US opens door for Russia to rejoin G20, ending diplomatic isolation: "The Russian delegation has arrived in Washington for the first G20 Sherpa meeting under US leadership following a long period of diplomatic isolation, according to Russian media." RBC News 15 Dec newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/us-open...

Trump: We’re building an arc like the Arc de Triomphe. It will be like the one in Paris but it blows it away.

Sad. Father & son shooters. > 1 shooting daily in 25. “Things can happen” or “Shit happens” + $2.3 T to the debt. East Wing gone. Trump insane, minting T coins, T Peace Ctr, T Rx, T Gold Card, T Arch,T Kennedy Ctr, he's a fancy decorator, DC golf courses reno, Pay E. Jean Carroll now

Trump: “We had 3 great patriots terminated”

really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it

Rand Paul: "My plan is this -- let people on the Obamacare market, which is about 4% of America, a small number of people, let them buy their insurance through Costco, Sam's Club, Amazon ... "

Trump, trying to pardon someone he doesn't have the authority to pardon...

Sen. DURBIN: I’ll never forget hearing Donald Trump rejecting a bipartisan immigration deal because he didn’t want immigrants from ‘s***hole’ countries. He denied it. Two Republican Senators claimed I was lying. Now, he’s bragging about it. This is racism, plain and simple.

Collins: Grocery prices have been up. Leavitt: Inflation is down Collins: It’s where it was Leavitt: Everything I'm telling you is the truth, and you don't want to report it because you want to push untrue narratives about the president.

Reporter: There were new Epstein photos today showing you, Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon… Trump: He has photos with everybody. Hundreds and hundreds of people that have photos with him, that's no big deal, I know nothing about it.

Trump: "It's not only land strikes on Venezuela. It's land strikes on horrible people that are bringing in drugs and killing our people. If we were in a war and we lost 300,000 in a year -- that's what the real number is ... it would be a war that's unparalleled."

Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up? TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.

Trump: “Inflation is stopped, wages are up, prices are down”

BREAKING: Donald Trump goes on a deranged rant claiming countries want him to serve as the leader of Europe. Europeans, do you want him as your leader? Lets see some responses

Trump: "The European nations are reporting that your president might as well be the leader of the European nations also. They respect us like they've never respected us before."

Dave McCormick makes clear on CNBC that he no objection to Trump usurping Congress's power by ruling with executive orders instead of signing actual legislation

Don Bacon: "On affordability, tariffs are an issue and I believe Congress should take back that authority"

Melania is absolutely stone faced as Trump talks about how sad Steve Scalise's wife when he was shot but he "knows many wives who would not even be crying"

Q: If DOJ doesn't release the files it has by next Friday, is there anything Congress can do to compel that to happen? MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.

Sen. Ashley Moody seems EXTREMELY beatable to me next year in Florida. She really struggles on TV (as you can see in this clip) or to speak coherently in public in general.

Collins: If the economy is as strong as the president has said it is, why is he telling parents two weeks before Christmas that they should only buy two or three dolls for their children?

ICE puts a U.S. citizen in a chokehold, forcing him to his knees in the snow. When he offers his ID, agents ignore him.

Leavitt: As for the bandages, we've given you an explanation about that in the past. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.

Noem: "I have to actually leave this hearing early"

Moskowitz: "Perhaps someone should tell the president that every time he says 'affordability is a hoax,' another Democrat sprouts of the ground and lands in the House of Representatives and eventually we'll get a gavel."

Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"

DOOCY: Would Trump use this seized Venezuelan oil to try to help Americans with affordability here in the US? LEAVITT: The US does intend to seize the oil

DOOCY: Is Operation Southern Spear about drugs or oil? LEAVITT: The Trump administration is focused on doing many things in the Western Hemisphere

DOOCY: If Trump launches a bigger military campaign in the Caribbean, is he jeopardizing a Nobel Peace Prize? LEAVITT: The president has proven over the past year that he's more than worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. He's solved 9 conflicts

Q: What is Trump's plan to stop healthcare costs from soaring? LEAVITT: You'll hear more from the president on that very soon

Leavitt says Trump "is extremely frustrated with both sides" of Russia's war on Ukraine

Q: Is the president prepared to allow healthcare costs to soar? LEAVITT: I'd like to remind you why this is on the brink of happening. Democrats wrote Obamacare ...

Doug Burgum lies that renewable energy is "worse for the planet, worse for the environment, and it drives up your electric prices"

Kristi Noem's opening statement to the House is immediately interrupted by an anti-deportation protester

Ogles throws a tantrum at Bennie Thompson, calling his comments "effin' disrespectful"

THOMPSON: You blamed the shooting of Guardsmen solely on Joe Biden. Who approved the asylum for this same person? KRISTI NOEM: This individual that came in--- THOMPSON: No. I want to know who approved---- NOEM: *keeps talking over Thompson* T: I don't want to file perjury charges against you

Thanedar to Noem: "You lied to me under oath"

MAGAZINER: Will you thank Mr Brown for his service to our country? NOEM: Thank you Mr Brown M: Now what explanation can there be for locking up his wife for months when she has committed no crime other than writing a couple bad checks for $80 NOEM: It's not my job to pick which laws get enforced

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

NOEM: DHS and this administration comply with all federal court orders THANEDAR: Not true

The campaign corruption case just argued in the Supreme Court attracted a flotilla of creepy front groups who filed “amicus” briefs — 15 of them by our count! The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.

Sen. HIRONO: Child exploitation is only getting worse. This issue has a bipartisan focus, and there is a desire to do more.

THANEDAR: It is a fact that you ignored federal court orders in March and in May of this year. Do you plan on ignoring federal orders? NOEM: We always comply with all federal court orders THANEDAR: I'm sick of your lies

The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.

Apparently not AI or photoshopped, just taken from the latest dump of Epstein data from the Grand Jury.

US citizen and veteran detained by ICE: I’m here as a veteran, father, and ordinary person who believes in our country. I respect law enforcement, but I also believe accountability is the foundation for respect. I was arrested and detained by ICE agents.

Rep. GARCIA: Our witnesses today have been in some cases abused, smeared, and mistreated by our own government. The Trump Administration is telling blatant lies about their conduct. You’re bringing light to what’s happening to US citizens as they interact with ICE and DHS.

Sen. BLUMENTHAL: This report ought to shock America’s conscience. At least 22 American citizens were treated in a way we would not tolerate for anyone. Our fellow citizens are being abused and mistreated by ICE agents and the United States government.

Reporter: What happens to the oil on that ship? Trump: Well, we keep it, I guess... I assume we're going to keep the oil.

Jessica: Trump doesn't have the same issues that Joe Biden did. He doesn't have a supply chain problem. He doesn't have a global health pandemic. He's just setting our economy on fire and not in a good way. Like the dumpster fire way