The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.

Happy New Year, friends. It has obviously been a tough year and fittingly I am ending it with a headache. But I'm grateful for my internet communities and looking forward to 2026. Onward, and cheers 🥂

The US military on Tuesday struck what it described as a “convoy” of three boats participating in the trafficking of narcotics — the latest salvo in the United States’ escalating actions against what it says are drug traffickers.

Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.

In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."

Happy New Year To Everyone, Including the UNHINGED LOSER "Tiny" Mike Johnson, who—despite his best but pitiful efforts—will fail miserably to stop us from extending ACA tax credits in January. Now's the time to get loud about it:

Trump Translation: I am complying (maybe) with legal orders and threatening to break them again next week.

No way Drumpf would EVER understand this.

LOUISIANA: ICE officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee for Months “while she was under his authority”

NEW: Epstein survivors are getting impatient with Congress for not enforcing the Epstein Transparency Act, and say they will start naming names in 2026. 💪

Russia attacked two civilian vessels in Odessa, there are injured civilians According to the Ukrainian Navy, today the Russians attacked the vessels "Emmakris III" and "Captain Karam" with strike drones, which were entering the port to load wheat. - reports

#ImpeachTrump #EpsteinFiles

Here a novel idea, let’s let the survivors redact the Epstein files.

#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

💚 board games 💚 "Dr Atherton said: "Our research has shown they [board games] can enhance wellbeing, foster inclusion, and support learning, with strong evidence that games improve engagement and social connection for neurodivergent individuals compared to other activities."

Shorter: The sick SOB in the Oval Office was funneling young women to Epstein’s home even though he knew Epstein had been exposing himself at the Mar-a-Lago spa. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-mar-a...

As we bid goodbye to 2025 — and all the thuggery, corruption, squalor, and cruelty it spewed — I want to thank you for standing up to it. Some thoughts on the year that was... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/thank-you

Stephen Miller Is The New Republic’s 2025 Scoundrel of the Year - The New Republic

The monks Walk for Peace continues. Update (12/28/2025): Heading to Luthersville, Sharpsburg & Peachtree City, GA Tomorrow they continue their journey through Georgia, heading from Hogansville through Luthersville to Sharpsburg and Peachtree City via GA-54 Highway. #Georgia

I had the honor of welcoming the Walk for Peace Buddhist monks to GA-04 on their way to Washington, D.C. Georgia has rallied around and supported the monks as they have unified us in bringing healing and happiness to the world. I look forward to seeing them again in D.C.

A quiet moment of unity in Houston. During their stop, the monks met with local police officers and offered blessing cords; a simple gesture of care, safety, and mutual respect. No speeches. No politics. Just people meeting one another where they are. Walkforpeace.usa

A quiet walk is cutting through the noise. As we step into the new year, a group of monks is walking 2,300 miles across America, practicing peace in public: no slogans, no sermons, just presence. It’s not religious. It’s human. And it’s moving people. open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

The monks walking for peace is bigger than people think. They normally make this walk in other countries. This year, they decided to walk from Texas to DC- through areas historically relevant in the civil rights movement. They are essentially walking the 1961 Freedom Riders route. 🫶🕊️

Monks walk for peace in the US. They do that in countries that are in dire need of peace. Now they're here, because America is a hot mess right now.

The monks on the Walk For Peace are now certainly drawing the crowds. Americans I believe are craving peace. 🖖

A group of Buddhist monks is persevering in their peace walk across much of the U.S. even after two participants were injured when a truck hit their escort vehicle.

The Buddhist monks participating in a 2,300-mile "walk for peace" from Texas to Washington, D.C/ passed right outside of Atlanta today. Here are some photos from yours truly: (cc: @kalahunter.bsky.social)

The Walk for Peace monks have reached Georgia State line.

I am looking forward to all the ICE Gestapo Goon Agents who will end up in prison in 5 years or so. Or sooner...

The Kyiv Independent Dec 30 Trump very angry about alleged Ukrainian attack on Putin residence US president Donald Trump said December 29 that Russian president Vladimir Putin told him Ukraine had tried to attack Putin‘s residence, an allegation Kyiv has denied

Hey Trump -- Putin has been killing Christians in Ukraine for 4 years, why aren’t you bombing Russia?

Endless lies 🤥

unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.

Cross: And I just find it laughable that the party of the self-proclaimed pro-life people are celebrating cutting off funding to children…

Not Somali.

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

ANYONE in Congress, from either party, receiving ANY funding from AIPAC, the Heritage Foundation or any of the oligarchs, should be tossed at the first opportunity.

This is an act of war and illegal under both US and international law, let’s just be clear about that:

Pam Bondage Is Chump's Chief Defender And Obstructer of Justice......

What's up with the Epstein files? No-one's accountable? The Oligarchs get away with everything. So much for equal justice for all. 😔

So Putin is bribing Trump with crypto mining... shocked face.

The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch. youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE&feature=youtu.be

More people need to know this: In Epstein’s 2008 federal deal, prosecutors agreed not to pursue federal charges against Epstein or any unnamed “potential co-conspirators.” That functioned as protection for people involved before 2008, similar to immunity.

Watching my daughter grow up without evangelical religious trauma is breathtaking. She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.

Donald refused to meet the Epstein victims in the Oval Office because he was probably scared to death some of them would start pointing at him and yelling, “HE’S THE ONE WHO DID IT!”