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A leftist and a far-right candidate grabbed the top 2 spots in Chilean election today, but the eliminated candidates were rallying around the latter: www.reuters.com/world/americ...

A screenshot of a Reddit post from the subreddit r/MedicareForAll. The user “u/RosieNP” posted three days ago with the title: “Lost a patient due to lack of insurance. I’m heartbroken and angry.” The post describes a healthcare worker recounting the story of a patient who struggled with alcohol use disorder, lost her job and health insurance after a relapse, and then died from acute liver failure while waiting to qualify for Medicaid during a government shutdown. The author expresses grief and frustration with the U.S. healthcare system, saying no one should die because they lost insurance.

Another person has died because we don't have single payer #MedicareForAll.

This is ridiculous.

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/

Indiana redistricting push likely dead despite White House pressure It’s a massive blow to the White House’s efforts to shore up a Republican House majority next year.

Big news: Indiana Republicans signal they still do not have the votes to re-gerrymander the state, and that the Senate won't convene the Senate after all in December.

Getting 1-2 seats out of Indiana was central to the GOP's redistricting-war math.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Where we're at

Helps GOP
—TX: 5 seats toward GOP
—OH:2 seats toward GOP, but also 1 toward Dems
—NC: 1 Dem seat to likely GOP

Helps Dems
—CA: 5 seats toward Dems
—UT: 1 seat flips Dem

?
—MO: 1 seat to GOP... but veto referendum?
—VA: Dems trying
—FL: GOP maybe

GOP push stalls:
—KS
—IN

VRA
—...

Disney has hiked prices and laid off hundreds of workers this year.

Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.

Remember this as Disney turns to AI.

Why Your Health Insurance Could Explode Next Year A perfect storm is coming for Obamacare in 2026.

Everyone is being fleeced by health insurers & yet the political debate has been narrowed to just Dems demanding more subsidies for their insurance donors & the GOP trying to throw everyone off whatever meager coverage anyone still has.

It’s a total disgrace & shows how deep the corruption runs.

FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...

The FBI has recently used polygraph tests to ask senior employees if they have said anything negative about FBI Director Kash Patel or had spoken to the media.

Separately, Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other staffers, exempting them from passing polygraph exams.

Blurred lines: how Michael Wolff aspired to be part of elite circles he wrote about The writer who features prominently in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails has achieved extraordinary access but faced questions about his journalistic ethics

Michael Wolff tried to buy New York Mag — with money from Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein.

So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Let There Be Grift Big Power-bought utilities regulators are openly plotting how they’ll get rich after leaving office.

NEWS: While approving higher electricity rates, state utility regulators this week attended a closed-door conference bankrolled by energy & tech giants — the conference included a secret workshop entitled “How to Obtain GREAT Post Commission Employment,” according to an agenda.

What’s a Pig Butchering Scam? Here’s How to Avoid Falling Victim to One. Thousands have lost huge sums after being lured into fraudulent online investment schemes by seemingly attractive strangers who strike up online conversations with them. Here’s a guide to spotting the...

A "pig butchering" scam might open with a simple “Hi” or some good-natured confusion about why your phone number seems to be in the person’s address book.

It's the first step in a process intended to drain your bank account and ruin your life.

(Published Sept. 2022)

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein

Lever Time podcast episode

This is the best news I’ve seen in a very long time — a little-noticed line in a new federal court ruling could end billionaire-funded super PACs.

This is HUGE.

Search “Lever Time” in your podcast app to hear the episode. 👇

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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.

Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.

Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.

Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.

“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...

A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said.

With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org

I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash. I wish I were joking. In early October, I referenced the "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" lyric of "Folsom Prison Blues" in response to a terrible Wall Street Journal article saying that Johnny Cash was uncool. I quote-tweeted the article and everyone understood the reference. There was no outcry. I stand by my assessment that Johnny Cash is cool. I do not like being the subject of so much attention, especially when I cannot see the discussion. But the BlueSky admins are now claiming that I wrote a post saying, out of nowhere, "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die". They are not posting a screenshot of the actual tweet, which shows that I am quote-tweeting an article about Johnny Cash, and that my post is obviously not a threat but a play on "Folsom Prison Blues." BlueSky is lying and saying I posted this line on November 10. I did not. I posted it in early October, when the WS) article came out. You can see that they are lying about the date from this page showing my last BlueSky tweets: I was not given any explanation for my suspension the first two times l inquired. Later I was told it was for the "Folsom Prison Blues" reference, and I asked for clarification but did not receive it. I thought it might be a prank until a reporter reached out this morning and confirmed it. BlueSky's behavior is bizarre and unwarranted. I have lost access to friends and all my posts and photos. I am incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support here on Substack and also on BlueSky - though I cannot see it, because I am suspended. To quote another Johnny Cash song: "I ain't never done nothin' to nobody/ I ain't never got nothin from nobody, no time/ And until I get somethin' from somebody, sometime, I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody, no time." As for BlueSky...

Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner

a helpful guide to bsky moderation:

Johnny Cash lyrics:
- 🚫
- bad
- very threatening
- dangerous rhetoric very scary
- bannable

"Enjoy the camps":
- ✅
- actually good
- not threatening at all
- definitely not intimidation predominantly used on minorities
- not bannable

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

We are facing what can only be described as a Situation

I'll be joining Refusing to Forget for this important and timely panel on the ongoing battle for historical truth in Texas

An update from Seattle:

King County's Board of Elections says there are roughly 1,400 ballots left that will be added today. (At that point, we'd be left with the roughly 1,500 'challenged' ballots that can be cured through next week.)

Katie Wilson is up 1,346 votes right now.

Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.

The next time you eat at a restaurant and then uncontrollably vomit and diarrhea in your pants, you should send a note of thanks to the Republican and Democratic senators who helped their campaign donors slip this language into their legislation to reopen the government.

What an election for Puget Sound.

-Full sweep for progressives in Seattle, Burien, Redmond
-New progressive mayors in Tacoma, Lynnwood
-GOP CM Conrad Lee replaced in Bellevue
-3/4 progressives winning in Kirkland
-Full sweep of special legislative races
-Gains or holds in many other cities

On Sept. 28, the day Trump’s order was implemented, a Fox News broadcast played a clip of Kotek saying that Guard troops were not needed in Portland, then immediately cut to a clip of a hectic scene of protesters clashing with police. “Wish she could see some of those images,” the anchor said. Sarcastically, as a co-anchor chuckled, she added: “Look at that. Just a peaceful protest.” A small box on the screen showed the footage wasn’t from Oregon. It was from Illinois.

Amazing kicker on @robwdavis.bsky.social’s story about Fox News’ misleading coverage of Portland before Trump sent in troops.
www.propublica.org/article/port...

See You In Court? The Securities and Exchange Commission will no longer protect shareholders’ right to file class action lawsuits.

NEWS: The Trump administration just quietly issued a ruling empowering huge companies to block their own shareholders from holding corporate executives accountable in court.

Retirees, pension funds & 401k holders can now be blocked from filing anti-fraud lawsuits.

Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.

BREAKING NEWS: Senators quietly put language into the shutdown deal helping their donors block rules to prevent food contamination & foodborne illnesses at farms & restaurants, according to bill text reviewed by @levernews.com.

The provisions come amid an explosion of foodborne illnesses.

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.

Twitter screenshot @elonmusk X Marx was a capitalist. He even wrote a book about it. 4:54 PM Jun 15, 2018

Just had to bring back this gem