This is wild. Influencers and OnlyFans models dominate US ‘extraordinary’ artist visas t.co/ZNfTozlmUY @financialtimes.com (gift article)

The odds could tilt in China's favor if the US becomes absorbed in Venezuela (via Bloomberg Opinion)

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Five years ago.

CBS has scrubbed Dokoupil’s botched segment from what it calls the “full broadcast” of his Evening News debut, re-recording it for YouTube viewers. Watch how markedly different it is: youtu.be/uJjWTFZW2Eo

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇

Last year I wrote about how strange it is that Apple rates Grok as appropriate for kids 12+ in the App Store. I checked this morning in the wake of Grok's CSAM/nudification scandals and can report that ... Apple now rates Grok as appropriate for kids 13+.

“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”

Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”

They’ve got Twitter up on the big screens in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago makeshift “situation room.” Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.

This war will destabilize the entire region and set off a global shockwave of anti-Americanism vs. no it won’t

Mark Kelly puts out a statement saying "The President of the United States just overthrew a foreign ruler and explained to the American people that this is about taking control of the oil reserves of a foreign nation." This is probably the strongest statement alongside Gallego's I've read.

When officials in first Trump admin war-gamed the ousting Maduro, they predicted "chaos for a sustained period of time with no possibility of ending it.' www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Breaking News: President Trump said that the U.S. would “run the country” after capturing Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in a military attack. Follow live updates.

President Trump says in an interview with WABC radio in New York that the U.S. had “knocked out” a Venezuelan facility, a move that would be a major escalation in U.S. military strikes.

The cease and desist I got from Harmeet’s law firm in January was full of typos. At one point, they mixed up my name and their clients name.

"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety. We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social "Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."

A revealing video report… www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

This is all probably tax exempt.

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” (Published October w/ @newyorker.com)

Whipple: Wiles thought she was talking to someone who would give her a fair shake. And I did give her a fair shake. But the problem is, when you’re in that bubble, you wouldn’t recognize fair treatment when you see it—because crazy is crazy when you’re in that bubble.

WATCH - @rokhanna.bsky.social : “The DOJ’s document dump DOES NOT COMPLY. We are exploring all options.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

Breaking: Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.

I’m a little rusty on this but churches have tickets now?

Do you want more measles, flu, RSV, and chicken pox? Because that's what we'll get

"I didn’t put the injection sites on her. People seem to be shocked that I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things." VF photog interview: www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

On Monday, ICE agents violently restrained a woman in Minneapolis, dragging her in the snow and pinning her face down as onlookers shouted the woman was pregnant. In response, one agent fired a taser into the crowd. “Who wants more?” he taunted, according to a WCCO reporter. trib.al/vdWc3qj

Former special counsel Jack Smith delivered a striking message to lawmakers today: his team developed “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump committed crimes related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the retention of classified documents.

It’s ironic that the same people who applauded DOJ for indicting Jim Comey & Tish James are complaining there was a lack of evidence to search Mar-a-Lago.

The president is trying to extort cash from broadcast news networks now, saying they should "pay significant amounts of money for using this very valuable Public space" for interviewing elected officials who aren't deferential to him.

STUNNING late-breaking update in flag watch 2k25. Never stop appealing to heaven!!!

The Trump administration has erased the history of slavery, the women’s suffrage movement, and the civil rights movement from new commemorative coins. They rejected bipartisan recommendations to feature Frederick Douglass and Ruby Bridges and instead will feature white men, including Trump.

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

This is the fifth GOP congressperson I’ve seen criticizing Trump’s post on Rob Reiner, and the first who isn’t either leaving the House (MTG, Bacon), a frequent critic (Massie), or in a swing district (Lawler).

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American. Two options: 1) ICE deliberately targeted him. 2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens. Hard to say which option is scarier.

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

A huge milestone: 700,000 North Carolinians now have access to health care thanks to Medicaid expansion. We can accomplish so much when we come together and put the well-being of North Carolinians first.

Massive Layoffs at the Dept of #Education Erode Its #CivilRights Division Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints. www.propublica.org/article/educ...

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.

NEW! Even Jewish faculty at UCLA who endured antisemitism said they are aghast at how the Trump administration has weaponized their complaints to justify cutting critical research: “These are things that save people’s lives. Why are we messing with that?” www.propublica.org/article/ucla...

“He [Michael Gates] seemed upset we were spending so much time investigating”

THE SHAKEDOWN: "The end goal was never to conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation. The end goal was to file a damn complaint -- or have something to threaten the university." NEW! from @propublica and the @chronicle. www.propublica.org/article/ucla... www.propublica.org/article/ucla...

NEW! The Shakedown: How Trump's DOJ pressured lawyers to 'find' evidence that UCLA had illegally tolerated antisemitism. by me and @KatherineMangan w/ @chronicle.com www.propublica.org/article/ucla...