Thanks @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy & @us.theguardian.com for citing my @ms.now scoop on the VA implementing its abortion ban - www.cbsnews.com/news/va-reim...

"Of the 40 biggest claims on DOGE’s list, The Times found only 12 that appeared accurate — reflecting real reductions in what the government had committed to spend." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Trump to kids on Christmas Eve: “We want to make sure he’s not infiltrated — that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

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"With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Monday, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

To those who demand to know — on repeat — “why the media isn’t covering this” or “why reporters aren’t talking about that,” I urge you to read this from @washingtonpost.com’s @hannahnatanson.bsky.social. Reporters like her are heroes.

“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:

“We are called not only to survive, but to rebuild life. We must bring the spirit of Christmas — the spirit of light, tenderness and love. It may seem impossible,” he said, “but after two years of terrible war, we are still here.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

States sue Trump administration for restricting trans health care www.ms.now/news/gender-...

Merry Christmas from my guard dog 🐶🥹🎄

🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week. This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025. Read/share 👇

The DOJ has issued a memo that prohibits the VA from providing abortion services to vets and their dependents who become pregnant as a result of rape or incest or in cases when their health is endangered by carrying a pregnancy to term. www.ms.now/news/abortio...

Unreliable. Creating more problems than solving them. A negative force on the world stage. This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

A genuinely dispiriting thing about covering sexual violence is how often the suffering of women and children is metabolized as political point-scoring or titillating entertainment.

"U.S. Customs and Border Protection is offering $3,000 to migrants who willingly leave the country by the end of the year, authorities announced Monday as the Trump administration looks to boost its deportation numbers." www.ms.now/news/ice-off...

“The new DOJ documents raise serious questions about the relationship between Epstein and Donald Trump,” Democrats on the House Oversight Committee wrote Tuesday. www.ms.now/news/lawmake...

Christmas shopping starts... now 💥🎄

Thousands of internal chat messages show how ICE’s public affairs arm has raced to satisfy the White House by pumping out viral videos of confrontations and arrests. https://wapo.st/4j7GWgk

NEW: the embattled interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast Mairo Akposé has stepped down, per sources

Dems continue reacting to my @ms.now scoop👇

Democratic lawmakers react: Sen. Jacky Rosen: "women who get their health care through the VA will die as a result" Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "This is unacceptable." Rep. Kelly Morrison:" This is a betrayal of the promise we make ...that we will care for them after they put their lives on the line"

“Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet at least eight times in the mid-1990s, according to an email the Justice Department released late Monday as part of its rolling disclosure of documents in its Epstein investigation.” www.ms.now/news/trump-f...

First reported by me for @ms.now: The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week. Veterans & their dependents now cannot access abortions in cases of rape, incest or when their health is seriously at risk under VA plans. Read/share👇

🚨🚨🚨 MAJOR SCOOP 👇

This means the VA won't cover abortions EVEN in the case of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the patient. The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.

“The Trump administration is confirming what we’ve always known: its promise to leave abortion to the states was a lie. No one is safe from their anti-abortion crusade, not even our nation’s veterans,“ @fatimagossgraves.bsky.social

The DOJ lawyer who cleared the way for this abortion ban is Josh Craddock, a fetal personhood devotee who believes the 14th Amendment requires states to ban abortion. He also wants to revive the Comstock Act: ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

🚨My @ms.now SCOOP on VA abortion ban has been UPDATED w/ more detail: Screenshots of an internal memo sent Monday to the leaders of the VA’s 18 regional care systems by the VA’s under secretary of health say the VA must comply with the DOJ memo effective immediately. 👇

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The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week. This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025. www.ms.now/news/abortio...

This is a major policy change that will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents -

🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week. This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025. Read/share 👇

“Our goal is not to take down Bondi,” Khanna said. “Our goal is to get the documents out for the survivors. Our goal is to take down the rich and powerful men who went to rape island and covered up the abuse.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

NEW: Judge Boasberg said the administration's goal in rushing to deport the men — after Trump's secret invocation of the Alien Enemies Act — was clearly meant to evade court review until they were in CECOT. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Just horrific.

NEW: New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill late Friday night that provides a remedy for victims of coerced debt—a kind of financial abuse where bad actors either take out lines of credit in another person’s name without them knowing or pressure someone into accruing debt.

"They shoot first, they aim later, and even then, they miss," said former prosecutor Gene Rossi. "Because there is no wall between the White House and the Justice Department in terms of interaction and political process, this is what happens."

New from MS NOW: Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request. Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

AmericaFest revealed a lot about the state of MAGA in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death. The movement is tearing itself apart in a silent war over Kirk's legacy. Go read this incredible (and incredibly bleak) feature by @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social right now: www.ms.now/news/america...

I went to AmericaFest. It was strange and sad and unsettling. www.ms.now/news/america...

“If the standard for airing a story becomes ‘the government must agree to be interviewed,’ then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state,” Alfonsi wrote.”

the brutal aesthetics of MAGA 🎵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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“There are a number of things that used to be functions of Twitter that now are happening on Reddit instead,” @cfiesler.bsky.social told me for this story.

The Providence subreddit wasn't just the place where a tipster cracked the case. It was also where locals alerted each other to the active shooter alert, critiqued the police response during the slow-moving investigation, & told each other to "hang in there." Read my latest for @ms.now ⤵️

Scoop @ms.now: I spoke to the Redditor whose post led to the tipster who, as authorities said, blew the Brown case open. “It’s a bit surreal that the place where you go to share memes or trash-talk about NFL teams is being useful for something of this magnitude,” he told me. ⬇️

The Alex Acosta/DOJ interview transcripts dropped after midnight last night were in fact new fyi - per @lawofruby.bsky.social

Took a deep dive into the Providence subreddit for @ms.now, & looked at how the demise of both X & local media have driven more people to Reddit in times of crises 👇🏻

Scoop @ms.now: I spoke to the Redditor whose post led to the tipster who, as authorities said, blew the Brown case open. “It’s a bit surreal that the place where you go to share memes or trash-talk about NFL teams is being useful for something of this magnitude,” he told me. ⬇️