Reposting with alt text, from the "no one's looking at the news right now and they'll have forgotten about it by next Monday" document dump of Jack Smith's deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.” SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.” CNN: “No, every day care is locked.” SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔 He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.

Really interesting thread with insights on American reading habits in 2025. I know I've seen changes in my attention span that have made reading large quantities of books a little more challenging but over 40% of adults saying they didn't read one book is sobering.

I mean, let's talk about the obvious.

Wait, it was EMIL BOVE who was told about the Tom Homan investigation during the transition?!?!? www.ms.now/news/border-...

MSP- Huge FDA recall of foods/drugs/pet foods sold at several local stores to salmonella risk due to rodent/avian contamination. Check the stores plus HUGE list of products here: www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

A major homeless encampment in St. Paul has remained relatively clean and calm, with dumpsters to keep trash in check, portable toilets for residents and frequent visits from outreach workers.

The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care. We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.

White dude with camera arrives at daycare and demands to see kids. Daycare workers keep doors and windows closed. White dude alleges fraud. Every Republican backs white dude. That's the current story in Minnesota.

US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections The US total reflects 54 new #measles cases, as the country teeters on the brink of losing its measles elimination status next month www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.

Get your flu shot and mask up ppl. Influenza A and specifically type H3N2 is wrecking both patients and hospitals right now. I am so serious some of the patient complaints are- “Like coughing up razor blades” “My body is on fire” “It hurts to breathe” (typed out by pt)

Hello repro writers from the mid to late 20 teens - I just discovered Cosmopolitan at some point pulled almost every politics/repro story from the 5 years I wrote for them offline (except two, which they put under someone else's name and gave me "additional reporting" which it very much was not)

One thing 2025 made clear: Durable progress on climate in the US will require structural reform to our corrupted political systems. Otherwise, steps forward will always be vulnerable to the bloody clawbacks we saw this year. A political strategy that doesn't center system reform is not "pragmatic."

Attention Hennepin County residents and everyone who thinks freedom of assembly is good!

Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.

Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story

“Like prime, but with human beings”

ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people … with a smaller facility holding up to 1,500 people in Woodbury. wapo.st/4axtwZ4

It’s Day 22 of the ICE invasion of MSP. Today we’ve seen a sharp increase in activity, likely the “surge” we’ve been expecting. This is the moment to get involved, if you aren’t already. Carry your whistle. Be ready to respond and defend your neighbors. Connect to your hyper local Signal group.

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

In case you're unclear on what JD Vance is trying to do here maybe it will help to recall Italian writer Ignazio Silone's 1938 description of what fascism is: “Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”

This is bunk. These sites are chosen to not interfere with radar systems, according to the process listed on...the Department of Energy's website: windexchange.energy.gov/projects/rad...

CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration 60M's ⁦‪Sharyn Alfonsi‬⁩ said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage My NPR story www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...

Leprosy in Florida is becoming an actual thing. 36 cases reported so far this year, compared to 20 total cases in 2024. 27 of 36 cases were acquired locally. Growing populations of armadillos and old folks with weak immune systems may be to blame.

This is a great thread up and down. It really is time to get back to first principles

Wider view that I took before I remembered my phone can zoom in

“Four detainee deaths in one week is a red hot crisis,” said Eunice Cho of the ACLU. “There is no question in my mind that this represents a clear deterioration of medical care and the worsening conditions in ICE detention.”

There’s snipers on the roof of the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis right now

I’m looking for 100% Filipino people who are willing to submit a cheek swab test in hopes for a genetic match to my aunt, who is battling blood cancer. The registry for stem cells doesn’t have many Filipino people in it, and joining it could help many. Please share/reach out to me! bit.ly/4aiUIKQ

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

We’ve had this talk before. This is disconcertingly similar to the setup for the Tuskegee trials. It is a basic and agreed-upon principle of research that we do not withhold effective standard treatments from people just to do an experiment. This rule was set in place because of the Nazis.

If ICE gets to decide against all evidence that your documentation is fake, just because they say so, then there is no law. For anyone, but especially for Black and brown people the Supreme Court has declared are warrantless arrest targets.

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was born in Maryland. She has a valid U.S. birth certificate, medical and immunization records, and sworn affidavits. Yet, ICE claims her documents are “not authentic” and has held her in immigration detention for days.

"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping." Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.

Trump promised to lower costs “one day one.” But CPI data shows that inflation is still higher than when he started his chaotic trade war in April. Donald Trump is standing in the way of lower prices for you.

This is Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ethics pledge. She was a lobbyist for Ballard — the same firm hired to lobby for both Paramount AND Netflix. But Trump’s Justice Department said Bondi will oversee the Warner Bros. merger. It reeks of corruption. Bondi must recuse herself.

NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader. So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.

I really hope the Senate kills the trans care felony bill. And the Medicaid HRT ban for adults likely to pass the House tomorrow. I really do. Not sure what else to say but call your senators. It's worked before.

“.. Trump’s $1,776 checks for more than a million troops .. come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize housing allowances for service members, a senior administration official confirmed.” @defenseone.bsky.social www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...

It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.

By doing so here, the Trump Administration runs smack into the prohibition on Medicare and Medicaid regulating the practice of medicine (as opposed to deciding what they'll pay for). Congress recognized regulating the practice of medicine is a state function, not one for Medicare/Medicaid.

Immigrant-owned and operated businesses along E Lake St are struggling under the ICE occupation. Please visit if you can, show support, have a meal or buy some gifts. This page has some good suggestions of places to visit: www.minneapolis.org/neighborhood...

An immigrant driver from India is arrested by border patrol at the O’Hare rideshare lot. He said he has never committed a crime in 11 years in the United States: “oh my God no”

I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along

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

One of the most striking things about youth suicide rates is how much they differ between states. A sixfold difference is massive! ojjdp.ojp.gov/statistical-...