He never has a thought for anyone but himself. Never. He can’t even wish a child merry Christmas

One of humanity’s best ideas ever was taking the darkest time of the year, as cold temperatures set in, and doing celebrations with lights, loved ones, generosity, and food. Various cultures independently came up with something along those lines, and others picked it up. Fantastic idea, people.

We have a Christmas Eve drama that is so First World that it is profoundly embarrassing. I will donate $250 to the charity of choice of the person who comes closest to guessing.

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

What a sweet slice of the past by @radiofreetom.bsky.social “I hope that whatever your faith or tradition, this season you find some joy, and that you take a moment—as the young people in Band Aid sang so long ago—to ‘pray for the other ones’ and remember our common responsibility to them.” ❤️

"Even Putin doesn't name classes of ships after himself. Kim Jong-un doesn't name — I mean this is crazy," Tom Nichols tells Tim Miller. "We're gonna run around in circles because this unhinged old man, you know, wants to have a ship with his name on it."

Merry Christmas!

We actually would love for you, President Trump, to make “hosting” your full time job. How can we help make this happen?

Government by extortion

The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

In 2025, America saw the highest number of measles cases in over 30 years. That’s just a preview of what’s to come as RFK Jr continues his rollback of vaccine guidance.

"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"

@radiofreetom.bsky.social explains in a single @theatlantic.com essay how a cool-looking ship is not a battleship; why we don’t need nuclear weapons on a vanity-at-sea project; and why, once again, we should be worried about the mental acuity of the world’s most powerful leader

thank you president brain genius! time to ace another cognitive dementia test, like nobody has ever done before!

I’m launching a Substack. Why? Because Trump is completely unfit for office, his enablers are cowards, and the truth needs to be said plainly by someone who knows how these guys tick. Subscribe if you're with me. open.substack.com/pub/gtconway...

We really need more town halls with marginalized voices, like the Vice President of the United States and the richest men in the world.

I was at the grocery store here in South Carolina tonight & every other checkout lane had a menorah on top of it.

What is called an avoidance-avoidance conflict in psychology (though in this case a slight edge to the feeble bully than the young, cruel steer)

Remember 2015 rally Trump? 2025 Grandpa Chaos can't even put together a couple of sentences. This ain't "the weave," folks. This rambling word salad is your sundowning FOTUS. Cognitive decline...brought to you by rapidly failing adventures in WH physician chemistry. 📺 bsky.app/profile/atru...

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More precisely yet, Susie Wiles was describing Donald Trump's severe and untreatable Cluster B personality disorders.

You have the freedom to make all the wrong choices for your children.

Using “protecting the victims” as an excuse to re-victimize the victims.

The Trump administration hailed leucovorin as a miracle drug for autism. But parents’ efforts to get the medication have been marked by prescription problems, possible shortages, and a distinct lack of data, Tom Bartlett reports.

For anyone genuinely concerned with political correctness and social division, building a new vocabulary for major institutions and features, so speakers have to choose whether to say "Saint Petersburg" or "Leningrad," isn't an obvious move.

Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍

So many horrible humans in power at the same time.

Now this is true poetry! From @radiofreetom.bsky.social “The president of the United States just barged into America’s living rooms like an angry, confused grandfather to tell us all that we are ungrateful whelps.” 🎁 Here’s gift for this important read www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Rather than attempting to re-name the Kennedy Center, the Department of Defense, and Gulf of Mexico – how about naming the Dark Tetrad (psychopathy-sociopathy [ASPD] +  narcissism + Machiavellianism + sadism) after Trump?

What an astonishingly dishonest piece of propaganda for the fossil fuel industry, including its citing of Obama's extremely outdated energy policies and its misrepresentation of Norwegian public opinion.

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I still don't know why his decline isn't one of the top stories in the legacy media right now. It's journalistic malpractice.

Practitioners = mental healthcare services. We are the service. So there are not enough services available. Stop with the double speak, Oz.

Democrats should have never prevented Tim Walz from calling these people "weirdos" incessantly.

Trump sounds like a maniac at some sort of demented open mic

Trump didn’t exactly refute the “personality of an alcoholic” allegations tonight

[Nixon voice] My God. My reaction: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I miss shame.

Love this essay by my friend Nancy Rappaport: “When I’m discussing literature with my students, making lists, or sharing a meal, I am reminded that we are, and always have been, meaning-making creatures seeking opportunities for connection” @wbur @cogwbur.bsky.social

Donald Trump is mentally unwell. Any reporter who covers him as if this should not be considered and addressed when writing about his acting as “President” is seriously failing at their job.

The timing of this post and the reference to the murders being "due to the anger ... caused others through … TDS" suggests strongly that Trump believed that **one or more of his supporters** had committed the murders—and that they had committed the atrocity **justifiably**.

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Last week Donald Trump was polling at 31%. Mocking Rob Reiner’s passing is going to send him into the 20’s, and his grip on power will be broken. All of a sudden everyone will admit they’ve always hated him.

The fact that not a single reporter says. “You’re full of crap. You and your buddies have been talking about this all day. It sickens you. Man up and speak the truth, you coward.”

Not that it's not appalling enough, but this is an official US Government post, paid for by our federal tax dollars.

The fact that not a single reporter tells Mike Johnson “let me read it for you” or “here it is” when he claims he hasn’t seen or doesn’t know a thing about the psychotic ramblings of the head of state is not only a dereliction of journalistic duty, but a display of pure cowardice.