The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price. Here we are again. We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war. www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...

Urgent update. Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures. Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

BREAKING MS NOW: FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave his job early in the new year and will not be returning to headquarters to work this month, according to eight people briefed on his account. www.ms.now/news/bongino...

I’m demanding the House vote now to extend ACA tax credits before the December 31 deadline. Congress shouldn’t leave for the holidays without stopping health care costs from skyrocketing! youtu.be/Fy7xTXgSa8M

There are suckers…and there are MAGA suckers. That’s a whole new level of sucker! 🤣🤣

of all of the things I am going to not watch, this is the thing I am going to not watch the most

The great Driftglass hates what Republicans have turned him into. So say we all. bobcescashow.com

Vanity Fair Photographer Defends Photos of Trump Officials: Retouching Them ‘Would Be a Lie’ Mediaite

Moskowitz: Speaker Johnson seems to have memory problems: I haven’t seen that. I haven’t heard about it. You’re telling me this for the first time. He just can’t get away from trying to defend the president without making it look like he has absolutely no idea what’s going on at any point in time…

This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.

218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits. If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.

Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.

Almost no new jobs have been added since April and 710,000 more people are unemployed now compared to a year ago. Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs. Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?

LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥

AOC: “President Trump ran on a promise to the American people that ICE would go after the worst of the worst — What we have seen is that ICE is not overwhelmingly going after criminals — In fact, over 70% of people currently detained in detention facilities do not have a criminal record”

This is brilliant. Well done @davidshoebridge.bsky.social www.toomanyguns.org There are 82 registered gun owners and someone in my inner city postcode with 23 bloody guns. Outrageous.

Today the House of Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA voted to make gender-affirming care a FELONY. This is as immoral & fascist & deadly as making diabetes care or cancer care a felony. The #GOP is willing to kill off trans people to distract from their child rapist cult leader.

Thou shalt not declare war to distract from the Epstein files! It won’t work, you prick. Donold, you will get what is coming to you, you evil bastard.

Trump always finds new ways to prove that he’s low-life scum.

LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency? CARR: I think th--- L: Yes or no C: There's a test for this in the la--- L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question C: The FCC is not L: So is your website lying? C: Possibly

I assume Trump plans to declare war against Venezuela tonight. All this to hide from the Epstein Files, and to expand his business interests in another country to gain access to oil. It's not about the drug cartels.

Ka$h’s feet dangling like a Pixar character mid-monologue.

Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.

💥💥BOOM!! Democrat Gary Clemons won an overwhelming victory in today’s special election for Kentucky State Senate District 37, taking nearly 74% of the vote. It’s worth noting that Kamala Harris carried this district by just 6 points in 2024.

Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Even if you don't agree with Rob Reiner politically, there was no reason for his statement ... it was absolutely completely below the office of the president. Classless and it was just wrong."

I still can't believe they're trying to make a war happen out of thin air. Not just their abrogation of Congress's role in formally declaring a war -- that's been a slippery slope for decades -- but their total unwillingness even to go through the motions of drumming up public support.

Trump is going to Rocky Mount on Fri to lie to us that costs are down, NC Dems are rallying to show GOP is making health care costs skyrocket for working families. Place/Time: state Capitol-downtown Raleigh. Nov 19 at 10am for a rally & 5:30pm Rocky Mount Event Center #December19NorthCarolinaRally

There’s a lot of “if only”. A scotus defending the constitution. A military honoring their oath. A congress working for the people. An informed citizenry immune to cults and propaganda. The list goes on.

Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.

What is the big story of the 2026 midterms going to be? I have some thoughts…

No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.

It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration. But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants. The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.

if i worked in a White House with an elderly and ailing president who had a hard time staying awake, i would simply recommend against having 3 hour cabinet meetings that are boring af and pointless and best remembered for the fact said president is sleeping on camera

The axis of evil: Putin, Netanyahu, Trump

Karma

#WhatWouldDietrichDo #DietrichBonhoeffer

While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.

Mike Johnson is powerless to stop this:

Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof. How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions

Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.