“Whether religious or not, Americans can be grateful for genuinely religious voices who reiterate that faith without deeds is useless and remind us that silence in the face of hateful actions and words is abhorrent.”

The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.

I cannot comment on Trump’s Rob Reiner post because I didn’t read it. And when reporters read it aloud to me, I couldn’t hear it because I was plugging my ears. by Mike Johnson

of all of the things I am going to not watch, this is the thing I am going to not watch the most

In a dangerous departure from democratic norms, the Trump administration escalated its effort to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) by turning its review of the senator’s critiques against the president into an official Command Investigation under military law.

The administration dismantling NCAR is scientific vandalism, much like the Taliban demolishing cultural artifacts. www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

Truth

I just want to congratulate the casting department for #DownCemeteryRoad for the brilliant idea to cast #KashPatel as the incompetent intelligence toady who screws everything up.

If Democrats don't want Trump to start a war with Venezuela, they can drop their demands to release the Epstein files at any time.

Insanity

We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.

HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.” She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.

And we did all that and it really changed things for the better and now we almost universally agree littering is bad and roadways are nicer and everything about that is just better. If you tried to do something like that today half the country would call you woke and the media would mock you.

Remember when we were kids and people just littered every roadway? And then we all agreed that it sucked and was ugly and stupid so we made it a priority to stop littering. And we jacked up fines and enforced them and began social pressure campaigns and "adopt-a-highway" stuff.

Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.

I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.

I guess they are not smuggling drug because if you actually smuggle drugs Trumps pardons you…

The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.

Every day is a new opportunity for RFK Jr to make more kids susceptible to more preventable diseases, and every day is a new opportunity for us to stop this culty fucking creep from killing more of our kids open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

Gupta: It’s clear that there’s age-related cognitive decline. He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office. Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason

'An ordinary president, Kelly told us on Tuesday afternoon, would have responded to the video by affirming that troops should of course follow lawful orders. “But not this guy,” he added. “We basically said, ‘Follow the law.’ And he said, ‘Kill them.’”' www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

One of my favorite Old Twitter exchanges: Elon Musk: "Don't believe what you're told, believe what you see." Reply: "This is so true. I kept being told you're a genius but whenever I see your tweets you usually sound like a complete idiot."

I’m an old white man and I agree

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed. MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.

Twenty twenty twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated…

Colorado's Republican election clerks tell Gov Jared Polis (D) that freeing Tina Peters at Trump's request would be a betrayal. @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0rs...

"Shitshow:" Greg Bovino's Zero Success Rate www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/21/s...

Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.

Breaking: The House voted unanimously, 426-0, to strip a provision in the funding bill that allowed senators to sue the government for $500K if their phone data was searched without their knowledge. The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.

Don’t give up the ship.

Well written article that provides a nicely balanced summary of the lack of evidence that vaccines cause autism.

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The Epstein coverup will go down as one of the greatest scandals and miscarriages of justice in U.S. history. Everyone involved with Epstein’s victims or with the coverup needs to be prosecuted and go down in shame. It does not matter if they are GOP or Dems! Repost if you agree. #BlueCrew

There is only one reason Trump directed Bondi to investigate specific names in the Epstein files. It’s so the DOJ can stonewall growing calls for their full release. Not long ago, the DOJ declared there was nothing to investigate. You are witness to the most blatant coverup in American history.

Correct. He, and they, can't help themselves.

Me too

As EIC of Deadspin, @greenwell.bsky.social learned that Jacuzzi is a trademarked brand + she could laugh to the point of tears in a Times Square cubicle farm Most importantly, she learned that private equity had gotten into the media industry to eat it alive talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/priva...

But…those are state charges. They were never federally charged. Nor could they be even if we win in 2028 because the statute of limitations will have expired. But okay.

Storm rolling into Chicago

An abandoned rail bridge in downtown Chicago

-Oct 18, more than 7 million Americans stand up and stand together. -Nov 4, millions of Dems turn out for landslide wins in VA, NJ, NY, CA, GA, many other places. -Nov 9, eight "Dems" say "Oh, this nice Mike Johnson and Mr. Trump say they care about health. If they don't, well shame on them..."

This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt? He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.

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