Jo Ann Allen Boyce's life was disrupted not only by standard-issue US white supremacy, but also by a particularly virulent strain of American fascism. School integration in Clinton, TN began fairly peaceably, until a neo-Nazi associate of George Lincoln Rockwell named John Kaspar showed up.

JD Vance argues that having Muslims makes the UK and France too dangerous to have nukes, which will be great for US relations with India and Pakistan. So if you’re keeping track, the Trump administration’s position on nuclear arms is: North Korea: cool, nonthreatening France and UK: bad, dangerous

The Permian produces 5 million barrels of oil a day. That requires millions of barrels of water, which are injected into the ground. It can't go on much longer. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Just to be clear. It’s the John F Kennedy center legally. Just like it’s still the department of defense

i am not going to pretend there’s a debate about what heritage american means. there is not. the debate over whether there’s a debate is a means of infiltration and normalization. if we are going to debate this then we must also debate if 2 and 2 make 5. it’s no less obviously stupid and malignant.

"villagers say Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority."

Seems there is yet another app using the ICEBlock logo and charging people for access. It’s called ICEBlocker and it is not us. DO NOT DOWNLOAD or pay. Best we can tell is it’s Russian. We would never ask for money.

In 2025, the US launched strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS in Syria, alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, plus Iran’s nuclear program. Now some into Nigeria. All killed people and damaged things, but none appear to have achieved anything lasting.

Until Trump began conspiracies about mail voting, Republicans were fully on board with GRACE PERIODS for ballots to arrive as long as postmarked by Election Day. They passed it overwhelmingly in KS, OH, & elsewhere. But now Trump hates it. So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.

This piece cites 13 insightful pieces on Miller from this year, plus a bunch of other stories that mention Miller's pathologies (such as how he views the murderboat campaign as an opportunity to make Latinos look criminal). www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/27/w...

With the recently released details of Steve Bannon's chummy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, I'm re-upping this newsletter from last month about how major media give their version of a "pardon" when they fail to mention the criminal pasts of people like Bannon.

Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones early Saturday morning, killing one and wounding over 20 people a day before talks between Ukraine and the U.S., local authorities said. n.pr/4979HoU

It should be a warning to any of the schools considering settling with Trump. Brown gave him everything he asked for and then Trump, like the Mafia boss he is, saw weakness and came back for more.

Between raids like this and the stubborn abuse of Jim Comey and Dan Richman's 4A rights, it's clear the remedies for deliberate abuse need to be expanded.

If one of your New Year's resolutions is to try new things, but you haven't been to Live! at the Library yet, come see us in January to enjoy our extended Thursday night hours! newsroom.loc.gov/news/explore...

The people who claim that we shouldn’t have free school lunches because people with means may abuse it, are the same ones advocating to take public school funds and give them to rich people to send their kids of private schools. Make that make sense. Fucking ridiculous hypocrites.

WATCH — @rokhanna.bsky.social : “Over 1200 survivors raped or abused, and you have rich and powerful men doing this - and this country did nothing.” (H/T @cwebbonline.com )

Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”

The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech. If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.

RIP First Amendment

"By making life for trans youth too difficult to bear, the GOP is hellbent on a genocide by suicide." slate.com/life/2025/12...

I’m going to need to see the declination memos from DoJ where they declined to prosecute the Epstein co-conspirators, and I’m gonna need to see them for every single person they declined to prosecute.

“Miss, do you agree with the sign?” “Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥 #ForcedBirthNation

It's pathetic. And tragic, for the generational damage being done while the pathos unfolds, and the smash and grab looting proceeds. The Vanity Project Presidency open.substack.com/pub/marccjoh...

Great. Again. #idpol www.ktvb.com/article/news...

Coming soon to the US

March 24, 1945 archive.org/details/Army...

With ZERO fucks left to give, Caroline Kennedy, throws down the gauntlet on the loathsome piece of shit for his desecration of The Kennedy Center. 😳👇

Happy Kwanzaa to all Oregonians celebrating! May these seven days of reflection bring unity, purpose, and joy to you and your families.

Nigeria Clarifies What Really Happened With Trump’s Airstrikes newrepublic.com/post/204748/... via @newrepublic.com

As 2025 comes to a close, I wrote about the challenges we face and the work ahead. Government must work for people. That means more housing, health and child care as well as more accountability and less chaos and high costs. That’s my North Star for 2026. www.postbulletin.com/opinion/colu...

US President is an obviously disturbed person (beyond corrupt, uninformed, authoritarian, incompetent). Everyone around the world knows this, except many Americans, because Corporate Media *sanewashes* him.

@boisestate.bsky.social professor Scott Yenor joins the Heritage Foundation, the author of Project 2025. This comes during turmoil at the organization precipitated by the Tucker Carlson interview of the NAZI, Nick Fuentes. #idpol www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/e...

How Trump “tested executive power?” Huh? Are you serious? Trump is a fascist. He took a blowtorch to the Constitution, the rule of law, checks & balances, separation of powers, democracy, & basic human decency. And Congress let him. That’s way more than “testing executive power.”

Court rulings have made it easier for states like Texas to strategically delay the introduction of gerrymandered maps in order to make it harder for lawsuits to challenge them in time. bit.ly/44BBnku

At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

New, at Can We Still Govern? Poverty is not some insurmountable problem, we can fix it. A group of National Academies of Science researchers review the temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit during the pandemic, showing it cut child poverty in half. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...

For your reading pleasure today, @hcrichardson.bsky.social offers not only the history of the American version of Santa Claus, but also a James A. Garfield mention! “Letters from an American” is truly the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.

Never stop learning.🙏

The Pentagon is hoarding critical minerals that could power the clean energy transition [via @grist.org]

A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.

Duckworth: "I love our military too much to let it be abused by a tinpot dictator who was never brave enough to serve in uniform himself. I will not be complicit in a five-time draft dodger’s efforts to use our troops to intimidate our neighbors rather than our adversaries."

“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...

165,370 customers are out of power in CA. Now's a good time to thank everyone working today i.e. first responders (including dispatchers) hospital staff, public works, utility workers. If you're feeling really generous, include the local news outlets that keep you updated yubanet.com/featured/now/

Much of Todd Blanche's Perceived Cover-Up Is Actually Incompetence www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/26/m...

He let loose almost 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day. You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts. They know he’s too far gone. They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout. They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.

KIMMEL, to the UK: “.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.” @jimmykimmel.com

This is why it’s so important to trace things back to the beginning whenever possible. I believe @rauchway.bsky.social calls these “historical urban legends”