It’s as if Anne Frank was describing the state sanctioned terror in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana December, 2025

Trump says Lisa Cook is unfit to be a Fed governor because she claimed two different properties as her primary residence on her mortgage applications. (Cook denies this.) Trump did the exact same thing on mortgage applications submitted a mere 7 weeks apart. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Son-in-Law Watch: When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.

There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives. youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?... #ChildLabor #SocialSecurity #SafeWorkSpaces

Of course. Of course. www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“ And by extension, a Supreme Court

Holy shit this back and forth between Kagan/Alito/Jackson/&the SG. Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated? SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now Kagan: So what? Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"

"Among the crowd was a 17-year-old high school student from Astoria who attended P.S. 166. 'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...

He looks terrible. You’d think after all the Biden health accusations, the GOP would want to know what was wrong with Trump. But nah, crickets.

I’m proud to be leading this fight. Thank you to @maddowblog.bsky.social for highlighting this critical issue.

Trump just confirmed he'll sign an executive order banning states from regulating AI. It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5

The Trump DOJ met a Friday deadline set by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to submit sworn declarations by the officials involved in the decision to continue with the Alien Enemies Act deportation flights in mid-March–but signaled it would cooperate no more. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too? A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.

How can she resign from a job she was not legally qualified to hold? Ex-Trump lawyer Habba resigns as NJ U.S. attorney after disqualification www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/t...

Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.” Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.” Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.

Some news as I try to bring some order to all the different things I do:

It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.

Marc Elias is one of the heroes of our time, leaving Big Law to fight this assault on democracy at every level. Heather Cox Richardson is my second inspiration, using her deep history knowledge to show how these disparate attacks fit larger patterns—and to chart a path forward against all adversity.

Before the ink could even dry on my post yesterday, Trump has viciously insulted yet another female reporters. Thankfully, lordy there are tapes! open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...

1. I agree with this take 2. This is far more optimistic than I'm used to seeing from The Bulwark and I'm down with it.

Potentially a big day on the Hill tomorrow… Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine and SecState Marco Rubio are expected to brief the Gang of 8 tomorrow afternoon Separately, outgoing Southern Command commander Adm. Alvin Holsey is expected to virtually meet HASC and SASC leaders.

The holidays don't start until a 25 ft. tall Pennsylvania Douglas Fir arrives in the Capitol Rotunda... Merry Christmas, Pennsylvania!

Meet four of the intrepid candidates most likely to flip red seats blue next year, and end Republican control of the House: bsky.app/profile/simo...

Day 1384 of Russia's illegal (full) invasion of its neighbour - a second invasion in 8 years. There will be a third too, and other countries seeing unwelcome visits from war criminals pretending to be peacemakers. Today 4 European leaders meet - have they the balls to say "no"?

Good explanation of how AI is used to make investigative journalism easier. (Not to write it.)

After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT. Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.

11 more days to the Epstein Files

Defeat them, that's it !!! 💯💥

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden named USA Track and Field (USATF) Female Athlete of the Year for 2025. Jefferson-Wooden won the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award after becoming the first American woman to sweep the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m at a single World Championships. #champion #WomenInSport #athletics

Fugelsang on Fazebook

Tom Cotton looks like a constipated pencil. Oh and he defends murder.

“Every person he has pardoned, from the lowly scammers whom he excused from paying restitution to possibly commuting Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentence, is a means to an end.”

“Our standing as the world’s foremost proponent of democracy and freedom is being jettisoned in favor of sucking up to despots and embracing the oil rich Gulf States; we now regard their human rights abuses and authoritarian ways as none of our business.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...

“Peace” talks latest. Zelenskyy: “Trading Ukrainian territories for security guarantees is not being considered.”

The Washington Post is determined to put The Onion out of business.

Ben Jennings on Trump and the Ukraine peace talks – cartoon

FITCH: “.. Despite the full-year impact of tariffs, we expect the U.S. fiscal deficit to widen in 2026 due to additional tax cuts under the OBBBA.” www.fitchratings.com/research/sov...

wapo.st/44bxe6G Seems trump really is a socialist, he loves welfare for farmers⬇️💯

When away for months filming on location I always take the pups with me so they can be on set or in my trailer. When gone less than a week on promo-junkets they stay home w/ family members so they're not alone in a hotel room all day. How can I not to miss Mabel, Trixie (a/k/a Bat-Mite) & Millie?!❤️

We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...

Alina Habba has resigned as attorney in New Jersey after a federal court ruled she was serving unlawfully.

"Trump and those around him hate Europe. And they hate it because it still honors the ideals they’re abandoning in America." "But we can still turn this around and claw our way back to being who we should be." substack.com/app-link/pos...

If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.

Given that the Russians quite literally drafted our capitulation plan for Ukraine one has to wonder about whether there wasn’t at least a bit of cutting and pasting here.

Rest assured folks...when this President is relegated to the dustbin of history, MLK Day and Juneteenth will not only have free National Park admission, but will once again occupy places of pride in our nation's history.

Same headline. Seven years apart. 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

The hostile bid Paramount is launching to get Warner is backed by the Saudis, Abu Dhabi, and Qataris (and Jared). www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...