That's not better!

WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US? TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US? COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it

The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.

Disturbing to read DOJ has scrapped efforts from Trump I and Biden administrations to improve management of the escalating volume of digital evidence. These are not serious people. news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

I’m so old, I remember when National Review was pro-states rights and local control…though states rights to do what, we may ask. bsky.app/profile/seth...

Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU

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.

“table-sized”

There isn’t much for our Supreme Court to hear, the Constitution is already clear. And just to be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the power to overrule or rewrite our Constitution.

The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.

If Virginia Democrats follow through with a new 10-1 congressional map and a couple of other Dem states make small changes, Trump's gambit to rig the 2026 maps will be remembered as an epic blunder.

Has anyone written a coherent, good-faith argument *against* a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, or in favor of the status quo? What is the argument lawmakers use when explaining why they don't want a vote on the matter? Having trouble finding.

NEW: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

As with so much about American culture & history, John Prine knew.

Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks. They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.

"Part of Lucasfilm’s yearlong 50th anniversary celebration, a newly restored version of the classic Star Wars (1977) theatrical release — later renamed Star Wars: A New Hope — will play in theaters for a limited time." www.starwars.com/news/star-wa... I AM SAT

Sadism is the lifeblood of MAGA politics. Hard to overstate how disgusting and embarrassing for our country it is for the US Secretary of Defense to be doing this:

this shit is just beyond parody, man

And so it goes as expected as Kennedy’s predominantly anti-vax inexperienced ACIP vote to roll back hepatitis B vaccine at both despite no evidence of harm and abundant evidence it protects against hepatitis B.

“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, said. “You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed...

Tennessee’s special election capped a year in which voters signaled a shift of opinion away from Trump, a deterioration of the coalition that elected him, a fiercely mobilized Democratic base & how the cost of living continues to fuel discontent. My take @BrookingsGov x.com/ejdionne/sta...

Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.

Kevin Hassett on Trump: "He's the best communicator I've ever seen ... he's solving it seems all the world's problems, stopping wars and everything else"

Make no mistake, says @billbrowder.bsky.social, Vladimir Putin is indeed an ‘active threat’ to the public, from the trenches of Ukraine to the streets of Salisbury to my life and to yours. Fail to stop him now and he will strike again and again www.independent.co.uk/voices/vladi...

Kagan with more dispositive proof of Roberts Court Calvinball

This administration literally pardoned over a thousand people for doing exactly this.

The 350-acre grounds of the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, planted with almost entirely native species, are spectacular every season, including this time of the year.

The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere. Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.

These are human lives, being murdered without any due process, and the head of our military is joke-bragging about it. These are sociopaths.

Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Institutionalized regression in consumer protection. Next, they’ll make seat belts optional in the name of “choice”. 🤡

They miss the glory days of pre-existing conditions and folks choosing between medication and food.

"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."

The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors." 1/🧵

What a sick joke. Will they put photos of the murders in the Caribbean Sea in the lobby? How about a photo of Trump clapping as the murderer Putin arrives in Alaska? Or Trump having the time of his life with the murdering Saudi Prince MBS? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

Will every campaigning Democrat commit to holding the regime’s criminal leaders accountable if they retake Congress? I hope we’ve learned the consequences of just moving on.

Usually, re-dedication ceremonies are held in broad daylight, with pomp and circumstance and a heads up to the press to cover said event with smiling politicos and speechless honorees….not marked with a “hey! look what we did when no one was looking!” tweet after business hours.

I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.

Pete Hegseth risked our servicemembers’ lives by sharing classified information on unsecured systems. He needs to resign or be fired.

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says. Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.

MS NOW: Are you getting any support from Republican colleagues saying this kind of rhetoric isn't okay? ILHAN OMAR: No. And it isn't surprising because the Republicans have bent the knee. They've welcomed his disgusting rhetoric. I'm not expecting any of them to develop a backbone now.

It's like even though he's a Dem Trump can't help but feel a profound sympathy for a money launderer wapo.st/4as1ygY

I wouldn't highlight that cabinet meeting as a positive example of the President's energy levels.

There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...

Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.

It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.

I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics

images of Trump dozing during today's cabinet meeting (Chip Somodevilla/Getty & Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)