Trump’s Plan to Nuke the Global Economy Prompts Conservative Justices to Remember That the Constitution Exists The Court has no problem facilitating the disappearance of civil rights. Shareholder value is a different story.

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

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lolololololololololllllll I wonder who's gonna win

Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have.

"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."

The convergence of competitive diving with competitive knitting was bound to come with risks.

Every new post tonight is like Dems have flipped the Mehaden town sewer authority, long dominated by conservatives, by a +38 margin

This is the highest median income neighborhood in the city.

There are a lot of people in the WH right now who's lizard brains are realizing they may be getting their ass hauled in front of congress nonstop in a year and a president with a mandate to go after them legally in 3 years.

Attention has (justly) gone to the abuses in Chicago but the assaults in Los Angeles never ended. The military left but they were guarding building. DHS paramilitaries remain active in L.A. it's bad.

Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment

It sure seems like the ICE Gestapo beat this guy into a vegetative state and then shipped him off to Costa Rica to "destroy the evidence." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is a good, short listen on the Tucker Carlson - Nick Fuentes interview, and the divisions on the MAGA right over just how Nazi is too Nazi.

@gregsargent.bsky.social and @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social also make interesting points about 20th century history, and the current divisions over Israel.

I often think about how Cheney wanted revenge for what happened to Nixon, and how we live in the ruins made by that dream.

So much conspiracism is just describing the normal functioning of complex systems with a flashlight under your chin.

The Vacancy of the MAGA Mind The quiet relief of no longer having to think.

“Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote that bad faith is not ignorance but refusal, the conscious act of pretending not to know what one knows, a form of spiritual cowardice disguised as moral surety. The absurdity is the point, it liberates him from the burden of coherence…”
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How the IDF legal chief drama overshadows the abuse of Palestinian prisoners With a Media Leak, a Cover-up and a Suicide Scare, It's Easy to Cast the Former IDF Military Advocate General as the Main Character. But Let's Not Lose Sight of What This Story Is Really About: What H...

With a media leak, a cover-up and a suicide scare, all are being used to scapegoat the IDF's judge advocate general. But let's not lose sight of what this story is really about: What happened at the Sde Teiman base, the rape of Palestinian prisoners by IDF soldiers, and the failure to punish them

The Republican Party.

Jewish lawyer quits Heritage Foundation's antisemitism task force over Tucker Carlson defense - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mark Goldfeder's public resignation comes amid a broad backlash to comments by Heritage President Kevin Roberts.

Amazing how the leopards just keep eating faces. www.jta.org/2025/11/03/u...

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.

Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.

She was later released with NO CHARGE.

A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.

You decide…

The Small Men Making a Big Mess at FDA Turns out that putting Vinay Prasad in charge of regulating drugs and vaccines was a bad idea

If only Vinay Prasad had stayed gone. Since his return, he turned a previously standard-setting agency into a hot mess, complete with backstabbing, interoffice warfare, secrecy, & despotic management.

He thinks he's a big deal, but he is a small man.
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A lot of people get into law enforcement because they are emotionally incontinent and it’s a great opportunity to piss over everyone, violence-and-threatswise

A hopeful message that will surely resonate with New Yorkers!

The accountants will need to add a new line to their cost of doing business tallies.

Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.

Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

A fine example of the erratic insanity of Trump's 'emergency' tariffs - and their real costs for American businesses www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

<Foghorn leghorn voice> I say cowboy hats are like opinions, every asshole got one

Since Greg Abbott made Houston remove the rainbow crosswalk. Rainbows are being painted on homes and businesses all over the city.

“.. It is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. Even the conservatives [at the party] were in shock. People avoided them,” a person who attended the party said.

#CO04
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Texas Episcopal diocese says one of its priests has been detained by ICE The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced on Saturday (Nov. 1) that one of its priests, a Kenyan national, has been detained by immigration officials despite working in the state legally.

According to the diocese, the priest was legally working here. Now, he’s in ICE detention: www.ncronline.org/news/texas-e...

Trump’s university backlash drives US researchers towards Europe EU grant applications hit record in 2025 amid surge in interest from American academics

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Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good Shortly after I was given this recipe, I started keeping a list of whom I'd made it for—because I loved it so much, I was sure that if I didn't keep track, I'd end up serving the dish to the same peop...

One of Dorie Greenspan’s great recipes www.epicurious.com/recipes/food...