Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious

i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"

New Trump-Epstein Files Transparency Act coins dropped:

Release the unredacted Epstein files

those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media my latest for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2042...

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Happy Epstein Files Release Eve, to all who celebrate

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Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.

This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.

BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.

If you miss Trumps speech tonight, turn on the tv tomorrow. He’ll still be talking.

How bad must the Epstein files be if he's willing to start a war to try and distract us from it?

All gave some, some gave all, Dan Bongino gave nothing and is now going back to podcasting.

🪘🪘 Bongino bye bye

Wonder if he knows something…..

Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike. The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S. It wasn't carrying fentanyl. The survivors didn't "radio for backup." This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.

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.

Not only is fentanyl NOT a weapon, it doesn't come from Venezuela! Double fake WMD lies from the President to try and start his little war

It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression. Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.' None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack. 1/

Ok, who else does NOT need the AI in their browser to recite burped up bits of wikipedia on any given search - like, I know what wikipedia is and how to look things up there myself, if I wanted to

AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.

White house chief of staff, Susie Wiles, says Pres has personality of an alcoholic, VP Vance is a conspiracy crank, and AG Bondi "whiffed" the Epstein files. Bet today was a fun day for the ice queen www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

While many other news outlets do their usual soft pedalling of the White House sociopathy,one got it right.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

"The Democrats selectively released Epstein photos that make Trump look bad." Dang, that's crazy. If only someone had the ability to release the files in their entirety, which would have diluted the impact of the Trump photos.

Aside from violating people's right to free speech, this misguided policy will drive the US tourism industry right into the ground

Not sure why the President imagines that people from Sweden and Norway would want to emigrate to another country that has sh'thole governance, sh'thole social safety net, and a sh'thole economy

Wondering if the Nobel committee has a Piracy Prize...

something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us

The idea that the US Constitution vests nearly absolute power in one person, in part because presidential elections are the main way govt is accountable to the people, is so crazy, illogical, ahistorical it shouldn’t need rebutting. But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.

The old man received a major award

Dear American Media. This is not that hard to do.

New in PN: A war criminal without a war "We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."

The Golden Age.

This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice. 📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.

Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.

excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend

The common thread linking the illegal Caribbean boat strike murders and the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize is that the Epstein files are due to be released in two weeks

Shame on FIFA for offering a $75 participation Peace Prize, and double shame on the president for demanding it in the first place

So next question - will Trump pardon the J6 pipe bomb planter? Makes no sense, so probably yes

The Jan 6 DC pipe bomb planter was not an FBI false flag - he's a Trump-supporting anarchist. That's a little awkward for Bongino and his conspiracy mongering