John Del Signore
@johndelsignore.bsky.social
Currently a managing editor at Morning Brew. Previously: Gothamist, WNYC, Fists With Your Toes, among other things. Still a huge fan of The Joggers.
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"One constituent, a retired marketing executive named Susan, told him that she’s currently paying about $600 a month with ACA tax credits. Next year, that will jump to $2,120, a 250 percent increase." prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
Panic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike - The American Prospect
The end of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act exchanges means more people will go without health insurance.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"One constituent, a retired marketing executive named Susan, told him that she’s currently paying about $600 a month with ACA tax credits. Next year, that will jump to $2,120, a 250 percent increase." prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...
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Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
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With alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
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In case you'd been wondering why Trump rolls over for Putin at every turn:
Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In case you'd been wondering why Trump rolls over for Putin at every turn:
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Friendly reminder that there’s no such thing as “sex with underage girls”! We have a word for that! That word is “rape.”
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Friendly reminder that there’s no such thing as “sex with underage girls”! We have a word for that! That word is “rape.”
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Argentina got $40 BILLION (with a B).
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Argentina got $40 BILLION (with a B).
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The trump regime is not a functioning government, it's an organized crime syndicate and should be treated as such.
This absolutely includes the SCOTUS BigotWizards, with their proven ongoing corruption, who would strip away our basic human rights.
This absolutely includes the SCOTUS BigotWizards, with their proven ongoing corruption, who would strip away our basic human rights.
OH MY GOD
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...
President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions
President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.
www.wsmv.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The trump regime is not a functioning government, it's an organized crime syndicate and should be treated as such.
This absolutely includes the SCOTUS BigotWizards, with their proven ongoing corruption, who would strip away our basic human rights.
This absolutely includes the SCOTUS BigotWizards, with their proven ongoing corruption, who would strip away our basic human rights.
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It has been 60 years, to the day, since LBJ released a report to the public about pollution. I wrote about appendix Y4 of that report.
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
This Whole Thing Really Snuck Up On Us
Looking back, and ahead, on the anniversary of a White House warning.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It has been 60 years, to the day, since LBJ released a report to the public about pollution. I wrote about appendix Y4 of that report.
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
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The working class, if you define it as people who have no choice but for every adult to work for a living until they drop, has expanded to cover the great majority.
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The working class, if you define it as people who have no choice but for every adult to work for a living until they drop, has expanded to cover the great majority.
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I can't believe I'm saying this but this Breitbart dude captures *a portion* of Mamdani's appeal in a way I haven't quite seen elsewhere.
www.commonplace.org/p/zohrans-pa...
www.commonplace.org/p/zohrans-pa...
Zohran’s Park Slope Populists
Conservatives shouldn’t write off the economic pain of New York City’s downwardly mobile professional class.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I can't believe I'm saying this but this Breitbart dude captures *a portion* of Mamdani's appeal in a way I haven't quite seen elsewhere.
www.commonplace.org/p/zohrans-pa...
www.commonplace.org/p/zohrans-pa...
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ICE and Border Patrol agents, while wearing face masks, randomly stop people on the street and demand they submit to facial-recognition technology for a citizenship check.
Via @josephcox.bsky.social
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Via @josephcox.bsky.social
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ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ICE and Border Patrol agents, while wearing face masks, randomly stop people on the street and demand they submit to facial-recognition technology for a citizenship check.
Via @josephcox.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Via @josephcox.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
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October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Trump is still AWOL, the Republican House is still on vacation, and more Rhode Islanders are seeing a spike in health insurance premiums – in this case by $1,641 a MONTH.
No one can afford Republicans’ cruelty. Time for them to come back to work.
No one can afford Republicans’ cruelty. Time for them to come back to work.
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump is still AWOL, the Republican House is still on vacation, and more Rhode Islanders are seeing a spike in health insurance premiums – in this case by $1,641 a MONTH.
No one can afford Republicans’ cruelty. Time for them to come back to work.
No one can afford Republicans’ cruelty. Time for them to come back to work.
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"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
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160 mph winds, 13 foot storm surge, 40" of rain.
Pray for Jamaica. And know that this was done to them knowingly, by fossil fuel companies, and the elected leaders who keep letting polluters freely boil the oceans with their pollution.
Pray for Jamaica. And know that this was done to them knowingly, by fossil fuel companies, and the elected leaders who keep letting polluters freely boil the oceans with their pollution.
#Melissa is now the 3rd Cat 5 #Hurricane of the season! Only one other season, 2005, had as many (4).
Melissa has winds of 160 mph and pressure of 917 mb. Already impacting #Jamaica now and conditions will deteriorate through today and tonight.
Melissa has winds of 160 mph and pressure of 917 mb. Already impacting #Jamaica now and conditions will deteriorate through today and tonight.
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
160 mph winds, 13 foot storm surge, 40" of rain.
Pray for Jamaica. And know that this was done to them knowingly, by fossil fuel companies, and the elected leaders who keep letting polluters freely boil the oceans with their pollution.
Pray for Jamaica. And know that this was done to them knowingly, by fossil fuel companies, and the elected leaders who keep letting polluters freely boil the oceans with their pollution.
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The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
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"Trump tariffs force cancellation of Hudson Valley's long-running Christmas festival. Organizers said tariffs 'tripled' costs of stars and lights..."
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Trump tariffs force cancellation of Hudson Valley’s long-running Christmas festival
Organizers of Rhinebeck’s Sinterklaas festival said tariffs pushed up prices more than 300%.
www.timesunion.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"Trump tariffs force cancellation of Hudson Valley's long-running Christmas festival. Organizers said tariffs 'tripled' costs of stars and lights..."
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www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
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"most of the time the difference between a violent protest and a nonviolent one is whether or not the cops start kettling and bashing." www.eschatonblog.com/2025/10/prot...
Protests Are Violent When The Police Get Violent
There are a lot of things journalists pretend not to understand, and this is frequently one of them. Sure there can be actual violent action...
www.eschatonblog.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"most of the time the difference between a violent protest and a nonviolent one is whether or not the cops start kettling and bashing." www.eschatonblog.com/2025/10/prot...
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The government of the United States of America, currently, speaks in the voice of two morons who don’t know how to form a ‘your mom’ joke.
So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
October 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The government of the United States of America, currently, speaks in the voice of two morons who don’t know how to form a ‘your mom’ joke.
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Incredible.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
October 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Incredible.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
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An OhMyGodHeAdmitIt.jpg so powerful it shatters your phone screen.
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
An OhMyGodHeAdmitIt.jpg so powerful it shatters your phone screen.
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We are in an AI bubble. @patrickkulp.bsky.social spoke with a few historians to better understand what is happening, and what might come next.
www.techbrew.com/stories/2025...
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What history tells us about an AI bubble
We asked three experts to weigh in.
www.techbrew.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We are in an AI bubble. @patrickkulp.bsky.social spoke with a few historians to better understand what is happening, and what might come next.
www.techbrew.com/stories/2025...
www.techbrew.com/stories/2025...
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solar and wind generated more electricity that coal for the first time ever in the first half of 2025. that's the good shit ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
solar and wind generated more electricity that coal for the first time ever in the first half of 2025. that's the good shit ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Not really sure how to counter people so willing and eager to repeat things like "war-ravaged Portland" with a completely straight face, like arguing with toddlers only they control the largest military in human history
Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."
October 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Not really sure how to counter people so willing and eager to repeat things like "war-ravaged Portland" with a completely straight face, like arguing with toddlers only they control the largest military in human history