We’ve faced bullies before. He’s not new. He’s not special. He’s not complicated. He’s the same sad, dangerous pattern in a sloppier suit. And I know bullies. Believe me. I know how they operate. I know how they implode. I know how they fall. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

HAPPENING NOW: SCOTUS hears Trump v. Slaughter on the removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter — a case that could upend federal agency independence. Listen here: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

New from 404 Media: the creator of ICEBlock just sued the U.S. government over it pressuring Apple to remove the app earlier this year. Says it violated his First Amendment rights. www.404media.co/iceblock-cre...

And all these MAGA farmers who regularly rail against socialism will gladly take the money.

BREAKING: Trump set to announce a $12 billion Socialist aid package for U.S. farmers after his idiotic tariffs forced many into financial hardship.

You mean rural America can’t produce qualified doctors on their own?

“It was kind of ridiculous” - the jurors from the trial of the “DC sandwich thrower” speak about the proceedings youtube.com/shorts/G-nQF...

Ah, but there's a critical legal distinction: Lisa Cook is a Black woman in a job where Trump wants to put some white guy crony. So it's a crime worthy of prosecution for her, but not for <looks at list> oh hey every Trump official and Trump himself, all of whom have done it.

Tim Miller reports on the DHS raids in New Orleans, explaining how Greg Bovino's sick operation is all about cruelty, spectacle, bigotry, and intimidation, and not about public safety. youtu.be/odAGeFf_Mo0?...

“There’s a race to get an astronomical amount of money out the door [in DHS] before Democrats take over the House. They’re hiring ICE agents, juicing contracts for the social media snuff films they’re doing, building private prisons." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

This got largely overlooked, but note that Karoline Leavitt actually praised Trump's vile rant about Somalis as "epic." The cult worship has gotten so bad that his open racism now must be celebrated. On the pod, we dig into this and his threat to denaturalize: newrepublic.com/article/2040...

and disregards long-settled rules that impede that specific determination. If you've been reading law cases as long as I have -- over 40 years, you'd understand what an astounding, shattering break with the past this has become. The Court is simply another partisan actor. It is remarkably sad. 2/2

It is impossible to read this, and read the majority and Kagan's writings, and not conclude that the Court is no longer a legitimate Court; the majority doesn't operate on a set of steady rules. Instead, it creates rules to help it reach specific determinations, 1/2

Today’s “One First” tackles the grant of certiorari in one of the birthright citizenship cases, and then Justice Kagan’s TX redistricting dissent—“yet another warning about the majority’s seeming willingness to do … whatever it wants, at least where rulings on emergency applications are concerned.”

Super-rich people can manipulate the odds and bet on the news they can influence. Getting universal corrupt news betting before universal healthcare says a lot about the direction our country is heading.

"The NSS is dated “November 2025.” Its finalization lines up almost exactly with the 84th anniversary of the sailing of the Japanese Imperial fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor, destroying the previous incarnation of the policies this strategy endorses." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

"I think the most important way for thinking about the health of an economy is what's happening with the unemployment rate. Can people find jobs and do they have stable and steady work? That's actually been drifting up. So that says our economy's been underperforming..."

"Trump has put us back in the position that we were in the 20s and 30s...It’s been demonstrated how ultimately ineffective that is from our own point of view. It is the permanence and reliability of the system that has been such a great force for peace." youtu.be/KGCnGwECBAM?...

Our monthly open source challenges just got an upgrade... With hidden codes - a corrupted archive and a mysterious figure pulling the strings. Get started at challenge.bellingcat.com

About a quarter of Indiana Republican senators have not yet said how they’ll vote on a sweeping partisan redraw of the state’s congressional maps, teeing up an uncertain week for the proposal’s future. via @indianacapitalchronicle.com

This year, the MAGA majority Supreme Court has let Trump: - Give DOGE access to our sensitive Social Security data, - Terminate $800 million in crucial medical research, and - Disappear people to foreign countries to be tortured. Our lawmakers need to challenge this judicial abuse.

It doesn’t take imagination to wonder how weaker Hep B vaccine recommendations will kill people, because it’s happened before And now—thanks to RFK Jr.—it’s likely to happen again www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-wh...

There is a difference: Trump ultimately lived in *neither* of his "primary residences."

Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.) Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

It’s pretty bad when the only person praising your military doctrine is Vladimir Putin. Let’s impeach this fascist dictator before it’s too late for American democracy!

“Witkoff and Kushner … are using the tools of the American state in a manner that happens to benefit their friends and business partners, even while they do terrible damage to American allies, American alliances, and America’s reputation. This is a conflict of interest on a grand scale.”

Jonathan Turley is obsessed with me to the point that it's creepy. I suppose I can't expect more from a guy who is essentially just Mike Lindell with tenure.

The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy. Any questions?

They’re not hiding the brutality anymore. They want you to see it. They want you to get used to it.👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

I spoke in Warren County, Indiana tonight. The organizer of the event said they usually have around 30 folks who come to their holiday supper. Tonight there were 150 people there. Things are changing. Especially in red states.

“It confirms what we already knew — this was not about public safety, it’s about stoking chaos and fear and terrorizing communities,” said state Sen. Royce Duplessis.

Googled "old guy smell" and this popped up. If you wonder how bad this room smells look at her face.

Tom Cotton would not even be in Congress, were it not for the huge defense contractors supporting him from the beginning and keeping him flush with cash.

In Rio, Brazilian women rally against a surging plague of feminicides, with over 1,180 murders this year alone, exposing the grotesque indifference that lets abusers maim and kill unchecked. #NiUnaMenos #Brazil

Thailand's airstrikes shred a fragile Trump-brokered truce, slaughtering Cambodian civilians and a soldier amid ancient border spite, displacing thousands in calculated brinkmanship. #BorderConflict #Thailand

Bucharest deftly amputates far-right venom by electing centrist Ciprian Ciucu mayor, his 36% triumph over AUR-backed hack Anca Alexandrescu bolstering PM Bolojan's reform grit amid fiscal rot. #Democracy #Romania

Fixing the headline. Hegseth fired the Admiral who knew what was going on near Venezuela, then put this guy in to toss him under the bus. There was no list. There is no proof provided there were drugs. Even if all of it was true, it was a war crime and Heggy is guilty. This guy too.

No go on quid pro quo. Trump is livid that he pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar for nothing: wapo.st/4rIEXDd

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Republicans in Congress mocked Trump privately, Marjorie Taylor Greene says Georgia lawmaker says colleagues who made fun of president before 2024 win now support him out of fear

Trump Waives Southwest Airlines Fine For Holiday Meltdown www.levernews.com/trump-waives... You pay, then have at it, do whatever you want.

No one should go hungry in the wealthiest country in the world. When SNAP benefits are under threat and Oregonians are being harmed, the Oregon DOJ will lead with values and fight for justice. #orpol

Amen.

I don’t know about you, but I feel safer when Trump is asleep.

I had only vaguely followed the story of Texan Russell Bentley, the American who went to fight on behalf of Russia. Russian soldiers mistook him for an American spy and sodomized and executed him in April, 2024.

Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:

Sir Beta of Grovelshire, arise, and never make eye contact again.

“Help! My privilege has a slow leak!”