I don't do much looking back at my own writing, but I've been thinking about this piece a lot today. From tenderly protecting Trump from criminal consequences to enthusiastically helping him dismantle the administrative state, Roberts owns it all.

He has been fixated on Ilhan Omar and Somalis for like six years now. I went to a rally in Minnesota right as he was getting into this stuff and there were men who I suspected had white supremacist tattoos.

This is some really bleak shit, folks. Take a hard look at your president.

white people will take off their shoes before stepping on a picnic blanket but start a podcast if asked to remove them inside someone else’s house

if you just live your life by taking the opposite stance of conor friedersdorf on nearly every issue you'll do pretty well

🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. " h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social

Bank of America first started offering credit cards to women in 1974

A "debate" where the two sides are a conservative operative and an Epstein files guy. Remember what I said about how "stacked panel" propaganda works.

Oh, we’re scared alright, but I promise that it’s not for the reasons you think.

Schiff: "Part of this is a consequence I think frankly of Chief Justice Roberts giving the president absolute immunity when it comes to his instructions to the DOJ. He can pretty much order them to do what he wants and know that he will never be held criminally liable."

Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!

WATCH - @rokhanna.bsky.social : “The DOJ’s document dump DOES NOT COMPLY. We are exploring all options.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup

The Epstein Files, everybody!

Khanna: Congress is talking about possible impeachment. They're talking about inherent contempt for the attorney general or deputy attorney general—any justice department official who has obstructed justice could face prosecution in this administration or a future administration.

the thing is, these guys don’t have any fixed principles or loyalties, they’re going to go where their audiences go, and their audiences fucking hate this shit.

Schiff: "I think we ought to bring Pam Bondi before the Senate Judiciary Committee demand answers as to why the DOJ has violated the law."

one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”

There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.

Vought is one of the top three or four enemies of the Constitution & American democracy. His removal from power is one of the highest priorities for any project of checking the dictatorship's lawless wielding of the vast powers of the state

uh

That was really the plan newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/a-year-in-...

rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn

Trump did not strengthen the arts or the Kennedy Center. He repeatedly sought to eliminate federal arts funding, politicized the Kennedy Center Honors, and fostered an environment that chilled artistic expression. Claims that he “saved” or rebuilt the Kennedy Center are demonstrably false.

this is patronage from an aspiring tyrant to buy their loyalty and any serviceperson who accepts it has broken their oath to the constitution and besmirched their honor trump supporters in the military are groveling mercenaries unfit to serve

As Trump's physical and political decline worsens, the cultish flattery from top aides has proportionally grown. As @moiradonegan.bsky.social says on the pod, Trumpworld is now puffing him up publicly to compensate for his deterioration. Moira is so good here: newrepublic.com/article/2046...

funniest possible replacement

They really did this all wrong.

"There’s no reference to any legal authority & no detail. It’s just 'there are security concerns, as evidenced by the Secret Service saying there are security concerns & the project cannot be stopped, & you cannot have any more details.' How do you possibly push back against that? It’s just mush."

They really think everyone else is as stupid as they are.

Q: Do you stand by your statement from earlier this year that nobody has died from USAID cuts? RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid

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who’s that

i love how CBS News is now just "Bari Shower Thoughts"

Trump Drags Out His Epstein Files Cover-Up The Trump administration published heavily redacted Epstein records and many photos of Bill Clinton, while failing to comply with the law from Congress, writes @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-epst...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA *deep breath* HAHHAHHAHAHHHAHAH Gift link, so you can enjoy all the delicious schadenfreude: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will

Bannon’s like, “What can I say to make people forget that I knowingly coached a sexual predator to help him repair his image?”

Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner. A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered. Oh the hypocrisy.

I’m announcing a $20M Series A to raise money to shoot these down.

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“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”

BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...