You'll be shocked to learn that Trump and his buddies are using The "Trump" Kennedy Center to loot, grift, and hand out money to pals, just like he did with his charity and inaugurations. Well probably not shocked. Sheldon Whitehouse is working to expose this. www.rawstory.com/investigatio...

Hang tough, Colorado!! 💪

Donald Trump and the Republican Party know that they are likely to be voted out of power in November 2026. The tools they are counting on to prevent this are the same ones being deployed by the largest technology companies: big data sets and vast computing power.

Love it. A must-read from @joho.bsky.social, reminding Prasad, Bhattacharya, Makary et al., reminding us that the U.S. is facing several disease outbreaks, so they have a great opportunity to show the rest of us how their way is “better”. We’re waiting…

Still a few hours to go. 🤡 mashable.com/article/elon...

Breaking: A federal appeals court just ruled that the Trump admin must return hundreds of California National Guard troops to Gov. Newsom's control. Newsom: "I'm glad Pres. Trump has finally admitted defeat: We've said all along the federalization of the National Guard in California is illegal."

ICE wrongfully detain father—the 24/7 caregiver for disabled son. "My father knows how to keep me breathing, how to keep me alive," he said. "He’s the reason I want to continue living." Wael Tarabishi has undergone 36 surgeries since diagnosed with Pompe disease at 6 years old.

JUST IN: House Judiciary Committee releases a full transcript and video of former special counsel Jack Smith's closed-door deposition before the Republican-led panel earlier this month.

New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

Read former special counsel Jack Smith’s transcript before the House Committee on the Judiciary here: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

House Judiciary Committee releases on New Years Eve (in an obvious attempt to bury this info) the Jack Smith deposition transcript. I recommend doing a word search for "proof beyond a reasonable doubt." And explanation of disenfranchisement of urban areas. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

NEW: The Jack Smith deposition transcript is a devastating, point-by-point rebuttal to claims that the Trump prosecutions were “political,” as Smith details evidence of Trump’s crimes "beyond a reasonable doubt."

A malignant narcissist is incapable of withstanding ridicule, so please share this as widely as possible. Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫 🙏 shorturl.at/mcfqd

The vengeance presidency. Let's see a couple of overrides. ASAP. apnews.com/article/trum...

BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition. House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony. Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy

LOUISIANA: ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee for Months “while she was under his authority”

"It isn’t just that your ravenous hunger for recognition betrays a personality disorder, Mr. Trump, it’s that your particular style of seeking it really does provoke ridicule—that’s another word for 'they’re laughing at us.'"

Remarkable. US attorney general Pam Bondi tweets out a chart showing deaths from drug overdoses plummeting and giving the president credit. “Elections have consequences,” she says. One problem. The data ends in Oct 2024. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

$47 million fraud case dropped by Trump after Wiederhorn made huge donations to his campaign and inaugural fund. Not Somali.

More musicians have canceled upcoming concerts at the Kennedy Center after the board voted to add Trump’s name to the venue. Singer Kristy Lee: "When American history starts getting treated like something you can ban, erase, rename, or rebrand for somebody else's ego, I can't stand on that stage."

I miss a president who cares for all.

Tariffs are a hidden tax unilaterally imposed by trump on low income earners without congressional approval for the benefit of billionaires. Consider using the words 'Trump Taxes' instead of just 'tariffs'.

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This is how you do it folks

Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered in the corruption probe, which they and FBI agents believed had shown Homan unsuitable for a trusted senior role in government service www.ms.now/news/border-...

Kennedy Center New Year's Eve concerts canceled after addition of Trump's name. Boo fucking hoo.

NEW: President Trump spent much of the year as a steamroller But as 2025 ends, he seems much smaller now Republicans took losses and are starting to defy him. He seems out of touch and focused on legacy. And Epstein won’t go away A shrinking president: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

As always, the biggest Trump scandals take place right out in the open

Trump is honestly the dumbest guy… or he’s got another agenda. It’s been a year of Putin lying to him, and Trump believing it. I get it maga, he hates the people you hate. But he’s an embarrassment to our nation on the world stage

Seems like fraud, waste, and abuse to us

It appears the whole Putin “Ukraine tried to kill me with 91 drones last night” was entirely made up. And of course Trump repeated it and said he was mad at Ukraine. Nightly Russia launched drones and missiles at innocent people. And tried to Kill Zelensky every day Spare me the gaslight

🚨BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi has all but confirmed the existence of the conspiracy probe, pulling back the curtain on the potential next stage in Trump’s campaign of retribution against anyone who has stood in his way. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Max Boot's analysis is correct, and essential.

A dozen U.S. senators are calling on the Justice Department's watchdog to examine DOJ's failure to release all Epstein records by the congressionally mandated deadline — saying victims "deserve full disclosure" and the "peace of mind" of an independent audit. tinyurl.com/y9xrtavv

WOW. MTG revealed to the NYT that when she threatened to identify the names of men in the Epstein files who abused women, Trump called her and screamed. Everyone in the office suite could hear him yelling at her on speakerphone. He told her, “My friends will get hurt.”

If it's a horrible hot take about higher education in the NYT, you can pretty much assume it's Anemona Hartocollis. Great thread by Don on the person who gives us awful take after awful take.

It's idiotic to ask him these things while his mind is freshly full of Russian propaganda. Ru wants to occupy all of Ukraine, destroy everything Ukrainian, absorb, russify, and rebuild as Ru. That's what they're attempting to do in the occupied territories. It's genocidal intent, not good will.

The succeeding in question

NIGERIA STRIKE BLUF: Operation Loomer-Minaj $20 Million Wiffleball - Swing & a Miss. Joba Sokoto State has no recent history of ISWAP & are happy Christian/Moslems. 3 of 12 missiles did not detonate. Near misses on local hospital. No casualties.

These left-handed handshakes are even more intense than the right-handed ones.

Basic stuff here. If Ukraine ceases fighting, they’re over. If Russia ceases fighting, the war is over

Tom Nichols on Ukraine: “It’s clear that Donald Trump either still doesn’t understand this conflict or is just lying about it. He really has no interest in doing anything but supporting Vladimir Putin’s position on this.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social

It's always a smart idea to check in with your boss after a strategy meeting

This message hits hard.

The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Oops. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research showed the Kennedy Center Honors garnered the “smallest audience ever on the night of December 23, 2025." trib.al/VdukWAP

This message should never come from the government. This message is both un-American and unconstitutional. The Department of Homeland Security should be sued. Immediately.