But they weren't convicted of federal crimes:
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others involved in bid to overturn 2020 election https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-pardons-rudy-giuliani-others-involved-bid-overturn-2020-election-rcna242956

People on SNAP are starving and people on ACA who cannot afford insurance will suffer and die but what keeps coming up on Morning Joe? Air travel. First-world problems always trump -- pun intended -- poor people's problems.

Cavers. Turncoats. Chickenshits. Fuckers.

Goddamnit, you chickenshit, turncoat Democrats. The voters gave you a mandate and a spine on Tuesday and you're about to blow it. NO!. This is your one chance to protect healthcare. Stop!

Giant spiderweb discovered in cave:
Griechenland: Gewaltiges Spinnennetz in Höhle entdeckt https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/griechenland-gewaltiges-spinnennetz-in-hoehle-entdeckt-accg-110769795.html?share=Twitter

It's stupid's economy.
U.S. orders 10% cut in flights at several airports as shutdown drags on https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2025/11/05/flight-cuts-shutdown-duffy/

Fuckers can't win honestly and want to undermine democracy: bomb threats at polling places in seven NJ towns....
https://newjersey.news12.com/bomb-threats-force-closures-at-some-new-jersey-polling-places

This is an unfair hatchet-job by The Atlantic on Common Crawl, an *open* crawl of the web cited in 10k academic papers, available to anyone--including the AI companies dying legacy media love to demonize.
The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry’s Dirty Work
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/common-crawl-ai-training-data/684567/?gift=iWa_iB9lkw4UuiWbIbrWGQv84IP0_-K67yuVC013Fx4

American Gestapo. That is not hyperbole. That is our reality: people arrested and jailed for their speech.
A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/31/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-jail/

Good news from sane(r) Europe:
Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/world/europe/netherlands-elections-geert-wilders.html?smid=tw-share

I think there's consensus that we all should call it the Epstein Ballroom. And I propose renaming the rest the Gold House.

I'm off to Munich to speak at Medientage München. My message: American democracy is dying. American mass media are dead, and deserve to be, as they did not protect democracy. Our only hope in the US is new and independent means for voices to heard. Europe should learn from America only how to avoid our fate.

Moi.
New Providence, NJ.

Thank you, sister.
North Plainfield, NJ. #NoKings

Thank you, Ron Conway
Marc Benioff's call for troops in SF leads tech investor Ron Conway to leave Salesforce Foundation board https://cnb.cx/3WIZxoC

Fuck Salesforce.
Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/salesforce-benioff-ice.html?smid=tw-share

Oh, yeah, a fine investment.
Los Angeles Times reveals $50m loss as it seeks $500m investment
https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/los-angeles-times-reveals-50m-loss-as-it-seeks-500m-investment/

I begged Der Spiegel to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trumps-crusaders-christian-nationalists-are-gaining-a-solid-foothold-in-washington-a-643ab80d-fd36-4b45-924a-20fcef6b2e03

For (us) liberals, MSNBC is our last, best hope in mass media. Today's a big day: separation from NBC. With CNN likely falling under the sway of the miniMurdochs & their Bari, I pray MSNOW stays true to its 4pm-on soul. We need it now more than ever.
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/msbnc-rebrand-starts-today-code-principles/

In our poll, Trump is an unpopular, ignorant, idiotic, dangerous, spiteful, bigoted, sexist, autocratic fascist and fool. Why this is bad for Democrats.
Trump Is Still Unpopular in Our Poll. Why Aren’t Democrats Doing Better? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/upshot/poll-analysis-trump-times-siena.html?smid=tw-share