Seems an apropos time to remind my Minnesota friends here that we have our own Bari Weiss running the Star Tribune currently as a Silicon Valley import and he is killing columns all the time (with the help of the Opinion editor) @cbsnews.com @startribune.com captimes.com/opinion/paul...

UK is VERY familiar with this song this time of year, but not sure the rest of the world is as aware of the greatest Christmas track of all time… You’re welcome! youtu.be/WM7M7zSMJcw?...

WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night

Historian here, glad to be quoted on Trump’s criminal, illegal and unconstitutional actions. To be read alongside @jamellebouie.net ‘s brilliant the White House is a Lost Cause published last Sunday. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c... So many jobs are lost

I forgot to mention that the same owner of this station (Audacy) that folded quickly to Trump administration censorship pressure was the target of an antisemitic right wing propaganda campaign earlier this year trying to pretend the company was a George Soros op:

COLORADO — Trump rejects a federal disaster relief request, because the state is run by Democrats. Sen. Bennet: “Trump continues to use Coloradans for political games; it is malicious and obscene.” www.denver7.com/news/local-n...

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

It is soooo normal for a country to have a TV news report about its gulag system removed from the broadcast

If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help Please contact us www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...

Trump’s transpo Sec Duffy community noted for taking credit for what Biden did

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

It's gone. This story is being memory holed as we speak.

The rate of return here is crazy: for a few hundred thousand dollars, this lab produces literally billions of oysters and supports a seafood industry worth hundreds of millions. And the Trump administration is just like "fuck all that, it's wasteful spending, you're fired"

youtube.com/watch?v=HjrX... This is fun if you’re interested We answer fan questions

youtube.com/watch?v=1m9D... I wanted you guys to see one of my favorite bits in the history of film.It’s very simple but the timing &the amount of silverware used is absolute sheer perfection.Within that there’s a lot of brilliant stuff, Groucho is particularly funny.I prefer this to the mirror bit

Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious

Young Republicans say that "Hitler was fucking cool." The truth is more complicated.

KIMMEL: “Maybe we’ll get lucky and in a few years he’ll leave us for a younger, hotter country.” @jimmykimmel.com

This thread is beautifully written

The time to demand Bondi’s resignation or impeachment is NOW. Press them hard, put them on the defensive, and make this a key issue in the midterms. It highlights everything wrong with the GOP — cult like loyalty to Trump, complete lawlessness, elite entitlement, etc.

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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

“We hear things retrospectively when we have understood them.” (Proust, The Captive)

And may every day be another wonderful secret.

i realize doug won't see this but it still felt nice

www.instagram.com/reel/DSffnRP... I’ve quit insta but this is really great

Once again, writing a book about the head of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division in the 1960s, when it was *not* working on behalf of racist shitweasels in defense of white supremacy, is giving me whiplash more and more these days.

We will never be able to put our country back together until we prosecute those who are breaking the law multiple times a day. It’s what should have happened four years ago and it is a huge part of the reason we are in this mess today.

About 300,000 Black women have left the workforce in the first half of 2025 as the Black unemployment rate topped 7%, limiting their access to healthcare, groceries, and maternal care. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/ZtXbgQx

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

Trump Says He Doesn’t Want the Best for His Enemies, but There Is Someone He Wants the Best For www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o... This is really well done and worth a read I’ve gifted it

In Washington these days, the word often whispered by Republicans and shouted by Democrats and Never Trumpers is “unhinged.” Trump's own top aide calls it an "alcoholic's personality." This was a week that Trump's uninhibited second term was on display. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

This may not be as funny as i think bc ive been sick in bed for 5 days but Harrison’s doctor here, i mean if this is where we were it’s a wonder anyone lived. I love at the end where they were like “ok, what if we just get him super fckd up”

Still laughing about the fact that dude slapped his name on a memorial building, like he absolutely cannot wait for his own death

But they want me to pay back student loans. Foh

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2025 was my first full year as a reporter in a long, loooong time. I'm proud of the work I did. Here some of those stories, starting with a deep dive into the horse racing biz. Your tax dollars are keeping it alive, even it mistreats animals and workers alike. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o... (1/x)

Has anyone told him what memorial means ?

DOJ won’t meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files. They’ve been redacting Trump’s name all year in 24 hour overtime shifts and it still wasn’t enough time.

We could change the Washington memorial to Trump but we’d have to reduce the size

"The emperor has immense desires and limited abilities. He wants to do extraordinary things but is only capable of extravagances." -- Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, French diplomat, on Napoleon III

Just saw this and lol’d (I laugh to keep from crying)

Hey so, i would encourage my fellow performers to not do any shows at the Kennedy Center until it reverts to it’s original name Thank you for your attention to this matter (yes I’ve already performed there so it’s an easier decision for me)

I have just demanded a full refund for remaining tickets at the Kennedy Center. I did not buy anything at the "Trump Kennedy" Center. I encourage you to do the same #refundKennedy