The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

TFW Noah pulls up to the manger in his ark.

Has any other nation ever imposed economic sanctions on judges expressly based upon the substance of their legal decisions? (Not a rhetorical question: I'm genuinely curious to know.) Hard to imagine any more direct and brazen demonstration of contempt for the rule of law. @kimlanelaw.bsky.social

Agree on the politics, but important to realize Rubio et al believe Venezuela regime change is the key to transforming the whole region, not least Cuba. Very much like neocons and Iraq, very parallel. This is a major geopolitical aim for them, much deeper than wag the dog

It sounds like the most deranged Latin American caricature of yankee imperialism come to life. It would be comical if it weren’t serious.

In no way should we consider Wiles to be an "old school" or "normie" Republican of nostalgic memory. Such an idealized "old school" figure (like maybe Jim Baker, for whom she worked in the 80s?) would have met a President who thinks he can do whatever the fuck he wants & slapped him upside the head.

Just so we're all on the same page, Trump's own Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' thoughts on: - Donald Trump has "an alcoholic’s personality” - Pam Bondi "whiffed on Epstein" - JD Vance a "conspiracy theorist" - Russ Vought a "right wing zealot" - Elon Musk an "avowed ketamine user"

We should strive to break them. We all saw what they did and what they’re doing.

I’ll take the L on this one.

Genuinely think our society is lost if we can’t find a way to start caring that the ostensibly most powerful man in the world acts like this.

—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter —Infanta? —No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly

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Resultado contundente, que obliga a los sectores que se entienden como progresistas no sólo a la autocrítica, sino a una reflexión profunda: quienes son, a quienes representan, qué postura adoptan de cara a las crisis internacionales y qué proponen para el país. elpais.com/chile/2025-1...

Buckle up Dem establishment, because me and my maximum wage tied to the minimum wage proposal are coming for your asses

Send help have become trapped by this AI animal alphabet source: www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfu...

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This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

What is the legal authority for ICE to say that valid IDs and passports are not sufficient vectors of identification and that they are allowed only to rely on databases that they have created with out any legal authority? This decision, my friends, seems to be a major question left to Congress?

The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans. bsky.app/profile/jare...

This is what lawlessness looks like.

I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork

This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs

Fighting for you by staying laser focused on making kitchen tables more affordable.

If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.

This is quite a thing from the people who brought you a copyright extension act that strains the rule against perpetuities. Actual human artists can't tell stories with your characters for decades to come, but Sam Altman's toy can put them into porn, no problem.

New in PN: A band-aid on a festering hand wound "The Epstein files and illegal boat strikes aren’t the only coverups taking place right now in the White House. There’s also something clearly wrong with the president’s health that the administration is trying to conceal from the public."

Maria Corina Machado is out of #Venezuela, but the region is on the edge of a much bigger conflict 🇻🇪🇳🇴 #Venezuela #MariaCorinaMachado #NobelPeacePrize #Petro #Trump #LatAm sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/machado-es...

When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

Police Chief O’Hara and Mayor Frey standing with American citizen Mobashir who was tackled and detained by ICE. He had a passport. Thanks to our local Fox9 for posting.

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.

I would like you to, once again, observe how U.S. journalists are pathologically compelled to pretend we have a working regulatory accountability system that hasn't been completely hijacked by rampant corruption and corporate power Reuters:

I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback

“It's 106 miles to Fossanova, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and one of us is the skull of a Thirteenth Century saint.” “Hit it.”

Donald Trump is testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test. @saletan.bsky.social on Trump's attacks on Somali Americans: lnk.thebulwark.com/44UVz0H

The way the mainstream media cleans up Trump’s racist tirades has long passed the “they’re just making mistakes” phase. This is actively aiding and abetting a racist, tyrannical regime. The ‘mainstream media is the enemy.

"Perhaps unsurprisingly, Microsoft has not taken the news of Stasi’s legal action particularly well" www.computerweekly.com/news/3666354...

NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

I’M SNOWED IN AND THREE BEERS IN SO LET ME JUST SAY EAT DIRT YOU MAGA SCUMBAGGGSSSS

"there's a new serif in town"

Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted

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Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.

The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!

…Dammit, Dave, you said you wouldn’t do this!