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Screengrab from the NYT: 4 hours ago Tim Balk After Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told CNN that he did not think Zohran Mamdani could be the future of the Democratic Party, Gov. Kathy Hochul took a different tone. "I don't think we can stand here today and say what the future of the party is," Hochul said, appearing with Mamdani outside a bar in Astoria, Queens. "This is the party right now."

No fan of Hochul, but she’s said the right things in the final weeks— including here, where she stood up to no less than Hakeem Jeffries (who must go).

FBI fires top official amid Kash Patel’s outrage over reports of agency jet use Patel reportedly became furious after revelation he flew to visit girlfriend as agency fires official who oversees fleet

Snowflake.

Trump Job Approval Among 18-29 Year Olds:

🔴 Disapprove: 75% (+38)
🟢 Approve: 20% (-22)

YouGov / Oct 27, 2025

(% Change With Feb 4, 2025)

Which part of Kash Patel’s post today was the most pathetic:

1. That his gf is “a country music sensation.”

Or

2. That she “has done more for this nation than most will in ten lifetimes.”

Or

3. That people are “jeopardizing their safety” by criticizing his flights.

Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.

Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here. Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.

Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...

12 Polling Places Move Before Mississippi Special Elections, 4 Close County election officials in Mississippi have moved 12 polling places and closed four since 2024, an MFP investigation finds.

NEW: 12 Mississippi polling places have moved and 4 have been closed ahead of the Nov. 4 legislative special elections, an MFP investigation finds.

Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.

If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.

O'DONNELL: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?

TRUMP: No. I think they haven't gone far enough.

I am 100% with Rep. Neguse! Bravo, sir!

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?

Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?

And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?

Mark Thompson’s D.C. Drop-In CNN’s chief has Washington talking about his private meeting at the White House—following which he urged the network to ease up on coverage of Trump’s East Room demolition, Status has learned.

Corporate media is utterly in the tank for Trump and complicit with fascism.

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GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy The GOP is anti-democracy party

GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Bezos needs to hire Douthat. Let’s put all of the gaslighters under one roof.

We love you, Ventura County!

Why the Times publishes is, indeed, the essential question.

Ross Douthat leaving the New York Times needs to happen

OPINION ROSS DOUTHAT Why Trump's East Wing Demolition Needed to Happen Oct. 25, 2025 [photo of Trump’s hands holding a picture of a gilded ballroom interior]

This is real.

Ross Douthat begins by attacking Obama for his Chicago presidential center and then waves away concerns about historical preservation and the absence of input for the White House ballroom project by using an “abundance liberalism” argument about permitting processes being restrictive.

Trump deservingly gets credit for assaulting democracy, but we wouldn’t become this lawless without 6 of the SC justices.

Now do Game 2! 🧢

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The money Trump’s nepo-baby friend contributed from his inheritance was enough to cover several hours of DOD salaries.

Can we stop the performative stunts now and negotiate?

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.

“.. Crypto was supposed to free us from the chains of government control, but now it is finally revealing what that freedom really means: removing all checks on the power of the wealthy to do what they want, discharged at last from law .. and civic obligation ..”

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