All I want for the holidays is for our own government to stop hurting people.

Fox News poll shows approval for members of the Trump administration JD Vance: -8 Rubio: -5 RFK Jr: -12 Hegseth: -19 Kristi Noem: -13 static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/...

A photo in a book I co-wrote, “Aftershock,” about the last days of World War II, shows destitute Germans picking through mud to gather coffee beans discarded along a street. I think it illustrates the legacy of authoritarianism: poverty and misery. Americans would be wise to remember that now.

Source: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I’ve been guilty of this too, but when I read people say, even though they’re trying to be nice, like “I disagree with Rob Reiner politically, but I am sad by his loss.” Why do we always feel the need to talk about whether we agreed with somebody politically or not?

Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states. The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Hassett's consistent commitment to lying about data in order to shill for Trump's vapid economic policies makes him a good fit for this administration - and, for the same reason, a terrible pick for the Fed where independence is paramount.

When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

Release the boat videos. Release the Epstein files. Release the ICE and Border Patrol body-cam footage. Justice Brandeis: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." And there's so much the Trump administration's doing that needs disinfecting.

immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes

Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar." fancy that

It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.

Why are the richest people the biggest heartless dicks to the people in desperate circumstances? You will have to face your creator someday who clearly said “what you do to the least of these you do to me” I used to like Phil. Saudi sellout

There is no clearer justification for the video put out by 6 Democrats to not follow unlawful orders than this.

Can I let you in on a little secret? Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Good Guardian reporting: How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Never forget: Art matters.

If a few select American investors make billions of dollars from an episode of mass killing, it cannot legally be considered a genocide. by Jared Kushner

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

Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith: “In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’” open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

Contrast these ledes. Left, NYT. Right, Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/us/off...

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.

Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly told the White House that most Republicans aren't interested in extending ACA subsidies. Reminder that 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican. They're selling out their own voters.

Nice, Madam mayor. 🔥 @wutrain.bsky.social

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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin. There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. By @megomatz.bsky.social

If Donald Trump wants to release the Epstein files, he could just release them, instead of green-lighting the House resolution. And it's not as if he cares whether he has statutory authority to do a lot of what he's been doing. But he needs a law for this?

This is getting ugly fast. 🧵

"There are about a thousand of us" is devastating.

To quote Pope Leo, “justice, solidarity, and a genuine reverence for life” ought to be the touchstones of our public engagement. There is another spiritual victory to be won — this time over the forces of hatred, division and cruelty in these United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...

An epistemic crisis is a crisis in the production and delivery of knowledge. It’s about what we know and how we know it, what we agree to be true and what we identify as false.”

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms: ✅He personally directs criminal investigations. ✅He is targeting opponents. ✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents. Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀

The Speaker of the House shut the chamber down for two months to block the release of the Epstein Files and the president is huddled in the Situation Room of the White House to formulate a plan to keep them from being released, and I don't know why you crazy libs think there's some kind of cover up.

Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.

Norah O'Donnell: Why did you pardon him [CZ] Trump: I don't know who he is. O'Donnell: His crypto exchange, Binance, helped facilitate a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. Trump: I know nothing about it O'Donnell: But he got a pardon

While the top 1% control $54 TRILLION (not a typo)

ROLLING STONE: “The current Congress has dropped the pretense of public service altogether… Congress enjoys ultraluxe health care as it fights to gut yours.” @RepTimBurchett @MarshaBlackburn why don’t you care about anyone but yourselves? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Hope people are realizing that rigging the 2026 and 2028 elections have always been the plan.

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America