Funny one this morning. Wordle 1,627 4/6* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began. "I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."

I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...

If the Epstein files prove that Bill Clinton raped children, he should go to jail. See how easy that was, Republicans?

This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving

Not my best. Wordle 1,626 5/6* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@sanders.senate.gov gets it.

We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality. It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.

Mythbusters at work

independent media as “Lügenpresse” (“lying press”), promote conspiracies as official truth, replace factual information with ideologically approved narratives, and use state branding to give propaganda an air of authority. Now look at the White House website, you can see the disturbing parallels.

Let’s compare what Trump is doing on government websites to what Hitler’s regime did. Hitler’s government used official channels to rewrite history to glorify the regime and demonize political opponents, discredit journalists by labeling

We’ve had people from the U.S. and abroad asking whether the information on the White House website is even accurate anymore. The site has become unreliable, filled with blatantly false and deliberately misleading content.

Our first dual podcast episode! Just in time for the Hanukkah season. Enjoy The Borrow Hanukkah Latkes as we pair today with @bookoflife.bsky.social on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/30/f...

We couldn’t publish an edition of Books We Love without remembering our friend and colleague, NPR Books Editor Petra Mayer, 1974-2021. Today would have been her birthday, and we hope you’ll find a new read in her honor ❤#

JP Morgan rejected financing the ballroom, BECAUSE they know it was illegal, violated federal law, and is perceived as a calamity in every way possible! As soon as DUMP goes away, we should tear it down and leave NO memory of it!

Another not a great start. Wordle 1,625 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Kids are going back to school whether they want to or not. If they're worried, here's the perfect #MGLit book to fix that! (Disclaimer: It most definitely won't fix anything, but it might make them laugh. Plus there are giant-cranberry antics!) Order here: bookshop.org/p/books/mind...

The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The Doctor is right and correct

There is only one instance when racists understand that an entire group of people can't be blamed for the violent actions of 1 person...and that is when the perpetrator is a white man. In all other instances, logic need not apply.

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.” — Mark Twain

Today's newsletter: saraharonson.substack.com/p/the-gratit... THANK YOU for reading!!!!!

Interesting path. Wordle 1,624 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I was just talking about this word the other day. Wordle 1,623 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I feel good about this one. Wordle 1,621 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is just like yesterday. Wordle 1,619 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Too late. Marco Rubio already spilled the truth. The so called peace plan was Russia’s wish list, not something the US drafted. He’s trying to walk it back but the damage is done. He’s scrambling.

"Many residents have yelled profanities at them, and honked their horns at agents when their unmarked vehicles are spotted..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...

Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends. We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over. We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.

Corning workers in North Carolina & Michigan are exercising their constitutional right to unionize with @steelworkers.bsky.social for better wages, benefits & working conditions.  Corning must stop its illegal union busting & intimidation. I stand in solidarity with these brave workers.

November Jewish Kid Lit releases. Thanks, Stacy Nockowitz. Banana Menorah makes me laugh. bit.ly/4nwOKc8

Warning for North Carolina: Scams are increasing, and the confusion is being made worse by ICE agents failing to properly identify themselves and wearing masks. As a result, residents are becoming targets of immigration fraud.

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

So weird today. Wordle 1,618 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

What do these corporations all have in common? -Lockheed Martin -Palantir -Microsoft -Amazon -Comcast -Google -Apple -Meta -HP -Nvidia -T-Mobile They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.

You absolutely have the constitutional right to record ICE, Border Patrol, or any law enforcement officer in public, and with everything happening in Charlotte right now, people need to understand that clearly.

The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.” www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

The entire world is perplexed because the President of the United States appeared cordial in one meeting. That’s how crazy this timeline is.

A Depression-era comic costing 10 cents is $2.34 in today's money.

"Write what you really think and mean, not what you think you should think and not what you thought you would think and not what you hope it will mean, but what is really authentic and true." --Susan Orlean #Write #AmRiting #KidLitWriter

Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes

That was a very lucky third guess. Wordle 1,617 3/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Donald Trump called for violence against members of Congress. It’s wrong — everyone must condemn threats of violence. We must have their backs.

ALA celebrates today's ruling in federal court in RI permanently blocking the Administration's actions to dismantle IMLS. ALA Pres. Sam Helmick: "This victory belongs to all of us, and we build the future of our libraries together." Read our full statement & take action: www.ala.org/news/2025/11...

Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.

About 2,300 National Guard troops were stationed in the capital as of last month as part of a patrol and “beautification” effort.

This is not a peace plan. It's complete capitulation to the war criminal in the Kremlin, orchestrated exclusively by Trump and his apparent master there without any input from Europe or Ukraine. It is obscene that the White House even saw fit to advance this proposal, let alone issue an ultimatum.