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Why not $10k a cup?

BREAKING Mamdani says New York victory shows way to 'defeat' Trump, says city will be light 'in this moment of political darkness'

"Hacks" S4E9 has "ça plane pour moi" by Plastic Bertrand. #Hacks

Sergey Lavrov is worried about Italy.

"Italy will completely collapse if its government continues to waste Italian taxpayers’ money on aiding Ukraine."

Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’ From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.

Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing

go.nature.com/3WB8bFS

This shit is so crazy and so obviously our biggest problem underlying everything and anyone who says otherwise is either greedy or blind

We said what we said

“I was in shock and terrified. The video evidence is clear: Agents crashed into me. I was not involved in any protest or related activity, and I intend to seek justice for how I was treated."

Incredible story from local Chicago reporters on yet another residents brutalized by ICE/CPB. #chicago

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984

The Washington Post Has Become Right Wing Even Faster Than I Thought It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?

New Column: Chew on this. The nation's capital, one of the most Democratic cities in America, no longer has a liberal newspaper. The techbro takeover of the mainstream media is a crisis rich liberals must wake up and address. newrepublic.com/article/2025... via @newrepublic.com

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.

12 days of work in 103 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

US approved sale of chips to UAE after UAE put $2 billion into Trump’s crypto company.

DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "They will deploy tear gas to control that crowd as a method to make sure the public is safe."

Judging human rights The new British member of the human rights court tells me why he wanted the job

“A decision to reject the #ECHR would be tremendously damaging to the #RuleOfLaw both in Europe but also more generally,” the UK judge at the European Court of Human Rights tells @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social👇

🔗 rozenberg.substack.com/p/judging-hu...

#HumanRights #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #ECHR75

Ouch .. flying to IAH next week.

‘Hell on Earth’: Texas Airports Are Slammed With Hours-Long TSA Lines and 10,000 Flight Delays Airports in Houston, Dallas, and Austin are struggling as air traffic controllers and TSA agents are not being paid during the shutdown.

“If you’re flying out of the Houston airport, allow 6 hours to go through security. I am not kidding. I saw people today who waited more than 3 hours and still hadn’t gotten to the front of the line.”

thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/03/t...

CNN: “You ripped Biden for using the auto pen — Trump just told 60 Minutes he knew nothing about pardoning a crypto billionaire who pled guilty to 💵 laundering (for terrorists… he then helped Trump’s business).”

SPINELESS SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I don’t know anything about that.”🙈

“60 Minutes paid me a lot of money”

In an edited-out part of the Trump interview Trump brags about extorting CBS for millions for… editing out a part of Kamala’s interview.

(He also makes it clear new CBS chief Bari Weiss is in his pocket) #RIPCBS

Kerning is important!

The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a Job Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.

Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the U.S. He wasn't replaced. Now, the wells are at risk of spewing planet-warming gases and contaminating groundwater.

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

Earlier this month, the Administration publicly stated it had billions in funding to continue SNAP during the Republican shutdown.

Then Trump decided he'd rather let millions of Americans starve.

Today, two federal courts reminded him that it's not his choice.

It’s the law.

TPR News Now: Friday, October 31, 2025

San Antonians rally in support to keep rainbow crosswalk; A nonprofit finds access to child care across Texas worsened in 2024; Spurs make franchise history with 5-0 start

Remember when we saw video of big plastic bags being tossed out of the Lincoln bathroom window?

I think Hilary Clinton’s big mistake with her potentially mishandling some emails, that made it such a huge, months-long story, is that she didn’t also simultaneously do 57,362 other, worse, fully illegal, anti-American things.

YouTube video by Marine Tondelier 🚨 J'appelle à la mobilisation générale pour l'économie sociale et solidaire !

🚨 J’appelle à la mobilisation générale pour l'ESS !

Dans le PLF 2026, le gouvernement veut baisser de 54% le budget de l'économie sociale et solidaire.

Que l'on parle de l’insertion par l’emploi, des tiers-lieux ou même de vos radios associatives, une hécatombe est annoncée.

(1/4)

I’m not going to take the turkey out of the freezer until it’s defrosted.

This year's model.

The triumph of bullshit Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy.

"Ken Paxton just filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson that quotes Trump’s rantings about Tylenol as if they were peer-reviewed studies. Internet conspiracy theories are now official government policy and the animating force in Republican politics."

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."