Unbelievable. Except not.

Finally, some good news

Ha!

Anyone think he can stay awake for the whole game?

This is a pretty great read on the A-Ha’s ‘Take on Me,’ whose mere mention will leave the song stuck in your head www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

‘The cruelty is the point.’

‘If @gavinnewsom.bsky.social wants to stay relevant, he has to do more than fight against Trump. He needs to make all Americans believe he’s fighting for them as FDR did—loudly and boldly —and that if he wins, they will, too, on Day One’ Via @anitachabria.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : "I support independent redistricting, but you can't do it state by state with one arm tied behind your back. You can't unilaterally disarm as other people are not playing by the rules.”

‘It was just supposed to be the bad people that they were going to target, they told us, but that didn’t happen. Every day it’s a different story. That’s why we need to stand up’ @gustavoarellano.bsky.social on how Chicago is taking on Trump’s deportation machine www.latimes.com/california/s...

Trump threw another lavish party as his DOJ asked the Supreme Court to stop it from being forced to pay food stamps for 40 million Americans. Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...

WaPo puts the Sleepy Trump piece on Page One. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The restored East Wing.

‘Wow, they’re so talented they could be on a cruise ship.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Tonight’s entertainment: ‘Working Girl,’ with music by Cyndi Lauper and book by Theresa Rebeck

Friends, you can search for a food bank near you via the nonprofit Feeding America - www.feedingamerica.org ** Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Ha!

Seriously, this is great by Billie Eilish. More celebrities should do this. www.iqmagazine.com/2025/10/bill...

This 👇

The Sandwich Guy: Not Guilty!

'She will go down in history as one of the most important speakers. She knew the rules, she knew the process, she knew the personalities of the key players, and she knew how to work the system.' Via @markzbarabak.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Yoko Ono will stage her first solo museum exhibition in Southern California at @thebroadmuseum.bsky.social Via @jessicagelt.bsky.social www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

'Staff across departments —many performing demanding physical labor— are stretched thin as deadlines accelerate. Without adequate protections, this pace is unsustainable and has already contributed to burnout and turnover' @jessicagelt.bsky.social on LACMA union plan www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

This is heartbreaking

Suspense in the Sandwich Guy trial!

'If they can do this at a day care where children are, where will they not go?' Imagine how terrifying this must have been for the little preschool kids who witnessed this www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

'Attorneys are not beyond the reach of accountability... When disciplinary bodies act, they not only punish individual misconduct but also deter others from weaponizing their legal training for unlawful ends.' Via David Schultz in @latimes.com www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Just catching up with @jonwiener.bsky.social's excellent talk with @latimes.com Art Critic @knightlat.bsky.social on the timely exhibition called 'MONUMENTS,' which Knight calls 'the most significant show in an American art museum right now.' Listen to it here: www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...

So funny to read this thread while listening to SCOTUS on Trump’s tariffs. The justice system in the US at work

Well, that didn’t take long: Republicans file lawsuit challenging results of California’s Prop 50 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Extra! This morning’s LA Times front page: California voters pass Prop. 50 Democrats sweep races; NYC picks Mamdani as mayor

BREAKING: All three PA Supreme Court Justices will RETAIN their seats!! www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Watching Abigail’s daughters cry as they stand next to their mom who just made history being elected the first woman governor of Virginia is a helluva moment.

DDHQ has now called the New Jersey gubernatorial race for Mikie Sherrill

Thank god he was wearing the vest.

Today’s must-read thread 👇

'When you cultivate a political movement based on hate, at some point the hate is uncontrollable. In fact, that hate needs to be fed to maintain power — even if it means feasting on its own.' Via @anitachabria.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Ha! Great thread👇

'Volunteers are creating a “citizen’s record” of what exists now in case the administration carries out Trump’s orders to scrub public signs and displays of language he and his allies deem too negative about America’s past.' www.latimes.com/california/s...

A Waymo killed KitKat 'He brought warmth, smiles, and comfort to everyone who walked through our doors' www.latimes.com/california/s...

This is an excellent idea!!!

'Knowingly taking classified documents outside of a secure government facility was a crime, plain and simple. Trying to conceal them after receiving a May subpoena to return all classified records, as Trump had, made the crime far worse' www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

'If we’re to remain a free society, those committed to the American experiment are going to need to start expressing our civic national ideals as effectively and compellingly as the ethnonationalists articulate theirs.' Via @colinwoodard.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...

'Donald Trump was clearly never much of a reader, so maybe it wasn’t that surprising... that on Oct 31, with the federal government still shut down and SNAP benefits about to be disrupted... he was hosting a “Great Gatsby”-themed party' Via @mollyjongfast.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...

Shohei! 'I'm ready to get another ring next year.'

Sweet.

A happy happy Dodger day in LA

EIGHT??? Even Taylor Swift doesn’t travel with EIGHT bodyguards!

!!!!! pagesix.com/2025/11/03/e...

Sympathy for former prince and the royal family. Nothing about the women brutally assaulted.

“How Have Trump’s Policies Affected US Economic Conditions?”   * Worsened conditions     61% * Improved conditions     27% * Had no effect           12% @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...