Imagine doing stellar investigative reporting on a crucial topic of public interest and instead of amplifying and promoting it, YOU TRY TO ERASE IT. Journalism is officially dead at CBS News and I feel sorry for the remaining journalists at my former network.

I do wish more candidates and elected Dems would do this.

Final newsletter of the year! If you want to feel good, do what I did and compare it to the first newsletter of the year. Elites capitulated but regular people said fuck no to fascism. More to come in '26. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...

After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?

My god. From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:

my hot take is learning and improving is good, actually, and a critical way to build trust with others.

A first: @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and I are sitting in a TV van about to go chat with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about this No Kings year!

Didn't watch it. It's always lies. Moving on.

Rob Reiner devoted his life to entertaining us and fighting to make the world a better place. We will honor his memory by continuing to show up for our democracy. Our hearts are with everyone who loved Rob and Michele Singer Reiner.

Creative tactic from @bostonindivisible.bsky.social and friends! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/m...

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it…

The wheels. They’re coming off the bus.

Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats. But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.

Damn good questioning here.

The regime is weak. That doesn't mean it's not dangerous. But it means it's beatable, and we're beating it.

Lol at every university trustee and law firm partner who concluded they had no choice but to play ball with this bumbling fool

HUGE appreciation for the local Indivisible groups in Indiana who have been working for weeks and weeks on this, meeting with legislators, testifying, protesting, calling, advocating. Pressure works!!!

The GOP blocked extension of the ACA subsidies. This is morally repugnant, and also everybody knew this fight was lost the second that Senate Dems surrendered on the shut down last month. In the coming primaries, we're looking for Dems who will actually use their power and fight back.

Is your Rep on the committee? Find out here: appropriations.house.gov/about/member...

I'm told House Dems on the Appropriations Committee are holding a secret vote *this* afternoon on whether to reinstate Cuellar. If you've got a rep who is on the committee, a quick call would do some good.

It is possible for elected Dems to take on corruption and fecklessness in the party! Andy Kim is the real deal.

Incredible leadership here from @yuhline.bsky.social backing up @bradlander.bsky.social. If you've got multiple challengers to a "roll over and play dead" Dem, you're probably going to lose. Success depends on this kind of selfless, movement-generous leadership.

After getting pardoned by Trump, does reinstating a corrupt Democrat into a position of power help the Dem brand? Does it make it easier for us to convince Americans to reject this corrupt regime? Does it make it more likely for us to defeat the Republicans? punchbowl.news/article/hous...

I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s 5th District because families and workers deserve a fair shot. Costs keep rising while salaries aren’t - and MAGA Republicans are cutting food & health care to fund corporate tax breaks instead of defending Virginia’s families. youtu.be/C2AQX9_HMK0?...

While I am bummed to be losing Tom as an Indivisible board member...hot damn!!! Get this guy back to congress!

Thank you to @indivisiblequeens.bsky.social and the hundreds of New Yorkers who gathered to protest the Trump regime's arrest and forced separation of six-year-old immigrant Yuanxin Zheng from his father. #KidsArentPawns

Great ad. Going to be watching this Senate primary closely!

Starting in a minute! We were out last week, so lots to discuss. Join the live Q&A!

This normalizes corruption, feeding the sentiment that both sides suck and so politics is pointless. A Dem party focused on rehabilitating its broken brand would be criticizing Trump and booting out Cuellar. Let the corrupt guys become corporate lobbyists - they’re dragging our party down.

Trump just pardoned Anti-Women Rights Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Dem Leadership is making themselves complicit by endorsing blatant corruption. Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.

"If Democrats see the same shift in Congress next year as they saw in TN-07 Tuesday night, they’d win a landslide victory of 258 seats in the U.S. House."

The reason this was a serious race in the first place is @aftynbehn.bsky.social and the people-powered movement she built. The result of this overperformance: a lot of Republicans in so-called "safe seats" are scared tonight, and Trump's redistricting push will take another huge hit.

Appreciation post for @aftynbehn.bsky.social! What an incredible candidate, organizer, and leader. She scared the entire regime and all their donors. The swing we're seeing tonight implies a blue tsunami next year if Dem voters choose fighters like Aftyn in the coming primaires. Thank you Aftyn!!!

republicans who think you have a safe seat: no you don’t

TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there. Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.

A Democratic win in TN-7 is a long shot, but not impossible. This is a district that was created when they gerrymandered the state to take away the Democratic seat in Nashville, and it was one Trump won by 22 points a year ago. If the GOP squeaks by with say 5-7 points, that's a red alarm.

TODAY IS THE DAY! GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM WE GOT THIS!!!!!!

We must keep calling out those that cave to the Trump Admin, and the latest is Northwestern. As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more. Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.

The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet. Run on *that*

And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now. Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government. Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives. Duh.

Given she just signed off on federal occupation in DC, Bowser was not going to win anyways 🤷🏾‍♀️

Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club." They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.

Hit pause on spending. Defend Democracy & reclaim community power. Join the nationwide economic boycott - We Ain't Buying It - Nov 27 thru Dec 1. Delete your shopping apps at Target, The Home Depot and Amazon, and support local businesses instead. Learn more at weaintbuyingit.com. @indivisible.org

LET'S FUCKING GO

Any President who calls for the opposition party to be hanged should be immediately impeached and removed from office.

Excited for this week’s WTP!! We’ve got future congresswoman from Tennessee @aftynbehn.bsky.social joining to kick us off!

Impressive organizing in NYC preparing to push back against the occupation of the city. Check it out if you're a New Yorker!

When you're disappointed in leadership, demand better. Primaries are a healthy part of the democratic process. This is especially true when we're up against a fascist regime and the primary is about whether or not your Dem is going to fight back.

We are the No Kings people protesting at the trillionaires place! #NoKings in Southlake This is the No Kings Era now!