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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5752823-platner-holds-double-digit-lead-on-mills-collins-in-maine-senate-race-poll/ Platner holds double-digit lead on Mills, Collins in Maine Senate race: Poll Progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner (D) holds comfortable double-digit leads over both...

The Atlantic gift article Yes, It’s Fascism Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny. Until recently, I resisted using the F-word to describe President Trump. For one thing, there were too many elements of classical fascism...

The Atlantic gift link America vs. the World President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure. The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy made it official: The American-dominated liberal...

Washington Post gift link White House floats military option for Greenland, rattling Denmark and NATO
 The rhetoric follows a dramatic U.S. raid in Venezuela and revives Trump’s long-standing focus on Greenland, transforming diplomatic discussions into fears of coercion. But U.S. military...

My Alabama friends, we may go back and forth about politics all year long, but this weekend we are united by something a whole lot bigger than any argument we’ve ever had. Whether you’re here in Atlanta or watching from home, we’re all pulling in the same direction with the same hope. So let’s...

Washington Post gift link The great GOP migration has begun The midterms promise a reality check — and growing defections from disastrous MAGA orthodoxy. (Jeff Flake, a Republican from Arizona, is a former U.S. senator and representative. He served as U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 2022 to...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/dick-cheney-death-obit? Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies

The Atlantic gift link The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision. To capture a democratic nation, authoritarians must control three sources of power: the intelligence agencies, the justice system, and the military. President Donald...

I think this deserves its own thread. Trump's FCC Chair: We're constraining the power of Disney, of Comcast. I think the American public will be much better off. I don't think this is the last shoe to drop. This is a massive shift that's taking place in the media ecosystem. I think the...

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/oklahoma-test-teacher-applicants-new-york-california-radical-leftist-ideology/ Oklahoma to test political leanings of teacher applicants from New York, California

Trump: "If you go back long beyond before President Putin, it was always a statement that they would never allow Ukraine into NATO. So that was a statement that was made." "Allow Ukraine?" How is that Russia's decision to make?

https://www.si.com/college/lsu/football/lsu-football-plans-to-sell-jersey-patch-advertisements-pending-ncaa-approval-01jz6ddmmbvp LSU Football Plans to Sell Jersey Patch Advertisements, Pending NCAA Approval Brian Kelly and Co. could explore adding jersey patches, extra revenue stream during...

Stephen Miller: "The writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion. So I would say that's an option we're actively looking at."

I was looking for a place to post about something good that JD Vance did but I couldn’t find an appropriate thread, so I decided to create one where we can share the good things done by those with whom we usually disagree. Maybe acknowledging some positives from political rivals will help...

When you finally lose the likes of Richard Hanania, maybe it shows there is a limit to what the more intelligent segment of Trump's base can stomach. https://www.richardhanania.com/p/kakistocracy-as-a-natural-result?r=3e905&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Kakistocracy...

NYT gift link E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’ Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said he would revise or repeal dozens of air, water and climate protections to help industries. In a barrage of pronouncements on Wednesday the Trump...

NYT Gift Link The One Question That Really Matters: If Trump Defies the Courts, Then What? It is not hyperbole to say that the future of American constitutional democracy now rests on a single question: Will President Trump and his administration defy court orders?

Q: A young child just died of measles in Texas. Do you have a comment? RFK Jr.: It's not unusual. We have measles outbreaks all the time This is the first Measles death in the US in 10 years. RFK Jr. values his anti-vax lunacy over the lives of children. Science means nothing to the Trump...