Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike. The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S. It wasn't carrying fentanyl. The survivors didn't "radio for backup." This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.

ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)

ICE goons are conducting kidnappings from Chicago streets without explanation, leaving communities in utter confusion and fear. This lack of transparency is creating a climate of panic and instability in our neighborhoods. We must stand together.

Trump Declares He Can Wage Secret Wars Against Anyone He Calls an Enemy theintercept.com/2025/10/02/v...

🚀 We tested 5 leading AI image generators @washingtonpost.com to see which tool is truly the best at editing & creating visuals. From adding bangs to The Rock to removing people from photos — the results might surprise you 🧵👇

Good. Other big states should follow suit since Congress under the GOP won't protect our rights here.

Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist newrepublic.com/post/204475/... via @newrepublic.com This is great -- make Trump disclose his medical and financial records. That is how the law is supposed to work.

Armed, uniformed personnel on oil tankers. Russian warships patrolling shipping lanes. A "permanent" naval presence in the Baltic. Sweden's Navy says Russia is running a military operation to protect its shadow fleet - which carries 90% of Russian crude exports. euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/16/s...

On the 3rd night of Hanukkah, we share this 1950s photo of Jewish American war veterans gathered around a menorah. 🕎 The preservation of images like this links the past to our present & shows how traditions endure across generations. 📸 archive.org/details/cala... #Preservation #Holidays #Veterans

The Oil Crash Is Here. What Next? youtu.be/f5Vs69zrcnk?...

... manufacturing is on an upswing ... manufactured consent.

This is a harrowing account of city under siege www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.

CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Remember when DOGE stole all of our data and gave it to Palantir?

🔥 BREAKING: Shareholders of Cisco voted today to reject an anti-DEI proposal presented at its annual meeting, by a tally of 99-1% of voting shares. Trump tirade against DEI turns to proxy advisors and shareholder democracy. www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...

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.

Incidentally (bc this matters), one of the people convicted of seditious conspiracy WAS pardoned: Enrique Tarrio (he claimed prosecutors asked him to flip on Trump).

On U.S. soil, the worst antisemitic massacre in living memory was perpetrated by one of Vance's white nationalist fellow travelers, who was specifically incensed about the Jewish community providing aid to refugees and asylum seekers.

"The basic point is this–if you want to control waste, you have to force corporations to do it, just like you have to force corporations to do everything you want them to. The idea of corporate self-regulation or Corporate Social Responsibility is just outright absurd."

"data suggests Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles" that's just really really bad sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...

... a former lobbyist (Amazon, Google, MLB, SpaceX Embassy of Qatar), she worked for Reagan, Quayle, Rick Scott, DeSantis ... she knew exactly who all these ppl were and are. Why speak out now in such a way?

good morning holy shit www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

This is a Member of Congress.

Dividing the world into “the left” and “the right” is a gross over-simplification designed to divide and conquer. Even worse is the the part-whole fallacy—point to bad behavior by some members of a group and blame the entire group. Plus, it’s inaccurate. See Trump. And both murders were horrific.

Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

This Laura Loomer? I sense a double standard.

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

Ukraine strikes Russian oil infrastructure in Caspian Sea for third time, source says reut.rs/44xUxYu

Here is an account of one of Stephen Miller's earliest immigrant ancestors arriving in the United States in 1903. It's taken from an unpublished book by Miller's grandmother, which we have posted online here for the first time. It's amazing stuff. assets.newrepublic.com/pdf/1998-Pre...

US legal citizenship is a complex topic. Here's what I hope my book helps people understand. 1. Before the 14th Amendment included birthright citizenship, one's access to rights/privileges/protections was not based on legal citizenship--it was based on race, gender, social class, membership in 1/

In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925. [Selfie: July 2022, NYC]

"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."

We have lifted the paywall on this article so that most people can read it for free. But your support of Detroit News journalism is what makes this kind of original, in-depth journalism possible. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl. Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist. They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed. Another horrific story. More details below.

There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it." It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵

One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her. The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.” By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

At SNL I worked with artists who made the funniest, stupidest graphics in no time flat. Some of my biggest jokes would have been impossible without these geniuses building an insane image or finding the perfect real-life photo of a politician. Sucks that their work is being pushed aside for slop.

The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned to honor Napoleon in 1806. By the time construction had really begun in earnest, Napoleon had suffered a disastrous military defeat and had been forced into exile.

Elon Musk's AI robot is spewing misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Publish your article and get smeared. That’s the message Dan Friedman came away with after he emailed the Pentagon for comment on a story and soon received a message from Pizzagate promoterJack Posobiec threatening to publish a scurrilous story about him.

New Justice Department Voting Rights Chief Had Prior Job Suspension for Ties to Election Deniers

This is nothing but a handout. Nobody cares what the curricular implementation looks like, because the sole purpose is lock-in contracts for EdTech companies (all AI companies are EdTech companies now).

Remember all those Telegram chats leaked from high-ranking leaders of the Young Republicans—praising slavery, Hitler, and the Nazis? Last night was the NY Young Republican Club's Annual Gala They hosted 20 of the far-right AfD Nazi leaders, inc the Nazi deputy co-chair, who was the guest of honor

Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.