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Yes, I’m assuming he’s thinking about Proposition 50. That vote happens on Tuesday and has been getting a fair amount of coverage lately. If there’s something else, straighten me out.

Kyle equating California’s Proposition 50 (holding a democratic vote on temporarily setting aside how their redistricting commission operates IN RESPONSE to what Texas and … are doing) to the ‘F#@%-you politics’ that Trumpworld and enablers are engaged in seems incredibly shaky to me. 🤷🏻‍♂️😬🤕

SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.

“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”

SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.

As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.

In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:

Tucker Carlson’s lovefest with a white nationalist just blew up the Christian right A conversation with Nick Fuentes about Christian Zionism got many MAGA notables upset.

Earlier this week, Tucker Carlson and far-right influencer Nick Fuentes bonded over their mutual distaste for Christian Zionism on Carlson's livestream show.

MAGA is not happy about it.

SNAP judgment: Tuberville spews ‘ignorant’ remarks as 750,000 Alabamians brace for lost benefits www.al.com/politics/202...

… abundant sloppiness with apparent willful disregard of multiple problematic facts to assemble his 1819 op-ed. There’s too much to lay into. If this might interest anyone, click through. Get prepared to be 🤢😫🤣🤦🏻‍♂️😵‍💫 … It’s so terrible he’s liable to become a regular, get invited on 🔒’s podcast, etc.

… Dawson and various other 1819ers engaged in their trash. Then again, authenticity and accuracy isn’t especially valued in what now passes for ‘conservatism.’ Sure, there are some intersections with these ideologies and various influencers in relevant historical periods. However, Vogt combines …

Dr. Tobias Vogt von Heselholt: Are you a Fascist? | Alabama News Similar to Marx, Gentile used the terms fascism and socialism interchangeably in the manifesto. If you take an hour or two to read the original “Manifesto…

This highly educated retired U.S. Army officer, former professor, author, and elected member of the Alabama Republican Executive Committee has done so much cherry-picking in this 1819er garbage it’s somewhat sickening. It’s one thing to watch or read philistines like 🔒 … 1819news.com/news/item/dr...

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*

They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.

Duh.

Civilian Leading Office of Naval Research, Former Commander Rothenhaus Reassigned - USNI News A civilian who formerly worked as a career consultant is now leading the Office of Naval Research, the Navy confirmed to USNI News. Rachel Riley, a former McKinsey consultant who has reportedly worked...

RADM Kurt J. Rothenhaus being replaced by a former McKinsey minion, a DOGE drone to boot, with absolutely no naval experience is seemingly emblematic of how this administration operates. Dr. Rachel Riley is presumably sharp and such. But still, 🤷🏻‍♂️😬🤔. news.usni.org/2025/10/30/c...

Few people outside North Carolina have heard of Paul Newby, the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court.

But Newby has had a huge impact on America and his state. He’s done this with the goal of delivering what he’s called “biblical justice, equal justice, for all.”

THREAD 👇

Dark money: The backstory of Alabama's redistricting defiance There appears to be a significant connection between Alabama's post-Milligan map redrawing process and a powerful national dark money network.

There’s been aome Daily Beast reporting on how LaCour and his wife were mixed up in Catholic far-right organizations with close affiliations to Leonard Leo. Bill (Susan) Britt here has covered as well. LaCour’s lifetime appointment to this position isn’t ideal. www.alreporter.com/2023/09/16/d...

Is this Donald Trump’s worst appointment yet? He helped the Alabama Legislature defy a U.S. Supreme Court order. Trump wants him on the bench.

While LaCour might not be Trump’s worst appointment given how awful some have been and the scope of damage some can do compared to a US District Judge, he’s definitely among the more awful. So yes, Britt, Marshall, and Tubs would be thrilled he was confirmed. 😫 www.al.com/news/2025/08...

Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour secures federal judge role The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Edmund LaCour Jr.’s federal judgeship nomination for the Northern District of Alabama.

And these two ‘conservatives,’ plus possibly the even more odious Steve Marshall, are celebrating the confirmation of Edmund LaCour to a lifetime appointment as a Northern District of Alabama federal judge. That guy is perfectly awful. Link to follow on why. www.alreporter.com/2025/10/30/a...

Tuberville, Britt push to add Charlie Kirk statue at Trump-created memorial The letter, co-signed by 12 other Republican senators, says the slain, conservative activist should be honored due to his “significant contributions.“

Count on Senator Coach Tubs and Princess Bigmulia to do damn near anything that’ll fire up ‘the base’ and ‘make the libs cry.’ CK was a stinker, a grifter, a provocateur, etc. Katie Britt continues to disappoint, as I told folks she would. Tubs is an utter embarrassment. www.al.com/politics/202...

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

One 👍🏼 is that Squint mentioned Demopolis. He went to the U of Alabama and likely does know his way around the state. He’s still a stinker in my book.

YouTube video by MSNBC 'Let that sink in': Joe stunned by Sen. Tuberville's comments on SNAP and 'young men'

No fan of Joe Scarborough or his crowd on this show, they’re still right to rake Tubs over the coals on his SNAP comments. If anything, they were likely too gentle. Tommy Tuberville is a reliable idiot. And it’s probably guaranteed that he’ll be Alabama’s next Guvnah. 🤕😫🤬 youtu.be/MwJArVlOkJA?...

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Voters Did Not Understand the Stakes in 2024 - The American Prospect A large majority of American voters are greatly dissatisfied with the state of things, most especially the economy. It turns out that median voters were catastrophically misled about the stakes of the...

"A critical mass of people who decided the election were bamboozled by America’s horrendously broken information environment, and don’t like the results of their own choices." prospect.org/2025/10/29/v...

And yes, it’s possible said ‘conservative’ could be all of the above. Of course, it’s my strong contention that conservatism has been hollowed out for decades. Deeply held moral principles, intellectual grounding and breadth … just weren’t all that welcomed or useful. Limbaughism largely won out.

3 words in Letitia James’ mortgage contract could doom the fraud case against her James is charged with illegally collecting rental income on a second property. But her contract permits renting, according to POLITICO’s review of her contract and legal experts.

Trumpworld blowing past separation of DOJ from White House seems undeniable. Yup, it’s so as to Letitia James too. There’s absolutely no way this case should’ve been pursued. Any self-professed ‘conservative’ who isn’t speaking out is a fraud, a 🐓, a careerist, etc. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was years old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.

Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away

When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"

wapo.st/4nuDGwf

Tucker Carlson Says Christian Zionists Practice Heresy: 'I Dislike Them More Than Anybody' Popular podcast host Tucker Carlson sat down with fellow podcaster Nick Fuentes on Tuesday, and the two, who are known f

Again, the likelihood that Carlson’s recent remarks against Christian Zionism would offend at least some 1819 funders, fans, Patterson Dinner attendees … seems relatively high. 🤞🙏 that there’s some turmoil inside that garbage organization its top ghouls are experiencing. cbn.com/news/israel/...

on one end you have this massive right wing propaganda bullhorn lying about what Democrats stand for

bolstered by a corporate press that's routinely gamed by Republicans to validate and amplify these lies

then you have pundits wondering why the electorate so often votes against its best interests

you can't talk about US politics and polling honestly without having a conversation about how the American news and information diet is comprised of infotainment sewage and agitprop.

Yet you could pluck literally any news story from the feed and find ZERO mention of Republican propaganda successes.

Left-wing ideas have wrecked Democrats’ brand, new report warns The center-left group Welcome relied on polling of hundreds of thousands of voters over six months for its findings, shared first with Semafor.

U.S. journalism and punditry completely ignores the fact that the U.S. electorate belief system --including their belief of what Democrats stand for -- is shaped predominately by a massive right wing propaganda network across AM radio, broadcast TV, cable news, and the internet.

Finally, Republicans realize that nothing happens on its own. They don't believe that things like "the moral arc of the universe" or "the march of history" exist.

The arc of the universe bends toward those who pull it. We cannot choose the times in which we live, only how we live within them.

Graphic titled ‘Republican Ecosystem’ showing a circular flow among four groups: Donors, Campaigns, Advocacy Media, and Activists. Large arrows connect them in a continuous loop: Donors feed into Campaigns, Campaigns feed into Advocacy Media, Advocacy Media feed into Activists, and Activists feed back into Donors. An additional small arrow from Campaigns points outward to a box labeled ‘Mainstream Media.’ The diagram is credited to Matthew Sheffield / flux.community.

Graphic titled ‘Democratic Ecosystem’ showing a circular flow among four groups: Donors, Campaigns, Activists, and Advocacy Media. Large blue arrows form a loop connecting Donors to Campaigns, Campaigns to Activists, and Activists toward Advocacy Media, but the link from Advocacy Media back to Donors is small and incomplete. A large blue arrow extends from Campaigns to a gray box labeled ‘Mainstream Media.’ Below this cycle, a smaller red circle labeled ‘Republican Ecosystem’ interacts with the Mainstream Media box through two black arrows, with text noting media outlets such as Sinclair, Nexstar, TikTok?, CBS, Fox, and X. The diagram is credited to Matthew Sheffield / flux.community.

Republican policy positions are less popular than Democratic ones. Most people don't want religious oligarchy and this makes Republicans have fewer small- and large-dollar donors.

So they stretch the money through advocacy media. Every piece of the Republican ecosystem reinforces each other.