Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

Make it make sense.

The Trump administration's elevation of a vaccine skeptic to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials, who told CBS News the appointment will harm the agency's reputation as a reliable steward of the nation's drug supply.

Whoa … this is really strange. Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone. 🎁 link ⤵️ www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

The killing of shipwrecked survivors at sea is a textbook violation of the laws of war. If Hegseth is so proud of the killing of these survivors, the Pentagon should release the full video, just like they have with other boat strikes. The American people deserve full transparency & accountability.

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This is excellent. But when will we be able to get it? The filter I mean. Someone will try to sell you a washing-machine fish, don't fall for it.

"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot. 'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...” www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...

ICE agents need to watch this: youtu.be/684ncxqERO4?...

Yellow Faced Bumblebee on a Pride of Madeira #photograph #flowers #bees

This is contemptible. Not only do we now have confirmation Hegseth has been lying from the jump, but it seems neither he nor his team understand that killing everyone on a target list *becomes* an illegal No Quarter Order if targets try to surrender or are neutralized. Their semantic games are vile.

March 29, 2023.

MTG says many Republicans aren’t criticizing Trump because they’re “terrified” of getting a “nasty Truth Social post on them.” “I watched many of my Republican colleagues go from making fun of Trump…to when he won the primary in 2024, they all started kissing his ass,” MTG told 60 Minutes.

Trump just executed another Pearl Harbor on American foreign policy by turning his back on NATO and the EU. DISGRACEFUL! When is the GOP leadership going to stand up and say ENOUGH. Abandoning NATO and the EU is NOT WHAT AMERICA supports or voted for! This is a total betrayal of AMERICAN VALUES!

If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end

JUST IN: U.S. ground beef prices just hit their highest level ever. Great job, Donald

“European officials may end up offering Ukraine a financial Band-Aid when they had hoped for a financial bazooka.” Tragic loss of nerve. The $244 billion must be used to help Ukraine survive Russia’s illegal onslaught. Belgium is being cowardly. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...

“A Congress even modestly attentive to the rule of law would surely want to know the circumstances surrounding these and other grants of clemency as well as their aftermath.” But thanks to SCOTUS’s Trump v. U.S., all this will remain a mystery. Jeff Toobin explains: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...

In a memo John Roberts wrote just 4 yrs out of law school, he said the “time may be ripe to reconsider the existence” of independent agencies & bring them back into the executive branch. Now he’s poised to end what he has long called “a constitutional anomaly.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...

This is how it’s supposed to be done. ‘Former senator Bob Menendez banned from holding public office in New Jersey’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What do these 3 people have in common? They have all been found to have been illegally appointed by the Trump Administration to positions leading U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country. We need real public servants in these jobs, lawful public servants, who are committed to the rule of law.

No one in America has done more to incite political violence than Donald Trump. And it’s not close.

‘ #Russia has welcomed #DonaldTrump's new US National #Security #Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.’

When you think that you have heard the worst, you find out something worse.

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The actors really seem to look like the people they are playing-- amazing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_App...

"sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat" What did you think they were able to do at that point? Launch their Iron Man gear?

Mark Kelly on Hegseth: "He doesn't look out for anybody. When you see what happened with this boat strike, it's not leadership to throw your people under the bus. He turned away and ran from this as fast as he could."

Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯

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Help the Center for Biological Diversity SAVE the BOUNDARY WATERS! [5 min video] act.biologicaldiversity.org/p/b9kKSzjtjE...

SAVE the BOUNDARY WATERS Support the Center for Biological Diversity, which successfully fights to do just that: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXQb... Learn more about Boundary Waters most visited US wilderness, and the foreign copper mining company that wants to excavate: www.savetheboundarywaters.org

Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."

We need more leaders like Adelita Grijalva! You'll wanna see this:

Trump’s $400 Billion Asset Grab: A Peace Plan That Profits the U.S. and Rewards Russia Illicit profit-seeking, and violations of the UN’s Doctrines. #USA #Trump #uspoli open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...

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The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.

ONE EXAMPLE of HOW animals & plants interact to keep habitat: A recent study showed acacia seeds that had been eaten & excreted by closely related Arabian oryx were 250 times more likely to germinate than seeds that hadn't been eaten, helping grow new trees naturally. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted. No database can record what was never discovered. Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction. news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...

For the first time, the Kennedy Center Awards were presented in the tiny Oval Office instead of the Kennedy Center For Performing Arts. Donald used his now-vulgar Oval Office for the ceremony to avoid the embarrassment of TV audiences seeing an almost empty theater.

December 6, 2025

They’re desperately trying to separate the pipe bomber from MAGA, Trump, and 1/6. It’s why there’s a 22-day gap in the arrest affidavit. I’ll be covering this on the @meidastouch.com channel tomorrow at noon PT.

How are we supposed to trust the FBI & DOJ after years of watching Donald Trump denigrate & politicize them? That question was brought into sharp focus by the arrest earlier this week of Brian Cole, Jr., on bomb planting charges. joycevance.substack.com/p/charges-in...

Okay but WHY are the Kennedy Center Honors not being given out at the Kennedy Center? Did they cancel and move it to the Oval because ticket sales were non-existent?

The pay-to-play and shakedown systems in place are obvious: 1. In Apr, Trump announces 46% tariff on Vietnam 2. In May, Eric Trump attends groundbreaking for new $1.5 bn Trump golf resort in Vietnam 3. In July, Vietnam becomes only the second country to reach a tariff deal, cutting its rate to 20%

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