Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.

Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?

Cruelty really is the point. Who else would go to court begging for permission to starve their own citizens? Meanwhile, they send $40 billion to Argentina, buying two private jets for ICE “Barbie,” and Trump has already burned through $1 trillion in less than two months.

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]

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Trump is a failing authoritarian whose approval ratings are tanking. Like any bully who feels humiliated, he lashes out. But what he doesn’t realize is that his bullying is waking up America’s great sleeping giant. We saw it begin to roar again this week.

WATCH: Democrats' decisive victory in this week's elections prove it: Trump owns this shutdown and this economy. Rick Wilson and Maya May look forward to 2026 on this week's episode of The Breakdown. https://bit.ly/43hNouC

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The fact that this didn’t take Judge Nachmanoff any time at all underscores how serious the government’s failure was. Welcome to the rocket docket.

Everywhere Democrats won this week, they won because they focused on the affordability crisis facing average working Americans. But an important question remains: What are they going to do about it? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-how-will-dems-deliver

Laura Trump didn’t receive a single nomination at this year’s #GRAMMYs Rigged! 🎤

The regime in the White House is making devastating cuts to the social safety to finance tax cuts for the super rich. And the richest man in the world, who used his wealth to get this regime elected, is on track to be paid $274 million every day for the next 10 years. Oligarchy.

Read this twice and it will make sense...

At some point, as trump keeps opening specious investigations into people who are upholding the rule of law, the question of impeachment has to come up. I get that we’ve been there/done that, but let’s not give congressional Repubs a pass for their complicity.

Two policies, with the same price tag, yet only one is on the chopping block. Why?

Tonight, the waning #moon drifts past some of the sky’s brightest stars — Capella, Betelgeuse, and Aldebaran — and heads toward Jupiter, the brightest “star” of them all. Catch them all from late at night through dawn Saturday! Read more at: buff.ly/lAuE1tG 📸 EarthSky.

Prices since Trump took office: -Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7% -Utilities: ⬆️ 11% -ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26% -Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3% Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”

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Another powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) struck Earth’s magnetic field at 05:17 UTC this morning (November 7). Stunning auroral displays reached mid-latitude skies across England, Scotland, and U.S. states. More are expected. See the #sun news here: buff.ly/zw5Q6c2 📸 NOAA/ SWPC.

This smacks more of imperialism

Comet #Lemmon (C/2025 A6) has been the best comet of 2025. And it favors Northern Hemisphere observers. Comet Lemmon reaches its closest point to the sun on Saturday. After that it speeds its way into the dark depths of our solar system. Here's how to find Comet Lemmon: buff.ly/cBAQfRr 📸 EarthSky.

"The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November." Read that back. The cruelty of this regime is on full display.

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

The former president made a surprise appearance at a live taping of "Pod Save America" in Washington, D.C.

How will this affect our hotel reservations and what layoffs can we look forward too. Along with everything else this shutdown is affecting. I have coworkers that rely on SNAP, and now they may be laid off on top of it. This regime is scary scary terrifying

Here is what all indie authors feel like after editing, LOL!! 😂 #writinglife #indieauthors #editing

Who is paying her, and how much are they paying her this time

Yep. I've done it. Amber & I have completed our editing overview and we are now resting in an exhausted heap with the bees. We hope to have some honey & tea later! A BIG thank you to everyone for accompanying us on this journey - we are beyond grateful. 😍 #editing #thankyou #celebration

The most effective birth control as some else said. Just eewewwwww

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If the government is shit down.. and Congress is on hiatus. How are they voting this crap?

Minnesota Senator @amyklobuchar on Trump’s failure to bring Congress to the table on the shutdown: “You wrote the art of the deal. Show us your stuff.”

This isn't capitalism.. not sure what it is... Type of monarchy?

Disruptions to SNAP during the government shutdown have left recipients facing imminent hunger, unable to restock their pantries or refrigerators.

Like you give away tax cuts to big corporations and the richest Americans?

The 6th Circuit has been competing to be the most anti-trans circuit in America and is now carving out a right to bully transgender kids. Despicable.

The trend has translated into an emphasis on family-friendly benefits like parental leave and health care coverage, as well as protections against sexual harassment.

It’s okay to be hopeful! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

A Ukrainian court has found a Russian soldier guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war in a January 2024 incident and sentenced him to life in prison, in the first ruling of its kind.

A troubled nation breathes a sigh of relief as the Hoagie Hurler case is finally adjudicated. #NotAllHeroesWearCapes

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On top of refusing to fully fund SNAP during the shutdown, the Trump regime has: -Cut $1 billion from USDA programs supporting food banks -Enacted tariffs that have caused food prices to rise -Made the largest cut to SNAP in history -Canceled the annual food security survey Shameful.

Trump’s ICE goons dragged a childcare worker out of a bilingual daycare and preschool in front of children and parents. This is who Trump claims is the “worst of the worst” — a woman who has dedicated her life to educating and caring for children. The cruelty is the point.