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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

A newly released Jeffrey Epstein email says Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims. Other messages indicated Epstein believed Trump was well aware of the sexual predator’s illicit operation.

Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct

Epstein in emails: Trump knew about the girls. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

From a Bluesky post on which the author chose to disable quote-tweets (fair enough, and I wouldn't quote it if I weren't complimenting it: "Instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters.""

This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.

Post from Pete Buttigieg that reads: It's a bad deal. Everyday life - making it better and more affordable - must always be our bottom line. For months, I’ve been hearing from people bracing for their health insurance bills to skyrocket - so much that some will lose coverage altogether. Some say they simply haven't even opened their letter yet, dreading the bad news. Any deal that fails to address this directly is a bad deal.

What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.

Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.

The American people need more from their leaders.

My statement on the proposed Senate deal

Musk immediately confirms Joyce Carol Oates' assessment.

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

If RFK jr and Glenn Sturgis had a baby…

More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.

That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.

Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽

Celebratory graphic of Zohran Mamdani that reads "Zohran Mamdani Wins New York Mayor's Race." The background is a photo of Mamdani standing between yellow taxis.

New Yorkers have spoken and voted for change. Congrats Mayor-elect
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!

Mandy Moore, would be really good in this role, too. I remember how they aged her up in THIS IS US. She could easily play MaryBeth at ages 45 - 65, when most of this story takes place. She even resembles MaryBeth!

You're going to want to buckle up before you read this crazy story. Can't wait for the Netfflix mini-series, hopefully with Patricia Arquette as MaryBeth

“We were here in the 1980s when the federal government threatened to take the California Coast and pollute it, drilling for oil, gas and now, for seabed minerals and they want to do that again,” said Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley. 🔌💡
www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/10/29/s...

we have a way for guys like this to fund the military

it’s called “taxes” and clearly they should go up

Washington Post: White House begins destroying East wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

I just made this yesterday! Such great Fall comfort food. But the recipe calls for 1 TBLSP of salt. Yikes. Way too much. Wonder if it's a typo, because 1 TSP was plenty.

Today's Reliable Sources lead: Portland is not burning. Trump's rhetoric is totally divorced from reality. One way to prove it is by pairing Trump's words with the pictures... cnn.it/4q0hlJs

Impressed with the design, but left it on the stove??🤔

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich questions whether Trump can distinguish between reality and fiction.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

I like this solution! We have runners all over our house for an aging dog. Many, many runners, lol.

Jayapal: It is a strange and bizarre time when we literally have a president thinking about plating the ballroom in gold—while he’s thrown 15 million Americans off healthcare, fired over 150,000 federal workers, and is threatening to fire even more if we go into a shutdown.

Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown

Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown

Tweet from @GOPMajoritywhip: Democrats are planning to shut the government down tomorrow unless illegal aliens get taxpayer-funded healthcare. Their political games will have dangerous impacts. Don’t just take my word for it. 🧵:

Not true, Tom. In fact, this is about the 11,000 Minnesotans in your district and over 89k across the state looking at huge health insurance premium increases.

Doesn’t that concern you?

“Winter Daylight Time” is permanent DST, now also called “Sunshine Protection”. It failed in the 1970s and 1940s. Remind your legislators to restore permanent Standard Time instead! www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...

Scan of newspaper article, from the “Wichita Falls Times”, in Texas, on 1974 September 29, headlined “Winter Daylight Time a Failure”.

On this day in 1974, from Texas: #OTD #DitchDST
> Winter Daylight Time a failure… Going back to “nature’s time” [Standard Time] has several advantages, benefits of Daylight Time in winter are negligible.

A hazy Green Flash over Half Moon Bay. 9/26/2025