Just enough time to manipulate the fucking markets again.

Iran’s FM spokesperson:
Iran has not decided to join the new round of talks with the US, as Washington keeps changing its stance hour by hour and lacks consistency and a unified approach in its decisions.-IRIB

Live updates: Iran attacks 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as Trump indefinitely extends ceasefire Iran attacks 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as Trump indefinitely extends ceasefire

Live updates: Iran attacks 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as Trump indefinitely extends ceasefire

#Pinks
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Some are claiming this gerrymandering escalation was triggered by NY not Texas. That’s false. The NY Dems case is comparable to what NC Republicans did — a battle between the legislature and the courts over the post-2020 map. What Texas did is something else: rip up a map they wanted for a new one.

Pressed by Laura Ingraham about "folks on the right" who want to see Barack Obama investigated, Acting AG Todd Blanche says "these investigations have to be done in secret"

Womp womp.

Could someone who still has a subscription for God knows what reason please post a gift link to this?

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Turns out Ukraine not only had some cards, but the US has decided to use them.

😜

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Traditionally the Democrats would have rolled over for the redistricting push. To their credit they didn’t (probably because it was state democrats not DC democrats). The GOP is now on the run.

The fake outrage from the right over the Virginia restricting vote is so fucking pathetic. Who do they think they are fooling?

Republicans: [unsavory tactics]

Media: Gosh, that’s some maneuvering.

Democrats: [punch back]

Media: We need to ask ourselves if this is the sign of a healthy democracy.

Good to see the Democratic Party increasingly behaving like Trump/MAGA/GOP are bad faith actors.

It really sucks that we don’t have shared values to appeal to; that one party now actively opposes freedom, rights, truth, Constitution, and democracy.

But pretending otherwise can’t make it better.

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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.

“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.

(Published Nov. 2025)

When a bully punches someone and is shocked when that someone punches back.

A great win for Democrats in Virgina.

The GOP will rue the day they listened to Trump and redistricted Texas.

He always drags them down, down, down.

I think it’s important to note that with the possible exception of Hegseth, Ratcliffe, Patel, & Mullins she is THE most unqualified for the position she holds. And she is also both a serious counterintelligence risk & insider threat.

Whew!

Great job Virginia and congratulations for standing up to a wanna be dictator and punching back!
Lets go!!!

The GOP entered this redistricting under the rather childish delusion they were going to gerrymander, and nobody would gerrymander them. In TX, MO, and a half dozen other states, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind

I'm sure Alito is fuming about the Virginia vote and itching to strike down the rest of the Voting Rights Act as petty revenge.

But Democrats are likely retaking the House, maybe the Senate, no matter what SCOTUS does now.

Killing the VRA would just be a final insult that speeds court reform.

Democrats did not want to do any mid-decade redistricting. It was Trump who started it in June 2025 with a phone call to Greg Abbott after more special election losses. Dems warned they’d respond. But Texas did it anyway - without the consent of the voters. Then Dems responded.

GOP - *gerrymanders*

DEMS - hey stop that no fair

GOP - *gerrymanders even more*

DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue

SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely*

DEMS - *start gerrymandering*

GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭

A social media graphic with a navy blue border and cream background. Navy blue and orange text reads, "Special election update: Virginia says YES! to new congressional maps." At the bottom of the word 'YES!,' an orange outline of the commonwealth of Virginia appears with Governor Abigail Spanberger wearing a white coat inside of the state.

It’s official: Virginians have rejected Trump and Republicans’ efforts to rig the midterms.

In less than 196 days, we will flip the House blue.

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

No, he’s not. He’s sorry his viewers have turned on his leader and wants to get them back.

White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains A rare mid-decade redistricting push has unnerved some Texas Republicans, who worry a drive to harm Democrats could end up endangering G.O.P. incumbents in 2026.

How’d that all turn out, anyway?

Kneel before Zod.