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"Do you think politics is only about winning the argument? That whoever has the right fact at the right moment wins? Clinton had facts. Kennedy had facts, yeah. But Reagan? He couldn’t have summoned a fact if his life depended on it." -- Theresa D’Agostino, The Wire
By driftglass — November 15, 2025

On this day in Trumpeter Miles Davis was voted the greatest jazz artist of all time by listeners of UK stations BBC Radio and Jazz FM. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday also all made the top 10. So today, Miles' "Sketches of Spain" for your listening pleasure.

Diane Ravitch's blog: Shutdown Over, But Staff at Ed Department Still Threatened.

Flux Media Network: Democratic performance in off-year elections demonstrates Trump and MAGA's weakness.

Strangely Blogged: TWGB: It's Raining Shoes!

Attention space nerds! A Mind-Blowing New Era of Astronomy.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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