Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters. His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound. A true hero.

Little baby says hi!

Mama cat gave birth. This is the baby! Almost 3 weeks old! 😍

In case anyone has any extra dollars, I have a GoFundMe to try to get the two sisters spayed. We have a lot of strays in our area and I normally take on the financial aspect myself but each female cat is expected to be $500 minimum.

Thanedar to Noem: "You lied to me under oath"

BREAKING: Judge Paula Xinis has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia: "since Abrego Garcia's wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without lawful authority."

Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."

Glasheen sounds like a Nazi.

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Common Power, my law firm has filed to intervene against DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to compel Washington to provide its complete voter registration lists. We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

Only had 15 years and four different Republican House speakers since ACA was passed.

From @parkroseperma.bsky.social - Informative and detailed video describing movement capture and how capitalists use it to keep movements in check. youtu.be/LaxpYmzWw3M

Accurate representation of the state of equal opportunity in the US.

Great victory! I will savor it today before an Trump-appointee-dominated appeals court or SCOTUS overturns it

When will we learn the way to prevent crime is through prevention, not punishment? Crime grows out of poverty, untreated trauma, & systems starved on purpose. If you keep pouring money into punishment instead of prevention, you don’t get safety. You get desperation, & the consequences that follow.

The system is working exactly as designed. Wealth isn’t created from brilliance or innovation alone. It’s extracted, siphoned upward from the people who break their backs just to survive. If the rich are booming while everyone else is sinking, that’s not a mystery. That’s the business model.

SHARE NOW: Texas just got a whole lot louder. Jasmine Crockett is running for the United States Senate and Republicans should be terrified. She’s smart, fearless, relentless, and she doesn’t back down from anybody. This is the matchup Texas deserves. Let’s go.

Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

Anyone defending execution as a reasonable punishment for drug smuggling is a Nazi. Pass it on.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

omg

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.

Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!

I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...

It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.

For far too many families, the cost of childcare is driving them out of the city they love. New Yorkers deserve to be able to afford to raise families here.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Mamdani's youth support goes beyond New York. For many, he's now a national leader - NPR

Listen to @bradleywhitford.bsky.social

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

Thank you, New York City. Now let’s win.

A dispatch from the Upper East Side. Across the five boroughs, tens of thousands of volunteers are meeting their neighbors, building community, and winning this election, one door at a time. GOTV continues tomorrow: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

Early voting in the NYC mayoral election begins TODAY. If you're a New Yorker, I urge you to vote for Zohran Mamdani — the only candidate who will stand up to the oligarchy and fight for working people. Listen to his inspiring words from primary night.

I don't feel like paying federal taxes anymore. I just don't think a Whitehouse ballroom improves my quality of life.

Maybe we should all apply and then wash out of the academy.

When Tish James walks into a courthouse tomorrow — the target of a political prosecution demanded by a President obsessed with revenge — she does not walk in alone. New York has her back. Grateful to Governor Hochul for bringing us together tonight.

The East Wing was built in 1902 & rebuilt in 1942, long after asbestos was used as a fire retardant. So, I’m sure the White House took steps to prevent a known carcinogen from entering the air during the current willy-nilly demolition. Kidding! These irresponsible assholes don’t care who they kill.

You'd have a lot of volunteers, George!

Hope you all are having a blessed Thursday