In case you needed one more reason to loathe Russ Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget is dismantling a center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr says the regulatory body is not an independent government agency — a position that counters his previous public statements and the office’s own website.

We all need to be following @whipplc.bsky.social right now!

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “Speculation and anticipation have gripped the nation’s premier law enforcement agency over the future of one of its top leaders, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.” www.ms.now/news/bongino...

The ballroom's price tag has grown by 100% since Trump first pitched it in July. The original $200M cost became $300M in October, and now the president nonchalantly dropped the cost is at $400M. The project's original architect was fired for disagreeing about the building's size. trib.al/JlCo9Sm

Former special counsel Jack Smith delivered a striking message to lawmakers today: his team developed “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump committed crimes related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the retention of classified documents.

Trump Lying About Oil Production youtu.be/oVo3nVAPa4w?...

“No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people," and President FDR believed the test of progress is "whether we provide enough for those who have too little”

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…

Massie: "This is about oil and regime change"

🚨The House has approved legislation that would allow invasive physical searches of immigrant children and keep them locked in detention instead of reuniting them with their families. The Senate must reject this bill.

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Anyone who sees Bovino in Rogers Park, let us know. We’re doing ICE watch. Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.

Oracle’s 10-Q “detailed $248 billion of lease-payment commitments, ‘substantially all’ related to data centers .. but they’re not yet included on its balance sheet .. “..’CreditSights analysts called the lease disclosure a ‘bombshell.’” @bloomberg.com $ORCL www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Massachusetts police are investigating the fatal shooting of MIT nuclear fusion professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, found at his home in Brookline. Authorities said a homicide investigation is underway and no arrests have been made. ground.news/article/an-m...

This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.

As congressional hearings go on in public today and can be watched live online by everyone, Jack Smith is testifying behind closed doors despite his written request to appear in public because Republicans don’t want the American people (again) to hear him destroy their lies.

Another Republican retirement: Representative Dan Newhouse of Washington says he will NOT run for reelection.

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...

Large Border Patrol presence at the Home Depot off Oakton Street in Evanston, IL. Agents just detained at least one person. Whistles going off. Helicopter circling low. One agent just told Evanston mayor Daniel Biss, who's on scene, to back up.

Dept. of Comedy Regulation.

BREAKING: Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that demands Secretary Pete Hegseth provide video of strikes on alleged drug boats.

We don’t have a complete account of Donald Trump and his family’s finances. But a clear picture has emerged: enrichment of the First Family on a scale that is unprecedented in American history.

🔥 Claire McCaskill: “Trump’s Reiner comments laid bare he has no character and is incapable of leading anything that isn’t a parade celebrating HIM… it’s a new low, Republicans that won’t speak up now- this speaks volumes about your character.” cc: @marshablackburn

Should bounty hunters be used on innocent people? They are answerable to no one! The media isn't doing nearly enough to expose the horrors of the #immigration industrial complex! The horrors being committed with our taxpayer dollars is a disgrace that every decent person should be enraged about!🧵

Hagueseth is about to go through some things apnews.com/article/defe...

Johnson is nothing more than a spineless sycophant rubber stamp for Trump. Every time he's confronted with a valid criticism of Trump he just runs away.

I think this administration isn't making it any safer

Maybe it’s a bad idea to tweet about ongoing investigations before you even have an actual suspect in custody.

Why the hell is Trump going to war with Venezuela and possibly other Latin American countries? Let me know your thoughts. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-the-hell-is-trumps

[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela? AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.

A naval blockade is historically & legally considered an act of war under international law. A Trump war would be catastrophic for the U.S. & if it truly escalates the damage it does to the country would be generational. Hit the phones and the streets #3E #NoTrumpWar

The Epstein Files pick-and-roll.

Easily preventable. But republicans want people to die. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...

“Disturbing… they had put in a ton of work and gone through every step of the process… they were pulled out of line steps away from swearing an oath to 🇺🇸…” BOSTON’s @mayorwu.boston.gov on Trump/Miller blocking immigrants AT THEIR CEREMONIES It was never just about illegal immigration

MAGA absolutely HATES George W Bush for starting a foreign war to protect American oil interests. But MAGA loves Donald J Trump for... *checks notes*... starting a foreign war to protect American oil interests.

Says the conspiracy theorist.

"The Susie Wiles/Vanity Fair thing is hilarious to me because it, again, reveals something both an important and pathetic truth about these people: all they want is to be celebrated by the same people they pretend to revile." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-yes-wo...

Still blown away by how blatantly Trump says the quiet part loud about U.S. imperialism. No spin, no appeal to protecting democracy or freedom or whatever, just straight up, "yes we want their oil and land and we're going to attack them until they give it to us."

Since the end of the Cold War, democrats have created 50M jobs and republicans have created 1M.

The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority applies originalism to interpret the Constitution. Our new guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments in court. bit.ly/44yksPF

They dragged a pregnant woman then knelt on her.

“Oil… oil… oil… oil… oil… oil…” TLDR: It was never about drugs

4 House Republicans have signed the discharge petition for a 3-year extension of health insurance subsidies offered by Democrats. That gives it 218 signatures - and will force a vote probably in January.

AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.

No blood for oil

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

Sure, struggling American. The cost of your health insurance will skyrocket by thousands of dollars and you’ll have to choose between dying or going bankrupt, but may Speaker Johnson interest you in a fake history lesson and tell you why the “Beautiful Bill” that cuts Medicaid is actually amazing?

BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.