Embodied sycophancy, it's a thing. A thoroughly disturbing thing.

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He’s saying taxpayers will step in and backstop their companies when the AI bubble bursts — as we have done so many times before. Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.

FOX GUEST: “Food prices are up. There’s nothing you can say about it.” As Lawrence Jones tries to parrot Trump’s misleading lie 🤥 about Walmart’s Thanksgiving basket being cheaper — apparently not understanding it’s because this year it has LESS IN IT, AND CHEAPER STUFF.

Saying obesity and dementia are linked in front of our fat, demented President.

They unanimously acquitted sandwich guy, even though this was probably misdemeanor assault. I know I joke a lot about this case, but this jury nullification is actually really embarrassing for Pirro/Trump/Bondi.

What's getting into Marge?

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...

Incredible

Mike Johnson is essentially admitting 2 things: 1. Democrats would have valid grounds to initiate impeachment proceedings. 2. Trump’s position is legally and ethically precarious. So… Johnson’s “warning” to voters acknowledges that Trump’s conduct makes impeachment a reasonable response. Good.👇

Sen. Ruben Gallego on Latino voters: "They are worried about the cost of living...They're also worried about what's happening with immigration enforcement right now...They were told that the administration was going to go after criminals, not fathers and mothers."

BMJ invaded by Iranian papermill forbetterscience.com/2025/11/05/b...

I would just like to ask the Republican Party to please put Stephen Miller in front cameras as much as possible from now until the midterms because he is such a likable & charismatic person with so many amazing & popular ideas for people who aren’t white Christian nationalists.

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Brilliant

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

Not really a laughing matter. Alas, here we are ...

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... Yet we, as a society and as a nation, largely refuse to discuss his mental condition—at least publicly. The accelerating destruction that he has wrought, and will continue to wreak, is on all of us—especially those who choose to look the other way.

In Donald Trump's mind, there is only him. He is everything. Everything is his. Everything is about him. Nothing else, no one else, matters. In his own mind, he is the law. Everyone must follow him. He is the only one who gets to say what is right and what is wrong. ...

While Trump throws Gatsby themed parties for his billionaire friends, Americans are having to turn to crowdfunding platforms to pay for essentials.

The Crime: criticizing the king. “WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!” — Donald J. Trump, aspiring monarch.👇

Trump says it’s “probably illegal” for seth meyers to be anti-Trump (Hard to imagine a better endorsement of Seth’s show)

" ... then lawyers got involved ... "

Tempted to say shocking but, unfortunately, not surprising any longer. I hope the commanders of this and similar concentration camps will have their day in a Nuremberg-style trial before long.

HAYES: “The more unpopular Trump & Republicans grow, the harder they try to project strength with lies… As they talk about an unconstitutional third term Trump is as politically weak as he has ever been… Do Americans like the MAGA agenda? The polls are clear: NO.”

Excellent primer: www.oneusefulthing.org/p/an-opinion...

A 66-year-old competitive runner. Six broken ribs. He won’t be able to run his marathon anymore and all because ICE didn’t like how fast he moved his car. This isn’t about “immigration enforcement” anymore. It’s about unchecked power and the normalization of state violence.👇

And everyone who screamed about Hunter is silent. Endless corruption. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

;-)

We now have a stream of garbage in US newspapers, like this one in @washingtonpost.com denigrating London, all coded attacks on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Well, I live in London, love it, and am delighted to have Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk as my mayor. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Can I simply suggest that whichever intrepid journalist manages to embed himself with ICE and remain there taking careful notes undetected for some months or a year will almost certainly win a Pulitzer Prize, which regrettably, will have to be forwarded to a holding facility in Guantanamo, Cuba.

One of the greatest Started/Goings of all-time.

One of Trump's most successful cons is that he is a patriot. The bitter truth is that Trump is an antipatriot. He destroys things that make America worthy of love and admiration. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...

The Ronald Reagan video denouncing tariffs, which Donald is in such a snit about, was posted to YouTube eight years ago. It is authentic. Donald is lying. It is not AI. We are living in such twisted times, when Ronald Reagan's own words are offensive to Republicans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...

Also, the ad was not “fraudulent” in any way shape or form. Reagan said it. Trump thinks we are all morons.

Same judge considering Comey’s motion to dismiss on the ground that Halligan was illegally appointed. Judge Currie - a Clinton appointee - will consider whether to consolidate the James and Comey motions.

The Big Orange Pooper has lost his marbles a long time ago. And, no, no heaven for him.

Pelosi is absolutely right. Immunity for one man does not mean impunity for everyone else. State sovereignty and the rule of law still matter. And California doesn’t kneel.👇

Simulation studies have a conflict of interest problem. The same team: - develops a new method - designs a simulation study to evaluate it However, the new method has to show good performance to get published. We propose living synthetic benchmarks to address the issue (doi.org/10.48550/arX...).

Surely this is a joke but, I have to admit, a good one.

Good thinking. stories.byburk.net/germany-denm...

A useful summary. aethermug.com/posts/famous...

"No Kings" Protests Defy GOP Expectations & Jon Gives Trump a Royal Inspection youtu.be/ggIBtdtypCw

“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us."

The incompetence of this mob is just staggering.

Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."