the democratic response to the SOTU should start with “is Donald Trump a pedophile?” and from there be entirely about the files

On top of wasting your taxpayer money on whatever this is, he is hiding the truth of the Epstein files and protecting the powerful instead of seeking justice for the victims. What an embarrassment of an FBI Director.

Rep. Massie:  “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”

The world’s safest bet: Donald Trump will deliver a self-centered, grievance-filled lie fest billed as the State of the Union.

They need to add at least one event with dogs and their people!

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

There is no manner in which ICE agents now present themselves, no language they will direct at citizens or immigrants, no abuse or brutality they undertake, and no slaying they will commit that can at this point shock or surprise me. These thugs are not law enforcement. They are S.A. brownshirts.

This is a terrible development. Fascists are obliterating trust in the research enterprise, and no family will allow their child to take part in important research like this again. #academicsky www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

💯 THIS! 🎯🎯🎯

If someone leaked the Epstein files, they would easily be one of the most famous and celebrated people of the decade. 🙌

They are building this massive new data science and AI institute (that will house 100 faculty) next door to the department that studies climate change (which, checks notes, has 15ish faculty) in a building that is non-functional most days. Which says just about every fucking thing about 2026.

So shoot them?

Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.

Kristi Noem has had a disgraceful tenure marked by chaos, brutality, and rampant corruption. She should resign or be fired immediately. The question for the American people is, will this Republican-led Congress join Democrats in pushing for any accountability?

People keep telling me we just have to "accept" the harms of ChatGPT as the necessary price of progress, & that I'm a Luddite for not using it, but, well, I'm genuinely finding it hard to accept that so many kids simply "have to" die. IMHO it needs a product recall. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Wake up Congress!

"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"

Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.

Pope Leo is, quite literally, doing God’s work.

Christian Nationalist without the boring nice Jesus parts.

Happy Festivus!

In #socialwork!

My god. From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:

Zohran Mamdani and Mandy Patinkin celebrate Hanukkah. m.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxA...

I can’t believe I’m now a fan of Rep Thomas Massie, but here we are.

They are suddenly no longer interested.

I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.

I appreciate these kinds of calculators, but I am concerned that the precision that they offer seems to cloud the uncertainty of the estimates. If I drink 7 drinks a week I will die 80 days earlier than I would if I didn't drink? #alcohol myalcoholrisk.com

It is within Donald Trump's rights to fire everyone on the Federal Reserve Board and replace them with his friends. But if a future Democratic president tries to remove Trump's friends from the Board, that will be strictly unconstitutional. by John Roberts

Trump tonight: Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me

Become ungovernable

“Oil… oil… oil… oil… oil… oil…” TLDR: It was never about drugs

The correct answer is Colin Firth. “Who Is the Ultimate Mr. Darcy?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/b...

Quite a podcast from @nytimes.com. @amnanawaz.bsky.social is the real deal. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Fact-check: true

so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings. insanity.

Groups like AAUP are against this policy, but I am not sure it is a bad thing. Is the concern that people will just do a text search and start harassing faculty based on specific words? www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Wife sent pic of dog and I want to leave work right now.

Where's the photos of Barack Obama and Joe Biden with #Epstein?

AI-generated image of Trump using walker raises new questions about Biden's health.

Abrego Garcia is not a "proven human trafficker." He has merely been *accused by the government* of being one. That's not the same thing. And if Leavitt is so certain of these charges, why is the administration attempting to deport him to Africa to avoid trying him in a US court?

Everything related to crypto just seems like money laundering to me.

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

A Boston Parish has more courage than most university presidents.

This is a time in our nation's history that will be remembered for all the broken fools who needed so much attention.

No shit.

This is the most wholesome account on BlueSky.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...