The problem with saying “just block the trolls” is that this only works if your concern is seeing individual mean replies. But the real impact of a mob of trolls is ecological - it changes the entire tenor of a community, changes all the social dynamics. Nazi Twitter demonstrates this profoundly.

i think claims that bari will be gone soon fail to grasp the authoritarian tradeoff between competence and loyalty. Hegseth is still there.

Since we’re on the topic of asking people for comment …

the source CNN cites is *the envelope*. Jfc I know people are desperate to believe this is real for some reason but nobody needs to send Seth abramson into my feed. pure grift.

Guys, STOP CITING EARLIER REPORTING OF THE EPSTEIN LETTER AS PROOF OF ITS VERACITY. Earlier reporters didn’t know if it was real either, or its contents. They just knew a letter that purported to be from Epstein to Nassar was found in the prison mailroom after he died. We know more than they did.

I feel obligated to share a story from my grampa who worked for the BLM (1/2):

jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation

Some is genuine, seems clear some of it probably isn't, but either way all of these things must have been evaluated with investigators deciding if they're credible, even if only a cursory decision, and those assessments would be on record. Throwing it all out there without that part is a choice.

Okay, I have to say, this doesn't really seem like Epstein's handwriting. It was postmarked after his death, which doesn't prove it ISN'T real, but DOES mean anyone had the info to write it. And the postmark seems to be from VA. Someone writing Nassar pretending to be Epstein, I think.

These grants were supporting initiatives that aimed to reduce sudden infant deaths, prevent fetal alcohol syndrome, and identify autism in children.

On left: Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review On right: Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"

Yes primarying Democrats in districts where it's blue does not mean that you will get a Republican that wins that district. But what you'll do in the meantime is waste a lot of money and squander chances to take other districts that would be competitive that don't have a Democrat.

False flag claims have also spread rapidly. Richmond, CA Mayor Eduardo Martinez, a DSA member, reposted content speculating an Israeli soldier committed the attack, along with a Star of David image claiming "the root cause of antisemitism is the behaviour of Israel."

ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public

This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment. It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process

The thread has persuaded me that Weiss is not just a lazy, blundering, incompetent overseer of CBS News trying to serve her masters, but also now morally complicit herself in the depraved torture of the men imprisoned without cause in CECOT at the direction the United States.

Read this thread, from a an account of the spiked 60 Minutes story that was (apparently mistakenly?) aired in Canada. Weiss refusing to air this story isn't just journalistic malpractice, it's running interference to help cover up atrocities.

if there's one thing we as a society tolerate way too much of, it's acting like people with multiple executive-level jobs are superhuman instead of just halfassing all of them

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

63% of people are not living paycheck to paycheck, the wealth generated since 1970 has in fact increased the wealth of average Americans and when wages for working class Americans grew in 2021-2023 the response for the leftist caucus wasn’t to back it with its full chest but to bitch about DoorDash

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Her husband is a registered sex offender who was recently on house arrest and her brother is doing 25 years for raping a child. She defends and supports them both: www.bbc.com/news/newsbea...

WELKER: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved just days after you interviewed her? BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it? BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk

"I know they killed him" Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3. I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.

WHAT ARE TRUMP, BONDI AND KASH HIDING? IS THIS WHY BONGINO QUIT THE DAY BEFORE THEY IGNORED THE LAW AND RELEASED ONLY A FEW FILES?

I would like to see a brave person go and rip those letters down.

“Under Hakeem Jeffries, the minority party has kept GOP leaders on the back foot since September.” www.politico.com/news/2025/12... This checks out:

Gotta say I do not understand the trend on here of framing a Dem yea vote on the NDAA as some massive betrayal It doesn't actually fund anything that's the approps bill that's currently being negotiated over It is one of like 2 non-approps bills Congress passes every year, so lots of other stuff

If habeas is unable to free an obvious US citizen within a week then we need to revisit the statutory provisions abutting the writ; these cases must be expedited.

IM GONNA LIVE FOREVER

“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

This is going to trigger another round of abuse for this woman but the basic facts appear to be that she was separated at the time and so was the CEO. She recoiled on the jumbotron because her husband was attending the same concert.

holy shit it actually is the physics thing

it took ten billion cubic meters to write this post

The problem with this model is the Republicans also exist. You can't just sit back and ignore their signature issue, letting them frame it as their great positive with zero rebuttal. Weakening your opponent's advantage on their perceived strongest issue is a necessary tactic, and has been working.

These are the people who are willing to go on the record. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

the affordability crisis is out of control

We’ve all seen this lie by now but ngl this is depressing me because it’s so easy to spread propaganda like this *even though the law exists*. People who appear to care deeply about the issue don’t actually have any idea what the real laws are or what Newsom has done in real life about them.

Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"

Monstrous. CDC is going to fund knowingly giving thousands of infants in Africa a placebo instead of a proven vaccine. Issued non-competitively to a foreign research org without ethics review.

This story Carl Nassib told on RC's pod about coming out in the NFL cracked me up. His delivery is so good!

Hahahahahaha holy fucking shit, Jeffries did it. He actually got the clean vote.

I believe the Court is communicating ex parte with the White House about this case and has been for months.

I'm 98% sure he is talking about Star Trek 4 (the one with the whales) when the Klingon bird of prey became visible when they opened the hatch.