Airlines’ Favorite Democrats Just Voted To End The Shutdown The Senate Dems who voted to end the shutdown without extending ACA subsidies took in a third of airlines’ PAC-driven election spending last year.

NEWS: Airlines whose profits were threatened by Trump’s flight reductions funneled huge cash to the Senate Democrats who voted to help the GOP end the shutdown without preventing huge cuts to Americans’ health care.

Trump made a huge blunder on the shutdown. So why did Democrats cave anyway? It's not entirely Chuck Schumer's fault, but the party needs new leadership.

from Nate Silver:
Schumer was so laser-focused on avoiding “blame” for the shutdown that he failed to articulate a positive case for why it was important to shut down the government for health care or other reasons. He wasn’t playing to win so much as not to lose.

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.

“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

Mamdani Brings Lina Khan Onto His Team After Historic Election Win Zohran Mamdani has named his transition team—and it’s amazing.

New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani is kicking off with a big move: bringing former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to co-chair his transition team.

It's a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor. trib.al/99csETK

CONDE NASTY:
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'Happy Halloween!': DHS spokeswoman responds to report of immigration agents wearing horror masks in L.A. The story by a local news site featured images posted to social media showing what the outlet says were agents in unmarked cars donning Chucky and Momo masks.

Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin offered a two-word reply Friday in response to a local news report that said immigration agents were seen wearing Halloween masks in the Los Angeles area.
“Happy Halloween!”, she wrote back to NBC News.
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“Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.” DT

And we should care that the guy who engineered the takeover of the Supreme Court on the behalf of totalitarianism is willing to draw the line at Hitler glorification because …?

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LILLEY: Ontario's ad on tariffs using Reagan was right, but it failed Trade talks are now frozen over an ad as Trump claims Ontario's anti-tariff message is fake and fraudulent. Read Brian Lilley's column.

The Toronto Sun on the Ontario gov’t ad on Reagan’s strong views against tariffs that sent Trump into sanity arrest. They responded swiftly, most media reported, by canceling the ad—just after it will run in games 1 & 2 of the World Series, featuring a Canada team for the first time, v. the Dodgers.

問題は、このクオリティの広告を、なぜ米民主党が作ってばら撒かないのか、と言うことだ。

意見のキモをわかってもらうには、繰り返し繰り返し繰り返しわかりやすい言葉で言い続けなきゃ伝わらないんだ。

たとえデマでも、馬鹿げた話でも、繰り返し繰り返し言ってるうちに、「そうなのかな」と思う人は出てくる。不正選挙デマがいい例で。

…So IMO the NYT’s entire mission here is not really to offer a winning formula but instead to tone police the discourse.

Worth adding: As I’ve said before, the term “centrist” doesn’t really mean anything anymore because there is no common definition of what “the center” is. Professional editorial writers in Manhattan have a very different idea of what “the center” is than the rest of us…

The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.

The NYT editorial board told Democrats that they must discard populism be more “centrist” to win. Stanford’s @adambonica.bsky.social ran the data that the NYT used and shows that the entire premise is false.

"Nothing could be more helpful to Mamdani right now than Eric Adams, a disgraced, corrupt person, endorsing Andrew Cuomo."

PCCC's @adamgreen321.bsky.social joined @alivitali.bsky.social on @waytooearly.bsky.social this morning to discuss the NYC mayoral race as election day approaches.

Supreme Court ruling: "This Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. That speakers may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt. And the appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in this democracy."

Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.

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Protesters have blocked the westbound side of Canal. They are chanting "ICE out of New York now!" and "Liberation, not deportation!"

More than 100 agents headed to Bay Area for immigration operation, SF Chronicle reports More than 100 federal agents from multiple agencies are heading to the Bay Area in what is expected to be a major immigration operation, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday.

Stationed at the alameda (island, city in the county of alameda) federal base.

UPDATE: Taxpayer bailout of Argentina may grow to $40 billion The bailout, which Trump admitted is of little benefit to Americans, keeps getting bigger.

1. The Trump administration quietly DOUBLED the bailout of Argentina from $20 BILLION to $40 BILLION

Here is what is really happening

Favorite sign: Put the Just Back in Just-ice.

Brewers fan banned from stadium, loses both jobs after threatening to 'call ICE' on Dodgers fan "The Brewers expect all persons attending games to be respectful of each other, and we do not condone in any way offensive statements fans make to each other about race, gender, or national origin," t...

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BRAVO to the Brewers and her employers
Sometimes justice is at bat

This year, 18.7 million (77%) of the total 24.3 million ACA Marketplace enrollees live in states President Trump won in the 2024.
They're shooting their own base in the foot.

On the eve of #NoKings

The effect of Trump’s policies on health insurance have been revealed

A 60 year couple in Kentucky making $85,000 might pay $23,700 more

In Nevada-$18,100 more

In Minnesota-$15,500

In Maryland-$13,700

It’s absolutely unsustainable

THIS is why there is a Trump shutdown

I also love that Trump pointedly expressed some sort of weird admiration for Z’s clothes, almost as weird as his derision of what Z was wearing at the last meeting.

Anyone want to bet me that Trump will carry through and give Zelenskyy Tomahawks? It’s Putin he admires, not a dogooder like Z. He’s waited until Ukraine has been thoroughly weakened, now he’s Lucy teeing up a ball he’ll never let him kick.

Mike Johnson Says Dem He Refuses to Swear In Just Wants Attention — The New Republic Johnson said the calls to swear in Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva are a “farce.”

Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear in AZ Senator Grijalva for fear of having to release the Epstein files.
The weak speaker has put the house on an extended vacation when he should be working to reopen the country.
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

Turning off AI will also free up storage space on your phone—perhaps a lot of storage space.