An incredibly moving interview with a remarkable man.

Yes, some Republicans are racists, the proof is not hard to find. And some Democrats are genocidaires. Pot, kettle, black? open.substack.com/pub/michaelbal…

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, the man most capable of leading negotiations for a Palestinian state, was beaten unconscious by eight Israeli prison guards on September 14 as he was being transferred between prisons. theguardian.com/world/2025/oct…

A former Trump-appointed prosecutor who secured major public corruption convictions says the Supreme Court is now making it nearly impossible to prosecute bribery.

Both the White House and JD Vance have shrugged off these posts as no big deal. Does the ADL have any comments on that?

Joe Gebbia is the billionaire co-founder of AirBnB, a close friend of Elon Musk, and worked to gut the federal government with DOGE. And he just gave the single largest donation to Cuomo’s super PAC since the primary.

This didn't have to happen.

We stand by our reporting. Here is the full story that DHS is dismissing: propublica.org/article/immigr… It relies on footage that anyone can watch for themselves. We also explain exactly how we did it ⤵️

NYC sues trump administration over $47 million magnet school grant cuts - Chalkbeat chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/1…

New York GOP to disband Young Republican group, sources say - Newsday newsday.com/news/region-st…

Susan Stamberg, pioneering broadcaster at NPR, dies at 87 wapo.st/4945X9d

“I’m battling with the school because they don’t believe anything is wrong with Dakota. They don’t believe he has long Covid. They don’t believe long Covid exists.” rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

Mamdani: "We will make buses free by replacing the revenue that the MTA currently gets from buses. This is revenue that's around $700 million or so. That's less money than Andrew Cuomo gave to Elon Musk in $959 million in tax credits when he was the governor."

Yeah Dodgers. (You can take the boy away from the Dodgers but you can't take the Dodgers away from the boy.)

Has being the target of Trump’s vitriol been bad for any Democratic politician? It seems only to be a boost for Zohran Mamdani, Brandon Johnson, JB Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, etc. Trump is incredibly unpopular. The more he hates you, the better your political chances.

Karoline Leavitt sounds like a Red Guard in Mao's China during the Cultural Revolution.

The only path to healing is for Israel to acknowledge what it has done to Gaza | Roy Schwartz haaretz.com/opinion/2025-1…

ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Trump refiles $15B suit against New York Times after judge’s rebuke - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

Artists Nationwide Unite Against the Trump Administration hyperallergic.com/1050039/artist…