The U.S. bishops defended migrant families. Tom Homan snapped. Nan Hayworth called Pope Leo a “tool of our enemies.” Tim Burchett accused the church of getting rich off of sex trafficking. Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.

I'm not going to dunk on them because I'm not giving them that much of my time or energy. But I am not adding them to anything, either. Anyone I want on my side is gonna do the work to be there whether or not I'm holding their hand and telling them they're not bad or mean.

The message on IG from Alice (posted by her friend Sandy Ho). As always, Alice blazes a path for the rest of us, fearlessly & with humor: "I'm honored to be your ancestor & believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."

Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness. I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.

I see no way this doesn’t lead to some very unfortunate Elsa & Olaf videos

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

“So, the Truth is, an unidentified individual contracted with Tran Bui Productions to produce 6 separate promotional videos. The $6,500 invoice was subsequently paid for by an unidentified individual, using an unidentified credit card, and charged…“ 1/2 www.facebook.com/Roswellga.tr... #gapol

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

Yep. Same.

DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

More than 300 South Korean workers at a battery plant owned jointly by Hyundai and LG Energy Solution were detained by ICE and deported in September. Many of those workers are preparing to sue ICE. #gapol

When Stacia was 21, she was struggling with severe depression. A stranger's simple question gave her safety during a time she needed it the most. Now, it's an example she's tried to follow ever since. n.pr/4r9RjUK

I use a VPN for work because, like many people, I work remotely. I also use a VPN because it's fundamental to managing online trust: it's none of my ISP's business what I connect to: their job is to provide me with the bandwidth I pay for. 1/2

Georgia's governor and agriculture commissioner announced a half-billion dollars in federal Helene aid for farmers, ranchers & timber owners in September It was a little premature -- the federal government shut down before the deal was finished #gapol thecurrentga.org/2025/11/10/f...

Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed: Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost. Now he’s pardoning them for it. bsky.app/profile/anna...

inbox, the simple* explanation of how georgia supplies property tax breaks to companies * not simple, I felt so gaslit when I learned about this process

lol she got his ass and he knows it

Today I wrote about Zohran Mamdani's historic win, the energizing power of holding to shared principles of decency, and a taxonomy of the endlessly intertwined relationship between shame and vision. www.the-reframe.com/the-extraord...

Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50. “Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.

This Field of Dreams theme park sucks

ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*

Nancy Pelosi secretly being queen of the stock market and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vocally opposing elected officials profiting off the stock market feel like intrinsically connected facts that quietly explain their instant bad blood the minute they became House colleagues

making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us

Congratulations to our NAL alumna @erenbrumley.bsky.social on winning her election for Roswell City Council, Post 5! 🎉 We're proud to share that she will become the first Latina to serve on the Roswell City Council.

Congratulations to @erenbrumley.bsky.social on winning her election for Roswell City Council, Post 5! 🎉 She will become the first Latina to serve on the Roswell City Council.

There, my friends, is an urban-suburban-rural, multiracial coalition.

Thank you, Roswell!

Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer. Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss. 'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.

🍑 Georgia! Time to make your voting plan! Check your precinct at mvp.sos.ga.gov Login and scroll down to find the address. #votebrumley #roswellga

Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.

My homage to all the Rosies that worked hard during WWII. WE CAN DO IT! I made the overalls myself using a vintage pattern from the 1940s. #halloween

Wow: @ajc.com's Lautaro Grinspan reports that in just one week in October, ICE spent nearly $950,000 on ads in Atlanta — more spending than in any other U.S. city. That amount would've been enough to provide SNAP benefits for over 20,000 Atlantans every month.

With SNAP benefits going to shit because of rich assholes and corruption running rampant through politics I'd like to point your attention to a Clinton. No, not one of those Clintons. This Clinton. Clifford Clinton.

These dogs were spotted taking a group photo in their Halloween costumes. We're impressed by the dog walker's dedication to getting the shot, but that ghost definitely wishes he could actually disappear. 14/10 for all (TT: franklinbarkzoo)

oh my god

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

The irony of "I'm concerned but I have to trust that he means well" as an orientation toward finding an opponent for Susan Collins

He doesn’t have to be an actual Nazi to be disqualified. Having the tattoo for 20 years and not doing anything about it until it becomes politically problematic is disqualifying.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)

They project this will cost $75M up front and $30M a year and I'm guessing if you just gave the majority of these folks $57,000 and then a $23,000 basic income and let them live a life, they'd do just fine. And that's assuming they stay in budget. But helping people ain't our thing, punishment is.

Platner taking his campaign in a “they’re trying to get me” direction after the tattoo is a flashing, Fetterman-shaped warning light for what he could be like if elected, and I think it’s enlightening to see who can see that and who can’t because he’s “upsetting the right people”.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Important to note that nearly all the people who have thrown their support behind this report are electoral losers and grifters who can't even stomach opening a Bluesky account for fear that their anti-trans and pro-oligarch rhetoric would be ripped apart. Stand by for a brutal 2026 primary season

Women farmers in Xochimilco and San Gregorio are restoring chinampas (high-yield island farms) using canal-mud fertiliser, biofilters and invasive-fish barriers. The program has certified 16 producers and buffers floods, cools the city and shelters the axolotl. buff.ly/0gIJjxl #ShareGoodNewsToo

But I'll start with a key problem with "school choice," which is that it will create competition between schools, leading to improvement in all schools. But business and education don't mix. Schools like this one focus on marketing their "innovations" rather than on applying tested pedagogy...