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Happy birthday to my favorite guy, Bill Nye! #BillNye #ScienceGuy

Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?

De Blasio: ‘Well, Well, Well, Not So Easy To Find A Mayor That Doesn’t Suck Shit, Huh?’ NEW YORK—Clucking his tongue with mock disappointment, Bill De Blasio announced to New Yorkers that “It’s not so easy to find a mayor that doesn’t suck shit after all, huh?” during a press conference ...

Evergreen

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Democracy, Thy Name Is Trump This president is the embodiment of rule by the people—in ways good and ill. Barton Swaim By Barton Swaim Oct. 15, 2025 5:09 pm ET

For unrivaled journalistic rigor, you can't beat a WSJ op-ed.

Trump's belief that "cities tolerate too much crime has, on an educated guess, 80% of the public behind it"

"The compact his administration wants universities to sign would get an eager thumbs-up from, I would guess, 90% of the public"

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

I lot of great NOAA scientists I know have left or are going to leave soon. This is bad news for all of us.

Opinion | CBS Deal Smells Like a Gimmick An aspiring mogul finds yet another way to appease Donald Trump.

"In any case, Ms. Weiss has certainly found her time becoming too valuable to engage in actual journalistic work."

That is from an op-ed on the .... WSJ editorial page.

www.wsj.com/opinion/cbs-...

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

Chief Justice John Roberts has teamed up with President Donald Trump to hold nearly $5 billion in foreign aid funding hostage.

5 days, 10 hours, and 20 minutes until the funding at issue expires.

China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

This is amazing.

If engaging with her posts leaves you drained, angry, or endlessly arguing, it may not be worth continuing.

If you enjoy the intellectual sparring or feel you might plant seeds of doubt, you might decide to stay engaged — but set boundaries so it doesn’t eat up your time or peace of mind.

My body hurts and will probably hurt way more tomorrow.

But it’s a lot less pain than what our neighbors are enduring inside the Broadview ICE facility.

This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.

BREAKING: A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court panel has voted to convict ex-President Jair Bolsonaro for plotting to overturn the 2022 election

Saudi crude oil supply to China set to surge in October, trade sources say Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports to China are set to surge in October after a deep cut in prices, several trade sources said on Thursday.

Saudi crude oil supply to China set to surge in October, trade sources say reut.rs/4gsfoBe

California, Delaware AGs blast OpenAI over youth safety The attorneys general are demanding more information from OpenAI after accusations of recent chatbot-linked deaths.

California and Delaware AGs blast OpenAI over its youth safety.

The AGs are demanding more information from the AI platform after accusations of recent chatbot-linked deaths.

Carney's answer to Trump's trade war: Buy Canadian Ottawa turns to protectionist rules and a C$1 billion relief fund to soften tariff fallout.

PM Carney is rolling out a sweeping Buy Canadian policy, arguing the U.S. can no longer be trusted as a reliable trading partner.

“What’s going on is not a transition, it’s a rupture,” said Carney.

Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party’s Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year

Nadler ‘said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel was committing mass murder and war crimes in Gaza “without question.”’

Federal officials arrested two firefighters on Wednesday during what appeared to be an immigration raid on first responders combating the ongoing Bear Gulch wildfire in Washington state.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

DC RESIDENTS YELL AT FEDERAL, LOCAL GOONS DURING ARREST NEAR SCHOOL DROP OFF

The scramble to keep public media afloat The Public Media Bridge Fund hopes to raise $100 million over the next two years to support endangered newsrooms.

With local public media stations on the brink of collapse followingTrump’s successful push to strip federal funding, the Public Media Bridge Fund hopes to raise $100 million over the next two years to keep local newsrooms alive.

Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...

A United States Senate investigation has identified more than 500 credible reports of human rights abuses in US immigration detention since January, including alarming allegations of mistreatment of pregnant women and children.

🔊 Listen Now: Trump-Putin Expectations, Trump and D.C. Homelessness, Inflation Check-In Up First From NPR on NPR One | 12:32

First listen, every morning. Support public media. one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5500...

Interesting data from a new EMILY'S List poll:

- 45% of women say they're falling behind (compared to 35% of men); only 21% say they're making enough $$ to grow their savings (compared to 29% of men).

big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files...

You guys - this is today. Please get out there and VOTE. Local elections are where this shit changes. Please do it!!!!!

How I shorted $TRUMP coin (and got to have dinner with the President) A crypto trader explains how he and others won the contest.

I interviewed a crypto trader who bought $TRUMP perpetual futures that would be profitable if the value of $TRUMP dropped -- and then used that money to win the contest.

Yes, he did The Big Short, except with Trump's meme coin. And he got a free dinner out of it.

www.theverge.com/cryptocurren...