Arryn Groom

It’s election day in New York, and Zohran Mamdani looks set to beat Andrew Cuomo to become the city's first Muslim socialist mayor. Mamdani has captured imaginations with his wild promises of rent freezes, free buses and free universal child care. Can he deliver?

Groyper War Consumes the Biggest Right-Wing Think Tank Plus: Another round of nutty Trump pardons?

Ben Shapiro recently attacked Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes. Not surprising. But he had another target that would have seemed baffling just a week ago: the Heritage Foundation.

The latest edition of False Flag from @willsommer.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/groyper-wa...

Great pod today.

a kermit the frog is holding a sign that says vote . Alt: Kermit the frog drinking out of a mug that says, "vote".

Good morning! We've got two tasks we are requesting of y'all today:

1) If you're in an area with an election, GO VOTE!
2) If the Louvre has taught us anything, now might be a good time to change your passwords from "Password" to something more secure...

Bomb threats close some N.J. polling locations Polling places in seven counties are affected, though officials say the threats are not credible.

If MAGA can’t win, they’ll try to cheat. In New Jersey, Democratic strongholds are being targeted with bomb threats at polling places across Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic counties, forcing brief closures. Do not let this stop you from voting.

Meet the Austrian nuns who fled a care home to break into their old convent Octogenarian Sisters Rita, Regina and Bernadette went back to their old convent with local support, and an Instagram following. "People are calling us the rebellious sisters!" Rita says.

Octogenarian Sisters Rita, Regina and Bernadette went back to their old convent with local support, and an Instagram following. "People are calling us the rebellious sisters!" Rita says. n.pr/43bcc7y

Nearly half of city tornado sirens that were broken in May still don’t work Yesterday morning, the City of St. Louis tested its tornado sirens citywide. Those tests showed improvements in the system from six months ago, when many sirens failed to sound ahead of the deadly May...

Meanwhile in Half Assed Local Govt, St Louis City Edition

“If I were to have it my way, it would have been fixed a month ago, two months ago.” - Fire Chief Jenkerson 🧐

Reminder. Mayor Spencer blamed/fired fmr Emergency Mgmt Director who had been begging electeds to put resources into/fix system 😡

We experience these events through our media bubbles. So please take a little time to look at the details.

For example: here is how DHS described one incident in Chicago. Now watch the video, which tells a different story.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
bsky.app/profile/news...

Nothing but Gestapo

A national literary organization for Black fiction writers finds its home in St. Louis Award-winning author David Haynes is bringing Kimbilio, a literary organization for Black fiction writers, to St. Louis. The program offers mentorship to emerging Black writers and provides shared…

Emerging Black writers often struggle to find mentors and industry access.

St. Louis author David Haynes is changing that through Kimbilio — a fellowship program connecting Black fiction writers to editors, agents, and opportunities.

‘Beating, torturing, killing’: freed Palestinian author on life in Israeli jails Nasser Abu Srour says outbreak of Gaza war after 7 October 2023 led to prisons becoming like ‘another front’

‘Beating, torturing, killing’: freed Palestinian author on life in Israeli jails

The Trump family has tapped two little-known boutique banks to help finance a blizzard of crypto deals it has struck this year: one based in Manhattan’s Trump Tower, the other sandwiched between a junkyard and a funeral parlour in New Jersey on.ft.com/47FpYAT

3. If you’re not rich, you will be ignored/despised despite the fact the rule makers are stacking the odds against you.
4. If you look and live differently from those in power - you can easily be a target for hateful rhetoric.

Can you add some more?

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Donald Trump Is a Commie Bernie’s democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump’s national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

"If you follow the logic of democratic socialism to the horizon, America winds up like Scandinavia. If you follow the logic of national socialism to the horizon, America winds up like China."

Elon Endorses Cuomo, with pictures of Adnrew Cuomo and Elon Musk

Another big endorsement for Andrew Cuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.

here i made a video for you all

Some Midwest soybeans are headed to China again, but farmers still need other buyers Some Midwestern soybean farmers are selling their beans to be crushed and turned into soybean meal and oil. But economists say domestic processing won’t be enough to offset the drop in Chinese demand.

China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this year — less than half its usual amount.

Midwest farmers say the deal offers some relief but won’t fully make up for lost exports or lower prices.

"He's so confident in his delusions." What's scarier about Trump - the delusions, or that invincible confidence?

@saletan.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social talk Trump's nutty 60 Minutes interview:

A veteran FBI official lost his job because...Kash Patel was mad that the public was upset about *publicly available* data on his questionable use of FBI airplanes.

@willsommer.bsky.social, @samsteindc.bsky.social, and @timmiller.bsky.social break it down:

If we were a Republic functioning as intended with separation of powers, checks & balances, House Oversight would be conducting an investigation into the Zhao pardon that Trump doesn’t remember, his involvement with Trump’s crypto company, & the foreign investors. But we aren’t.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

The Philadelphia Inquirer continues to furnish a model that NYT can only aspire to live up to. The Times today is a pale image of what it once was.

Here’s What Trump’s Ballroom Donors Want - The American Prospect The price tag on Donald Trump’s garish White House ballroom, now up to $350 million, keeps increasing. That’s because the cost of construction isn’t nearly as important as having an inventory of donat...

The White House has become the Dirty Hands House. Corruption abounds. Here is the new evidence of pay to play. prospect.org/2025/10/28/h...

ICE Plans Cash Rewards for Private Bounty Hunters to Locate and Track Immigrants Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate — and paid cash bonuses for performance.

Companies hired by ICE would be given bundles of information on 10,000 immigrants at a time to locate.

New York Times Op-Ed one year ago

@andertoon.bsky.social

Biden’s law sets Trump up for success in negotiating cheaper Medicare drug prices Trump stands to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act's framework and stronger leverage.

When we were working on the first round of drug price negotiations during the Biden Administration, I kept thinking “dammit, Trump’s gonna win the election and take credit for all that we’re building.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/t...

Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunizati...

Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza during the 2025–2026 season. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...

Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.

Watch and share!

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