👀 Senator @scolom.bsky.social : “It’s not accurate to say @senschumer recruited me. The people of Mississippi recruited me… you think I was listening to someone that lives in Brooklyn?” Wow, very different picture than the one Schumer + his allies are painting.
Sen. Van Hollen: “What if we actually had votes on the Senate floor on things that the American people really cared about?…And if Trump wants to veto it and once again show he stands with his billionaire buddies, let him do that, but we should not decide what we do based on what he might do.”
JUST NOW — @vanhollen.senate.gov : “We should not decide what we do based on what Trump might do.” The candidate for @SenateDems leader says @TheDemocrats must deliver what the people want not what special interests want. #MedicareForAllNOW #AbolishICE #EndTheWar #CutOffIsrael
Van Hollen: "Right now, under our current leadership, we have a situation where they are not willing to use the most important power we have to end the war, which is to defund it. My view is we need to be listening to these individuals."
Seems worth pointing out was “YOU’RE A F*CKING LIAR!” heckle came as @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social was claiming he supports universal health care — yet he has turned away from Medicare for All. Folks are done with the gaslighting.
Nonprofits sue Anthropic, Google, and other tech giants to freeze the AI arms race — Five tech companies are targeted in a suit that wants a court to block more advanced models and self-improving AI. https://xenospectrum.com/en/ai-giants-two-lawsuits-slowdown-freeze/
Nonprofits Sue OpenAI, Google and Three Other AI Giants to Halt Development of New Models
Four U.S. nonprofits sued five major AI companies on November 12, seeking to block development and deployment of new models. A September antitrust suit alleges the opposite: that coordinated slowdowns are illegal. Three of the same companies now face claims pulling in opposite directions.
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Mckenna Grace revealed that her first concert was Taylor Swift’s “The 1989 World Tour”!
Microsoft Having To Hire Humans To Fix AI Screwups, Pure Karma.....
Bethany Joy Lenz revealed she has recently become a Swiftie and praised Taylor Swift’s songwriting! “I am officially a Taylor Swift fan. Huge fan. Her lyrics are so smart. I love her music. Anything you play me, I’m in.”
Rep. Shomari Figures won reelection in Alabama even after Republicans tried to gerrymander him out of his seat. And the fight for Black voting rights runs in his blood. His father helped bankrupt the KKK through a historic lawsuit, and his mother served in Alabama’s Senate for decades.
I don't think I'm ever going to stop being surprised by this level of stupidity. Every day it's more WTAF moments.🙄
Dems prepare investigations as Trump is implicated in the Nvidia cover-up, Kushner and Witkoff head back to Russia as the EU rebukes the U.S., Trump becomes even more unglued, and much more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET: www.youtube.com/live/ULgQwKP...
Democrats should use their new congressional majorities to put enforceable limits on presidential powers ripe for authoritarian abuse.
To Rein In Trump, Pass a ‘No Kings Act’
Democrats should use their new congressional majorities to put enforceable limits on presidential powers ripe for authoritarian abuse.
lnk.thebulwark.com
State Department spox Tommy Pigott: "American citizenship is not for sale, and we are making that clear" (Trump's Gold Cards could not be reached for comment ... )
"I have a warrant for your arrest but I don't have to show you," said ICE
GMA has announced that Taylor Swift will be performing at the Country Music Awards this November 18th!
One month after residents of Paulding County, GA filed a lawsuit against the Technology Park Overlay District - a zoning designation that allows the construction of hyper-scale data centers - the Commissioners proposed to significantly reduce public comment time. The proposal was swiftly rejected.
JUST FILED: More fallout for Pete Hegseth Democrats launch probe of major Trump fundraiser A controversial US Attorney is warned: "Preserve your records" A looming crisis for many American hospitals Lots of news-making interviews in DAY AHEAD: macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...
DAY AHEAD - My Daily Editorial Note
November 13, 2026
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Wow! Alaska is now one of 30 states with Democratic governors. THIRTY! 📌 Kreiss-Tomkins will be Alaska's first elected Democratic governor since Tony Knowles won reelection in 1998, ending a 28-year drought.
They never seem to be able to learn the lesson. Democrats just bitch-slapped them in the midterms, and this is their response. I've said it before: the Rapepublicans are committing death by suicide. Good. Let them.
