MAGA and DHS are melting down over Kilmar Ábrego García “making TikToks.” I went to look at the video they’re complaining about, and all he’s doing is lip sync to a Christian song in Spanish about trusting God amid trials and tribulations. www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs...

Shortly after the much-discussed Wisconsin State Supreme Court election on April 7th will be *3* Georgia State Supreme Court elections on MAY 19TH. All 3 seats are held by GOP-appointed Justices. We need Dem-aligned candidates to run and win in these nonpartisan races to send a midterm message.

OF ALL THE VESSELS SUNK BY THE U.S. it was the likeliest to have been carrying drugs: a semisubmersible with at least one convicted trafficker on board. The U.S. blew it up, destroyed the evidence and let the survivors go GIFT LINK @schmidtsam.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social wapo.st/4qq5ymS

We bring you everyone’s favorite: the end-of-year megabanter! And what a year. I’m joined by @mattbelloni.bsky.social and @lucasshaw.bsky.social as we try to make sense of it all. www.kcrw.com/shows/the-bu...

ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his groceries for themselves. A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused. trib.al/kF8CDpe

Can you guarantee that Peter Thiel will leave?

This *month*

Jimmy Kimmel is the voice this moment requires. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.

This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...

BREAKING: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena. The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses. New, at Law Dork:

Preparing to sample and no, he didn’t send it to me.

“Both Ellisons are close to Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, who one associate described as like an uncle figure to David Ellison.”

US citizens are being deported

Let’s be clear. Concentration camps.

I didn’t know maximalist was a synonym for vulgarian. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

According to a newly released email, federal agents were attempting to contact 10 possible Epstein “co-conspirators” the day after his 2019 sex-trafficking arrest.

No 60 Minutes segment can be considered complete without this kind of erudite analysis on the issues of our day.

Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.

"While the administration focuses on pseudo-terrorists, it risks losing focus on the battle against actual no-kidding terrorists." @maxboot.bsky.social on all the ways Trump is endangering us with stupid policies unrelated to reality or facts. The stuff of nightmares. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4aAy3tL

regulatory oversight stifles innovation

I semi-agree with @mattbelloni.bsky.social’s latest in principle. Sure, Bari had the right as head of CBS News (🙄) to ask for changes. But in this particular case, obviously nothing was wrong with that piece. Let’s not hand her an option to demand make-work changes to slow-roll the piece to death.

This is very good. open.substack.com/pub/linttrap...

Still think Biden was the bad guy? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

It’s taken less than a year of Trump being in office for Republicans to embrace being openly racist as policy and as a party.

This is an excellent explanation of how unbelievably incompetent and full on nonsense the note from Weiss was. My guess: 1. Someone who has very little experience is journalism (and not the stuff that tickles billionaires) is clearly a mile wide and foot deep as an editor and in far over her skis.

Weird flex.

A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.

It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.

I’m sure this will be popular. 5 million people are in default right now. The Dept of Ed estimates as many as 10 million by end of next year because of job market.

MBS, busy reformer. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Deleting earlier post because this sounds legit.

Gift link wapo.st/4s6YnC5

Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em

Is the answer A) No B) Hell, no. C) I can’t believe what I’m seeing and NO D) All of the above

Implausible deniability

Don’t get your hopes up for a clear message on inclusion. www.semafor.com/article/12/1...

I don’t think David Ellison will care about any of the backlash unless and until talent starts to push back.

It sure seems like someone got to Bari Weiss between Thursday evening (left), and then late Friday night (right) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

And… scene. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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

NEW: The phone metrics reported publicly by the Social Security Administration are way lower than actual wait times, a new watchdog report shows. www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

Thread.

One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.

BREAKING: We are suing Trump & his cronies to restore the Kennedy Center’s lawful name We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it

ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.

NEW: Judge Boasberg said the administration's goal in rushing to deport the men — after Trump's secret invocation of the Alien Enemies Act — was clearly meant to evade court review until they were in CECOT. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help Please contact us www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...