More republicans will be heading to the exits sooner rather than later.. #politics

This is infuriating and poses another danger to the country. Anyone who thinks we are not in a dictatorship is blind. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Excellent article on who is really in charge and the role of the president. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...

" ... 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 ... "

Also this www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Unhedged is always a must-read, but this one on how to think about the possibly passing quality of being "asset-lite" in the big tech companies is educational, thought provoking, all round excellent and therefore worth a precious free link for the first few giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Jack Smith’s intellectual firepower v. Republicans…(gift link) “…even Mr. Smith’s adversaries conceded that his tight-lipped, painstaking approach made tripping him up particularly difficult.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u... 1/3

Trump aims to strip naturalized citizens of their citizenship. He's demanded that US Immigration Svcs. “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” in the 2026 fiscal year. Read this gifted article for details. #ProudBlue www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!” The Economist, one year ago:

I stand on business

No. It’s a great time to be a violent criminal in America. Our most sophisticated law enforcement agencies are busy hunting landscapers & housekeepers.

“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions” Adolf Hitler, 1939 There’s not much difference

[email protected] : Do you think you could beat JD Vance in a head-to-head race for president, as polling suggests? AOC: I would stomp him.

This photo of @kim.senate.gov clearing trash in the Capitol rotunda after the Jan. 6 attack was, for many, the first 'introduction' to the senator from New Jersey. How fortunate we are to have elected officials like Andy Kim, who continue to protect our country and Constitution

what

He's lying. How do we know? Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.

I know that I don't have to point out that the oil, the land all of it belongs to the Venezuela people. But I guess that doesn't matter anymore. Trump is now officially using the Vladimir Putin playbook.

the woman sitting behind carr has some hilarious reactions to this

Ex-Trump lawyer John Dowd defends Jack Smith: "Smith was once my adversary in a high-profile investigation of a Republican client. In that investigation, Smith proved himself to be fair, impartial and fearlessly committed to the facts … [R]ecent attacks on Smith are motivated by partisan politics."

When Mike Johnson was asked if he'd lost control of the House, I'm surprised he didn't say, "What House? I haven't heard anything about any House. I'm busy with the people's work and don't follow every twist and turn in the news about something called the House."

White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’

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

House Democrats plan to force votes Wednesday on two war powers resolutions amid escalating tensions with Venezuela as President Trump has warned that land strikes against the country could commence "soon."

KLOBUCHAR: You've launched investigations into every major broadcast network except Fox. Is that correct? CARR: I don't know if that's true or not. We do have investigations going on NPR and PBS. We have a number of investigations. (That's a yes)

NPR carefully avoids characterizing Trump's post, as if it's perfectly reasonable to think Rob Reiner is responsible for his own murder because he didn't support Trump. NPR does quote Marjorie Taylor Greene's criticism of the post, which means she's showing more decency than NPR.

No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...

Somebody message every fucking centrist Democrat in the Senate who voted to open with a pinky swear and no real promises and tell them "WE ALL FUCKING TOLD YOU SO" If they got no fight in them, then get them the fuck out of there. Time to primary everybody who can't fight

Can you believe this shit?

Oh, for fuck's sake. I'm so sick of this shit.

Once time had expired, it's the call of the Chair as to when to gavel the vote. Goldman was coming to vote when the tally was at 204-203. Had Goldman voted, it would be a tie, and a tie is a fail. Rather than risk a defeat of the PQ - and House chaos - they gaveled it closed. Shady, but permitted

A bit more context. Rs called an earlier vote than scheduled on the Rule governing debate on a series of bills. The procedural vote ahead of the Rule vote - the Previous Question - has a mechanism that, if defeated, allows the minority party to take control of the floor for a set amount of time...

That's not exactly what happened. They were voting on the GOP health plan (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman because he was late for the vote. So it passed. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because of the waiting period.

JUST NOW…

A bloc of House GOP centrists just made the ultimate hardball play against Speaker Mike Johnson — agreeing to help Democrats effectively seize control of the Republican agenda by forcing a vote on their own bill on the looming Obamacare subsidies cliff.

They updated the website today to remove the word "independent" Before (left), after (right)

Trump and Speaker Johnson are trying to block a vote to extend ACA tax credits. Democrats created a discharge petition and got 218 signatures — a majority of the House. Speaker Johnson needs to bring our bill to the floor NOW and save American families from a premium hike.

Funders don’t want to hear it but they need to support and influence progressive-leaning creators who only do politics in a fraction of their content. It’s basic marketing: the people who want 100% political content are already sorted. www.wired.com/story/the-mo...

Today on Volts: Arizona senator Ruben @gallego.senate.gov, who has been rebranding himself as a "pragmatic moderate," has released a new energy plan, which contains elements of IRA with a new focus on permitting reform & small modular nuclear reactors. We discuss all that, data centers, & more.

Are we still pretending that this is an open question?

Former special counsel Jack Smith tells a congressional committee that his team found "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to portions of his opening statement obtained by NBC News.

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This is the fastest way to explain a really dangerous and complex situation. You can always find the full reporting on the website. tnrepronews.com

Idaho’s health insurance exchange ended open enrollment Monday night, with thousands of Idahoans canceling plans ahead of the expiration of deep federal government subsidies. via @idahocapitalsun.com

Just got a confirmation from @ashtonpittman.bsky.social that @mississippifreepress.org does not use generative AI, and they will update their policies next year to make that explicit. Attaboy

I think it is insane that you literally cannot Google "which news outlets don't use generative AI?" I'm determined to change that. Keep the suggestions coming!

TODAY at 3pm ET / 12pm PST: Historian Heather Cox Richardson joins John Harwood in a live conversation on Substack. They’ll discuss the continuing struggle to defend America from white nationalism, and take your questions! @hcrichardson.bsky.social WATCH HERE: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

All of Trump's core policies (tariffs, deportations, tax cuts for rich, slashing social safety net) make life less affordable for Americans.

Rep. Ilhan Omar on Trump's gutter racism: "It's been met with disgust. But it's also been met with resilience and people saying, 'These are my fellow Minnesotans and I'm going to stand up for them."