Recap: Cleveland Vs. Texas

Today I bring you "You Must Be out of Your Mind" by Magnetic Fields, which I find strangely comforting. John Pavlovitz: What The Hell Just Happened, America? alicublog: Friday ‘Round-the-Horn: People Just Get Uglier and I Have No Sense of Time Edition. Crazy Eddie's Motie News: Company Man asks 'The Decline of TGI Fridays

In the NBC video report above, titled, “Who is Susie Wiles, Trump’s White House Chief of Staff pick?” the “liberal media” outlet painted a glowing portrait of Wiles as, among other things, a “good listener.” She has definitely already proved herself that, though not in the way the NBC report meant. C&L has already reported on Wiles’ conflict of interest as a tobacco lobbyist while running Trump’s 2024 campaign.

Welcome to Gilead. All the postmortems are really missing the point. The evangelicals did this. This is your open thread for Sunday morning. Feel free to rant, scream or if you have positive things to say, go for it. - Karoli read more

The high stakes U. S. election this week is on track to match the record 66% turnout set four years ago, and surpass the routinely lower midterm election turnout that peaked at 49% in 2018. But as records go, these look sad when you consider that many democracies get closer to 80% of their voters to head to the polls. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] With between a third or half of all voters deciding to stay home, and most voters expressing dissatisfaction with the options they are being offered at the ballot box, it is worth taking a step back to understand how America elects its leaders.

The first episode of “The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband” pans out like a daytime TV melodrama: a female protagonist asks her father and evil stepmother for $50,000 to pay for her mother’s kidney dialysis treatment. Cue an evil stepsister, who snarkily says that the payment is assured—if the lead marries the illegitimate son of a prominent family, who is supposedly a grade-A loser.

Today is Sunday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of 2024. There are 51 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 10,1969, the children’s educational program “Sesame Street” made its debut on National Educational Television (now PBS). Also on this date: In 1775, the U. S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. Related Articles Today in History: November 9, Berlin Wall falls after 28 years Today in History: November 8, thousands flee wildfire that destroys Northern California community Today in History: November 7, Magic Johnson announces he has HIV 4 ways in which Donald Trump’s election was historic Today in History: November 6, President Ronald Reagan reelected in landslide In 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of as many as 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African Americans, burned Black-owned businesses and forced the mayor, police chief and aldermen to resign at gunpoint, before installing their own mayor and city council in what became known as the “Wilmington Coup.” In 1954, the U.