BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee just released — on New Year's Eve — the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed door deposition. House Republicans continue their attempts to bury Smith's testimony. Read it all here: tinyurl.com/cndtn3ez

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Here’s billionaire and Trump ally Gil Dezer being reunited with his private jet — a jet last seen doing ICE flights to Africa, including flying people to prisons in countries they’ve never been to.

Outrageously cruel. Israel is already choking desperately needed humanitarian aid, and this will only further the immense suffering in Gaza. The U.S. needs to act now to massively increase the flow of aid and continue working toward lasting peace.

Charging middle schoolers with a crime for making a TikTok that portrayed a school shooting indicates a lack of understanding on how to handle these incidents, one school safety expert said. “Did those charges make that school safer? No,” she said. (Published July)

It sure does. One of the important lessons of 2025 is that while too many powerful institutions and people caved to Trump, regular people stood up for our democracy over and over again.

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“God give me strength,” one former resident said. “Give me a peaceful place to live, a place to make my coffee.”

This is my goal right now

www.publicnotice.co/p/chuck-redd... “government control of speech isn’t just about silencing criticism. It’s also about forcing praise. Like many a dictator before him, Trump has a bottomless desire to hear others laud him.”

This.

A bill with bipartisan support to bring safe drinking water to people in Colorado is vetoed by Trump. Why? It appears he’s pressuring Colorado to free his crooked ally who is imprisoned for tampering with voting systems. Trump doesn’t give a crap about anything but his own money and power.

The GOP's King and Daddy possibly helped Epstein traffic and rape girls. RELEASE THE FILES. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...

An ICE agent groomed and sexually abused a detainee for over 3 months. These men are more likely to cause harm than the immigrants they’re targeting. They’re more likely to have criminal records. Arrest & charge every last one of them.

Gavin Newsom is ultimately a shill for Silicon Valley, and the Democratic Party needs a clean break from that. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"

MA is officially up to 9 ballot questions advancing to the next stage. 1 other question secured its spot already. 2 are still pending certification. So wild that we could have 12 questions next year. www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/ne...

Trump’s decimation of FOIA offices across the federal government is unacceptable. Americans deserve access to the records of the government they fund. Use our new action center tool to tell Congress to keep FOIA offices open.

I feel like we've had an actual pro-democracy popular front in this country very recently, and it was Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander, and their constituencies/political traditions joining forces to defeat Andrew Cuomo, a murderer and abuser openly supported by our pedophile dictator & his billionaires.

It's mind boggling that an admiral in the Navy can't see he is a mass, serial murder along with everyone in his command.

You know what actually makes women happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage, and not have a miscarriage kill us. Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.

I received this email today from Mass General. They are finally requiring masks again!

The Right’s attack on daycare isn’t just racist (re: blaming “Somali fraud” even in cities where there are few Somalis and no indication of fraud)—it’s also anti-woman. By attacking daycare they are absolutely implying women should be at home taking care of their children instead of having careers.

When Rebecca Solnit asks you to turn a thread into an essay, you fucking do it. jessica.substack.com/p/cbs-news-f... bsky.app/profile/rebe...

Great Now MAGA is threatening to act like vigilantes at daycare centers to find so-called Somali fraud It’s a pity they didn’t confront Trump with the actual, real and massive fraud he committed that led to a $350 million judgment against him

There’s no easy way to tell the difference between an abortion and a miscarriage. Pregnancy loss should never be criminalized. Throwing women in jail for miscarrying is an example of why abortion bans and fetal personhood are so dangerous. Our lives don’t matter.

NBMAA to host major Pablo Delano installation on Puerto Rico’s colonial history www.bristolpress.com/news/nbmaa-t...

Sandra Latibeaudiere | Hurricane Melissa exposes vulnerable older adults jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focu...

Cabinet Office accused of covering up for royal family after blocking release of Andrew documents www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

More war crimes! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

Did US Special Forces just inadvertently confirm there was a CIA operation in Venezuela?

It would be nice if Congress decided to exist and rein in this blatantly illegal activity. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

(Sigh) —24 million Americans are not “very few people.” —the subsidy expiration isn’t 4% of the increase; it’s 4 *percentage points* of the *gross* increase of 26%, or 15.4% of the gross increase. —More importantly, it’s causing nearly ALL of the NET increase, which is what matters to enrollees.

Are most Americans not really really really tired of bullshit wars?

Not a Somali refugee.

Governor Healey and the Democratic supermajority in the MA Legislature can be doing far, far more than they have this year to push back against Trump and show what good progressive governance looks like. MA deserves more from them in 2026. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/29/m...

"How to not come off as deranged? I know! We'll compare the mayor-elect of the nation's largest city to a Nazi spy"

You know what happens if you tax a billionaire 8%? They’re STILL a billionaire.

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It sure does

dems talked about project 2025 but so much of the effort was around "google project 2025" when they should have been saying - what project 2025 was - investing in seo so the dem narrative on project 2025 was the #1 result

Greene's shift is newsworthy but it's shockingly dishonest for @nytimes.com to portray it as a sincere awakening. There's no evidence of that; she's not changing caucus nor voting differently. She's an abhorrent bigot cynically adjusting position because she sees Trump as a liability. That's a fact.

This is a really interesting story. [April 28, 2023]👇 www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

It is a perfect day to have your windshield wipers fall apart

First they decided to strip nursing of its “professional” designation. Now they’re removing a requirement that ensured nursing homes receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding had an RN available 24/7. This regime doesn’t care about the elderly & disabled. This policy change will kill people.

Less money than a single person - Trump - made last year through corruption.