Very proud of my organization today.

two sources with knowledge of the situation tell @zeteo.com some officials in Trump’s DOJ actually explored if certain instances of anti-ICE activists blowing whistles in Minnesota could be used as evidence in criminal prosecutions of those who “obstruct” operations... zeteo.com/p/don-lemon-...

NEW YORK (AP) — Judge rules that Luigi Mangione should not face the death penalty if convicted on federal charges in CEO's killing.

Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.

New: "House Health Panel Member Kevin Hern Sold UnitedHealth Amid Stock-Trading Ban Push" me, for @forbes.com

To put it another way: Courageous jurists on the lower courts have held back Trump from inflicting even more damage on civil rights and liberties. This timeline sucks, but the one in which the judiciary doesn't even try to push back is FAR worse. We insult these judges when we dismiss their impact.

To varying numbers, admin deports people who don’t have criminal records. There are systemic problems with our immigration system that should have been fixed decades ago And yet, everyone I talk to who knows wtf they’re talking about say the same thing: We’ve never seen anything like this

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Just shoveled my front walk & our share of the sidewalk, shovel broke early on (head fell off) But I got the walk shoveled & done with the broken shovel, frequently having to retrieve the head after accidentally flinging it. Then my property manager let me know someone is coming soon to shovel.

Stephen Miller’s tweet on the Minnesota shooting is slapped with a community note

“The public has a right to know that decisions are being made in the public’s best interest and not to benefit a government employee’s financial interests,” said @campaignlegal.org's Kedric Payne. The IG’s office “should investigate and determine whether a criminal violation occurred.”

Yesterday, the motion was granted by a federal court in Vermont for @vpirg.bsky.social to join as a defendant in the Justice Department's case against the state for not providing its voter file. This is an important step towards safeguarding Vermonters’ private data. 1/2

NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

I’m glad to have lended my name and story to this filing in support of an apolitical civil service, but I really do wish it hadn’t been necessary.

This is what criminals & soon-to-be-sanctioned dictators do: set up a cozy personal nest egg in a country that won't extradite them & has no agreements that would compel them to enforce other countries' sanctions. That's why sanctioned Russian oligarchs made a beeline for the UAE in 2022.

I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder. Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.

🚨 In Nov., Trump's Labor Dept. lowered the minimum wage for foreign farmworkers. A month later, Trump's winery filed to hire 36 foreign, temporary workers. The rate? Almost $2/hour less than in 2025. 1/ me, for @forbes.com

It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

Hilton said it is breaking from a franchise that was accused of canceling ICE agents' reservations at its Minneapolis-area location

There's a persistent myth that the cops "let people in." It's nonsense. There's extensive evidence that rioters knew they were breaking the law. Here's one of the rioters making a call, knowing that she might need to be bailed out of jail.

94% of Americans disagree with the Trump administration’s position on who will decide the future leadership of Venezuela.

When John Doar was head of the Civil Rights Division, he quoted from Shakespeare’s RICHARD III in an eloquent closing argument in the case against Klan murderers. The current head is calling podcasters “hoes” for criticizing the president’s cabinet

unironically a good idea

Two sweet Coming Out scenes from two hit TV series in one day? That’s the Christmas spirit we all need

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up. She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12. She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions. She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

1. BREAKING Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, sent an internal email to colleagues stating that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss “spiked our story” about the Trump administration and the transfer of deportees to a prison in El Salvador.

I read that whole “it sucks to be a millennial white man thanks to DEI” piece and have some thoughts. Overall: how sad to put that much work into making a case to be resentful, and a bad case at that. (Thread)

Susie Wiles' open admission that Trump's prosecutions are about retribution will give his targets more ammo to argue in court that the prosecutions are vindictive, says @swin24.bsky.social. On the pod, he's fun and illuminating on this, on Leavitt's spin, and more: newrepublic.com/article/2045...

California is a town in Missouri. The California Democrat is their local paper.

“If we get lucky enough save democracy, then the people who excused, and covered, and enabled Trump’s autocratic attempt—will take it as proof that Trump was never a real danger to begin with. The people who did this to America will never pay a price.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Jared Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project. By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

I was up in the middle of the night watching Australian news coverage. They were asking Australians on the street for their reactions, and one of them said that, prior to today, they had only seen mass shootings through American TV footage. What a shameful and terrible legacy our country has.

Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.

“These facts raise questions about whether these payments were a so-called ‘golden parachute,’ meaning bonuses paid on the basis of a person entering government service." - @brendanfischer.bsky.social

"In today's polarized political environment, few things have near-universal support from Americans, but banning congressional stock trading is one such issue...It’s time for Congress to deliver." More from CLC's Kedric Payne: pro.stateaffairs.com/la/politics/...

The Dallas County, TX, GOP says it’s going to hand-count ballots in the March primary. That’s a big deal because hand counts take much longer and are less accurate than machine counts—and #TXsen will be one of the most closely watched primaries in the country.

Bipartisanship is alive and well at [checks notes] a defense lobbyists’ holiday party. #hohoho

SCOOP: Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale assisted the Honduran presidential campaign of Nasry Asfura, the right-wing candidate Trump endorsed. Parscale says he had nothing to do with Trump's endorsement or his pardon of ex-Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez.

Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well... Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov. We called the auditor. He resigned in August. That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks. 1/

You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you. @cynthianixon.bsky.social’s hippie nanny from Adam’s Family Values?

Them: Don't talk about gerrymandering at Thanksgiving Us:

Could an actual fix to stock trading rules for Congress be on the horizon?

New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.” Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization. me, for @forbes.com 1/

Sorry but the scandal here is very clearly the government denying other people the toilet paper they need

This is a massive victory for our clients, League of Women Voters Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and a number of individual voters, who have fought alongside us for years in this lawsuit for fair representation. campaignlegal.org/update/victo...

BREAKING: After years of litigation led by Campaign Legal Center on behalf of our clients, Utah voters finally will have a fair congressional map. The court rejected lawmakers' latest gerrymandered map and ordered implementation of a fair map in time for the 2026 midterms.

Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙 Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site