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Trump is threatening war on Venezuela and his Cabinet members are responsible for estimated hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Harris had pivotal months to break with Biden and set out her own bold plan on cost-of-living crunch, and she and her consultants would not do it. Voters were still crunched.
Harris had pivotal months to break with Biden and set out her own bold plan on cost-of-living crunch, and she and her consultants would not do it. Voters were still crunched.
How the most unpopular US president got reelected
Polygraph | Newsletter n°288 | 24 Jan 2025
www.stephensemler.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Trump is threatening war on Venezuela and his Cabinet members are responsible for estimated hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Harris had pivotal months to break with Biden and set out her own bold plan on cost-of-living crunch, and she and her consultants would not do it. Voters were still crunched.
Harris had pivotal months to break with Biden and set out her own bold plan on cost-of-living crunch, and she and her consultants would not do it. Voters were still crunched.
Five House Dems on the HASC, some who had just received defense contractor PAC donations, handed Hegseth’s department an additional $150 billion in May readsludge.com/2025/05/02/f...
Five Dems Vote With GOP to Push Pentagon Budget Over $1 Trillion
The House Armed Services Committee members voted with Republicans to advance their portion of President Trump's sweeping budget "megabill."
readsludge.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Five House Dems on the HASC, some who had just received defense contractor PAC donations, handed Hegseth’s department an additional $150 billion in May readsludge.com/2025/05/02/f...
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Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
Dems in the Blue Dog Coalition helped advance the Trump administration’s military buildup this year, both in the HASC in the OBBBA and in the NDAA:
readsludge.com/2025/09/12/b...
readsludge.com/2025/09/12/b...
Blue Dog Democrats Vote for Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget
The Blue Dog Coalition, a group of self-described fiscal conservatives led by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), largely voted for the GOP-crafted bill pushing defense spending above $1 trillion.
readsludge.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dems in the Blue Dog Coalition helped advance the Trump administration’s military buildup this year, both in the HASC in the OBBBA and in the NDAA:
readsludge.com/2025/09/12/b...
readsludge.com/2025/09/12/b...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
NBA teams competing for the Cup should know that the Bucks have wired it to play Die Kreuzen at intervals
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
NBA teams competing for the Cup should know that the Bucks have wired it to play Die Kreuzen at intervals
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TODAY: @milesklee.bsky.social on keeping a very unusual journal. “The sayings are enough, because they chart the path of my life through the world—I, the listener, am what they have in common.” flaminghydra.com/r/a53c9bb2?m...
Every day / A new world
Miles Klee is a camera
flaminghydra.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
TODAY: @milesklee.bsky.social on keeping a very unusual journal. “The sayings are enough, because they chart the path of my life through the world—I, the listener, am what they have in common.” flaminghydra.com/r/a53c9bb2?m...
Could someone at @brookings.edu send this poll to visiting fellow Wendell Primus, longtime health adviser to Nancy Pelosi.
A new poll finds 65% of likely voters support Medicare for All. 78% of Democrats and 71% of independents.
Pelosi fought it off in 2019 and 2021.
A new poll finds 65% of likely voters support Medicare for All. 78% of Democrats and 71% of independents.
Pelosi fought it off in 2019 and 2021.
Medicare for All Disappeared. Its Popularity Didn’t.
The demand for Medicare for All went from the center of the discourse to political exile in record time. But the policy's popularity never faded. A new poll finds strong majority support for the negle...
jacobin.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Could someone at @brookings.edu send this poll to visiting fellow Wendell Primus, longtime health adviser to Nancy Pelosi.
A new poll finds 65% of likely voters support Medicare for All. 78% of Democrats and 71% of independents.
Pelosi fought it off in 2019 and 2021.
A new poll finds 65% of likely voters support Medicare for All. 78% of Democrats and 71% of independents.
Pelosi fought it off in 2019 and 2021.
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NYCC statement in reaction to @nyccomptroller.bsky.social @bradlander.bsky.social
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“Today’s announcement from Comptroller Lander is a very big deal, but only if he enacts it.”
