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"This explanation convinced Mr. Hildebrand. He said that he would never bring one of his children to a hospital again and that “if anybody is going to try to force my kids to get the vaccines, they got something else coming.”

Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.

The ghouls at RFKjr's old nonprofit, Children's Health Defense, invited the father of the 8-year-old who died of measles in Texas to congratulate himself for his great decision not to vaccinate her.

If only he wasn’t anti gay. 🤷‍♀️ It would be fun to celebrate an international leader right now, but all this excitement about him does is for me is clarify how many people are performative on my right to exist.

Words from the last 30 minutes 🧭:

1. Trump
2. November ⬆
3. Good morning
4. Steam ⬆
5. Thursday
6. Nov 🆕
7. Paris 🆕
8. Donald 🆕
9. Emails
10. Grand 🆕

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Epstein offered reporter photos of 'donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen': Email Among the more than 20,000 Epstein documents released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday are several email exchanges Jeffrey Epstein.

For context:
abcnews.go.com/Politics/eps...

Epstein then replied to Thomas in a series of emails over the next two hours -- in his typical error-ridden style -- first suggesting that Thomas look into Trump's finances before pivoting to more personal subjects. In one email, Epstein writes: "would you like photso [sic] of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Thomas replied, "Yes!!" It's unclear whether Epstein possessed such photos or if he ever sent the reporter any photos. In another email, Epstein suggested that reporters "ask my houseman about donad [sic] almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door."

In *2015* NYT reporter Landon Thomas Jr. had emails from Epstein alleging he had dirt on Donald--photos and accounts of him canoodling with and ogling young girls.

Given all that's transpired in the last decade, it seems like journalistic malpractice that we're only seeing this now.

What Future for Trans Media? — Assigned An upcoming event for trans journalists hopes to provide a touchstone for media workers caught in the malestrom.

There's a virtual event for journalists who cover trans issues being offered by @objectivejournos.bsky.social tomorrow. @valorievandieman.bsky.social interviewed the organizer and wrote about the event and its goals for Assigned Media today.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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This is DoorDash’s “Breakfast Basics Index,” which tracks only 4 items: three eggs, a glass of milk, a bagel & an avocado & excludes coffee, bacon, bread & OJ, all of which have gone up in price this year. They cherry-picked a quirky DoorDash metric and spun it as proof of an economic turnaround.

They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.

THE NEW REPUBLIC Trump Finally Reveals His Health Care Plan-and It's Bad Donald Trump should take his concepts of a plan back to the drawing board. Edith Olmsted November 11, 2025 / 10:48 a.m. ET

"I want instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go into an account for people, where the people buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody's gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs," Trump said during a Fox News interview Monday night. "They're actually gonna be able to go out and negotiate their own health insurance. And they can use it only for that reason, that's the beauty-only for that purpose. "Call it Trumpcare, call it whatever you want to call it. Anything but Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster, just like he was as a president," he added.

i knew it would be bad but i didn’t know it would be comically bad newrepublic.com/post/203018/...

Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…

You are not "difficult" or "stubborn" or pathologically "hyper independent" for having conflicted or negative feelings about reaching out for help. You're responding to your conditioning & experiences that actually happened.

Don't let yourself be shamed for normal reflexes.

YouTube video by International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook 2025

This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...

www.iea.org/commentaries...

Direct link — bit.ly/3WY4Ws6 — and QR code for my #SNAPgap needs list. The longest #shutdown in US history means empty cupboards for people who already barely scrape by. Even if the administration relents, it takes time for that $ to get to states & more to hit EBT cards. #SaveSNAP #FoodJustice

This small Pennsylvania town just elected the state's first-ever out transgender mayor Eria Deuso has become the first out transgender mayor in Pennsylvania.

6 Nov 2025 -- Lost in the news last night, a small PA town elects state's first transgender mayor. Eria Deuso of Downington (30 miles west of Philly) won 64% to 35% over her Rep. rival. Can the statehouse be far away? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

pink, white and black graphic MX. MEDIA JURIED BY COMMITTEE OPENING RECEPTION NOV 7TH 6-9PM 713 MONROE AVE ROCHESTER NY FIREHOUSE GALLERY IMAGE OUT FLOWER CITY ARTS CENTER FIRST FRIDAY

abstract paper collage, fiery gem-like warm colors

brightly colored abstract collage

very happy to have two works on view in Rochester, New York as part of MX. MEDIA at Flower City Arts! this exhibition is a partnership with Image Out and features one hundred works from queer artists around the U.S. - opens this friday, November 7th and runs through December 5th, 2025!

Should women have rights? We go through the pros and cons bsky.app/profile/jess...

Republicans: Solar energy can’t make enough electricity!

Meanwhile, Australia:

Evanston mayor @danielbiss.bsky.social is launching investigations into reports of immigration agents brutalizing community members.

“They appear to have just started beating people up for no reason.”

What

The corrupt and wealthy 1% is terrified by a socialist being elected, so they are using their puppets to shout "antisemitism", hoping to kneecap Mamdani before he makes any changes.

Oh well that fixes it

Sharing this here now because I promised I would and I shared it earlier this week in my newsletter and we're half full already.

Running against a bad, unpopular president doing bad, unpopular things works.

Thinking a bad, unpopular president is not worth talking about—one narrow election is forever, he’s magic, no one cares—is ridiculous.

Shouldn’t need saying, but here we are, so it’s good @gregsargent.bsky.social does.

Democrats Sweep 2025 Elections, 2024 Narratives Crumble In state and local elections, American voters repudiated Donald Trump's presidency, and disproved claims of a lasting right-wing cultural shift

It’s not that 2025 voters demanded wokeness, it’s that making politics all about wokeness is absurd.

The winners ran on affordability and freedom. Candidates that ran on bigotry (Cuomo, Earle-Sears) got wrecked.

If we must put it in these terms, the public is anti-anti-woke. State repression bad.