The United States, known for murder and piracy on the high seas.

Remember this? James O'Keefe got Pam Bondi on video last May saying the FBI was processing “tens of thousands of videos” of Epstein “with little kids.” Then she told reporters “There are tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child porn.” www.mediaite.com/politics/att...

How in the world does the President get to sell citizenship by executive order?

At least 15 photos from Epstein files, including with Trump and females, have disappeared from DOJ website: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

We need one of these about every ten miles or so along the entire 50,000 miles of the US interstate highway system news.yahoo.com/news/article...

This is the Trump Administration’s clearest move yet toward privatizing VA care. The VA plans to cut 35,000 positions, and expand massive private community care contracts, up to $1 trillion over 10 years. That’s outsourcing veterans’ health care to for-profit systems while shrinking VA capacity.

"I was hoping to die and be done from that, as the pain was not only caused by the rape, but also from the severe and painful beating." This Palestinian man was abducted by Israel for 16 months without charge. www.bbc.com/news/article...

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

NPR identified more than a dozen Epstein files released by the DOJ on Friday that are no longer available Saturday afternoon, including one that shows President Trump's photo.

This photo has been removed. By whom? For whom? Melania? Pass it FORWARD!

Lavish and glowing coverage of Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Kirill Dmitriev in Russian media. These meetings and dealings are portrayed as an exhibition of Russian power and influence.

This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release. AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.

The President of the United States deleted this photo of the drawer full of photos with himself and Jeffrey Epstein from the DOJ's illegally redacted release of the files last night. We are watching a cover up in real time. This is file 468.

I took an oath to defend the Constitution, the rule of law, and our First Amendment rights. Which means I won't let this Administration silence me. Because in the Navy, we don't give up the ship.

As Trump pulls the plug on supporting LGBTQ youth, California is putting more resources toward providing vulnerable kids with mental health resources. We’re proud to announce a new partnership with the @trevorproject.bsky.social to launch a new statewide program to reduce youth suicides.

Jim Beam is shutting down its distillery for 2026. They blame a "glut" on the market even though the industry produced 55 million less gallons this year than last. Some glut. People aren't buying MAGA whiskey. Score another one for the Canadian boycott. whiskycast.com/beam-to-shut...

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

Here's how our Sun-Times photojournalists documented  U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Bovino's return to Chicago. Plus, 26 more photos.

NEW: After months of the government telling the court under penalty of perjury that the US Attorney alone made the decision to charge Kilmar Abrego with a crime, there is now EVIDENCE tying Todd Blanche to the decision. More to come on Substack... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Gupta: Just the way he presents himself. Whether it’s the hand—is there something happening with that hand? Is there an IV there that they’re trying to cover up? His pressurized, rambling, incoherent speech. When you take it all together, reasonable people are asking reasonable questions

Out of respect to Virginia Giuffre and the other survivors who were once more disrespected by yesterday’s coverup of the Epstein Files, I invite you to post her picture to your social networks. Thank you.

This week members in both House and Senate denigrated the entire Muslim faith in words I will not repeat.

“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”

Democracy Docket vs Washington Post. It has never been more urgent to support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

U.S. forces launch strike against ISIS in Syria in retaliation for attack that killed 3 Americans www.nbcnews.com/world/syria/...

Los Angeles Angels settles lawsuit with family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs over fatal overdose :: WRAL.com https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ca/101712/ SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels reached a confidential settlement Friday in a lawsuit over…

Stark from the statement of a girl who travelled with Epstein for something like two years, and was serially abused by him.

This stuff was just on an absolutely industrial scale. This is a girl who was aged 14 to 16 and she alone saw Epstein *100 times*. This, btw, was at the peak of Epstein's influence and his celebrity friendships:

I'm on the Epstein library website and this 🧵 will be everything I find and think is interesting enough to share If you have any terms you think I should search for let me know!

🔴 Russian forces struck Odesa’s port infrastructure in the evening. Local authorities report seven killed and 15 wounded.

Columbus folks: there have been several reports of ICE hanging out on the Westside, along norton and around that area. Try to be aware for your neighbors and yourselves.

US measles cases have just hit a 30 year high with 1,958 confirmed cases. 93% of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals The MMR is safe & effective It all but eradicated measles Every child who gets sick, disabled or dies from these outbreaks is a public health failure

We need to teach necropolitics in grade school social studies. Expanding the list of people who can be "un-personed" by the state. The legal framework by which a human being is reduced to Homo Sacer -- "bare life", a biological entity that can be killed without it being considered a crime.

Trump Put His Name on the Kennedy Center in 24 Hours. This Is What Authoritarianism Looks Like. Mediaite

Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law. /1

My in depth interview with @nbcnews.com @meetthepress.com www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...

Heads up, Ohio, it’s icy out there 😒😒😒

My latest about why Trump’s weakness is not a sign of safety for democracy just went out to Democracy Docket subscribers. Sign up now to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

As Trump's physical and political decline worsens, the cultish flattery from top aides has proportionally grown. As @moiradonegan.bsky.social says on the pod, Trumpworld is now puffing him up publicly to compensate for his deterioration. Moira is so good here: newrepublic.com/article/2046...

Justice Department • Friday Deadline I don’t care what your political affiliation is, your social status, power or wealth. Anyone that has participated in sex trafficking, abusing & raping children/women must be held accountable! Release The Epstein Files! #EpsteinClientList Thread 1/3🧵

Wow. I was already impressed with the interview earlier today. Now I am in awe. Gift link wapo.st/49ixYtq

Russell Vought announced that the National Science Foundation will “break up” the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado calling it a source of “climate alarmism” and saying its work should be dismantled and redistributed.

A memo from AG Bondi has given federal law enforcement marching orders to go after anti-government groups, alarming legal experts and former FBI agents who say it could jump-start deep surveillance aimed at political opposition. Archive, no paywall: archive.ph/FEub4

JUST IN: Suspected Brown University shooter found dead via self-inflicted gunshot wound inside storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire