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The Kennedy Center, the Department of Defense & the US Institute of Peace can only be renamed by acts of Congress. Their names have NOT been changed. Trump's playing a sad sad but ultimately meaningless game. Erasing his shallow imprint on DC at the end of his term will be celebrated in the streets.

marciagyerman.substack.com/p/civicus-mo... The news isn't good. Antdthat includes here in the #USA. Read to learn of the findings and check out the links. @civicusalliance.bsky.social

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.

www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-b... If you would like to learn more about Syrian refugees and their heroism, read Zeitoun by Dave Eggers. I happened to have just finished it last week and the parallels are hitting hard.

Warner Bros. Discovery told shareholders Netflix’s deal was better than Paramount’s offer, urging them to reject the latter.

This is money already appropriate by Congress for housing assistance for military families. Not some bonus created by Trump. Another lie in his rant last night. Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonuses

David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov. He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.

Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday? Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?

Gupta: Can you explain what Covered California is? Soni: We cover about 2 million people—hard-working Californians… About 90% of the people we serve need financial assistance… However, that assistance is set to expire on December 31, 2025–putting people in a very difficult position.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. Trump's economy.

#LunaticInChief #Speech Well, the facts check is in. And to say it was all bullshit is too kind. #LiesPerMinute Can't wait to see the stats on who watched. HELP!!!!!!!!

#LunaticInChief #Speech Time to trash the folks from #Somalia. Some word slurring. "We are making America great again. America is respected. America is back." (Not sure on which planet) "The comeback of America which began just one year ago." "We are respected again like never before." OY!

#LunaticInChief #Speech Can't wait for the facts check on this. "It's the Democrats' fault. They will not be happy." #RadicalLeftDemocrats (Why is he screaming?) "The Democrat Inflation Disaster." Big announcements in 2026. "Nothing like it in our previous history." Time to blame stuff on others!

#LunaticInChief #Speech "I negotiated with the drug companies and foreign nations...to cut #drugs (Meds) costs." "There has never been anything like this in our history." All through TrumpRX.gov

#LunaticInChief #Speech "We're bringing back clean, beautiful #coal." "More people working today more than anytime in American history." "Tariffs. My favorite word." "One year ago, our country was absolutely dead." "Our great, big, beautiful bill." "Every soldier will be receiving $1,776."

#LunaticInChief #Speech Post #Biden, "We went from worst to best." Blood thirsty drug cartels. Sinister woke radicals. "I've restored American military strength, AND delivered peace to the #MiddleEast for the first time in 3000 years." "The price of eggs is down. Boy, are we making progress."

#LunaticInChief #speech: It's started. And it's nuts already. We have the hordes running over the border, men playing in women in sports, crime at record levels, worst trade deals every made...But they're not laughing anymore. I was elected in a landslide (Facts check!) Illegal aliens, etc.

Trying to decide if I really want to listen to the #speech from the #LunaticInChief. I guess if I approach it as being a witness to a person's mental disintergration,it could be doable....

Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Can somebody PLEASE throw a net over #AlanDershowitz??

Israel denies 6 MPs entry into West Bank for 'security reasons' MPs planned to meet with civil society groups, displaced people, Palestinian officials www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies? Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

🕎 This Hanukkah, We Need the Light of Hope “I’m tired of looking for the silver lining after such tragedies. I no longer want to hear, after a mass shooting, of the remarkable ways a community came together. I don’t want platitudes and pieties. I want justice. archive.md/2025.12.15-1...

@bradlander.bsky.social on @velshi.com Go Brad!!!!!

After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained. He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year. trib.al/p9Edy6F

#Documentary #HoldingLiat tells the story of Liat Beinin Atzili who was a hostage in #Gaza for 54 days. Learn how 3 generations across 2 countries respond to her abduction, emotionally and politically. #IsraelPalestine #HumanRights marciagyerman.substack.com/p/holding-liat @holdingliat.bsky.social

On Tuesday morning I am arguing an important campaign finance case in the Supreme Court. I will be off line until that is over. In the meantime, stay informed about what else is happening to democracy in court by following @democracydocket.com and visiting www.democracydocket.com Be back soon!

@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high. This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.

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Demonstration in Jerusalem Credit: Orna Cooperman

I guess that #FIFA president Gianni Infantino is working to compete with #TomCotton for #doofus of the year. Maybe that's too kind. Ok. #Groveling toadie of the year.

#TomCotton reappears on the public stage to remind everyone what a horrible person he is.

JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election. As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.

Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."

Fascinating flash-point here, liberal stalwart Senator Chris Van Hollen's office is explicitly attacking the CEO of the "Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington" for being "an apologist for the Netanyahu government".

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💥🎙️ Trump 'Emboldened' Netanyahu to Seek a Pardon: Dahlia Scheindlin on Israel's Latest Political Bombshell Spotify 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/4fIU... Apple 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

This is too much.

Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.

About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars. Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.

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