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The most amazing story isn’t just that Democrats flipped a Trump +12 seat from red to blue — it’s that Trump literally voted by mail in this election while arguing mail in voting should be illegal for everyone else.

New: Pete Hegseth’s pastor and close spiritual advisor says he wants Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico to die. “We want him crucified with Christ,” Brooks Potteiger said of Talarico, as the podcast host said he prays “that God kills him.” huffpost.com/entry/pete-heg…

@Acyn Is he Gahndi from @CivGame ??

Hegseth: We negotiate with bombs.

“They’re standing there like Ken and Barbie dolls in the back of us. They can’t do anything. They’re not trained.” ICE agents are largely standing around at Atlanta’s busy airport ajc.com/business/2026/…

@ChristinaPushaw @ryanburge @Athan_K No, the ones who are evangelical are just more annoying and unamerican lol.

When Gen X was 18-29 years old: 18% identified as non-religious. When Millennials were 18-29 years old: 34% identified as non-religious. Among Gen Z currently: 41% identify as non-religious.

Breaking WaPo: A top deputy to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro acknowledged in a closed-door hearing this month that the Justice Department did not have evidence of wrongdoing in its criminal investigation of the Federal Reserve over the cost of its building renovations, according to a transcript of the court proceedings. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Here are all the metro areas you could travel between in less or equal time than it takes to get through TSA, if the U.S. had high-speed rail.

The big lie of “gov sucks at everything “ , is that they suck the most at enforcing performance and costs. You know what’s worse than the gov running a service? Private companies knowing that the gov entities they contract with can’t do shit to stop them from fucking up everything and making a fortune. I’m not saying this applies to every private company. Many do have ethics. Not all. And as an entrepreneur, it’s embarrassing to us all. Need proof ? Look at the Noem ad contract. Look at healthcare. Taxpayers provide 70pct or more of the revenue of the largest insurance companies. Those same insurance companies get fined and found liable for ripping off taxpayers, again and again and again. And they still get to do business with the gov, knowing they can effectively steal money from us all. The fines are a nuisance. And this is healthcare. When they lie, people die. Maybe when we are smart enough to pass laws saying that gov contractors get one mulligan. Two fines from any government entity and you are blacklisted from Gov contracts at the state and federal level for 10 years. That’s when things will change Until then the concept of privatization of gov services like the tsa or post office or .. is just a license for a private company to abuse taxpayers and face next to no consequences.

Jimmy Buffet called it the gulf of Mexico so I’m gonna stick with that.

I don’t think people realize how much healthcare costs are driving big companies to fire and not hire. It costs them $30k per family, per year for premiums and care. Most of that goes to the massive, vertically integrated insurance companies that send weekly bills that no one reviews in details. And it doesn’t include the company overhead to deal with it all. It’s usually the 2nd largest expense after payroll. Which is insane It’s far easier to blame AI than it is to blame Healthcare costs. Want to increase jobs, wages and improve affordability for every American ? Break up the biggest insurance companies. Make divest non insurance companies. They don’t need thousands of subsidiaries. That’s how they game and abuse the system and increase costs for all of us. Call your senator and tell them to support the BreakUp Big Medicine Bill by @HawleyMO and @SenWarren.

States with a smaller population than Los Angeles County

@applesclubs my dakboard works just fine

Apple is finally turning your wall into a smart command center 👀 7-inch Home Hub with FaceTime, smart controls, and a whole new “homeOS” — this could replace your iPad + smart speaker setup entirely. Spring 2026, $350. Worth it or overkill? 🔥

Braves spending money on LED lights instead of starting pitching

@BarrettSallee better be

There could be more carriage deals with BravesVision and providers coming in the next 48 hours.

The TSA nightmare "Some officers are sleeping at airports or in their cars because they can’t afford the commute to and from work, while others can’t afford to pay their rent.” My daily editorial planning note and reporting is posted ===> open.substack.com/pub/macfarlane…

@AP hopefully this will reset the current simulation

Scientists at CERN are taking some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive. If this so-called antimatter comes into contact with actual matter — even for a fraction of an instant — it will be annihilated in a quick flash of energy. youtube.com/watch?v=3f2fA6… Read the full story here: bit.ly/47mlnnP

Margaret Ryan, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement director, resigned effective last week after clashing with agency leadership over the direction of investigations, specifically those involving Donald Trump and his family, per YF

We need to start taking pictures of the shelf prices because they might change by the time we get to the register. 📌 Walmart is rolling out digital price tags in every store. Prices can now be changed across the entire chain in seconds.

Congress could just do this - that is, fund DHS sans ICE - and then override a Trump veto, at least that's how I recall our system of checks and balances working from when I learned about them in like fifth grade 🙃