From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

Something tells me Kamala wouldn't have needed the ridiculous validation of a fake peace prize/medal. Yeah, I brought her up again, sue me.

HAHAHA! Well, now the case is EXTRA dead. Even if they won an appeal on the Halligan thing, their core evidence is now off limits lulzzzz

Utah lawmakers are planning to convene in an unexpected special session this Tuesday. Why? To move the filing deadline for congressional candidates, to give the GOP more time to appeal the ruling that created a Dem seat. www.abc4.com/news/politic...

“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” - Garry Kasparov

This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.

I find this deeply alarming -- Grok is giving stalkers extremely detailed information about how to locate targets, install spyware on their devices, leverage revenge porn against them, and way more ultra-creepy advice futurism.com/artificial-i...

Very interesting thread.

This week's ACIP meeting was filled with false and misleading statements that are not supported by evidence. Here's an explanation of that evidence by two experienced science writers, one of whom has a PhD in Immunology from Yale: www.factcheck.org/2025/12/vacc...

What an interesting coincidence.

Lock him up forever. And he needs to pay for the child’s medical bills and therapy.

“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.” @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...

Deputy Secy of State Christopher Landau says the US “cannot pretend that we are partners” w/ NATO nations because the European Union—of which many are members—pursues “policies of civilizational suicide.” Landau is a former clerk of SCOTUS Justice Thomas. Stephen Miller lobbied for his appointment.

The GOP argument collapses under its own facts: they admit they don’t know where the boats were going, that 25% of interdicted vessels have no drugs, and that many aren’t headed to the U.S. at all. Calling this an “imminent threat to America” is impossible to square with the evidence. #holdfast

And this:

In its US national security strategy memo, the Trump administration claimed Europe is facing the “stark prospect of civilizational erasure.” It said it will support “patriotic” far-right parties across Europe to prevent a future in which “certain NATO members will become majority non-European.” 🎁🔗

Senator says ICE ‘attack dog’ caused ‘horrific’ injuries to unresisting man as he was detained

Venture Capital-Backed Tech Companies Will Pilot Medicare’s New AI Experiment

@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high. This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.

They are running the government according to the logic of right-wing grievance media. I cannot emphasize that enough. The point is to create content, and they don't see an actual difference between dunking on Sabrina Carpenter, passing legislation, and bombing other countries.

Here is one of the ways that the Trump Administration is planning to rig the 2026 midterms. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

From the Jack Hopkins article: Authoritarianism is a simple formula: Centralize force. Remove oversight. Punish disobedience. Democracy is the opposite: Disperse power. Increase oversight. Reward accountability.

ICE thought Minneapolis would fold. Instead, a police chief lit a flare bright enough to burn D.C.’s eyebrows.🔥👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

Holy shit. "Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis." #ShareGoodNewsToo

Warner is right. Leaders have a duty to protect U.S. troops from being ordered into unlawful situations, not push them toward potential war-crimes liability. Hegseth’s pattern of chaos and disregard for procedure endangers the force, not the enemy. #holdfast #steadystate

The Supreme Court is the place where America's nine wisest judges gather in a room to decide that, under the law, state lawmakers get a free pass to racially gerrymander their states, as long as they wait until the election is a couple months away

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

I took care of numerous kids with fulminant hepatitis B in the 90s before the switch to getting the first vaccine at birth. I don’t recall having one since. I do not miss caring for that disease.

The Supreme Court’s opinion yesterday on Texas’ racial gerrymandering is almost impressive in how it twists the record and the law to get this almost completely wrong. A breakdown follows (thread)

Can you imagine the outrage if JFK’s crew from their sunken PT boat had the Japanese destroyer come around for a second strike? It’s a war crime. Repeat after me: It’s.A.War.Crime. It’s time for military justice. Someone or someones plural should be in Leavenworth.

There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video. They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.

2/2 Sen Bill Cassidy, a liver-disease MD, complains about this ruling, as I am doing. Here's the difference: He, personally, could have prevented all the resulting casualties, by casting the swing vote against RFK Jr. That's a power the other 330+ million of us lacked. Don't let him forget it.

"One of the most staggering things is that the Roberts Court has ruled for President Trump 90 percent of the time in shadow docket cases. Lower courts keep restraining the president but the Supreme Court is repeatedly saying that the president and his party are above the law"

The most interesting part of this story isn’t that the pipe bomber is MAGA. That was blatantly obvious. What should interest folks is that the FBI and DoJ hid that fact from you, and still haven’t made a statement. This info is coming from sources on the condition of anonymity.

Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies. Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market. This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵

SCOTUS just blessed Texas’ extreme gerrymander, so Virginia Democrats responded: fine, we’ll draw a 10D–1R map. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Is it just me, or….

But they said cutting government jobs and axing programs would REDUCE the deficit… www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Pretty much.

Clearly, someone didn't fall in line. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

The federal vaccine committee has voted to end the recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B. This committee has zero credibility and the process for this vote was chaotic. Please instead follow guidance from expert organizations The American Academy of Pediatrics.

“Gaza now hosts the largest group of child amputees in modern history.” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and almost one-quarter of those are children. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7eexx4

Good for Berman. More of this please

This is the third newsroom (at least) with an FBI leak about the suspect being a Trump supporter. Seems some FBI folks — presumably not the political hires —are very eager to get this out there.

Military-Type Drones Breach No-Fly Zone In Dublin To Target Zelensky

Again: "AI" actively harms critical thinking skills, users actively reject Less sycophantic "AI," getting increasingly hostile toward/less likely to help or be helped by humans, creating cylces of dependence on tools that Actively Harm Critical Thinking. What better dirt for disinformation to grow?

Again: the Purpose of LLM- type "AI" bullshit engines is not to tell you the truth or to lie to you, but to tell you something you are statistically determined to be more likely to accept, irrespective of facts— which makes them perfect for accelerating dis- & misinformation & persuasive propaganda…

Dominate our neighbors. Undermine the European Union. Kick out the immigrants. Ignore the Middle East and Africa. Barely pay attention to China. That's my summary of the new Trump National Security Strategy, a foundational document for US policy. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

First Thing: US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps