Screenshot of a tweet from Joyce Carol Oates posted on Sunday, November 9th that reads "so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates--scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. in fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. the poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

Good points made there

I'm not quite understanding the thinking of the 8 defectors. I know Tim Kaine is Virginia and a LOT of his constituents are affected by the Fed shut down, but...... Healthcare and 42 million???

Wait wait wait — Trump wants to starve Americans so badly, he’s taking it to the Supreme Court?

Are you fucking kidding me?!?

Probably can't tell nursing stories....well, maybe ;-)

Congratulations. We will miss the driving threads, but glad things are working ok for you.

Today would be a good day to fund the ACA and end the GOP shutdown.

FUN FACT:

My favorite part of tonight's election results is that all three of the major trump endorsements (Ciattarelli, Miyares, and Cuomo) LOST bigly.

And trump handed out 53 down-ballot endorsements in New Jersey and Virginia. THEY ALL LOST.

Every. Last. One.

#Tease

Amazing how someone so smart in many things (chess, anti-Putin) can be so dumb about the difference of good socialism and bad communism @garrykasparov.bsky.social

Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew Polio was eradicated because Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, if you want a perfect example of a socialist act. Quote Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 · Jun 24 Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

Holy Mike Johnson: useless pantload or terminally-concussed shitwit? a day in the life of a shameless lying liar

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Golden Toilet Ballroom Trumpy

Less than that. Didn't JFK have to deal with this too?

Pictures?

I'm just saying.....

Continuing the long tradition of not seeing any of the dumb shit Trump says

(He saw it. 100%)

Reading this at 6:15p.

@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼

Ron Filipkowski writes: “Remember during oral argument on the presidential immunity case when conservative justices scoffed at and mocked the hypothetical that a president with immunity could just start killing whoever he wanted and there was nothing that could be done if he has immunity?”

You are here.

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

The president had a MRI but won't say why.

He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.

He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.

He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.

How is any of this ok?

And those who need to see the evidence to make up their own minds can just watch the full statement - youtu.be/Foggkeiwlp0?...

It's pretty clear to me. Reagan was NOT a fan of tariffs at all.

Trump is a giant orange man-baby who throws his toys out of the cot when he gets challenged in any way.

We might get socialized medicine after the current system breaks down

Health insurance costs jumped for workers & employers in 2025.

This will get worse if the GOP refuses to extend ACA subsidies.

Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.

Still not sure we need Medicare for All?

Dear Media,
This is illegal! Please report on it!
www.cms.gov

“Due to the Democrat-led shutdown, updates to information on this website may be limited or delayed. Mission-critical activities of CMS will continue as the Trump Administration works to reopen the government for the American people."

I saw a few versions "IKEA has better Cabinets" today too. Along with "Congress, find your balls"

Massive crowd in DC

Massive crowd in Times Square

It’s going to take ages to pay all these people

Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.