Very good read on how David Ellison is turning Paramount/Skydance into a safe haven for men accused of sexual abuse as he prepares to pump out movies aimed at TrumpWorld.

BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake? TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" -- George Orwell (1949)

It looks like Tom Cotton was being deceptive by saying video shows the men trying to flip boat "loaded with drugs." As I reported, Ds who saw video say no drugs were visible/boat was crippled. Q for Rs is simple: Did you see drugs and was boat incapacitated, or no? newrepublic.com/article/2039...

Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com and cartoonist Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social Felon47 called Somalis garbage. And “Ilhan Omar (who’s from Somali) is probably here illegally.” Ain’t he a peach? #utpol

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He's no campaigner.

yep; he told a Dallas station he'll go where he's needed. Texas doesn't need you, but they want you. And I'm sure his new wife is getting tired of him being asked if she's his daughter.

The NY Post says they spoke to Cole’s grandmother and his neighbor. Less than a month ago right wing media claimed the #J6 pipe bomber was a woman, a former Capitol Police Officer. Now Bongino is taking credit for arresting this guy whose grandmother says is autistic and not a terrorist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Or this one?

Who's the real Brian Cole? This guy?

Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes. Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.

What a difference a year makes. Last year, Minnesota Somali leaders endorsed Trump. www.inforum.com/news/minneso...

Congratulations to Justin Crosby (D) on his election victory in Mississippi CD22 — he flipped the newly redrawn seat by defeating the incumbent with approximately 53 % of the vote. This win is part of a broader shift after court-ordered map revisions aimed at increasing majority-Black districts.

The US government is now targeting anyone applying for a H-1b visa that have worked on "activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

something something Hunter Biden something something popular.info/p/update-tru...

The MAGA GOP settles on a "blame Joe Biden" narrative that ignores all the facts surrounding the shooting of two WV guardsmen in Washington, DC, and particularly the fact that the perp was granted asylum by Kristi Noem on the advice of John Ratcliffe, two Trump cabinet officers.

Just so we are clear-Hegseth is the top dog at the “Dept of War”. Hegseth & POTUS both own the actions of those in their command. I don’t give a rats ass who ordered the second strike. It’s murder. It’s a war crime. Try them at The Hague & impeach! #ProudBlue #Pinks www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

The affordability crisis is hitting Black women the hardest as their unemployment rates rise. Naomi Bethune charts the impact on maternal health, and the forced downgrade in lifestyle choices. prospect.org/2025/12/04/b...

Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."

"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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#booksky I just ordered Cellist of Sarajevo from Bookshop.org fbuy.io/c31f4b14-725...

Knock, Knock. Who's there? Our government is disappearing people! Our government is disappearing people, who? Our government is effin disappearing people! Wake TF up to tyranny & #ICELawlessness & SPEAK TF UP! YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE COULD BE NEXT! FFS, Our government is disappearing people!

Congressman Henry Cuellar was indicted for money laundering, bribery, and conspiracy, allegedly taking about $600,000, mostly from Azerbaijan, to influence U.S. policy. President Donald Trump pardoned Cuellar, because Trump supports money laundering, bribery, and conspiracy.

Love to share the road with cars programmed to blast past speed limits

#booksky #reading www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/755600...

Rand Paul: "Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium of the WH, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent and didn't know what had happened."

Israel says Rafah crossing to open soon to let Gazans leave via Egypt

​Republican says women will shoulder burden for GOP health plan: 'They're great shoppers'

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the U.S. government illegally killed him. His relatives say Alejandro Carranza was on a routine fishing trip, and his wife told reporters he left home to fish and had no ties to drug trafficking.

As many expected, the truth is finally coming out, they were just fishermen. The family of the Colombian man killed in the Sept. 15 U.S. military strike in the Caribbean Sea has now filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging

Secr. of Defense, Pete Hegseth is likely headed to prison in some years. Excellent reporting from, all all people, Morning Joe. 3mins www.youtube.com/shorts/OfDjK...

Please stop these people before they kill a large quantity of American citizens. #USDemocracy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

And how much did trump pocket?

George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Turkey toast, turkey sandwich, open face hot turkey with gravy.

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Just some of the many reasons I have always been against bar codes on our license plates. Let alone traffic cameras. The surveillance state has been growing for years. Now it's just exploding! Change up routines as much as possible y'all! #SheShed #ICE

California is expanding its water supply by adding 2.9 billion gallons a year through eight major state-funded projects. We're recycling more water, removing PFAS, upgrading wastewater systems and building new desalination for over one million Californians. This is how we build drought resilience.

Good riddance

Well. Well. Well. bocanewsnow.com/2025/12/02/d...

And for those looking for a more extended analysis, see www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The Trump administration's lethal attacks on civilian boats at sea are illegal, says Georgetown law professor David Cole, who warns that the campaign appears to be a pretext to launch a war on Venezuela. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/2/david_cole

Indiana Lawmakers Unveil New Voting Map to Allow GOP to Win All Nine House Seats

Trump Commutes Seven-Year Prison Sentence of Private Equity CEO Convicted of Fraud

Trump hit a new low: He just pardoned a man who killed thousands of Americans. Yes, that is 100% true. Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras was a key figure in flooding the US with cocaine. Nearly 30,000 Americans die from cocaine overdoses per year. Many from Hernandez's cocaine