Since Donald Trump took office, Washingtonians have lost $948 from higher costs due to the skyrocketing inflation caused by Trump’s disastrous economic policies.

While this NYT article pulls punches on Trump's madness, impulsivity, and delusions, it's useful in that it creates space for other articles about Trump's age and clear cognitive and physical decline to follow. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.

Excessive restraint in immigration detention centres ‘deeply concerning’, report finds

“..Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. .. The number of Mr. Trump’s total official appearances has decreased by 39 percent.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Today in Inkster, I walked through the hectic events of the last few days, including what appears to be the new FBI inquiry.

@vermontgmg.bsky.social correctly notes that perhaps the only good thing Elon Musk has done since he bought Twitter is making public the 'location' feature. So many of the far-right’s MAGA accounts actually turn out to be based in Nigeria, Russia, Bangladesh www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-very-b...

Yikes. (via @steverattner.bsky.social)

This morning in Ukraine, an attack on the Kyiv region killed 7 people and disrupted electricity & heating systems. Our #ChefsForUkraine team was on site in the Dniprovskyi district, where a drone struck a nine-story residential building. We arrived at 5am with meals for responders & residents.

Again, she is welcome to caucus with the Democrats at any time until the lawless authoritarianism ends.

@nickmiroff.bsky.social joins @willgottsegen.com for a conversation about his recent reporting on ICE’s new normal—and Border Patrol’s role in its transformation.

The Senate rebuked Trump on his tariffs. The nation rebuked Trump in the November elections. The entire Congress rebuked Trump for his ongoing cover up of the Epstein crimes. Next week Congress is likely to rebuke Trump again, this time over his selling out of Ukraine and our European allies.

Basic civics shouldn’t be controversial: Congress writes the rules for the armed forces, and members of Congress explaining those rules is not punishable conduct. Constitutional limits exist for exactly this reason, and Congress needs to exercise the authority the Framers entrusted to it.

Andrea is one of over 170 U.S. citizens who have detained by ICE. It should never have happened, and we will hold Kristi Noem and the Trump Administration accountable.

Trump ignores questions from reporters while leaving the White House for a long Thanksgiving weekend

Facing threats, Sen. Elissa Slotkin pushes on

A lot of disinformation is circulating about what Senators/Representatives Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan actually said. Here is the transcript. It contains no accusation that the President issued unlawful orders, no call to disobey lawful orders, and no advocacy of mutiny.

This matches with the weakest consumer confidence since about the same time. 🇺🇸

From climate change to cost of living, it all comes back to corruption. That’s why at @endcitizensunited.bsky.social, we’re committed to ending Big Money in politics.

Trump Threatens Members of Congress Who Spoke Truthfully About Obligation to Disobey Unlawful Orders youtu.be/YJFT3a6EP4Y?...

ByHeart baby formula from all lots may be contaminated with botulism bacteria, tests show apnews.com/article/byhe...

🇺🇸⚡️ In both recordings of the conversations published by Bloomberg, only one interlocutor remains unchanged - Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov, - Ukraine context Which suggests that it was his phone that was "wiretapped", the "leak" could have taken place purposefully and precisely from the Russian side.

Trump lies virtually every time he opens his mouth. He told another whopper today. A people ok with government lying to them like this, is a people who’ll get government doing much worse to them. We mustn’t accept this much lying. My video. Have a watch.👇open open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

NYT: “.. Trump is facing obstacles as he tries to use the Justice Department to investigate, prosecute and jail those he targets.” But his appointees “are harnessing a range of departments .. and rarely used powers outside the Justice Department to inflict pain.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

@michaeldweiss.bsky.social explains how the Ukraine “peace plan” got laundered into the media: leaks from Trump-world figures trying to force the deal into existence, with JD Vance and Marco Rubio pulling string and vying to be MAGA's 2028 successor.

Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan. And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.

DOE ORDERS ACTION TO MINIMIZE BLACKOUTS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC; PJM AND CONSTELLATION ENERGY INCLUDED UNDER THE DIRECTIVE

Virginia Is For Lovers — of data-centers that don’t cause wintertime blackouts. 💕

Alexis Wilkins has suddenly found fame as FBI Director Kash Patel’s boo, but the aspiring country singer was working in Washington as recently as January.

Foiled. And I can't tell if I'm annoyed or proud: The kids quickly recognized me as a shared foe trying to grab the surplus for myself. They unionized and refused to bid against each other. Organized labor negotiated a settlement that better served their collective interests.

Just got to the airport with the kids and was pleasantly surprised to have gotten one kiddo upgrade. Problem: I have two kids. So I'm holding an auction and they're each bidding on how many times they will unload the dishwasher over Thanksgiving. Highest bid gets the upgrade.

Immigration rights advocates say the new policy aims to 'bully some of the most vulnerable' people in US society.

Too often, big corporations & their billionaire CEOs get in the way of the federal government implementing laws with their own profit-driven interests. @warren.senate.gov and I are fighting to fix that & ensure that laws passed actually work for the American people. www.govexec.com/management/2...

Republican Rep. Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired. May it be the first call of many. Witkoff needs to go, now.

Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere." -- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing. Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Oct 10, Trump fired most employees in Office of Special Education. They were responsible for overseeing and distributing federal funding to states to help students with disabilities. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the firings on October 15.

A powerful message from six Democrats reminded the military of a fundamental truth: illegal orders must be refused. Trump’s over-the-top reaction only highlighted the danger he poses, while the response from the 'Seditious Six' hints at a more strategic approach to Democratic communications.

Witkoff works for terrorist Russia and in a normal timeline would be investigated by the FBI. There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free

Now Trump is weaponizing the FBI to go after the Members of Congress who spoke out against him. The President is corrupt and none of us should back down in the face of these intimidation tactics.

The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.

Witkoff reportedly urged Russia to praise Trump for handling the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day. One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive. My latest:

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff isn’t working for the US, or for humanity. He’s working for Vladimir Putin. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Skullduggery? 7th District mailers with no attribution or return address going out to Democratic Nashville voters, listing the incorrect date for Election Day.

Wowwww… so dirty. @aftynbehn.bsky.social making Republicans get desperate.