Pete Hegseth had his inner circle google promotable officers and create paper-only files assessing their wokeness. www.ms.now/news/pete-he...

‘You gotta be kidding me’: Hegseth used these four things to decide on senior officer promotions

A senior official exclusively told MS NOW how decorated military officers with decades of experience were withheld from promotion after Pentagon staff printed out internet searches showing they had at...

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"The midterms were a referendum on Musk—and everything he represents—as much as they were on Trump. And what they tell us is that Democrats can win that contest if, and only if, they give voice to popular resistance to inequality and disempowerment."

Fintan O'Toole@fotoole.bsky.social · 4d ago

My thoughts on the midterms www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

I think @michellegoldberg.bsky.social is where I heard the point made but one reason 2026 felt the way it did to liberals is because it’s literally the only election cycle for the past decade where American voters have responded to trump in a way that approaches what would happen in a sane world

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 2d ago

it’s not just people close to; as we reported in here this morning, *he* has privately told people he fears Trump’s Iran war is destroying *his* or other Republicans’ chances in 2028 and other future elections, and if it doesn’t end soon, it’s broadly destroy the whole GOP! zeteo.com/p/maga-self-...

From Serbia to Bangladesh and India to France, young people are pushing back against authoritarianism and reshaping political landscapes

‘A global political awakening’: how gen Z protests are sweeping the world

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Reading between the lines, ICE brought a prisoner who needed med attn to the hospital, and when doctors refused to let them into the examination they retaliated by blocking off the ER and forcing ambulances to be rerouted for two hours. ICE has to be the new congress’s first priority.

Protest erupts at Boyle Heights hospital after ICE transports patient, blocks ambulance entrance

A protest erupted outside Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights Saturday after ICE agents show up, block ambulance entrance.

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Can’t believe that an AI industry leader would get misled by flattery and being told what they wanted to hear.

Haha. Someone’s touchy. The Cybertruck is simply TOO successful. That’s why Musk has scrapped it.

Blinken needs to be brought to justice for direct complicity in the genocide. It really is that simple.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 11h ago

Anthony Blinken, who served as Secretary of State under President Biden and lied to Congress by doctoring a report on Israel's compliance with international law, sat alongside Trump's second Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and falsely claimed Israel has never tried to harm civilians.

How is she so funny and how did the GOP not find these posts?

Look this is wild but maybe the reason centrist pundits tell Democrats to not talk about certain "unpopular" topics is because many centrists actually like unpopular conservative policies more than they like popular leftist policies, and would prefer it if Republicans win elections.

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 14h ago

EVEN DONALD TRUMP says his immigration policies hurt him in the midterms. The strategists who said Democrats ”shouldn’t talk about” ICE and deportations because “immigration is a bad issue for Democrats” have been proven wrong, by the president himself www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...

The Huang affair has finally blown up: -NVDA/Huang gifted Trump <$25 million> for his ballroom -NVDA Huang agreed to pay Trump 15% of sales of certain chips to China -Trump gave Huang the “National Medal of Science” -Huang on AF1 for last China trip This is a story about corruption

“There is a word for people who dispute the pope’s authority on doctrinal matters, and that word is ‘Protestant.’” —Mark O’Connell on JD Vance

Evolution of a Cynic | Mark O’Connell

JD Vance’s new memoir attempts to sidestep the vice-president’s ambitions with a shallow recounting of his conversion to Catholicism.

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A smart, beautiful story about the Southern coalition www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/u...

How Mississippi Reached the Verge of Electing a Black Senator (Gift Article)

The echoes of history surround Scott Colom’s final push toward victory, but assembling the coalition that propelled him took hard work after many Democratic misses.

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Days after Laura Loomer placed her podcast on hiatus, Katie Miller announced that she's halting ger show.

"Jeffries and other party leaders, by linking everything to affordability, are setting themselves up to fail. Dealing with affordability is going to be very difficult. The thing they have control over is anti-corruption policies," says @adambonica.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2176...

Something I never tire of in old-fashioned journalism: the local angle. Here is the @theguardian.com’s nice piece on @abdulelsayed.bsky.social’s Oxford years, including the fact that a local eatery named a sandwich after him. share.google/higy8sCkynw7...

Abdul El-Sayed’s Oxford years: PhD, political influences and sporting distinction

Michigan senator-elect’s former peers recall his time at university in Britain – and his love of coronation chicken sandwiches

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unreal

FOX NEWS: The DSA had a really good night. But Third Way has cautioned against reading too much into that MAMDANI: I'm sure they have 😀

Warren: "I do want to be clear: If you've been making your profits by cheating American families and scamming your investors, you better get ready for some investigations. Serious ones."

The Washington Post sent me an iPhone push alert for this dumb cope

You probably don’t want to be pissed off on a Saturday morning, but I insist that we keep front of mind the ordinary people whose livelihood has been ruined and dignity compromised by this Administration and their cohorts. What will we do for them? Gift link: wapo.st/4enhBy5

Trump fired him. The ‘DEI Watchlist’ shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.

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"The results on Tuesday cannot be understood outside of the hubris of Trump and the Republican Party; outside of its belief that it had insulated itself from popular discontent; that it had, in some sense, won politics and that Trump had fully escaped the pull of political gravity."

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 2d ago

one lesson of the republican wipe out is that it is very important for parties not to get too high on their own supply

Lolol

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “After Trump, there was no bigger loser on Tuesday than Elon Musk,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Very Bad Night

The midterms vote was an epic rebuke of Silicon Valley.

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Do you know how corrupt your administration has to be for this to happen www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson accuses Trump administration of corruption

On Joe Rogan's podcast, the senator from Wisconsin cited claims by a former White House adviser and accused Trump aides of catering to special interests.

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Hundreds at Tea Party rally in 2010 Media: Big story here. The People don’t like Obama. Millions at No Kings rally in 2026 Media: Not much of a story here. We said 2024 meant The People are with Trump; this doesn’t fit that narrative. Both had older protestors. Isn’t this just right-wing bias?

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 2d ago

you know what was in retrospect a huge story that the political media mostly missed? no kings. the savvy take was that the protests had no juice because so many of the protesters were old. seniors are by far the highest voting propensity age cohort.

Mississippi election marks political earthquake in the Deep South ft.trib.al/7Sli08p

Mississippi election marks political earthquake in the Deep South

Democrat Scott Colom could become the first Black man from the state to reach the US Senate in 150 years

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Put this in the history books under the 2026 midterms. It says it all succinctly.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism

The expansive and urgent Musk documentary from @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social and @bleeckerstfilms.bsky.social is now out on digital. Highly recommend.

MUSK | NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY OR RENT ON DEMAND

An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.

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Trump’s 1.5% victory in 2024 was a mandate. Democrats’ 13.5% victory in 2026 is not.