U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

No! Most presidents do not in fact name anything after themselves while they’re in office, because they’re not toddlers who constantly need to be the center of attention.

I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

“We couldn’t report on the sinking of the Titanic until we spoke to Captain Smith.”

CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.

Meet Danielle Coriell, the Lafourche Parish principal who didn't believe the girls and said that "kids lie a lot." Why does she still have a job? The girl was expelled. Boiys: no punishment until police intervened. 8 girls 2 adults (presumably teachers) apnews.com/article/scho...

Alina Habba shows off her defunct US Attorney challenge coin which shows a handgun being pulled from a Birkin bag

Pam Bondi tried to prosecute no kings protesters for "crimes" she said were committed. Dozens of protesters were indicted, but none were prosecuted, because the courts - all of them - said it's nonsense. She didn't win a single one. It is a fascist scare tactic and Bondi is the queen of US fascism.

This program costs $90M. Trump has already spent $70M on golf this year. Priorities. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If you think switching which corporate owned legacy media outlet you consume is the solution, you don't really understand how deep the problem is. It's not just ABS, CBS, WaPo or the LA Times. It's the system in which they work. The only solution is to support pro-democracy independent media.

Donald Trump: • "I think the women love me." • "Nobody respects women more than Donald Trump." • "I love women. I respect women" • "I cherish women. I want to help women." • "I will protect our women"

"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth... "It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

the vice president is a klansman

"A new chart showing month-to-month changes to the job market since November 2020, when Trump lost his reelection bid to Biden. "The red columns show the months in which Trump was in the White House, while the blue columns reflect Biden’s term." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…

Republicans decided to go home for the holidays, leaving millions of Americans staring down massive health care premium hikes. They didn’t just clock out. They walked away from people’s lives. NOTE: These are all red or purple districts.

Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.

Fun fact: It’s easy to keep premiums low when you only have to insure healthy people.

Same side of the coin.

Absolutely right. AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there. Let me illustrate …

I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

If Donald Trump is OK with Pam Bondi making him look *this* guilty, the Epstein Files must have lots of outrageously damning evidence about him.

Because the alpha males are alpha-ing.

Because of course they are. apnews.com/article/chin...

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See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

The Trump administration’s release of the Epstein grand jury documents are entirely redacted. It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.

This is the energy I need.

So Patel Kash’s FBI pretty much had nothing to do with finding the Brown University and MIT killer until Rhode Island police contacted the DA, who contacted the FBI. Got it.

Phang: If Maxwell is so worried about the grand jury records coming out, can you imagine the treasure trove of information against Maxwell, Epstein, and others that’s being held in the total Epstein files?

The Kennedy Center was given its name by an act of Congress after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Pretty sure its current board, which includes revered fine arts dignitaries like Laura Ingraham, Pamela Jo Bondi, Maria Bartiromo, and Lee Greenwood, can't undo that law.

The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.

He never disclosed that he’d visited Epstein in that column and did a lot of hand waving to insist that he and his fellow elites had nothing, nothing at all to do with him.

Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.

So… he’s giving them their own money? Where’s the tariff money?

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

HERO 🔥👇

Wanna talk about trauma, MAGA momma? Unbelievable. Looks like the daughter dragged her homophobic ass, though www.advocate.com/politics/cal...

This is Ranger. He has picked you as the chosen one for this dinner party. Or as he calls it, the weakest link. 13/10 an honor (TT: sunnycorina)

Bongino is leaving to spend more time with his loved ones—conspiracy theorists and QAnon nutters.

When your neighborhood gets it’s bone fides. ❤️ ABQ North Valley

BREAKING on MS NOW: Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

Today, I reviewed some of the classified Epstein files. They were disturbing & hard to review—but even harder for survivors to have experienced. The DOJ must follow the law & release the files, with protections for survivors. Our march towards healing, transparency, & accountability continues.

Read this. Then read it again.