No one should have to live like this.

The 05/12/25 Ukraine SitRep is out: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19971... For 3 years, we’ve delivered verified, real-time updates without clickbait or sponsors. To expand our team and stay independent, we need your help. Support us here: patreon.com/NOELREPORTS Or: buymeacoffee.com/noelreports

Ah yes, a Stephen Miller essay that rends its hair-shirt about supposed "civilizational collapse" in Europe while openly cheering on the largest land invasion of Europe since World War II, totally makes sense and is definitely not the product of a creepy goblinesque weirdo jerking off to Mein Kampf

Nonsense! I'm sure that—as claimed by the least honest presidential administration in U.S. history—at no point in the 41 minutes between the first war crime and the second did the man overseeing the operation make any effort to contact for further instructions the {squints at notes} Secretary of War

The Russian shadow fleet tanker Kairos, hit by Ukrainian naval drones, has run aground near the Bulgarian town of Ahtopol. Bulgaria's transport ministry says a Navy helicopter and border patrol boat were dispatched to rescue the 10 crew members, but a storm disrupted the operation.

Russia launched a strike on Ukraine's energy and transport infrastructure. Hits were reported in Kyiv region (Fastiv railway, Bila Tserkva TPP), Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih (damaged homes, injuries), Lutsk and Lviv region (TPPs hit, power out), and Poltava, Rivne, Chernihiv critical systems were targeted.

Marjorie Taylor Greene spills on her breakup with Trump. Two words: Epstein Files. “We talked about the Epstein files, and he was extremely angry that I signed the petition to release them.” “I believe those women deserve everything they are asking for. They want it all out, and they deserve it.”

LIVE IN THE POD. EAT BUGS. DRIVE A TINY CAR.

Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine pushes the world toward nuclear proliferation, according to the Wall Street Journal. And that path only brings us closer to nuclear war.

Minneapolis stands up to ICE Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force. www.ms.now/news/minneap...

Handing Moscow everything it demands isn't ‘peace’, it is capitulation.

An earlier delayed data release indicated consumer prices continued to rise in the month.

We're in the process of setting up a few chapters in TX, and I expect we will have paid campus organizers in a a handful of TX colleges come next year!

Only MAGA allowed

The GAO has opened an investigation into Trump’s FHFA director Bill Pulte, who has been using his position to accuse Fed Governor Lisa Cook and multiple Democrats, including NY AG Letitia James, of mortgage fraud. (NBC)

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

CARTOON OF THE DAY

Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks. They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.

Ah. Many of us were wondering what the deal was here. The mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was reportedly engaged in a nasty years-long custody battle with the White House press secretary’s brother before she was detained by ICE last month. newrepublic.com/post/204059/...

Officials from both parties have refused to turn over sensitive voter information, insisting they will protect the data entrusted to them — no matter how many lawsuits the Trump administration intends to file. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The U.S. defense secretary has become the prime target of lawmaker outrage from both sides of the aisle this week over multiple controversies, including a resurgence of the infamous Signalgate.

The AP now confirms a U.S. raid in Syria killed a man who wasn’t ISIS at all, but an undercover informant working *for us* against the terror group. His family says he wasn’t a terrorist, he was helping fight them. This is beyond disgraceful.

Read #Strongmen and compare with Mussolini quotes on same subjects...

A reminder:

Nearly 600 calls were released this week from the catastrophic July 4 flash flooding that swamped Kerr County, TX, killing more than 130 people and turning a national holiday into a tragedy. Callers were terrified and desperate, and some did not survive. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

🤣🤣🤣

4/ Even worse on these officials account, it seems if the third view is correct, that was a reason to kill the survivors. You read that right, and I am not exaggerating.⤵️ A shipwrecked person beckoning others to come rescue them is a basis for killing them.

NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse. The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead. "Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender" Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue." 1/

Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen. Help us move the needle!

Two shirtless guys in deep ocean, trying to stay “in the fight” against the U.S. military with its missiles? What a claim!

Abbe Lowell, the attorney who is representing Letitia James: “I can't tell you a time in the federal system...where a federal prosecutor thought a case was strong enough to bring to a grand jury, and the grand jury said no.” @kaitlancollins.bsky.social

Private voter data is being turned into a purge machine, letting Trump’s team track who votes, where they live, and how they’re registered, then target left-leaning voters for removal. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Fred Trump became disoriented, confused, and increasingly memory-impaired during ordinary interactions, even at family gatherings, and people with dementia at his stage often experience sudden anger or agitation without a clear reason.

NEW: US and Ukrainian officials continued peace talks to end the war in Ukraine in Miami, Florida, on December 4 and 5. Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Novopavlivka. Russian forces recently advanced near Borova and Pokrovsk. Read the full assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar120525 More ⬇(1/3)

The Trump administration has released its long-anticipated new national security strategy, laying out a vision that attempts to reconcile U.S. global dominance with a simultaneous U.S. retreat from its decades-long global role.

The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Sincerely, if I was a Dem executive and had an idea this was going to happen, I’d deploy armed officers to bar any intruders from the citizenship ceremony until it was complete. A sacred space and a sacred obligation, and letting fascist goons pick people off at the front door is an abomination

So Bondi and Kash make a big deal out of arresting the J6 pipe bomber then the guy confesses that he is a Trump supporter who thought the 2020 election was stolen and his lawyer is arguing that Trump’s broadly-worded J6 blanket pardon applies to him and he should go free. Poetry.

Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution. Commentary ↓

Jennifer and I are deeply saddened by the passing of Frank Gehry, a true architectural genius. He will be missed, but his legacy in California and beyond stands as tall as his finest creations. We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Cuba’s Electric Union warns that blackouts could hit up to 61 percent of the country at once during peak hours today, a new record in the island’s ongoing energy collapse.

🤬 The site of the Russian strike in Fastiv near Kyiv

Oh no, we can't loose the strict adherence to traditional ideas of gender and sexuality that the Looney Tunes cartoons were so famous for.

My town hall is getting started now, and I'll have a lot to say about how we fight back and hold Trump and Washington Republicans accountable. WATCH: www.youtube.com/live/FBsTw9B...

Well we're losing Lloyd Doggett thanks to the Texas redistricting. www.rawstory.com/lloyd-dogget...

So gratuitously and pointlessly spiteful and petty.

For the first time since 1978, the Kennedy Center honors ribbon will abandon their signature rainbow color scheme. meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...