An interview with Laura Poitras about her new film, Cover-Up, which examines the career of Seymour Hersh and the role of investigative journalism (A.J. Goldmann/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/cover-up-laura-poitras-invest…
SEC filing: Snowflake says an executive shared unauthorized financial guidance with an Instagram influencer; an Oct. 26 video interview features CRO Mike Gannon (Alice Tecotzky/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/influencer-inte…
Santa Barbara Police Department:
Please avoid the following intersections due to flooding:
-San Andres @ Canon Perdido Street
-00 Calle Cesar Chavez Street
-Shoreline Drive between Castillo and Loma Alta
Por favor, evite los siguientes cruces debido a las inundaciones:
-Calle San Andres con Calle Canon Perdido
-Calle Cesar Chavez (numero 00)
-Zona costera entre Castillo y Loma Alta
Have mixed feelings on the Scott Adams story. Big privilege asking Trump to intervene with his insurance provider. On the other hand, if I have cancer I’m gonna do whatever I can to get treatment. I mean, yeah, he’s a dick. But cancer sucks.
Call for evidence:
"Following an initial evidence session in Parliament on the role of the UK’s refinery industry in the energy transition, the Committee is launching a new inquiry and call for evidence on the future of UK oil and gas.
"Data from the oil and gas industry shows that it directly supports around 26,000 jobs across the UK and indirectly supports 95,000 more."
Managing the future of UK oil and gas - Committees - UK Parliament
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
James Brown:
🎵 Popcorn With A Feeling (Instrumental)
#JamesBrown
https://jperiod.bandcamp.com/track/legacy-of-jb-interlude-popcorn-with-a-feeling
https://open.spotify.com/track/6u2IyX7sm5W8s6nj3a2kvQ
Over nearly nine months,
the lawsuit challenging Trump’s attempt to slash foreign aid funding
has ricocheted around the federal judiciary
but still has not reached a final resolution.
It has been reviewed by 21 judges,
spawned thousands of pages of filings
and lumbered forward
even after the administration dissolved the U.S. Agency for International Development,
the government office responsible for disbursing much of the contested funding.
Sources: after earlier suing CBS over 60 Minutes, Trump is set to be interviewed for the show by Norah O'Donnell, following David Ellison's Paramount purchase (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/31/2025/trump-to…
PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS DEPUTY CHAIR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE VOTE TO END TRUMP'S ILLEGAL WAR ON VENEZUELA
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Deputy Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05)
released the following statement after news that Trump launched airstrikes inside Venezuela and captured its head of state:
"Trump's invasion of Venezuela is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional.
He has no authority to deploy U.S. forces into foreign countries to bomb them, capture …
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
-- under fire for a video he posted defending Tucker Carlson for his friendly interview with white supremacist talker Nick Fuentes
-- has reassigned his chief of staff to another position.
In an email to the conservative think tank’s staff on Friday,
Roberts announced that Heritage’s executive vice president, Derrick Morgan, had been tapped to replace Ryan Neuhaus as chief of staff.
In the controversial video posted on X …