www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-ice-... - a bunch of thugs.....

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/w...

Under Kash Patel, “FBI” Means Foolish, Belligerent, and Incompetent newrepublic.com/article/2041... via @newrepublic.com

"Miller is falling short of his most elaborate authoritarian designs. The deportations are lagging far behind his hopes. He has not persuaded Trump to deploy the dictatorial power he pines to see." newrepublic.com/article/2046...

WSJ reports

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-5.... The Trump administration’s NSS announces a dramatic reworking of the foreign policy the U.S. has embraced since World War II.

“The risk of stirring up violence and inviting active military involvement in American cities is getting bigger rather than smaller as Trump’s popularity sinks.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Capt Mark Kelly - what will happen

ICE just arrested Karoline Leavitt’s relative

He is not looking for good here......

poll/ 55% of voters say they would back the Democratic candidate for Congress in their district, while 41% would choose the Republican, giving Democrats a 14-point generic ballot lead. 57% say lowering prices should be the Trump administration’s top priority. (NPR)

poll/ 38% of Americans approve of Trump’s job performance – down from 47% at the start of his second term and 40% in early November. 26% say he is doing a good job managing the cost of living, while 65% disapprove.

I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...

"Public schools require anti-discrimination protections. They have accountability measures for how public money is spent and how students perform. And they uphold the separation of church and state." Naturally, some don't like them. New from Nancy Clair:

Start of the year, American people — still smarting from inflation of Biden years believed Donald Trump would fix things. When he was elected voters favored him on economy by 9 points. But now that he’s actually in charge again, he’s 26 points underwater on his handling of the economy.