Restrictions on weapons and the army should be imposed on the aggressor. The aggressor is Russia. The attacker is Russia. The one posing a danger is Russia.

It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.

Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?

As first reported by @msjpauly.bsky.social and @pablo.show, the Harris County GOP gave Riley Gaines $25,000 to speak at the 2025 Lincoln Reagan Dinner with Gov. Greg Abbott. Here's a little more context on that, plus Gaines' relationship with the Texas GOP: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

This week's Focus Group Podcast: @willsommer.bsky.social on Trump's Epstein about-face. Then @slotkin.senate.gov joins to discuss her "refuse illegal orders" PSA and hear from some Democratic voters. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

“How to Monetize Your Own Failures Through the Magic of Bigotry”

“That idea, that these spaces should belong to us, the people, is essential for any possible American democracy. It has of course never been fulfilled, but there is a difference between the partial realization of an ideal and its contemptuous rejection.” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

“This Trump thing will not work. It cannot work. But the destruction has gone far enough that we cannot think about going back. If there is an America on the other side of this, it will have to be a different country, a better one…” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

"Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Michael Weiss has a slightly different take: This chaotic "peace" effort was a surprise to many theins.press/en/opinion/w...

"there is a genuine Republican agenda, and it's about deregulation. Funny thing is there's also a White House agenda, and the White House agenda is about intervention. And this is the most interventionist White House I've ever seen."

"In recent weeks, junior officers in the military, fearing potential legal exposure, asked military lawyers, judge advocates general, for written sign-off before taking part in strikes. It does not appear that such memos were furnished." wapo.st/43FXQfO

"No, this is not cost-cutting or isolationism. This is picking a side – Putin’s side. Any pretence at even-handedness has gone. The tragic truth is that, kompromat or no kompromat, Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset." www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...

"The U.S. must not pressure Ukraine to give up its land, its people, or its future...The Ukrainians are not asking for troops. They are asking for equipment, but mostly for political backing. They are asking us to keep faith with the principles we proclaim." www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...

Listen to Bouie. Read @rauchway.bsky.social's book.

The disturbing reports on the Trump administration’s changes to what constitutes “hate incidents” are dangerous — and similar to what they are doing at our National Parks. It is shameful, and every American should denounce it.

"Look, the Fed can do a lot of things, but what it can't do is lower the price of imports. It can't make it so there are more workers for California farmers to help pick the crops." These are self-inflicted supply shocks, and the Fed can't magically undo them. (The White House can.)

“After Aceituno again told the agents he was a U.S. citizen, they finally threw him out of the van…[And] the agents had taken his car keys. (Aceituno voted for Trump in 2024 because of the border and the economy. He now calls it ‘the worst decision of my life.’)” www.thebulwark.com/p/baker-past...

“The message of these six Democrats is not subversive. It is prudent… Calling for the arrest of political opponents and fantasizing about their execution is the definition of authoritarian abuse.” sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...

Tariffs apply to goods, not services. Zero in on the goods-producing sector, and you'll discover that it's hemorrhaging jobs. Indeed, the start of the trade war marks the peak in that sector, and it's been in recession ever since.

detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

‼️ Friends, this is very important. Please share to whoever this may concern, especially if you are in the United States. Ukraine wants peace. Lasting, just, sustainable peace, and not a pause before the next bloodbath. I cannot stress this enough.

Right now, we are at one of the key points of this war. All thoughts and acts of support matter today. Every honest word matters. Every heart is part of our shared strength. We will stand firm. We will endure together. Slava Ukraini!

Soft secession is certainly one way out of this if Democratic governors unite.

In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.

As I've said, sexual harassment is ENTRENCHED in the academy.

Love that it is a moderate who points out the obvious unsustainability of Trump treating Democratic states like a money pump for Republican states.

Trump is incapable of resisting charm, (male) charisma, and - most importantly - celebrity. He has an unquenchable desire to be near it, has been chasing it his whole life. That's mostly it. Forget all the "He's a populist!" bullshit from both the centrist commentariat and the anti-liberal Left.

"The only crime Comey committed was exposing Donald Trump’s corruption, which led to a Special Counsel investigation that showed abundant evidence Trump obstructed the investigation into his ties with Russia."

There's a new and very dangerous development in Trumpland. They're now so devoted to coal, oil, and gas that they want to punish any country that tries to “inhibit, prohibit, strangle, divest from” U.S. fossil fuels. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...

It should have been satire, but it's not. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fox poll: 76% of voters view the economy negatively. That's worse than the 67% who felt that way in July, and the 70% who said the same at the end of President Biden's term.

Honestly, we're lucky that they fucking suck at this.

I will post a very rare link out to twitter because this is a very useful analysis of all the ways the 28-point Ukraine plan is illegal under current treaties and obligations: twitter.com/eeriknkross/...

Fully agree with my paper's editorial on Trump. Ukraine needs Europe to stop flattering Trump the conman and take a clear stand for its own survival and values. www.ft.com/content/8ccf...

Fun non-spoilery Pluribus detail - this is actually the mayor of Albuquerque

President Donald Trump said Friday night that he's "immediately" terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota. The state has the nation's largest Somali community. n.pr/43La07b

He said "Amen" straight into the drop Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible

To each friend of Ukraine who stands with us in this fight - thank you. We are not alone. Thank you for your voice and your position.

Trump has approved a 28-point plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. “The deeply troubling details now circulating show what Trump wants: to help the Russian president,” Phillips Payson O’Brien argues, “and to weaken Ukraine, perhaps fatally.”

We know enough about Trump: 1. He embraces no values but money, power & vanity. 2. Either you need to threat him effectively (China) or bribe him. $200k might be enough (Switzerland or Apple). 3. Countries with values need to gang up & pressure him. www.ft.com/content/8ccf...

The Siletz tribe took apart the 20,000 pound humpback after it was euthanized Monday.

The story, with @bethreinhard.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com Naftali Bendavid, Luis Melgar, Tucker Harris: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... And our look at the top 20 billionaire donors (Elon Musk is not #1!) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Why do they give? “If you’re a billionaire, you want to stay a billionaire,” John Catsimatidis told @bethreinhard.bsky.social. “I worry about America and the way of life we have.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

This is what is happening.

“If you asked me for the one single number that best summarizes how people feel about the economy, it would be the unemployment rate… when you hear from regular folks that they are finding things tough out there, this higher unemployment rate… speaks to that story.”