WHEN DO WE START BOMBING RUSSIANS WHO ARE KILLING CHRISTIANS IN UKRAINE? If Trump is bombing "terrorist scum who have been targeting and killing Christians in" Nigeria, why not in 85% Christian Ukraine? Trump lies: Putin wants Ukraine to succeed NEW COUNTDOWN PODCAST HERE: tinyurl.com/mwahmrze

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FINALLY someone says the truth

Scientists say this silent bone change could be early sign of leukaemia

Lead story in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Mar-a-Lago face. When we are not a threat to democracy and the world's security and economy, we are a laughingstock, thanks to them.

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I’ve seen thousands of posts about welfare fraud from right-wingers on social media, which should be prosecuted if people committed crimes, but zero posts about the dozens of wealthy rich fraudsters who stole billions from thousands of people who have been pardoned by Trump.

Iranian traders and shopkeepers protest as currency hits record low

Kennedy is ramping up his attacks on vaccines. Conspiracy theories are central to that agenda of undermining faith in public health, medicine, and experts. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Dave, that’s not right. Eligibility for naturalization and eligibility for immigration were (and still are) two different things entirely. The Thind case has nothing to do with the 1924 INA.

Respectfully (Garrett is smarter than me), nobody citing the Manhattan Project is responding to Miller. He said "sixty years" for a reason: 1965 was when Hart-Celler scrapped the strict quota system that prioritized white European immigration and banned most non-white immigration.

Zelensky’s reaction to Trump’s statement that Putin really wants Ukraine to succeed and will help rebuild it.

A lot of immigrants are working on home health care so let’s deport all the immigrants

That’s exactly what it is. The stocks of these private prison companies also sky rocketed in January 2025. Confederate slavery for the 21st century and American taxpayers are footing the bill.

And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.

Why did Trump’s DOJ track the top reporter covering Jeffrey Epstein weeks before his death?

Does it count as jawboning if an AAG is yelling at right wing propagandists, from her personal account, for criticizing the AG?

Stephen Miller isn’t just closing borders. He is trying to overturn decades of American history and progress. Let’s stop pretending this is normal. trib.al/pDGHq25

Kim oversees cruise missile launch as North Korea touts nuclear readiness

Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal. Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely. By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma

China launches live-fire drills encircling Taiwan

“Teeth are a privilege.”

This is the clear pattern when immigration enforcement use a weapon: they claim they were attacked, and then the claims fall apart donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...

Lavrov declared today that in the event of an escalation around Taiwan, Russia will support China. Beijing and Moscow are also jointly threatening Japan, which has declared its involvement in the island's defense.

JUST IN: Defense attorneys say DOJ is trying to stall a hearing Tuesday where evidence against the man charged with alleged DNC/RNC bomb planting could be tested. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The FDA doesn’t routinely test generic drugs for quality concerns. Here’s what we found when we did.

check out the expression on Zelenskyy's face as Trump claims the war wouldn't have happened if the 2020 election hadn't been "rigged and stolen"

DOJ’s credibility rests on being separate from partisan political messaging, especially in matters involving the president. Direct WH management of DOJ’s account during the Epstein files release makes prosecutorial decisions and public explanations look politically orchestrated to protect Trump.

We successfully paused a dangerous 8th Circuit ruling threating protections against racial discrimination in voting. Now we're asking the Supreme Court to settle this matter permanently, to ensure that all voters can enforce the Voting Rights Act.

“Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed.” This and Zelensky’s facial expression and body language tells us everything we need to know about where this is.

Trump on his message to the families of Americans who died fighting for Ukraine: "So sad that a thing like that would happen"

So to sum it up - what I got 2 days ago is correct - US claims ownership of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russia runs it and sells energy to Ukraine. That’s why Trump mentioned the “cheap prices” Guarantees are on the Europeans. And if this doesn’t work, Trump says, “they’ll just keep dying”.

From MAL without noise Nothing has been resolved. Trump is advocating for Kremlin propaganda - says Donbas has to be decided on via “referendum or parliament vote” and claims “90% people would support it”. He also says both US and Russia have interest in Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. So same demands

So latest episode of the pantomime is over. No agreement, no roadmap to an agreement. Trump continues to play Europe.

So what do we know so far? Trump called Putin before meeting Zelensky to agree a common position. Trump publicly stated that Putin seriously wants peace The Russians have stated that the US and Russia are aligned. So yeah--this looks like a pantomime so far.

Context: @brian-goldstone.bsky.social is author of a powerful 2025 book about the human face of "homelessness": 'There is no place for us.' Hampton Inn (and others) should change their policy. Everyone should read Brian's book.

New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok! So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...

there appears to be a hole in Trump's left hand

[holding hostages in a bank vault] “I join the cops in wanting to resolve this dangerous situation”

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is a negotiating point in Russia-Ukraine talks. “President Putin is actually working with Ukraine on getting it open,” said Trump. “It’s a big step, when he’s not bombing that plant.” News flash to Trump: Putin isn‘t bombing the plant because his troops occupy it.

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The issue wasn’t just that the speaker claimed not to know anything about his own government, but that he insisted on answering questions anyway. trib.al/bAVq68F

The AI bubble keeps getting pumped bigger and bigger while the rest of the economy is gasping for air.

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I understand that kitchen table issues are big factors in voters' perceptions. And the Epstein files are significant, as they should be. But - I have to tell you - IMO - listening to Trump speak to and paraphrase Putin - there's nothing else that shouts his unfitness as loudly.

Trump is deploying his DOJ in a defensive stance designed to protect him at all costs, while calling the files a Democratic hoax. But really, he could do the survivors a great service by sharing what he knows. joycevance.substack.com/p/he-looks-l...

FINALLY I'm able to get the video of Kimmel giving an "Alternative Christmas Story" on a British show. Lots of buzz about it yesterday but I couldn't get it. WELL HERE IT IS!!!

"The same Wall Street Journal reporters recently noted that the two men arranged fake marriages to keep women in the U.S., withdrew cash for Epstein in ways that avoided scrutiny, and sent payments to women who later claimed they had been sexually abused" Written & read by @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Today’s Trump–Zelenskyy meeting shows what Ukraine’s side of a potential deal could look like. But peace requires two sides—and Russia has shown no interest. As recently as yesterday, Putin made clear he’ll accept nothing short of Ukraine’s surrender. See past noise and keep your head on a swivel