the Bari Weiss regime is going pretty much exactly as expected, huh

Move. #savedyouaclick

Letting the 1/6 guy act like a king: bad?

Extremely obvious combing through this who is redacted and why. It's Epstein, Maxwell, a lot of Bill Clinton, maybe Michael Jackson (?) and basically nobody else. Everybody else's head is in a black rectangle. In practice, they didn't release shit.

They got a chance to do a document dump the Friday before Christmas. And this is what they did instead. What’s in there must be profoundly incriminating for people they want to protect

This is the best argument for wealth caps. There are levels of individual wealth and power that are fundamentally incompatible with democracy and broadly-enjoyed human freedom.

Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!

Schiff: "Part of this is a consequence I think frankly of Chief Justice Roberts giving the president absolute immunity when it comes to his instructions to the DOJ. He can pretty much order them to do what he wants and know that he will never be held criminally liable."

By essentially redacting most photos but Epstein and Bill Clinton, the DOJ is further undermining any pretense that the agency is anything other than a Trump goon squad. And for what, bc this ploy is not going to pass muster with victims.

DOJ’s Epstein Files portal is live. We tried it and can tell you it doesn’t follow the law. Trump’s own Chief of Staff says he’s in the files. Yet, he’s not here. The law is clear: they must release ALL of the files (including the ones with Trump) TODAY. ⬇️ www.justice.gov/epstein

I hate when I'm right.

"On top of trying to prevent people of color from entering the workforce, the administration is making it easier to kick them out."

I generally avoid these games like the plague but curiosity got the better of me and it turns out the #1 movie in America on my tenth birthday was Cocoon ... and I cross the Brimley/Cocoon line in 2026. I guess what I'm saying is everyone be careful with this meme, there is sorcery at play.

"Ultimately, Law Dork never got an answer to the question of whether the law mattered on Friday."

The Trump regime is breaking the law by not releasing all the Epstein files today and by sticking Trump's name on the Kennedy Center and by continuing to murder people on boats near Venezuela. The White House is in the hands of criminals, and they'll keep committing crimes until we stop them.

100% agree. I just wrote to the new supervisor of D4 today asking him to respect the wishes of SF voters and leave Sunset Dunes alone. Also, enough with all the recalls! If you don't like their policies, vote them out in the next election. I'm so sick of SF's recall fever.

gosh I wonder which "politically exposed government officials" Donald Trump's justice department could possibly be protecting. I'm wracking my brain trying to come up with an answer. It's a real mystery.

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

Nice @boingboing.net post about the Nerd Reich podcast: “…Connects threads that often get treated as separate stories.” “The takeaway is a billionaire class that promises utopia while building escape routes from the society they're breaking.” boingboing.net/2025/12/19/t...

Yep. This sums up how I feel about L.A. officials’ tantrum over the new transit-oriented housing law: it’s unserious, and undemocratic, to endlessly cavil and angle to undo the policy choices of voters and their representatives just because their decision upsets you.

you can't have a governable city if you're just constantly re-litigating major infrastructure decisions made by voters. it's just complete chaos, ensures continued acrimony, and deprives businesses and families of the ability to plan. it's a fundamentally unserious *and undemocratic* way to exist.

this clip is great but if I could make a suggestion for the future I would note that "You're a Nazi" could easily be chanted to the tune of "Der-ek Je-ter," which might make it simple for others to join in.

you probably have not listened to the album Mavis Staples released this year because it's not the kind of thing The Algorithm makes inescapable. do yourself a favor and fix that right now. you can thank me later. mavisstaples.bandcamp.com/album/sad-an...

Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

lol so evidence dating back to the 1970s has made one consistent conclusion over and over and over again: Employers definitely hire white people because they're white.

this definitely didn't happen but for the record I'm in favor of Naomi Wolf not getting wonderful jobs

“It is an indisputable fact that she was born inside the United States .. we have her birth certificate. That should be enough. She never should have been picked up in the first place. I am asking if anyone in the media is willing to cover this story.”

Today I received FOUR death notifications for people in ICE custody. That's 30 deaths since Trump took office. It's appalling & unacceptable.   ICE is required—by law—to ensure detainees are safe & their basic needs are met. It's clear this isn't the case. We NEED answers.

I can't believe all those credulous headlines taking the liar press secretary at her word when she claimed the board unanimously exercised power it doesn't have aged badly

To amplify @jamalgreene.bsky.social's point: The surest way to protect our Constitution and laws is to act like we have them. The surest way to lose them is to act like we don't.

NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader. So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.

That passage on the right has always been my favorite thing David Brooks has ever written. Just a master class in smug obliviousness.

nobody call it that

I agree. Either he didn't disclose it to his editors either and this is a colossal violation of conflict-of-interest rules, or he did, in which case someone has a monumental amount of explaining to do.

Please Do Not Release Any More Epstein Files, They Are Not Important, by A Guy In The Epstein Files

You’ve lost the plot as a presidential administration when Dr. Oz is on stage handwringing about the cost of balls

This last point is something that no Trump sycophant as thus far managed to understand. Regular ppl dont want to be stooges and they think its weird to reorient your entire life around servicing a cult of personality for a dementia riddled old man.

There are now two types of op-eds you can write for major newspapers: the World is Great the Way it is, or the World Should be Made Worse

The death cult running America cares about the lives of trans as much as it cares about the lives of the rest of us -- not at all.

Emails I Didn’t Read:

You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...

this is some Person of the Year shit right here

Correct.

Ronald Reagan's White House, while officially ignoring and dismissing the AIDS pandemic at a policy level, held a press conference where they *actively laughed about people dying of AIDS* at a personal level — while thousands were dying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAzD...

"To see those... those... monkeys from those African countries... Damn them! They're still uncomfortable wearing shoes!" - Ronald Reagan

Next Dem president might be tempted to look into the funding for Vought’s Center for Renewing America to see if there was some oil industry patronage involved.

Trump, last week: “When will I get credit for having created ... perhaps the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country?” Reality, this week: The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high and 2025 is the worst year for job growth since the Great Recession. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...