Thanks to Jay Kuo of the Status Kuo for posting this and lots of other excellent political memes in his weekly “Just for Skeets and Giggles.”
Hi, all, and happy Sunday!
I hope you each had a chance to experience some love, fellowship, and good food this long weekend. Community is everything—I trust the holiday enabled you to experience some. You’ve been working so hard; you truly deserve that—and more.
Here’s your regular list of wins to round out the Thanksgiving—or whatever you choose to call it—holiday.
It sounds cliche to say it, but I’m tremendously grateful for all of you. Tomorrow we get back to work, and I can’t imagine anyone I’d rather do that with than all of you.
P.S. — This list is a wee bit shorter than normal—sorry! Mj was very, very sick the whole time we were in the UK and then the wi-fi didn’t work for most of this flight, so I haven’t had quite as much time to scrape the news as I usually do. Still, there’s a lot to celebrate. Enjoy!
Celebrate This! 🎉
The California Air Resources Board approved historic landfill methane regulations that will protect communities who live next to landfills.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez donated 1,600 Thanksgiving turkeys to hungry families in the Bronx.
Portland, Oregon’s Mayor Keith Wilson is on the cusp of achieving one of his primary campaign promises: Setting up 1,500 new shelter beds by Dec. 1.
Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters brought their local Home Depot to a halt by buying and returning 17-cent ice scrapers.
ICE protestors stopped a large-scale ICE operation near Canal St. in NYC on Saturday by blocking the entrance to a Chinatown garage where the masked agents had gathered, temporarily preventing them from leaving. Bravo!
California lawmakers passed a bill protecting residents’ rights to provide food, water, and other basic aid to homeless people without facing criminal penalties.
A US appeals court ruled that the Trump administration cannot expand rapid deportations.
A federal judge ruled that immigration officers in Colorado can only arrest those at risk of fleeing.
After announcing she would resign from Congress in January, Marjorie Taylor Greene also says she doesn’t want to run for President.
The U.S. Department of Justice reversed course and agreed not to bar Democratic-led states from using federal grant funding for legal services under the Violence Against Women Act and Victims of Crime Act.
A new owner plans to open the Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site.
Texas National Guard troops will return home before Thanksgiving after being deployed to Illinois to support federal immigration agents.
Plastic wet wipes will be banned in England starting in Spring 2027.
South Korea announced it would close 40 of its remaining coal plants by 2040.
Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE. These workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leaving the children behind.
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at Trump’s urging was illegally appointed.
Colombia announced a ban on all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon biome. It also called on other Amazonian nations to adopt similar protections, highlighting that Colombia controls just 7% of the Amazon biome.
Researchers announced groundbreaking results from a breast cancer vaccine trial that began over two decades ago. A small group of women with advanced breast cancer participated in a trial where they received a vaccine, and all are alive today, with robust, long-lasting immune cells that recognize their cancer.
Following a massive online campaign that culminated in a nationwide protest, South Africa officially declared gender violence a national disaster.
Former Senator Doug Jones has launched a Democratic bid for governor of Alabama.
In Charlotte, NC, Carolina’s Towing company is offering free vehicle pickup for families affected by Border Patrol detentions, retrieving cars left behind to prevent fines and fees.
A court official dismissed the Trump Justice Department’s misconduct complaint against a federal judge in DC.
A federal district court in New Hampshire ruled in favor of plaintiffs in League of Women Voters of New Hampshire v. Kramer. The case concerned the dissemination of AI robocalls to deceive and intimidate voters before the New Hampshire 2024 presidential primary.
US banks have shelved a $20 billion bailout plan for Argentina.
The Colorado Department of Corrections is resisting federal pressure to transfer former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to federal custody, despite Trump’s backing. Good!
Sen. Greg Walker, R-Columbus, turned down an invitation to visit the Oval Office last week and is accusing the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Indiana Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Texas Rep. Troy Nehls announced he will not seek reelection.
Politico analyzed the results in hundreds of New York State elections on November 3, and found that Democrats flipped 50 seats — more than the 2017 blue wave.
Democrats announced a new investment to win over voters in rural areas. (This time with a working link!)
A judge threw out a $250M court case against the Guardian by Trump’s media company.
Stocks and cryptocurrencies linked to President Trump are in a deep slump, leaving some of the president’s biggest fans with steep losses.
Indiana state Sen. Mike Bohacek ® said he would oppose Trump’s overtures to redraw the state’s congressional district lines after the president used a slur often made against people with disabilities in a Thanksgiving Day Truth Social rant.
A new Gallup poll finds Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%.
A federal appeals court has upheld a penalty of nearly $1 million against Trump and attorney Alina Habba, concluding they committed ‘sanctionable conduct’ by filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and James Comey.
House Democrats are dumping $1 million into the upcoming special election in Tennessee in the final days of the race!
The New York time finally ran a piece about Trump’s aging, entitled “Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office” (gift link). Our letters to them on this topic might have helped make it happen, too, as I, for one, received an email from the newsroom that contained a link to the new article and an email from me (from months ago!) complaining of their lack of coverage on this topic. Thousands of us sent such a letter. I think it worked! Good job, team!
Eric Swalwell filed a lawsuit against Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accusing him of violating the Privacy Act and First Amendment in order to refer the California Democrat to the Justice Department.
Scientists exploring innovative ways to fight cancer have discovered a promising new lead in bowhead whale DNA, according to findings published in the journal Nature.
Republican-led committees in the Senate and the House say they will amp up scrutiny of the Pentagon after a report revealing that Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members aboard a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea several weeks ago.
A new Yahoo/YouGov poll found that more Americans are unhappy with President Trump’s stances on the economy and cost of living, with almost twice as many saying the president has helped raise prices rather than lowering them.
A group of influential liberal senators is directly challenging Sen. Chuck Schumer’s approach to the midterm elections and President Trump, in another sign of growing frustration among Democrats toward the minority leader.
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to start serving a 27-year sentence for overseeing a failed plot to hold onto power after losing the country’s last election.
Eight states have announced a $7 million settlement against the corporate landlord giant Greystar, after an investigation found the company used algorithmic price-fixing to inflate rates.
A new feature on X revealed that many influential MAGA accounts are actually not based in the U.S., blowing another hole in the credibility of the movement.
A new Pew Research poll of Latino voters shows Trump’s support cratering with this important group.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has proposed a sweeping economic relief package that could, by one estimate, lower U.S. poverty by 42 percent. It won’t pass now, but we love to see a vision for when Dems are back in control!
DOGE has “quietly ceased to exist.” Good riddance. The department that Musk led has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract.
Democratic politicians and activists are lobbying to upend the way the party picks its presidential nominee by urging the use of ranked-choice voting.
The Federal Trade Commission ordered auto service giant Valvoline to divest from 45 quick-lube oil shops on the West Coast to resolve antitrust concerns over a $625 million deal between the company and private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Fund.
Seventy New York City Housing Authority employees were convicted of bribery, capping a decade-long scheme where public housing staff steered work to contractors.
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccinations!
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd projected “Trump is a pig” behind the stage at his Kansas City concert.
A Navy veteran is patrolling Baltimore on a scooter to protect neighbors from ICE.
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