Mark T. Mersman

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”

'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave "I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."

Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"

Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."

Will This Photo Define the Trump Years? A Saturday Prompt

“In this single moment, we got more visual evidence of Trump’s absence of compassion, indeed the indifference to the suffering of another human…What a tragedy that at a time of grave and great challenges a man like this occupies our White House.”

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FOX: So you would ask Speaker Johnson to recall the House?

GOP REP. KEVIN KILEY: Not only would I, I've asked him to do it repeatedly. There's no justification. And honestly, it's Republican voters who should be most upset about this when they delivered a GOP majority and now that's being wasted

(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡

@zacheverson.com
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Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.

Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:

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Trump mocks disabled man

Trump becomes disabled

Full circle

Trump Officials Seek Pause in Judge’s Food-Aid Benefits Order The Trump administration asked an appeals court to pause a judge’s order requiring the US to fully fund November food-aid benefits to 42 million eligible Americans by Friday, arguing the government shutdown has left only enough money for partial payments.

The Trump administration asked an appeals court to pause a judge’s order requiring the US to fully fund November food-aid benefits to 42 million eligible Americans by Friday.

White House, White Hospice, close enough

Trump Will Leave DC Early for Palm Beach Amid Record Shutdown

Trump to party in Florida as poor families starve

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Think of the quote in the photo below as you listen to this young man.

The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides. Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.

The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.

EU countries weaken 2040 climate plan in eleventh-hour deal Member states, including Italy, make last-minute push to delay carbon pricing and outsource emissions cuts

EU countries weaken 2040 climate plan in eleventh-hour deal

- Member states, including Italy, make last-minute push to delay carbon pricing and outsource emissions cuts

#climatecrisis #COP30
HT @carbonbrief.org

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EU sets “flexible” target of cutting emissions by 90 pct by 2040, but delays new carbon market EU countries’ climate ministers have approved a 2040 climate change target to cut emissions by 90 per cent but with flexibilities to weaken this aim.

EU sets “flexible” target of cutting emissions by 90 pct by 2040, but delays new carbon market #energysky -- via Renew Economy:

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006.

They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.

The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

In an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgia’s Utility Board

Clean sweep for clean, renewable, affordable energy last night across the country. It was a referendum on clean energy in the Georgia utilities commission races. Trump’s electricity raising, climate denying craziness was solidly rejected. Clean energy is a winner! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

In Win for Democracy in Pennsylvania, Dems Retain Majority on Supreme Court Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have all won another 10-year term in a high-stakes retention election that saw a major GOP push to reshape the state’s highest court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

And there it is.

This is MAGA.

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Hey look.

Communism.

Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"