Stop me if you've heard this before: If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF??? They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???

The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.

In my opinion, one of the biggest revelations from the Epstein-Trump emails is that Michael Wolff -- who calls himself a journalist -- acted as a publicist and PR crisis manager for the most notorious sexual predator in recent memory. And he did this for YEARS!

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

Epstein assaulted Maria Farmer and her sister Annie. Kidnapped her. Threatened her life (via Ghislaine Maxwell). Maria reported this to the FBI, which did nothing, to Vanity Fair magazine, which didn’t print the information as a favor to Epstein. Now she has contacted writer Ellie Leonard:

Whenever Ken Starr returns to the news, it's fun to remember that one deputy investigating Bill Clinton (and Vice Foster) was ... Brett Kavanaugh! Extra fun to remember that GWBush FL Recount team in 2000 included Brett K, J Roberts, AC Barrett. Plus help from FL gov Jeb Bush. Good times!

Not to mention a foul reference to his 20 year old girlfriend that he then “gave” to Donald.

You look for cracks everywhere to exploit against fascists. Period. I think some people seem confused about the state of things in this country.

OK, somebody leak me the jobs reports Trump’s trying to bury.

Gonna put up fliers around the neighborhood for my cat. She's fine, i just want everyone to know how pretty and soft she is.

Remember when they fired the president of Harvard for… two inadequate citations in her 30yo dissertation?

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are. My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder. a.co/d/29c7EIP

So, the technology developed with stolen material, which puts content creators and developers out of work, is not generating profitable returns? Because it can’t actually replace human creativity and ingenuity? HUH. WEIRD.

Neutrality and objectivity are not the same thing and are, in fact, often contradictory goals. The objective truth is often not neutral in its political implications, and it would be a useless exercise if it was.

per Kate Manne, Katie Johnson already made these accusations...and was ignored. katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...

Repeating this insight.

I feel like this point is weirdly under-discussed in the discourse! Acosta himself approved Epstein's notorious sweetheart non-prosecution agreement. By elevating Acosta to the cabinet later, Trump seemed to ... pretty clearly reward that?

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finding joy despite the world in 2025 is like this lol

Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday. Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT

So to recap: - Democrats get their vote on Healthcare... - BUT they'd have to vote to restrict abortion. - So either people lose their rights OR people lose their healthcare. That's the vote. Neat how Republicans always win, eh? Oh but Democrats don't have a better leader than Chuck Schumer.

Dems have a real future in generational talents like AOC and now Mamdani. But instead of seizing on them, party leaders poo poo their ideas and damn them with faint praise about how they’ve energized young people *where they are* but aren’t really a model for anywhere else. GOP doesn’t do this.

I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity

I'm a member of many hemp industry organizations that are all freaking out right now. One, the Midwest Hemp Council, has this helpful answer to the question everyone is asking: Why is the Senate going after hemp now? Basically a bullshit campaign from market competitors and prohibitionists.

enough power for one million homes is dead

This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it. And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE? Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.

Hey @support.bsky.team What is going on with Sarah Kendzior? Why was she suspended with no explanation? Are you doing this to lesser-known people that we’re never going to find out about?

Thank to you @docseuss.bsky.social for reminding us all of the previous confirmed kill when Joyce Carol Oates tactically assassinated Curtis Yarvin.

Felony vandalism? They were hanging a cardboard bug on a wall.

What the actual fuck??? “Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.” HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.

For anyone who was sleeping, major political news last night: a judge chose a new map for Utah that will deliver a seat to Democrats. Major point in Dems’ favor that effectively neuters the GOP’s move in Missouri, much like California countered Texas.

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Former House speaker / Trump adviser newt Gingrich, saying on the record what we’d heard so much on background from those others: “Look at the rage on the left. It doesn’t sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdown…”

This is what I and a lot of people on here have been saying and I wish senate dems would just say it too instead of the weird combination of “actually this protects healthcare”, “I didn’t support it but now I’ll shill for it” and the angus king special of “I surrender here’s my tummy”

I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events

agree, and the fact they can’t even do this demonstrates how little they think of their constituents that they won’t shoot straight with them about anything. i thought a lot this morning about how mamdani says we deserve to be treated with dignity

instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."

The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.

This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰

No agreement on healthcare but the government will temporarily reopen. Wish Dems would have stood their ground. Many millions will now shift to not purchasing any health insurance or signing for high deductible health plans that strain budgets without offering robust coverage.

Hearing now that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will allow the fast-tracking of the capitulation CR. If any senator objects, the bill passage could be delayed until Friday. But apparently zero Senators have objected to the scheduling motion on the hotline. Zero!

I just sent a furious message to Durbin and it wasn’t furious enough.

Schumer's a coward. Shaheen & co. soiled themselves. Yes, yes to all of it. But why don't Murkowski, Tillis, & company even get asked questions? Why do we have zero expectation of them? Journalists don't even bother trying. We have accepted Murc's Law as a constitutional provision. It's maddening.

Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.

Still true

I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.

weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message