The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.

YouTube video by MSNBC Lawrence: With Trump's shutdown ending, Dems are closer than ever to forcing Epstein files release

A different take on "caving." youtu.be/Eqe0Suhoats?...

Precisely. As a world “leader” the U.S. is done for decades.

In a White House meeting with civil rights leaders in early 2021, President Biden recounted his first trip to Europe. Biden he announced to them, “America’s back!” The European leaders said “yeah, but for how long?”

They were skeptical.

Then why don't they like him?

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure

Bastards.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...

In the first eight months of Trump’s second term, the Justice Department filed only nine major pollution cases for the EPA.

The shift in enforcement shows the extent to which the Trump administration has reoriented the agency toward promoting economic growth. https://wapo.st/4os3LNF

This is a lie. All 31 Moms for Liberty candidates in contested races lost their 2025 elections. The only "wins" were in uncontested races. Apparently, being hypocritical, book-banning scolds isn't so popular.

“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I

The Tarrant County GOP chairman saying "we need to remove 100 million people from the country" in order to lower housing prices.

Lebensraum for the late American Century

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Excellent read right here.

@annabower.bsky.social

I've seen several reports (sadly, the only source I can remember is Stephen Colbert's last night...) that he's OK. I haven't seen what happened to him (or to RFKJr., whose staff said he ran for help...).

There is so much damage done to our agencies with these losses. The amount of institutional knowledge and expertise that we have hemorrhaged this year is nigh incalculable. I am not sure how we will recover from this. Or if we even can. And for those of us left, the stress is intense. Every day. 🤬🤬🤬

Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero? The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.

Here's my piece for @lawfaremedia.org on my experience covering the Sandwich Guy trial. Warning: longer than 280 characters!
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...

Of course not. Why would this administration ask experts about anything?

Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.

Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com

NASA has lost thousands of workers. Here’s what that means for science. Staffers told The Post about months of turmoil and sweeping changes that, if fully implemented, could transform NASA and American science beyond the Trump years.

After 13 years as the top federal workplace, NASA is facing an employee exodus and months of turmoil after deep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.

If fully implemented, the changes could reshape U.S. science for years.

Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...

NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.

The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.

But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?

Here's a gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

Democrats Outperform In Tarrant County Plus Local Races Shift Across The State A strong night for progressive momentum, from school boards to Senate District 9.

Democrats Outperform In Tarrant County Plus Local Races Shift Across The State
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Or mustard.

How the Texas Senate race in Fort Worth is a $5 million poker game | Opinion What shaped up as a quiet off-cycle special election has become a giant race with big money and statewide impact. | Opinion

I'm gifting you this article from Fort Worth Star-Telegram: How the Texas Senate race in Fort Worth is a $5 million poker game

www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-... www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-...

WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting.

Democrat Theresa Gillespie Isom Flips GOP-Held Mississippi Senate Seat in North Mississippi Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a GOP-held seat.

Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a Republican-held seat.

Her victory means Democrats could be on the verge of breaking the Republican Party’s supermajority in the upper legislative chamber.
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Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.

DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.

His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

Holy shit, a +13 seat pickup in the VA house of delegates, amazing

Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

Tarrant County is a lynchpin in the Republican party's control over Texas, which is a cornerstone of Republican power nationally.