It would be far less time-consuming to count down the number of times he accidentally told the truth. shorturl.at/j6eU3

The Epstein Files: My Observations (Free) jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/the-epstei...

The long and the short of it: nothing - as usual - was agreed. It’s empty theatre purely designed to manage Trump so he doesn’t do anything really stupid. For the reality-based community, there will never be a peace deal. The only option is to arm Ukraine and destroy Russia’s economy.

My dad just told me about the half-hour video he watched, starring Sanjay Gupta, hawking some new medical product. He looked it up after watching. Gupta never did the video. It was all AI. Burn it alllllll down, folks. Salt the fucking earth.

Zelensky lands in Miami. Not a single US official is on hand to greet him. In the language of diplomacy this send an unequivocal message of coldness and hostility. Compare it with the lavish pomp and red carpet shown to Putin when he landed in Alaska a few weeks ago.

Segregationists routinely defended their actions by claiming that black votes were fraudulent

Once again, the whiplash I’m getting from finishing a book about the 1960s Civil Rights Division *fighting* discriminatory measures designed to suppress the vote and then reading its current leader defending those same kinds of measures today.

The Washington State Patrol issued an Amber Alert for a 14-year-old Lummi Nation girl who went missing early Saturday morning. Anyone who sees her is encouraged to call 911.

That’s where the culture wars come in handy. Distract people with fear so that they tolerate the money grab from tax policies that favor the wealthy and deregulation of consumer protections.

NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it. But this isnt a sad story. This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

When USAID cuts came, people died because life saving food, water, and medicine, dried up. That left groups who didnt rely on USAID to fill the void. One org, Alaska Health Project South Sudan, showed me how they are fighting like hell to do exactly that. I hope you will read:

birthday peonies…swoon… #BloomScrolling #FlowersOnFriday #flowers #gardens #FlowerPhotography #EastCoastKin #MyJoyfulPlace #StillLife #dreamy 🌱

🌹 random rose 🌹 April 23rd 2024

Rowan Clair -- Aurora borealis on a Winter Night #art #illustration #rowanclair www.instagram.com/rowanclair/

Happy #purplefriday friends, from a foggy morning this week 💜🪻 #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling

Christmas is hard for many. The years roll, the ghosts at the table increase. We’re haunted by the absence of voices, of laughter engines who drank and ate with us. This can be day of remembrance rituals. For what it’s worth, Hooklanders near and far are in my candles today. Be gentle on yourselves.

If you thought “Yule-Girth” is the waistline chonk from too many holiday treats… you’d be wrong. But here, you get a cookie.

With the current news cycle it's easy to get overwhelmed and difficult to remember details on each story that flies by as the months march onward but this is truly breathtaking. I just can't believe we're at this point and the Republicans in Congress have abandoned their duty so completely.

Judge Mark Wolf on why he resigned: What we have now under President Trump is utterly inconsistent with equal justice under law. I watched, virtually day after day, his direction to the DOJ to prosecute his perceived political enemies and to insulate his friends, his family….

A few months ago Pam Bondi was saying there was nothing to release

The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York.

Another reminder that FBI tasked 934 agents and other personnel to review & redact Epstein files between March & May & prepare the docs for public release. FBI paid $851K in OT/premium pay for a week's worth of work. Via my #FOIA www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Oh my god.

If Trump wants to be the most transparent president in history, he can waive his 60 days and ask Judge Cannon to release Jack Smith’s report now. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

BTW, Bazinga and happy holidays Mr. President

We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States. Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.

"'I am so disgusted with this administration,' said Haley Robson, who voted for Trump, told CNN. 'I think Kash Patel and Pam Bondi both need to resign, and I would love to see Number 47 [Trump] get impeached over this.'" {gift link} www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners. It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Another crypto scammer, shocking! share.inquirer.com/smiYL5

Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”

“I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank, 1929-1945. Ukrainian concert pianist Anna Fedorova performs Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 No. 3, composed in 1832. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells. Americans once opposed this inhumane system. The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.

Totally credible claims are made against Trump all the time, not just of horrible sexual misconduct but also financial crimes--bribery, money laundering, fraud, etc., but he is protected from legal scrutiny by his friends on SCOTUS and in Congress. That's why they aren't successfully "weaponized".

(Reuters) - China imported no soybeans from the United States for a third straight month in November, as buyers turned to South American supplies amid fears of a shortfall if the trade war with Washington dragged on. @reuters.com www.producer.com/daily/china-...

"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"

The key facts here beyond the headline: • grocery prices (meat, poultry, bread, cereal, coffee) going up a lot • “Most of the strength is coming from wealthier households” spending on travel, restaurants, luxuries — Oxford Economics chief economist • corporate profits way up, $166B Q3 vs $6.8B Q2

"On two other flights, two of the passengers, respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case," the assistant US attorney said in the email.

"The hospital was understaffed, and people in the camp were so anemic that they couldn’t get enough blood donations. [Dr.] Otieno had twice donated himself while he was midsurgery in order to save a pregnant woman’s life." @annamaria.bsky.social on the real-world damage done by Trump's aid cuts:

"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz

Trump on Jan. 9, 2024: “I was never on Epstein’s plane.” Newly released documents: Trump was on Epstein’s plane multiple times.

We’re trying to imagine the Republican freakout if literally any of this was about Obama or Biden

They just found Trump's Air Epstein frequent flyer card.

The DOJ's latest release of Epstein files includes an email from a federal prosecutor saying Trump flew aboard the sex offender's private jet "many more times than previously has been reported." www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing D.C. over its ban on semi-automatic (AR-15) weapons. DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."

Milky Way over Lake Superior on Minnesota's North Shore #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #nature

In 2025, America saw the highest number of measles cases in over 30 years. That’s just a preview of what’s to come as RFK Jr continues his rollback of vaccine guidance.

There's a lot of focus on how the dripping antisemitism on the right has created a useful rupture in various parts of Trump's support, and that's true. But I really worry that EVEN those on the less hateful side of that split are ignoring how dangerous some of these terrorists are.

Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH

People must grasp the idea of “media capture.” It’s when authoritarian regimes and/or their powerful allies take control of media to stifle independent voices holding the government to account. It’s one way Hungary’s Viktor Orbán keeps power. In the U.S., it’s what the Ellisons have done with CBS.