Mel Malus

Centrist Democrats who fail to grasp the anger in the country and assume business-as-usual approaches will keep them in power are in for a rude awakening.

Whew. I didn’t think that story could get worse but remember the Vermont state senator who resigned after being exposed as part of that widely homophobic and racist young Republicans chat?

Yeah so he was a mental health crisis worker specializing in suicide counseling. 👀

ABC Reporter Reveals Trump's First Question At Hospital After Assassination Attempt ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reconstructed Trump's attempted assassination in his new book, “Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America.”

SOURCE: www.huffpost.com/entry/johnat...

After whatever happened in Butler, PA, when Trump got to the hospital, the first thing he said to aides was, "How is it playing? How does it look on TV?"

Are those the words of a man who had just survived a real assassination attempt?

The family, who were detained while on their way to school Monday, have an active asylum case, which means they have the legal right to remain in the country while the case proceeds, and they have complied with every requirement of the process, according to immigration advocates who have been assisting the family with the legal process.

ICE is out of control:

“A Durango father and his two children were held in a small, windowless room and only given potato chips and water as they were held in ICE custody in Durango for 36 hours” — @coloradosun.com

coloradosun.com/2025/10/31/d...

Exactly.

Congress Is Dying in Real Time This is what happens when no one wants to govern.

I'm sorry but this is bullsh*t.

1)Trump and Republicans are killing the legislative branch. SAY THAT in the headline, at the top of the story, etc.

2) "No one wants to govern?" Which political party is on vacation and which one is in DC ready to work?

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

Rogan credits Musk buying Twitter for a drop in trans identity— But @erininthemorning.com debunked it: www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check...

(Musk rails against wokeness, says Twitter was “causing destruction at a civilizational level” pre-him🤔— projection. He means he picks who to amplify)

What he said: 💯 🎯

"They were careless people, Donald and Melania—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."

The Dodgers win 6-3.

by John Roberts

If your book or show about LA doesn’t have quinceañeras, smog alerts, deep hatred for the 405, people speaking Armenian, Farsi, and Korean, gangsta rap nostalgia, blue-collar entertainment workers, getting so used to brushfires you don’t even call your parents about them, just text… it’s not my LA.

ACA insurance premiums are going up TODAY as open enrollment begins.

This is the result of Republican inaction. They’d rather keep the government closed than address their self-inflicted health care crisis.

Exactly. I dislike it when tech thinks they know better what I want. Give me the tools. Don't force me to fit your one-size-fits-all decisions.

Complete insanity. Right in front of her daughter. This thug has no ID or anything.

What are we doing?

I assume it was the pending lawsuits and not a crisis of conscience that prompted the pivot.

I was this many years old when I learned....

Canada says “elbows up.” I say for America, “cameras out.” Film every last one of these brutal criminals. We will need the evidence for their trials.

It’s easier when the rich fatten themselves up for later eating.

Or Vance's VP when the inevitable happens.

We're currently at the "Jesus didn't say we should feed people"
portion of the fall of American Evangelicalism.

YouTube video by LegalEagle 5 Words to Fix ICE

For the one and only @legaleagle.tv, I had the pleasure of writing and hosting an explainer on why we’re not seeing a deluge of lawsuits against ICE agents over clearly unconstitutional behavior.

And how that can be fixed.

youtu.be/fktQUIkf6o0?...

From @wonkettemedia.bsky.social: “🇺🇸’s Stupidest Overreaction To Kirk’s Murder came to an end as the Perry County DA dropped a felony charge against a retired cop who never threatened mass violence anywhere, but whose politics the local fuckhead sheriff didn’t like.” www.wonkette.com/p/tn-man-fin...

The ACA Has an Absolute Bombshell Hidden in It, and Dems Can Take Advantage of It We can build a system that is resilient to Trump's sabotage efforts.

Seems like a Dem Gov aspiring to be President might want to take up this challenge: a unified health insurance market.

"Section 1333 of the ACA explicitly authorizes states to form Health Care Choice Compacts where qualified health plans operate across state lines"
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Bovino carries out Halloween arrests. 'They showed up here to terrorize people,' alder says The agents swept through the Albany Park and Edison Park neighborhoods, and suburban Evanston, Skokie and Niles Friday morning and afternoon after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said enforcem...

There is some terrifying video of federal agents beating the hell out of people in Chicago yesterday. (scroll down) They also fired pepper balls at people & hit an H Mart parking lot cruising for targets.

'They showed up here to terrorize people,' alder says chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Anti-science bills sweep across the U.S. | The Associated Press Reporters Laura Ungar and Michelle Smith have documented how federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump have undermined public health programs

1000 Anti-science state-sponsored bills.

Welcome to the Hunger Games, America. You voted for this.

Anti-science bills sweep across the U.S. | The Associated Press share.google/rod4dbXH5JFq...

There’s no money to feed children but plenty of money for Republicans to host a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween Party. #FDT

Cool optics bro

Border Patrol grabbed workers from the front yard of a home in Edison Park this afternoon then took them behind an office building in Niles and passed them off to a prisoner van. Woman came out to MF them and said "you're in the most conservative neighborhood in the city and nobody wants you here."