“Speaking in English, and reaching a US audience directly, the pope reiterated the Catholic belief that every Christian will ultimately be judged on how they welcomed "the foreigner". (Luke 10:25-37) bbc.com/news/articles/…

⁉️Wait a second. Where’s Lavrov? ▪️He was absent from yesterday’s meeting where Putin was throwing around threats of nuclear tests. Kommersantpolitely wrote that the foreign minister was “absent by agreement.” ▪️Almost simultaneously, Lavrov lost his status as head of the

Coates: What is your advice to mamdani? Crockett: Listen, I don't know that he needs my advice. He has been a master and frankly, he could do a master class for all Democrats on communication.

This was my first thought.

This is not only insanely stupid, but dangerous.

From the Financial Times: “US companies closely tied to the artificial intelligence boom have lost close to $1tn in market value since last Friday.” #markets #ai #tech Financial Times

Wow

About damn time.

It’s beginning to feel like whatever Josh Allen and Peyton Manning did compounded bad luck for Buffalo sports rather than alleviated it.

Private documents circulating around the administration and presented at the civil-mil coord ctr say the quiet part out loud: getting from Phase 1 to Phase 2 in the Gaza ceasefire faces near impossible odds scoop w/ Dasha Burns Nahal Toosi Paul McLeary politico.com/news/2025/11/1…

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w Nahal Toosi politico.com/news/2025/11/1…

If Donald Trump is taken down by emails and a child sex ring...

A survey published this week by the American Alliance of Museums reveals American museums to have been negatively affected by the Trump administration’s funding cuts across the arts and culture sector. artforum.com/news/report-sh…

The #UNSC is debating whether to endorse the U.S. peace plan for #Gaza. Daniel Forti, Max Rodenbeck and I look at some pretty big questions about the mandate. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Past promises haunt Brazil's climate summit dlvr.it/TPJ71m

A really fascinating look inside Zohran Kwame Mamdani's video operation and the team that helped him go viral again, and again, and again. By Lauren Egan thebulwark.com/p/inside-zohra…

The #US draft resolution on #Gaza is in blue and due to be voted on at 5 pm today (NY Time). Most diplomats I've spoken to expect it will pass and that #Russia and #China would not veto it. It's never done until it's done but that's where things stand currently.

I would like to give you the silver branch, the small white flower, the one word that will protect you from the grief at the center of your dream, from the grief at the center. —Margaret Atwood, born #OTD in 1939 poets.org/poem/variation…

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

The NYS history nerd in me appreciates that the State still uses Wells Fargo for its banking. #ErieCanal200