It’s time to speak up while you still can.

“[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file... [He] was on [Epstein’s] plane... He’s on the manifest.” - Susie Wiles https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/trump-susie-wiles.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8.X5Un.RzkcVPQ2qNhM

I can't claim to be a political analyst but I know how to break Donald Trump: give someone else close to him attention. If sane people began referring to Stephen Miller as "President Stephen Miller" and Trump as his ventriloquist's dummy, Stephen Miller would be gone in no time.

Joke of the day : "ICE holds its employees to the highest standards of professionalism and takes seriously all accusations of inappropriate conduct" -ICE spokesperson after one of their officers is revealed to be a white supremacist If they held their agents accountable, there wouldn't be any left.

@markhertling.bsky.social says Russian strikes on civilians "create the appearance of victory where none exists," while Ukraine is trying to "dismantle the machinery that makes those strikes possible" — and it's making headway. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Wow — White House Chief of staff Susie Wiles did not hold back. 👀 Start the clock! ⏰ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

On April 17, 2025, conservative David Brooks wrote this in an OpEd in the NY Times www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o... "Trumpism is primarily about the acquisition of power — power for its own sake. It is a multifront assault to make the earth a playground for ruthless men, so of course any institutions

You just know that the United States military are killing some innocent people. So let me ask, where is the pushback from Congress and the courts! This cannot continue people! 😡 US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people. apnews.com/video/us-mil...

Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k. These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day"). Unemployment is now up to 4.6%. This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.

“Russia needs Donbass to launch its full invasion of larger Europe.”

Not sure there's a clearer way to say any security guarantees the US is offering Ukraine are toilet paper than to shutdown EUCOM while offering them. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Why is my ability to scroll now limited? Is this happening to everybody? Or just me? I scroll for 15 minutes or so and it just stops. Didn't used to do this. Can't find a way to fix it. But I'm fairly new. Any suggestions?

Here's an idea: Rob Reiner's daughters should sue Trump for $20 billion dollars (evidently Trump's favorite number) for slander, defamation, inciting violence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Carol Rosenberg is the empress of the Gitmo press corps, but in her spare time she wrote this deep dive into an instance of the Pentagon’s restoring the names of Confederates to military bases through cynically obvious dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...

MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…” Lawless.

Gaza’s Government Media Office reports Israel has broken terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire at least 738 times since it took effect on October 10, killing at least 386 Palestinians, while severely restricting shipments of food, shelter, medicine, fuel and other basic goods into Gaza.

Breaking: The U.S. labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October and November, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6% — the highest since 2021.

From the new chief of Britain's MI6: "Hundreds of thousands have died, with the toll mounting every day, because of Putin’s historical distortions and his compromised desire for respect. He is dragging out negotiations and shifting the cost of war onto his own population."

#GVerse via @captmarkkelly.bsky.social "Tonight, we learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation." If #Shit4Brains or #WhiskyLeaks think they can stop me from doing my job and serving the American people, they've got the wrong guy."

NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.

The president was more focused on golf than on hearing about his policies at a White House meeting. The Daily Beast

This is a real headline on the New York Times website. Support independent media.

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U.S. ISSUES GENERAL LICENSE AUTHORIZING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING JOINT STOCK COMPANY BELARUSIAN POTASH COMPANY, AGROROZKVIT LLC, AND BELARUSKALI OAO -TREASURY DEPARTMENT WEBSITE

Russia is making preparations for the Zelensky ceasefire. A bill on the genocide of the occupied territories has passed the Russian parliament and will be brought in effect once the frontlines are frozen in place.

This is both disgusting and expected. The Scumbag-in-Chief

Another exhibit for @sean-hecker.bsky.social for vindictive and selective prosecution.

The purpose of the United States Constitution is to limit the power of the Federal Government, not the American People. #Truth

So, this happened😱 no one is talking about it.

I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...

The Soulless Train

Rand Paul: "The president also said, 'Be careful Colombia, you could be next.' I mean, if we're gonna go and topple regime after regime in South America, there's no amount of money that could be printed to pay for that and I don't think lives should be lost without a vote by Congress."

#GVerse #Food4Thought For no reason at all… Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.

Being held because of religious beliefs or non-beliefs is something we must fight. FREEDOM OF RELIGION is our core with the caveat of as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

This man doesn't just lead from the rear. Slava Ukraini!

Trump wants to re-litigate his 2020 loss. (Or maybe there's some other batcrapcrazy reason. You never know with Trump's fascist handlers) What he and they should really be worrying about these day is the loss he's looking at in 2026. 🗽

"domestic terrorist activity includes “hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality.” A “cash reward system” for information that leads to an arrest for “witnesses and citizen journalists” to report what they believe to be domestic violence." www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"

The Convicted FElon is now saying that he pardoned Tina Peters, even though he doesn't have any power over state convictions. But he wants to control all levels of government, Federal, State & Local governments.

Russian drone just attacked sport school in Sumy region while children were still on training. It was a targeted attack , local administration reports.

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it…

The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.

Trump is literally pulling folks out of being sworn in as citizens because they are not white.

Two attempts to re-indict AG James refused by 2 different grand juries. Her lawyer told Jen Psaki tonight that the repeated attempts strengthen their case to have it thrown out for "vindictive prosecution," which it so clearly is. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

This poster compares what she heard to her late husband after he suffered brain damage. "And then he [drumpf] said something like this: "Grwiiooo nnogccc mmm orheeaa." I've often compared his speech and behavior to my mom with dementia. Either way, not good. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

And he proves it. "We’ve been betrayed by Donald Trump and the people around him in ways that would have made Benedict Arnold blush." www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...