<— Not liking how absurd plot details from The Simpsons are turning into reality. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

It's nice when anti-vaxxers lose, even though it took its toll.

For what it's worth, the 'meddling' in Israeli politics was against Netanyahu. The fact that Netanyahu is now wielding this story against Barak — and the center/left more broadly — is a bad sign for Israel, I think.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is here. As it happens, current PM Benjamin Netanyahu just posted this piece to twitter: jacobin.com/2025/11/epst... I asked Barak about it. Says he "regrets ever meeting" Epstein, calls the story "nonsense." (I didn't get a follow-up, alas)

Chicago peeps:

Are their board members in the files?

Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today. At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.” The song saved his career.

Quite the coincidence that the billionaire owner of the Washington Post isn’t in this photo collage

Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou

WATCH: We reviewed months of Fox News’ coverage and over 700 videos posted on social media by protesters, counterprotesters and others. Here's how Fox News and the Trump administration provided a misleading picture of what was happening in Portland: https://propub.li/4a4TaE4

The way Republicans negotiated on that awful Border Bill in 2024 is exactly what Russia is doing here. Blow up the deal you wrote and shift the overton window towards your (absurd/evil) worldview.

Of course. Now that they've set this as the baseline (at least in many minds), they'll push for more.

"Musk had not been just their visionary leader. For them, he was their protector: the man who had a direct line to Trump, who they believed could pick up the phone and secure a presidential pardon if the worst came. Without his presence in Washington, they were suddenly exposed.”

Bear in mind also that this is just snapshot data, the number of people in these facilities on any given date. If this was the total number of people who had cycled through these facilities, the arrows would be even higher.

The secret polICE descending on Missouri to repress the will of the people “in the final stretch of collecting signatures for a veto referendum that would suspend House Bill 1 — the mid-decade GOP redraw designed to lock in a 7–1 Republican congressional map — and put it before voters in 2026.”

"Ukraine must “enshrine in its constitution” a promise to never join NATO. Ukraine must shrink the size of its armed forces to 600,000, down from 900,000. Ukraine may not host foreign troops on its soil. Ukraine must hold new elections within 100 days, a demand not made of Russia, a dictatorship"

Tennis #champion Billie Jean King was born #OTD in 1943. +️39 Grand Slam titles +Founder of the Women's #Tennis Association +Social justice pioneer +First female athlete in any sport to earn >$100,000 in a single season, 1971 Elton John's #1 hit song "Philadelphia Freedom" was written for her.

I really don't understand why this isn't a bigger deal. If the Trump Administration is providing everyone in the chain of command immunity for the Caribbean strikes, they KNOW they're illegal orders. It's not even a debate! youtube.com/shorts/Srhrt...

well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.

Time to consult our good friend Bayes on what we should infer when you have obsessive interests in representations of non-white people and cases of them being involved in crimes

ProPublica’s @andykroll.bsky.social spent months chronicling Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mailroom to one of the most influential players in the current Trump administration, where he has tried to fulfill his desire to put federal workers “in trauma.”

Bye Marge, at least you got a pension for your loyalty to the supreme ruler.

The cause & effect for what Republicans are doing in the U.S. today isn't rocket science - but it's still beyond their abilities to see. paulfell.substack.com/p/a-sure-fir...

Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape

5 immigration judges were summarily fired in San Francisco today, the largest such firing in the city all year. It continues a trend of the Trump admin. targeting immigration judges nationwide. In San Francisco, at least 12 have been sacked this year. missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-i...

UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114. This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️

Tyranny

““If they’re not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said. “It’s like, you know, you’re paying us for a service and they’re not delivering. So let’s stop paying for it.” 👀 @mikiesherrill.bsky.social goes there …

No mention of Commissioner Jessica Tisch But you have to be a fool suspect the architect of the NYC surveillance state was not directly involved

Yikes on bikes.

Reminds me of Russ Vought, who gutted programs helping his own daughter suffering from cystic fibrosis. These people are sick, suicidal, hateful to their own families. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

#NeverListenToRFK RFK is a clear & present danger to all Americans Now, a warning? Sen. Thune tells US not to take medical advice from RFK?* NEVER take advice from a bunch of drug-addled cretins without a shred of medical training *This lying POS confirmed him #GOPHypocrisy

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci

This is my favorite part. The part where it’s clear he still wants to be a respected and powerful journalist and blames her for how he isn’t.

speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency

training an AI to find RFK Jr's alt on literotica.

"The analyses revealed several warm & humid phases during the Late Miocene, between about 9.5 & 5.3 mya. During these intervals, average annual air temperatures in northern Greenland were around 14 °C higher than today, & atmospheric CO₂ concentrations were at 310ppm or higher" 😬🌡 #Greenland 🇬🇱

bob from chicago knows how to party

The red carpet…

Weird choice to post it so late, right after midnight on a... hey, wait a second. Oh no. Oh... no.

This is by far the worst news about a Kennedy and a fired-off round to break on the date of November 22

Not only am I not paying for Part 2, Ryan Lizza, I am seriously reconsidering whether to read anything at all ever again

When we take our government and country back from the fascists, every single one of these thugs must answer, in court, for the crimes they are currently committing. Hold them all accountable.

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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

Was Indonesia moving its capital the first climate migration at the state level? Pretty wild that we’re already at the point of multiple governments moving due to climate conditions making their capitals unlivable. #COP30

NEW: DOJ says the Trump-signed Epstein Files Transparency Act overrides grand jury secrecy, requiring the public release of Epstein/Maxwell evidence once shielded by federal law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

What are they not allowed to tell?