Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Brown: Autocrats don’t fear the disease or the babies dying from whooping cough — they fear the evidence of it, because evidence exposes their failures, demands accountability, and empowers the public.

Donald Trump is a filthy Russian asset. youtu.be/ebxs1jPDjmE?...

Ohh that's RICH @ohhthatsrich.bsky.social

We’re All Stuck in Trump’s Swamp of Bad, Bad, Very Bad Billionaire F--kery - The Daily Beast

You expect the media to spoon feed you news about the Democratic Party when Republicans are their meal ticket. This is the second time this bill has been introduced but Republicans won't vote on it. Do the research before posting your outrage. Posts like yours do not help Dems get votes.

when you see Trump on camera angrily attacking female reporters for asking straightforward questions, it doesn’t take much to imagine what he does behind closed doors when a woman says ‘No’

Opinion | Trump is remodeling Washington to fit his twisted vision of America - The Guardian

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal - ProPublica

The best spot to enjoy a snowy day said Clementine

“I’d have no problem releasing the video” “I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.” 5 days apart 😬 (From @therecount.com )

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Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption - The Atlantic

ICE Has a New Foe: Miscarrying Women in Trump DHS Custody - Slate

How Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchers - The Washington Post

We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said - The Guardian

When Russia praises the new US security strategy, you get the idea of the magnitude of the shift that has taken place.

Cartoon by John Darkow.

She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress - WIRED

David Hogg to Democratic Establishment: Get the Message or Get Voted Out - WIRED

MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours° Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #movement any bird showing movement of any description. Blue Tit

How the Coronavirus Vaccine Could Kill Half a Million Sharks - Popular Mechanics

100% THIS!!!!

Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.

Opinion | In my homeland, I’m trapped by bombs. Outside, I’m trapped by identity. The world is shrinking for Gazans - The Guardian

There’s no telling how many similar stories are not being told for fear of retaliation. By now, everyone should realize Trump is not going after violent criminals or the worst of the worst—he is terrorizing everyone, including U.S. citizens, and their loved ones.

My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.

National parks cut free entry for Juneteenth and MLK Day, add Trump’s birthday - USA TODAY

‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’ - The Atlantic

The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”

astro.alexandra Astro Alexandra

More harm than the harm she caused?

Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.

BREAKING: A grand jury declined to indict Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the initial charges against her.

Supreme Court lets Texas use redrawn map that could give GOP 5 more House seats - NPR

The rich man in his summer home, saying just leave well enough alone - John Perry Barlow Pic of the day #photography

The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet. Run on *that*

Congress waits on Trump as December health sprint begins - POLITICO

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We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources. Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.