Lisa Goodheart

42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.

The Situation: James Comey Is Just Asking Questions So many motions; so many options for dismissal.

"I have never seen a set of pretrial motions quite like this one in its power and breadth and its attempt comprehensively to dismember the legitimacy of, process behind, and substance of an indictment."

@BenjaminWittes.lawfaremedia.org summarizes Comey's recent motions to dismiss the indictment.

i am very exhausted by disinformation about the cost of transition healthcare. it costs less than $100 for 1-2 years of hormones, depending on your exact sourcing. presenting HRT as impossibly expensive and inaccessible to people who need HRT but don't know how is equivalent to medical gatekeeping.

something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste

The same day Elon Musk claimed that Tesla would have a flying car next year (?), SpaceX hypeguy and editor of Ars Technica(wtf???) Eric Berger uncritically promoted a Musk 'Data Center in Space' scam that defies everything that is known about thermodynamics and newtonian physics

New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about.

During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.

A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston

GOP Senator Urges Mike Johnson To Swear In Arizona Democrat After Weeks-Long Delay “In my opinion, the will of the people have spoken,” Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) said. “Let’s get her to work.”

“In my opinion, the will of the people have spoken,” Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) said. “Let’s get her to work.”

Graham Platner's finance director resigns over difference in standards In a LinkedIn post, the finance director for the U.S. Senate candidate from Maine said he resigned because he felt his standards no longer fully aligned with those of the campaign.

wmtw.com/article/grah...

Imagine that.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

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.

“.. for those of us who, in our younger years, revered America as a shining city upon a hill, .. this is quite a painful period.

“..’America has lost its moral bearings; as a result, it has also lost its moral standing in the world.”

@peter-wehner.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The fact that the president is focused on remodeling the White House while Stephen Miller commands his security forces makes me think the proper analogy isn't so much Caligula as it is Tiberius and Sejanus.

New York Judge Dismisses Texas Challenge to the State’s Abortion Shield Law

BREAKING: New York judge dismisses Texas challenge NY's abortion shield law. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/h...

Narrator: he did not apologise and the commercial was factually correct.

1. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.

Stop just letting him lie constantly.

I'm being entirely serious when I say that this is one of the core commitments of reactionary politics: demand all the privileges, refuse any of the responsibility.

“It’s un-American to spread lies that sow fear and paranoia in the heart of our democracy,” Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Reed (D) told Democracy Docket. “She must resign or be removed immediately. America’s light is dimming because rot like this is spreading.”

FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."

Meanwhile, Mr. Cuomo was on the phone to every Democratic donor he could reach in Nassau and Westchester counties wailing about impending communism just over the city line. He couldn't find Grand Street without a motorcade or give a shit what happens to anyone actually living there.

For FBI Director Kash Patel, the week has been one blunder after another This week was an embarrassment for the bureau’s director, but making matters worse is the degree to which this wasn’t an especially unusual week for him.

Three Kash Patel stories in three days:
- took an FBI jet to see his girlfriend
- fired a key agent without cause
- jumped the gun on alleged Michigan plot

Making matters worse: This wasn’t an especially unusual week for the podcast personality-turned-FBI director. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Former chair of the Tennessee libertarian party 👇🏽

“Mamdani, are you going to vote for him?”

SCHUMER: “I have a good relationship with him and we’re continuing to talk.”🤔

“The vote is on Tuesday.”

SCHUMER: *walks away*

At least have the guts to say “NO” and be a man @SenSchumer, this is just pathetic.

Pappas: It’s a big tell that Republicans are trying to gerrymander their way into a permanent majority, because they understand how historically unpopular their ideas are. Whether it’s closing rural hospitals, kicking people off their health insurance, or taking food away from hungry families

Plus I can pretty much guarantee the original fixtures ended up in a skip, rather than being donated to a museum or historical society.

This really illustrates Trump’s lack of interest in both history and character, and his commitment to the enshittification of everything. This looks like what people imagine a “rich” hotel bathroom is, while simultaneously echoing one of those bath fitter things on TV they do in an afternoon.

As food assistance runs out and he refuses to use the contingency fund— he posts about his new marble bathroom

Unless Mary Todd was turning tricks while Abe was inspecting the troops, this is not what the bathroom looked like in the 1860s.

From what I gather, that area of the building wasn't even a bedroom + bathroom until well after 1925. So the 1930-40s-era fixtures and color scheme were entirely period-appropriate. (And marble? For Honest born-in-a-log-cabin Abe? Surely you jest.)