Yet another excellent courtroom exhibit.

But, absolutely on brand.

This is what makes me crazy.

This is a great example that the US president is a lunatic. Listen carefully 🙈

“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner

“Whattabout Hunter Biden,” they whine.

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Australian visits to the US already down by half.

Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control. All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

An important opinion piece, because it lays out the facts. www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...

That’s an act of war right there. The Venezuelans would be within their rights to start shooting missiles at US ships.

"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. The Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one.”

Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.

I would beg to differ on the not breaking any laws part. They’ve broken plenty. I am hoping that eventually this will affect enough people that they will realize what they’ve done … and it won’t be too late. From @allenanalysis.bsky.social (I wish he’d post more here)

soon...very soon now...he will be impeached and I pray imprisoned in the worst prison available.

In October, I had the tremendous pleasure of working with Attorney Ryan Thompson as part of the defense team for Mr. Kelvin Atkins. Mr. Atkins was a victim of domestic abuse, specifically police utilization and violent threats. ppls.ed.ac.uk/prof-tommy-c...

Brilliant and powerful letter from the LA County IG. Don’t shoot the messenger he says.

Remember the epstein files. And around January 1st 2026, we want the second report from jack smith from Florida judge eileen cannon.

We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.) Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The last time Indiana won an outright Big Ten title, 1945, the leading rusher was George Taliaferro. The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.

Drag him.

Thanks for reminding us.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... From the acclaimed author of “The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks” on the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott.

San Diego agrees to pay $30 million to family of teenager mistakenly shot in the back by cop. "[Konoa] Wilson ran away from the gunfire and, as he fled, passed by officer Daniel Gold near the station corridor." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... An immigrant story in the era of ICE.

This is an American patriot.

Yes. Why are they not allowing Special Counsel Jack Smith to testify publicly?

Professor Spencer Boyer was a great lawyer, a highly respected law teacher, and a major contributor to the development of entertainment and tax law. In the early 1970s he was a visiting professor at Florida. He told me he left after racists burned a cross on his front lawn. Rest in power, brother!

The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS. The coup was over in hours because people said no.

The most violent U.S. regions — Appalachia, the Deep South and the old frontier states — are still deeply marked by a Wild West, stand-your-ground ethos, says a new study co-authored at UC Berkeley. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/02/w...

Homicides in Baltimore started to increase in 1960. Graphic in this story shows each year since 1952. Now level is dropping back to the 1970s wbaltv.com/article/balt...

As a veteran who served in intelligence, I want to introduce you to EXORDS: the execute order from the President to SecDef. This allows 60 days operations under the War Powers Act. The President must advise Congress and gain approval to continue. No EXORD was sent to Congress. This is illegal

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Pete Hegseth: hoisted on his own petard.

The problem is protecting boys from the realities, challenges and opportunities of the world, thus preventing them from growing up. The way I see it, white power and all the social consequences of white power is a form of child abuse that no one talks about.

We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence. All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.

oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t... This is some sick craziness. Disparaging concern over Native crime as DEI.

Remember the ringleader of prison torture at Abu Ghraib, Charles Graner? Was a corrections officer at a notorious prison in Pennsylvania where guards were repeatedly accused of abusing prisoners. Sent to Abu Ghraib as a military prison guard. We just REFUSE TO LEARN. www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/w...

Add Trump 2.0: More Money for Rich People. (I’m seeing a pattern here!).

Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.

Exactly!

"Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved. Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath, but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion."

Worth remembering: Read a Book.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This is a good article. It asks the question: “if your government is breaking the law, what do laws mean? Can any be relied upon once some are breached? How do you tell the difference between living in such a society and hiding in it?”