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“Today’s announcement from Comptroller Lander is a very big deal, but only if he enacts it.”
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NYCC Statement on Lander November 2025 Money Manager Announcement
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 26, 2025 Contact: jgonzalez@nycommunities 646-812-0485 or [email protected] 917-648-7786 NYCC Reacts to Comptroller Lander Announcement on Re-Bidding $4...
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Mayor Adams's DOT and the City Council Speaker Are Trying to Gut the Universal Daylighting Legislation
@erinmdurkin.bsky.social has the story
@erinmdurkin.bsky.social has the story
Mayor Adams's DOT and the City Council Speaker Are Trying to Gut the Universal Daylighting Legislation
With six weeks left before the end of the year, proponents of the original bill are fighting to pass something that doesn't just maintain the status quo.
hellgatenyc.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Mayor Adams's DOT and the City Council Speaker Are Trying to Gut the Universal Daylighting Legislation
@erinmdurkin.bsky.social has the story
@erinmdurkin.bsky.social has the story
On WNYC, Rep. Jeffries ( @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social) said there are pro-Israel donors "in his community" who donate to him via AIPAC PAC.
I reviewed more than a dozen of his largest donors through AIPAC PAC this year. None are in his district, none are in Brooklyn. Most of them are out of state.
I reviewed more than a dozen of his largest donors through AIPAC PAC this year. None are in his district, none are in Brooklyn. Most of them are out of state.
Jeffries Misleads on AIPAC PAC Money
Though Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said that AIPAC PAC gives him only the per-cycle maximum, the group has flooded his campaign with more than a million dollars in earmarked donations.
readsludge.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
On WNYC, Rep. Jeffries ( @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social) said there are pro-Israel donors "in his community" who donate to him via AIPAC PAC.
I reviewed more than a dozen of his largest donors through AIPAC PAC this year. None are in his district, none are in Brooklyn. Most of them are out of state.
I reviewed more than a dozen of his largest donors through AIPAC PAC this year. None are in his district, none are in Brooklyn. Most of them are out of state.
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To top off a ridiculous week, I wrote for @flaminghydra.com about the concept of the "fern bar," which it turns out was not just a phrase my mom came up with as an insult. (although, that too) flaminghydra.com/the-fabulous...
The Fabulous Fern Bar
a fiery writer-owned cooperative
flaminghydra.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
To top off a ridiculous week, I wrote for @flaminghydra.com about the concept of the "fern bar," which it turns out was not just a phrase my mom came up with as an insult. (although, that too) flaminghydra.com/the-fabulous...
The @democrats-judiciary.house.gov put out a report on Trump companies accumulating billions of dollars in crypto wealth this year. In 2021, House Dems passed the For the People Act, which contained parts of the Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act.
But Schumer didn't move to change filibuster...
But Schumer didn't move to change filibuster...
New Report Exposes the Trump Family’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Crypto Empire, Fueled by Self-Dealing and Corrupt Foreign Interests
Washington, D.C. (November 25, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released a new staff report revealing how President Donald Trump and his family have transforme...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The @democrats-judiciary.house.gov put out a report on Trump companies accumulating billions of dollars in crypto wealth this year. In 2021, House Dems passed the For the People Act, which contained parts of the Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act.
But Schumer didn't move to change filibuster...
But Schumer didn't move to change filibuster...
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TODAY: Carrie Frye has some VERY good news about the archives of The Hairpin after a "horrifying zombie afterlife"!!!! flaminghydra.com/women-laughi...
Women Laughing Again On The Internet
Sometime last year the online archives of The Awl—the influential blog that ran from 2009-2018, and former home of many a Flaming Hydra contributor—went out, like a light switching off. Meanwhile, the...
flaminghydra.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
TODAY: Carrie Frye has some VERY good news about the archives of The Hairpin after a "horrifying zombie afterlife"!!!! flaminghydra.com/women-laughi...
