Threatening to impeach judges who check your power is proof you need judges checking your power.

1. Welcome to the weekend edition of the Editorial Board! I’m your host, John Stoehr. Before I get to the stuff I published this week, here’s a few words about what happened in the United States Senate last night.

BREAKING: The Trump Administration is gearing up to institute a travel ban targeting 43 countries, Greenland's political parties unite to condemn Trump, Pam Bondi works to protect Tesla dealerships, and more. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Big Law continues to shame itself. It has been weeks since Trump targeted Covington, more than a week since he targeted Perkins Coie. Now he is targeting Paul Weiss. And THIS is where things stand.

Why is it that Hegseth talks over women, long after the point where it's even arguably acceptable, and argues with them like he's asking the questions, not the other way around? He can say whatever he wants, but it's clear he doesn't respect women or even the offices they hold.

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NEW: William Webster, 100, The only man to lead both the FBI and CIA, urges the Senate to reject the nominations of Kash Patel & Tulsi Gabbard: “I urge you to weigh the critical importance of nonpartisan leadership and experience. The safety of the American people…depends on it”

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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

Jesus would not approve.

Quick update Bluesky: ever wonder why there are no sharp images of these “drones” when many people have good cameras? 👇👇

This means a new DA will be selected to take over the case, most likely a slow death knell if not an outright death for the case.

It's going to be a long four years.

Good morning to three of the greatest America has ever seen!

The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Thou shalt not groove to the YMCA while marginalizing the communities that made the song iconic.

Trump throws down the gauntlet. The answer from the Senate MUST be no. Kash Patel cannot be put in charge of the FBI.

“On behalf of all the women (and I know it’s many) you have abused in some way, I say … get some help and take an honest look at yourself,” said Pete Hegseth's MOTHER. Here's a gift link to the reporting in the @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on Bluesky. Looking forward to making new friends. Sharing ideas and perspectives on a range of topics.

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The problem isn’t government waste. The problem is that billionaires don’t pay taxes.

Cheerful news, good for your digestion.. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

Thank you!

Traffic from Bluesky to @democracydocket.com is surging while X is falling and Threads remains largely irrelevant. This is powering rapid growth of both free subscribers and paid members.

Happy Thanksgiving to all. May everyone enjoy this day and be grateful for the things that really matter in life.

Trump will never forget his humiliating loss to Biden in 2020. And America in 2025 and beyond will suffer for his obsession. www.alternet.org/experts-cond...

An important reminder: Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.

⚠️Worried—California reports HUMAN H5N1 bird-flu in a child with no known contact with infected animals. This is at least the 3rd COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION incidence of H5N1 without any animal contact. Same with the ICU hospitalized case. This is maybe human-to-human, long distance airborne, or milk?

We are all witnessing anticipatory obedience in real time.

Trump was supposed to be sentenced next Tuesday for his 34 felony fraud convictions, but prosecutors—not the defense— today are asking Judge Merchan to delay until *after* Trump's term in four years! C'mon!😡The jury has spoken! ⚖️ Trump should be doing this⬇️until Inauguration Day—at least! Right?!

“America deserves better than RFK Jr” ~ declares AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, the largest and oldest US public health advocacy nonprofit. 🧵

Doctors identify 27 scurvy cases in northern Saskatchewan, as concerns of rural poverty, hunger grow: Professor at the University of Saskatchewan says there is no reason to believe that this cluster of cases is exceptional but rather the ‘tip of an iceberg’

I just finally looked at election results in Palm Beach County. Home of Mar-a-lago. He lost his home county, in Florida. Red Florida. They knew. They know. Half this country does not know.

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I have no doubt DonOld Trump won't be doing this sort of important work within six months -- let alone in four years. President Joe Biden is a star. ktla.com/news/nationw...

This nails it in describing the situation young women find themselves in. I hate the fact that they have to live with this new reality.

1/ In an administration that was on the up & up, a Defense Secy nominee who failed to disclose he'd paid a woman a settlement for sexual assault allegations & extracted a non-disclosure agreement in return would withdraw as soon as that came to light.

BOOM: Mitch McConnell says “there will be no recess appointments” for Trump’s cabinet

Moon dressed up as Uranus

OK, so the “criminals” are way less than 1% of the migrants. So he’s not deporting 20 million like he promised now? Biden deported 1.1 million people in 2023.

As someone who has worked with victims of sexual assault, this is NOT the way any of this works.

And so it begins. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens. Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”

Persecution of potential opposition leaders is a central feature of authoritarian regimes.

Tulsi Habbard is at least as scary to our national security as RFK, Jr. is to our health care system.