Abrego is asking Judge Crenshaw to let him tell the criminal jury the full story of his immigration saga—which govt seeks to exclude. Says it explains the witnesses' bias & how they've won extraordinary favors from the govt in their own crim/immigration cases. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Farmers: Where’s MY bailout?! Dementia president: Here you go! Farmers, later: Where’s MY bailout?! Dementia president: Here you go!

What’s about to happen at SCOTUS is why I’ve opposed premature declarations of Trumpism’s collapse. Drumbeat since ‘15. Just like Christian fundamentalism has been declared dead every 5-10 years since 1925. When I pub’d The Family in ‘08, interviewers asked why, since Obama was ending Right forever.

Habba out

The United States and Russia have officially formed an alliance against Europe, Ukraine, and Canada.

EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius says Europe must plan for the possibility that NATO’s Article 5 might “not work” when needed. With the U.S. pivoting to the Pacific and signaling it wants Europe to take more responsibility, Kubilius stresses the need for backup security guarantees/readiness.

That’s what NYT decided to focus on today

2/2 These moves we're seeing from Grandpa Chaos: - The natl parks BS; - The WH #Epstein Ballroom/Bunker; - Renaming Dulles after himself (is.gd/3vsX0D); - minting $1 coin w/his face on it (is.gd/akkEdQ) He thinks the end is near—all desperate attempts to honor himself *while he's still alive*.

1/2 Would Trump bootlicker Scott Jennings even try to clean this up as *not racist*? Removing MLK Day & Juneteenth as free entry days for natl parks & *adding his own bday* is one latest official, truly petty example of broadcasting his personal hatred of "the blacks" (his term). 🧾 is.gd/a5uncS

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Next week the Supreme Court will hear another engineered case with fake plaintiffs, which presents another opportunity for the GOP justices to blow a hole through what remains of our campaign finance laws—this time, by turning political parties into a conduit for bribes. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Sadism is the lifeblood of MAGA politics. Hard to overstate how disgusting and embarrassing for our country it is for the US Secretary of Defense to be doing this:

The new US National Security Strategy out today positions the US as an enemy of Europe. It wants to “help Europe correct its current trajectory” - as a multicultural society - and explains Vance’s vocal support for the Far Right AfD. Interfering in internal affairs until it’s a new TrumpWorld.

Cassidy continues to pay lip service to the public health catastrophe he created with his cowardice.

Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud. In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that. What a confession.

Come to think of it, Pete Hegseth just admitted openly that they're committing extrajudicial murders in international waters partly in order to please MAGA influencers that want retribution for political attacks on Pete Hegseth:

BREAKING: Indiana House approves a new congressional map designed to net Republicans two seats, setting up a clash over the redistricting effort pushed by President Trump in the state Senate.

Got a close up look at Trump’s medal

Indiana state house Republicans just approved a new 9-0 gerrymandered map ousting two US House Democrats, giving Republicans 100% of seats in state where Trump got 58% of vote

Reports show more than half of those arrested in aggressive federal immigration raids had no criminal record at all. trib.al/1NixrY3

some shots of Trump from today's FIFA event (in 2 of them you can see that the back of his right hand is still bandaged up) all photos via Getty

The Government Accountability Office says it has opened an investigation into Trump's Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte. Pulte has weaponized his office — accusing Federal Governor Lisa Cook and several prominent Democrats, including New York AG Letitia James, of mortgage fraud.

JUST IN: Judge unseals Epstein grand jury records in south Florida. Judge Rodney Smith (Trump) says law Congress passed & Trump signed overrides background grand jury secrecy. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

*EPSTEIN TRANSCRIPTS FROM FLORIDA GRAND JURY CASE TO BE RELEASED *JUDGE AGREES TO RELEASE EPSTEIN TRANSCRIPTS FROM FLORIDA CASE

is Trump going to make it through this awake?

Paul adds he wants Hegseth to testify before Congress under oath. “And I think that Congress, if they had any kind of gumption at all would not be allowed administration to summarily execute people that are suspected of a crime”

Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released. “And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”

ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today. Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings. But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess! He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.

Upcoming Supreme Court Case -- unlimited, unregulated money hurts democracy. Really good and educational discussion between @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @marcelias.bsky.social on current events and history as lived experience. #CorruptionInPolitics #Resist www.youtube.com/live/LojhZEN...

I know I’m hard on WH reporters. But DOJ reporters are the most pathetic bunch in DC.

you can't be out here arguing that Trump is lawless and a threat to democracy and then joyfully rubber stamp the very same thugs Trump is installing to help him carry out the lawlessness and threats to democracy you're always complaining about, you fucking pillocks newrepublic.com/post/202207/...

I know Democrats aspire to be a big tent party but I don't think Trump-appointed judges belong in the tent

And that's why Amy keeps voting for Trump's nominees.

To average Americans these rulings come out of the blue, because there's no oral argument and less focus on the shadow docket. And when the Court fails to explain its emergency rulings, they undermine their own legitimacy because they appear to be acting in an unprincipled way.

Supreme Court at any time may issue 2 orders on its emergency docket that will greatly affect how Americans live over the next few years: one on legality of national guard troops in American cities and one on whether States like Texas can re-redistrict and get away with it on timing grounds for 2026

Trump had some hefty bandages yesterday on the back of right hand -- the same one that is often discolored (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

OCTOBER HOME-PURCHASE CANCELLATIONS RISE About 53,000 U.S. home-purchase agreements fell through in October — 15.1% of all contracts, up from 14.3% a year earlier, according to Redfin. High housing costs, economic uncertainty, and a buyer-friendly market are driving the

MABA Make America Backwards Again. 😣

Fuel savings vs. car costs: Trump to roll back Biden vehicle rules

The New York Post, relentlessly speaking truth to power.

🚨 SOME BOND MARKET PARTICIPANTS WORRIED KEVIN HASSETT WOULD CUT INTEREST RATES AGGRESSIVELY TO PLEASE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP - FT

Nightmare-client’s renovation makes Page One: @nytimes.com @lukebroadwater.bsky.social

"Fractures have emerged in the Maga coalition," writes Guardian columnist Moira Donegan. "Republicans are beginning to imagine what the country – and more importantly, their own careers – will look like without him."

This is a beautifully written piece.

Note who is missing from this table? America. Because we have taken Russia’s side. bsky.app/profile/ones...

It lived up to my expectations! I don’t mind saying, this is the future I want to see…what I’ve always wanted. So many years I did not vote because I felt I had no voice and my life would never change. I hope to see more like this 🤞🙏 @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/N15L4Po...

The Morning Monty loafs in his new preferred location: under the Christmas tree

Do you or did you work at the VA? @propublica.org wants to hear from you... www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Iz...

Jason Lee Van Dyke was once a leader of the Proud Boys, has posted racist threats online, and sports a white nationalist tattoo. Now he’s running for public office as a Republican. thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...