Kicking off Senate Republicans' sham hearing on medication abortion by making absolutely clear: MIFEPRISTONE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. This hearing is not about science. It's about Republicans trying to ban abortion nationwide.

I don't want Greenland. I just want healthcare and for someone to Julius Caesar his ass

NEW: Legislation in US Senate would "prohibit the naming, renaming, designating, or redesignating of any Federal building, land, or other asset in the name of a sitting President"

Europe. Is moving military assets. To deter an invasion. By the United States of America.

Somehow I suspect its more about trying to apply pressure to reporters over the news.

telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to

REMINDER: Stephen Miller is not a lawyer.

This is not the language of the government of a free country.

A Senate committee is holding a bogus hearing today based on junk science about the abortion pill mifepristone, a safe and effective medication that's the most common form of abortion. This hearing isn't about science — it's about laying the groundwork for banning medication abortion nationwide.

Democrat Chris Dzadovsky won the Fort Pierce City Commission District 2 runoff by just 31 votes, beating Republican Jaimebeth Galinis 50.60%–49.40% and flipping the commission to Democratic control.

Jim Rockford is back on the case: NBC has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the classic '70s detective series The Rockford Files.

A tiny muntjac deer took on an Indian rhino at a zoo in Poland.

“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.” Gift link: wapo.st/4sG38CD

It's so wild how "white" is an epithet the right is now okay with using, as long as they can pair it with "woman"

VA House Committee on Privileges & Elections agenda for tomorrow: four constitutional amendments (abortion rights, marriage equality, ex-felons voting rights, redistricting) bluevirginia.us/2026/01/tues...

What could possibly go wrong?

Fellas is it gay to eat cereal

Senate Republicans' SHAM hearing to discredit medication abortion, even though it is SAFER than Viagra, is not about science or protecting women's health—it's about their crusade to BAN abortion nationwide. WATCH ⬇️

I just got an amazing idea

Who did this? Because I fucking love it and I want to shake your hand, sir (not gender specific)

as far as i am concerned "The Birthrate!!!!" is a right wing culture war concern and you can make it easier and more humane to raise children without addressing this beef tallow-ass framing

A former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison.

Chipotle has had to publicly state that Bill Ackerman no longer has any ownership in the company. The slimeball donated $10,000 to a support fund for the Nazi that killed Renee Good. However, he's still a major owner of RBI, which owns Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs. 1/2

NEWS: Former Eric Adams aide and community advocate Tony Herbert has been arrested and charged in an SDNY indictment with taking bribes and kickbacks while working at City Hall, along with several fraud offenses. He’s set to appear in court later today. www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/me...

Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...

That would be an interesting development....

NEW: An analysis of years of previous F.D.A. decisions about the abortion pill mifepristone found that the agency did rigorous reviews, largely followed apolitical scientific recommendations and repeatedly concluded that mifepristone was safe. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/h...

House Speaker Mike Johnson apparently doesn’t understand how our justice system works. He said if Fed Chair Jerome Powell is innocent, “then he can prove that.” No, Mikey, he doesn’t need to prove he’s innocent. His accusers need to prove he’s guilty.

This makes it sound like the DC US Attorney's Office is sending out subpoenas as a casual way to catch up with friends

This is why I think the “normal” Republicans who occasionally oppose authoritarianism deserve very little credit. At the end of the day, they’re still single minded seekers of reelection.

If you want a powerful image of normal people standing up against nazis, Sweden has one for you

“I reiterate my full support for Federal Reserve Board Chair Jay Powell, who reflects the very best in public service,” Macklem said Monday. “Chair Powell is doing a very good job under difficult circumstances, guiding the Fed to take monetary policy decisions based on evidence, not politics.”

“Two Republican senators — Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski — have already said they would not back the president’s pick while the probe into Powell is ongoing. The number of objections is expected by some within the Fed to at least triple over the coming days.” -FT

Impressive group of former US Treasurers, Fed Chairs, Council of Economic Advisor Chairs, and an IMF chief economist issues a statement condemning the criminal inquiry into Jay Powell. open.substack.com/pub/jointsta...

These two are going to make it 😭

JUST IN: Judge Mehta rules that Trump/Russ Vought's termination of environmental grants during the shutdown — targeted solely at states that voted for Kamala Harris — violated the 5th Amendment's Equal Protection clause and orders them restored. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

He’s running as a Democrat. Keep an eye on this.

Instead of just asking who did you vote for when screen potential dates, people should also ask, "did you vote?" Because that says a hell of a lot about a person, too

I assume Bovino acts like this in large part because he just assumes he’s going to be getting a preemptive pardon for all actions done before January 20, 2029 and I’m very glad an elected official is assuaging him of that notion

I saw a van today with this logo on it -- apparently it's a local wine wholesaler, and I love that their company name sounds like what you say when you're too drunk to remember the word "grape".

... "If the DOJ believes an investigation into Chair Powell is warranted based on project cost overruns ... then Congress needs to investigate the DOJ." ..

I think the DOJ criminal probe is the biggest threat to federal reserve independence since its formation. Hard to overstate the chill for officials making policy under threat of criminal prosecution. Shows there is no independent fed without an independent DOJ.

INBOX: Former Special Counsel Jack Smith launches his own law firm alongside former Jan. 6 Committee counsel Tim Heaphy and DOJ alum David Harbach and Thomas Windom.

Enthusiasts will know that the best part of many FT articles is the comments section. And the commenters are dropping some real bars tonight. Gift article 🎁 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve’s Jay Powell

The nation only survives if there js a subsequent election that leads to a new administration that then throws so many people in jail from this administration and builds new guard rails so aggressive they resemble a labyrinth protecting the notion of a representative democracy without a king.

You did not see this kind of statement from the Turkish central bank before Erdogan staffed it with sycophants because he had carefully laid the groundwork to do so without resistance over the course of 15 or so years. And then once he did do it, inflation went from 10% to 86% in two years.

So we basically have like three Watergates a week at this point

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

93% of economists polled by IGM markets earlier this year agreed that "Giving the President more direct influence over monetary policy would lead to substantially worse monetary policy decisions", half of the people who disagreed were people who actually agreed but just pressed the wrong button

What Jerome Powell said in his statement. 🫡 Sir 🫡