Its kind of late for that, right?

The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.

As more files from the Epstein case are released, I'm sickened by the extent of his depravity and his connections to so many powerful people. Governments around the globe are being shaken by the mentions of their leaders in the files, and the U.S. should apply the same scrutiny to our leaders.

Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

Trump admin removes Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument | CNN Politics The Trump administration has removed an LGBTQ Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, the United States’ first national monument to LGBTQ rights, following a directive restri...

The Trump administration has removed an LGBTQ Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in NYC following a directive restricting what kinds of flags can be flown on National Park sites.

Project Salt Box: How citizen sleuths are monitoring ICE in Maryland Inside their homes scattered around the Baltimore area, the group of watchdogs is unearthing records, like property filings, contracts, and government procurements, that are otherwise overlooked.

On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project!
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FAA halts all flights to and from El Paso, Texas, and an area of southern New Mexico for 10 days over security concerns https://cnn.it/4rbdn0R

FAA issues 10 day flight restrictions in Texas: "special security reasons" The NOTAM was issued from February 11 down at the southern U.S. border with Mexico.

Uhh.... what?

Casey Wasserman Faces Revolt Over Ghislaine Maxwell Ties—Chapelle Roan Exits His Agency The recent Epstein files release revealed Casey Wasserman’s ties to the convicted sex offender’s close associated Ghislaine Maxwell.

The recent Epstein files release revealed Casey Wasserman’s ties to the convicted sex offender’s close associated Ghislaine Maxwell.

I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does.

Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.

We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.

This is something significantly bigger and scarier.

Duke University Press. [reposted by Elizabeth R. Anker]. "Melodrama as Provocateur," edited by Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R. Anker, showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams,

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

Sesame Street premiered on this day in 1969…

VÍDEO: A dura fala de Claudia Sheinbaum sobre o assédio sexual sofrido na rua “Se fazem com a presidenta, o que não ocorre com todas as mulheres?”, disse a chefe de Estado mexicana, que chamou a atenção para um crime que é sofrido por todas

VÍDEO: A dura fala de Claudia Sheinbaum sobre o assédio sexual sofrido na rua

“Se fazem com a presidenta, o que não ocorre com todas as mulheres?”, disse a chefe de Estado mexicana, que chamou a atenção para um crime que é sofrido por todas

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.

This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

“Gringos, go home”: Latin America reacts to Trump’s expanding military campaign "It could inflame South America."

Trump has deployed an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean and launched a series of missile strikes that have killed dozens.

From Colombia to Mexico, leaders are calling it a war crime—and warning that the U.S. is reviving its old habit of gunboat diplomacy. Read the story here.

Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

Good Night Jane Goodall…

apnews.com/article/jane...

A real pleasure to sit down for an extended conversation on The View today. My thanks to the studio audience for the very warm welcome.

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?

MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

imagine flying halfway around the world for a meeting that could’ve been an email and some guy with a hangover is just shouting at you that it’s against the rules to be fat or gay

PEN America warns of rise in books 'systematically removed from school libraries' A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.

A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.

A beautiful rocky cove of cyan ocean water and white foam, break onto a black sand beach.

#CyanTuesday
#RockinTuesday

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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"