Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This blog will pay for itself.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

We still have time to mess this up!

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Not rolling over. fuck you, make me.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

“They all knew.”

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

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Sunday Morning Open Thread

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Dodgers Fans In Echo Park Celebrate Another World Series Victory
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— L.A. TACO (@lataco.bsky.social) November 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM

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Día de los Muertos’s historical roots extend back thousands of years to ancient Aztec Indigenous traditions and are still being observed by descendants, the Nahua people.

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— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM

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Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) October 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM

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If you're worried about delayed SNAP benefits or don’t know where to turn for food assistance — call Project Bread's FoodSource Hotline. 📞 Call or text: 1-800-645-8333 or learn more 🌐 projectbread.org/foodsource-hotline

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— Project Bread (@projectbread.org) October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM

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Mayors and governors from San Francisco to Virginia will cover millions of dollars in missing federal assistance to feed their most vulnerable residents as the Trump administration battles orders from two federal judges to release backup funds.

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— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM

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Late Night Open Thread: Trump’s Fine Corinthian Marble Sh*tter

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He is posting this while he is on his way to Palm Beach for an extended golf weekend.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM

In the ‘Lincoln Era’, as many people have pointed out, what’s now the Lincoln Bedroom was President Lincoln’s office. And his ‘sanitary facility’ was a chamber pot behind a screen in the corner.

(Also, unless the contractors paid more attention than the ‘architect’, a glassy marble bathroom floor is a slip-and-fall accident waiting to happen.)

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posting with obvious pride about remodeling the lincoln bathroom in (very ugly) marble the day before SNAP dries up is a level of out-of-touch that i don't think any president has ever matched, even if it doesn't break through the news.

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— GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM

i can't imagine any other president even bothering to mention having done this, even if they'd done it

— GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM

if we're going to have to suffer such a useless, quisling press corpse made up of the worst reporters in america, the very least one of them could do would be to bait trump into disclosing how much they've spent on remodeling since january

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— GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM

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“'Highly polished, Statuary marble!' Mr. Trump declared on social media as he posted images of his new Lincoln bathroom, even as some households planned on handing out canned soup in lieu of candy." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u…

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— John Schwartz (@jswatz.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM

It broke through, even to our Very Serious Media:

American families are worried about losing food stamp benefits. Hundreds of thousands of federal government workers have no idea when they will next be paid. Several airports have been experiencing delays because of staffing shortages.

The pain of the government shutdown is growing more acute as it grinds toward the five-week mark, with Congress showing little movement toward a resolution. But President Trump has been attending to other matters.

Just hours after returning from a trip across Asia, Mr. Trump left Washington on Friday for a Halloween party and a fund-raiser at his Florida residence. When he weighed in briefly on the shutdown, it was to cast the potential loss of benefits that millions of Americans rely on for groceries as mostly a problem for Democratic voters. Rather than offer steps he might take to bring the crisis to a close, Mr. Trump called attention to the new details of his renovation of a White House bathroom…

The stark contrast crystallized how the president has appeared largely disconnected from the fiscal impasse that has gripped Washington and paralyzed much of the federal government.

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War for Ukraine Day 1,346: Generals Syrskyi & Budanov To the Front!

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As I noted in yesterday’s update, it was being reported that LTG Budanov, Commander of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR), was directing the campaign to counter Russia’s assault on Pokrovsk from Pokrovsk. That has been confirmed and, additionally, General Syrskyi has joined him.

Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi stated Ukrainian forces are conducting a comprehensive operation to destroy and expel Russian forces attempting to infiltrate Pokrovsk, with no encirclement or blockade present.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) November 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM

Combined groups from Special Operations Forces, Navy, SBU and HUR work alongside Armed Forces drone operators and assault units. The enemy is paying the highest price while Ukraine holds Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad and clears the Dobropillia salient.

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) November 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM

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— Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 (@reshetz.bsky.social) November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM

LTG Budanov’s HUR also targeted, struck, and disabled the Koltsevoy petroleum pipeline that rings Moscow yesterday.

Yesterday, Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR) blew up the “Koltsevoy” petroleum pipeline near Moscow. The site was guarded by paramilitary forces and shielded with an anti-drone net.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) November 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM

All three lines used by Russia to transport gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel detonated successfully and simultaneously. The pipeline is now out of commission.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) November 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM

Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump.

