2026 State of the Union

Donald: "I'm allowed to destroy the country." Republicans: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Trump & Vance used an election in which they were elected due to high prices, did nothing about those prices, and instead tried to inject their dark vision of America into the body politic. And Americans have rejected that like a body rejects a bad organ donation.

Four weeks ago: Trump floated the idea of canceling future elections Three weeks ago: “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election” Yesterday: “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting” But it’s not just rhetoric: all of this has come against a backdrop of concrete action.

Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores. TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti. Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret. Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.

Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And: "Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans." www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Great fucking work from Trump, RFK Jr and the rest

US trade deficit widens by the most in nearly 34 years in November reut.rs/3NU8lXC

Minnesota is more than what you see on TV. We’re a state that believes in the dignity of all people. We feed our kids and take care of our neighbors. I’m proud of the ways Minnesotans are meeting the moment with decency and generosity - as we always do. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith to Testify Publicly About Trump Criminal Probes

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Was an anonymous, $20,000 Polymarket bet on Nicolás Maduro’s ouster just luck—or insider knowledge? @willgottsegen.com explores how the prediction-market boom is poised to worsen the threat of insider trading:

Walz drops bid for third term in Minnesota amid scandal over social service fraud in state government and Klobuchar appears poised to run instead. @tylerpager.bsky.social @reidepstein.bsky.social @londonoe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

The White House has been boasting about the revenue that its tariffs are raising. And now their argument to the Supremes is that the President has imposed regulatory tariffs, not revenue-generating tariffs, and so case isn't about the power to tax. (Nonsense, obv.) Here's a leading economics text.

Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

“Courage is contagious and it’s spreading all over the country right now.” @ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the growing backlash to Trump’s authoritarian agenda. We will see you in the streets again on Saturday to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

"It was unclear why Adm. Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure....But one of the U.S. officials...said that Admiral Holsey had raised concerns about the mission and the attacks on the alleged drug boats." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

"Trumpism will persist as the dominant feature of Republican politics at least to 2028 and almost certainly to 2032. We’re talking about a full generation of Republicans who *only* understand politics in the context of an authoritarian project."

LISTEN.

NEWS --> Sen Ron Wyden writes to Pam Bondi, urging DOJ to probe $1.5 billion in Epstein financial transactions that banks flagged for Treasury Dept. He lays out roadmap for DOJ to examine money flow related to sex trafficking. Challenges Bondi in new way. Read here: newrepublic.com/article/1982...

“Months later, when Mr. Trump hosted a party at Mar-a-Lago for young women in a so-called calendar girl competition, Mr. Epstein was the only other guest.” Hmm … you don’t say!

I believe that they'll find those stockpiles in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

They’re preemptively trying to blame Biden for any attacks on Americans that result from Trump’s war. Absolutely desperate.

NEW: The DHS has issued a heightened terror threat for Americans. Good thing we have that 22 year old former gardener in charge of counterterrorism and DHS is busy with mass deportation. www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisor...

No money for healthcare. No money for education. No money for infrastructure. But a blank check to bomb brown people. Just the American way. And no reporter will question it

So many broken promises.

At this point the cop would be asking him to do Field Sobriety Tests. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Senior US officials are preparing for the possibility of a strike on Iran in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign that Washington is assembling the infrastructure to directly enter a conflict with Tehran.

Maggie Haberman ‘Struck By’ Trump Blurting Out ‘I Don’t Care’ What Intel Says

Whether through layoffs or resignations, Tesla has lost many of the employees that helped build the world's most valuable car company. Without them, Elon Musk is about to face his biggest challenge yet, writes Patrick George.

Tucker is still a schmuck but this is how you do it.

Rafael Cruz gets dog walked by Tucker. 👇

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They're all in a group chat coordinating their propaganda.

I remember when Pope John Paul II toured the U.S. and drew 63,000 to Dodger’s Stadium in 1987. It can be hard to explain what a big deal the Pope is.

President Trump’s massive tax and budget proposal, which would add more than $3 trillion to the national debt, could increase inflation just as his tariff policies are already pushing prices up, economists warn.

The US State Department ordered diplomatic posts around the world to “resume processing” of Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas on Friday after a judge halted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block international students from coming to the institution.

bLuEsKy iS dYiNg

National Guard troops are mobilized fairly frequently for domestic purposes, like natural disasters. Having them federalized isn’t that uncommon. But having them federalized over the objections of a state’s civil authorities is extremely uncommon and hasn’t happened in more than half a century.

Elon Musk issued a blistering criticism of the GOP spending bill for Trump’s agenda, posting that it represents a "disgusting abomination." "I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore," Musk wrote. "This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.”

This is good. This is the only reasonable move for someone who *actually* thinks that Trump presents a serious, massive threat to American democracy (and who thinks that democracy is a good thing).