I wrote about the Bureaucrat Watch List when it was created. It's McCarthyite in the purest sense, with the federal government firing these people also McCarthyite. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...

A panel of three federal judges in North Carolina on Wednesday allowed the state’s newly redrawn congressional map to go into effect for the 2026 midterm elections, a victory for the Trump administration and Republican efforts to retain control of the U.S. House next year.

Trump wants to shift the cost of ACA subsidized health care entirely onto Americans who depend on it. The uninsured Americans will spur a public health problem with more expensive premiums for the insured as hospitals look to recoup the loss. newrepublic.com/post/203711/... via @newrepublic.com

Most Americans who voted for Trump did not understand he would do this.

🤔 Remind me, how exactly is Russia winning their war against Ukraine?

Just got copies of my next book, A Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants! Out on the 4th of December.

Bowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"

We need a full and transparent investigation, and the federal administration should not use this as an excuse to deploy even more troops into American cities. (2/2)

My heart is with the two National Guard members and their families. These service members didn’t ask to be put in this position — they signed up to serve their community and their country, and they should never be targeted for following orders. (1/2)

This is like demanding that someone jump out of a plane before they’re given a parachute. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Several soldiers are angry but not surprised this shooting happened. As one who just returned from being deployed to Los Angeles said, “ I knew this would happen”. And a judge had just ruled against this. And what did Trump do? He ordered more troops. This is ALL on Trump.

More: The US withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021. Biden began Operation Allies Welcome that month—after Trump had savaged him for not doing enough for Afghan partners. In other words, OAW was exactly what Trump was demanding. Trump is a fraud on this DC shooting in *every* way.

CNN:

Confirmed: Operation Allies Welcome had BIPARTISAN support in 2021, when Donald Trump was head of the GOP.

"to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed" — George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789 www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...

Reminder: If Trump believed even for one minute his orders to the military were always going to be lawful, he would’ve endorsed the PSA from democratic lawmakers, not threatened to have them arrested and executed.

Reminder - a Judge has ordered the National Guard out of DC. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

These two things are true: 1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal. 2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.

Commentary: As Trump threatens Colorado's Rep. Crow with death, recall the Army captain who refused orders in 1864 and today is remembered with reverence for his defiance. From Big Pivots

Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?

France’s top court on Wednesday upheld Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing of his 2012 reelection bid, in another blow to the former president’s legacy and reputation. https://to.pbs.org/4ik7ESA

Senator Ruben Gallego torched Hegseth. Senator Mark Kelly flew combat missions. Hegseth follows Trump's orders. Gallego said the truth out loud: cowardice isn't defense, and attacking a veteran to please a president is betrayal.

Miss Piggy FTW

There must be zero tolerance for violence — of any kind — against the brave men and women in uniform who selflessly serve our communities and our country. The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C. is horrific and unacceptable.

Court upholds million dollar lawsuit against Trump for bringing a frivolous revenge case against Hillary Clinton. Knowing Trump is raging about giving Clinton a million dollars: priceless. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/Am9tx9vQpRf-...

Karoline Leavitt: “Thanksgiving is all about friends, food, fun, and calling ICE on my brother’s mistresses.”

My thoughts against the president’s on NPR about what was lost with the Fulton County, Georgia election interference case. (Complete with the greatest NPR recap of my commentary ever).

“Squandered” is now the word of the day.

Gupta: It’s clear that there’s age-related cognitive decline. He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office. Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason

9 years ago,House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Speaker to be Kevin McCarthy had a recorded conversation in which McCarthy says, "There are two people that I think Putin pays, (Representative Dana) Rohrbacher and Trump. Swear to God." www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...

2016 happened. Russia did support Trump’s campaign. Good reporters were on it at the time. I wrote it up within the larger context of global oligarchy and neo-fascism in "Road to Unfreedom."

The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us. But I won't back down — and neither should you.

This is good youtube.com/watch?v=61I4...

Good Ole RFK Jr. and his sidekick OZ!!

Before Trump began his coup plotting, U.S. companies had already been looting Venezuela of billions for years. Now the State Department wants to install a leader the majority of Venezuelans dislike. Maureen Tkacik reports: trib.al/oEszvvE

Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly

Foreign tourists must pay a new $100-per-person surcharge or purchase a $250 annual pass — more than triple the U.S. resident rate.

It’s unsurprising that the Georgia election interference case against Trump will be dismissed But it’s infuriating nonetheless We all heard him extorting Brad Raffensperger-trying to make him “find” 11,780 votes And worse-now the DOJ is “investigating” Fani Willis-upon Trump’s demand Appalling

21 states sue Trump admin over changes to immigrants’ SNAP eligibility

🦃 This Thanksgiving, I will not be inviting anybody into my home who I know supports the grotesque, anti-American Donald Trump, nor will I accept any invitation to be anyplace where I might find people who do. 🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.

😳

2025 - 2026 MANTRA:

BREAKING: SCOTUS will not grant the Trump administration’s request to allow it to fire Shira Perlmutter, the director of the Copyright Office, at this time. It puts off any decision while the court is considering the other two firings cases. Perlmutter stays in office during that time.

BREAKING: Judge Scott McAfee grants motion to dismiss Georgia case against Trump, others. The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.

The prosecutor appointed to replace Fani Willis in Georgia moved to dismiss the election fraud conspiracy case against Trump & others. Judge McAfee just granted that motion. Case over.

Unbelievable…

Trump's 2020 Georgia state prosecution for election interference has now been dropped by Pete Skandalakis, the executive director of the state’s prosecutor council, who was assigned after DA Fani Willis was disqualified from the prosecution. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...