"Bondi and company are sorely mistaken if they think breaking the law and giving Congress a middle finger will make the Epstein scandal go away."

“Cutting off all oil revenue will lead to a massive reduction in food imports and is likely to trigger the first major famine in the Western Hemisphere in modern history.”

Bob Dylan attempts to explain Willie Nelson in The New Yorker's profile of Willie: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

She works two jobs and can’t afford to pay for costly repairs. She’s called on congressional leaders and celebrities to no avail. https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-delta-home-collapse/

The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.

Rest in power, Betty Reid Soskin. Thank you for sharing your amazing life with us.

One Palestinian killed by Israeli army in Gaza while two Palestinians, including a child, are shot dead in West Bank.

Waymo out there just f’n it all up for emergency vehicles in a blackout.

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen has criticized the removal of an NDAA provision extending benefits to veterans once stationed at the Nevada Test and Training Range, who cannot prove they were exposed to radiation at the site because of its secrecy. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least 16 files from Epstein release disappeared from DOJ webpage, including photo of Trump, with no explanation.

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” (Published October w/ @newyorker.com)

"The rapid acceleration of AI in the U.S. in 2025 had everything to do with the second Trump administration... AI slop came to define the aesthetic of far-right MAGA propaganda."

The DOJ released thousands of numerically labeled Epstein files yesterday. In one file was a photo of Trump with young girls. As of this morning, that file EFTA00000468 is now missing from the DOJ website. They deleted it. #CoverUp

Maria Farmer worked for Epstein in 1996 and reported his "child pornography" to the FBI back then. They ignored her.

Nineteen earthquakes out of San Ramon, CA between 8 and 8:20 p.m. tonight. Largest so far has been a magnitude 4.0. There’s a whole lot of activity over there.

I’m assuming that there will be no killing in Trump’s “Patriot Games,” but I guess we’ll have to wait until fall to see.

“Anybody want a peanut?”

Roughly 20,000 immigrant drivers have received notices their trucking licenses will be cut off in the new year — even though many of them hold valid federal work permits.

At least one group of bilingual schools is closed Dec. 19 due to low attendance amid reports of federal law enforcement activity throughout Columbus.

So…reproductive and gender affirming healthcare is to be dictated by the government, but childhood vaccinations will be a ‘take it or leave it’ option? Next up: Bibles must be prominently displayed in every classroom to protect kids from measles and Hep B. :/

Not the best early report from Epstein survivor Annie Farmer re: Epstein files release Farmer: "I don't feel tremendously confident that everything will come out... there's been a lot of effort, money & time put into redactions. Not to protect victims, but to protect people in power"

Only five judges will remain to handle cases in one of the nation’s busiest immigration courts, after the Trump administration fired 12 judges this year.

Victim identities should absolutely be protected, but the level of redactions in the Epstein files “release” are absurd and super suspect.

Trump's deal to sell TikTok won't just enrich his billionaire pal Larry Ellison. It also gives UAE investment firm MGX — a key business partner of the Trump family's crypto company — a major ownership stake in TikTok. Everything is for sale.

Texas widow receives immigration approval letter months after husband's death in ICE shooting The approval letter would've allowed Miguel Garcia to move forward with obtaining a visa or green card

FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years. It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.

Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf

zoom out, sir, and BEHOLD THE GREATEST CIVIL ENGINEERING PRANK OF ALL TIME

I doubt it’s something he actually wanted to do, but if he had to throw a distraction bone, I’m thankful he chose this over something else on Miller’s fascist wishlist. While legalization would be better, rescheduling is a game changer for medical research access.

The Trump administration is expected to announce several moves Thursday that will have the effect of essentially banning gender-affirming care for transgender young people, even in states where it is still legal. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

“ICE pushed back, calling the data ‘simply wrong’ but refusing to say what was inaccurate.”

Donald Trump has sued the Virgin Islands, its police department and Police Commissioner, accusing them of obstructing and systematically denying American citizens the right to possess and carry guns CAUSE THIS IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FACING AMERICA AND EVERYTHING. apnews.com/article/usvi...

Out today: “Surveillance technologies rarely stay cabined to their original purpose, expanding their reach and scale without any ability of ordinary citizens to push back.”

Border patrol under command of Greg Bovino running a checkpoint at the exit to the Uber lot at O’Hare airport in Chicago, asking drivers for proof of valid residency in this country

New video from Kryvyi Rih after the drone attack on Pres Zelenskyy's home city. There's been no update from the local council since the original announcement of 2 injuries. bsky.app/profile/twmc...

With immigration scams on the rise, Mission Local compiled a guide, with the advice of social workers and attorneys, on how to identify scams. missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-b...

the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Carr declares that the FCC is not an independent agency.

NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Harvard officials are reportedly secretly investigating two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and ex-president Larry Summers

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

I’m a vegetarian but Shrimp Basket seems like a pretty awesome place.

Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98. She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...

Airport security officials around the country are sharing passenger data with federal immigration authorities. Oakland airport is in the dark about whether that’s happening here.

A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

Rights groups say demolition order, which will affect 100 Palestinian homes, is an attempt to 'cage in' Palestinians https://aje.io/xd3ruq

Jurors acquitted Epps of murder but rejected his self-defense claim, also finding him guilty of illegally possessing a firearm as a felon.

In this new release in our Civic Media Series, Michael Swerdlow writes, “We must accept that there is no new business model and no philanthropist who will save our free press. We, as the public, must do that work ourselves." Read the full piece 👇 objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/to-s...