#Hope lies in the actions we take today for a better world. 💙🌎💚🕊️🙏🏼 #ActNow #ClimateEmergency #SDGs

this shameful list extends to univerities, law firms, and corporations that bent the knee; our institutions are sadly far more brittle than I ever expected

You can't just criticize the Admin in power (Democrat or Republican) only when it's heading toward a nadir. Speak truth to power, cultivate non-partisanship, call balls & strikes, maintain your objectivity/credibility even in the face of retaliatory & thin-skinned bureaucrats.

The midterms are over & GOP got wiped, so now we'll see folks come out of the woodwork with a newfound set of balls. After Trump's 2024 victory, a lot of NatSec folks began self-censoring; others sought to curry favor with the Administration. I kept receipts & I see you, cowards.

Interesting reminder from @AdamKinzinger 's substack today: Musk’s SpaceX has won more than $8 billion in Pentagon contracts this year alone. With that much money coming from the American people, we deserve to know why #Ukraine had service disruptions of #Starshield last month. "We still don't have answer from Pentagon or SpaceX on what has happened," Ukraine's Charge d'Affairs in the US @DenysSienik told me and a group of reporters today. "[The] good news is that it has been resolved, and our military can further do their work in order to protect their lives," he added. Members of Congress are preparing to investigate why the disruptions occured. "There are friends in both parties who really care of what is going on in Ukraine and with regard to the Ukrainian assistance. And we are, and me personally sincerely grateful to them," Sienik added.

Can they use those thousands of pro-bono hours they donated to Trump to do each other’s legal work? huffpost.com/entry/election-…

One whistleblower’s courage helped stop a Trump administration scheme that could have disenfranchised millions of mail-in voters in the midterms. After Tuesday’s elections, we’re especially grateful to the anonymous federal worker whose bravery helped safeguard our voting rights and ensure that tens of millions of Americans could successfully receive and return their ballots by mail. Our democracy is stronger because they spoke up—and we are proud to have supported their tremendous act of courage.

Gov-elect @GinaHinojosaTX responds to rumblings of some Republican lawmakers considering stripping the new leadership of legislative power. “The people of Texas have spoken and I think It’s important as elected leaders we respect what the people of Texas have said” @FOX4

It's the morning after a historic rout, and the Texas GOP is planning to discuss how to use the time they have to take powers away from an incoming Democrat. Expect more of this.

“The Great Gatsby party is over,” Rep. Jared Huffman says of Trump's glitzy D.C. construction agenda. His arch will likely be approved by NCPC today. But the courts -- and Democrats -- are circling too: nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/po… w/ @lukebroadwater

Dozens of members of the public — architects, veterans, even a retired general — have urged the commission not to move forward with Trump’s arch. This was particularly scathing testimony from Susan Douglas, an activist who joined virtually from a protest at the planned site.

The hearing on Trump’s arch has resumed and the livestream is now available on YouTube: piped.video/live/Mah3kavUzhI…

@SenatorRounds Expansive urban green space with multiple use cases is something worth keeping. East Potomac Park is a jewel in our nation’s capital for countless cyclists, runners, birders, and fishermen. There is no reason to let the President take this place. Please.

Breaking News from @TheAthletic: LIV Golf, which lost its Saudi funding, has shut down after five years of operation and $5 billion spent. nyti.ms/4BJi5IP

LIV Golf is shuttering after five years that fractured the sport’s landscape with promise of Saudi riches, announcing Thursday in bankruptcy court it plans to wind down operations instead of launching a new version. #LIV #LIVGolf #Golf

JUST IN: The groups suing to save East Potomac Golf Course asked a federal judge today to block the National Park Service from closing East Potomac Park on Nov. 15. They’re asking Judge Ana Reyes for a 14-day restraining order. The government says a crumbling seawall makes closing the park necessary for safety. The plaintiffs call that a pretext. Their filing points to: -President Trump posting twice that the course would close Nov. 15 “in order to renovate and rebuild” -More than 30,000 Marine Corps Marathon runners circling the park on Oct. 25, three days before the safety closure was announced -NPS rebuilding the Tidal Basin and West Potomac seawalls without closing those parks A hearing is already set for Nov. 13.

I personally see this as a referendum on the East Potomac project

The D.C. Preservation League and two golfers are asking for a restraining order to stop the Nov. 15 closure of East Potomac Park by NPS. They say the claim that the aging seawall is dangerous is a pretext for Trump's plan to re-do the golf course and get rid of other uses.

JUST IN: Preservation group & golfers ask for temporary restraining order to block Trump's plan to close & redesign East Potomac Golf Links into a championship course. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/… Earlier: politico.com/news/2026/10/30…

The Hegseth team is leaning into the PR blitz on social media, but doing nothing to defend their boss in the Pentagon briefing room.

Hell of a thing to demand states hand over voters’ personal information and require proof of citizenship, then refuse to vote yourself because you don’t want your address on the very voter rolls you think the federal government should have access to.