This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Germany is racing to rearm as the war in Ukraine shakes its sense of security, forcing the country to confront its military past as it strengthens its military might. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. 60Minutes.com

If Republicans don't extend ACA subsidies, people are going to die. Now, they’re trying to tie Americans' health care to abortion restrictions that kill women. It’s absolutely a non-starter. We won’t allow Republicans to use the lives of women as the political cost of extension.

It’s astonishing how little they think of the public’s intelligence.

The Christmas tree is an ancient pagan symbol of the Winter Solstice. I celebrate this ritual sans religious symbols. allthatsinteresting.com/christmas-tr... www.axios.com/2025/12/12/c...

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.” (Published Oct.)

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

This week, House Republicans are prioritizing legislation requiring a government agency “study” energy supply chains. What they fail to mention is the Trump administration eliminated the agency last month!

Duffy wants pull-up bars in airports, but won’t require airlines to compensate passengers when their flights are disrupted by carriers?? America: Open your eyes and see what this Administration truly is. www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/u...

Trump to holiday shoppers concerned about high prices: "Look, don't be dramatic."

American farmer: This is Donald Trump's problem. He's the one that caused this

ProPublica is hiring and we have a slew of great job opportunities: * Copy editor * Texas reporter * Senior editor, Business * Senior editor, LRN * YouTube senior producer * YouTube producer (two-year) job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica

The DOJ has confirmed that President Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents requested as part of a lawsuit brought by injured January 6 police officers. With this action, the president is directly blocking a case alleging that he helped to fuel the deadly riot. trib.al/o6IVFjF

BREAKING: We're joining a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from accessing Rhode Island’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database. This puts our sensitive information at risk and could be used to try to disenfranchise voters.

New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time. The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four. Corporate greed is out of control.

Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”

Yup...replace them with AI and share their obscene pay with those who do the actual work. robertreich.substack.com/p/want-to-kn...

Another justification to engage AI to replace C-Suite denverite.com/2025/12/08/u...

"To grossly simplify, treating strategy as matter of ends and means alone is a little like saying, I want to take a vacation, and I have money in the bank; problem solved." Not enough thinking here. @markhertling.bsky.social on the new National Security Strategy: lnk.thebulwark.com/4iO7pPV

Greene: “You’re seeing Republican women lash out directly at the speaker because he sidelines us and doesn’t take us seriously.”

Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse. Why is the media only barely starting to report on it? And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...

"No mainstream reporter has the stomach to say, 'By the way, this administration lies all the time and we should assume this is a lie too' after every unsupported statement." They should, because it's true. lnk.thebulwark.com/3KP4z0z

The president doesn’t have the authority to act as judge, jury, and executioner. Killing civilians is a crime under both domestic and international law. That's why we and our partners are suing the Trump administration to demand they release their legal justifications for these unlawful strikes.

#ICYMI: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detailed the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program. (Published Oct. 2025)

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A federal judge refused to release from prison former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the only ally of President Donald Trump currently behind bars for crimes related to the attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

The easiest, and most cost-effective jobs for AI to eliminate: C-Suite www.businessinsider.com/andrew-yang-...

Littwin: CDC took a step toward making children sicker, but for RFK Jr.'s anti-vaxxers, it’s just the start | The Colorado Sun coloradosun.com/2025/12/07/l...

"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered -- private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..." www.kuow.org/stories/thou...

Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization. He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship. What a betrayal of American values!

Republicans in Congress have: No plan to lower costs. No plan to protect health care. No plan to deliver for the American people. www.notus.org/congress/hea...

Grok was not impressed.

NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments. Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same. LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...

Rep. Adelita Grijalva was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents during a raid last week. Remember: ICE is getting $170B in new funding from Trump's Big Ugly Bill and lowering its hiring standards. If Trump's thugs can do this to a member of Congress, they can do it to you.

“It's the most toxic political culture. And it's not helping the American people,” says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. cbsn.ws/4pVru9q

In 2016, Pete Hegseth said troops “won’t follow unlawful orders.” In 2024, Pam Bondi said, “Military officers are required not to carry out unlawful orders.” Now, they're singing a different tune to grovel to Donald Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...

Thanks to Republicans’ chaotic policies: Small businesses have let 120,000 employees go. Grocery and utility prices are up. The cost of health care is skyrocketing. But instead of helping struggling families, Trump is looking into building a giant “Arc de Trump”.

How can her pay for this bogus role be clawed-back?

From Dr. Reich: "Memo to the Norwegian Parliament and the Nobel committee: No president in American history deserves the Nobel Peace Prize less than does Donald J. Trump." open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Snub??? Hardly. The Nobel Committee awards its Peace Prize to those who deserve it. Not a convicted felon with fictitious peace deals who demand it. www.axios.com/2025/12/05/t...

NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party is calling for the resignation of Adams County Treasurer Alex Villagran after an investigation found he was a lecherous lout toward women in his office.