Jen Deaderick 🗃️ (She/Her)

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

I think Jessica Calarco had the best answers I've heard on this. And the best explanation for why young men were feeling so Trumpy last time around. thecause.substack.com/p/why-young-...

NEW: A ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from USPS’ cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024 have been most affected.

So extortion. Using drinking water for extortion. VOTE

Christianity Today has seen about half its staff quit or laid off in the last 14 months. Former employees told me that new business leaders have intervened in editorial decisions and are effectively abandoning the outlet's commitment to independent journalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

NEW AD: “Ken Paxton says I don't have his experience — and he's right. I’ve never been indicted for fraud. I’ve never been reported to the FBI for bribery. I’ve never been impeached by my own party. And I’ve never given a sweetheart deal to a pedophile.”

OSSOFF: Mike, you just confused Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act despite reading from your notes ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

NEW: After Trump abruptly fired FEMA chief financial officer Mary Comans based on false accusations that she paid millions to house undocumented immigrants, a federal judge formally cleared her name on Tuesday. Judge said it was a “premeditated campaign." www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-c...

There’s always a winner in the housing market, right? The buyer gets screwed, but the seller gets rich? Or the seller takes a haircut, but the buyer gets a bargain? lol Donald Trump figured out how to make a housing market where buyers and sellers BOTH lose! www.thebulwark.com/p/enter-the-...

The other day I talked to an aunt who has truly seen everything, and she couldn’t overstate how much more racist England now feels. When a working-class black woman in her mid-seventies tells you it’s bad, then it’s really bad.

cops and Christian anti-trafficking app guys worked this kind of tech out on sex workers a decade ago (remember “big data”?) www.vice.com/en/article/t...

So many things wrong with this "deal," but also: it's not a "massive" amount. If we actually receive 1,800,000 tons of diesel from Russia, that's equivalent to: * 3.3 days of US consumption, or * 10 days of US *exports*. It's a drop in the bucket. We send more than that overseas every two weeks.

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

like I'm reasonably certain that if someone handwrote notes and put them in my mailbox that said "we're going to stop the tranny menace" or whatever that would be a crime. I don't see why having them printed on glossy cardstock makes it okay.

ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.

Public demand for data-center answers creates an opportunity for local news. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/publ...

look, if you're worried about being remembered, don't try to pursue immortality or whatever, the smart move is to start selling substandard copper and then make sure anyone who complains deposits a physical copy of that complaint in a site that will later be archaeologically significant

God I hate being right.

How do you deal with a political party, the AfD, that had life breathed into it by the Kremlin and routinely uses its position in parliament to collect sensitive data for the Kremlin's use? A current German dilemma.

I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The message booksellers are getting for Q4 is December is going to be (another) shitshow. Paper and ink shortages, printer back-ups, warehouse back-ups/staffing shortages, carrier delays. Order up now, we’re being told. Who knows what stock will be available later.

if donald trump stole the constitution from the national archives and torched it on the white house lawn those two would say that clearly the president has the authority to do so

Jon Husted’s staffer took part in “Nazi military exercises” & had a “Tales from Rhodesia” Spotify playlist. The fact that significant swathes of the media ignore the multiple major Republican campaign staffers outed as Neo-Nazis (to focus on Hasan Piker instead) is journalistic malpractice.

Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.

The wire-monkey-mother experiment made digital.

Seems very pointed that Angela Davis did this. www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking...

…and threatened violence against their foes to bully them into submission… Demographically challenged groups trying to bully their way to power has a long history.

The state of Saxony-Anhalt, in eastern Germany, is holding elections on Sunday that could produce the first far-right state government in the country since the end of the Nazi era. Here’s what to know.

The amazing thing is during past administrations I don’t recall viral images of the ceiling of the Center just falling on patrons, I wonder what changed

At @theunpopulist.net, I break down the USPS voting insanity, and also the bigger point that the Sideshow Bob defense should not inure us to the gravity of what he is trying to do.

Now in Gunmetal Grey!

The subtext on this WaPo story on Betancourt suggests he had a big role in luring the US to invade. Also note the personally hand-delivered note to Putin while Rudy was chasing Russian disinformation on Biden. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

CNBC accidentally admits why employers love AI

Republicans' largest donor (by far) is hosting a robust debate on his platform about whether Jews are white. Corporate Media will ask precisely 0 Republicans about their largest donor's all-consuming misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism, he will instead by referred to as a visionary industrialist.

Exclusive from @propublica.org, details from inside USPS planning meetings that corroborate the whistleblower report warning of potential for mass disenfranchisement if mail voting regulations move forward for the midterms NEW: www.propublica.org/article/mail...

This is Lutnick lying as usual. He thinks we are idiots.

Ahead of the midterms, Trump isn’t even being subtle about his brazen politicization of federal disaster relief aid, explicitly tying approvals to campaign endorsements and election results. It’s one of the underappreciated scandals of his second term. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...