If he’s redacted out of the Epstein files, he should at least be redacted from every where else

In 2026, writes @rodneygibbs.com, journalism will go from both-sidesism to backbone www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/from...

The damage of this mindless hostility to medical research is as incalculable as it is inexplicable. Utterly criminal.

A portrait of the kind of science we are losing, and for no reason www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/r...

A fact that needs to be spread as far and wide as possible.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “In an administration known for its erratic adoption and sudden abandonment of policies, Trump has demonstrated an unwavering determination to enhance the fortunes of the rich,” Thomas Edsall writes.

For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined. ~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending. We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.

What a way to treat some of the most dedicated and knowledgeable federal employees we have. They are among the most forward-facing employees in government and they love being stewards of public lands and sharing them with visitors.

A top National Park Service official has instructed park superintendents to limit the number of staff who get top marks in performance reviews, a move that experts say violates federal code and could make it easier to lay off staff.

Everyone should read this incredible first-person piece by Jason Collins (as told to @ramonaespn.bsky.social), on his battle with brain cancer. So much admiration for this man.

Extremely insane story involving Goodreads sleuthing, the guy steering policy on women in the military being into a lot of weird/dark/unfaithful sex stuff, AND Jack Posobiac apparently threatening the journalist reporting it

Remind me: Did Brett Kavanaugh include having your wedding band cut in pieces among the minor inconveniences of being arrested by ICE as a US citizen?

"there's a new serif in town"

Their stupidity knows no bounds. None.

Here's Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) raging about Missouri's elections being "decided in California" in response to an article about Missourians protesting a gerrymandering petition in California -- except the article is about the town of California in Missouri.

It’s as if Anne Frank was describing the state sanctioned terror in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana December, 2025

This is the perfect combination of Orwell & Heller’s Catch-22: They weren’t helpless in the water because they managed to pull themselves to safety after being blown out of the water. They really think we’re stupid ... or don’t care how stupid they look when making absurd excuses.

WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive? TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water

Neo-royalist is a term we all need in our lexicons. It describes our circumstances perfectly.

1/As FIFA delivers Trump his peace prize there will be many uncomfortable chuckles and head scratches. But this is no joke. It is another peace in building a neo-royalist order based not on states but hyper elites. Orders use symbols for legitimation. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Wow

NEW: ICE had initially planned a limited pilot program to hire bounty hunters and private investigators for immigrant tracking. The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor. From @dell.bsky.social

I’m having a very difficult time with the idea that shipping human beings to a torture prison hasn’t caused more outrage. There’s something deeply wrong with our country.

In the end, it didn’t cut government spending, and there was no promised “savings.” In the end, DOGE destroyed countless lives, ravaged American soft power, killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world (soon millions), & stole your data. Elon Musk should be on trial.

REMINDER: you can LISTEN instead. Just search "Letters from an American" on Substack or your favorite podcast platform.

All that madness, drama and polished torture porn video & hysteria from DHS … and not a single criminal charge. Nada. Zip. Bupkis. Grotesque abuse of power. 🤢

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find: - NONE of the arrested were criminally charged - NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists." - ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

The only thing missing from this is the flying spittle and twitches. Utterly unhinged behavior and hatred. (And wow … no wonder he sees nothing wrong with Tucker Carlson platforming a Nazi.)

Horrible, but utterly obvious racist stereotypes.

This is horrifying enough. But add to this Homeland Security’s disgraceful “defend our culture” recruitment ads featuring idealized images of white people & you have nothing less than the government explicitly aspiring for a white ethnostate.

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Succinct and effective. No government in US history has interfered with the lives of Americans as broadly and lawlessly as this one.

This is crucially important. We have to stop shooting ourselves in the foot by pushing people out.

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Marco Rubio not just a liar. Accessory to mass murder of children.

Agree with this whole thread and particularly this. I don’t want to have to defend my right to video record law enforcement in public with violence, or suffer violence. I don’t want my phone stolen. Our 1A rights are superior to whatever law enforcement reasons they have. And we need confirmation

So so so much this.

More horrifying by the day.

Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps Step 2: Stop measuring hunger Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

This puts the lie to the immigration raid in GA last week. And it will jeopardize other foreign investment in manufacturing here. In other words, Trump’s performative immigration nonsense is throttling his own goals—and our economy. He’s killing jobs six ways to Sunday. @davidmwessel.bsky.social

@crampell.bsky.social FYI someone is imitating your account. Reported and blocked but keep an eye out.

PRINCE GEORGE – A British Columbia man has been arrested for allegedly driving a pink toy Barbie truck down a city street while impaired.