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Open Thread: Rich People Talking Smack

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This was a fun one: Ben Steverman & I took a close look at the class of wealthy New Yorkers threatening to leave if Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor and found that they are actually stuck here www.bloomberg.com/news/feature…

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— Emily Flitter (@emilyflitter.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM

Bloomberg News, “New York’s Golden Handcuffs: Why the City Has a Special Hold on the Rich”:

… Lately there’s been a lot of worry, even a bit of panic, that the wealthy are about to ditch New York. Many rich people, Bahnsen included, are alarmed at the prospect of a self-described democratic socialist running this city of uber-capitalists. “You can do a lot of damage in four years,” he says of Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assemblyman who polls suggest will be elected mayor on Nov. 4.

But Bahnsen, at least, isn’t going anywhere. On a recent weekend that included a New York Jets-Dallas Cowboys football game and a long walk along the Hudson River, he and his wife spent Saturday apartment hunting in their favorite neighborhood, Gramercy Park.

West Virginia has coal. Texas has oil. New York has rich people. Almost 35,000 year-round city residents earned at least $1 million in 2023, the latest tax data show. Of the world’s 500 wealthiest people, 23 call New York City home, with a combined net worth of nearly $450 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and many more come through town as often as time and their tax situations allow.

Depleting this resource could devastate the city. Each year, NYC’s top 1%—those with incomes of at least $900,000—contribute about two-fifths of the city’s $18 billion in annual income tax revenue. Their lavish homes and sleek offices cover a large share of the city’s roughly $34 billion in annual property levies as well. Even a few billionaires or marquee employers packing up their bags could put a noticeable dent in the municipal budget.

But look at enough data and talk to enough successful residents, and one thing becomes clear: Even as New York can’t live without its rich people, many of its rich people can’t live without New York…

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That’s My Representative

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I know this video has been covered earlier, but  Congressman Joe Neguse is my representative. And let me tell you, it’s a relief on many levels because previously, before redistricting, it was the corrupt and criminal (allegedly) Ken Buck, who was replaced by Hand-Job Barbie last election.

This viral moment has not been the first moment he’s shone:

 

 

He knows how to stay on message.

Colorado peeps I do have a question. I’ve been pretty unplugged, but I am wondering if there are any efforts to sway Polis to take stands like CA, IL and others have done against ICE/CBP? Occasionally, something comes across my feed that sounds like his love affair with RFK, jr, and his appeasement to trump have soured and he’s making noises like he’s actually a Democrat. But if there is a group that is pushing him to do the right things, I’d sure like to know and support them. Email me or jump in the comments, I always come back and read the entire thread.

Anyway, besides bragging on my Rep, this is an open thread

 

Bonus pups waiting on Trick or Treaters last night:

Scout standing on the couch waiting and Jasper snoozing on the couch

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November? How Did It Get to Be November?

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It feels like fall is over and we are moving into winter.  Do not want.

The only redeeming thing about winter is snow, and we no longer get enough of that!

Okay, just one more good thing about winter.  Sometimes (only sometimes!) on a clear winter night, the sky is amazing.  I first noticed that when I returned home late at night after babysitting when I was 13.  Other than those two things, winter can go jump in a lake.

How about you guys?  Favorite season?  Least favorite season?

For Henry, his favorite season is “we have company!”

World Series 2025 – Game 5! 1

Followed by sad Henry after company left on Wednesday.

Open thread.

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Saturday Morning Open Thread

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Partying like the gilded age the night before you condemn 40 million people to hunger is.. a choice.

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— Schnorkles O'Bork (@schnorkles.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM

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one wonders whether there is a single person in the administration who has, for even a moment, considered the optics of appealing these specific rulings

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— GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM

dem AGs: you're legally required to spend these funds to keep people from starving
white house: no we're not
judges: yes you are
white house: no we're not, let them starve

— GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachine.com) October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM

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BREAKING: Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM

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#SNAP makes Page One in Austin, Cincinnati, Houston, Milwaukee

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM

Page One
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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 7:43 AM

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This clip should be everywhere Democrats can get it. This is how we need to learn to speak to the press.

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— Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST (@chathamharrison.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM

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What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM

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