“His voice had become hysterical, the voice of a desperate fanatic, rather than that of a leader of armies and men.” From Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies, recalling a radio address shortly after DDay

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A duel for the Nobel Nepo Award

RIP First Amendment

More believable: pres and First Lady make prank calls to the children of liberals to say Santa is not real

This is VERY high up on my list of things we need to do better in 2026: Find a way to use the Admin's claim they oppose antisemitism to impose a cost for the antisemitism they routinely push out. There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!

When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond? By garnishing their wages. When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond? By extending their tax cuts. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Always cover for your coworkers during the holidays!

Nat. Guard Commander: Sorry folks, tell your families you can’t make the holidays this year, we’re getting deployed. Nat. Guard Officer: Oh my. Like in the Iraq war. Which country are we being sent to? Commander: Uh… DC. To perpetuate the president’s lies, and maybe harass a nonthreatening person.

Quote of the day 🤣 Interesting example given the rumors about Sundowner Don

His view on the future is pretty bleak. He thinks much of what public health has achieved in the US will be dismantled: "We've entered this, like, dark age and it's going to get worse. It is going to get so much worse."

DJT and these guys are seriously the last people I want scheming about rates and, goddesses forbid, designing new health systems or insurance models.

Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:

The protective shield built above the former Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant could collapse following a Russian strike earlier this year, plant director Serhii Tarakanov told AFP in an interview published Dec. 23.

I’m sure it’s fine cause voter suppression

Plausible West Wing + The Wire?

Like the SNL song

Across the nation, families are gathering in joy and safety, thanks to those who fought for our freedom. What did veterans get as a holiday gift from the President? A targeted, dangerous abortion ban, issued quietly overnight. It's unconscionable. This entire administration should be ashamed.

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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

It would not surprise me to learn that male participants didn’t know or don’t remember the names of the girls and women trafficked to them. If they’ve asked or otherwise telegraphed their interest now to the Administration, it’s probably not because they want to apologize.

Bari’s complaint was “there’s nothing new here” and while that’s untrue it’s also irrelevant “we intentionally sent people to be tortured in a hellhole and bragged about it and The Hague is too good for everyone involved” is a story that simply cannot be told enough

Straight outta the abusers’ playbook

Interesting prediction. What’s the Kalshi?

BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.

Well they won’t be long for those jobs. Separately, I feel for them. It’s peak self-important elitism to think that you can do multiple big jobs simultaneously. This happens across corporate America and it’s particularly offensive and annoying when it’s your boss and/or exec team.

When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.

Wrong. The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.

What’s the percent of the FPL on those shoes?

The bringing of the media entities to heel is as much a massive catch-and-kill operation as it as is a glorify the leader and his friends operation. Not sure why it’s taking so long for folks to figure this out.

60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

Puck news confirming exactly what we all assume happened at CBS News(max) — Bari Weiss happened

Can it go next to this one?

Thinking about the therapy his kids are going to need

Cash/crypto flow

All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.

Don’t “mega” the church. It’s a churchy BUSINESS!

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As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves

lol, not Scott’s point but this tracks with them wanting credit for anything they think is remotely positive and attempting to distance and blame for everything else

Also great to mention in your performance review documents and discussions!

Maybe a better use of AI or those aura-like devices would be to text this as a PSA to your friends and family when you’ve had a bad day at work or just escaped a road rage incident or Karen at the mall. Maybe a siren accompanying if all of the above.

Hey, leave the mean girls out it, they have capacity for shame and redemption.

Fun

Ivanka’s nose wants a word

Sure, sure, everyone loves a war on our continent

“Theater kids always crumble if you actually press them.” Riiiiiiiiight….. Quiet, piggy! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

Crimson here demo how it’s better than many other publications. Sure sounds like some of the Salient’s staff are auditioning for jobs with Steven Miller & friends.