Thought experiment: If you had to choose one option, would you raise your child to be Alex Pretti or the Border Patrol agent who fatally shot him? Follow-up question: Are your hopes for your child compatible with your expectations of your society?

Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics

The Marshall Project's analysis of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under age 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

“You have ten minutes to cry.” apple.news/Auch-tp7rTNy...

pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things

Apple or AT&T deleted my saved voicemails from my dead mom from all my devices. Just took them, pfft, without warning. I see this has happened to other folks online. Not seeing many happy endings.

Louisiana, which leads the nation in maternal deaths, saw its rate climb after it outlawed abortion. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

The guy who put a 19 year old named Big Balls in charge of gutting key government services: “experience matters when lives are at stake”

Don’t get a chance to do much editing these days so it was nice for @rachelleibrock.bsky.social to make it easy on me with this worthy profile: www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

UPDATE: Paramount just successfully forced YouTube to block this Canadian video of the censored 60 Minutes CECOT segment on "copyright grounds." Man, the lawyers must've been paid a lot to work overtime

RIP

In the wake of the tragedy at Brown, online conspiracists rushed to pin the horrific mass murder on an innocent Palestinian student. One of them was Shaun Maguire, a partner at leading VC firm Sequoia Capital. www.fastcompany.com/91463942/seq...

Owner of Scott's Seafood, Raymond Gallagher, has been extremely active in Oakland's right wing political environment, strong supporter of Armstrong, recalls, etc. Now, the Port, the holder of Scott's lease, is offering Scott's an incredible break on rent

The goal is a national ban on medication abortion. The immediate target is a Bay Area telemedicine provider. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Saw Vertigo in my 20s. Found it overrated — plodding, melodramatic, the score grating. Have seen it twice in my 40s and find it positively sublime, spellbinding — every frame, every note, snagging under my skin, haunting the edges of my consciousness. Weird.

"While governors often align with their parties’ presidents, Abbott’s support for Trump’s expansion of federal powers is a striking departure from his own historical and ardent defenses of state sovereignty."

Sick toddler on a joyful mayhem tear: using parents for trampolines and Kleenex, deadlifting cat, dumping out bags of chips, licking windows, shouting the chorus to Ms. New Booty … How is he even stronger?

Breaking News: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she would resign from Congress, days after President Trump called her a “traitor.” nyti.ms/4o71Flz

"An FBI memo that claims 'anarchist violent extremist actors' are targeting law enforcement cites a private text message chat that included immigration court observers, raising questions about whether the spy agency is monitoring political activity, a copy of the document indicates."

Nine years ago, I received texts from someone claiming to be Katie Johnson. I still don’t know who this person was. But Jeffrey Epstein’s emails show he was aware of her claims. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

dw about it I'm sure it's fine

You’ve probably never heard of the DHS system known as SAVE, which the agency has historically used to confirm individuals are citizens. But if the Trump administration gets its way, SAVE will soon know a lot about you.

DHS agents investigating sexual crimes against children have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown. A probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down because of the shift. And efforts to combat human smuggling have languished.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that she plans to force millions of low-income SNAP recipients to reapply for the program. The news comes just weeks after Trump announced that, during the government shutdown, it would not provide SNAP benefits to those reliant on the program.

Have we ever a president who so consistently acts based on what he sees on one TV channel?

Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵

NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.

Anyone know what this Epstein dump video is about? drive.google.com/file/d/19MEn...

“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

Productive day. Along with netcasting on an enterprise story, I convinced a phishing scammer to unsubscribe from ME. Rewarding.

BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

i have said this before but i think that the people who were “charmed” by epstein wanted to be charmed

ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy

Will President Trump react to Tuesday’s election results by changing his policies or seeking to change election rules? It’s a rhetorical question for Democrats and concerned democracy watchers. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.

“Park.” The answer was “park.”

Supervisors held a three-hour hearing on Thursday to investigate allegations of neglect, abuse, and squalid living conditions at a San Francisco halfway house. GEO Group, its operator, largely denied and skirted allegations. via @miss-elenius.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/11/alib...

I listened to the Supreme Court's oral argument today so you dont have to With the notable exception of Alito & Thomas carrying on like 'what if aliens were gonna destroy the world and the only thing that could stop it was a tariff,' the Court seemed Not Into It ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...

“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19” SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies go.nature.com/3LeRVbd

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

This seemed like a political fantasy four months ago: California voters approve redistricting plan that could net five more House seats for Democrats www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

Shasta’s Market Street election office had few lines and easy access in the final hours of California’s special election on Prop. 50.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

The 10 richest people in the United States have seen their collective fortune grow by nearly $700 billion since President Donald Trump secured a second term in the White House and rushed to deliver more wealth to the top in the form of tax cuts.

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

A fight for control of the National Guard that began in California has swelled into a nationwide battle over presidential authority, state sovereignty, the militarization of America and who gets to determine reality. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Asked the gods of journalism to stop this man from making news long enough to lock the edit. They sorta listened. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...