Just dropped off wine and a present for my nail artist for her salon’s Christmas party (which I unfortunately couldn’t stay for) and they sent me home with soup. I love that place so much. 💕💕 Merry Christmas, friends.

Carol of the Bells ("Shchedryk") from Ukrainian Defenders at Sofiivska Square, in the heart of Kyiv. Merry Christmas, friends! 📹: miarodriges / Threads

This is a lot of words to say that DOJ is in violation of the statutory deadline and will take even longer to produce records that were due last week.

Delete that shit right now friends.

US citizens are being deported

It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.

A local Christmas miracle: thanks to an oral amendment by @janeese4dc.bsky.social and @brianneknadeau.bsky.social five hours into a budget hearing in July, DC is reversing $21 million in cuts to health care for low-income immigrant families. Thank you to everyone who fought to protect DC Alliance.

I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night

“… Jesus was born in an authoritarian regime that sought his death. It’s ultimately the reason his family flees from Bethlehem.”

In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one! More ... 👇

Just an internet rando who’s spent way too much on therapy here to remind you that you do not have to be around people who make you feel bad, even and especially at the holidays. It’s ok to not let people guilt you into it. You can even leave after you arrive if you’re uncomfy. Be free! Be you! ✨

As someone who has an asthma attack around cigarette smoke (inside or out) I am pro people sticking to vices that mostly harm themselves without roping me into them. It’s all bad though.

Again, at minimum you need a full congressional investigation of the justice department here, particularly since it looks like the white house is directly running their social media now

This man is a cancer and any future way forward needs to start with holding him accountable in a court of law for his crimes.

Remember who was sitting right behind Donald Trump on his Inauguration Day? The richest man in the world, the tech billionaire tycoons, and his billionaire cabinet. He’s certainly delivering his “golden age” for them, but it’s crumbs for everyone else. That’s the Trump economy.

“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

“Kevin also worries about his mom. When she was late coming home one night, he was sobbing, thinking she too had been detained, Olga said.” What is this country doing to its own children?

ICE wants to hold 80,000 people in warehouses. ICE's acting director in April: "We need to get better at treating this like a business ... Like Prime, but with human beings." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @douglasmac.bsky.social

Nobody is safe when ICE gets to decide which of us are citizens and which are not.

The protesters described here in a DHS post as “imbecilic morons” were mostly clergy and faith leaders. In fact, seven faith leaders were arrested at that protest. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

Paint me like one of your croissants

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

Literally any other attorney general before Bondi would have fought tooth and nail and then resigned over this alone. Letting White House staff take over making public statements in the name of DOJ is in and of itself completely insane.

“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”

This was probably the grift of the century. Not enough people asked why Trump never made it official, non-government officials occupying the White House unchecked

Paint me like one of your croissants

imagine being born with the potential to develop incredible skill, athleticism, and height, toiling and training for decades to actualize world class ability, only to be awarded the title of "Denver Nugget"

Do dogs know what kisses are

The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...

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There's an audio recording of him, not an aide, asking for votes to swing a state in a Presidential election and that wasn't enough to get him locked up or even keep him from the White House

The people who showed up to vote for a write-in dem candidate in a Trump+50 special election 2 days before Christmas are democracy's strongest soldiers.

These declines are MASSIVE. And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING. “Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?” THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it. Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.

Y'know, if a member of Washington's Cabinet had said this to one of the signers of the Constitution, the response would be "cash me outside, how bout dat?"

Reminder not to get your coffee in the red cups this holiday season!

In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.

Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…

this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media

this is like something from a Reacher novel. cartoony pulp

This means the VA won't cover abortions EVEN in the case of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the patient. The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.

holy shit

A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.

The DC public golf courses are what golf *should* be in America and *is* in Scotland, Ireland, and England. They are communal treasures and the opposite of the kind of golf elitism that makes most of Bluesky hate golf. You do not want these courses to get ransacked unless you're just performing

Clueless US media understand Trump's shut down of Atlantic coast wind farms as just some vague national security thing about radar or as Trump's weird ideas about alternative energy. But in Denmark, this is immediately understood for what it is: a shakedown against two large Danish companies,

It’s terrifying how much kids are exposed to AI with apparently zero concern from anyone about how it impacts their developing brains. Did we learn nothing from social media and stuff like Roblox?!

Scoop: The lone employee behind CISA's Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative resigned on Friday rather than take a forced reassignment to FEMA. CISA says PRNI will continue, but sources said David Stern's loss will be a major setback for it. My story: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...