Look back on the controversial nominations that Trump muscled through. Hegseth, RFK, Patel. Disasters every one.

Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

This right here.

Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith: “In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’” open.substack.com/pub/executiv...

This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.

There are no terse excuses for moral cowardice, gullibility, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Everyone in politics, everyone in media knows what’s happening here: the White House is controlled by a repellant white supremacist who waits with bated breath for any opportunity to run nonwhite people out of America. They know who it is, what he’s doing. But they won’t SAY it.

Someone is making an ad with a montage of Trump verbally attacking journalists, right? (Ideally going back to Trump 1.0.) That should basically play on repeat from now until next November. I am so sick of this

Never the answer a compassionate and emotionally healthy person would provide. Not even the minimum.

This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)

I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.

This. Publicize what these people said. Publicize that they asked soldiers to abide by the Constitution and disobey illegal commands. The meaning of what's happening with these demands from DJT needs to be crystal clear.

Wise and useful piece from Kim Wehle.

We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering. snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Restrictions on weapons and the army should be imposed on the aggressor. The aggressor is Russia. The attacker is Russia. The one posing a danger is Russia.

I’d love to hear a Trumpist explain to me why Donald Trump tried to force Ukraine to sign a plan that wasn’t his

Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?

Predictable and shameful. Alito should be remembered as nothing by a mean, partisan hack who was better suited as a talking head on Fox.

Dear Rest of the World Leaders, You don’t have to respond to everything Mr Trump says, much less immediately or according to his arbitrary timetables. A little temporary deafness can work wonders sometimes #strategy101

Trump has already issued illegal orders. Trump has already issued illegal orders. Trump has already issued illegal orders. Trump has already issued illegal orders. Trump has already issued illegal orders.

I wonder who could be behind all of this......

”I just don't understand this world anymore.” • Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social • International Center for Ukrainian Victory | ICUV Anti-corruption Action Center (AntAC) #DemocracyDefender 🇺🇦 7/7🧵

Will say it one more time: Student-run college papers really are leading the way right now.

This. This all day.

This is frankly magnificent. The piece i've been waiting for.

You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

This is Dino. He is not just "going through a dinosaur phase." Obviously, it is a lifestyle. 12/10 (IG: dinoandluka)

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

Wow. That was fast. I'm actually impressed.

Great piece by Tomlinson. Enraging stuff.

Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."

People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best Thank you @paulgp.com

Media standards: 1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention. 2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing. Way too many think that’s journalism.

Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"

the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true

BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) just signed the discharge petition to force a vote on making the DOJ release all of its Jeffrey Epstein files. She was the 218th signature, which means the petition is now frozen and no member can remove their name.

Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE

NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

"Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk."

Isn’t a pardon for the likes of Giuliani, Powell, and Meadows an admission that they committed crimes? I thought that’s how it worked when Biden did it. Silly me.

Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president

A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not. If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

You just caved to a president who was never going to negotiate and the American people have no way to fight this because of your mealy mouth cowardice.

This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?

The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”