"House Democrats on Thursday voted to return Rep. Henry Cuellar to his leadership role on the House Appropriations Committee following his presidential pardon on federal corruption charges." JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.

Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what's in it for me.

"I just want to find 11,780 votes," said Trump on the famous Georgia phone call. And even if Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wouldn't find them for him, maybe the U.S. Department of Justice imagines it can.

We Americans have had the responsibility to overcome many roadblocks to keep our freedom. We must overcome gerrymandering, the E.C., propaganda being pushed at us and our neighbors. We must enact laws that say unequivocally that you cannot brand yourself "news" unless you report factual information

A ‘Nativity art’ installation depicting ICE goons sparked a heated reaction when a man stormed onto the property of a Charlotte church while CNN was filming. The man tore down parts of the installation.

This 👇

The Trump Administration = horrible, but also: There's no easy way to close this Pandora's Box. Social media, health care, drivers' licenses, biometrics, cell phones, surveillance cameras... Society today is steeped in data, all waiting for bad faith actors to do horrible things with it.

So, information that used to be given only to Air Marshals who hunted terrorists because of 9/11 is now fodder for ICE. Are our Civil Rights being violated? Because I’m feeling highly violated!

SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal. abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...

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There are reports that the FDA intends to put a “black box” warning on COVID-19 vaccines. This is not in line with the science, which shows that COVID-19 are safe and have saved millions of lives. This would be a serious abuse of power by FDA officials to further antivax political goals.

The Trump AI executive order opens the door to exploitation and undermines states with a plan - without providing even a framework for the guardrails we need.

Donald Trump's executive order to punish states for passing and enforcing AI laws is reckless and irresponsible. States stepped up because Congress has failed to pass a comprehensive proposal to protect privacy, address security and bias, and support safe, responsible, and ethical AI use. 🧵

But Fox News said...

Democrats, we need to talk. These 8 senators let themselves get played by Republicans on reopening the government, and every one of us knew exactly how this would go. They handed Republicans the only leverage we had in the healthcare fight. 🧵

one of the worst days of the crumbling Trump presidency: loses In indiana, loses in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, loses in Tish James grand jury, loses in House vote to override union busting EO, and FBI embarrassed in inability to answer basic questions about ANTIFA (which is not an organization)

The regime can still do an incredible amount of harm while they’re in power. And, they are in some ways at their most dangerous when they’re at their weakest. But, we should all take courage from their failures and the many cracks in their coalition. If we keep pushing, we will win.

'Pathetic': Farmer unloads on 'Republican sycophants' in blistering op-ed - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...

The Trump administration has made threats to the same court. How coincidental.

A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and finally address Appalachia’s devastating black lung crisis—has been under continued assault by coal bosses and the Trump admin. Now, it looks like it’s off the table entirely. New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

The Department of Justice has sued four more states as part of the Trump administration's far-reaching attempt to access sensitive voter data. The DOJ is also suing Fulton County in Georgia. n.pr/4oUJjnX

1. A new Florida bill would make it illegal for State, County, and Local employers and special districts from firing transphobes. It would apply to airports, hospitals, even parts of Disneyworld. It also establishes a private business "don't say gay" policy. Subscribe to support our journalism.

We have evidence about the relatively low crime rate of undocumented and immigrant Americans.

Part of Ross' job, as I understand, is to help right-wingers translate their jargon to a more mainstream audience. Here would have been a great opportunity to ask what it would be for Turning Poinjt to "become feminized."

Whitehouse: Not only were the founders extremely interested in checks and balances but they were desperately concerned about corruption. This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.

Q: "What do you make of the president labeling affordability as a Democratic hoax? Is that claim backed up by data?" Me: "No, it's a lie. It's patronizing and it's disgusting. This isn't how we should have economic discussions."

More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.

Since we know that prosecutors make decisions based on politics-no cases brought unless we’re about 100% sure of conviction- that means there are many men for whom there’s about 90-95% evidence & prosecutors chose not to charge.

“.. These men and others are featured in the roughly 95,000 photos the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has received ..” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

the indiana GOP is not suddenly super principled. that’s not what’s relevant. what’s relevant is that what happened in indiana is another sign of something we are seeing with increasing frequency: republican pols determining that bucking trump is, overall, in their self-interest.

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

VA: is short staffed, barely providing adequate svcs to vets. Also VA: is compiling a doc that will very likely help DHS goons terrorize its already depleted workforce. “It seems like the [regime] is trying to reduce – not just the availability of healthcare for veterans, but for all Americans”.

HARWOOD: “What distinguishes Trump’s second presidency is the breadth and depth of its crookedness… an orgy of corruption and criminality that threatens the American experiment itself.” zeteo.com/p/trump-corr...

Live updates: Trump, Braun target Indiana's defiant GOP lawmakers; Venezuela moves raise alarm

WALKINSHAW: Are you familiar with the Proud Boys? GLASHEEN: I'm familiar with the name WALKINSHAW: Does the FBI still designate them as an extremist organization? They did during Trump's first term GLASHEEN: We are in the process right now of changing our, uh, categories for domestic terrorism

So disappointing 😫🤬🤬 and maddening open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

After the Shut Down 🔪 Back, is anyone surprised the Senate voted not to extend ACA CREDITS? It’s just one more crisis to add to the list: Uninsured Health Care Medication Groceries Joblessness Affordability Housing Constitutional Rights What’s Missing?

BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”

News and bystander videos have documented immigration officers firing pepper balls at people's heads and encasing entire neighborhoods in tear gas. "They are clearly violating people’s rights,” a former DOJ civil rights litigator told us.

Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’ The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

👀👆 Frump’s Oligarchs don’t like to hear that 😁

Paramount involves the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, controlled by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, an ally of the president who was implicated in the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...

Any university, law firm, corporation or other powerful entity that now bends the knee for Trump deserves to be scorned and boycotted. He is deeply unpopular and will only grow more unpopular. Moreover his power is waning and his own coalition smells it and is fracturing.

Yesterday, at a threats hearing, an FBI official testified that “antifa” is a major national security threat, but couldn’t explain its structure, location, or membership. Meanwhile, the White House quietly released a new National Security Strategy that elevates mass migration as the defining threat.

America has suffered every kind of political corruption before with Trump 2.0, it's all of them at once in the most egregious possible form "this is not just more," an academic authority on corruption told me. "we're in a different qualitative realm." zeteo.com/p/trump-corr...

Quisling Mike Johnson washes his hands of an insane Trump pardon that frees ex-Honduran president from a 45-year sentence for trafficking 500 tons of cocaine to the U.S. "It's not really my issue," he says. What exactly are your issues?