Almighty God, who created us in your image: Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil and to make no peace with oppression 🕯️

LOL....a red state facing consequences, they should move to Canada. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/south-k...

Go figure. 🤨 ‘Acetaminophen use during pregnancy not clearly linked to autism, ADHD: Review’ “Taking acetaminophen during pregnancy is not clearly linked to autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, a new review finds.” abcnews.go.com/Health/aceta...

I don't know when I'll write it up, but among the things Rudy Giuliani got pardoned for is destroying the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

Democrats fume after some break ranks to back GOP deal to end shutdown - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/AXiQvR13gTVa...

Why Senate Democrats Really Caved open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Why Senate Democrats Really Caved open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

Why Senate Democrats Really Caved open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

What will Mike Johnson's new excuse be for not swearing in Grijalva?

The new Caroline Flack documentary on Disney+, which follows her mum, Chris, as she unpicks why her daughter was charged - and why the tabloids tore her to shreds - is full of details that leave you stunned. As much as it’s about how Caroline’s life was wrecked, it’s about how anyone’s could be

Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy. For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy. The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.

If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.

The crisis at the BBC shows how embattled and defensive serious news organisations have become - and how close they are to yielding, pre-emptively, and being overwhelmed, by authoritarian populists.

Used to sail right by my house. torontosun.com/news/nationa...

Musk and Mamdani: The End of Harsh Capitalism? open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Happy 250th Birthday to my Sea Brothers and Sisters in the United States Marine Corps! #USMC250

Republicans tried to make Virginia’s elections all about trans people. They lost everything. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/repu...

Gay couple’s farm vandalized with medical waste & human feces on election night www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/gay-...

There is no understanding of shared risk - maybe no use today but significant use next month or next year while the person using now may not need any medical care next year.

I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.

Insightful Donald Trump says he’s never had a drink. But he may suffer from an addiction all his own. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/dona...

I am so disgusted. Dems did well last week and this week they caved. They will be replaced. I refuse to support anyone who voted for the Trump regime.

In a functional party system, this kind of capitulation in the face of authoritarianism could mean the end of the Democratic Party. In our system, it could mean the end of the two party system. Neither party can represent the pro-democracy majority. It's time for something new.

Cops burst into women’s restroom to remove butch lesbian, accusing her of being a man www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/cops...

This interview with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social, author of Separation of Church and Hate, is a real eye opener! He speaks of biblical stories & religion transparently, replacing the propaganda we’ve been taught with a truthful perspective for our consideration. A true listen & learn interview.

Leonard Cohen with U2, "Tower of Song," from the excellent film "I"m Your Man." www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpLB...

BREAKING: A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits. Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.

Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari was outside Mike Johnson's office today holding up a sign that read: "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND."

House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia has requested that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the now-former Prince, appear before Congress for a transcribed interview about Jeffrey Epstein.

The next target of Trump's retribution: Federal prosecutors have opened a corruption investigation into D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. But the probe could face significant hurdles because of the known facts of the case and recent DOJ turmoil. This week, the agent leading the investigation was fired.

History does not wipe out the fact they are criminals.

Trump just pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, who were convicted on federal corruption charges. Both are Republicans.

A federal judge has ruled that the partisan language the Trump admin added to the out-of-office emails of furloughed Education Department employees violates their First Amendment rights.

Democrats' 2025 election wins go beyond the big races: In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff. Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.

Convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at the minimum-security Texas facility the Trump administration transferred her to. "The institution is run in an orderly fashion which makes for a safer more comfortable environment." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Here are the 8 Democratic senators who just voted to move forward with an agreement to end the shutdown: Catherine Cortez Masto Dick Durbin John Fetterman Maggie Hassan Tim Kaine Angus King (I) Jacky Rosen Jeanne Shaheen

Criminals still - part of history even with pardon.

BREAKING: Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.

NEW: The First Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Trump admin's efforts to stop the release of full funding for November's SNAP benefits payments as ordered by a lower court judge. The Supreme Court's administrative stay will now expire 48 hours after the 1st Circuit's ruling.

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS CASE THAT THREATENED ITS LANDMARK 2015 RULING RECOGNIZING A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

BREAKING: A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc

I also want this list of staff But it ain't gonna happen I don't even get a free house "Andrew wants 'cook, housekeeper, gardener' and even 'butler' in new list of demands"

💯. It wasn't about just the ACA subsides—it was about those and … everything else.

The only silver lining to last night’s cave.

“A Person With Parents”: How Sarah McBride and her family stay strong in the face of transphobia www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/a-pe...

China just extended its lending facility to Tesla by $2.38 billion last quarter. Now he disses them right after getting his $1 trillion pay package approved. Tesla shareholders are stupider than followers of Jim Jones.

Confirmed match-fixing in the NBA, MLB, and UFC. Multiple studies showing sports betting increases debt, bankruptcy, and even domestic violence. Legalized gambling was a huge mistake.

The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.