On @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social , Rep. Jeffries said he receives only a small per-cycle amount from AIPAC's PAC.
FEC data shows: AIPAC PAC earmarked donations have quickly made it his top career donor. AIPAC is the top-contributing PAC to all of Congress.
FEC data shows: AIPAC PAC earmarked donations have quickly made it his top career donor. AIPAC is the top-contributing PAC to all of Congress.
Jeffries Misleads on AIPAC PAC Money
Though Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said that AIPAC PAC gives him only the per-cycle maximum, the group has flooded his campaign with more than a million dollars in earmarked donations.
readsludge.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
On @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social , Rep. Jeffries said he receives only a small per-cycle amount from AIPAC's PAC.
FEC data shows: AIPAC PAC earmarked donations have quickly made it his top career donor. AIPAC is the top-contributing PAC to all of Congress.
FEC data shows: AIPAC PAC earmarked donations have quickly made it his top career donor. AIPAC is the top-contributing PAC to all of Congress.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said on WNYC that he receives only $10,000 from AIPAC's PAC, but FEC records show the group has flooded his campaign with more than $1 million in earmarked donations.
A conduit used by AIPAC PAC, Democracy Engine, may be funneling more from the group.
A conduit used by AIPAC PAC, Democracy Engine, may be funneling more from the group.
Jeffries Misleads on AIPAC PAC Money
Though Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said that AIPAC PAC gives him only the per-cycle maximum, the group has flooded his campaign with more than a million dollars in earmarked donations.
readsludge.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said on WNYC that he receives only $10,000 from AIPAC's PAC, but FEC records show the group has flooded his campaign with more than $1 million in earmarked donations.
A conduit used by AIPAC PAC, Democracy Engine, may be funneling more from the group.
A conduit used by AIPAC PAC, Democracy Engine, may be funneling more from the group.
Plenty of rumblings about "no bailouts" for the AI industry.
Big Tech is already loaded with $100M + for a super PAC network that aims to do for AI what the crypto industry did last cycle. Its staff even includes a crypto-industry-Fairshake spokesperson, former Schumer press secretary Josh Vlasto.
Big Tech is already loaded with $100M + for a super PAC network that aims to do for AI what the crypto industry did last cycle. Its staff even includes a crypto-industry-Fairshake spokesperson, former Schumer press secretary Josh Vlasto.
AI Industry Picks up Crypto’s Big Money Playbook
A new AI industry group, Leading the Future, has amassed $100 million from heavy hitters like Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI with aims to knock off candidates who favor stricter regulation.
readsludge.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Plenty of rumblings about "no bailouts" for the AI industry.
Big Tech is already loaded with $100M + for a super PAC network that aims to do for AI what the crypto industry did last cycle. Its staff even includes a crypto-industry-Fairshake spokesperson, former Schumer press secretary Josh Vlasto.
Big Tech is already loaded with $100M + for a super PAC network that aims to do for AI what the crypto industry did last cycle. Its staff even includes a crypto-industry-Fairshake spokesperson, former Schumer press secretary Josh Vlasto.
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TODAY: @zeets.bsky.social on coming to Tai Chi in a turbulent youth. “I could imagine the person that I wanted to be, and each practice was an opportunity to work towards that person. I would lose, come back and refine myself, and try again.” flaminghydra.com/r/d42f6c21?m...
Freedom flowing
Zito Madu reflects on a turbulent youth
flaminghydra.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
TODAY: @zeets.bsky.social on coming to Tai Chi in a turbulent youth. “I could imagine the person that I wanted to be, and each practice was an opportunity to work towards that person. I would lose, come back and refine myself, and try again.” flaminghydra.com/r/d42f6c21?m...
On @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social claims that he only accepts $10k in AIPAC PAC donations. He doesn't explain earmarked PAC donations from AIPAC, which have given him $850k this cycle.
Even the public-facing AIPAC portal explains, candidates will see AIPAC's name.
