Oh, we do. Since her appointment Mary-Ann Stephenson has declined to recognise that trans women are women, has affirmed the hideous guidance drawn up by her predecessor, and has proven correct the two Select Committees who rejected her appointment because she was hopelessly out of her depth.

Amazing interview attacking Polanski as a "fantasist" "selling unicorns". But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax. So who is the fantasist?

For the record, I was an advisor to Ed Miliband's Labour Party on tax policy, I strongly support a wealth tax, and I am aware of a viable and fully costed proposal to implement one in the UK.

I worked as an election inspector the last 2 years and I really encourage everyone to do it at least once. They rarely have enough people and it’s a great insight into how the voting process works, who is allowed to vote and who gets turned away for being at the wrong location or not registered

www.publicnotice.co/p/chuck-redd... “government control of speech isn’t just about silencing criticism. It’s also about forcing praise. Like many a dictator before him, Trump has a bottomless desire to hear others laud him.”

Putin's extraordinary security measures and why an attack on his palace is so unlikely As we still await (in vain, I suspect) even a shred of evidence for the alleged attack, in @theipaper.com, I write about why it was so implausible inews.co.uk/news/world/p...

"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"

Hoo boy.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has announced in a 'Dear Colleague' letter that House Dems will hold a 'special hearing' on January 6 to "examine ongoing threats to free and fair elections … and detail the threats to public safety posed by the hundreds of violent felons who were pardoned."

If you listen close, you can hear the sound of Trump’s brain atrophying as he speaks.

NEW: The USPS finalized a postmark rule that could increase late mail-in ballots for rural voters. Even in states with grace periods, mail voters submitting ballots even a day or two before Election Day could now risk their votes not being counted.

We have a criminal regime bent on ignoring the law to avoid accountability. Exhibit A: The continuing Epstein coverup. We need to build loud, motivated communities that will apply pressure. I’m committed to doing whatever I can until this nightmare ends. Join us. www.americaamerica.news

Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"

This was the year when public broadcasting was gutted and hyper-partisans prospered, when the First Amendment was exhaustively praised and opportunistically abandoned. This was the year when autocratic media capture came to America. Free link: archive.ph/mN205

At the Peabody Museum at Yale: one reason the Trump administration wants to eliminate exhibitions like this on race is because they show that scientific racism is not new but a step backwards to a discredited past.

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ICYMI: A Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center—a 20-year holiday tradition—was canceled. Not because of weather. But because a name was bolted onto a public institution. When politics replaces stewardship, culture leaves—artists first then audiences. #ETTD Everything Trump Touches Dies

Compare with a parliamentary form of government in which prime ministers are often cast out by their own parties when things go awry and in some ways are more responsive to shifts in public opinion.

It's worse than that. The box is already checked and people have to uncheck it. They have already been busted doing this in the past and were forced to issue millions in refunds.

A rare, but much needed TL cleanse of levity that speaks to and for many of us belonging to the WDNC club. Enjoy:

So very tired, we, the Jews of the world, are

I started off believing there were genuine conflicts between women's and trans rights but the more I have thought about and worked on the issue the more I have turned away from that belief. I now believe trans rights support at least as much as - indeed more than - they conflict with women's rights

turns out bodily autonomy is bodily autonomy!

Suzanne Moore in 2020: "As a feminist, I would argue that gender is socially constructed, and it can be reconstructed." And in 2025: "This must be the year Britain finally kills off trans ideology." Transphobia is the engine that pulls the train of fascism.

In any other reality, this statement would cause a major uproar, investigations, a demand for trump's resignation. Here? It's just Tuesday.

I don’t know if the US did an airstrike on Venezuela on Christmas Eve. What I do know is a USAF Stratotanker (midair refueler for bombers & fighter jets) took off from MacDill about 7pm local, turned off all signals & didn’t turn them on again til final approach 7 hours later. And that’s abnormal.

Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime. $8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people. “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”

this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

The public gets it. People want AI restrained, not unleashed. They also know it’s coming for jobs. The only people pretending otherwise are the ones cashing checks.

BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…” Read that again.

NEW from me — I broke down Trump's claim on local right wing radio that the US carried out a Christmas Eve land strike in Venezuela, how he doubled down Monday, the subsequent media reports with no substance, the potential role of social media rumors about an actual fire, and how we need the truth:

I’m not buying MTG’s repentance shtick but I’ll happily take the dirt she’s dishing in hopes we’ll buy it.

They were too busy protecting the names of Epstein’s co-conspirators like President ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️

The New York Times should just rebrand itself as the Upper East Side Co-op Bulletin and Harvard Alumni Rumor Mill.

Thanks so much my friend--means a lot!

Total Information Awareness 2.0

"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady. n.pr/4qp4GPr

1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia. 2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.

In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.

“You guys, Hitler wants to see Poland succeed”

Donald didn't drop Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein dropped Trump. They had a falling out over real estate. Epstein told Trump he was interested in a property. He showed it to Trump to get his opinion. Trump outbid Epstein for the property. Epstein was furious, and the special friendship was over.

Who could possibly have foreseen this.

💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B 💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M. 💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M. 💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.

Joe Biden’s fatal flaw was relying on the reluctant institutionalist Merrick Garland to prosecute the case of insurrectionist Donald J Trump. Had Garland done his job, Trump would have been banned from office and America and the world would not be in this predicament.

Nothing about this is normal. I don't even know where to start other than to say again -- this is not normal.

This is how you know a wealth tax is the right thing to do