If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States

High-level, pardoned Capitol rioters will return to Capitol on Tuesday youtube.com/shorts/yKCrP...

Well ive got today and Sunday left to enjoy life without a focus on Trump and seeing that his minions are reportedly planning to honor Ashli Babbitt on the 6th with a little march around town, im going to back away slowly now and retain my sanity for awhile longer.

From the superseding indictment against Nicolás Maduro, in SDNY. The case is before Alvin Hellerstein. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump rejected our Constitutionally required approval process for armed conflict because the Administration knows the American people overwhelmingly reject risks pulling our nation into another war.

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.

So we are kidnapping presidents now huh?

I am taking a break from socials until 2026. Have a happy new year. Thank you for your support this year and all the ones that came before it. 2026 will be challenging, I dont doubt it for a second, but I am optimistic. Why? Because you cant kill goodness or good ideas, try as they might.

I have been so happy to see the positive engagement with this story. It means so much to the folks at AHPSS and to me as well because it feels really good to add a story to the world that doesnt merely increase suffering and misery.

That's amazing! Its so inspiring to see folks jump in to help people in a crisis.

NEW: An unprecedented fear of retaliation has set in at the State Dept's legal office—usually a foreign policy guardrail -Staff suspect frank legal advice could lead to them being sidelined/punished/fired -Increasing politicization suggests their role has "vanished" www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...

This is worth reading for hope in the New Year.

I also want to offer a special thanks to my long time friend and former colleague @jaackrodgers.bsky.social. He introduced me to the amazing people at AHPSS and without him, this story wouldn't have happened. So grateful for friends who are always looking to tell important stories.

Please consider checking out the work AHPSS does and making a donation to this life saving work, here: www.ahpss.org

This is the incredible work of months of interviews and research by @brandibuchman.bsky.social, the AHPSS team who risk their own health to bring water to those who need it most, & who won’t stop until the South Sudanese have the life we all should be able to live. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

This sounds like a story @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social might be honored to amplify on @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social “Emaciated children were forced to search on foot for open health clinics after so many shut down in the area, AHPSS President Dr. Jack Hickel said.” 💔

Amazing! This directly helps children have access to clean water!

Video!

South Sudanese volunteers — and a few Americans from Alaska — are fighting against extremely hostile odds to save lives the Trump administration abandoned.

NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it. But this isnt a sad story. This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Great story by Brandi Buchman. “Kids are kids all over the world. These kids deserve not to die.”

“When one of the wealthiest nations in the world is snatching resources from some of the world’s poorest, hungriest and sickest people, he said, “You can’t tell me USAID being cut off was a valid use of budgets.” …. /1

When USAID cuts came, people died because life saving food, water, and medicine, dried up. That left groups who didnt rely on USAID to fill the void. One org, Alaska Health Project South Sudan, showed me how they are fighting like hell to do exactly that. I hope you will read:

The USAID cuts by the Trump admin were devastating and fatal. But one American group teaming up with locals in South Sudan to bring fresh water to tens of thousands of people, showed me how they are stepping up and saving lives. Videos, photos, interviews inside:

NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it. But this isnt a sad story. This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Merry Christmas. Thank you all for being such a critical part of my life - if not for readers, if not for you being engaged, my profession as a reporter and writer wouldn't mean very much at all. I feel very blessed and honored to do the work for you. Truly thank you for your support and readership

I got a Miss Piggy mug for christmas and I am thrilleddddd!

Folks, I hope you have a restful holiday. Be well and be good to each other.

You can tell Bari really understands the news, ya know? www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-ep...

@brianstack153.bsky.social as the Interruptor - just made my night watching the Mark Twain awards ceremony for Conan. Just a gem!

The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

In a fiercely divided household of classic candy canes vs fruit flavored candy canes

Jake Elliott you're a bum get off my team

I got a pair of fleece leggings so I could walk in the cold and I dont ever want to take them off. A+.

A federal women's prison - recently shuttered over sexual abuse of immigrants - could reopen as an ICE detention center as part of Trump’s mass deportation agenda. "Imagine, if I get sent back to Dublin but now for immigration?" one immigrant survivor of sexual abuse at FCI Dublin told me.

TODAY: Judge Mehta holds a hearing in the Jan 6 civil case. Trump's lawyers will argue to dismiss the case on immunity grounds and will re-argue their request that the govt be substituted in his place for the lawsuit. I'll have the report later. Background here: www.huffpost.com/entry/lawmak...

"intelligence official said the campaign noticeably calmed in late 2024 and early this year. Their analysis showed Moscow likely paused the campaign to curry favor with U.S. President Donald Trump's new administration. It has since resumed at full pace." Doesn't bode well for 2026. #hybridwar

Republicans stop talking about people's genitalia for two fucking minutes challenge (impossible)