Ok folks. Now blocking this site. I need to finish this epilogue for the book by tomorrow and I want to get it done the right way. Please send good vibes. This has been kicking my ass but I want to do it well.

Tough editor wants clean copy.

Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.

The scope of Trump's campaign to drive trans Americans from public life is vast. On the last day of 2025, Evan Urquhart attempts to capture all of what we lost. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43

BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

V good column so I don't say this to dunk, but: I'm not surprised by this. How else would we explain, frankly, the otherwise quite random 2017 to 2019 to 2024 to present SNP to Labour and back again pattern?

What’s one piece of legislation few people know that you could talk about for hours about how it is good or how it is absolutely awful?

Good morning: the expanded tax credits for the ACA expire tonight and Republicans in Congress have yet to pass anything to fix that or create a stopgap.

Loaf Check on Bam Bam. Couldn’t check his tail so 9/10 but still a good loaf.

Ok, folks. Gotta hunker down. Blocking this. Please yell at me not to screw around as I finish this book. So close with finishing the introduction. But so far away.

Horrible news all around. And poor Caroline Kennedy lost her brother, her mother, her father and now her daughter.

How cooked am I if a not insignificant part of me misses all the congresscritters?

@dicknixon.bsky.social thoughts on this Venezuela business?

For all the dishy details about Greene's interactions with Trump in Draper's profile, I feel like this is the real meat of the piece and a sign of where the GOP is going: Trump disappointed MTG and MAGA by prioritizing big tech donors over populists. (GIFT LINK) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...

Poland’s top military commander warns the country is in a “pre-war” phase, saying Russia is already preparing for possible aggression by trying to destabilize Poland, undermine trust in state institutions, and create conditions for future attacks.

In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com

our data story visualizing the rabbit hole people can fall into with chatGPT is on the cover of today’s @washingtonpost.com @kevinschaul.bsky.social

Ok folks. You know the deal. Going to block this site and go back into my writing hole. Be good. Gotta finish this introduction.

When Marjorie Taylor Greene urged Trump to invite some of Epstein’s victims to the Oval Office, she says, he angrily informed her that they had done nothing to merit the honor. It would be their last conversation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...

Sarah McBride put out a fundraising post on her Instagram specifically denouncing Republicans for trying to ban gender-affirming health care for trans people. It's probably one of the most forceful statements I've read from her.

If Europe were not itself in the throes of anti-immigrant sentiment, it would see the United States cutting off Indian immigrants as an economic opportunity and aggressively recruit Indian immigrants to its universities. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

wrote about the "hemp ban" that Congress snuck into the government-reopening bill, the impact it's already having on angry farmers and brewers and small-biz owners across the country, the misconceptions around the plant, and the lobbies that agitated for this crackdown: slate.com/business/202...

If you go to the suburbs of Houston and Sugarland, you will see thriving Indian communities that belong in a sitcom. But what happens when Republicans turn against not only illegal immigration but nonwhite LEGAL immigration? good @polgreen.bsky.social piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

Yeah, Elise Stefanik and Poillievre are top shelf in this case. Pierre was going to be Prime Minister until Trump bollixed it.

The Safdie Brothers should do the Eric Adams biopic

Who was the biggest political loser this year? Jack Ciattarelli, Pierre Poilievre, Peter Dutton, Sir Keir Starmer or someone else?

I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...

Should also add that right before she quit, Marjorie Taylor Greene passed a bill through the House to ban gender-affirming care for minors. She is not a moderate. She is still super right wing. She just felt Trump no longer could accomplish her goals.

Have a few minutes to kill. So one like, one political or pop, sports culture prediction.

“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88

37 years ago today Fugazi at the legendary concert, Wilson Center, Washington DC, December 19, 1988 Fugazi - Wilson Center 12/29/88 - Waiting Room #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #posthardcore #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory

Last chapter of my book: turned in. Now for the hard part: the intro and epilogue

Awful, awful news. Bob Kafka, a pioneer in disability rights, is gone. May he rest in peace. www.npr.org/2025/12/27/g...

The Pop-Tarts mascots at the Pop-Tarts Bowl are true chaos agents. "Three Pop-Tarts are gonna be sacrificed today, people!"

The autistic tendency to stay up late because: - nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input) - you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing - “do not perceive me” - SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️ - transitioning to bedtime can be hard - your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠

Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’

Popping my head out from book hell to see if anyone has access to this article? If so, please email me. [email protected]. Thank you. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

wemby loudly celebrating after chet missed his free throw >>> this hate is incredible for the league

The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS

The fact John Cena received universal acclaim for his role in Peacemaker this year for his ability to portray various facets of emotion really shows just how much Triple H screwed up Cena’s farewell tour.

Air and water quality were being monitored Saturday after about 1 million gallons of sulfuric acid was released into the Houston Ship Channel, according to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo.

Turner famously got bumped from the intel committee. Prior to that, he was a hawk on Russia and Ukraine

Is she wrong? She is not. And Trump didn’t do that. Mike Johnson did when he ceded power to Trump. And House Republicans could have retained their power at any single moment by sinking any of Trump’s legislative priorities.

mods are asleep, post PSY and MC Hammer's mashup of Gangnam Style and 2 Legit 2 Quit at the 2012 AMAs

Ok. Blocking this site as I hunker down to start writing my last chapter of this book. See you on the other side.

The caregiving industry could not survive without immigrants. But a third of the staff at one Miami nursing home lost their jobs after the Trump administration ended the programs letting them work legally. www.notus.org/immigration/...

RFK Jr. told Bill Cassidy he'd testify before the HELP Committee at least once a quarter. But he hasn't testified before Congress despite Kennedy gutting the CDC and using it to promote his lies about vaccines and autism. wapo.st/3LlDNx0

I have a lot of issues with Hunter Biden. But I hope and pray he is sober and he makes the amends needed to live a good life. I hope he knows he's received chance after chance that many Black and brown Americans don't because of his father. And I hope he spends his life trying to use that grace.