No truer words said.

COLORADO — Trump rejects a federal disaster relief request, because the state is run by Democrats. Sen. Bennet: “Trump continues to use Coloradans for political games; it is malicious and obscene.” www.denver7.com/news/local-n...

Stein: What is typical after a storm like this is that the federal government provides about 50, 60, even 70 percent of the damages in relief dollars to help a region recover from a massive hit. So far, North Carolina has received about 11 percent.

certifiably censorious

Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?

Rep. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie tell CBS they're considering bringing inherent contempt charges against Pam Bondi for failing to release all of the Epstein files.

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now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.

I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care. My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

CBS News(max) is officially cooked. Bari Weiss killed a whole-ass network.

This is a very astute observation. I hadn't thought about Keith Kellogg, he just disappeared from the scene. It makes perfect sense that Putin would want to fainthearted guy like Witkoff doing the negotiations. 🗽

🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…

The best story you'll read all day www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u... [gift link]

An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament. Feel safer?

Basically, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States taking the 5th on national TV to avoid answering why he did one of the most disgusting things any DOJ official has ever done in US history.

Khanna: "The problem here is there are rich and powerful people who either engaged in this abuse, covered it up, or we're on this island. What the American people want to know is who are these people? Instead of holding them accountable, Pam Bondi is breaking the law."

Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated. Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...

We were doing it for 230 years before Con Man Trump showed up. If the poor guy can't run the country with The People's representatives and impartial judges checking up on him like the previous 45 presidents did, then he can't run the country.

WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE!? Where is Congress? Where are they? I want to film this for my kids & my grandkids. I want them to see the day democracy died in Washington, D.C. Even George is upset 🦮 & we should all be shocked! No one is here to say this is wrong! I was born here. I'm Andrew Howard. 1/5🧵

This is why Johnson sent the Congress home during the Shutdown for 54 days, nearly 8 weeks, so the FBI would have time to redact Trumps name from the Epstein files. What a joke !

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Beyond parody. We have an attorney general who is covering up the Epstein Files and a President who is proud he could identify a giraffe

By now my house is usually decorated for Christmas and I enjoy doing it. This year I can’t muster it. I just don’t feel like it matches reality. Today was nonstop jaw-dropping bad news. Except it’s also not surprising somehow. Which is why it feels so hopeless, I guess. Some things are too far gone.

Mike Johnson was pissed that we pushed a petition through and are forcing a vote on extended ACA tax credits. He just can’t stop losing. But right now we need your help. We need everyone to contact Congress and tell them to get it done:

Sister-in-law is a pharmacist who says the flu is just esp bad this year

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

one of four in a week www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas. www.nola.com/news/educati...

Congress needs to get back to Washington before Americans’ health care costs start to skyrocket.

Washington Post's new headline is still wrong. 1. The release was not "huge." 2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files. 3, No mention of extensive redactions. Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

The decision by all four broadcast networks to interrupt prime time for an explicitly political speech from Trump was a major break from precedent. Biden and Obama were denied time in similar circumstances. Trump gets special treatment...

Holy crap chart from Gallup

“Who’s gonna stop you?”

“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

Let’s use this as a model to get out of this dying fascist empire! #FreeTheBear

In California, immigrants jailed at the state’s largest immigration detention center have asked a federal court to require access to medical care, which they say is needed to prevent immediate death or irreversible harm.

In Illinois, ICE agents have been documented swapping license plates to hide their identity. Under Illinois law, this constitutes a Class A misdemeanor. The state has made clear that this law will be enforced. Federal agents are not exempt from Illinois vehicle and registration statutes.

WTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.

Fuck this entirely. This is fascism. This is testing the waters for mass murder.

Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.

US electricity prices continue to rise in inflation data released today, up 41% since 2020 and 7% since this time last year

US coffee bean prices continue to hit new highs in inflation data released today, up 19% over the last year and 47% since pre-COVID

Brutal numbers for food in the latest inflation report: - bananas rose 6.7 percent in the past year -beef and veal rose by 15.8 percent -coffee, which rose 18.8 percent in the last year. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

An exceptionally well-researched piece on Stephen Miller by @gregsargent.bsky.social. It’s well worth your time. The irony that Greg points to is that the Miller-Trump immigration approach will make America less great, less prosperous & untrue to its best traditions. newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Yup

83% of Americans have a favorable view of Medicaid: www.kff.org/medicaid/7-c... Republicans simply can't believe that's true. It's government insurance, surely everyone hates it! But guess what: People don't want to be "health consumers," they just want secure coverage.

President Trump delivered a primetime address Wednesday to tout his economic policies, despite widespread concern about affordability. "He is not in touch with reality," says economist @deanbaker13.bsky.social.

This is now the third time this year the Cowardly Speaker has sent the House home early when things weren't going his way.

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.