Never forget who sold us out: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen

80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate. Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?

Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now

I work in infectious disease and not many things scare me but botulism does. Grateful to my coworkers, the lab workers, and other epis that detected the current formula outbreak. Infant botulism (affectionately known as baby bot) is so terrible and this is why we need funded public health!!!!

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

Starting now: Press conference announcing a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging USDA's unlawful attempt to withhold SNAP benefits, featuring Attorneys General of CA, NY, MN, NJ and leaders from City Harvest, Food Action Research Center and No Kid Hungry.

“Those of us engaged in this fight are witnessing a wholesale attack on free and fair elections,” said Marc Elias, a prominent election lawyer involved in more than 60 election-related suits. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#Toronto children’s charity wins big following #Jays-Dodgers rivalry Dodgers fans donated $30,000 to Toronto’s SickKids Hospital following their team’s World Series win — picking up a trend Toronto Blue Jays fans started during their post-season run w/Mariners. 🥰 www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays. Listen in ⬇️

THIS.

Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."

And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons. State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."

JUST IN: In new letter, Trump administration tells federal appeals court that states who instituted full SNAP payments were 'unauthorized' to do so and 'are responsible for the consequences of that action.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

You’ve got questions. I’ve got the guy with the answers. Join me and @stevevladeck.bsky.social at 3:00 pm ET for a Substack Live and we’ll break down the SCOTUS SNAP benefits ruling together! Don’t miss this special Saturday Afternoon Live: substack.com/@katiephang?...

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Axios rips this website in two every time it posts anything. Half of you are screaming that the sky is falling and the other half are posting smug ball knowing takes about sourcing and probability. Not good! We take the bait every time. This behavior is part of the reason bad journalism sells.

A deep commitment to anti-wokeness

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Approaching the 3rd hour of my flight delay. I sure miss Pete Buttigieg, and a Congress that worked together (yes, I'm old enough to remember that). Thank you TSA and Air Traffic Controllers who are working w/out pay.

“How far does our responsibility go in all of this?” For decades Sinaloa has lived under a “pax narca”. Now it is suffering the consequences. “The Weekend Intelligence” reports from Culiacán, a city in the middle of a narco-war

$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.

Husbands with Grindr profiles?

There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask. Cowards

Last night, russia carried out a combined missile and drone attack on Dnipro Oblast, targeting civilians asleep in their homes. They murdered a person and injured 11 more, including 2 children aged 2 and 13. Help protect people from russian terror: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...

She conducted a social experiment to see if churches would help a hungry baby...and a lot of them flipped her off... www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-tiktoker...

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

#GVerse Um. WTF??? Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings." This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.

Newsom: He is a historic president—a historically unpopular president. Underwater in every key category—I mean, you can’t even make this up; this is hard to do…

Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.

Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District. And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:

This will be very unpopular and serves only to help Trump's billionaire friends. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?

Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽‍♂️

She will lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/n...

Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.

Tulsi Gabbard wants to transfer significant counterintelligence authority away from the FBI—and to her office, Shane Harris and Quinta Jurecic report:

BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP benefit payments for November after request from Trump administration.

Short-term legal win, long-term political loss.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is making a new offer to reopen the government on Friday as Republicans have refused to negotiate on their demands to extend health care subsidies. https://to.pbs.org/4p3ZXSR

For context: the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) said the debt reached $38.019 trillion, and that it added $1 trillion in about two months. Link: www.jec.senate.gov/public/index...

What exactly is all that money being spent on? Clearly, it’s not the American people.