This is another outstanding column by Jen Rubin, this one on the depravity of ICE. @jenrubin.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The Christmas tree at beautiful Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh.

Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social Minneapolis residents and ICE agents on December 9th, 2025. In this clip, an ICE vehicle ran over a local resident—audibly laughing as the resident hit the ground. ICE agents can also be seen pepper spraying residents and activists.

David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved. Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy. Corruption on display.

Russia’s assets in the West are not hiding their traitorous plans

🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”

Given the high suicide rates for veterans, cutting mental health and suicide prevention jobs at the Veterans Administration is UNCONSCIONABLE. The Trump administration is full of incompetent, hateful monsters.

Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.

So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainian, British and European officials are close to finalising a streamlined alternative to the US peace proposal to end Russia’s war that includes security guarantees for the country. www.ft.com/content/2351...

Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone

In PA, this will cause some people to go without medical attention, cause some to die, and cause future rate increases. "For every new enrollment, two Pennsylvanians are dropping Obamacare coverage as steep government subsidies are set to expire at year’s end." triblive.com/news/pennsyl...

Interesting article. It's a shame that women have to go around conservative state laws to get medical care. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

This editorial in the Post makes sense. Insurance companies and brokers are scamming the system. Extending Obamacare subsidies should "include lower income caps, require some out-of-pocket premiums, and impose additional anti-fraud protections." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

If you have access to the Washington Post, this is an interesting article about how the brain changes over the course of a lifetime. Unfortunately, I don't have a gift article link. Maybe someone can put one in the comments. (Hint, @washingtonpost.com) www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Citizens United wasn't enough for them. apnews.com/article/supr...

I went to the Trump Kennedy Center Honors Cursed By The Monkey’s Paw and all you got were these 1500 words of observations www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

They Ignore The Teachings Of Jesus…

I would have no problem with taxpayers bailing out farmers if those same farmers would quit voting for people whose economic policies make it necessary for taxpayers to bail them out.

Here's the election night dispatch I wrote about Perriello fifteen years ago! www.thenation.com/article/arch...

New in PN: Mike Johnson's downward spiral "His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."

PIERS: “You’re not gay?” FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.” P: “Should they vote?” F: “No.” PIERS: “They should stay home?” FUENTES: “Yeah.” PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?” FUENTES: “No.” PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”

Disgusting. Corrupt. Stealing from the U.S. taxpayers.

This is an excellent column today by Jen Rubin. "No president has ever spoken of Americans in this fashion." @jenrubin.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

This is an excellent column by Yasmeen Abudaleb. I absolutely agree that the Democratic Party’s leaders have not been nearly forceful enough in opposing the trump regime’s assaults on immigrants. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Max Boot’s excellent column exposes the trump regime’s National Security Strategy as an abandonment of our allies and our principles. This is a gift article. @maxboot.bsky.social

This is an interesting Dana Milbank column, as they usually are. "Like many emerging technologies, this one can improve our lives, make us miserable, or both." This is a gift article. wapo.st/44h8FFf

Jeff Tiedrich's column is worth sharing every day, but I thought today's was especially good. @jefftiedrich.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

This is an interesting article on the influence of spotted lanternflies on honeybees’ production of honey. This is a gift article. wapo.st/48AklEj

Charles Kushner thanked Cory Booker for his “special and close friendship.” No wonder Democrats have a lower approval score than Republicans. apnews.com/article/char...

It’s important to remember there are two scandals here: 1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes. 2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.

FFS. apnews.com/article/nati...

Interesting article about Rosie O'Donnell. Gift article. wapo.st/44KmiNn

Fareed Zakharia: "The rise of a merit-based elite is a historic shift in the right direction.... But as the populist right trashes meritocracy, it is replacing it with something older, cruder and more corrosive: a naked plutocracy — rule by the very rich." Gift article. wapo.st/4oBKAQQ

I don’t give a fuck who the architect is. When a Democrat becomes president in January, 2029, that fucking ballroom is going to be torn down. And again, I won’t support any candidate for president who does not pledge to demolish Trump’s ballroom. www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...

Jen Rubin column on the healthcare mess. @jenrubin.bsky.social contrarian.substack.com/p/republican...

The graphic in this article shows quite a clear example of how gerrymandering is used to rig an election and disenfranchise tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people in a state. How is it still legal? apnews.com/article/indi...

Probation? WTF? apnews.com/article/robo...

Pittsburgh. triblive.com/local/shapir...

There is a good reason why Mark Kelly warned service members not to carry out illegal orders. That seems to be precisely what the military is now doing at the behest of an administration that disdains any limits on the president’s imperial authority and treats war crimes as a joke. wapo.st/49LrEvh

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

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