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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."

Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

We should ban sports betting. It will make athletes lives better, it will make sports viewers lives better—and it will stop people from ruining their lives with gambling.

This shouldn’t be a controversial position!

“Who is Bubba” would be a great season 3 of American Vandal

With Richmond’s update, we have what should be our final totals in VA

Spanberger +15.36%
Hashmi +11.56%
Jones +6.68%

Statewide turnout is 76.2% of 2024

Spanberger finished at nearly 85% of Harris’ vote total, and she also received more votes than Trump 2020 in VA

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Imagine if there was a relatively big network of housing experts who have crafted legislation, advocated effectively, and secured legislative wins across the country.

Chart showing demographic and other characteristics of food stamp recipients in the United States, based on a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Chart showing demographic and other characteristics of food stamp recipients in the United States, based on a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Characteristics of SNAP recipients, from new @pewresearch.org analysis:

—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere

—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months

Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

One way the shutdown deal might actually help Democrats A plurality of voters approve of the deal to end the government shutdown. Democrats have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP & other government programs, which could help repair the party's image

One thing I learned writing this piece: ~1 in 8 Americans are on SNAP. Way more than I thought (and I grew up lower middle class and we had WIC when I was a kid, so think I had an above-replacement-level prior). “We saved SNAP” is good angle for Dems open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

NEW: Following Pope Leo XIV's lead, the U.S. bishops release a video condemning the Trump-Vance White House’s “inhumane” deportation raids.

And what’s the point of any of this? What do we say to the parents of even a single soldier who dies for a pointless war with Venezuela? Thank you for your daughter’s sacrifice—we got to put out some really cool videos of us blowing shit up because of it?

There’s a special place in hell for people who start a war because it looks cool on social media.

A war with Venezuela is pointless. People will die, likely including American soldiers, for absolutely nothing.

We couldn’t stop drugs in Afghanistan and we occupied that country for 20 years. And at least some of the people we are already killing in the Caribbean are fishermen.

This explains the entire Trump administration.

Re: Epstein’s emails

She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald's. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter. Hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth, she falsely advertised herself in 2017 as 18 years old on a website that matches men looking for "companionship" with young women looking to make money. What followed would set off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of one of the men she would encounter, Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican. Mr. Gaetz was investigated by the Justice Department for child sex trafficking but never charged. Following the election last year, he was President Trump's first choice to serve as attorney general. He subsequently resigned from Congress, and then withdrew from consideration as attorney general under a storm of scrutiny.

Horrific account of the now young woman who was exploited by former Congressman Matt Gaetz when she was just 17-years-old.

Full Story: bit.ly/4qX9ooT

Trump’s approval rating remains low during government shutdown - AP-NORC Approval of how Trump is handling the federal government has dropped sharply since March.

New AP-NORC poll
-67% of Americans disapprove of Trump's performance on the economy
-57% of Americans disapprove on immigration
-65% disapprove on health care
-67 percent disapprove of his handling of the federal government
apnorc.org/projects/tru...

lol, lmao

Excited to see what she accomplishes!

Jeez, I wonder why Trump won't release the Epstein files SFGATE columnist Drew Magary unpacks the scandal and perceived cover-up.

I wrote an explained to the Epstein files a little while back. Just because this shit isn’t surprising doesn’t mean it isn’t important. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.

He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.

Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.

Whoaaaaa

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Italian pasta exports to the U.S. could be 'virtually wiped out' by proposed 107% tariffs The U.S. has hit 13 Italian pasta exporters with an anti-dumping tariff of 92%, which would be added to the Trump administration's 15% blanket E.U. levies.

OK I don't mean to be hyperbolic but this might affect conservatively 65% of my diet

Your pasta could get a lot pricier under new tariffs targeting Italian imports — if you can find them at all. nbcnews.to/49a953y

Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.

He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.

It’s a cold morning on the east coast. Thinking about all the families in Ukraine who haven’t had heat foe days due to systematic Russian bombing.

Indeed. This was a bad call. But every option available to Dems in the Senate was a bad one. Only option is electing a Senate majority in 26 that wants people who get sick to afford to see a doctor.