“The reason why we are still reviewing documents and still continuing our process is simply…to protect victims,” Blanche told Welker. That claim does not survive even minimal scrutiny." open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...

I take one night off, and there's new madness.

🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files. Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out. See for yourself.

They. Are. Trying. To. Cover. It. Up. bsky.app/profile/meid...

The women are not "upset." That is sexist language, #BrokenTimes. The women are angry. And justly so. Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Reminder: You might want to set up the new system for your kids while they sleep. Servers might be busy & slow on Christmas Day. Your kid might like setting things up though. Moving game files from a Switch to Switch 2 can take awhile depending on how much data is on there for example.

STRICKLAND: Participate in the UFC White House event? "Just to go hang out with the fucking Epstein list? I'm good, dude."

that Maples quote, god DAMN

"Within days, Claudius had given away nearly all its inventory for free—including a PlayStation 5 it had been talked into buying for “marketing purposes.” It ordered a live fish. It offered to buy stun guns, pepper spray, cigarettes and underwear. Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared."

I honest to Pete don’t understand the aversion to saying he lies. (Don’t give me the whole oh-we-don’t-know-his-intent malarkey)

"It is absurd to me that you should pay for the experience you should already be getting. You've already paid!"

I feel like Phil Collins watching a man drown.

2/2 If you heard this from someone in a bar, at an assisted-living facility, in a sanity-competence hearing, etc you'd know you were not dealing with a person in control of facts, reality, or himself. Every medical professional knows this. Every normal person does.

100% totally this. Something the anti-vax nuts refuse to understand: the ETHICS of randomized trials. Of course, they're going to run it in a low income country, because they're also racist ghouls.

Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?

We were married on this day in 1978... soulmates ever since. ❣️ #ForeverGrateful 🙏

"People like Susie Wiles are a terrific example of how something as bad as Nazism actually happened." On the pod, @swin24.bsky.social and me on the darker story behind the Wiles mess: People like her know how lawless the Trump project is but are going along anyway: newrepublic.com/article/2045...

Massive pardons. Massive DOJ brain drain. 🇺🇸 @reuters.com www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

We’re going to share it with The Atlantic on Signal. 🤡

Walz: "To watch people word salad - there's too damn many guns & wrong types of guns on the street. I don't want to hear 'how do you define assault weapon?' I damn sure can tell you what it does & unfortunately we have a bunch of parents now who know a lot more about what these weapons do"

Walz: "'I don't know, do you really think limiting them to less than 100 bullets is going to do anything?' Yes! Yes it is. Yes it is going to save lives ... it's time to start reporting that that is all bullshit. It does do something. It does make a difference."

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Over six years ago, I published an 11,000 word article in The Atlantic (gift link below) explaining how Donald Trump was, beyond any question, mentally ill and unfit to hold any office of public trust. He has proven these points virtually every day since. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

We could have had a sane president.

My son watched his mom in an interview/conversation with Bill O'Reilly, and just commented "he's trying to mansplain capitalism to an economist." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi6H...

every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

What horrible fucking bookends this day had. I'm done y'all I'll see you tomorrow

If you don't identify the victims living in Rob Reiner's house but give the estimated ages as exactly the same as the two owners (78 + 68), congrats you've just identified them RIP, This is Spinal Tap is a top 10 film of all time :(

Hero

This is damn good. Thank you for it.

It's amazing that an unarmed man stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters, preventing the attack from being even worse. And it's sad how many feel compelled to note that the hero is Muslim, countering way-too-prevalent bigotry that says hero/villain is inherent to ethno-religious identity.

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My friend Peter and I did a pod on how to buy a gift. Unlike other gift guides, this is not just a list of products, but suggestions on how to approach gifting (although, this clip is basically about a book we love). 🧵 pod.link/blamo/episod...

🇪🇺🇺🇸 Ursula von der Leyen advised Trump to stay out of European democracy. Responding to his recent attacks on Europe, she said: “It’s not up to us to decide a country’s leader during elections, that’s the voters’ sovereign right, and it must be protected.”

We have an entire military service that specializes in boarding suspected smugglers (and life saving). I did this with the Coast Guard in the 1980s, no murders needed.

"The U.S. government can seize boats, sailors, and cargo without killing anyone. The military is able to support law enforcement in such efforts. Steps can be taken to ensure such efforts are legal...The administration has chosen to do none of these things." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

New in PN: A band-aid on a festering hand wound "The Epstein files and illegal boat strikes aren’t the only coverups taking place right now in the White House. There’s also something clearly wrong with the president’s health that the administration is trying to conceal from the public."

Olivia Nuzzi is like AI being forced on us, can't give a decent answer, won't go away she's legit a terrible person and a terrible journalist (and we should say that) this should be the end of her career and that it isn't (so far) is a complete loss of personal and professional standards

ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground. Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse. Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.

Cops are great

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That list also includes Glenn Greenwald, Ryan Grim, Lee Fang, Jimmy Dore, Cenk Uygur, Ken Klippenstein, Zaid Jilani, and Matt Stoller.

There is actually an example of a middle-income nation that was dragged into civil war by a bunch of geriatrics and neckbeards. That country was called Yugoslavia and people murdered their neighbors with axes.

My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago. Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.

Aujourd'hui, nous nous rappelons les quatorze jeunes femmes dont les vies ont été volées à Polytechnique Montréal il y a 36 ans. Leurs noms nous rappellent les conséquences dévastatrices de la violence fondée sur le sexe et la responsabilité qui accompagne notre souvenir.

Our media ecosystem entices us to fixate on "people’s self-destruction, watching them be undone by greed, infidelity, narcissism, and a litany of disordered behavior," writes @aselrod.bsky.social. "This is what I have been unable to stop thinking about [seeing the] revelations about Olivia Nuzzi..."

“What have I done!” 🤡