X being fined by the EU is not a free speech issue. It is a security issue. Musk’s opposition to regulation is driven by the fact that he is backed by authoritarian regimes and is protecting their influence ops, which erode our democratic discourse.

Trump has quietly gutted the endangered species act. He does not care about any animals that will now die off and become extinct.

I think we are clearly seeing the long term side-effects of Brain Worms 🧠🪱

In their infinite wisdom, the Trump admin including RFK jr’s HHS has RESCINDED Biden’s rule for nursing home staffing minimums. Now nursing homes will be even more under staffed than they are now. HHS is spinning it as a “clean-up”. www.naco.org/news/hhs-rel...

America’s strength isn’t rooted in power alone, but in our allies across Europe and around the world. Weakening those ties weakens us. In a world of rising authoritarianism, partnerships remain one of our greatest strategic advantages.

My Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act establishes real standards for immigrant detention and phases out for-profit facilities. This corrupt administration shouldn’t be allowed to funnel billions of dollars to private prisons companies who donated millions to Trump’s campaign.

Washington Sen. Patty Murray Urges Release of Vancouver Father Viscously Mauled by ICE Dog Despite Not Resisting

If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud. Just unspeakable assholery.

Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT

When stupid, petty trolls run your government.

Hey MAGA-while you can’t afford healthcare or put food on your tables, Trump is doubling down and double sizing his ballroom. The GOP does NOT care about you or anyone. They only care about appeasing a demented old fool that would tell you to 🖕off. FIRE THE GOP. #ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

The Great Climate Insurance Collapse is coming. Silencing the fire alarms doesn’t save you from fire. Fossil fuel lies don’t change the truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

220 judges, including 23 appointed by Trump, have ruled that this administration’s mass detention policies are unlawful. They are sending tens of thousands of innocent immigrants into for-profit prisons with subhuman conditions and no access to attorneys. It’s horrific.

Reader Tom B. is matching up to $15K in gifts for ProPublica via GoFundMe. He says: “I want to see ProPublica even stronger, and I’m backing that up with my own money. In the face of chaos, let’s stand with the facts.” ➡️ Help him support us and double your impact: www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-ra...

Protest BAHFED CORP. Contracting with ICE for $82,080.00 12-3-2025 to 9-27-2026 1000 SW Broadway Ste 1110, Portland, OR Ph 503-208-8410 Protest ROCKWELL AMERICAN SERVICES, LTD. Contracting with ICE for $10,000,000,000.00 5-17-2025 to 5-16-2027. 10849 NW Quail Rd, Terrebonne, OR Ph 832-419-2894

-Bust up monopolies -Boost unions -$20/hr fed minimum wage -Ban Wall Street from buying homes -Pass M4A -Universal childcare -Get rid of Trump’s tariffs -Enact UBI -Tax the rich These are crucial steps to making America affordable again. Every Democrat must fight for this.

Trump repealed a Biden era minimum staffing requirement rule for nursing homes that was intended to improve the quality of care for residents and now not only will this put more money in the pockets of millionaires, it will lead to poorer outcomes and more hospitalizations for said residents

Physical memory on your computer at home is about to be a thing of the past. When a top leader in the industry, in fact one of the only major U.S manufacturers, calls it quits in favor of making you rent from the cloud forever... It isn't an accident. #Pinks www.theverge.com/news/837594/...

ICE is building new detention centers across the country, with very little oversight, endangering thousands of people in immigrant detention. Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.

So Donald Trump has been given a vanity trophy based on a sculpture by a member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salhab_...

It certainly is, but this is also a possible source - the sculpture "Thoughts and Desires" in Ariana Park at the UN Palace of Nations in Geneva. (I suspect the sculptor will soon be getting some phone calls asking where HE got the idea from....) az-art.gallery/en/mammadov-...

What an interesting coincidence.

Trump tried and failed to buy an NFL team on multiple occasions. He also passed on the opportunity to buy the Dallas Cowboys 40 years ago, and the team is now worth 200x the price he could have had it for.

More than 9,000 units of Crayola toy blocks called pip-Cubes were recalled after it was discovered that magnets inside the blocks can slip out, be swallowed by children, and potentially cause injury or death, safety regulators said on Thursday.

“We don’t have to return them to a situation in which they may die,” says @allenorr.bsky.social in response to President Trump’s move to revoke Temporary Protected Status for Somali refugees. “We’re making judgements on the value of individual lives, and that’s not okay.” #Velshi

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Somali American U.S. citizen grabbed & detained by Trump’s ICE goons for 24 hours, “sexually assaulted her and said what could you be hiding under your hijab?”

Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.

Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.

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Minneapolis stands up to ICE Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force. www.ms.now/news/minneap...

Free Grazing for Rich Ranchers on OUR Public Land ... What a DEAL for THEM ~ Free Feed with Destruction for the America Public's Lands www.propublica.org/article/poli...

Are the Republicans in serious trouble going into 2026?

ICYMI QUITE ALARMING Please take a moment Trump administration is NOW ALLOWING THESE HARMFUL PESTICIDES TO BE USED AGAIN ON OUR FOOD FACTS Can help lead to kidney testicle cancers Immune Suppression Thyroid problems Developmental delays for children Birth defects Infuriating Harmful

There are reasons we use seasoned professionals to head up important positions in our government. Hegseth and Trump are NOT those people. And their actions show it. Think monkey at the controls of a spaceship.

It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.

BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake? TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

This is one of many decisions that only makes sense if you see the court as a political body, where six Republicans are willing to overturn a well reasoned District Court opinion with a 2.5 page opinion, with the likely and intended effect being to determine that Republicans hold Congress

A few years ago, we had a debate about the validity of Tom Cotton's judgment when it came to unleashing military violence upon American citizens. Those opposed to "send in the troops" were accused of wokeness, but their judgement has been vindicated as a simple matter of constraining coercive power.

This seems incredible to read, as it could come straight out of an Orbán 2015-16 speech, but this has actually been a dominant position within the broader U.S. Right for decades. 🧵

"It was all about business. Oligarch money. Projects. Investments. And now Ukraine is about to pay the price for those conversations. My sources are telling me that in that Miami meeting, Kushner and Witkoff are not negotiating. They’re delivering an ultimatum."

BREAKING via Bloomberg Warner Brothers Discovery is now in exclusive deal talks to sell its TV and film studios to Netflix. The deal, which could be announced in the coming days, would include the HBO Max streaming service.

It just seems weird to me that you can engage in an extraordinary mid-decade re-redistricting to alter the status quo, then say the courts can’t enjoin it because everyone’s relied on the new maps that have never been used & can’t handle using the existing districts.

41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.

The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere. Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.

And they’re doing it to post snuff films for their buddies on Twitter. Ending human lives. bsky.app/profile/yash...

Justice Kagan in dissent says the majority "dissrespects" the lower court and "disserves" millions of Texans who were put into new districts based on race. Order/dissents: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.