p.s. If you think the WSJ is just a Murdoch-owned tool...the great reporting there never stopped.

Did Geo Group clear the sidewalk this morning for visitors to those detained at Delaney Hall? Nah...let the volunteers knock themselves out. Geo did leave this "music" playing from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m., and most likely far beyond.

Great news from the Workhouse Party...

Trump's war on clean energy is horrible but it can't last -- though it will hurt U.S. competitiveness (already weak).

I had cause to share this with a (male) relative who 'has a system' for loading the dishwasher, so I thought I'd share it with the world. From Ena Lamont Stewart's Men Should Weep (Glasgow, 1947), the greatest play you've never heard of. balernomac56.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas

Arkansas -- yes, Arkansas-- has partially mitigated ACA premium hikes for the subsidy-eligible. New Jersey should take notes xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/tale-of-tw...

Oh, he flew, huh, is that what they're calling it now

Yup. And without ePTC, coverage losses may take several years to shake out, and much of the lost will be CSR-eligibles downshifting to bronze or, in some states, gold (which has triple the OOP cap of strong-CSR silver).

Judge Boasberg is a true hero

In which Charles Gaba deconstructs Sen. Lankford's bullshit attempt to pin healthcare inflation on the enhanced tax credits in the ACA marketplace

Vital context for RFK's intent (delayed for now) to radically cut children's vaccine schedules from Katelyn Jetelina

The apparent expiration of the enhanced subsidies in Obamacare raises the salience of silver loading -- inflating subsidies by pricing CSR into silver premiums. Arkansas implemented strict silver loading for 2026. This year any 60 year-old right up to 400% FPL can get near-free bronze. NJ OTOH..

Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email. It must be read:

Nazis welcome!

Trump's biology may one day make him president

Fascist will to power

Vital column by Jamelle Bouie. Russell Vought is running domestic policy -- impounding funds, firing federal workers, killing programs Stephen Miller is running immigration policy, unleashing a reign of terror on people of color. A fascist and an actual Nazi wielding dictatorial power.

Fruits of silver loading, or not... xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/tale-of-tw...

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

How many buildings whose owners had the freedom to act have chipped Trump's sullied name *off* their buildings?

Trump losing popular support is crucial to restoring democracy. But it's not sufficient -- thanks to Elias for reminding us

"Miller’s mission of boosting deportation numbers of necessity requires arresting people who are not criminals or gang members—people who have jobs and have become integrated into U.S. communities—because there’s no other way to get the removals up." -Greg Sargent

Oh dear will we lose Your Local Epidemiologist?

We've all been annoyed by paper forms at the doctor's. In twin visits to related offices of one practice this week, though, I was kind of reassured by the paper. The dominant physician group here does everything electronically, including agree-to-pay forms. I find it kind of creepy... 1/

FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years. It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.

A Saddam Hussein election! Of course, that's how Trump will run the presidential election if we let him.

Grab em by the pussy, part 2

A subject line that requires serious contextualizing

This in-depth reporting on the wanton destruction of vital aid programs is unbearable. Thank you for doing it.

As did his uncle (?) in the NYT in Trump 1.0

Always say the opposite of what's true

Guess what, Republicans aren't telling the truth about ACA premiums

Jonathan Cohn details how ACA marketplaces can cope with a belated extension of the enhanced subsidies. He reminds us that the enhanced subsidies were implemented on the fly outside of OEP, from March-April 2021. Open that playbook. Not ideal, but quite doable. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-still-...

Signs you might be actual Nazis

cc Mikie Sherrill you can come out of hiding on immigration now open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

The Trump admin, in its quest to eliminate the entire concept of asylum from the law and get rid of all asylum applicants without hearing their cases, wants to deport a Chinese dissident to Uganda, despite the fact that he has a slam-dunk asylum claim.

Another US airstrike in Somalia happened yesterday, near Kismayo. AFRICOM released no casualty figures or other information beyond saying it "targeted" al-Shabaab. This is by my count the 87th strike or series of strikes announced by AFRICOM this year, by far the most ever in a year in Somalia.

"Let us eat cake" said the murderous criminals, with Marco Rubio at the top, who fed USAID into the woodchipper.

In Little Thoughts Press, Issue 12, "Better Together" andrewsprungforkids.blogspot.com/2025/12/in-l...

Remember Nazi Patrick Buchanan's 1992 campaign? It's almost as if he'd won...

Miller and allies literally saying the same things that were said about his family when they came to the United States

100 minutes in the cold: My first-hand account of how Geo Group treats wives, children, family and friends visiting immigrants detained at Delaney Hall in Newark.

Just reflecting on someone with whom I've had brief dealings who gives a definite vibe: That which she promises, she will perform. People are all over the scale on that quality, and some very good people don't score too high (trouble with deadlines, etc.), but it is an invaluable trait.

OTOH, if you speak for the Trump administration you're likely to be a good Nazi.

Andy Kim -- our Senator Be There! -- visited the detainees at Delaney Hall today. Here pictured with volunteers outside.

Take a moment to meet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. He is the guy who is leading the agency that is working overtime to enrich his MAHA patrons by taking away your kids’ access to vaccines & essential medicines. He’s replacing evidence-based regulation with corruption.

The government has decided, with no basis other than feeding its new tech, that our biometrics are only IDs that count.

🚨🚨🚨 House GOP *will* hold vote on healthcare package w/subsidy extension after all, but DANGER WILL ROBINSON... acasignups.net/25/12/12/hou...