Unaffordable.

For those of us that just love pomegranates in our salads:

A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.

Reddit updates...some of which are not cheerful

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How to Get Rid of “Citizens United” open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

I chatted with someone earlier who was looking for the link to the searchable DOJ released Epstein files. I forget who was asking. Here you go everyone: www.justice.gov/epstein

Loser Mike Johnson hopes we forgot about extending ACA tax credits while he was on Christmas vacation. Let’s make it very clear how wrong he is:

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

Robert Reich

As the Epstein files should be titled?

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

The President of the United States is very seriously mentally ill, and elected Republicans are so afraid of him that they won’t do or say anything about it.

This Christmas the real Scrooges are corporations that raked in record profits this year and paid their CEOs millions of dollars but still deny workers a living wage and benefits.

Aaron Parness has Congressman Ro Khanna discussing Republican anger at the DOJ.

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

DOJ caught red handed.

SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

Zev Shalev and Ellie Leonard confirm that this morning. The DOJ missed two Trump pictures that Ellie Leonard was able to capture. When the doj realized they missed them, they pulled them. She has them. 😊

I know this is hard guys. But it really is oh so good. ❤️ Keep at it. We love you for it.

Good trouble.

Order your own park pass cover up Trump's image sticker. They are going fast!

This is so great.

What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?

Trump and Republicans in Congress seem to love socialism for the rich -- corporate welfare, subsidies, and tax breaks galore. Yet they demand harsh capitalism for the rest of America.

BOOM✌️

The Trump administration is moving to dismantle a world-class climate and weather research institution in Colorado, the latest salvo in Donald Trump’s war on science. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Trump says we need to go after drug cartels. Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on. And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking. Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy. It's a power grab.

Fascinating discussion with the congressman responsible for bipartisan work with Republicans to get this bill back on the House schedule.

There is an 80% chance that inflation will continue on.

Paul Krugman - Trump's probably going to try to gaslight the American people tonight...

Why is Mike Johnson unilaterally making choices for the American people that the American people obviously don't want?

Is it really a ballroom?

This is heartbreaking. It's about what happened when USAID was defunded.

This is what evil looks like.

Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts. And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now. KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?” REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.” @repsuhas.bsky.social

Another important article by Dean Blundell on international tourism to the United States.

Huge financial power play by Europe. Really wonderful for Ukraine. Terrible for Trump and Putin. Article by Dean Blundell.