OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

Thrilled about the World Premiere of my play "Circle Forward" at Gulfshore Playhouse, the LORT theater in Naples, FL (running until March 1!). Take a look at the program's Playwright Q&A here: www.gulfshoreplayhouse.org/news/circle-... #newplay #playwright @honorrollwrites.bsky.social

Trump on the Epstein files and survivors seeking justice: “I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else." [Via CNN]

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

Take a teensy break from the world and enjoy this music video I co-directed with the brilliant, funny composer @brianwoodbury.bsky.social: "Little Bitta This, Little Bitta That" featuring Kathi Funston & Tulasi Rain, with Moss Woodbury. ***Please like and share!*** www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJjU...

He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary: His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”

Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit. n.pr/3M80fdi

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Political theater.

A January memo from the Department of Justice

Electricity bill going up? One study found that AI data centers were responsible for 63% of price hikes for customers of PJM — the nation's largest electric grid. Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more private-sector usage of AI and fast tracking permits for more data centers.

What can we do? @hcrichardson.bsky.social encourages many forms of resistance: youtu.be/263FaqrL6C4?...

We are losing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has helped educate, inform, and entertain millions of Americans. Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣 Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡

Daniel got arrested for putting a know your rights table. LAPD this is so unnecessary and uncalled for. This is tyranny at the city level.

My favorite loaf:

I miss Dr. Sam Ghali's posts from the other place.

No notes.

A primer for the civically ill-informed.

“One of [America’s] great strengths is that . . . we do not allow the Army, Navy, and the Marines and Air Force to be a police force. History is replete with countries that allowed that to happen. Disaster is the result.” open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...

“Superman is too woke!” Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:

PENCE: “TARIFFS ARE A TAX… American importers, businesses and ultimately consumers end up paying all of that $300 BILLION. We're paying that.”

Whoops 😬

The Epstein List went from "sitting on [Pam Bondi's] desk right now" to "there is no list" in just a few months!

Republican Rep. Robert Bresnahan sold shares in a Medicaid health provider just weeks before voting for the Big Ugly Bill — which of course slashes Medicaid. Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?

The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms. By @rhersher.bsky.social and @lsommer.bsky.social

THIS:

Texas officials are blasting the National Weather Service for failing to predict the amount of rain that caused the deadly flooding in Texas. Trump cut funds to NOAA and FEMA and gutted the weather service. Trump and Musk. This is all on Trump and Musk.

The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.

Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading.

$45 Billion will be given to ICE just for detention centers, then $29.9 Billion over the next few years. It's an unfathomable amount of money and power.

Trump’s pardons have cost crime victims $1.5 billion in restitution that they now will never see, mostly victims of fraud committed by his cronies. www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

Volume ON.

I need that first dog to come with me every time I have to go to the hardware store

Keep calling and sending letters to your Rep tell them to VOTE NO here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Holy moly. Bond villain evil here.

Is there a precedent for this happening without public assent?

Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.

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💰 WATCH: “How is that happening?” 🤷🏼‍♂️ @aoc.bsky.social informs a confused RFK Jr. that his own HHS is stuffing the pockets of insurance companies by doubling the rates taxpayers pay them even as they defraud us. 🤔