School lunches get a bad rap, but they're healthier than the average packed lunch. And making them free for all amplifies academic and health benefits for low-income kids by removing stigma/shame. So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.

Unbelievable.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Sick.

Your morning read. sherrilyn.substack.com/p/takeaways-...

Bucks County Democrats Prove ‘All Politics Is Local’ With Sweeping Election Wins | In boroughs, townships, and school boards across the entire county, Democrats have shown that they’re the party that voters trust for their local leaders, writes @colincoyle.com.

My new one is up! Takeaways From Election 2025 open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Katyal is merciless. He is embarrassing Alito’s fanciful hypos and Alito is getting mad. But Katyal is unfazed and instead going in for the kill. Wow. Well done.

Yeah this one might be the winner! LOL.

It’s gonna take a legal mind of greater heft than Kavanaugh possesses to best Neal Katyal on constitutional interpretation. Enter Justice Alito with endless, detailed, reality-defying hypos.

Heads up on this. Truly frightening.

There are a category of advocates who are permitted to talk over justices without getting slapped back.

The women justices (all of them) are working over the Solicitor General in this tariff argument like nobody’s business.

Summary courtesy of @taniel.bsky.social and a few others.

First 3 sentences: 🎯

If you live in NYC and you are interested in organizing with others around our public libraries, you are invited to join our work @nycplan.org. We have a chance to increase and stabilize funding for our public libraries and you can help make that happen. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

UPDATE: Dems lead every city council race in Aurora, Colorado - and could flip a 7-3 GOP majority into a 6-4 Dem edge - including what would be a shocking upset of MAGA media star Danielle Jurinsky, whose claims of a "complete gang takeover" led Trump to call Aurora "conquered." #copolitics

In other words “it wasn’t me.”

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

Sometimes you don’t win, but you scare the living crap out of ‘em.

Whenever they call Mamdani a Communist remind them of this: finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

Also.

Nice.

This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... 1/

One of the big ones.

Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.

What we know, final edition of the night: [Now in 3 parts] —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS —Dems defend NJ-Gov —Dems win NJ+VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win state supreme court —ME anti-mail voting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a Republican-held seat. Her victory means Democrats could be on the verge of breaking the Republican Party’s supermajority in the upper legislative chamber. buff.ly/oW1ugOe

Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.

10/10 response.

Tomorrow's frontpage

Another good one.

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

So much big news in local elections.