Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

In preparing for my most recent Supreme Court argument, I realized that I have something in common with the Court’s conservative members. Like them, I do not believe there should be “second-class” constitutional rights subject to judicial balancing. If something is a right, it must be protected.

If you know anyone in the military, please share this with them. The Convicted FElon's $1776 bonus check for military is coming from their monthly housing allowance. So they will get less money for housing. Also the bonus check will be taxable income. They are getting screw. youtu.be/HbUkGtu25Ik?...

The November job gains were higher than the 40,000 economists had forecast. The October job losses were caused by a 162,000 drop in federal workers, many of whom resigned at the end of fiscal year 2025 on Sept. 30.

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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

The reality of all of Trump's cabinet and all positions appointed by Trump.

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Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

You guys. No. It's named by statute. Do better.

Another note on this- as @ringsidenews.com points out, the discharge petition locked when it hit 218 signatures meaning no one else could sign. Other Republicans (LaLota, Salazar, Valadao) have since signaled they would also have signed had then been able and may support the bill on the floor

Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?

McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."

SOUTH JERSEY heads up! ICE is Cumberland County right now! .

Fun @runforsomething.net fact: In all of 2025, we elected 166 new people to state & local offices across 21 states. This was not an off year!

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

The last time Alabama elected a Democrat for governor was 1998. But other Democrats like John Bel Edwards and Andy Beshear have proven that good candidates can turn gubernatorial mansions blue, even in the reddest of states. How about Doug Jones?

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.

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2025/12/alabama-student-among-those-killed-during-brown-university-shooting-church-says.html??utm_campaign=aldotcom_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky  Alabama student killed in Brown University shooting was a ‘bright light,’ Birmingham church says.

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.

what the fuck are you talking about man

Any students at Brown who would like to talk to someone who understands what you're going through is more than welcome to reach out to me. You're not alone.

Feel free to boost this if you'd like. I lived through the mass shooting at UVA three years ago and am more than happy to talk to anyone at Brown who wants to talk to someone that understands what y'all are going through tonight.

Pardons would prevent federal prosecutions, sure. Federal prosecutions aren’t the only way to write the closing chapter to a lawless authoritarian regime.

They were working on an mRNA application for glioblastoma when Elon/RFK laid wreck to everything. [My father died of glioblastoma.]

And she laughs about cutting money to feed children. Cruelty truly is the objective.

Maine secretary of state opposes using federal immigration database to determine voter eligibility

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➡️ @sulliview.bsky.social agrees with us: The White House media “bias” tracker is a gimmick and most people aren’t going to buy whatever it is selling. “Trashing the media is not going to help Trump get out of the trouble – or the bubble – that he’s in,” she writes in @theguardian.com.

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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan

It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...

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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.

Yesterday, Roger Stone announced his partnership with a menswear company, where together they've released a collection of tailored clothing items. Here is my review of those pieces. 🧵

Classic American style was also expressed through the idiosyncratic two-button cuff, often made with the buttons slightly spaced apart (but not so much that a third button could fit between them). Even Bernie Sanders understands this look, which is why it's surprising Roger doesn't.

Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom: We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.

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I'll have to remember to re-post this again & again beginning next August.

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This is horrible news. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY