The media continues to fail us, to downplay the seriousness of the situation, refusing to acknowledge how corrupt the cover-up of this whole episode is.

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.

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work. With @texastribune.org

The world's leader in science is dismantling itself. For nothing.

Despite anti-drug rhetoric, Trump has granted clemency to 100 people accused of drug-related crimes That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker

December 16, 2025

In 1993, Trump signed mortgages for 2 homes in Florida, claiming each as his principal residence. He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out. Yet he accuses others of fraud? #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"

December 12, 2025

As Hegseth himself once said, “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that.” Urge your Members of Congress to demand an immediate, public investigation into Hegseth’s extrajudicial killings.

Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well... Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov. We called the auditor. He resigned in August. That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks. 1/

Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder. #TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.” The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:

“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”

An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

This is who we're deporting while we're importing sex traffickers like the Tate brothers and white supremacists who are nostalgic for Apartheid.

Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...

Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy

Democrats scored big in school board races across Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio — flipping dozens of seats. The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.

Donald Trump is clearly willing to do whatever it takes to stay in power, regardless of what the Constitution says. He “has always told us exactly who he is,” J. Michael Luttig argues. “We have just not wanted to believe him. But we must believe him now.”

Really ties all the threads together, this one

"People familiar with FBI security protocols said they were unaware of any other instance in which the girlfriends of top FBI officials received government-staffed security details..." www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

A confidant of Bill Pulte provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming officials of the govt-backed lending giant who warned it could expose Fannie Mae to claims it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates. The alarmed officials got fired.

NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration. We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem. @justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/kris...

"On the two September nights that Fox said the neighbor’s confrontation happened, @propublica.org's review found no videos of violent clashes posted on social media, and federal authorities announced no arrests."

Early voting for @aftynbehn.bsky.social starts TODAY. It’s time to elect someone who is laser-focused on protecting health care and lowering costs for Tennessee families.

Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government. Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.

Last night, eight Dems in the Senate broke ranks and acquiesced to Republicans in the shutdown fight.

Why is Trump going after America's air traffic controllers, today of all days? It's one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums."

SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment. jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

Trump pardons the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and one of his co-conspirators after their convictions for wire fraud and money laundering. www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

ProPublica identified 20 segregation academies in Mississippi that received almost $10 million over six years through a state-funded program. At least eight opened with an early boost from state-funded vouchers in the 1960s. (Published Nov. 2024)

I read it all. @radiofreetom.bsky.social put scariest part at the top: "In the space of one short announcement, he managed to get a lot wrong, which is worrisome, because he’s the only person in America who has the authority to order the use of nuclear arms." 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

2️⃣ days until Election Day — and you can help GOTV for Democratic candidates from anywhere: Virginia: indivisi.org/va-calls New Jersey: www.indivisibleonenj.org/gotv-2025?fb... New York: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking... California: neighbor2neighbor.io/campaign/fb6...

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:

The person who is currently running our country has lost his mind and it’s time we start talking about it.

Nevada regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of nearly 800 environmental violations in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.” By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Dayvid Figler

📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

#nokings Kansas City.

Initial estimate for No Kings Twin Cities at 100,000! So many Minnesotans SHOWED UP to protect our communities, our country and our democracy that the 1+ mile march route looped back and found thousands hadn’t even left the starting point! 👏❌👑

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

U.S. Begins Implementation of $20 Billion Bailout for Argentina

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Trump administration plans to mint a $1 coin featuring Trump’s image, yet another illegal move. This violates the 1866 law, which states that only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency.

It’s been one week since Republicans shut down the government. And they won’t even show up to work. Democrats are in D.C., ready to negotiate on a budget that protects your health care and lowers your costs.