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First post, yay!

South Korea has proven (twice) how to make impeachment a viable mechanism, and it’s one we could adopt by simple rules change, no constitutional amendment needed: make the vote on it by secret ballot.

I feel this is an important post, and comments...

Check out this energy... it'll be our turn next, in the USA. Get ready for the night of the Midterms, November 3rd 🙂 #AllYouFascistsBoundToLose

Paraphrasing the wrap-up at the end of interview with president of the Flight Attendant Union (55k at 20 airlines)... We are less safe right now because the aviation system is stressed. If it gets worse, we (flight attendants) are not going to participate in it, and we are going to save lives.

BREAKING: Judge bars feds from using tear gas that could seep into nearby Gray’s Landing apartments in Portland unless there’s an imminent threat to life @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

People living across the street from Portland's ICE facility are seeking relief. Not only are chemicals used by federal agents infiltrating their homes, they're wreaking havoc on their bodies and lives. In court filings, they describe sleeping with gas masks.

For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE. A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have soaked into apartment walls, furniture and even children’s toys.

Koritan, a blue bird stationmaster decorated with cherry blossoms and musical notes, is the mascot for Koriyama Railway Station.

give it a few more months, and instead of yelling F*** ICE the wrestling crowd will be yelling F*** TRUMP (you heard it here first)

Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.

Texas reporter. When we call this a political earthquake we are not exaggerating.

An insane result. A flip in red Texas. A 33-point swing from red-to-blue. A MAGA candidate promoted heavily by Trump. A state where the new GOP Congressional district lines now might not be enough to withstand a blue wave. A state where #TXSen is now officially in play. Staggering all around.

A very significant vote. The $75 billion can be taken away; this marks a clear vote by the Democratic caucus to do so.

Jon Tester: “It has the potential of being 1932 all over again, quite frankly,” Tester told Semafor in a wide-ranging interview this week. “Because <b>people are starting to realize that this ain’t working</b>.”

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

Our VA Secretary wants all of his employees who serve our nation’s veterans to understand that if masked federal agents execute you on the streets in cold blood, he will not give a damn about you and will use your death as an opportunity to spread propaganda for the President.

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

This is the seat Nancy Mace is vacating lol

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

The government has an efficient new method for calculating what your life is worth

This is not a novel observation, but I really don't think the admin quite understands the level of radicalization that is happening to opposition elements that were not previously radicalized in the slightest.

When Trump says he "isn't worried about boots on the ground" in Venezuela, that's because he isn't talking about his family.    American citizens must have a say about any act of war. It is OUR soldiers and OUR money at stake.

they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.

One day after ICE killed a mom in Minneapolis, Trump's agents shot two more people in Portland. How does Trump and his team respond? Not remorse. Not empathy. Just declaring the cases closed before the facts come to light, then covering them up by blocking local investigators.

more americans than ever say that ICE should be abolished www.gelliottmorris.com/p/support-fo...

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

Cygnal is a Republican pollster and one of the better ones. If they are sending this out, it's a flare gun for Republicans.

NEW SURVEY... Alaska Survey Research December 19-21, 2025 N=994 likely Alaska voters MOE = +/- 3.2% Fielded online - ASR Survey Panel Q: If the 2026 election for US Senate for Alaska was held today... for whom would you vote for US Senate? Mary Peltola 48 Dan Sullivan 46 Undecided 6

FWIW: This paper, which argues that Twitter is no longer a useful or widely used place for talking about research and people have mostly switched to Bluesky, has been shared: -68 times on Twitter -3,560 times on Bluesky 🧪

Health care is a human right. That’s why we need Medicare for All. We need to simplify our system and make sure folks can get the care they need, when they need it. And the American people agree!

here's Trump saying in 2019 he hasn't spoken with Epstein in "fifteen years". with today's email release, we know this is not true. (bonus, Trump mentions Secretary Acosta) www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

The U.S. is on track for another record year for clean electricity in 2025: 59 GW additions, which is 92% of new builds. Solar leads again, and storage nearly doubles. The grid is changing fast.

Arguing against extending ACA funds, GOP senators are circulating charts showing insurer profits rising since the enhanced subsidy began. Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.

In a rare move, one of the monopoly electric utilities operating in Oregon is asking state regulators for permission to lower residential customer rates in 2026. The reduction, though small at less than 1%, is the result of Idaho Power’s break with coal: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/04/a...

In the battle between "Partisan polarization means presidential approval is now locked into a narrow range" vs. "Nah"...no winner yet, but it's been a good week for Team How Low Can He Go.

Congress can’t expense things, begins feeling the heat in shutdown “The charge cards ... are not working right now, ... to buy MailChimp account, Canva accounts, Twitter once a year, premium stuff like that,” the staffer said. “So that’s a problem.” www.24sight.news/p/congressio...

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

Lawsuits from AZ AG Mayes and Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva are imminent, my sources say. They are most likely to be filed tomorrow, but could happen by the end of today.

Come on then, and remove him.

reposting with alt-text Zero arrests by NYPD is actually astounding to me

I've been following this threat of legal action, and I like AG Mayes. She says "times up", but in the whole interview does not say anything specific that will be done. We'll have to wait to see. PS, she did use the phrase: "taxation without representation" (!) #Grijalva #AZ07

Part of the utility for huge protests like No Kings is that they undermine the fundamental basis of Trump's power, which is elite consent. If universities, private companies, government officials, etc. think they could get caught up by a popular backlash they're less likely to comply w/ the regime.

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone. And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

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