5 yrs ago next Tuesday, an American president who lost an election but refused to accept the loss incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election. Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.

One the greatest cons Republicans have pulled on Americans is that they are the fiscally responsible party.

They're gonna be real upset when they read about literally any of Trump's appointees for anything.

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This should be the first thing Trump is impeached for. Easy to prove and easy for the public to understand.

My column this week. Tommy Tuberville has repeatedly shown contempt for vast swathes of the state he wants to govern. And Alabama voters can’t dismiss his recent threats against Muslims as performative. Making him governor will allow him to harass innocent people over the way they worship God.

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It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).

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We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States. Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.

This thread from Peter Sagal seems right on point:

#GVerse Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social shouts at a guy in a Darth Vader costume in Hollywood “Dad I told you don’t follow me to work!”

So I hate to be That Guy, but we're entering into uncertain territory here with the Epstein Files, and it's more important than ever that we make sure we know all the facts before we blow things up. I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.

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Our 2025 version of "Carol of the Bells" - originally a Ukrainian New Year celebration song "Shchedryk" - music 1st written by Mykola Leontovych in Pokrovsk (now under Russian occupation). The composer would be murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921. #SlavaUkraïni #dontabandonthem youtu.be/vvMLtJ-Wyfs

There should be INTERNATIONAL criminal warrants out for everybody involved. So that way if any of these people who facilitated this ever leave their home countries, they’re getting cuffed.

The United States of America is responsible for this. I feel sick.

Spent 6 months in detention waiting on a decision on his asylum application until he was deported to CECOT The detail that they sent out an asylum seeker who presented himself to immigration correctly also seems new. Again, did we know this? Seems like a weird thing for a terrorist to do

"They should come here the right way" 🙄 This is shameful. (The government's action, that is. But also Weiss's action.)

People must grasp the idea of “media capture.” It’s when authoritarian regimes and/or their powerful allies take control of media to stifle independent voices holding the government to account. It’s one way Hungary’s Viktor Orbán keeps power. In the U.S., it’s what the Ellisons have done with CBS.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

@60 Minutes - Why? Afraid we Americans will examine our national conscience during the season of the Christchild, and find ourselves deeply divorced from and acting in utter contradiction to the teachings so many of us were raised on?

Which is weird, because my religion is about: 1. The first shall be last, the meek inherit, the mighty are brought low 2. Every tribe, tongue, and nation 3. The hungry are filed with good things and the rich are turned away empty 4. Upside-down Kingdom of humility 5. Embrace of Truth and grace

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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

The Far Right: “Stop Calling Us Nazis!!!”

From the right-wing Manhattan Institute's focus group of Gen Z conservatives -- just jaw-dropping stuff. We have a very sick society. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...

I need a utility knife to open the package.

It's so weird that the "surprise" "vote" happened yesterday but they had the external lettering, tarps, and crew all ready to go.

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

Just from this morning's news. Nothing subtle or complicated about what's happening here.

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These are the people who are willing to go on the record. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

It’s wild that the folks who cling to American exceptionalism are the ones who elected Donald Trump…

I'm gonna make some of you mad by saying this, but please don't do this. I do not hope for, or celebrate, any human being's death. (Which is not to say I cry when guys like Bin Laden are taken out.) But don't let Trump make you into this.

New attack on immigrants: the Trump administration is demanding that Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices start drumming up “100-200 denaturalization cases per month.” Normally a naturalized citizen cannot be stripped of citizenship unless they committed fraud on their application. 🎁

Well this seems to fit with the times.

Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement. #NoWords 🤮

I am trying to think of a time when so many right-wing Christian folks have come out as strongly against Trump as they currently are re: his Rob Reiner comments.

In honor of Rob Reiner........... he fought for democracy. "Directed by Dan Partland and produced by actor/filmmaker Rob Reiner, “God & Country” is based on Katherine Stewart’s 2019 book The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism." www.au.org/the-latest/c...

precious few of our national level leaders have acted as heroes this year. That has largely been a role foisted upon regular people to bear the burden of being courageous in the face of authoritarianism. Senator Van Hollen saving Kilmar’s life is an exception - a genuine act of heroism.

Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong. Wherever in the world it happens. You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.

This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough. This is deeply sick conduct. newrepublic.com/article/2043...

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Want to know what toxic empathy really is? It’s using your national platform to write a letter to a clerical abuser and offering to help him with a puff piece to help soften his sexual misconduct. No wonder Meg has joined the anti-empathy crowd. She’s still covering for her dad.

The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

Trump attacks quickly turn to threats: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...