Laura Loomer may handcuff herself to the door of the Oval Office

In normal democracy terms, we've in bad shape and things are getting worse. In consolidated authoritarianism terms, we're doing pretty well, as the regime is haphazard, meeting resistance, and growing increasingly unpopular. Depends on one's perspective. I started using the latter standard in Jan.

Pardoning Nixon, moving beyond Watergate, brought us his henchmen for decades. Democrats aren't being magnanimous about letting bygones be bygones. They are being cowards. Holding people you know to account takes bravery, that they lack. So we need to make them do it kicking, dragging, & screaming.

I'm skeptical that Trump's make Ukraine surrender plan wasn't real. Trump envoy Witkoff negotiated it, details and threats to Ukraine were public for multiple days, and Rubio didn't dispute it then, only after the plan got a bad reception and rejected by Europe. Look like attempting to save face.

America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.

I’m a law prof & a YLS grad and anyone familiar w elite law schools knows it is beyond laughable to describe these places as radicalism hotbeds. Cruz knows this, as does JD Vance. But they assume that their marks are too unsophisticated to know it too. It’s condescending as hell.

Trump’s plan for peace in Ukraine is a win-win for Russia After a year of the U.S. president leaning harder on Zelenskyy than Putin, Washington was unlikely to conduct a real pressure campaign against Moscow.

The White House doesn’t offer a plausible legal rationale because the orders are illegal. Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal. Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders. Real Occam’s razor situation here.

Numerous House Dems have now filed reports with the Capitol Police on Trump's call for their execution, WaPo reports. Rep Chrissy Houlahan discussed the need for this on our pod yesterday: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency

Thousands of Asus routers have been hacked and are under the control of a suspected China-state group that has yet to reveal its intentions for the mass compromise, researchers said.

Next time a Republican opens their mouth to blather about left wing extremism and violence this should be played with a microsecond so they STFU.

Kelly: "My family has suffered from political violence. My wife, Gabby, was nearly assassinated, shot in the head at a political event. Even the president -- 2 assassination attempts -- he should understand his words have significant weight and people react to things that he says."

“Dividing the Western alliance has long been Russia’s top foreign policy goal, so for Moscow, an outcome that involves the U.S. getting Ukraine to surrender and the U.S. undermining NATO is a win-win.”

Artificially raise prices, get people fired, take away healthcare, do tons of corruption, give special favors to connected billionaires, usher in oligarchy, but say the word "affordability" and be briefly nice to a left-wing politician on TV. Shouldn't appeal to anyone, but apparently does to some.

"Only in Trumpworld are people fired for minor culture war grievances, or because they were performing their assigned tasks which involved investigating illegal or unethical behavior, or for refusing to engage in acts of political retribution." Read @donmoyn.bsky.social on Trump corrupting the FBI

That's fair, if MTG stayed in Congress and kept loudly opposing Trump on both Epstein and healthcare, that'd be more positive than her leaving Congress, since she'll get less attention. I guess I doubt she or any Republican would do that, so I'll take early resignation and the wedge that pushes on.

If Marjorie Taylor Greene is leaving Congress because she thinks she pocketed enough money, or because she has bigger political ambitions and think this will help, or whatever else, who cares. It's driving a wedge into the Trump coalition. One can recognize that as a positive development regardless.

To the men and women who wear the uniform...my brothers and sisters in arms...I know the message from those six Democratic lawmakers wasn’t just heard...it resonated. The nation will look to you to act with honor. I have full confidence you’ll rise to the moment. #Holdfast

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist? MAMDANI: I've spoken about-- TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

Why not Jan. 6?

This young man has it exactly right.

This week in America:

I will give Marjorie Taylor Greene credit for one thing: deciding she’s had enough and getting out, rather than thinking nothing matters more than staying in Congress and doing anything to get along. On that specifically, it would be better if more politicians were like her.

Some thoughts on the case everyone is talking about and a response to David Brooks. New Racket. theracket.news/p/why-the-ep...

Rufo is taking credit for this one

They line up perfectly.

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

i love how bsky posters are so eager to appear worldly and wise that they'll jump to say "AND YOU'RE SURPRISED????" to the craziest shit that's ever happened. if bluesky existed on 9/11/01 you fucking bet these people would out here with "obviously, everyone with a brain cell could see this coming"

quick someone get elon, donald came down with woke mind virus

pls like n share Mamdani tames Trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Looks like we have a Hochul campaign theme:

right now the GOP has a 6 vote margin (219-213) and that’s possibly down to 218-215 by the end of January if Dems win the TN-07 special (they will win TX-18) Johnson getting closer and closer to having to get Thomas Massie on board for every… single… vote

Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.

Trump has always had a knack for appealing to some left-wing populists, especially the sort who prioritize anti-establishment display.

Thing is, when Mamdani does something early next year that challenges some Trump admin nonsense, you *know* that Trump is going be extra angry and suggest it's a backstabbing, noting how "nice" he was to him in the Oval Office as if that means Mamdani should now agree to all of Trump's demands.

No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.

1/5 🧵Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she’s resigning effective January 2026. Nobody climbs that far up the ladder...just to climb back down on their own. People don’t abandon power. They get escorted...out of it.

seeing people confidently stating that Greene is obviously going to run for senate or gov. certainly possible. I mean, the whole thing is a stunner to me. but looking at the statement, the calendar and the year, I'm kind of skeptical about that.

BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.

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Weirded out like I am by Trump-Epstein apologetics that use the term "barely legal," including to describe a 15 year old girl (who is years shy of being "barely legal"? Then read this, by @aselrod.bsky.social.

EU army when?

This tracks, Im more surprised Kushner didn’t author this

Trump telling Ukraine to “sign a peace deal in days” is not bold. It’s reckless. It’s a live-wire threat to human lives.Zelensky has called this the most difficult moment in Ukrainian history, a fight for survival against a brutal invasion.Trump?He treats it like a TV stunt,a punchline for his base.

a 34-year old DSA legislator turned mayor has MAGA's god emperor at heel like a geriatric puppy, what a world

always funny to see when trump flips to suck up mode

Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.

It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.

Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message. /1