As long as we can’t see the 60 minutes episode, I figured I’d reup this little chestnut (have to wonder whether this underreported angle featured in the segment) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote." {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Earlier this year the people at 60 Minutes urged me to overcome fear and speak on camera about what it's like being a lawyer being targeted by Trump. When I did, they lavished me with praise -- noting I was the only person willing to do it. Now it is their turn to show courage.

USAID was not dismantled by accident. It was a deliberate hit job by the Christian right, backed and financed by Heritage Foundation. Strip the language of charity away and what remains is ideology, power, and control.

There is no basis to withhold these images under the clear terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. None.

the best two minutes you'll spend all day 🐾

Mike Johnson has lost control of the House, as we continue to push through petitions to force the votes he tries so hard to run from. Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!

💻[email protected] 🏠Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter ☎️(516) 785-5220 📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit Wantagh, NY 11793 Training is funded, shes only 3.5 years old, playful, sweet, full of love, enjoys the outdoors. MELIA needs a calm adult only home. No dogs. ⬇️ www.facebook.com/reel/1448444...

Such a cutie!

Fudali: This is what we call in the civil litigation world a document dump, where you hide things in plain sight by throwing out a massive volume of documents with zero context, no order, no rhyme or reason, and then force the people who actually want information to dig through it.

from the offices of “Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB!” (according to her boss)

Hey! Remember when Barr (Bondi) withheld the Mueller (Epstein) documents for weeks so he (she) could mischaracterize what was in the Mueller (Epstein) Report and spin the findings for three weeks and then over-redact them? I sure do!

They are so pathetically predictable

💖 MELIA 💖 Please read her bio below and repost. This beautiful, sweet, loving, dog needs a home. With the right person she will thrive. Training is funded. Shes captured so many hearts, just needs that 1 special human. She will be so loyal to you. Adopt her ⬇️ www.petplace.com/pet-adoption...

DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor. Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

surprise!

Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like. Here’s how to use it.

To be clear.

NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.

This is a video someone shared with me about Melia. Shes going for a walk and just having fun. Shes definitely a playful, happy, sweet, beautiful girl. She definitely enjoys the outdoors. Just look at that smile 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 www.facebook.com/reel/5258841...

trump’s brown-shirts

Reposting this as it seems to be the kind of damning, documented narrative of Trump’s close relationship with Epstein that so many have clamored for, and I’m not sure why it’s not getting attention. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

In addition to my legal work, today I spoke to a seniors group about threats to democracy, was interviewed for an upcoming podcast, recorded two episodes of my own YouTube podcast, and published a piece about the future of DOJ. My only ask, sign up for Democracy Docket for free. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Crockett: The speaker, he loves to run when things get tough. That's not leadership. That's cowardice. And so that is what he's decided to do—we are supposed to be in till Friday. He has decided that our last day is going to be tomorrow…

Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.

Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.

We may be deporting this brave Chinese whistleblower to Uganda? This is the kind of thing that happens when the home of the brave elects a coward.

Trump is a coward. Tell Congress to stand with Ukraine and democracy! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

NEW EPISODE: Senator Whitehouse exposes the dark money scheme that he says is threatening American democracy—from the hidden influence of fossil fuel giants to the systematic attack on voting rights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyg0...

Zero intelligence secrets, sources, or methods are put at risk by showing a video of a boat exploding, or of shipwrecked people clinging to boat pieces hit by a missile and exploding. Such a video reveals absolutely nothing about how the US identified that boat, located it, or chose to attack it.

“Government Efficiency”

Putin just made a speech in Moscow where he referred to EU leaders as “piglets”. So much to Russia’s “interest in peace”.

Jack Smith is testifying behind close doors because House GOP, who subpoenaed him refuse his request to testify publicly. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP Conference of Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, the Nevada Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Institute for a Progressive Nevada my law firm has filed to intervene in the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Nevada’s complete, unredacted voter registration list.

#GVerse #Attention Jessica Tarlov delivers brutal reality check on #Shit4Brain’s economy: just 17,000 jobs added per month, 700,000 more Americans out of work than last year, and youth unemployment soaring past 10%. Share widely.

When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.

Nick Riemer @NickRiemer1 "It is obscene how quickly the right has seized on this horror to advance an Islamophobic, anti-Palestinian agenda. And it is disgusting to see Israel’s politicians almost gleeful at the opportunity to distract from their genocidal onslaught in Gaza"

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This video is from a year ago today. MELIA spent Christmas at the shelter. Let's not let it happen again. Be her miracle 🙏 Hempstead Animal Shelter [email protected] (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit Wantagh, NY 11793 ⬇️ www.facebook.com/reel/5733265...

I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI. The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.

Truth to power

Once fair elections are gone, the only way to regain democracy will be war, either an underground insurgency or full blown armed warfare. I see no other alternative. The founders understood the price paid for freedom, too bad most Americans forgot.

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

In our latest Bellingchat Premium episode @msramalho.bsky.social, lead researcher on this investigation, explains how young Russian Cossacks are being drawn into frontline combat. Listen in here: www.patreon.com/posts/how-ru...

13 years ago today.

Absolute monsters

MELIA's story from the shelter. I do not work for them. Just sharing. Please open your home and heart. Training is funded to whomever adopts her. Hempstead Animal Shelter [email protected] (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit Wantagh, NY 11793 ⬇️ www.facebook.com/reel/7083278...