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https://www.fox5dc.com/news/democrats-sweep-three-major-races-virginia-house-delegates

It was a big night for Democrats in Virginia.

Not only did the Democratic candidates sweep the state's three major races — governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general — the party also picked up 13 seats in the House of Delegates, giving them a hefty majority of 64-35, with one race remaining undecided.
The blue wave

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This is a significant expansion of the Democrats' power in the state House, taking their previously slim 51-49 majority up.

Virginia typically swings between Democrats and Republicans, and the outcomes often serves as a bellwether to determine the electorate's mood going into the next election.

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the coping continues

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mike-johnson-says-americans-side-195746811.html

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) went on a tirade against the media and Democrats after being confronted with an uncomfortable poll Monday revealing which political party Americans blame for the long-running government shutdown.

Johnson appeared on Fox News’ “The Will Cain Show” to further blame Democrats for the shutdown, spurred by an impasse over Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

He accused blue states of abusing government programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which Cain described as a “political football.”

The host went on to show Johnson an NBC poll that revealed 52% of voters blame President Donald Trump and Republicans for the shutdown, while 42% blame Democrats. He asked Johnson, “Why would the polls look like that when you are clearly voting to continue to fund the government [and] Democrats are not voting to continue to fund the government?”

“Well, for one thing, the polls are all over the place,” Johnson said. “I mean, CNN was reporting just on Friday of last week that Republicans were winning this as if it was some sort of political game. The only people who lose here are the American people.”

Trump, who usurped Congress’ spending power and made a shutdown deal nearly impossible, told CBS’s Norah O’Donnell in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats demanding to negotiate extending ACA subsidies.

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The orange retard just turned the entire US economy into a fucking burrito
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/business/k-shaped-economy
This burrito is everything you need to know about America’s economy

Fact 1: America’s economy and stock market keep growing, buoyed by robust consumer spending and AI mega-growth.

Fact 2: Hiring is at a standstill, inflation is rising, loan defaults are abundant and Americans give this economy a near-record-low rating.

Confused? To understand how both of those things can be true, consider the burrito.

Chipotle on Wednesday reported miserable earnings and cut its sales-growth forecast for the third-straight quarter. The culprit: Young and lower-income consumers (Chipotle’s core customers) are cutting back on their spending, and they’re starting to skip the guac.

Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright on the company’s earnings call: “We’re not losing them to the competition; we’re losing them to grocery and food at home. And so, that consumer is under pressure. It is one of our core consumer cohorts. And so, they feel the pinch and we feel the pullback from them as well.”

Boatwright said the company’s customer surveys showed many believed Chipotle was no longer affordable. People in households that bring in less than $100,000 a year drive about 40% of Chipotle’s sales.

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> 11/4/2025
Mamdani makes me SICK. He couldn’t run a popsicle stand but he conned enough New Yorkers to vote for him!
> Top Headline
Left Rising
> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/elections-new-york-new-jersey-virginia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yk8.P8DP.2Ytd3ayHOTR-&smid=url-share

> Main Headlines
New York City Results
> https://www.cnn.com/election/2025/results/new-york-city-mayor

> More News
Dick Cheney died.
> https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/dick-cheney-death-obit

Dick Cheney was terrible as Vice President - definitely the one pulling the strings of George W. Bush…

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Donald Trump continues to showcase his literal history making incompetence and inability to lead by breaking his own record for longest government shutdown in US history

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisdobstaff/2025/11/05/government-shutdown-makes-history-tracking-the-economic-impacts/

The government shutdown has officially entered its 36th day, becoming the longest federal funding lapse in U.S. history—surpassing the 35-day shutdown that took place during President Donald Trump’s first term in office.

Millions are feeling the impacts: SNAP benefits used by roughly 42 million Americans will only be partially funded for November. Beyond the recipients themselves, even a short lapse in benefits could slow consumer spending—the Department of Agriculture estimates that every $1 in SNAP benefits generates $1.50 in economic activity.

Meanwhile, the usual holiday travel anxiety looms even larger this year. Nearly half of all major air traffic control facilities are facing staffing shortages, according to the FAA, while a shortage of TSA agents has led to increased security wait times at major airports. On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that U.S. air travel would see “mass chaos” if the government shutdown goes on another week.

The economic impacts of this record shutdown have only deepened the longer it has dragged on—especially for small businesses. For each business day the government is closed, small businesses nationwide are unable to access $170 million in SBA-backed commercial loans, according to Forbes Research. Meanwhile, applications for new loans aren’t being approved, putting applicants’ plans on hold.

Nonprofit organizations are also feeling the crunch. Housing programs, hunger-relief networks, medical research grants and other institutions that depend on federal partnerships face uncertain futures until the government reopens, writes contributor Alexander Puutio.

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In a blow to yet another right wing /news/ shill narrative, Donald Trump has officially declared he will block SNAP benefits despite a court order mandating he fund the program.
This announcement, coupled with his continued acknowledgement that Senate Republicans can and should use the nuclear option to end the shutdown right now, has left right wing shills scrambling for new talking points. It has also led to their all but abandoning the topic of the shutdown on /news/ over the last few days, a stark reversal from their previous campaign to make it the sole topic discussed on this board.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/snap-trump-food-shutdown.html

President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the United States would not pay any SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, contradicting a court filing a day earlier by his administration.

Trump said that the benefits, which help feed 42 million Americans, will resume only after Democrats in Congress agree to pass a stopgap funding bill that would reopen the government.

The administration on Monday told a federal judge in Rhode Island that it would pay half of the costs of the SNAP benefits for November.

Trump on Tuesday said in a Truth Social post, “SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly ‘handed’ to anyone for the asking, as opposed to just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!”

The White House, when asked by CNBC for clarification on Trump’s statement given the court filing Monday, said, “Refer you to the President’s truth.”

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyk3qzq7k7o

Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says

Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls.

It follows a review which found depictions of choking were "rife" on mainstream porn sites and had helped normalise the act among young people.

Both the possession and publication of such material will be a criminal offence, under amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill currently going through Parliament.

Online platforms would also be required to proactively detect and remove such material or face enforcement action via media regulator Ofcom.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said the change would make choking in pornography a "priority offence" under the Online Safety Act, putting it on the same level as child sexual abuse material and terrorism content.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said: "Viewing and sharing this kind of material online is not only deeply distressing, it is vile and dangerous. Those who post or promote such content are contributing to a culture of violence and abuse that has no place in our society.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-inflation-treasury-tariffs-rcna241696
The Treasury Department said Monday that inflation "remained above the target of 2 percent in the third quarter," even as President Donald Trump and administration officials continue to assert that there is "no inflation."

Speaking on CBS News "60 Minutes" on Sunday, Trump said, "We have no inflation, we have no inflation."

Trump claimed that he had "already taken care of" inflation, calling 2% "the perfect inflation."

But inflation came in at 3% on an annual basis in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"Food prices for both groceries (food at home) and food services (food away from home) increased moderately in the third quarter," Treasury said in a new "Economy Statement."

The statement released Monday is a regular economic update prepared for the Treasury’s Borrowing Advisory Committee.

The committee consists of nonpartisan bond market executives from firms such as Citigroup, Pimco, JPMorgan and BlackRock, and provides input to the Treasury on government debt and financing issues.


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Grrnold gRumpf endorses Cuomo. As a contrarian dRumpf hating little shit, I can no longer vote for any Democrat.
Thanks, Cheeto Fuckface!!


Trump tells New York ‘you must vote’ for Cuomo
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/03/trump-cuomo-mamdani-new-york-mayor.html

President Donald Trump on Monday night explicitly called on New York City residents to vote for Andrew Cuomo over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the mayoral election.

Trump’s endorsement of the independent candidacy of the former New York governor Cuomo came on the eve of the election, where Curtis Sliwa is the Republican nominee, and where the Assembly member Mamdani has consistently held a solid lead in polls.

“A vote for Curtis Sliwa (who looks much better without the beret!) is a vote for Mamdani,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

“Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice,” Trump wrote.


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https://apnews.com/article/dick-cheney-dies-079591b529f048489650e7569bc675d2

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.

Cheney died Monday night due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said in a statement.

“For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States,” the statement said. “Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country, and to live lives of courage, honor, love, kindness, and fly fishing. We are grateful beyond measure for all Dick Cheney did for our country. And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.”

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Billionaire Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering before president freed him last month

Trump says he doesn’t know who crypto tycoon is despite having pardoned him

Billionaire Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering before president freed him last month
Oliver Milman
Mon 3 Nov 2025 15.15 CET

Donald Trump has said that he doesn’t know who Changpeng Zhao is despite pardoning the billionaire founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance in October.

The US president was asked in a 60 Minutes interview that aired on Sunday why he pardoned Zhao, who is also known as “CZ”, for enabling money laundering despite him causing “significant harm to … national security” according to federal prosecutors.

“OK, are you ready? I don’t know who he is,” Trump told Norah O’Donnell, the host of CBS News’ 60 Minutes. Trump added that he did not remember meeting Zhao, had “no idea who he is” other than being told that the multibillionaire crypto boss was a victim of a “witch-hunt” by former president Joe Biden.

In 2023, Zhao pleaded guilty to charges that he broke rules designed to stop money laundering – after Binance allegedly failed to report suspicious transactions with organizations including Hamas and al-Qaida.

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https://www.financial-world.org/news/news/financial/29419/us-debt-hits-381-trillion-as-interest-costs-jump-past-medicare-and-defense/

U.S. debt hits $38.1 trillion as interest costs jump past Medicare and defense

America’s red ink is piling up at a historic pace. As of Oct. 31, the national debt stood at $38,108,930,250,279 — up about $30.4 billion in a single day and far beyond the roughly $907 billion level four decades ago. Interest payments have already overtaken Medicare and the defense budget, turning borrowing costs into one of Washington’s biggest bills.

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https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/halloween-t-shirt-controversy-arizona-school-district-teachers-accused-mocking-charlie-kirks-death

On November 3, AEA President Marisol Garcia released the following statement in response to death threats against educators in the Vail School District:

"Over the weekend, bad-faith actors mobilized an online mob against educators in the Vail School District. We are horrified by the barrage of death threats that followed, and we urge law enforcement to fully investigate all threats and protect the Vail community.

Vail educators deserve privacy and grace during this time. All of us lose when our classrooms become the site of political fights."

On Nov. 2, "The Charlie Kirk Show" podcast host, Blake Neff, posted on X.com about how he had "..chosen to delete my posts/RTs yesterday about the math teachers with the blood soaked shirts."

>The visual of the shirts was so incredibly evocative of recent events that I found it totally implausible they didn’t know what they were doing, but especially with evidence they’ve worn them before I realize that is at best a very unprovable assertion about people’s inner mental state. And of course, as someone extremely close to those events I must recognize I’m far more primed to see references to them than others are.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2025/11/02/bessent-says-some-sectors-of-economy-are-in-recession/
Topline

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday he believes some sectors of the economy are in a recession or at risk of one, blaming the Federal Reserve for not cutting interest rates fast, just one day after newly appointed Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran warned of high interest rates triggering a recession in an interview with The New York Times.

Key Facts

In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Bessent said he believed the economy was in a “transition period,” noting that the Trump administration has cut government spending, which he blamed for high inflation after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bessent told CNN’s Jake Tapper he believes “we are in good shape,” despite some sectors of the economy being “in recession,” which he blamed on Federal Reserve policies.

The treasury secretary gave the housing market as an example, insisting “if the Fed brings down mortgage rates, they can end this housing recession.”

What We Don’t Know


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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/michigan-state-caught-mandating-dei-123027678.html

Despite pledging to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mandates, Michigan State University (MSU) is still requiring education students to take a race-based course, according to internal documents obtained by Young Americans for Freedom (YAF).

The documents show that the course, TE 101: “Social Foundations of Justice and Equity in Education,” is a three-credit requirement for teacher preparation students.

According to the Fall 2025 syllabus, students are required to read We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love.

“In We Want To Do More Than Survive, Dr. Bettina L. Love brings her experiences as a Black queer educator, student, researcher, and community member to name the historical and dynamic systems of oppression that profit from the suffering of children of color,” the book’s introduction reads. “In particular, Love discusses the necessity to dismantle the educational survival complex that many students and teachers enact in order to survive the violent and harmful practices of the United States education system.”

The syllabus states that the course “explores the ways social inequalities, systems, and structures affect schooling,” according to YAF.