If a government spokesperson can deny what viewers have just seen with their own eyes and suffer no penalty for doing so, then viewers learn something powerful about where authority actually resides: beyond reality.

Rep. Magaziner: “Is it proper procedure to aim pepper spray into the window of a moving vehicle?” Commissioner of CBP Rodney Scott: “We try to avoid that.”

Two-year-old pots two Guinness World Records with snooker trick shots

"I want to show you why Kristi Noem and her department cannot be trusted with this investigation." @saletan.bsky.social:

Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Democrat of Florida, was hit in the face by a man who told the lawmaker that he would be deported at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, over the weekend. The man was arrested on charges of aggravated burglary and assault.

Lindsey Halligan is out as the U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia. She’s the latest Trump Justice Department appointee to have their appointment successfully challenged in court.

For most of history, progress was a flat line. Then everything took off like a rocket. The only question now: does this story end in liftoff... or collapse? A short excerpt from the incredible video The Market Exit made - one of my favorite interviews. Check it out: www.youtube.com/@TheMarketExit

It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰

‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

Millions of home sellers and buyers are caught in the crossfire over how to rate a home’s exposure. on.wsj.com/4sNOx8l

Family pays tribute to ‘gentlest soul’ taxi driver killed in Bolton head-on collision

All decent Americans reject Trump's values. To the rest of the world: I am sorry; I am truly sorry for what my country is doing.

A New World Order? youtu.be/bsH8vDIt8nA?...

This is f*cked up! There isn’t any law in this country that requires you to provide proof of citizenship on the interior, but unfortunately ICE is racially profiling. And they don’t care if you say you’re a US citizen. So where does this leave everyone? If you don’t look white, you’re in danger.

NEWS: Tens of thousands of Americans took to the streets to protest ICE. America’s allies are teaming up against Trump abroad. ICE is surging officers to Minnesota and surveilling your phone in the process. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

When Trump purged the civil service, he did away with some of the employees who understood the government best: “What’s been lost isn’t just a sense of purpose,” Franklin Foer argues, “but a body of knowledge—a way of making the machinery of the state function.” theatln.tc/4DdD6aFE

The politician Beto O’Rourke said that the country legend Wille Nelson embodied “the best of Texas.” Read a Profile of the 92-year-old musician: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/L2zgei

🖌🎨Sharing the Etsy seller in #Ukraine where I order all my Rosa Gallery Watercolors. Love receiving the packages direct from Ukraine with the lovely symbols and nuances of my own heritage a couple generations back. Their prices for this hi quality paints is phenomenal. 🇺🇦 #ShopUkraine #SlavaUkraini

From having Dreamers in his home to kissing the ring at Mar-a-Lago. A few years can sure change a guy. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on Mark Zuckerberg's cowardice: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-coward...

The gaslighting by the fascist authoritarian Trump regime is not working. 😳👇

Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The next thing I knew, they put handcuffs on me and put me in the back of an SUV. I asked if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'

Before shooting of Renee Nicole Good, 37, agents had been grabbing people at stores, gyms, homes and schools

Is this the world’s first solid-state battery?

“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”

In a press conference, Gov. Tim Walz addressed the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis today. Walz says he is preparing the state National Guard for possible deployment. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/49sHKIi

"He did not want to tell them to be peaceful because it was obvious that he was enjoying what he was seeing." Former deputy press secretary @sarahmatthews1.bsky.social was inside Trump’s White House on January 6. She explains what it was like watching the Capitol attack from the West Wing.

Hand-washing dishes is an undeniable chore. Here is the gear and methodology we recommend to make it easier and more efficient.

When writer Elissa Sanci set out to try the Brick for an article (boss’s orders), it wasn’t her first time trying to wean herself off her phone. But this device was different, and surprisingly effective.

Bitcoin hoarder Strategy reveals $17.44 billion unrealized loss in fourth quarter reut.rs/4qFaSTN

The official plaque is not on display at the Capitol, as is required by law. Its whereabouts aren't publicly known, though it's believed to be in storage. https://to.pbs.org/49cNpC4

Here’s what’s in store for the iPad lineup throughout 2026

Sheldon Whitehouse, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, remains undeterred and determined to press on with his investigation

Not failed, trump canceled it. Hope that helps

The House Judiciary Committee on New Year's Eve released a transcript and video of its closed-door hearing with Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the two failed prosecutions of President Donald Trump. https://cnn.it/3Lf7lwn

Cross: And I just find it laughable that the party of the self-proclaimed pro-life people are celebrating cutting off funding to children…

Sadly, some people still need to hear this. 😳👇

Former US Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92

Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, dies after rare leukemia diagnosis

Yvette Nicole Brown is speaking out ahead of the release of CNN’s documentary on Chevy Chase, I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, which reopens old wounds from the set of NBC’s Community involving allegations of racist slurs and harassment.

Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, has died at 35. https://cnn.it/4pt9AdG

Following the exposure of her media company, Lauren Chen lost her work visa and was forced to leave the United States. She vanished from social media. It seemed unlikely she would return anytime soon. ...She's back. The latest False Flag from @willsommer.bsky.social:

"I want to cite three women who’ve offered some of the most helpful guidance to the Trump phenomenon." Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4skD5kl

The biggest loser in the Russian war against Ukraine is the United States of America.

Google has quietly started to roll out a way for users to change their Gmail addresses ending with @gmail.com, and keep all their emails — no matter how old their account.

Michael Burry, the investor made famous by "The Big Short," is shorting Nvidia and Palantir.

Jimmy Kimmel delivered a politically charged alternative Christmas message on the U.K.’s Channel 4 on Thursday, using the platform to rail against Donald Trump and warn that “tyranny is booming” in America under a president who “thinks he is our king.” bit.ly/3KO9dft

Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.

David Baldacci has written more than 50 suspense and legal novels. Now, the author and his wife are tackling a major real-world problem. https://to.pbs.org/3Yvw9Dv

Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS, and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected