the entire post 9/11 apparatus is now being fully utilized

YUP: “Whether intentionally or ignorantly, ADL is providing cover to people who intend great harm to our nation."

Breaking News: The Trump administration is sharing all air travelers’ names with ICE officials to find people with deportation orders.

Finally, bipartisanship will allow us to handle a censorship weapon to the Trump white house. Very smart you fucking idiots.

Maybe Christmas will come early this year

the crashout if he's enjoined from building his ballroom is going to be spectacular, it's all he cares about these days

Fox tells Americans to buy artificial trees so Christmas tree farms can be used for data centers: "Everybody needs to get on board."

#NAFO has less function in here. Bluesky is way way way less toxic than X so reverse force has fewer options to be counter hostile. But, for the old times, one for the queen. Now #EU one. Lets give a cheer to @kajakallas.bsky.social and fellas

lmao

It's hard to know exactly what will happen now, given how unprecedented this is. But Trump and Miller envisioned this as a test of their ability to spread fear of lawless state terror. For now, the lower courts are admirably defending the rule of law. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2043...

The third-country removal tracker has been updated with this week's transfer deportation/chain refoulement. Egypt took Russians in ICE custody and forced them onto a plane to Moscow; Kuwait took Iranians in ICE custody and forced them onto a plane to Tehran. hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...

Disrespectful and insulting. According to Donald Trump, nursing isn't a professional degree. The bottom line? The entire nation, including Illinois, needs more nurses — this decision makes it even harder than ever for them to get the support they need.

We’re here. We’re standing firm. Stand with us. #StandWithUkraine️

Reporter: 64% of Americans are buying cheaper or less food. 34% have skipped a meal altogether. 48% said they use savings for their basic expenses. Nearly half of Americans say groceries, housing, utilities, and health care are just getting harder to afford.

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Reporter: The Trump administration is gutting the Civil Rights Office in the Department of Education. The office is a last resort for families dealing with discrimination. Lawyers within the agency describe dire circumstances. One told me they wouldn't trust this agency with their own children

🇺🇦 The Ukrainian strategic air defense and ballistic missile system "Sapsan" has officially entered serial production and systematic deployment, according to Militarnyi. This marks a major milestone in Ukraine’s domestic missile development and defense capability.

🔥✈️ GUR strike drones hit not an ordinary An-26 transport aircraft in Crimea, but a rare An-26KPA "Kalibrovshchik" laboratory aircraft, designed to test the operation of airfield radio equipment. There is currently no replacement for these aircraft, - Militarnyi

Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy. *US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST *US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST

The idea that others are using unfair advantages to get ahead is a core element of both Trumpism and anti-immigration rhetoric. Letting rich people and businesses ostentatiously buy U.S. residency is as explicit a shortcut as you’ll find. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

⚡️ SBU drones again hit oil production platforms in the Caspian Sea Drones attacked the Filanovsky oil production platform for the second time in a week. In addition, another platform was hit - Korchagin.

Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif waited 40 minutes today for a meeting with Putin. In the end,the PM got tired of waiting &unexpectedly walked into the room where,as it turned out,Putin was already holding talks with President Erdoğan Five minutes later,Sharif left the room, according to media reports

“.. The commutation of Mr. Gentile’s sentence undid years of work by prosecutors in Brooklyn to expose a scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, many of whom were older Americans living on fixed incomes.” @kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...

"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...

The EU just decided to indefinitely immobilise Russian assets. This ensures that up to €210 billion in Russian funds stay on EU soil, unless Russia fully pays reparations to Ukraine for the damage it has caused. (1/2)

this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life

Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks at the ICE Baltimore field office for a scheduled check-in. Abrego was released from custody after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration lacked legal authority to continue holding him in an immigration detention center.

Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)

“To tell the story of Oracle’s bet, Bloomberg Businessweek spoke to dozens of employees and leaders, in most cases anonymously to allow for candid conversation about a famously litigious company with little demonstrable interest in talking to the press.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Redneck Christmas Parade attendees on Trump: "The tariffs that Trump started, it's a joke. The American people are paying for it... Creating the big ballroom and wanting to inlay it with all the gold. I'm not the biggest fan... Some of the things border patrol is doing I was not comfortable with"

I’ve lost count of the number of elected Republican officials around the country who have been threatened with MAGA primary challengers for a variety of reasons. It is in the hundreds. What fun it must be to be a Republican who has an independent thought or position!

The Predator Patrol Police shared grim images of Konstantynivka almost wiped out by Russia, just 20 kilometers from Kramatorsk. Go ahead, zoom in. See what Russians are doing to Ukraine.

counterpoint: you should absolutely lose your job for shouting racial slurs at customers

NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.

Huge scandal, immediately impeachable. But of course in context of all his other crimes you just shrug

Congestion pricing seems like a great example of a policy where the effects are immediately legible to the public in a way that changes their views. Before, people were unsure; after, most people see the benefits and don't want to go back (see also smoking in bars).

Not only is this tantamount to reintroducing visas for these countries, it's actually stricter than any visa I've applied for (including Russia and China) in recent memory.

WTF is up with that third photo on his desk

The Trump administration is threatening to deport a Chinese man who personally documented the Chinese government's massive detention system in Xinjiang. If forcibly returned to China, he faces the risk of state persecution for his invaluable & brave work. open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...

“.. These men and others are featured in the roughly 95,000 photos the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has received ..” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone. Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs. e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...

Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"

This is exactly right.

shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights

".. I'm having déjà vu," said Rich Thau, who moderated the focus groups. "The same complaints swing voters voiced about Biden — about inflation's toll, and his physical decline — mirror what many are now saying about Trump." @axios.com #NorthCarolina www.axios.com/2025/12/12/f...

Warner/Netflix/Paramount. ".. a choice between an executive who Hollywood believes is open to ripping up the compact of cinema — and a mogul listening intently to the man who tears at the fabric of democracy. @nytopinion.nytimes.com $WBD $NFLX $PSKY www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...

"One image released Friday shows what appears to be a bowl of novelty condoms with a caricature of Trump’s face...Another showed Trump with six women with leis whose faces were redacted by the committee." www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/p...

New photos released from Epstein estate: “One image released Friday shows what appears to be a bowl of novelty condoms with a caricature of Trump’s face; the bowl has a sign saying, “Trump condom $4.50,” and each condom bears an image of Trump’s face with the text, “I’m HUUUUGE!”

🇺🇦Zelensky: During a meeting with the warriors of the 2nd Battalion of the 101st Separate Guard Brigade of the General Staff named after Colonel General Hennadii Vorobiov, I received a briefing on the defense of Kupyansk and the situation in that part of the city where clearing operations underway.

This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs