This is outrageous. I expect my Republican colleagues to attack me in an election year, but to actively cover up fraud in an attempt to further a political agenda is beyond the pale. This needs to be resolved immediately.

I think of all the people of color, immigrants, and Muslims that voted for Trump... We warned and begged... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Fuck every single one of these assholes. Once again, this is *literally* what the Nazis did.

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Just a few years ago, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr defended political speech, saying it must not be censored. But now he is using his position to target people for what they say on TV and investigating every major broadcast network except Fox.

Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million. This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.

At least half a dozen providers have sued the state Department of Human Services in recent months over suspended payments, which they say have either shut down their businesses or put them at existential risk, harming the clients who depend on their services.

MORE from Jack Smith: "Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."

From LA, DC, & Chicago to Charlotte, NYC, & New Orleans, people are banding together and teaching each other how to protect our neighbors and defend democracy. Neighborhood groups, whistles, know your rights cards, signs of solidarity, trainings—we’re learning how to beat these fascists, together.

NEW: In an historic pick, Pope Leo XIV will appoint Bishop Ron Hicks — a protégé of progressive Cardinal Blase Cupich — as the next Archbishop of New York. He replaces the retiring Cardinal Dolan, who recently faced criticism for calling Charlie Kirk a “modern-day St. Paul.”

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🔥 Claire McCaskill: “Trump’s Reiner comments laid bare he has no character and is incapable of leading anything that isn’t a parade celebrating HIM… it’s a new low, Republicans that won’t speak up now- this speaks volumes about your character.” cc: @marshablackburn

Inflation is so bad in Trump’s economy that the cost of his ballroom went from $200 million to $400 million in 6 months.

Does Trump have to give back the FIFA Peace Prize after he invades Venezuela, or does the FIFA guy really not care what he does because he needs a lot of favors for the World Cup and the whole thing is a ridiculous corrupt charade?

Trump double whammy has Ohio farmers now facing 'full collapse' www.rawstory.com/ohio-farmers...

BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)

Jared Kushner, private equity firm manager and son-in-law to President Trump, has ended his efforts to redevelop a Serbian historical monument into a luxury hotel complex after weeks of protest and controversy. trib.al/ucgINLT

Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.

😕 tough night for Bari Weiss and CBS News(max)

However, I can wrap my head around Ted Cruz’s silence on Trump’s deranged pro-death screed. Ted’s love for The Princess Bride was just about his only redeeming personality trait, but Trump celebrating Rob’s murder is a-ok, because Ted had his spine surgically removed along with his cojones in 2016

"We suffer through daily reminders of the weakness of his mind, but the U.S. has muddled along with other dim presidents. Where Trump occupies a category all his own is in his breathtaking moral depravity. The man is a moral abomination, and so are his defenders." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

"Demonstrators directed their holiday jeer at Apple, demanding the company restore an app that helps everyday onlookers report immigration enforcement activity. Protestors sang satirical carols with lyrics rewritten to lambast Apple chief executive Tim Cook..." www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

Trump’s response to the Reiner tragedy is sick and cruel. If anyone suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome, it’s Trump.

As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

It's actually quite amazing Donald Trump can still astound us with his depravity.

It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan. Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination. Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...

TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE

🗣️ @redstateupdate.bsky.social (Murfreesboro): “It costs you a lot to be racist— health care, livable wages, due process… the racism is worth it for some people. And somebody’s making money hand over fist by dragging (brown) people out and locking them up in camps 🎯.”

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

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WATCH — CBS News(max) host Marg Brennan asks a clearly planted question to sew doubt about the abortion drug Mifepristone, sounding every bit like a right-wing anti-abortion mouthpiece under the new Bari Weiss regime

He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/qOmUC8i

Rob Reiner's warning to America just weeks ago: "Make no mistake; we have a year before this country becomes a full-on autocracy, and democracy completely leaves us."

“These policies don’t just disrupt paperwork. They derail lives.”

Plus, fewer Republicans report themselves being part of MAGA today than they did earlier this year. trib.al/g2DnZZC

Given that they can run plates, this was potentially targeted. This administration is completely out of control.

Brennan eventually acknowledges that gynecologists and obstetricians have determined mifepristone is safe — but then demands again to know why the government isn’t launching a study to crack down on its usage. We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.

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Nobody wants to think about skyrocketing prices during the holidays. But this year, if you’re buying gifts for your loved ones and see that they are more expensive than last year, thank Trump’s tariff taxes.

The crackdown is vast, the stakes could hardly be higher, and the response from Chicagoans has been profound and far-reaching. trib.al/USPmkQC

COVID vaccines—which likely saved millions of lives during the pandemic—could get a “black-box” warning from Trump 2.0's FDA.

Sen. Jack Reed: "This is really outrageous. Mark Kelly is a veteran, he's fought in combat, he's an astronaut. And even was simply repeated what the law is. If a US senator can't do that, then this country is in profound difficulty."

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." Mahatma Gandhi

Murphy: "This isn't shocking, bc over last year, Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. He's restoring gun rights to felons, eliminated the WH office of gun violence prevention & stopped funding mental health grants & community anti-gun violence grants"