Crispy Splinters (boo! 👻)

No. 1 rule of dealing with an extortion racket is that if you pay into it once, there will always be a second payment, and a third, and more. Once a mark, always a mark.

This is why the press treating Trump like just another pol is so frustrating. He's a lifelong criminal who sole motivations are amassing wealth and avoiding prison. In 2020, it was clear he was going to try to stay in power by *any* means necessary. 2026 and 2028 will also be violent, even more so.

watching MTG gaslight the nation in real time makes me feel like my brain is melting and leaking out my ears

BITCH WE WERE THERE????????? if you were “impressed” by Nancy Pelosi, having your thugs storm the Capitol to try to kill her was a wild way of showing it

Rep. Grijalva has yet to be sworn in.

Now we see that Greg Abbott is pulling a fast one in Texas.

They'll do anything to subvert democracy and to cover up the #EpsteinFiles

If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:

Past cycles have shown that when the Republicans are unconstrained they go way overboard. When Democrats have a wide-open view of the finish line they start tripping each other.

I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

You'd think someone with that handle would have a clue about how southern Republicans feel about Jews.

But having a clue hasn't been the Republican brand for quite a long time now.

Trump was most definitely on the ballot tonight. As he will be next year too.

BREAKING: Democrats just broke the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi Senate!

In a stunning victory, Democrats gained seats in court-ordered special elections and will now head to Jackson to represent and fight on behalf of their constituents.

Turn the volume up!!!

Well, that was evil indeed!

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

Not even close!
Getting >50% in a three-way race is pretty remarkable.

I wonder if, once upon a time, attempting to bribe a candidate was illegal.

As a Bostonian, I am conflicted about how many positive feelings I'm having about New York at this moment

We’re going to need to make sure all the internal communications in ICE are preserved. For unmasking and discovery.

Let me guess…

That time they visited James Carville on the set of the kids’ TV show he hosted, “Play Dead Games.”

Dick Cheney has escaped justice, just like his partner-in-crime Donald Rumsfeld.

Trump announces he will refuse to follow the court order to provide SNAP benefits to needy families.

Would be nice if the #Democrats stopped this in its tracks. No more judges for Trump.

Fight back, already!

A once bright light has gone out.

Of course, it remains to be seen if Trump has a ketchup fit because he doesn't get to see pretty mushroom clouds. Maybe someone will show him film of the Trinity test and tell him we tested a new bomb in Portland, just to shut him up.

New Weapons Testing Won’t Include Nuclear Explosions, Energy Secretary Says

In other words, we're going to keep doing what we've been doing all along: component testing, simulations, that sort of thing. It's also pretty clear Trump doesn't understand the difference between "nuclear testing" and "testing parts of a nuclear weapon system." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...

Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.

‘Progressive’ Tech Group Asks Trump to Block AI Copyright Cases - The American Prospect The Chamber of Progress’s campaign to promote fair use, which they have created a campaign around called “Generate and Create,” comes as at least three of the nonprofit organization’s past or current backers are being sued over copyright claims.

Leaked emails show the “progressive” Chamber for Progress is coordinating with Google to quash copyright suits against tech giants. Its CEO, and several board members, used to work for Google. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/sDcjwJr

Vile

I feel like it should be mentioned a lot more that the orange felon was easily able to file lawsuits over news articles, social media posts and comments he didn’t like, but has never filed any lawsuits in regards to the countless allegations of child rape against him. 🧐

This has been Trump’s modus operandi all along. Now there will be an entire party that won’t accept election results they don’t like. What’s the plan, Dems?