attempting something very dangerous (going to trader joe’s at 1:30 the day before thanksgiving)

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser will not seek reelection

BREAKING🚨🚨🚨: Judge rules Trump pick Lindsey Halligan illegally appointed to US Attorney post, dismisses Comey & James cases. But "without prejudice," so they could be refiled although Comey's attorneys say statute of limitations has run. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K

JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S.-and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the U.N. but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, said Monday it would shutter operations. apnews.com/article/gaza...

why eagles why

“Plot to recruit D.C. homeless, kill men and enslave women on Haiti island” may be the strangest headline you’ll see this weekend, but it’s the subject of a federal indictment.

Highly recommend the Molly Pitcher Service Area in Cranbury, NJ

From yesterday: A Baltimore woman spray-painted a transgender symbol in a bunch of places around Easton, including outside a local Catholic school. Local police charged her with hate crimes. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

"They often sit in the dark with only strings of LED lights on to save on electric costs. She is considering painting rocks to send to friends as Christmas gifts."

it’s so hard to pretend I’m okay when every day I wake up missing The Pitt

While you're all here, if you want to read some actual journalism, this is the second story in my series about the collapse of the mental health care system in Pennsylvania. I'm really proud of it.

Trump's fallout with Marjorie Taylor Greene has been dramatic. One reason Trump may be lashing out: Fear that MTG is creating a "permission structure" for more lawmakers to break from him, says our @DashaBurns on #PlaybookPod. 🎧 pod.link/1169056746

British journalist Sami Hamdi, who was detained by United States immigration officers for more than two weeks, returned on Thursday to the United Kingdom. https://cnn.it/4p1fKlk

Arguments in federal court today over the fate of @ppfa.org's Medicaid funding focused on whether Republicans illegally targeted the group. “Congress does not get to choose public enemies and decide that they are going to target them for punishment.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Inside the closed-door MAHA Summit, where industry executives, wellness influencers, and policymakers plotted their future in Trump's Washington w/ @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/m...

“Nobody knows what a magnet is,” President Donald Trump just said on The Ingraham Angle.

Most anticlimactic Bakeoff finale I’ve ever seen and I still cried.

JUST IN: Trump administration files emergency stay motion at 1st Circuit, seeking to block judge's order to pay full SNAP benefits for November. DOJ says the ruling 'makes a mockery of the separation of powers.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race.

BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia governor’s race, defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and becoming the state's first female governor.

Spanberger wins Virginia gubernatorial race www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

JUST IN: Trump admin breaks w/stance in other cases, declines to restore student-visitor (SEVIS) record of Tufts' Rumeysa Ozturk as she fights deportation. And DOJ urges judge not to order restoration, which would allow her to keep studying/be paid. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Wes Moore launches Maryland redistricting commission after top state Dem stymies effort

I am in Florida where it is currently 65 degrees and people are wearing parkas.

Undirected kidney donation itself is a cool thing to do, and it also has tremendous positive consequences -- there are whole chains of pairs of unmatched donors/recipients, and any random unpaired donation can click everything over and get four, five, six people a new kidney at once

FDA moves to ease path for biosimilars as Trump seeks to cut drug costs www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/f...

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

“The worst thing in the world is dying. The best thing in the world is not dying.” Wisdom from my five year-old cousin we should all take to heart.

From The Anthem to the 9:30 Club, the workers who keep DC’s live music beating are unionizing—and that’s something to dance about. Behind every sold-out show are people setting up, cleaning up, and keeping the crowd safe. They deserve to be respected, protected and paid. https://seiu.co/3WSgX2a

ladies and germs where are we buying pants nowadays?

Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.

Ravens are so bad that they have replaced The Wire as the go-to talking point when I tell people I live in Baltimore.

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

Charlottesville is very cute. Almost as cute as College Park, Maryland.

A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.

Family caregivers offer their wit, wisdom and survival tips for the hardest unpaid job in America. n.pr/4nXCFxT

PSA there’s an accident on 495 near the NIH exit involving an ice cream truck. Everyone appears okay and the firefighters are visibly laughing.

Ex-Baltimore cop Daniel Hersl, who went to prison for his role in Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal and was released early due to cancer, has died www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

The disgraced New York Republican was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a litany of federal charges, including wire fraud, identity theft and money laundering. n.pr/47uii5k

Rest in peace Susan Stamberg

Massive data centers invaded Virginia — and Maryland wants to be next, @briaovers.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office. “The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

In the aftermath of a deadly militant attack in Kashmir in April, authorities have expelled more than 1,500 Muslims from India, often at gunpoint. n.pr/473MnY4

New AFI is so good

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for the Loyola Chicago men's basketball team who became an international celebrity during their 2018 Final Four run, has died. n.pr/4h16TNw