‘This is an intellectual war crime’: Trump team moves to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate research labs Source: The Independent share.newsbreak.com/ge1nay7w

Is anyone surprised? "Two weeks...."

This is Jim Jordan: He was described by the House January 6 Committee as "a significant player" in Trump’s attempts to challenge the election results, participating in numerous meetings and calls with Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and other allies to discuss strategies based on claims of election fraud.

Retired army general Barry Mccaffrey reacts to Trump’s latest display of narcissism and insecurity at the White House

The U.S. has a long history of failed regime change attempts, examples include Cuba (1961), Vietnam, Chile (1973), and Afghanistan, where the Taliban returned to power despite massive investment, and other failures, causing increased instability, and unintended consequences. Next up, Venezuela!

Trump claims he graduated at the top of his class from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. How can that be when he has no grasp of how percentages work? Trump claimed he negotiated reductions in prescription drug prices "by as much as 400%, 500%, and even 600%"

US prices continued to rise despite Trump claims they are ‘rapidly’ falling Longest federal government shutdown meant data was only collected for second half of November www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This is how it's done. You confiscate the drugs and arrest the dealers. It can be done legally and without questionable evidence & motives. DEA operation nets 628,000 Carfentanil pills, a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than Fentanyl www.dea.gov/press-releas...

Why treating addiction would be more effective than blowing up boats in the Pacific. Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 X more potent than Fentanyl is contributing to a sharp rise in overdose deaths and has been detected in 37 states. Meanwhile, funding has been cut from intervention programs.

Rand Paul: "We've never in our past decided just to shoot smugglers who are unarmed without even proof they're smuggling anything. So I think this is a horrendous thing that should stop. I think it's illegal & immoral... the kids in the military - I'm not for sending them down there to die for oil"

Trump has pledged that his tariffs will bring manufacturing jobs back to America and make America a net exporter again. So far, the exact opposite has happened: Manufacturing jobs have decreased, and the trade in goods deficit has increased. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.

The theory that the majority on the SCOTUS seem to hold that government should operate as an extension of the will of the president is the administrative theory of fascism.

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

They dragged a pregnant woman then knelt on her.

Donald Trump's remarks about Rob Reiner's murder prove that Jeffrey Epstein was right about one thing: Trump.

Opening ‘Pandora’s box’: What happens if the US attacks Venezuela? Experts warn a US strike on Venezuela could trigger instability rather than a peaceful transition. aje.io/n49nxl

Moskowitz: Speaker Johnson seems to have memory problems: I haven’t seen that. I haven’t heard about it. You’re telling me this for the first time. He just can’t get away from trying to defend the president without making it look like he has absolutely no idea what’s going on at any point in time…

Massie: "This is about oil and regime change"

Measles outbreaks worsen as 42 states report cases www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/publ...

The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.

Jared Kushner's private equity firm drops out of Warner Bros. takeover battle Source: NBC News share.newsbreak.com/gcohk2uk

AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.

In a resurfacing clip from April, Trump casually rewrote the history of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He quite literally blamed Ukraine for being the aggressor, and sneered at President Zelenskyy for trying to defend his country. share.newsbreak.com/gcoekycj

NYT: The Winklevosses, turned an SEC investigation with a potential for a criminal referral from the DOJ into a settlement, and have also effectively stopped the SEC from opening any new cases into crypto firms since Trump's second presidency began. share.newsbreak.com/gck8f50k

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social: It is the responsibility of Congress to declare and authorize the use of military force. Congress has not authorized a military use of force. There has not been a case made, and I think the absence of one really speaks volumes.

The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price. Here we are again. We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war. www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...

Read this. Then read it again.

Let's talk about Trump's s***hole countries. He left out who dug the hole. Many of the countries whose people migrate north weren't just unfortunate. They were systematically exploited and destabilized by the same countries now denigrating them.

MAGA lawmaker calls for deporting Mamdani at GOP gala packed with white nationalists Source: Raw Story share.newsbreak.com/gc67lfbh

Is it any wonder the mainstream media sources never talk about taxing billionaires?

A new low.

The real reason Trump wants to invade Venezuela youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...

Trump Asks Why Norwegians Don't Immigrate to the U.S. Here's why... youtu.be/Gi9HjwDb-CM?...

Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.

A U-turn on diesel and petrol phase-outs creates uncertainty, stifles innovation, and weakens Europe. It pollutes our air and allows China to take the lead. europeangreens.eu/news/europea...

This is both disgusting and expected. The Scumbag-in-Chief

Do the rich pay their fair share? Billionaires in the U.S. pay a smaller tax rate than most teachers and nurses thanks to a tax code that favors income from wealth over income from work—and a slew of tax-avoidance strategies www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/stor... via @oxfamamerica

The gap between productivity and a typical worker’s compensation has increased dramatically since 1979:... go.epi.org/I95

Providing people in government custody with access to legal counsel isn't optional — it's required by the Constitution. ICE regularly violates this right and won't let people speak with their lawyer confidentially. We're taking ICE to court because people have a right to speak to their attorneys.

Trump signed an EO classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, declaring it a national security threat to justify murder Alcohol use is responsible for more than 178,000 deaths annually, WMD? Over 490,000 deaths are attributable to cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure. WMD?

TOTAL BACKFIRE: Pulitzer Prize Board just turned the tables on Trump. In his defamation lawsuit, they’re demanding his tax returns, financial records, and even medical & prescription history if he’s claiming damages. (Law&Crime)

Republicans added a provision in the "Big Beautiful Bill" that would have banned states and localities from regulating AI for 10 years,. It was rejected. So, ignoring state's rights, Trump signed an executive order that blocks states and localities from enforcing their own AI regulations.

The decisions of this Supreme Court wouldn't be so objectionable if they weren't being passed on the "Shadow Docket" with limited briefings, and short, unsigned rulings. These rulings, in response to Trump’s emergency applications are usually ruled in Trump’s favor.

‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead share.newsbreak.com/gbcte6kk

As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.” Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.

Leaked Memo Sparks Alarm Over VA Cuts Nationwide as Trump instigates war with Venezuela and other nations in this Hemisphere. share.newsbreak.com/gbcqm8ol