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."

BREAKING: George Conway, former conservative lawyer and fierce Trump critic, has filed to run in New York’s 12th Congressional District.

I’m launching a Substack. Why? Because Trump is completely unfit for office, his enablers are cowards, and the truth needs to be said plainly by someone who knows how these guys tick. Subscribe if you're with me. open.substack.com/pub/gtconway...

This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!! Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!

How racist do you have to be to freak out Hans von Spakovsky??? reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Bill Clinton is calling on Trump and Pam Bondi to release everything in the Epstein files. Because he’s got nothing to hide.

Shameful “[DoJ] can remain focused on two critical priorities at the same time: support victims of human trafficking [by withholding $ from orgs that help them?] & prosecute criminals who exploit children [like with your cover up?], & ensure the efficient use of taxpayer dollars [so. much. lying.]”

1/4 Ohio just gutted voting rights. Gov. DeWine signed SB 293, quietly rewriting election law to throw out valid ballots and make voting more precarious, especially by mail. It’s blatant voter suppression and about shrinking the electorate. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/22/o...

Exclusive: More Staff Resignations at Heritage Foundation Amid Frustrations with Organization’s Leadership | Audrey Fahlberg https://www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusive-more-staffing-resignations-at-heritage-foundation-amid-continued-frustrations-with-organizations-leadership/

Heritage Foundation professor resigns because the conservative think tank's president "gave aid and comfort to the rising tide of antisemitism on the right."https://reason.com/volokh/2025/12/21/my-resignation-from-the-heritage-foundation/

Boycott CBS.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

It’s funny when you remember Bari Weiss called her outlet The Free Press

They haven’t sullied the street signs yet on the way to the John F Kennedy Center.

“None of this is surprising. Not DOJ’s failure to comply..Not DOJ’s failure to release material that would give survivors more insight into the crimes committed against them & who was responsible. That’s important..because they’ve had to fight to be believed." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Thank you for speaking out against antisemitism, @douglasemhoff.bsky.social!

Takes halfway through this article to get there but, yeah its not just Fuentes preaching blood and soil politics, the most prominent person doing that, quite explicitly, is JD Vance (like Vivek, a Peter Thiel protegee) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

It’s impossible to overstate what a big deal this is for this legendary Kentucky brand. The last time Jim Beam closed down like this was during Prohibition. Trump’s tariffs & fight with Canada are surely to blame. www.kentucky.com/news/busines...

They haven’t sullied the street signs yet on the way to the John F Kennedy Center.

Some thoughts on the Bondi Beach Hanukkah Massacre. 🧵

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OMG - Heading into 2026, 18% of voters approve of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job, while 73 % disapprove, which is a record low job approval rating for them, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) Univ. national poll of registered voters. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

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OMG - Heading into 2026, 18% of voters approve of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job, while 73 % disapprove, which is a record low job approval rating for them, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) Univ. national poll of registered voters. poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Karl Rove is worried. Very worried. “It doesn’t look good for the GOP next year. The White House is on the wrong track. It had better get its messaging right... Or else the president won’t like the outcome.” www.wsj.com/opinion/alar...

Karl Rove: Trump’s comments were met with universal horror and revulsion. What the president said about the Reiners didn’t diminish them. It diminished him. www.wsj.com/opinion/alar...

Trump wants America to “shrink from a global…to a regional power.” Ambassador Susan Rice warns: stay alert — this administration thrives on distraction and destruction: https://contrarian.substack.com/p/dictatorship-isolation-and-automation