The first half hour of Trump's first public event of the day, surrounded by a crowd of people, and he's falling asleep Absolutely not normal for a healthy person of any age

Victims of Epstein's abuse—like 17-year-old Danielle Bensky, who was coerced with false promises of help for her mom’s brain tumor—deserve justice and transparency. They deserve the full release of these files, without redactions intended to protect Trump or other influential people.

[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela? AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.

Three Democratic US senators said they are investigating how data centers are driving up power bills and are demanding answers from big tech firms such as Google and Microsoft.

An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.

Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward. When he feels humiliated, he lashes out. Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity. He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.

While American families are expected to pay more for goods this holiday season due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, small-business owners are facing an existential crisis, Annie Lowrey reports:

Fact-check: true

Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.

😲 They’re going to destroy VA healthcare so they can privatize it. wapo.st/4q4Lx58

NEW Epstein estate photos released by House Oversight Cmte Democrats Some of the 95,000+ newly obtained by panel

Quid pro peace prize.

BREAKING: The DOJ has filed its opposition to my motion for expedited processing of the EPSTEIN TRAINING VIDEOS. They're arguing that there's NO WIDESPREAD PUBLIC INTEREST. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-doj-re...

Just two miner lovers discussing miners.

Heather Cox Richardson offers the most lucid explanation(s) of the way Trump and his cronies are taking a hammer to our beautiful America. Get her daily letter wherever you get your podcasts.

A federal judge struck down Trump’s halt on approvals of all wind power projects on federal lands and waters.

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NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them. They finally got their wish.

Thank you, Zohran Mamdani, for the Know Your Rights video!

Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks. They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.

They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.

Trump is upset that he’s being criticized for taking naps during meetings.

"After long periods of war or political strain, the greatest danger is not the enemy. It is the erosion of the values that distinguish the U.S. military from armed groups it confronts." lnk.thebulwark.com/4rFblGX

Trump pardoned the ex-president of Honduras who shoveled hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China. These men poisoned America & killed millions. Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.

The former president of Honduras helped facilitate the trafficking of hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States and was sentenced to 45 years in prison—but Trump pardoned him because he was a political ally. So much for “America First.”

Bannon being chummy with Epstein behind the scenes and even helping him attempt a comeback is the kind of thing the writers would spike for being too perfect and unlikely lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR

Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe. “No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says. With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

Murdering crew members claiming they were smuggling drugs while pardoning a drug kingpin. Very on brand for the Trump regime.

BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…

You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.

Quiet part, meet out loud.

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

February 15. Was I wrong?

In 2019, a Higgins staffer resigned after police alleged that the staffer was part of a sex-trafficking ring involving Chinese women who were reportedly forced to live and perform sex acts at local massage parlors. (The staffer resigned and charges were not pursued.)

Trump: We’re going to make the American Dream a word that—two words that you didn’t have. Remember when Biden said it’s all about three words: The American Dream. You don’t ever want to get in that situation.

Imagine fighting to keep a $7.25 minimum wage while installing a marble and gold bathroom in a house that’s not yours. Also, I can almost guarantee that those franchisees aren’t able to get employees at minimum wage.

These clips are way beyond cringeworthy.

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

Funny how that works, huh? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

“Quiet! Quiet!” 😬

Here is the searchable database of Epstein emails that Jen just mentioned: couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...

About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.

Searchable data base of the released Epstein Files. When do we start locking up the men who raped these little girls? couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea... #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

There's *so much* in there about Bannon's work to promote the far-right in the US and Europe, e.g., this exchange the usefulness of giving the press and the public an enemy to focus on (specifically, China):

But, but, but, but, but, but…