The statement on the FCC website was just brought up in a congressional hearing as one small example of the FCC's independent status. They responded as if changing the wording on their website justifies stripping an agency's longstanding independence. That is idiotic.

'A staunch admirer of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, Kast will become the first president since Chile's return to democracy in 1990 to openly support the military regime.' The right did not win a clear majority in the Chilean congress, however. www.npr.org/2025/12/14/n...

“There are a lot of disturbing aspects. But this is one of the most disturbing.”

⭕️ NEW: “They Broke His Teeth and Ribs”: 66-Y.O. Palestinian Leader Marwan Barghouti Savagely Beaten in Israeli Custody Qassam Barghouti, the son of prominent Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti, wrote in a social media post on Fri that his father was severely beaten & abused in prison.

BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.

Bernie and Zohran were out in the streets of New York, standing with Starbucks workers fighting for better wages and dignity on the job. This is what we mean when we say we need allies — elected officials who don’t just “support workers” in speeches, but who show up and fight alongside us.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

Nova primeira-ministra do Japão ameaça a China, criando uma das maiores tensões entre os dois países desde o final da Segunda Guerra Mundial - trazendo sérios riscos para o mundo todo.

Do you get to nominate your outlet for this www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/?q...

Peace forever / ¡no a la guerra! #Venezuela

Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

The acclaimed writer Tom Stoppard has died, at 88. For the award-winning playwright, “art is a game within a game—the larger game being life itself,” Kenneth Tynan wrote, in 1977. www.newyorker.com/magazine/197...

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act. While IDEA was a leap forward for disability rights, members like Jean understand that there is still a long way to go.

'Em Pernambuco, os pesquisadores afirmam que “há consistentes provas documentais da ação direta de mulheres cativas, libertas e livres em processos de alforria e de coordenação de fugas de escravizados.”'

'“Billionaires have taken control of this country in ways we’ve never seen before, and it is hurting all of us,” [Alexis M.] Rinck told Bolts. “Progressives in Seattle who won spoke pretty unapologetically about that reality. We didn’t try to...gaslight voters that wealth inequality isn’t an issue.'

Happy Thanksgiving! A day to say #thankyoufarmworkers

Menos de 1% de presos tenta romper tornozeleira eletrônica

Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Ziegler made up fake content of a SCOTUS ruling

A coluna de hoje é sobre o Jair ter ido em cana.

"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..." www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

'When Ta-Nehisi Coates travels to the West Bank and sees Jim Crow, his eyes are not deceiving him. He is not blinded by TikTok. His historical memory is not misperceiving the occupation. His historical memory is activated by the occupation.'

ICYMI: Baristas linked arms in front of lines of trucks at Starbucks’ largest East Coast distribution center. Workers are escalating the ULP strike until Starbucks finally does the right thing and bargains in good faith. ✊🏾☕️

Gotta get some Goggins tequila

Sudanese researcher Lina Yassin explains the roots of the genocide in Sudan. “The UAE has been using the RSF militia to illegally smuggle gold out to finance the war and finance their own gold reserves.”

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

'Today, the Washington Post opinion section is going through an increasing Saudification – imposing harsh red lines on who and what can publish. [...] Jamal’s plight and murder was a warning sign for America, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country.'

Another "plan" for Gaza with no buy-in from Gazans themselves. Revelations here include a desire to bring European military forces into the region while also facilitating the IDF to remain in Gaza indefinitely. European forces rather than Arab because they're to be integrated with Israeli forces.

Israel illegally constructing barriers in Lebanese territory

Tens of thousands march at COP30 as Indigenous-led protest shakes stalled climate talks

The Trump administration is expanding its campaign of illegal boat strikes and military buildup targeting Latin America.

'We need editors who see expertise in lived experience, and we need funders who recognize that justice journalism is foundational to democracy. But we also need readers...to resist the idea that cable commentators or political pundits are our only experts.' www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Tuesday's election results clearly were irrelevant to these people. They voted the same way on this that they would have if Democrats had done badly. Total disconnect from their voters.

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

Voters told them loud and clear last week they want them to fight for an affordable cost of living, but they have tin ears

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

Mission Impossible (2025) and Empire Strikes Back (1980) shot comparison

A long and comprehensive opinion, but this jumped out at me: The judge accused the Federal Protective Service—which was called in to suppress the protests—of lying under oath to slander the regular Portland police.😬 DOJ recently admitted that other FPS claims in this case were objectively false.

A tragicomic story of wealthy donors realizing, over the course of an evening, that money can't buy everything... www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...

"Smoking on the 'Bill Crackman' tonight" 😂 Jamaal Bowman, Hasan Piker, Tish James, Cynthia Nixon, Mahmoud Khalil, Brad Lander, Jennifer Welch, Zohran's mom Mira Nair, and so many other fun folks stopped by the Zeteo livestream last night in Brooklyn. Here are the bits, in less than 3 mins. Enjoy!

“Socialist is not a dirty word anymore – that’s why they jumped to ‘communist,’” Jamaal Bowman said to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social. “Democrats, listen up. Take some lessons – don’t get on your Ezra Klein nonsense. Don’t let Ezra Klein 'analyze' what happened here,” he added. With Hasan Piker, Prem...

Zohran wasn't the only socialist to win last night. @kelseabondatl.bsky.social won a seat on the Atlanta City Council with a commanding 64% of the vote. We interviewed Bond in the lead up to the election.

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

Zohran Mamdani, the next mayor of NYC, has the potential to transform not just a city but the politics of a nation that desperately needs an antidote to Donald Trump’s oppressions, write Katrina vanden Heuvel and @nicholsuprising.bsky.social.

Atingimos, neste ano, o menor índice de desmatamento em Unidades de Conservação Federais da Amazônia desde 2008.

What's behind the Trump administration's renewed drug war in Latin America? "It’s primarily Marco Rubio’s ideological project," says historian Alejandro Velasco.

🔴 In the past 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported an additional 22 killed (17 of whom were recovered from the rubble) and 9 injured arriving at hospitals. This brings the recorded death toll from the Israeli genocide in Gaza to 68,858 and 170,664 injuries (likely 3-5x higher)