Rebecca

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

The World Bank’s latest data shows a quiet global triumph: 93% of people aged 15 to 24 can now read and write. In many regions youth literacy has reached or neared universal levels, marking one of the most successful, least reported stories in development. buff.ly/vnsUhLo
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Over half of the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom are facing (or recently faced) federal investigations into wrongdoing — including violating workers’ rights or misleading consumers.

They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.

Follow the money.

So, wait, maybe it’s ok for Dems to be decent and compassionate and tolerant and, yes, even woke. And all that stuff about us having to meet them halfway down the hatefulness highway was just…bullshit? Odious horrible bullshit.

Goodness, how did Republicans have time to vote today between calling in bomb threats to Democratic precincts?

Can’t wait for the corporate media to call sweeping dem election results a “problem for the left.”

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

Tonight is good reminder that Democrats need to primary the shit out of disgraceful fraudulent traitor John Fetterman and get that piece of shit out of office for good.

There are going to be a whole lot of electoral results that Mike Johnson hasn’t heard about tomorrow.

Is Cuomo moving to Florida tonight or does he have some more victims to silence first?

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

Politicians should probably get on Bluesky to get better in touch with the American electorate.

The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!

Cuomo would hand the city over to the fascists at the Federal level. THAT's what he means when he says only he can stop them... Hope some who are acting ridiculous use your brains.

Rio de Janeiro Mourns After 121 People Killed in Unprecedented Police Operation - UNICORN RIOT October 28, 2025, will be remembered as one of the saddest episodes in recent Brazilian history, especially for residents of the state of Rio de Janeiro. At least 121 people were killed in one of the ...

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sort of funny to think about when you see Pete Hegseth or people like him posting FUCKING BADASS videos of moving tires or whatever. the physical characteristics of what makes people effective soldiers in the age of gunpowder don't really map onto our ape brain preconceptions.

We can fund SNAP benefits by taking the money they are using to build the Trump-Epstein Ballroom.

The LAPD rioted last night.

Alt text: Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal article headline titled “The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition.” The subheadline reads, “More gay people are speaking out against the gender ideology of trans and queer activists.” The article is categorized under “U.S.” and written by Pamela Paul, published on October 31, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. ET.

In which a straight woman highlights a bunch of known anti trans activists and claims there's a divide in the queer community.

It's pure propaganda and gaslighting.

14 strikes. 61 dead. “But the administration does not know their identities.” 🤷🏼 🛶 💣

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The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.

If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.

So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”

Because that IS what they are going to say.

The peace president.

I wish you were lying.

Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.

This argument always kills me - "diversity is a weakness because some of us won't stop being narcissistic assholes who can't tolerate a world where people are allowed to be different than me." Idiots.

Creating a problem and then "solving" that problem is a classic authoritarian move. It's the same technique predatory abusers use to create trauma bonds with their victims. Stopping SNAP is a win-win scenario for Cheeto. If he's not stopped, it empowers him, if he's stopped, he plays the hero.

“My tax dollars are paying for their steak!”

Yeah, well, my tax dollars are paying for ICE to threaten and abduct my neighbors. Steak sounds better.

“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
- ‘The Great Gatsby’

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”