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.

"Predictable enough malpractice for a perpetually risk-averse party with a weak, unpopular leader who clearly doesn’t have confidence of his caucus"

www.natesilver.net/p/trump-made...

For the briefest of moments, the Dem leadership was showing spine.
It's time to move on.

Schumer caves according to Fox

FoxNews gets it right on this one occasion.

The Trump administration is suing so they don’t have to pay for food stamps. Happy almost thanksgiving!

Thanks go to the Heritage Foundation and the heartless scheming of Russ Vought. And of course, to the wealthiest man on the planet.

Free speech or free pass on hate? The Heritage Foundation controversy Excusing anti-Jewish, racist or violent rhetoric for partisan gain corrodes public trust and normalizes extremism.

Elon Musk, Russ Vought and the rest of the "conservative" (read pro-nazi) Heritage group are hellbent on taking out the vulnerable.

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Undefeated

Wolff Reveals Massive Public Support for Case Against Trump More than 10,000 people around the world are helping Michael Wolff build a “war chest” as he prepares to question Melania Trump under oath.

If there's award money will it cover the lawsuit over her connections with Epstein?
www.thedailybeast.com/wolff-reveal...

She's a day drinker alright.

I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.

The most corrupt administration in American history.

In so many ways, he's the pettiest of criminals.

Seven Years for Antiwar Stickers? Russian Activist Would Do It Again.

Russia seems less distant with Pam Bondi and Kash Patel at the top of our DOJ.
An authoritarian government's reaction to a small act of sharing facts:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/w...

Hoagie Hero

Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S. “Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

Looks like a den of thieves.

Mississippi? Florida? Some other warm and reactionary spot might be nice.

This is a man who knows terrible.

This is high courtroom drama for DC's hero thrower.

. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social dropped in on many online microfandoms to conquer the fragmented media problem, including a personal favorite of mine, the streamer who walks around New York making beats for strangers to freestyle to @ariathome.bsky.social

These are tough times and the enemy of my enemy (Mike Johnson👀) is my fr...
...is someone I'm willing to work with.

Mike Johnson Wants You to Believe He Lives Under a Rock House Speaker Mike Johnson has made a habit of pretending not to know about Trump-related news events when asked to comment by reporters.

He's really making a name for himself:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Shady happenings in Gilbert...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.

The great @attackerman.bsky.social on Dick Cheney www.thenation.com/article/poli...

What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...

"As the Condé Nast union put it, the consolidation is “clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most.”"

talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

Dick Cheney Vice Presidential Library Opens In Pitch-Dark, Sulfurous Underground Cave SUMNER, NE—The Richard B. Cheney Vice Presidential Library and Museum officially opened to the public on Wednesday, housing a variety of exhibits honoring the legacy of the former vice president on di...

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How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.

How the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela reut.rs/4oNN5jy

Everyone knows the Trump family shakedown. They've been working it for years.
www.usnews.com/news/politic...

We* need you to get out to the polls if you haven't already mailed it in, CA!

*Thanks from anti-authoritarians everywhere.

If only Jeffery Epstein's dear friend, Donald Trump had a small percentage of Virginia's courage.