Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson resigned on Monday, after being temporarily installed in May after acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton was fired by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a day after telling Congress that FEMA should not be dismantled. abcnews.go.com/Politics/act...

A judge finds that Trump's DoJ engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” in the process of securing an indictment against Comey, and has directed prosecutors to produce to defense lawyers all grand jury materials from the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Has anyone ever raided the stockings before Christmas because they needed a chocolate fix…yeah, me neither.

Trump: the House should release the Epstein files because I have nothing to hide. The investigation he launched means the DoJ can withhold anything he wants until he says the investigation is over, which gives him the ability to hide whatever he likes while he is in office.

Trump has now “opened an ongoing investigation” into Jeffrey Epstein so that no one can legally talk about it in the media.

Has anyone ever had vertigo and if so, what did you do to get rid of it?

Just when I think my disappointment can get any bigger. www.politico.com/live-updates...

House Democrats on Wednesday released several emails that were obtained from the estate of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying they showed that President Trump may have been more aware of Mr. Epstein’s conduct than he has publicly acknowledged. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

"Shortly after midnight...300 agents...stormed the 130-unit apartment complex. SWAT teams rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades." Agents zip-tied and detained US citizens for hours. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Here is a Jeffrey Epstein email chain in 2015 where he says he "gave" Donald his former girlfriend and also: "would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen."

The Transportation Department on Wednesday froze flight reductions at 6%, keeping in place a level that went into effect this week. Close to 1,000 flights were canceled on Thursday, with more than 650 delays expected, despite the government shutdown ending. www.flightaware.com/live/cancell...

The Trump Organization requested 184 foreign workers to work across various company properties and overall, Trump has filed to hire 566 foreign laborers, primarily to work as servers, farm workers, kitchen staff, clerks and housekeepers. thehill.com/business/560...

Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday, because OF COURSE HE KNEW. apnews.com/article/epst...

Donald Trump has symbolically pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. If you want to find guilty intent, look for the Trump pardons. apnews.com/article/rudy...

I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together

Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.

A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in US history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring ACA tax credits that will make private health insurance unaffordable for millions of Americans. apnews.com/article/gove...

Tesla shareholders approved a plan on Thursday that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. YOU NEED TO READ THIS: shero.substack.com/p/americas-b...

When you can’t afford healthcare, blame Democrats Dick Durbin and Jeanne Shaheen, who are both retiring. Blame Senators John Fetterman, and Maggie Hassan who are up for reelection in 2028, and Tim Kaine, Jacky Rosen and Angus King who are up in 2030. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

NO SLOWING on the gun violence this week: there were seven separate mass shooting incidents in the United States where three people were killed and 31 were injured. My Sunday recap covers this and all the critical legal and political details of last week: shero.substack.com/p/shero-on-s...

In a late night Saturday memo, the Trump administration told states through the FDA on Sunday that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move meant to only add chaos and uncertainty. This is cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...

Donald Trump was permanently blocked from sending the National Guard to Portland by US District Court Judge Karin Immergut, who delivered her final 102-page order on Friday. Expect the Trump administration to appeal. www.opb.org/pdf/FINDINGS...

The US Supreme Court has issued an administrative stay to give a lower court additional time to consider the Trump administration's formal request to withhold $4 billion to fully fund SNAP for 42 million low-income Americans only partially for November. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

I feel like we've all gone method and are collectively doing a play on the French Revolution. I mean, it's not that bad, but it's kinda that bad.

A federal appeals court left an order in place that requires the Trump administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November amid the shutdown and the judge gave until Friday to make the payments. One in 8 Americans relies on SNAP payments that are already late. apnews.com/article/snap...

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino, who has a close relationship with Trump, has created a "peace prize" that he will award for the first time at the World Cup draw because everyone is sick of Trump whining about his Nobel. www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...

Tesla shareholders approved a plan on Thursday that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. YOU NEED TO READ THIS: shero.substack.com/p/americas-b...

The collective wealth of the top ten billionaires in the United States soared by $698 billion in the past year with massive gaps in wealth distribution between the rich, and the majority of everyone else. shero.substack.com/p/americas-b...

District Judge McConnell has ordered the Trump administration to fully fund food stamps for roughly 42 million low-income Americans, after admonishing the delayed SNAP aid during the government shutdown saying, “The people have waited long enough.” www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Sean C. Dunn, the man who pitched a sandwich at the chest of a federal agent in a viral act of opposition to Trump's law enforcement policies in Washington, was acquitted on Thursday after a jury found him not guilty of misdemeanor assault because no duh.

The collective wealth of the top ten billionaires in the United States soared by $698 billion in the past year with massive gaps in wealth distribution between the rich, and the majority of everyone else. shero.substack.com/p/americas-b...

Unfortunately, we have a video record of what he ACTUALLY did, which was to use pepper spray for no reason on protestors who were not breaking the law.

According to a memo that was sent to federal agencies on Wednesday night, the Trump administration will provide recipients of the nation’s largest food SNAP aid program with 65% of their monthly benefits in November, an increase from the 50% initially planned. Pathetic.

New York City's CEOs and other billionaire business leaders spent more than $40 million trying to stop Mamdani from becoming the city's next mayor. www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...

There will be so many things to say about the legendary Nancy Pelosi's transformational tenure in Congress—but for now, let's start with "Thank you, Madam Speaker."

California Republicans have filed a lawsuit in US District Court against the new Democratic redistricting maps arguing they are unconstitutional because they improperly use voters’ race as a factor in drawing districts. That is so rich. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In the next step to ramp up fossil fuel production, Trump has nominated former NM Rep. Steve Pearce to oversee the Bureau of Land Management, which manages 10% of US land covering 700 million acres of underground minerals, oil reserves, and natural gas and coal. apnews.com/article/trum...

US airport users can expect fewer flights as the government shutdown drags into a second month. apnews.com/article/gove... The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will announce where it is reducing flights by 10% before the cuts go into effect Friday and here is the list via ABC News:

On average Meta shows its platforms’ users an estimated 15 billion “higher risk” scam advertisements every day. (Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Shareholders will vote Thursday pay Elon Musk up to $878 billion in company stock or take the risk he will leave – potentially driving down the company’s stock in a referendum on whether traditional corporate-governance rules apply to the world's richest man. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Trump tariff case on Wednesday, and the "major questions doctrine" was a focal point as the justices questioned the lawyers about challenging the tariffs as an overreach of presidential power. Stay tuned... www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Dominion Voting Systems -- the voting machine company at the center of false 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories -- has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former Republican election official, according to a person familiar with the sale. abcnews.go.com/US/dominion-...

Here we come. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Every time Republicans mess with the ACA, they lose. shero.substack.com/p/election-d...

In another race that was a clear referendum on Donald Trump on Tuesday, Democrat Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey lawmaker serving in the US House of Representatives, has won the governor's race in the Garden State. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent — as well as the youngest in over a century — to hold the position. "My friends, tonight we have toppled a political dynasty." www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...

Democrat Abigail Spanberger has defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to flip control of the Virginia governorship, setting her up to become the first woman to lead the state. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Our dog in Arizona thinks she’s a cat.

Today's gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and a New York City Mayoral race will take the much-needed temperature of an electorate who is tired and looking for leadership. Here's what I will be looking for in these races: shero.substack.com/p/election-d...