Pope Leo: “Creation is crying. But many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

"Now the coverup is out in the open. This is far from over. Everyone involved will have to answer for this. Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, whole admin. Protecting a bunch of rapists and pedophiles because they have money, power, and connections. Bondi should resign tonight." AOC

this itself isn’t necessarily evidence of malfeasance by the administration- I think incompetence in the face of a redaction task that is frankly a lot harder than people seem to think it is explains a lot- but it is a reminder that the maximally adverse read is not always right

Congress, TAKE YOUR POWER BACK.

1. BREAKING Congressman Ro Khanna — who co-authored the Epstein bill with Congressman Thomas Massie — says the Trump Department of Justice’s Epstein files release today DOES NOT comply with federal law.

In this Washington, access to transgender care is protected by state law and we will fight to preserve it for all the families who need these services. This administration needs to stop attacking families and put its energy into extending the ACA tax credits to help people afford health insurance.

The right wing, pro trump domination of mass media is the media story of the year. Maybe just maybe we can stop with the ‘liberal media’ lie now?

Comer: "If we find that there's any type of effort to redact the names of victimizers -- people who were involved in terrible crimes against these women -- then I call tell my Oversight Committee will be the first to unredact and shine a light on those names."

Stefanik was a young bright moderate hotshot who gave up her reputation to back Trump. -Trumped named her for UN ambassador and then pulled her. -Trumped pushed her to run for Gov then wouldn’t endorse. -Her political career is done at 41.

Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!

lol. lmao, even.

Trump called troops "suckers and losers." Apparently he thinks they are so stupid, he can bamboozle them now.

Tomorrow is the Epstein file release day. Reports are the DOJ is still redacting documents as of tonight, so expectations for tomorrow remain low.

Sorkin: This is now state-sponsored capitalism. This is not really capitalism. Everything runs through 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue now. That is a fundamental reshift, and that is something that’s more akin to places like China, frankly.

The White House says the Kennedy Center board vote was “unanimous”… BULLSHIT. @repbeatty.bsky.social, a Congressional member of the board, was on the call. They muted her and didn't let her voice opposition. This is beyond absurd, totally illegal, and a disgrace to the memory and legacy of JFK.

It almost goes without saying, but this is illegal. The name "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" is established by law and the board doesn't have the power to change it. 20 USC 3 §§ 76h - 76s.

Feels to me like the last quote here is more devastating and incriminating than even the birthday book and the photos and the rest.

Meanwhile in Russia: inspired by the Trump administration’s anti-European stance, state TV host Vladimir Solovyov predicted that Russian and American combat troops will jointly storm European cities. youtu.be/3PWkEmc0we0?...

This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that? The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.

Biden was the kind of old where you take away the car keys. Trump is the kind of old where you don't let him near the grandchildren

This could have been an email.

Good point.

Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.

McDonald’s USA — Employee: $15/hr, no benefits — Big Mac: $5.79 McDonald’s Denmark — Employee: $22/hr, 6 weeks vacation, 1 year paid maternity leave, life insurance, pension — Big Mac: $5.49 Tell us more about how raising the minimum wage would affect the cost of hamburgers.

House Republicans are now canceling Friday votes. Congress will recess for the rest of the year on Thursday afternoon. Obamacare subsidies expire Dec. 31.

Tonight’s TrUmp boycott (9 pm EST) is in honor of all Rob Reiner movies/shows. Let’s drive the number of views of his speech as low as possible. We owe it to the Reiner family after they were subjected to that trash about their parents.

Dire state-of-the-DOJ report shows that the DC US attorney had a 21% dismissal rate on criminal complaints and that nearly 3,000 lawyers have left the dept so far in 2025. Justice is falling apart - in many ways. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

He's lying. How do we know? Because they released the Sept 2nd video already!! Just not the part where they illegally killed the survivors. There's nothing "top secret" about the second strike if there wasn't anything top secret about the first one.

It’s what dark persistent predatory personalities (aka malignant narcissists & psychopaths, etc.) do – and not just today, not just in the 20th century, but throughout history. (A bit more in ALT)

NEW: A judge ruled today that the Trump administration had illegally blocked Congress from accessing ICE detention facilities. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Almost no new jobs have been added since April and 710,000 more people are unemployed now compared to a year ago. Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs. Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?

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BIG NEWS: @housedemocrats.bsky.social discharge petition to extend ACA tax credits by 3 years has enough signatures. Speaker Johnson must bring this to a vote on the House floor NOW. People cannot wait to have healthcare that could save their lives or the lives of their loved ones.

Trump says we need to go after drug cartels. Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on. And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking. Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy. It's a power grab.

Trump announces his golden ballroom may now cost $400 million, which is double the original estimate of $200 million. This comes as Americans’ health care premiums are set to triple in the next few weeks.

ICYMI (I did): homeowners in WA State filed a class action law suit against big oil companies for skyrocketing insurance rates caused by climate harms, including forest fire risks and flooding. 1/

Urgent update. Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures. Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.

ABSOLUTELY 👇 THIS......

So much for transparency. #hegsethisawarcriminal

I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned. Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.

Look, I'm not one to quickly believe in conspiracy theories about us attacking Venezuela on a made up provocation to distract from the Epstein files, but the timing of all this is not helping me convince myself that it's not true.

Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop

Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.

Trump says he’s ordering a total blockade of “sanctioned oil tankers” in and out of Venezuela. “Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us.”

You know what being ‘woke’ is? It’s having empathy. Something the RW lacks.

1 Regime staff cut 90 percent of USAID and ate cake 🎂 2 Cholera clinic shut. Bodies followed. 3 Experts warned millions would die. Regime applauded. 4 This is blood policy. Get them out. Share. Burn the cover story 🔥📢 This is white Christian nationalism. Marco Rubio 🤮 most be so proud of himself.

"The fact that we don't even debate gun control. We don't even debate AI. We don't even debate the algorithms. These are kind of important things for the future of the country." @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on the absence of serious debate about phenomena shaping American life.

Right, after 6 years, he's finally got "truckloads" of evidence? Yeah, that sounds legit. Dumbass.

One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies? Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.