"evident lack of grounding in constitutional text and history. But liberals also deserve blame. They have stood by while conservative presidential absolutists have framed the debate with labels... and catch-phrases that, while misleading or outright false, have tilted the playing field rightward […]

"To illustrate the performance disparity, Berkowitz calculated investment outcomes: "a $1,000 investment in the Nasdaq would be worth about $1,184, while the same investment in the SOCL ETF would be worth $1,272 and in Trump Media shares would be worth $331." The president himself fared […]

The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else. Jacob Richmond, a NASA spokesman, said the agency would review the library holdings […]

This Jack Smith deposition makes one thing abundantly clear: If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison. And he should be.

The communications between #trump & #republican supporters in #congress were an important component of the case, Smith said. He cited an interview his office did with #markmeadows in which Trump’s former chief of staff referenced that Rep. #jimjordan, an Ohio Republican & current chairman of the […]

Tom Steyer echoes Bernie Sanders in supporting single-payer health care https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5668579-tom-steyer-single-payer-health/

ya think?

"Following the Supreme Court's grant of near-total immunity to Donald Trump, the president has issued executive orders at a record pace, with the conservative-leaning court approving most of them through the so-called "shadow docket." https://www.rawstory.com/trump-roberts-court-2674840985/

"In January 2025, President Donald Trump granted clemency to the over 1,500 defendants convicted of crimes connected to the storming of the Capitol. Trump did not pardon Rhodes – or some others found guilty of the most serious crimes on Jan. 6. He instead commuted Rhodes’ sentence to time […]

Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses‼️ “A major link in Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean battery material supplier L&F Co. announced today that the value of its massive supply deal with Tesla has been slashed by over 99%, signaling a catastrophic drop in […]

Carl Sagan called it over 30 years ago. And the saddest thing is that too many under 30 don’t even know what the fuck he was talking about. For the very reasons he was talking about. #WASF https://stzl.ink/9wjruk

Today in Bad Things Happening To Bad People

Ooops: Cybertruck is in serious trouble. "In a regulatory filing today, L&F revealed that the contract’s value has been written down to just $7,386. No, that is not a typo. $2.9 billion to roughly $7,400." @electrek.co: "writes down deal by 99%" ? More like "writes down deal by 99,99974531%" 🤣

https://hartmannreport.com/p/nothing-is-ours-anymore-is-the-rental-32d #enshittification

> delphitools is a collection of small, focused utilities that respect your privacy and work entirely in your browser. No data leaves your machine, no accounts required, no tracking. Just tools that do what they say. https://tools.rmv.fyi/

I do need AI for: - Finding cures for diseases - Offer assistance to people with disabilities - Predict the weather - Fight against AI networks I don't need AI for: - Doing my homework - Wrecking my business - Communication - Every single function on my devices - Producing endless digital […]

https://www.bonappetit.com/misc/rent-week?srsltid=AfmBOoqPezkgb7NaXpjfChEJP2XkPOxgmqobSrar3fhCyi5j0FBSrWUi um. yeah.

"beyond the environmental impacts — because more of that [stuff] is plastic that you want to know — we don’t talk enough about how overconsumption robs us of our financial futures. And I think we need to.”" […]

"The large warehouses would be located close to major logistics hubs in Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Georgia and Missouri. Sixteen smaller warehouses would hold up to 1,500 people each." https://www.rawstory.com/ice-detention-2674831420/?utm_source=opinion

I loved this, but the person who posted it had crappy alt text, so I'm re-posting.

It appalls me to see Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller at the meeting table at the Trump-Zelensky conference in Florida today. I’ve never felt less geopolitically safe. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/28/trump-zelenskyy-talks-amid-heavy-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine

'South Park' writers create parody website for Trump Kennedy Center after snagging the domain names. Logo has redacted Epstein file snippets "Welcome to TrumpKennedyCenter.org A national cultural center dedicated to legacy, loyalty, and the careful […] [Original post on oldfriends.live]

Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this… A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek

"Boston College law professor, has written a new book: “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” She recently spoke to Kara Miller, host of the podcast “It Turns Out,” about how the American tax system has changed over the past 40 years, widening inequality. Below is a […]

😳 “The unclassified records, made public under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, include a 2020 FBI intake form where an alleged survivor claims Trump was a 'regular' participant in a sex trafficking ring orchestrated by Jeffrey Epstein. The document, identified as EFTA00025010, contains a […]

One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background. The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.

"Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers in Yakima, Washington, spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his already purchased groceries for themselves." https://newrepublic.com/post/204750/ice-agents-detain-man-christmas-eve-steal-groceries

"Top Trump administration officials are dodging lawmakers’ requests to testify before congressional committees, and in some cases, “not even” adhering to “legally required” requests according to one Democratic senator, The Washington Post reported Saturday." […]

My new phone has FaceID, and this mostly works. But sometimes it's laggy in a really irritating way: * FaceID doesn't recognize me, so the passcode screen comes up * I start entering my passcode * FaceID decides 'oh it's you after all' and unlocks, with the passcode pad disappearing. * I'm still […]

Local authorities issued an evacuation warning for Wrightwood, California, a town of just under 5,000 people around 80 miles north-east of Los Angeles, as images showed mud and debris engulfing homes and vehicles. The San Bernardino county fire department on Thursday night stated that one […]

Inflation: In what should be a surprise to no one, Trump cooked the books. : r/usa https://www.reddit.com/r/usa/comments/1pv3off/in_what_should_be_a_surprise_to_no_one_trump/

Days after starting his second term, Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders that targeted DEI programs and policies for elimination, decrying them as illegal and immoral. Museums across the country scrambled to react — and in many cases, comply. Within days, Washington’s National […]

TRUMP: “What would you like Santa to bring?” LITTLE GIRL: “Not coal.” TRUMP: “You mean clean, beautiful coal.” *laughs because he knows he’s lying to a child on Christmas Eve on behalf of his fossil fuel billionaire donors*🫤 🎄

'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over - Raw Story https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kennedy-center-ratings/

Online shopping 2025. 🤵 Orders something online. 🏬 Want to track the order? 🤵 Yes! 🏬 Scan this code: 🤵Uh, okay. 🏬 Download our app to track your order. 🤵 Ugh.. alright.. 🏬 Before you can use our app you need an account! 🤵 Never mind! Data data harvesting, it's all data harvesting.

With its standard credulous, stenographic political coverage style, the NY Times reports with a straight face that Trump's "Justice" Department just "found" a million more Epstein documents. On some days, the Paper of Record struggles to be merely pathetic.

A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration’s stripping of an attorney’s security clearance for representing a whistleblower pivotal to the president’s first impeachment was a form of retribution and unconstitutional […]

On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid. [archived link in comments] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/doge-musk-trump-analysis.html

Did I mention I'm taking bets on when we'll see the first event that triggers Kessler Syndrome? 🤪 Western intelligence suspects Russia is developing new weapon to target Musk's Starlink satellites Intelligence findings seen by The Associated Press say the weapon could release pellets to […]

i have spent time with bari weiss, who used to date my former roommate and who i am in an alumni program with, and i feel comfortable saying she is both stupid and evil

Not sure how I missed this — actually I do: every day there is simply too much awfulness as a result of this administration's racism, criminality and grift. Anyway, no big deal — just that same administration demanding that the University of Pennsylvania turn over the name and contact […]

Donald Trump claims the letter to Jeffrey Epstein, complete with his drawing and signature, was fake. This is a man who sues over everything. If it were actually fake, there would’ve been an investigation and answers.

Starlink satellite fails, polluting orbit with debris and falling toward Earth Spacecraft set to burn up in a few weeks, but it could have been worse #space #KesslerSyndrome www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/s...

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Ex-CIA Chief Wants to Block Judge Cannon From role in Inquiry. She is being Pushed by #trump’s Allies “In a highly unusual effort, former #cia Director John Brennan is trying to pre-empt Aileen Cannon from overseeing a retributive grand jury investigation. His lawyers sent a strongly-worded […]

Ruling Offers Due Process to Alien Enemies Act Detainees “Boasberg certified the detainees case as a class action lawsuit, the meat of his decision was a reversal of his own prior decision in the case. In light of new facts that emerged, Boasberg concluded that detainees were in the […]

#trump admin blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified, that dept of defence is concerned about them. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/us-government-finds-new-excuse-to-stop-construction-of-offshore-wind/

“The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back.” […]

Lawmaker Sues to Remove #trump’s Name From the Kennedy Center “Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution.” It is illegal. Just because Trump - as self-appointed Chairman of the Kennedy Centre board - […]