Trump plays at the #DAYTONA500 as people perish in Kentucky

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

Amen.

I wanted to share a thread to put a huge smile on your face today. Little Rodney was a puppy found wandering the streets in Thailand alone with a family. He was seriously ill. His comeback and happy ending is the stuff of dreams… (1/10) 🧵

After some Costco shareholders asked the company to end its DEI policies, this was their response: “Our board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." This explains why Costco is an industry leader!

One of these is not like the others. Which do you want to support with your time, money and attention? www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

This is kind of cool. If you have a long thread, you type everything into one box and it divides it up into individual posts and posts it for you. bluesky-thread-composer.pages.dev

Breaking: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office says he will go to the floor later today “and ask for unanimous consent to pass the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act.” The bill already passed the House. Background here: www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/m...

Snickers is the Thai street dog who brought me a gift every single day when I fed her. Today was a very special day for her as we were giving her the news that every single dog in the world deserves. Nobody deserves it more… (1/8)

It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan. PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

And then they invited the antichrist into the Notre Dame Cathedral and welcomed him with open arms. A sentence in a book yet to be written.

Markwayne Mullin on Hegseth’s drinking: TAPPER: Drinking at 10 in the morning, that’s a drinking problem. MULLIN: Yeah & there’s probably a lot of media that has a drinking problem too. TAPPER: A drunk reporter who is drinking at 10 AM…is not in charge of the 3 million person defense department.💥

Anyone else feeling nauseated seeing Trump on the world stage again, as if nothing happened?

Police raids are happening through out the weekend in Romania targeting election interference ghouls, especially the fascist "Iron Guard" sympathizers. Traitors and sympathizers are being placed under arrest or questioned, including neo-Nazis and pro-Russia propagandists.

Starbucks is lying to us when they claim they recycle their cups. Not ethical. Not sustainable. Hold them accountable. Thank you, @stopplasticwaste.bsky.social for exposing this and speaking truth to power.

“The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating HelloFresh, the popular meal kit service company, over allegations that migrant children were working at its cooking and packaging facility in Illinois as recently as this summer… At least six teenagers…were found working night shifts”

A friendly reminder to the wealthy: collective bargaining is the last stop before collective rage. Ignore it at your own peril.

BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”

It's clear enough to me. Musk is not a conservative. He is a far-right extremist shaped by apartheid, infantile and fascistic fantasies of dominating the universe and an authoritarian family culture & personality.

This is Big Mac. He is a wonderful gentle giant of a street dog who has advanced kidney failure. I gave him a golden ticket 🎫 to stay with us and live out his days. Today I wanted to give him the best day of his life. I think we succeeded… (1/8) 🧵

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

This doctor’s letter to United Heathcare for denying nausea medication to a child on chemotherapy.

www.politico.com/magazine/sto... I thought of this article when I heard the news (and the reaction to it)

“It’s incomprehensible how a health insurance company could so blatantly continue to prioritize their profits over safe patient care,” he said. “If Anthem is, in fact, rescinding the policy, we’re delighted that they came to their senses.” Looks like public outcry works. apnews.com/article/anth...

It gets zero federal funding — try again Department of Grandstanding Edgelords.

UPDATE: The NYT has FINALLY mentioned that a Chinese national being prosecuted by the SEC for fraud, Justin Sun, has made a multi-million dollar payment to Donald Trump by purchasing tokens from a Trump-backed crypto company. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...

Look at that top line. VA Healthcare. That’s about 10 million veterans including elderly men and women in their 80’s.

BREAKING: Renowned former federal prosecutor Harry Litman announces he has resigned from his role as a contributor for the LA Times. "I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons."

One great thing here is I can share my Substack links. They got banned on Twitter as a competitor. It’s where I write my weekly update with good news about the dogs… Big exciting things happening this week… substack.com/inbox/post/1...

BREAKING The words "deny," "defend" and "depose" were discovered by detectives on the shell casings found at the scene where Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down, police sources told ABC News late Wednesday evening.

I understand Donald Trump for what he is a buffoon. Donald Trump wants you to be scared. Rather than being scared, I am proud to be a happy warrior for democracy. We all need to have the courage to not back down. Do not obey!

If you're more upset at snarky comments about the killing of a wealthy CEO than are about America's for profit health insurance system ensuring a preventable death every 7.5 minutes—i.e. 70,000 people a year, every year—then you'll have to stop pretending your outrage is about the loss of human life

The oligarchy isn’t subtle.

Elon Musk and Pete Hesgeth are the kind of tough alpha males that America needs, according to their mommies

Nothing says “lead the Pentagon” like mommy making phone calls for her very good boy.

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

We were RIGHT to #BoycottWAPO and need to keep on doing it! Let them fold, or let Bezos waste another $250M keeping it on life support. 📰 Jeff Bezos Says He Is “Proud” of Decision to End Endorsements at Washington Post, “Very Optimistic” About 2nd Trump Term hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Maybe Trump & these MAGATs that are so eager to destroy our country need to see if there is any empathy from Americans for this health insurance CEO - BEFORE they rip away Americans security.

While Hegseth complains about the “Left” smearing him with “fake, anonymous sources & BS stories,” remember that the abuse allegations against him came from his own mother.

He really thought he'd do a coup. "it illustrates that for all the claims that autocracy can react to events more quickly than democracy can, in fact autocrats are brittle. It is democracy that is determined and resilient." @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-3...

the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment

Remembering in the “coup” in Turkey in 2016, there were reports of soldiers/junior officers being told events unfolding were a training exercise. Will be curious to find out what was happening here, funny orders to get people to act or someone purposefully preventing disaster.