Amazing!!

The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”… BULLSHIT. @repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition. This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.

The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.

It didn't get enough attention that Susie Wiles said she had read materials protected by grand jury secrecy and other protective orders.

Count 1 was a misdemeanor; Count 2 was a felony.

I was not expecting a guilty verdict. I hope Judge Dugan is successful on appeal. I’m concerned about this emboldening this lawless administration.

JUST IN: Suspected Brown University shooter found dead via self-inflicted gunshot wound inside storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire

Can’t keep her from being U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia if she’s the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virgina (or, for that matter, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virgina Florida Bar).

It gets even more pathetic— x.com/RepBeatty/st...

To all marveling at photos of NYT columnist David Brooks dining with Jeffrey Epstein, 2 years after Epstein finished his sentence for procuring a child for prostitution, here's what it was: the 2011 "Edge Billionaire's Dinner". Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were there too. 1/ www.edge.org/event/the-ed...

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

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:

"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."

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

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"

It's actually pretty impressive to go to the heads of the big oil companies with your big new idea and have them go, 'dude, that's a bit dark for our tastes. too much carnage, too many crimes'. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms talkingpointsmemo.com/news/under-t...

Can't say I'm surprised. But wow.

respect rubes embracing the lil marco thing

It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.

NEW revelations on EXORD (execute order) for boat strikes. DoD allows killing members of 24 'designated terrorist organizations' AND affiliates: “When you define DTO and affiliate so loosely and you’re attacking boats, [the guidelines are] basically meaningless,” former official said. 1/

Republicans fought release of Epstein materials every step of the way, are now refusing to release the second strike boat video, and won’t let Jack Smith testify in public. They constantly hide everything they are doing from the American people.

So… he’s giving them their own money? Where’s the tariff money?

"Breaking precedent, networks interrupt prime time for Trump political diatribe." popular.info/p/breaking-p... I wouldn't mind the networks prime timing his talking points if they explained what they're doing. Just say, "'ordinarily we wouldn't, but we have changed." Or better: he has changed us.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan has earned a reputation as an eager Trump supporter, with prayer appearances at both of the president’s inaugurations.

A nice campaign by AGU to amplify voices against dismantling NCAR. Also, as a Colorado resident, I called my (GOP) house rep and actually talked to someone ?!? agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...

Massive AI data centers are driving up electricity rates across the country. But communities are pushing back—including Lewiston, whose city council just unanimously rejected a $300 million facility. One councilor said the proposal yielded “by far” the most constituent feedback he’s ever received.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reportedly been given quotas to meet on stripping citizenship from naturalized citizens in 2026. www.jezebel.com/citizenship-...

See the newly released photos here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cl62l...

The first half hour of Trump's first public event of the day, surrounded by a crowd of people, and he's falling asleep Absolutely not normal for a healthy person of any age

Yup.

The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.

BREAKING: Judge Cobb (DC/Biden) blocks recent ICE policies on Congressional visits, lifts 7-day advance notice requirement & ICE attempt to exclude field offices. Doc: ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

I've been saying for a long, long time that Trump holdovers at the FBI WFO hamstrung the DOJ's investigations into Donald Trump. These new Grassley emails prove it. Example: Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago over multiple attempts to stonewall, and found evidence of multiple crimes.

Told you the “pivot” to only go after the “worst of the worst” touted on Fox News a couple of days ago was bullshit.

218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits. If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.

Narrator: He has lost control of the House

FYI, this booing is because the GOP passed a procedural vote on the GOP "health plan" (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman's no vote because he was late. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because there's a 7-day waiting period once you hit 218.

MIKE JOHNSON: "Look, we have the smallest majority in history!" So NOT a mandate then?

Wow! A guide to countering originalism, from the great @brennancenter.org

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social: It is the responsibility of Congress to declare and authorize the use of military force. Congress has not authorized a military use of force. There has not been a case made, and I think the absence of one really speaks volumes.

BREAKING on MS NOW: Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."

Urgent update. Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures. Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.

Trump administration lawyers admitted in court filings that they specifically targeted blue states for energy grant cuts during the government shutdown

Bongino and Susie Wiles interview, let's talk about it.

bongino set to leave the admin the same day that the epstein files are supposedly being released to the public? lol

BREAKING: Dan Bongino, is expected to announce his resignation. Here's the interesting part: Bongino told his team that he tentatively planned to announce his departure on Dec. 19. What is on Dec 19th? That's the deadline for Trump to release the Epstein Files.

If you get a moment.... Scourge of sexual harassment cases in federally-subsidized housing Feds: Landlord "told the female tenant that if she did not engage in sexual relations with him, he would give her a 24-hour eviction notice" Just filed ===> www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...