Even the public-facing AIPAC portal explains, candidates will see AIPAC's name.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social claims that he only accepts $10k in AIPAC PAC donations. He doesn't explain earmarked PAC donations from AIPAC, which have given him $850k this cycle.
Even the public-facing AIPAC portal explains, candidates will see AIPAC's name.
Even the public-facing AIPAC portal explains, candidates will see AIPAC's name.
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The pace at which NYC has turned temporary measures for boosting livable streets into more permanent solutions has been incredibly slow. Mayor Adams didn't fully seize the opportunity to turn paint into protection — but Mayor Mamdani might.
'The Permanence Agenda': Paint and Plastic Won’t Deliver Real Street Safety - Streetsblog New York City
Rather than continuing New York's quick-build approach to redesigning streets with temporary materials, Zohran Mamdani should aim for permanent.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The pace at which NYC has turned temporary measures for boosting livable streets into more permanent solutions has been incredibly slow. Mayor Adams didn't fully seize the opportunity to turn paint into protection — but Mayor Mamdani might.
On the shoreline — by @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
Part 1 (Free, and subscribe!)
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On the shoreline
S.I. Rosenbaum debuts a new graphic memoir of devastation and love
flaminghydra.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On the shoreline — by @sirosenbaum.bsky.social
Part 1 (Free, and subscribe!)
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People are upset about Trump corruption!
In 2021, Dems introduced the sweeping For the People Act, which included parts of Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act, forcing the president to divest financial assets.
Options existed to vote on it, like a return to a "talking filibuster," but no dice.
In 2021, Dems introduced the sweeping For the People Act, which included parts of Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act, forcing the president to divest financial assets.
Options existed to vote on it, like a return to a "talking filibuster," but no dice.
Restoring the Senate: Key Facts as the Senate Considers Rules Reform
History demonstrates that there is ample precedent to changing the rules around the filibuster to allow the chamber to function as the Founders intended.
www.brennancenter.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
People are upset about Trump corruption!
In 2021, Dems introduced the sweeping For the People Act, which included parts of Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act, forcing the president to divest financial assets.
Options existed to vote on it, like a return to a "talking filibuster," but no dice.
In 2021, Dems introduced the sweeping For the People Act, which included parts of Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act, forcing the president to divest financial assets.
Options existed to vote on it, like a return to a "talking filibuster," but no dice.
People are noting Brazil managed to jail their former president for attempting a coup, while the U.S. has not.
Biden's AG Merrick Garland waited until Nov. 18, 2022 to appoint Jack Smith as special counsel, for two cases starting with low-level suspects.
Trump could have stood trial *before* 2024.
Biden's AG Merrick Garland waited until Nov. 18, 2022 to appoint Jack Smith as special counsel, for two cases starting with low-level suspects.
Trump could have stood trial *before* 2024.
Avoiding Merrick Garland’s Mistakes the Next Time Democrats Hold Power
A new book offers five vital lessons for how Democrats should pursue accountability in the next post-Trump era.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
People are noting Brazil managed to jail their former president for attempting a coup, while the U.S. has not.
Biden's AG Merrick Garland waited until Nov. 18, 2022 to appoint Jack Smith as special counsel, for two cases starting with low-level suspects.
Trump could have stood trial *before* 2024.
Biden's AG Merrick Garland waited until Nov. 18, 2022 to appoint Jack Smith as special counsel, for two cases starting with low-level suspects.
Trump could have stood trial *before* 2024.
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In rural Louisiana, white and Black churches see the company's plan to build North America's biggest AI complex very differently. https://capitalbnews.org/meta-richland-parish-ai-data-center/
Meta’s AI Data Center Sparks a Divide Among the Faithful in the Bible Belt
In rural Louisiana, white and Black churches see the company's plan to build America's biggest AI complex very differently.
capitalbnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In rural Louisiana, white and Black churches see the company's plan to build North America's biggest AI complex very differently. https://capitalbnews.org/meta-richland-parish-ai-data-center/