Below are some headlines we may have missed. Please feel free to share your finds as long as they are not from some Fake News cesspool.
Updates:
JUST IN: Federal Judge Blocks Texas’s New Congressional Maps, Ordering State to Use 2021 Maps
A federal judge has blocked Texas’s efforts to redraw its congressional maps on Tuesday, finding that there is “substantial evidence” the new district lines were “racially gerrymandered,” and ordering the state to return to its 2021 map.
Normally, states draw their electoral maps every decade after new Census data is released, but in the wake of President Donald Trump’s reelection and the critically important 2026 midterms, he urged GOP-majority states to redraw their district lines early in order to give Republicans an advantage.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) enthusiastically embraced the idea, adding redistricting to the agenda for a special session, and the Texas Legislature created a new map earlier this year, which was swiftly challenged in court by a group of plaintiffs who argued that the new map was racially discriminatory.
Congress:
Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Trump’s 💩 Economy:
Number receiving unemployment benefits highest since August: Labor Department
More than 1.9 million Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits in mid-October, the highest mark since early August, according to data from the Department of Labor.
For the week ending Oct. 18, 1.957 million people filed for unemployment insurance, with 232,000 filing new claims. The data, compiled by the department’s Employment and Training Administration, is seasonally adjusted.
The total number of Americans filing for unemployment marked an increase of 10,000 people relative to the week ending Sept. 20 and the highest number since 1.961 million people did so in the week ending Aug. 9.
Since then, the number of Americans filing for unemployment ranged from 1.916 million to 1.947 million across six weekly reports.
The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:
Pot Meet Kettle:
The Caustic, Uncouth, and Offensive Dick:
Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist… Trump: Who are you with? Reporter: ABC News
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Reporter: Mr. President, why wait for congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now? Trump: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude… I think the license should be taken away from ABC. We have a great commissioner, a chairman who should look at that.
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Said With a Straight Face:
Trump: I’m very proud of the job he’s done. What he’s done is incredible in terms of human rights.
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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What's amazing here is that MBS looks more uncomfortable about the direction the conversation took than Trump does.
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox.bsky.social) November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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