The IOC’s decision to disqualify Heraskevych for wearing his Helmet of Remembrance is disgusting. The purpose of the Olympics is to promote peace, not to play the aggressor’s games by pushing their narrative while they continue to kill us! Shame!!!

A tale of two billionaires. Jeff Bezos was at fashion week in Europe while he pulled a let-them-eat-cake firing of 30% of Washington Post journalists. Jimmy Lai stood by his newsroom and he will now likely die in a Hong Kong prison. Tell everyone you know about Jimmy Lai.

For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...

Excellent reckoning from @peterbakernyt.bsky.social

I love the US. But if I were not American, I would not set foot in the US now. As long as Stephen Miller is in power, the US cannot plausibly host international sporting events. (And all the *foreigners* they would bring.)

Not your everyday judicial order to the federal government. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

You can’t reform this. Throw the whole department away.

Resharing this excellent statement from Matt Moberg, Chaplain of Minnesota Timberwolves with ALT TEXT included. Thanks for your patience. Powerful and vital words. #ICEOutNow #ICEOutForGood #Minnesota #Minneapolis #Solidarity

BILL CLINTON: "Over the course of a lifetime, we face only a few moments where the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our history for years to come. This is one of them. If we give our freedoms away after 250 years, we might never get them back."

“We have been held captive by these men boys who are now deciding they want to dabble in fascism, or at least turn a blind eye to it.” @karaswisher.bsky.social calls out Tim Cook and other CEOs for attending the “Melania” premiere at the WH — and staying silent as violence unfolds in Minneapolis.

And my colleagues ran with that quote… 😉

“When an individual enters their residence, conceals themselves behind a closed door, and attempts to go about their everyday life, they are willfully impeding the important work of law enforcement officers and engaging in domestic terrorism,” said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

Worth tracking down tonight's Anderson Cooper's AC360, first ten minutes, w Sen @gallego.senate.gov . Gallego is holding nothing back. (See attached image, from this story www.rawstory.com/ruben-galleg... I heard this live.) Text gives you the gist; worth finding video for the vibe.

Four GOP Senators. At most four Repubs in the House. Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.

"Our industry has lost many professionals in recent years. Many more would flee if Tina Peters is pardoned. The harm wouldn’t stop there."

🎯🎯

It's getting worse. It will get even more worse.

I found some clients for them….

Earlier today, Border Patrol arrested a man in the parking lot of a gas station in St. Paul. They busted out his drivers side window, ultimately dragging him out of the car, pulled him to the ground, and dragged him into one of BP's SUVs.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." 1st Amdt US Constitution

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

I’m joining Rep. @robinkelly.house.gov to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and will use every lever available to end the terror ICE has unleashed on our communities. Stay loud.

"Calling us fascists is classic Antifa behavior, and we’ll need to keep you at a CIA black site until we can make sure you’re not plotting any attacks."

Someday it will happen, so you’re allowed to think about it

“Is he dead yet?” should be the first question asked at every White House press conference. “OK, but it’s happening soon, right?” should be the second. And then maybe “how fucked are you all once he’s dead and can’t pardon you anymore?” if they’re still at the lectern

From an evolutionary standpoint, fascism is the last refuge of those who can't compete based on ability and within a free and fair framework. It's the attempt to win by force what you can't do without force. It attracts precisely the incels, weirdos and psychopaths

That’s where the culture wars come in handy. Distract people with fear so that they tolerate the money grab from tax policies that favor the wealthy and deregulation of consumer protections.

Great points in this thread: We don't usually think of 1965 immigration act as on par w/New Deal and Civil Rights, but it was a major liberal achievement and Miller's real project is to undo it. As @larryglickman.bsky.social says this connects w/goal of undoing other great 20th century achievements:

If another individual from the world of intelligence — aside from Snowden — has done more to help the forces of totalitarianism and chaos against liberal governments, I’m not aware of it.

If you’re a politician, or expert of some sort, or think tanker, or anyone in the world of government and policy — and you care about the rule of law and constitutional norms — please, for the love of god, stop appearing on and cooperating with CBS shows. They’re just useful idiots at this point.

1/7 Behind the story: calculating all the numbers behind this @nbcnews.com story took three months, 1,181 lines of code, and three former court employees to verify the methodology. @joemurph.bsky.social @suzgamboa.bsky.social @joyywang.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

He sent her a card anyway

This is not normal

I know how to whistle.

Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now. paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...

“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

When I was a teenager, back in days of the Solid South, white Southern politicians would routinely use the term "Nigra." They acted as if it was just a regional pronunciation of "Negro," then acceptable. But it signaled what they really wanted to say. Trump remembers those days. He's headed there.

Tim is a rebel.

This helps y'all 😊 www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The great @timothysnyder.bsky.social explains why this new Trump-backed Ukraine plan sells out Ukraine, Europe, and democracies across the world. Take a few minutes and watch. It is hard to put into words how much damage Trump is doing to our own country, how unfit and malevolent he is.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution. That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk. Wow.

The news, again, from student journalists at an independent college paper. (This came out last night.) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

That WaPo would publish a piece about MBS without mentioning that he was responsible for murdering one of the paper’s contributors and having his corpse dismembered with a bone saw speaks volumes. Democracy doesn’t need darkness to perish if its institutions willingly wear blinders.

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here: