how did this guy run an investment bank?

“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data shows otherwise. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle

Trump: "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman!"

This is huge. FDA approves pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, possibly widening access www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/w...

Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools  www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/h...

"energy independence"

How long before this photo is memed

Read @jvl.bsky.social on "a focus group so vile that if it hadn’t been published approvingly by a Trump-loving publication, you’d have thought it was parody." www.thebulwark.com/p/behold-the...

Mike Lee wants to license Americans to become literal pirates to help Trump's Caribbean campaign In ye olden days this would mean seizing a Spanish Galleon and selling the gold dubloons, but what do you do with a boat full of cocaine? Are privateers supposed to pull up and sell that in Miami

Skilled-worker visa holders who traveled back to India this month to renew their US work permits are now stranded far from home after their appointments were abruptly canceled by U.S. consular offices and rescheduled for months later.

This should call down the conspirscy theorists apnews.com/article/rele...

Why might GOP's refusal to extend the ACA subsidies be a political loser? Well, in new polling, record-high share of Americans say it's the federal government’s responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage. Also... (short 🧵)

Trump is executing a cruel, indiscriminate policy that also endangers the economy. Why aren't we hearing more from one of the key industries being hurt? ICYMI @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4575EaU

Leavitt says Trump & JFK will make a great "team." Big if true

WATCH-- Former AG Eric Holder says Congress should consider impeachment for the DOJ officials responsible for holding back the Epstein files: “That's a nuclear option that Congress has.”

Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

I am so glad @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social wrote this. Immigration is an overwhelmingly sad and infuriating beat. So it's nice to highlight the heroes on occasion: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...

Even self-identified MAGA Republicans are evenly split about Trump's post:

We at @today.yougov.com showed Americans Donald Trump's post about Rob Reiner, as well as posts about Reiner from Ted Cruz, Barack Obama, and Gavin Newsom, and asked what people thought:

“It was violent. There’s blood all over the house. It’s insane,” the homeowner, who is a U.S. citizen, told me. “It’s complete lawlessness. How does the government have impunity to jump into my home without a warrant?” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-w...

When Leo Feler got home, there was blood everywhere. On his front door, the window sills, the foyer. This wasn’t some tragic accident or a murder scene; rather, while he was out of town to run a marathon, immigration agents had decided to attack the workers replacing windows on his house.

a nice time to revisit this

Consumer sentiment is down nearly 30% compared to a year ago according to the final UMich Surveys of Consumers report. About 47% of consumers spontaneously mentioned that high prices are weighing down their personal finances. a year ago only 35% reported this

"The form also has an option to submit photos to the tip line, however, taking photos inside a restroom is illegal." www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/t...

I have questions

America is so safe now that immigration enforcement agents with no badges can enter your home while contractors are doing work, manhandle them, detain them, and leave your house a bloody mess. The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4575EaU

Is Mitt a maker or a taker now? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

Federal agents breaking into worksites, chasing skilled laborers and bloodying them, trapping roofers outside in subzero temperatures—and yet the construction industry isn't making a peep. Our @crampell.bsky.social explains why: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-w...

‘The baby was completely gray’: Immigrants choose between health care and risk of deportation veritenews.org/2025/12/16/i...

oh. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump Moves to End Access to Gender-Related Care for Minors www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/h...

"One person familiar with the situation told Semafor that Machado would like to “present [Trump] with her Nobel medal.”" www.semafor.com/article/12/1...

So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person

"According to the American Christmas Trees Association, almost all imported Christmas decor is subject to tariffs of 30% or higher, and items like Christmas lights may face additional tariffs as high as 63%." www.wpbf.com/article/chri...

Before this year, the US govt hadn't taken a direct stake in a healthy commercial firm since at least the 1950s. Now, it's taken 14, with more coming. My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social laments 2025's worst policy development: "The Year America Went (Kinda) Socialist" t.co/GYs7bvDhO5

"At just 2 weeks old, Feleena Owens was struggling to breathe. The newborn was coughing so badly, her skin turned a sickly gray-blue color. Her face contorted as she tried to gulp air. 'I think the longest she would stop breathing was about 10, 11 seconds,' said her mother."

For 20 minutes, Americans watched Donald Trump address the nation, “drenched in pure panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he’s doing a great job,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

“The research collectively suggests that America is becoming more anti-Semitic because its young people are becoming more anti-Semitic."

LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency? CARR: I think th--- L: Yes or no C: There's a test for this in the la--- L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question C: The FCC is not L: So is your website lying? C: Possibly

NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya. The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved. @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy www.propublica.org/article/keny...

pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

“The Trump administration’s policies on illegal and legal immigration would reduce the projected number of workers in the United States by 6.8 million by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035 and lower the annual rate of economic growth by almost one-third.” www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Fox found its culprit for high grocery prices following Democratic election victories: Joe Biden www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"