I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."

Today in Politics, Bulletin 264. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉

Rep. Rashida Tlaib has introduced a resolution, backed by 21 House Representatives, to recognize the genocide in Gaza and call for sanctions against Israel:

In Opinion

"Even if Mr. Trump’s muscular approach has found fertile ground across the hemisphere, history suggests that, should officials in Washington overstep, they risk planting the seeds of an anti-American backlash that could outlive the current administration," Brian Winter writes.

Bomb threats were emailed to three of Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer’s district offices, the New York lawmaker said, with the sender using “MAGA” in the subject line and writing that the 2020 election was rigged.

Here's a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.

Up and out at weird o’clock. Early physical therapy in a different city means if I want to get anything done beforehand, I need to roll out of bed when the moon is still out. Off to Malden to finish my KevTalk presentation before my leg gets zapped and mangled by my awesome PT. Dang, it’s cold.”

News Analysis: President Trump’s latest changes to the U.S. immigration system affect communities that traditionally have been considered special cases.

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Rachel Newling

Australian Flowers:
Blue Waterlily

linocut on handmade
Japanese paper

This is Rufus. His Halloween costume arrived late. Really wants to escargot trick-or-treating if you don’t mind turning on your porch light. 13/10 (IG: rufuscorg)