NOTE: "...as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office."

Trump believes his cruel educts delight his xenophobic MAGA base. And that may be true. But day by day, more Americans find his cruelty appalling. Meanwhile, the death toll of starving people across the globe mounts after Trump/Musk pulled the plug on USAID.

His need to affirm a long-held lie makes him every bit as diabolical as Trump.

Whatever one thinks of AI, it’s critical to see how tightly the Trump White House is allied with the tech companies in clearing the way for the current incumbents to dominate the future AI economy. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-b...

I suspect there is a golden parachute with Majorie Three Names name on it.

It's time for Congress to reassert itself. The American people are not as dishonorable as Donald Trump. Contact your House members and Senators. Tell them to stand firm and reject Trump's 28-point travesty. Do not abandon Ukraine. Do not walk away from Europe. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

In case you were wondering, Trump is the Wicked Witch of the West.

Trump wants Ukraine to surrender by next Thursday (Thanksgiving) so we can all be grateful for the dishonor of American foreign policy. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Leavitt has pushed gaslighting into the stratosphere of psychosis.

Get organized and good things happen. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Grift, mon amour: blessed are the recidivists.

Trump aims to bludgeon Ukraine with terms of surrender. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Imagine! A silver dollar you can toss into a landfill. Or a lake, if you prefer. Or a storm drain. You'll want to keep a log of the final destinations of all your disappearing Trump dollars! www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/b...

Six GOP Senators seek administrative suspension of Chief Judge Boasberg pending his impeachment because, y'know, he actually does his job. www.schmitt.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is investigating itself for potential misconduct. Truly. This is not a prank, though it may turn into a Chinese fire drill. www.ms.now/news/grand-j...

this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices

Yogi Berra once said of a baseball game, "It's not over til it's over." So it is with the forever wars of Donald Trump. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Borowitz

Good things are happening in Ohio. Sherrod Brown is waging a campaign to recapture his seat in the U.S. Senate. A wonderful political newcomer, Dr. Amy Acton, is running for governor. Listen to her chat with the invaluable Timothy Snyder. snyder.substack.com/p/conversati...

Are conservatives having second thoughts about Trump? www.theamericanconservative.com/is-trump-lea...

FYI, @docjanicel.bsky.social

No challenge is too great for the indomitable Wendy Schmidt! remain.org/our-vision/

Feeling compulsive, sports fans?

Golly gee.

Two habibis eviscerate history.

No nation is doing a better job of restoring the natural glory of the 15th century than Scotland.

In a world infested by the likes of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, we can thank our lucky stars for Kaja Kallas. www.euractiv.com/news/kallas-...

Trump’s pardons this year have erased not only convictions but more than $1 billion in court-ordered restitution. Archer’s case was among those in which victims lost out: He'd been ordered to forfeit over $15 million and repay more than $43 million to his victims. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Hey kids!

Who shall reap the whirlwind of MAGA? Episode 17.

Think localities control zoning? Right-of-ways for power lines? Manage the sustainable yield of aquifers and water resources? Think twice. Trump is working on a federal presumption statute to secure the future of AI, tech bros, and investors. Big Brother is coming! www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Tech bros over the people. Draft of Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Trump's "hottest economy" in the world sure lays off a lot of people. www.challengergray.com/blog/october...

Global Plutocracy spotted at Kennedy Center last night. www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Are you buying this, ladies?

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight rides again!

The data centers of AI tech giants place huge demands on electrical and water supplies. They're a major sleeper issue in the 2026/8 elections. Democrats need not be Luddites to oppose a disruptive, unregulated industry. Opportunity knocks. And all politics is local. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Hope is not prognostication. Hope is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. -- Vaclav Havel

God is testing you, Mike. The Almighty has always been big on "how d'ya like them apples?"

The GOP understands that it takes a village to facilitate a cover-up.

The Hebrews had a golden calf; we have a golden toilet. To worship a false god, a decadent golden totem is de rigueur.

Unregulated, self-seeking philanthropy is the handsome manservant of unregulated capitalism.

An AI data center backgrounder. They're coming for our power generation. They're coming for our water. They seek to be our digital wardens. They wish us to be slaves of their algorithms. sharonlawrence.substack.com/p/issue-insi...

We are fighting a two-front war these days. Daily we dwell on the tyranny of Trumpism, while the spectre of AI data facilities nips at our flanks.

It seems the Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight can't draw a map, either.

We can't stop. We haven't mentioned the whole Keith Olbermann-Katy Tur deal yet.

Somewhere along the campaign trail of life, an insidious operative mused aloud, "What we could really use now is a performative celebrity for a psyops of all psyops."

Larry Summers has learned his lesson. by Susan Collins