Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela. Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law. Both of those facts are simultaneously true.

That was fast www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

If Donald Trump wanted these records reviewed and released quickly, they would be. Lawyers from other government agencies could be deployed to assist with the review. Nonlawyers could handle many of the administrative tasks. Trump could pressure compliant private law firms to contribute resources.

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Trump has run the United States into the ground and now he thinks he can run Venezuela?!

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

Tesla announced it delivered 418,227 cars in the fourth quarter of 2025, as the carmaker ceded the crown of the world’s biggest EV maker to Chinese rival BYD for the first time.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Truth!

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸

If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.

If Marjorie Taylor Greene *really* cared about the Epstein victims, she would read the names of the perpetrators on the House floor (where she would have immunity) before she leaves office.

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

RFK Jr. Will Let Us All Die Just to Make a Buck “Kennedy can kill off access to vaccines and make millions of dollars while he does it. Kids might die, but Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in.” newrepublic.com/article/2044...

100% Kristi Noem spends $400 MILLION on ICE TV commercials… instead of paying teachers we get Nazi propaganda It’s easier for billionaire grifters to control America when it’s people are dumb, sick, fed on a diet of hate

Who agrees? ✋

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. Democracy dies in ▪️.

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 Ellisons and Bari Weiss killed 60 Minutes and CBS News. It's done. Just a fancier version of Newsmax now. What a sad end. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

CBS News — b. 1927, d. 2025. RIP.

Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?

🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…

It’s no longer about if he’s in the Epstein files but how many crimes he committed.

The Epstein Files: The Biggest Political Coverup in Modern History The DOJ just scrubbed 16 Epstein files from its website, including a photo of Donald Trump, intensifying concerns that Trump is actively trying - & failing - to protect pedophiles. thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-epstei...

Didn’t think it was possible, but here we are: today may be an even worse day for the White House than the Epstein-binder handout to MAGA influencers.

When they wanted to release the files early this year, they paid $1M in overtime and put 1000 people on it - until they realized what was in the files. Now they’re slow walking the release.

Yes, who are these people??? 🤨

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

Schiff: "Part of this is a consequence I think frankly of Chief Justice Roberts giving the president absolute immunity when it comes to his instructions to the DOJ. He can pretty much order them to do what he wants and know that he will never be held criminally liable."

“Any DOJ official who does not comply with this law will be subject to prosecution for obstruction of justice,” Ro Khanna said in a House speech this week. “If Pam Bondi does not comply with the law, she will be held either in inherent contempt of Congress or subject to impeachment.” Let’s go.

Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.

Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.

Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.

Kelly: I wish someone would tell him how math works. You know, that the prices are going to go down 500 or 600%. Anyone who's been through like the sixth grade by then knows that that is not a thing.

Americans Are Turning Hard Against Trumpism His insane overreaches are giving Americans a new appreciation for free trade, immigration, and international alliances.

(🚨) TONIGHT: THE TRUMP-EPSTEIN MUSIC FESTIVAL As tomorrow is a national holiday—Trump-Epstein Day, when Trump drops heavily doctored files aiming to hide his pedophilia—tonight this feed and Hounds will celebrate, at 5PM ET, with a thread of Trump-Epstein songs... and more. Please spread the word!

Understanding the Extraordinary Increase in ACA Premiums in 2026, from @urbaninstitute.bsky.social

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

Accurate

Remember when Presidents did national speeches for emergencies or times where a nation needs to hear from their leader? This angry old man is literally screaming and clearly panicking

Millions of Americans don’t care if Trump raises their grocery prices, cancels TV shows and gives their grandkids measles as long as he makes them feel they’re better than everyone else because they’re white and heterosexual.

Didn't watch it. It's always lies. Moving on.