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Stephanie Fuerte
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. New Yorker turned Californian.
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The eight Senate Democrats who caved tonight (including the indie who caucuses with them):

Jeanne Shaheen
Maggie Hassan
Tim Kaine
Jacky Rosen
Catherine Cortez Masto
Dick Durbin
John Fetterman
Angus King www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
LIVE: Anti-Trump protesters rally in South Korea

Hundreds of South Korean protesters stage a rally in Gyeongju against US President Donald Trump as he was set to arrive in the city for meetings on the sidelines of the APEC summit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUrO...
LIVE: Anti-Trump protesters rally in South Korea | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
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October 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Is anyone keeping track of cost of Trump's pardons in lost fines and restitution payments?

Santos "will also no longer be required to pay more than $370,000 in court-ordered restitution to his victims"

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Santos Is Released, His Lawyer Says, After Trump Commutes His Sentence
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Trump said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a strike under his authority as Commander-in-Chief, killing six men he called “narcoterrorists” near Venezuela. A video shows a boat idling before being hit and bursting into flames.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. kills 6 alleged drug smugglers in new strike off Venezuela, Trump says
The operation follows Senate Republicans’ narrow defeat of a measure that aimed to prevent the administration’s actions on legal grounds.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad, red and nude online.

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Peter Thiel illustrates how most Silicon Valley tech billionaires inevitably become delusional, power mad menaces. They may think they have big ideas, but all they have is a lot of money and access to power. They need to be regulated and kept in check. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the FTC, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so.

Thank you, Joe Biden. apnews.com/article/amaz...
Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships, and made it difficult t...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Streaming now!
HADES 2 IS HERE! + A little surprise!
Come say hello!

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Xzaven - Twitch
HADES 2 IS HERE! + Sneaky Model Debut | !pp !catfacts
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September 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Ex-Disney CEO [Michael Eisner] tears into leaders not "standing up against bullies" for Kimmel - Axios www.axios.com/2025/09/19/d...
Ex-Disney CEO tears into leaders not "standing up against bullies" for Kimmel
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is one many defending Kimmel since his show was pulled.
www.axios.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
More and more Disney allies—including former CEO Michael Eisner—are calling on the company to take a stand on the Jimmy Kimmel crisis.
www.avclub.com/andor-dan-gi...
Yeah, Andor writer Dan Gilroy sees the parallels, too
Yeah, Andor writer Dan Gilroy sees the parallels, too
www.avclub.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause." Ta-Nehisi Coates on Ezra Klein and the willingness of the pundit class to redeem Kirk: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Trump has extended the TikTok deadline — again.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump extends TikTok deadline — again
The president punted the ban into December, as Trump and China discuss the terms of a deal.
www.politico.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The broadside against Cook speaks to the second Trump administration’s war on the Fed, on the president’s perceived opponents in the federal government, and on sound, independent data.
talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/f...
5 Points on Trump’s High-Stakes Onslaught Against Fed Governor Lisa Cook
An appeals court ruled late Monday that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah, is expected to be charged Tuesday afternoon for the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Follow along with us.
talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/ty...
County Attorney Will Seek Death Penalty for Alleged Charlie Kirk Killer Tyler Robinson
Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah, was charged with seven counts on...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Groypers, gopniks, and the Kirk-Fuentes beef.

The American right is one nutty hospital. Me @newrepublic :

newrepublic.com/article/2004...
No Avoiding It: Post-Kirk, We Have to Learn About the Groyper Wars
We still don’t know Tyler Robinson’s motivation. But we know we need to learn about the Charlie Kirk–Nick Fuentes Armageddon, dammit.
newrepublic.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like ‘Helldivers 2’ and online furry roleplay, not a legible political ideology. www.wired.com/story/charli...
Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean
The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like ‘Helldivers 2’ and online furry role-play, not a legible political ideology.
www.wired.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
“I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.”

The Trump administration is throwing the full weight of the federal government behind memorializing Charlie Kirk.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The full weight of the federal government is being used to memorialize Charlie Kirk
And to punish those who speak ill of him.
www.motherjones.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Saw eurovision trending. Checked out why.

It's just the Irish doing the right thing.

flipboard.com/@eveningstan...
Ireland will not take part in Eurovision if Israel participates, RTE announces | Flipboard
standard.co.uk - The Irish broadcaster made the announcement on Thursday. Ireland will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026 if Israel participates, …
flipboard.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This works for humans too - *if* they can keep off the ground. (DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME ETC ETC AD INFINITUM!)

To demonstrate this, please watch this video of power-line inspectors doing an everyday but also absolutely insane thing:

youtu.be/9YmFHAFYwmY?...

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Extreme Jobs - High Voltage Power Line Inspection
YouTube video by World Channel
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September 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
WTF? Does “the right way” to “practice politics” include lying re factual matters (eg saying Black Women have too little brainpower to be “taken seriously”)? Mourning Kirk’s murder & defending his right to make his wild claims doesn’t excuse praising his political MO

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The ICE raid at Hyundai ultimately halted operations at the company’s battery facility, a move that critics argue undermines U.S. efforts to expand domestic clean energy production.
But his ICE raid at Hyundai managed to close down the battery facility they were working on…idiots
September 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Supreme Court lifts limits on roving immigration patrols in Los Angeles area www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court lifts limits on roving immigration patrols in Los Angeles area
The decision prompted liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor to say in dissent that she wouldn't "stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost."
www.nbcnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court majority just became the Grand Marshal for a parade of racial terror in Los Angeles," Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement.

SCOTUS is FUBAR.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news....
Immigrants in Southern California go on high alert after Supreme Court ruling
Organizers warned them to expect intensified raids after the justices blocked a lower court's ruling that prohibited roving patrols and racial profiling.
www.nbcnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Supreme Court rules that Trump can keep breaking the law, as a treat. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner
Trump's actions are in direct tension with a 1935 ruling that upheld restrictions on the president's ability to remove FTC commissioners without cause.
www.nbcnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM