Eric Pranausk

A tweet from TheRealThelmaJohnson (@TheRealThelmaJ1) reads: “Almost a dozen tickets had to be refunded.” Below is a split image showing Kid Rock on the left and another man in a suit on the right. A fake breaking news banner reads: “KID ROCK CANCELS ALL TOUR DATES IN NEW YORK CITY FOR NEXT YEAR. ‘SORRY NYC, BUT I DON’T SING FOR COMMIES.’”

Kid who?

a Verge headline: The algorithm failed music Illustration: A colorful waveform starts to pixelate

The goal of Spotify’s algorithm isn’t to help you discover new music, its goal is simply to keep you listening for as long as possible. It serves up the safest songs possible to keep you from pressing stop.

Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"

China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.

Your Vote May Not Have Counted: 1,930 of You Could Decide This Election Your ballot might be sick. Cure it, please. We can't bear to watch it suffer.

If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!

U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to leave Chicago soon Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds' immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down with one source saying Bovino might de...

Good. GTFO. chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

He wants to starve you and your family, deny you healthcare, and intimidate your kids with jackbooted thugs while he builds a ballroom for himself and his pals, runs multibillion-dollar crypto scams, throws grotesque Great Gatsby-themed balls in Florida, and redecorates a House you pay for like this

Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.

If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.

At this point I would have to agree with the first sentence. They certainly go on Fox about the same number of times each week. But as to the rest, I will have to disagree with this great political strategist.

An image of a penguin with the words: I’LL BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES, WHEN I SEE THE DAMN EPSTEIN FILES.

I hope I'm wrong, but does anyone really think that it's going to be as simple as getting Adelina Grijalva's vote? Aren't more delays and excuses far more likely?

The CFPB told a federal court it can’t pull more money from the Federal Reserve and its funding pool could run dry by early 2026. If the agency that protects consumers from predatory banks and credit card scams runs out of money, corporations win and people lose.

It was NOT a compromise.
In a compromise both sides get something.
This was a complete surrender.
Just stop already.

These South Korean workers came to the US to build an EV battery plant. They left in shackles. They still want to know why ICE agents raided, arrested workers at a Georgia battery factory in September.

In September, federal agents swarmed a Hyundai manufacturing site, detaining more than 500 workers, including more than 300 from South Korea.

Now, nearly 200 detainees are preparing to sue ICE, alleging human rights violations and unlawful arrest.

Eat the rich before they deport us🤬

Turnout was down 75% in Middle TN U.S. House special election, particularly in GOP strongholds • Tennessee Lookout Turnout in the special election primary for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District race was down compared to the 2024 General Election.

If you are a Democrat in the Tennessee 7th, you have a chance to do something incredible starting tomorrow as to the special election on December 2nd

The Republican Party appears to be collapsing there, perhaps in part because it is trying to starve everyone

BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.

She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.

One of my favorites:

” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”

Malcolm X

So apparently Dementia Don doesn’t know what magnets are 🤦‍♀️

In today’s gr8 good news:

Seems as tho Adelita Grijalva will finally get sworn in this week 🤞
🥳🥳

RELEASE THE MF’ing EPSTEIN FILES!!

the amount of people who will say something like "they went to tech so you know they're smart"

YALL

math science engineering is a certain kind of skill that some ppl study but lolll plz do not defer to stem folks on all the things, just on stem things

Trying to decide whether to use my invisible tariff check from Trump or my invisible cost saving rebate check from DOGE to fill the tank of my car with a 500-year loan with invisible $2/gallon gas . . .

Crowd outside the U.S. Supreme Court with a raised hand holding American and rainbow pride flags.

Kim Davis who tried to get the #SupremeCourt to overturn same sex marriage now owes a gay couple $360k — Fabulous 🏳️‍🌈

Clarksville veterans say care, not cuts to the Veterans Administration, are needed • Tennessee Lookout Tennessee veterans face worsening chronic illnesses as a result of long waits for care and denial of claims from the Veterans Administration.

“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com

Khanna: I’ll break some news — we’re talking with Massie now about getting another major press conference with the survivors early next week at the Capitol. There’s going to be so much momentum, left and right, to say: out with the Epstein class…