Alexa

Here's a gem for you. An artist named Mayyadda. Credit to her. It's truly beautiful. Enjoy.

Today, I voted in support of a resolution that would force Trump to get congressional approval before using military force against Venezuela.

Senate Republicans blocked it—ceding their constitutional authority to Trump.

Once again, they bent the knee to a wanna-be king.

Brother Warnock lays it plain.

Unemployment benefits in jeopardy in shutdown, but not as dire as SNAP The risks are less dire than for food assistance.

#StayReadyCrew
I just want to make sure this doesn’t get lost in the chaos…

Those demons are actually threatening to let unemployment benefits go dry.

www.axios.com/2025/11/05/t...

Yuck! I’m sorry😢

Please continue to report. I’m not giving up at all.

Come, then, let’s go fight with them.

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

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...

Today is day 35 of Republicans' shutdown, tying a historical record for the longest government shutdown... since the last time Trump was in office.

It's almost like he's a routinely, historically bad leader...

Stay in line!

Stay in line!

Stay in line!

No matter what happens, no matter how long it takes, you must stay in line if you haven’t voted yet!

And this is why you should consider changing your traditions and vote early in some capacity going forward

Let's go vote, Pennsylvania!

Rural Minnesota grocers sound the alarm over SNAP uncertainty - MinnPost The government shutdown is likely to cause lapses in a key source of grocery store revenue, though court rulings could provide some relief.

www.minnpost.com/greater-minn...

if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.

Trump tariffs on pasta could soon top 100 percent: ‘Double the price’ ‘I believe this is totally inappropriate, because Italy and America are brothers. It is an excuse not to let Italian products in,’ says one pasta maker

🗣Heads up #StayReadyCrew

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Robert Bateman, Barn Owl in the Churchyard

Old Fox

Benjamin Haughton, Woman in a Churchyard.

All Souls' Day, and in the blue dusk light, carrying a lantern, Old Fox walked down to the churchyard. A barn owl called down from the tower, and was answered somewhere in the trees.

Black Americans were never supposed to exercise the right to vote The white political elite in America – politicians, judges, lawyers, policymakers, businesses and corporations – has never as a whole acted in good faith towards its Black citizens. These “leaders” ro...

"...a dirty little secret is that being “American” has never referred to ALL Americans." 1/

Black people "been knew". We have tried to warn and educate other non-white people about this, and white America has soothed itself by believing claims to the contrary.
www.alternet.org/voting-right...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) actually told the press that Democrats would be the ones hurt most by losing SNAP.

To be fair, since he lives in Florida instead of the state he represents, maybe he doesn’t realize 752,000 Alabamians rely on SNAP—14.6% of the state’s population.

I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.

Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.

Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀

#PublicHealth

'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests The cost of living, health, crime, and housing are much higher on people's lists of personal worries, a YouGov survey has suggested. Friday 31 October 2025 04:22, UK

We have had surveys that have shown us exactly this in the UK, France, the EU etc for many years

What we need to ask ourselves is why have journalists, politicians, academics etc chosen to focus on surveys that hype immigration

This is what I explore here:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Nope. I wasn’t a joking.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

The tent is big. If the tent lets that gutter trash into it then it shouldn’t exist. You’re free to leave & not leech resources if you want this trash in office. He needs to drop out. Scum like you making all these excuses can leave with him. He’s not a difference of opinion, he’s a racist threat.

There are signs that Morgan is becoming a cause célèbre for neo-Nazis in the United States. The white supremacist Paul Miller, who gained notoriety for making hate-filled videos while wearing Nazi garb, said on social media that he was working to secure Morgan's release and directed followers to a crowdfunding campaign that he said was from Morgan directly.

"I am in contact with @GasChambers," Miller tweeted on Sunday, referring to an X account that says it has raised money for. "We are going to pay the bail for Kenneth in the next few days he will be free. Gaschamber was very kind and gracious. We just spoke on the phone. We are going to get Kenneth out very soon."

Miller said the donation campaign was needed because Morgan had lost his job over the incident. The crowdfunding campaign, on a site that bills itself as a Christian alternative to GoFundMe and is reportedly popular among extremists, has raised more than $5,000 so far, with donors listed as "White Power," "Joseph Goebbels," and "H3il H1tler."

Nazis openly organize on Elon Musk’s X platform and the Nazi fundraising outfit GiveSendGo to bail out a Nazi in Georgia who donned an SS uniform and assaulted a woman with a glass pitcher. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...

Like please understand in a fascist takeover, the party doing the taking over has no vested interest in reopening the government no matter how bad it gets. Like I really need people to mentally prepare for that.

The same people who loudly and proudly (wrongly) proclaim that America is a “Christian nation” now say that the government isn’t responsible for feeding the poor.

You can’t have Schrödinger’s theocracy - it either is or it isn’t, boys.

Resharing AGAIN
Good thing here

What, no scammy fundraising effort, @marwilliamson.bsky.social?

You and your simpleton supporters helped Project 2025 become reality.

Thanks for nothing, you grifting piece of trash.

NBC News Decision Desk Poll: Generation Z Important to personal definition of success Men who voted for Trump Having children 34% Financial independence 33% Fulfilling job/career 30% Being married 29% Having money to do things you want 28% Owning own home 26% Being grounded spiritually 24% Making family/community proud 23% Having no debt 21% Using talents and resources to help others 17% Able to retire early 9% Having emotional stability 9% Women who voted for Harris Fulfilling job/career 51% Having money to do things you want 46% Having emotional stability 39% Using talents and resources to help others 37% Financial independence 32% Having no debt 21% Owning own home 20% Making family/community proud 19% Being grounded spiritually 11% Able to retire early 6% Being married 6% Having children 6%

Rank Female, voted for Harris Male, voted for Harris Female, Voted for Trump Male, voted for Trump 1 Having a job or career you find fulfilling Having a job or career you find fulfilling chieving inancial independence Having children 2 Having enough money to do the things you want to do Having enough money to do he things you vant to do Having a job or career you find fulfilling Achieving financial independence 3 Having emotional stability Using your talents and resources to help others Owning your own home Having a job or Career you find 4 Using your talents and sources 1 elp othe Having emotional stability Being grotally Being married 5 Achieving financial" independence Achieving financial independence Having enough money to do he things yor vant to do Having enough money to do ne things yo rant to d 6 Having no debt Making your family or community proud Having children Owning your own home Owning your own home Owning your own home Having no debt Being spiritually grounded

Rank 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Female, voted for Harris Owning your own home Making your family or community proud Being spiritually grounded Being able to retire early Being married Having children Fame and influence Male, voted for Harris Owning your own home Having no debt Being married Having children Being Being able to retire early Fame and influence Female, voted for Trump Having no debt Using your talents and resources to help others Being married Having emotional stability Making your family or community proud Being able to retire early Fame and influence Male, voted for Trump Being spiritually grounded Making your family or community proud Having no debt Using your talents and resources to help others Being able to retire early Having emotional stability Fame and influence

NBC Poll, Gen Z voters on “what is important to their personal definition of success”

Having emotional stability:
- M/Trump: 9%
- W/Harris: 39%

Being married:
- M/Trump: 29%
- W/Harris: 6%

Having children:
- M/Trump: 34%
- W/Harris: 6%

Oh also @fiascothecat.bsky.social joined the call briefly at the start and everyone was like "No let him be a panel member" "He has little white socks" "He's probably HEARD of books"

THE LITTLE WHITE SOCKS STRIKE AGAIN

THAT'S HOW HE GETS YOU

"How do we get back the men we lost to Trump, Andrew Tate, and the Proud Boys?"

Please do not bring those weird ****ers over here. We have kids over here. I will call Child Services.