The thing about the U.S. and Israel is that both of their leaders are trying to stay out of prison.

Kash Patel Faces Backlash After Partying With Nancy Guthrie’s Captors

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

(the median Republican is a threat to all life on earth)

It’s Jimmy Kimmel fighting back. It’s Perkins Coie fighting back. And now, it’s the American women’s gold medal winning hockey team that decided their own dignity was worth more than a fleeting moment of proximity to power.”

NEW: With immigration losing its edge, Republicans find a new boogeyman: 'Radical Islam' In Texas, in particular, candidates have fastened on a growing Muslim population as they seek a new political scapegoat. Top elected officials have led the charge. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

Biden Grateful He’s Not Alive To See What Trump Doing To Country

And crypto

Psst: There are *NO* value buyers of crypto.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Congressional Republicans gave Trump a slush fund for ICE and CBP in the "Big Beautiful Bill." Tens of billions of dollars that is still usable even during a shutdown. Democrats must make rescinding that money the price of any future govt funding, as Republicans did with IRS money from the IRA.

The current position of the Republicans in Congress: They would change nothing that ICE and CBP are doing, and they'd allow massive increases in funding for what they're now doing to go ahead. They're just fine with the current policies, practices, and governance of ICE and CBP.

Hours after Alex Pretti was executed, Apple's Tim Cook went to the WH for the debut of the Melania 'documentary' His taste and his timing disgust me. I won't pretend I'm giving up the laptop I'm writing this on, but I'm not buying more of their stuff anytime soon. spyglass.org/tim-cook-cap...

Voila: All rich dudes; all mobbed up with Trump; throw in some rich Gulf dudes and Chinese dudes; get it at a discount. Bottom line: this country is no safer from a national security perspective than before, but the rich are richer. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/b...

It’s insane how out of touch this administration is. Folks can’t afford to buy one damn home, let alone 12. Here’s an idea—let’s stop the foreign adventurism and end tax breaks for billionaires.

MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Remember this.

@jheil.bsky.social how could you do a 90 minute podcast about football and not discuss gambling? Is that not part of the book?

Bruce Springsteen: “ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

NEW: Harry Reid went years refusing to talk to Jon Ralston, Nevada’s premiere political journalist. He tried multiple times to get Ralston fired, before finally succeeding. But when it came time to write his biography, guess who Reid turned to. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

That’s some photography

I’m as hawkish as it comes, but a 1.5 trillion dollar military is bat crap cray cray. Mush brains

"Perhaps the most obvious improvement since the 1970s has been in air quality around the U.S." It all started in L.A. thanks to @cleanairca.bsky.social. Year-end thank you donations welcomed at ccair.org/donate. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

“Content creation” is the pink slime of culture open.substack.com/pub/greattra...

Bad take. The article is fine. I'm tired of seeing misleading critiques of @nytimes.com on BlueSky. We have much bigger fish to fry. @ryanlcooper.com

Commentary: Am I Ugly? https://theonion.com/am-i-ugly/

Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine

CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

@kenmartin.bsky.social RELEASE THE REPORT!

Naughty naughty. #CleanAirNow @jklyou.bsky.social Read full letter: ccair.org/wp-content/u...

Senate News: Republicans are trying to sneak a provision into their latest government funding bill that would make it easier to sell off public lands and national parks, and may have the votes to do it. If you care about protecting your public lands, now’s the time to make it known.

As usual, Stan Greenberg has the most astute analysis of what Democrats need to win elections. Read this exceptionally insightful article and act on it.

@amartinezla.bsky.social I enjoy Morning Edition but wonder why you didn't ask Kevin Kiley today why he voted for a bill eliminating ACA subsidies and is now trying to reverse it. Can't let hypocrisy go unchallenged.

NEW: Elizabeth Holmes stole hundreds of millions in a phony medical device scheme. Now, without remorse, she's angling for a Trump pardon. She seems like a perfect candidate. After all, he's turned self-dealing and victimization into an art form. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱

Oh hi

Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...

According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information. Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?

decent chance we might lose the republic because one (1) elderly woman refused to retire 5 years after being diagnosed with terminal cancer

Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market

Gupta: It’s clear that there’s age-related cognitive decline. He’s confused a lot. He sometimes mumbles sort of incoherent nonsense when he’s asked a question in the Oval Office. Clearly they’re not getting MRIs just because, because that’s the moment that we live in. There’s a reason

Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:

Next time Trump claims to be fighting for Jews — spoiler alert: he doesn’t give a damn about Jews — remember that he keeps hiring Jew haters in his administration. The latest: Paul Ingrassia, the guy rejected by the Senate because he said he likes Nazism & racism.

Trump Solemnly Lays Wreath At Site Where He Would Have Died During Vietnam War If He Weren’t Rich https://theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992/