NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state. José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time: “I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"

Northern lights on the Luther College campus!

Aurora’s out! Taken in Colorado, 40 degrees north

The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.

I think the pitch for Down Cemetery Road was “Emma Thompson having as much fun as Gary Oldman,” and honestly I’m fine with that.

Also, the DoorDash inflation data *does not* show restaurant prices falling, just a decrease in the inflation rate, most of which happened before Trump took office. And the wage data cited in the report is more than five months old and from the BLS about.doordash.com/en-us/news/s...

Got the real camera out.

So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora

this is the worst night of my life

Somebody please show Bari Weiss my interview with Portnoy from 13 YEARS AGO TELLING (AND REPEATEDLY DEFENDING) RAPE JOKES. Why is CBS platforming a dude with a looong history of misogyny? Forward to a 1:35 to see my confrontation with him. youtu.be/B7QTahhIBqI

There's been a lot of pearl-clutching about public grocery stores! Which is wild, because we have a LOT of experience with public grocery stores in the US. And the folks it serves (US military & military families) stand by it.

The sky from my parents' house

Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?

Former US Institute of Peace security chief testifies: “I observed members of the [DC] MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps as I was escorted from the USIP headquarters building.” It’s part of a sworn declaration submitted as part of my lawsuit to release body cam footage of the raid.

Threatening to yank federal funding unless a state agrees to impositions on what its state-law, state-funded programs do was the whole point of why they got SCOTUS to strike down mandatory Medicaid expansion. They never really mean it about states' rights, but sometimes it's particularly flagrant.

I loved this piece from @abovethelaw.com on Kardashian failing the bar because it makes the two essential points: A: it’s fucking hubris for her to try this without going to law school. B: She doesn’t NEED to pass the stupid thing to do her good works

Gov. Tate Reeves aims to ban Mississippi SNAP recipients from buying unhealthy foods in a bid to woo U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the State seeks federal funding for a rural health-care program. www.mississippifreepress.org/gov-reeves-s...

According to the article, the incident and features actually occurred off of campus property and lead to arrest by city police. It’s disappointing, if not surprising, to see the New York Times promote its own article in a way that is misleading by omission.

New Orleans watercolor

Happening now: a small demonstration is getting underway in front of Chicago Police Department HQ, protesting cooperation between CPD and federal immigration agents. One demonstrator is holding up a photo of Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shaking hands with a CPD officer.

Unreal, pillars even faintly visible with the naked eye from Fort Collins

Fascinating inside baseball. The omission of those seven words is easy to miss, but it points toward a sharp dispute behind the scenes—KBJ wanted to make it as clear as possible that she did not support extending this stay any further.

Here’s the single frame from the video where you can see clearly a masked Border Patrol agent with one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand outside the window spraying pepper spray randomly into the open window of a passing car.

Some pro-Israel and anti-Muslim groups closed out last week's NYC mayoral election by boosting hateful rhetoric and conspiracy theories about @cairnational.bsky.social -- a Muslim civil rights group that supported Zohran Mamdani. Our latest blog takes a closer look: openmeasures.io/zohran-mamda...

You should read this entire piece, but the part that resonates the most is this: groups like Liberty Counsel will not stop. Ever. And the fact that what he was asking for was even in the same galaxy as "plausible" is symptomatic of just how rogue this court is.

BREAKING: SCOTUS extends Justice Jackson’s administrative stay in the SNAP benefits case through 11:59p Thursday—presumably hoping to moot out the request if the shutdown ends. Jackson wouldn’t have extended the admin stay and would deny DOJ’s stay request. Earlier: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...

I don’t say things like this about judges often, but if you’re criticizing KBJ on appellate procedure, you better have some kind of qualifications beyond just being a poster

I am eager to criticize any justice at any time, but I think I understand the shadow docket pretty well and I think Jackson did damn near as much as she could have done here to support what we now know is her ultimate position — opposing the stay request in the SNAP benefits case.

More than 682,000 in D.C., Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia bought their health care this year on the Affordable Care Act exchange, a group found. Here’s how high their premiums could rise if subsidies are allowed to expire.

Study of >11,000 children with atopic dermatitis (eczema) shows that COVID vaccination has additional benefits including: ✅ Fewer COVID infections ✅ Fewer other infections (pneumonia, ear, skin) ✅ Less allergic reactions (asthma, food anaphylaxis) 🔗 buff.ly/Pg6Abgq #medsky #pedsky 😷🧪

The Sons of Confederate Veterans in Georgia tried to block it, but a new museum will open on December 2 at Stone Mountain to tell the story of the largest Confederate monument in the world. The museum will explore the monument and its connection to white supremacy. 🗃️ www.reuters.com/world/us/bat...

yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing

It's not just the NHS (though that's a huge component) most care facilities rely on immigrant labor. Babies, seniors, you name it, and there's a layer of the labor force in the West (US, UK, Canada, etc) that is composed almost entirely of immigrants from lower income countries.

After record breaking wildfires, they deported a legal resident firefighter

Had to order a new washing machine today. The repair man we trust recommended a couple brands, but every helpful review said parts take forever, so that’s fun to look forward to. Why do the top loading washer lids lock now? Is it a safety feature to keep kids from climbing in?

When the bar is just lying there on the ground. You can't go under the bar, because the bar on the dirt.

Kip would like you to know that #therapydogs can also be lapdogs.

The shutdown ate their homework.

hello, my cooking friends. do any of you have recipes that use dates as the binder/sweetener? for dessert/treats type bites? no grains, so no oatmeal or rice flour or anything. nuts, eggs, dairy are cool. TYIA

Crews still cleaning up oil dumped into south Louisville waters by UPS plane crash. From @morganwatkins.lpm.org of KyCIR:

Poppies for Remembrance. Day

I badly need to buy cat food and I am $16 overdrafted. I need to raise $40 to avoid fees and feed my boys. Sorry. Every little bit helps, shares are appreciated

Hi. I’ve been editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue for the last 4.5 years — a dream job, one I never thought a Brown girl from small town Louisiana might hold. I am so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and what we accomplished. Our journalism has won major awards. (cont’d)

Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar: "So I'm putting a team together..." Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.

Favorite random reddit comment of the day: "Truly wild how Covid broke so many rich people's brains, while we were all like, 'Well, guess I'll get into puzzles.'"

NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.

The Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide whether states can count postmarked mail ballots that arrive after Election Day — something that about 20 states and territories currently allow. n.pr/3LwuxpK

"Scared of Charlotte" is a whole new level of "scared of cities" that I'd never even considered possible

in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said