[The Great War & Modern Memory]

Before Xmas is a good time for him to depart the earthly firmament.

Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.

⚠️Supreme Court blocks order that found #Texas congressional map is likely #racially #biased.

The order signed by #Alito will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map #favorable to #Republicans to be used in the #midterm elections.

Imagine being a trillionaire and yet such a loser that you have to program your social media platform's internal chatbot to give you a constant handjob. It's be sad if he weren't such a terrible person.

Wouldn't put any trick, legal or otherwise, past their (devious) minds.

Superman edition found in mum's attic is most valuable comic ever at $9.12m It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new record after Man of Steel comic found in a California home is auctioned.

Hey everybody, go check your mum's attic.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nine million is a tidy sum to pay for a shot of #nostalgia.

Superman edition found in mum's attic is most valuable comic ever at $9.12m It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new record after Man of Steel comic found in a California home is auctioned.

A Depression-era comic costing 10 cents is $2.34 in today's money.

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie Why the New Deal Matters

Nice to see @jamellebouie.net recommending @rauchway.bsky.social’s excellent short book, “Why the New Deal Matters”. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tr...

Solid choices. I'm working on a whodunit working backwards from the scene of the crime.

Pop Culture Got Stale. Counterculture Went Right-Wing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...

The revelation of their plan this week shocked European leaders, who are now paying almost all of the military costs of the war, as well as the Ukrainians, who were not sure whether to take this latest plan seriously until they were told to agree to it by Thanksgiving or lose all further US support.

Black and white close-up portrait of an elderly man with a serious expression, featuring prominent wrinkles and deep-set eyes.

22 November 1880 | A Dutch Jew, Edgar Alvares Correa, was born in Curaçao (constituent country of the Netherlands).

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 25 March 1944 in a transport of 599 Jews deported from #Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

Tariffs apply to goods, not services. Zero in on the goods-producing sector, and you'll discover that it's hemorrhaging jobs. Indeed, the start of the trade war marks the peak in that sector, and it's been in recession ever since.

Your insight has merit. He looks like he has one leg firmly tethered to the afterlife. He turns 80 next year and isn't in the best of health, as you know.

I should've had it in 3. Made a critical error, i.e., missed using a yellow letter. 🤦‍♂️

Alito lets Texas reinstate gerrymandered House map that could give GOP 5 more seats Alito’s move allowing Texas officials to continue to prepare for primary elections under the new map came just after the state asked the Supreme Court for an urgent ruling.

⚠️ #Alito lets #Texas reinstate #gerrymandered House map that could give #GOP 5 more #seats.

Alito’s move allowing Texas officials to continue to prepare for primary elections under the new map came just after the state asked the Supreme Court for an urgent ruling.

Donald loves Zohran

the son he always wanted

And, I might add, the first one on the list a new Congress should remove from office. #RFKjr

The committee that settled on the phrase “underscoring his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy” should be dissolved and its members compelled to take a remedial course on the scientific method.

I have a lot of respect for folks who submit their speedrun times to the global leaderboards like clockwork even though they're not remotely competitive. If I found out my PB was in 1387th place, I wouldn't bother to fill out the submission form – they're truly in it for the pure love of the game.

I do the same thing with my pistol shooting scores. Having fun with my gun. Olympics isn't on the list.

An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, White House Collection

If you want more information on the painting, by Frank O. Salisbury, here you go: www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/fotow...

Trump’s Truth social post

Trump, Mamdani, and FDR.

Trump, Mamdani, and FDR.

Mamdani and FDR.

Let’s be clear.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.

22 November 1911 | A Pole, Mieczysław Janiak, was born. A clerk.

In #Auschwitz from 24 April 1942.
No. 32513
He was shot in the camp on 27 May 1942.
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Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/

The moment when Democrats delivered healthcare to more than 30 Million additional American citizens. Healthcare is a human right.

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#WQuers (could've gone better)

The other Martha went ahead and married into the #Focker family.

If threatening to hang members of Congress isn't impeachable, WTF is???