Couldn’t have said it better myself

Prominent right-wing figures are calling on the military to free election denier Tina Peters from prison after the Colorado Department of Corrections said last week it would not release her into federal custody per the DOJ’s request. ✍️ @mattdcohen.bsky.social

Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.

NEWS: Republican infighting explodes as a Senior Republican says Mike Johnson lacks the support to remain Speaker. I just came back from Capitol Hill where the talk of the town is the Republican Party collapsing around Johnson. Consider subscribing to support my work:

The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

"Former economist Larry Summers" is a hysterical headline, and it's true! Bob Kuttner has some inside info on how Summers got banned for life from the American Economics Association. prospect.org/2025/12/03/f...

A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”

In a court filing, Trump said the quiet part out loud. He doesn’t want the Jack Smith final report on the Mar a Lago documents ever seeing the light of day. More on my Substack. Consider joining: substack.com/@thefrankfig...

Now we know what is going on with the boat strike campaign They are testing a bogus legal theory for war with Venezuela @katiephang.bsky.social & I explain on Legal Fight Club what is likely in the secret OLC memo & why it's wrong👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIAQ...

If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER. My latest in @thenation.com

AOC: This is how our healthcare system got deregulated. People talking about Americans should have the personal choice of getting totally fleeced by insurance companies.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: Democrats can't hold official committee hearings, but they absolutely can gather in a room and invite people to answer questions and stream it live and invite the press to cover it.

NEW: Jim Jordan and House GOPers refused to let the American public hear directly from Jack Smith, per his attorney.

ALERT: At US House Homeland Security Committee about violence against law enforcement, Democrats have put the January 6th plaque on a stand behind the Democratic members of panel (House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)

Exclusive: Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say From me and Zach Cohen www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...

They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.

House Oversight Democrats just released never-before-seen photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein's Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands — including one room in his home that contained a dentist's chair. Redactions are from the Committee. tinyurl.com/3nux463c

Trump promised you a fairer economy and the truth about Epstein. Then he used your money to hide the truth. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-overtime-redact-epstein-files/

@juddlegum.bsky.social: "Prior to Trump’s victory in 2024, Kushner pledged to have no foreign policy or other role in a second Trump administration. He used this promise to wave away concerns about Affinity Partners being used as a vehicle for foreign influence." open.substack.com/pub/populari...

My senator just did "women be shopping." #ksleg

A report by the Pentagon's internal watchdog into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal could be made public this week, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News

If congressional hearings were to happen for real, then Hegseth would likely be forced to resign. Trump already undermined his main defense argument with his pardon. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nuzzi

Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom

Rolling back food stamps seems bad but I guess if you realize it’s to give very wealthy people a tax cut

O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."

If you know anybody in middle Tennessee, there is a special election today. There is a strong chance to flip a seat from Trump’s control.

It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration. But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants. The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.

NEW: Trump just called JD Vance incompetent.

Fuck you if you support him.

jesus christ

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump has formally pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted last year for trafficking massive quantities of cocaine into the United States and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

The Trump admin has been quietly pressuring Europe to not seize the Russian billions for Ukraine. He fully intends to give it back to Russia and likely will find a way to profit himself. Shame on America, and shame on Europe

Border Patrol body camera captured this exchange with a young man and the older man (dad?) he was walking with: “Please,” the younger man says. “He has a disabled child.” “That’s not my problem,” the agent answers. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/b...

here's today's post: "piss-drunk embarrassment finds his fall guy" — Chickenshit Pete will betray you in a heartbeat. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

Johnson is apparently the least informed Speaker to ever the hold the position. He never knows anything, hasn't seen it, hasn't read it, hasn't heard.

Shoutout to Bloomberg for reporting on the email I mentioned at the end of the show (see below) in September. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

I love "Strategy" ($MSTR). It's like if someone offered you the opportunity to invest in Beanie Babies but you have to pay them a premium above the normal cost of Beanie Babies. And then a multi-billion-dollar subeconomy of options and ETFs evolved around Overpriced Beanie Baby Investment Co®.

“I’m a grok guy” — Vance futurism.com/future-socie...

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A "classic trolley problem," according to Grok.

It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him. So there’s that, too.

"the combat decisions he has made" Hegseth is setting up Admiral Bradley to take the blame for killing the survivors--which is just the tip of an immense iceberg of illegal acts. U.S. military officials beware: Following orders is not a defense to murder or war crimes.

"and the combat decisions HE has made" takes some real warfighting skill to toss someone under the bus *with* your statement of unqualified support

Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept. theintercept.com/2025/12/02/h...

Trump claimed gas was under $2

Apparently in Tennessee there are different poll opening times. 🗳️⏰ 👇🏾This is from their Secretary of State. The polls close at 7 pm central time. sos.tn.gov/elections/se...

Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful. Thoughts on this: newrepublic.com/article/2037...

Reporter: You said that that second strike was in full accordance with the law of armed conflict but the Navy's own manual of law of war says that specifically firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime that's forbidden under U.S. Law and the law of armed conflict…