The entire conservative legal movement and philosophy of “originalism” is premised on the illegitimacy of any SCOTUS decision that doesn’t fit the GOP party platform

Hero of 2025: Civil servants

This is Part 2 of the Worst Things Trump Did in 2025. It goes from late February to early April. 101-200 in chronological order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Parmesan shortbreads are the perfect accompaniment to any festive fizz you may be uncorking to celebrate the New Year. They’re #RecipeOfTheDay now in case you want a get a head start on them, but they’re neither difficult nor time-consuming to make. www.nigella.com/recipes/parm...

this is very clear: if you claim christianity but don't follow the teachings of Jesus, you aren't a christian, you are a fraud and a heretic. if you claim to be an American, but don't follow the Constitution and you undermine democracy, you aren't a patriot, you are a fraud and a traitor.

Masked agents dragged a teacher from her classroom. They pepper-sprayed a toddler. They shot a father of two, for the crime of trying to go to work. This is Trump’s America—and we need your help to keep exposing it. trib.al/vg825QS

BREAKING: A video montage of all the times Trump promised to end the Ukraine war in 24-hours is going viral after Trump said he has “no deadlines” to end the war. Someone made fun of Trump by speeding up his speech.

They're enabling creepy lonely men to create submissive "AI companions" that can be modeled on whatever real-life woman they're obsessed with and made to do whatever they want and, Jesus Christ, I need to wash my hands just typing that.

2025 has been a year of tumult and uncertainty and a year in which the president of the U.S. has spent at least part of one in three days at his private businesses and one in four days playing golf.

Not a movie. Not fiction. Kyiv. After a missile attack, parts of the city are in darkness. No heating. No light. Children warming themselves by fires. This is what Russia calls “peace.”

The week between Christmas and New Years is the calendar’s perineum.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Donald Trump is a convicted criminal. He is objectively pro-crime. The Trump administration is a criminal organization. He is turning the U.S. into a mafia state.

Meanwhile in Russia: political scientist Sergey Mikheyev says that the majority of Russians are in favor of nuclear strikes against Ukraine and the rest of Europe. He says Russia should destabilize the European Union with an ultimate goal of destroying it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQmX...

Our Congressional leaders need to assert themselves far more forcefully now for "Putin is a ruthless murderer who has no interest in peace and cannot be trusted" and Trump is a corrupt, venal, compromised man hellbent on selling out the West. My latest 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putin-is-a...

Here's a blog post with a little bit about me and a lot more about my Etsy shop. balloon-juice.com/2025/12/27/a...

It’s going to be some bullshit respectability from the center and some bullshit bleating about identity politics from the left and some bullshit religious forgiveness from the right. I’m just going to expire from unrequited rage.

This is some bullshit

I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.

Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions. Apple doesn't recognise unions. Amazon is anti-union. McDonald's is anti-union. Starbucks is anti-union. Google is anti-union. Walmart is anti-union. The big corporations are not on your side.

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff "You should look for those who can’t believe that the law would ever catch them, who believe that they act out of a right that the rest of us do not have. The job of the officer of the law is to let them know that they are wrong!"

ICYMI: The full Law Dork report on Tuesday’s big SCOTUS decision against the Trump administration in its effort to send troops into American cities.

Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.

I think the phrase "Kavanaugh Stop" has both reached and bothered the Justice

Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

I'm not in a position to pick up The Dead Come to Stay until January, but I'll pass the discount code along for others. The first book was a great example of a cosy mystery. I look forward to reading the next one! #BookSky #BookSale

NEW: Ohio has just restricted mail voting, banning the so-called 'grace period' that allows mail ballots to come in the day after Election Day as long as they've been postmarked in time. This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected. Ohio is following Trump's demands.

NEW: The National Park Service & Interior Dept. have not produced records related to the demolition of the WH's East Wing & construction of Trump's planned ballroom in response to a FOIA request by @publiccitizen.bsky.social. The watchdog org is now suing for records www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...

"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters" I'd heard the first two phrases before, but did not know of the all too apt third.

Hi there! We’ll be back in your feed on Boxing Day (26 December) with a new episode to carry you through Betwixtmas! We hope you’re enjoying the holidays! #podcasts #booksky

It’s not enough to beat MAGA at the ballot box, these criminals need held accountable to ensure this will never happen again. Anyone asking for our vote needs to commit to prosecuting Trump and his cadre of corrupt conspirators for their crimes. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/lock-them-...

This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment. It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process

Hey all! I just got my Etsy shop up and running. Still a bit of a work in progress, but there's cool stuff and you can buy it! Please take a look and feel free to suggest items you want to see. Thank you! chaoscraftingcrones.etsy.com

New legislation from Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-MD) would "require the immediate removal of Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and to prevent future actions to rename it or other historic landmarks or memorials."

Trump's DOJ is trying to overturn D.C.'s ban on assault weapons ... while claiming to be SO concerned about crime in the District that it must flood our streets with National Guard troops. I think a president worried about D.C. crime would not be trying to arm criminals with especially lethal guns?

Here’s my version of the chocolate fudge brownie. There’s several different versions of the recipe bouncing around the intertubes. Including on the Palmer House’s website. The brownie itself was invented there. Mrs Palmer wanted a signature desert for the World’s Columbia Exposition 1893. 1/

This is a very well-reasoned thread penned by a congressman that completely dismantled a brainless “thinkpiece.” Some pundits want the left to reject progress & civil rights & become GOP-lite, but Dems lose when they bow down to oligarchs & fascists. We only win when we fight for a better tomorrow

Yep. It really bothers me when I read wimpy news headlines along the lines of "so-and-so accuses Trump of not obeying the law." What mealy-mouthed nonsense. The headline should read "Trump commits crimes." It's just a fact. It does not depend on who says it. It is simply true.

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What the actual fuck is he talking about? How can someone who supposedly is a physician not understand how health insurance actually works?

I know it doesn't speak to the finest part of my soul but seeing fake internet boxer Jake Paul face the first actual non-retired boxer of his career and get the piss beat out of him is deeply healing on some level.

“Americans are seeing what it looks like when you send masked people out to pick people off the street in vans… and this is not what they had in mind.” trib.al/HXaKGL9

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

This post is over a year old too. bsky.app/profile/numb...

We're in the American Dark Age, folks, about to get a lot darker in 2026. Given all the untraceable disappearances, the human trafficking the GOP condones & nurtures, it's impossible to calculate 2025's ICE body count. Those we are learning of include: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

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...

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.