"Trump’s loudly pro Israel posture does not make him less antisemitic. It makes his antisemitism more transactional. He traffics in familiar tropes about Jewish loyalty, money, and power. He courts white nationalists and neo Nazis openly. He speaks of Jews as leverage, not as people."

The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply. I want to make sure this is very clear.

To my new political party: He is a dangerous, dictatorial madman who must be stopped, and my former political party will do nothing to stop him. Democrats, you must realize these are unprecedented times that call for unprecedented actions. He must be stopped. Meet this moment.👇

Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so. snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

Watch this. Watch again. "This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."

From @djrothkopf.bsky.social “the U.S. does not have any right to grab any leader anywhere in the world for anything it deems a crime. If that were a right all countries had, for example, Trump would likely have to spend the rest of his life in hiding.” www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...

President Trump’s unauthorized military action in Venezuela is unconstitutional, dangerous, and an impeachable abuse of power. Congress alone has the authority to declare war and Trump is once again ignoring the law to serve his own interests. My full statement:

Taking over another country while Americans can't afford their rent and groceries is unacceptable. My statement on Trump's military actions in Venezuela.

Marjorie Taylor Green said this about Trump earlier this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...

And that’s how this will end too: Just like Hernandez, Maduro will buy himself a sweetheart pardon from Trump in 3 years. Book it. None of this has anything to do with drugs.👇

open.substack.com/pub/contrari... This mind-blowing attack is the direct result of a Supreme Court MAGA majority, and Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. specifically, who granted him broad immunity never envisioned by the Framers. He has taken that and run with it—now headfirst into war.

An undeclared, unprovoked, and illegal war designed to, well, we can only guess—though Donald Trump and JD Vance have seemed to concede this was a war for oil—puts the United States on the same moral and legal footing as Russia, which invaded its neighbor in a war of pure aggression.

From @djrothkopf.bsky.social “the U.S. does not have any right to grab any leader anywhere in the world for anything it deems a crime. If that were a right all countries had, for example, Trump would likely have to spend the rest of his life in hiding.” www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-illeg...

RIP Congress of the United States.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Our military and intelligence pros are good at what they do. However, they rely on elected officials to insure that the policies they execute are wise. It remains to be seen. Our initial forays into Iraq and Afghanistan were impressive as well, but it is the longer run picture that matters.

Too often the fight over antisemitism definitions becomes a red herring — distracting from holding our leaders accountable to real action that protects our communities. I talked to the NYT about what Mayor Mamdani can actually do to protect the Jewish and all communities at this critical moment.

WSJ editorial board hits Trump: “Mr. Trump had imposed the higher tariff in the name of national security, but apparently the killer love seats aren’t as dangerous as advertised. Maybe you can now buy one without fear of assault from a foreign spy.” www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

WSJ editorial board hits Trump: “Mr. Trump had imposed the higher tariff in the name of national security, but apparently the killer love seats aren’t as dangerous as advertised. Maybe you can now buy one without fear of assault from a foreign spy.” www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

A cost of political polarization is we haven't been able to have a serious discussion as a society about antisemitism. Trump exploits it while he & Vance promote it. Folks on the far left engage in it while claiming it doesn't exist. It's time for moral actors to speak out against antisemitism.

My latest is up! open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

That this even needs to be said

Remember folks, when you see your premiums rise, it was all done to help pay for tax cuts for America's richest people. You will pay crushingly high costs for health care so the rich have a little extra to pay for their next trip to the Amalfi Coast.

2025 will go down in history as the greatest year ever for corruption in US politics. In fact, it’s fair to expect 2025 will just go down in history. But whatever the case, it’s good to just see it go.

1/ WSJ reports that Trump is always dozing off, struggles to hear, refuses to wear compression socks, get adequate sleep, or follow medical advice, relying intead on his “good genetics” to keep him alive. www.wsj.com/us-news/as-s...

Very proud of Peter Koski

Very proud of Peter Koski

This opinion is bad news for the Trump administration, which is going to have to defend itself against Abrego Garcia’s claim he’s being vindictively prosecuted. But that claim is supported by some of the government’s own emails. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Boebert suggests that Trump vetoed a water project in her district because she voted to release the Epstein files.

JUST IN: Israel's president denies telling Trump a Netanyahu pardon is "on its way"

The Legal Accountability Project complaint, which has not been previously reported, states that it is based on conversations with multiple former law clerks. n.pr/4qoa99o

WSJ Editorial Board hits MAGA - “The 2026 midterms are coming, and Republicans have work to do if they want to hold Congress. Yet the nation’s MAGA minds are still looking back at 2020 and stretching to justify President Trump’s delusion of a stolen election.” www.wsj.com/opinion/maga...

That this even needs to be said

The Catholic Bishop of Odesa-Simferopol in Ukraine tears into Trump. He says he still has faith in ordinary Americans to stand up for what's right, but denounces Trump. www.osvnews.com/ukrainian-bi...

WSJ Editorial Board hits MAGA - “The 2026 midterms are coming, and Republicans have work to do if they want to hold Congress. Yet the nation’s MAGA minds are still looking back at 2020 and stretching to justify President Trump’s delusion of a stolen election.” www.wsj.com/opinion/maga...

Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta. Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.

The Christmas spirit from your President! 🎄

BREAKING: We’re honored to represent the American Academy of Pediatrics after nearly $12 million of their federal public-health funding was cut in an attempt to retaliate against them for speaking out against the admin’s health policies. We will stop this blatant abuse of power in court.

Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building

A federal judge has blocked Trump administration efforts to reallocate Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism and security grants away from states that won't cooperate on the president's immigration enforcement policies.

Absolutely fascist — and dangerous — effort by the admin to ban my colleague Imran Ahmed and others from the US. @counterhate.com does vital work calling out online hate and disinformation, and I know they — and those of us who work with them — won’t be intimidated. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - US consumer confidence falls again in December, sinking to the lowest level since Trump's tariff rollout in April. @apnews.com #ConferenceBoard

The Justice Department has released a new batch of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – documents that include many more mentions of President Donald Trump than last week’s dump. | Analysis https://cnn.it/4b4jkas

THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

BREAKING: by an apparent vote of 7–2, the Supreme Court has *denied* President Trump‘s plea to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago

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Some impressive journalism here by @60minutes.bsky.social. The HRW/ student investigators part is particularly compelling and dare I say, moves the CECOT story forward?

CBS/YouGov poll | 12/17-12/19 President Trump approval Disapprove 59% (-1) Approve 41% (+1) (shift since last poll) www.cbsnews.com/news/opinion...

"We’re in the midst of a coverup. A modified coverup, perhaps, but a coverup nonetheless. One implication of this is that we need to shed all our old, post-Watergate assumptions about the Department of Justice."