The Republicans really haven’t given healthcare policy even a few moments of thought. Every idea is just “take what insurance already is and make it less.”

SOUTHCOM tweeted an image of a soldier wearing the White Supremacist Jerusalem Cross on his helmet. Hegseth has it as a tattoo.

We really are on the brink of a health golden age.

Another sign that Trump is not just a US problem - he’s a threat to the entire world.

Time to move.

Getting the band back together

A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials. But Judge Engelmayer swipes repeatedly at Trump's DOJ for paying "lip service" to then sidelining victims — and misleading the public about what the records contain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“.. Of 26 brands, .. Jeep, and Tesla are the least reliable for used cars ..” @consumerreports.org $TSLA www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...

For the first time in nearly two decades of our surveys of U.S. Latinos, most say they think the situation of Hispanics in this country has worsened in the last year. And about a third of Latinos say they have considered leaving the country in the last six months. www.pewresearch.org/...

Funny thing about soybean exports during Trump years. 🤡 @taxfoundation.bsky.social

The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

“It is truly humbling to be here.”

Imagine one day thinking you'd be negotiating pacts and hobnobbing with elite diplomats ... and the next day getting booed at the renaming (not even the opening!) of the John H. Zurlo Clinton County Government Center, in Plattsburgh, NY www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6xw...

Chart via @taxfoundation.bsky.social / @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

here's some morning glory pics from Filoli for #BlueTue 🌱 #JBCFlowers #ColorADay

TRUMP: THE DRUG TRAFFICKER’S FRIEND Why is he blowing up boats with low-level drug runners, and letting the kingpins go free? Despite his anti-drug rhetoric, Donald Trump has issued more pardons to drug dealers than any president in history. 1/2

CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation” www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...

Oops. @ddale8.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...

Q - You said 5 days ago you were going to release the video of the second strike. Can we get an update on that? Trump - You are a terrible, horrible nasty low-IQ woman and the worst reporter ever working for a terrible company! I never said that! Now you get nothing, fake news!

Sooo Kavanaugh is in the #Epstein files. In fact, Epstein recommended him. They are all cut from the same cloth. #GOP #billionaires youtube.com/shorts/Ez3v5...

No rule of law in the US. The King decides who deserves punishment. Rolling Stone: “Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.”

Trump was selected as the character to be burned with the devil in Guatemala as part of the annual tradition to put all bad things behind them before Christmas. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia is easing its rules on alcohol for non Muslim foreign residents who earn at least 50000 riyals per month, roughly $13300. Then they get to buy alcohol, Bloomberg reports. Money comes first.

Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage.” His VP cheers him on. Meanwhile, families are being torn apart, asylum is being shut down, aid is being gutted, and the military is firing on survivors in the water. Cruelty is becoming national policy—silence is complicity. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Good trade partners don’t surprise each other with tariffs. Mark Carney

May life treat you exactly the same way you treat servers, store clerks, senior citizens, children, and animals

If there is a museum for political art anywhere this poster should go in it

You mean rural America can’t produce qualified doctors on their own?

don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job

PANTHEON MACRO: “.. September’s data foreshadow a very weak Q4. “.. Real after-tax income rose at a mere 0.4% rate in Q3—the slowest pace since Q2 2022—and likely will be broadly flat again in Q4, as more tariff-related price rises trickle through and payrolls take a big hit ..”

.. a “remarkable figure, never before seen in recorded economic history ..” @wsj.com 🇨🇳 www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

“.. Trump is flooring the gas pedal at the very moment some of his most ardent MAGA backers are warning AI could destroy .. working-class Americans ..” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Today in state media:

TRUMP: PROBLEM THAT PARAMOUNT LET CBS AIR GREENE INTERVIEW

Wow! When we get a "normal" family again in the WH, a family that doesn't grift, take bribes, lie and use the govt to its maximum benefit, we'll be shocked. It'll be a major adjustment.

Every time Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets a PHD.

Every time Harrison Butker misses a field goal a woman gets her PHD

Everytime Butker messes up an angel gets its wings and the rest of us enjoy our petty.

Nothing makes me happier than when Harrison butker misses a field goal. lol. I get a sick joy from it and I will not apologize. 🤭😂

Senator Cotton will not stand for this.

This is your garden variety drug bust in South Florida. It can be done.

Whoa … this is really strange. Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone. 🎁 link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Pope Leo XIV just went viral belting out “L.O.V.E” with Michael Bublé at the Vatican’s Concert with the Poor, a Christmas event where the front rows are filled with homeless and low-income guests. Michael Bublé called it “the greatest night” of his career. The full story is below.

This 😏👇

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When Putin is complimenting your world politics and policies, you're doing it wrong. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