My report makes it plain: Trump has used his pardon power to reward political allies, corporations, & insurrectionists—ignoring the people who need it most. He must change course and prioritize clemency for people directly harmed by mass incarceration & systemic injustice.

To that effect, nobody should be using it for anything important.

I used to think X had no public utility but it is developing into some sort of monument to billionaire hubris. It's a living museum of paranoiac mania, a Grey Gardens situation.

Maybe the reason MAGA thinks everyone in the world is a predator and a pedophile is because they are surrounded by predators and pedophiles within their ranks. It's always projection folks. Always.

An ex-FEMA official said the agency can’t do disaster response and recovery without the staff that are being laid off.

State supreme courts are a battlefield for pressing issues, from abortion rights to ballot access. But do you know how your court works? Our guide breaks down the structure and procedures of every single state’s highest court.

This is the kind of great work that @boltsmag.org does. Follow them. Support them. You can’t fight for power if you don’t understand where it sits. Include Bolts in your citizenship toolkit.

Musk himself got sued for falsely claiming that one of the men trying to rescue the Thai cave kids was a “pedo guy.”

I think my favorite part of getting even the smallest amount of rain in SoCal is that people completely forget how to drive. Just had a person in front of me stop in the middle of the road with their left blinker on instead of shifting over into the center turn area

Wild Turkeys, about 5 feet from the window. The BlueJays and Woodpeckers make a mess of sweeping their beaks through the seeds in the feeders, leaving a treasure of food for these guys.

Thanks to the work of the FBI and vigilant law enforcement, this potential attack was stopped before anyone was hurt. I am grateful to the brave officers who keep us safe every day.

Jack Smith's deposition must be bigger news "There is no historical analog for what..Trump did..[H]e was free to say he thought he won..He was even free to say falsely that he won..But..he was not free to..violate federal law and use knowingly false statements..to target lawful government function"

Just can’t get over how moving this is

I hope Congress acts asap to make this guidance ultimately unnecessary, but until then, offering some guidance and tips if you or a loved one’s care access is being impacted due to federal inaction.

CANCELS PBS & NPR FUNDING

Trump Supporter at Zohran’s Inauguration: “This affordability thing is all a decoy. I’m not having an issue feeding myself.” @waltermasterson.bsky.social : “Trump ran on lowering prices. Was it bullshit then too?” Trump Supporter: “Gotta go!

Is the press never going to ask Melania about her participation in those Epstein parties?! She was in the files too.

I am grateful for the hardworking investigators and law enforcement officers who prevented this potential attack and that it was stopped before anyone was harmed. www.cbsnews.com/news/potenti...

The Trump administration this week made abrupt cuts to the top federal disaster response agency, even as US communities face increased threats from natural disasters caused by the global climate crisis. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts

Why have MAGA influencers stopped hating Canada? Thank the hockey he-men of Heated Rivalry.

A clip that has not lost its relevance

Gap Unveils New 'For Kids By Kids' Clothing Line

Just a quick reminder that Jack Smith had 86 witnesses lined up ready to convict Donald Trump, and every one of them were Republicans

I suspect transgender rights and higher education are two issues where NYT leadership is as opposed to the progressive left's positions as the right's. So they lean into right-wing framing of those subjects to rebut broader liberal bias charges. transnews.network/p/a-directiv...

Zohran gets right to work going after bad landlords on day 1

What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam

When did Donald Trump become a WIP caller?

Chris Rufo decides what will get the MAGAverse outraged, usually something explicitly racist, the influencers all jump in with both feet...and next thing you know...funding for kids all across the country gets frozen Great work a**holes Kudos @atrupar.com www.publicnotice.co/p/shirley-vi...

RFK Jr. ordered the CDC to terminate their flu vaccination ad campaign immediately after taking office. Just in case anyone was curious about his silence in the face of what is emerging as an unusually severe flu season and why he’s not out encouraging vaccines.

Sure hope the folks at Arc Stone & Tile were smart enough to demand cash payment otherwise they can get in line behind the thousands who Trump refused/failed to pay …

Bari Weiss Launches Jar Of Mayonnaise Into CBS Evening News Anchor Chair www.wonkette.com/p/bari-weiss... By Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social

Former NYT Editor: "I think [AG Sulzberger] saw [anti-trans coverage] as a political project—that he could take a stance that the hard right would like, that the Trump campaign might like."

A must-read:

Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York

Much respect for Jack Smith‼️ Way too smart for GOP/MAGA‼️

Imagine believing, and getting mad about, Somali daycare centers having contributed $35 million to the Democrats - a nonsensical, demonstrable, obvious lie. And yet some *billionaires* believed it and then spread the lie over on Twitter. Some of the richest people are some of the dumbest.

🚨BREAKING: A pro-democracy organization has filed two formal complaints asking federal watchdogs to look into potential illegal actions and partisanship inside the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an independent federal agency tasked with helping states administer elections.

Racketeering charges against 61 people indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed on December 30, marking a significant victory for those facing prosecution in the years after the movement’s peak.

Having my mom send all my grade school report cards to Harvard so they have to hire me as a biochemist

Manufactured Age of Consent. by Noam Chomsky

A senile Republican president has turned America into a disease-ridden, economically stagnant police state. But my liberal neighbor is having a Hamilton-themed birthday party for his nine-year-old. I have never felt more politically homeless.

Corrupt tech billionaires are buying power to tilt the world in their favor. Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️ The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly. It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.

We here at Musk Enterprises have heard your feedback: from now on Grok will shake its head while generating child porn to indicate that it disagrees with it

Trump’s Typo Post Told Colorado Governor and DA to “Rot in Hell” Trump deleted his first post misspelling Tina Peters’ name meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...

See if you can spot the journalistic lapse in this headline.

Right, merit is whatever metric confirms my longstanding belief that I am a Very Special Boy.

Interesting how little actual work comes into their concept of “merit,” you just deserve things because you fit category x

As near as I can tell, this man was briefly “on the faculty” of a small college devoted to business education but he has big ideas for revamping the entire university system.