NEW, with @dircetoca.huffpost.com: www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

A federal women's prison - recently shuttered over sexual abuse of immigrants - could reopen as an ICE detention center as part of Trump’s mass deportation agenda. "Imagine, if I get sent back to Dublin but now for immigration?" one immigrant survivor of sexual abuse at FCI Dublin told me.

NYT columnist David Brooks wrote an op-ed a few weeks ago titled, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out,” lamenting people are too focused on the Epstein scandal + saying "the QAnon mentality has taken over." Today he appeared in 4 photos from the Epstein dump. Welp! www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...

"I have not lost control of the House," says man who appears to have lost control of the House www.huffpost.com/entry/obamac...

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

Jack Smith tells lawmakers Trump brought charges on himself through his criminal behavior www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...

Susie Wiles doing what looks like some sorta exit interview www.huffpost.com/entry/susie-...

Trump's sick Rob Reiner post getting some REBUKES from elected Republicans www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas...

This entire weekend

It’s rare that presidents try to associate themselves with murderers

here's a completely weird statement about the death of Rob Reiner

House Republicans still pursuing pipe bomb conspiracy theory despite arrest of alleged perp. "He was highly manipulated, if he had anything to do with it," Thomas Massie told me, citing a whistleblower source www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-...

A very bad week for Donald Trump well analyzed by @amandabecker.bsky.social, Washington Correspondent @19thNews.org, @delaneyrules.bsky.social, Senior Reporter @HuffPost.com and @evanmcs.bsky.social, Reporter & co-author of the Daily Newsletter @NOTUS.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTu.be/Am4FHJr46QE

Democrats are catching impeachment fever www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

Dems voting yes, no and present on resolution to impeach Trump for calling for lawmakers to be executed

New from @delaneyrules.bsky.social: House Ag Committee chair says RFK push to let states ban unhealthy food from SNAP will drive up grocery prices, an intra-party break over a key part of the MAHA Agenda. www.huffpost.com/entry/snap-j...

NEW: The redistricting wars aren't going to end with the midterms. -Hochul committed to pushing through new maps in NY, Bennet + Weiser say the same in Colorado -Dems will look to redraw in Wisconsin if they win a trifecta - other possibilities in MN, NV, MI. www.huffpost.com/entry/the-re...

There's a new discharge petition in the House on ACA subsidies. Rep Jared Golden (D-Maine) says it's already got 6 Republican signatures www.huffpost.com/entry/scotus...

EXCLUSIVE: For years Donald Trump has evaded responsibility for the Jan. 6 insurrection. And for years, he has tried to kill a lawsuit that could hold him liable. He has failed. Again and again. This is it. This is the last chance to see Trump held to account: www.huffpost.com/entry/lawmak...

Exclusive: ICE has developed a plan to arrest undocumented migrants who try to voluntarily leave the U.S. via the Mexico border, so they can face formal removal. Why bother? Possibly to juice deportation numbers. It's being referred to as "Operation Irish Goodbye." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-pl...

As Rubio has slashed the State Dept, the office of the legal adviser has been "broken" — boosting the risk the Trump administration may be breaking the law with policies like the Caribbean strikes. Details here on an unprecedented staff exodus + its ramifications: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

said on the radio the cats and dogs of Ohio were “falsely accused of having been eaten” 😩

As Republicans spent the year on tax cuts and the House went on recess during the longest shutdown ever, Speaker Johnson continually said they would deal with expiring ACA tax credits in December….

Adelita Grijalva on the immediate swearing-in of a Republican who won a special election this week: "If I were Republican, I wouldn't have been waiting," she told me. "This proves it." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

"I would have run as a Democrat had the process been open and fair, but since it was not, I’m running as an independent to be on the ballot in November because Congressman Chuy García anointed his chief of staff,” Mayra Macías told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/mayra-...

Jamie Raskin says Kash Patel is using the FBI's jet like it's his "own private party bus on prom weekend" www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Most presidents run into trouble near the end of their first year and so is Trump. But Trump isn't like any other president. So what does rising disapproval, a fracturing coalition, election losses and policy reversals mean when the president is an authoritarian? www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

No more troops politely saying hi as they walk aimlessly around town ☹️

The House of Representatives has devolved into an echochamber of recrimination, @jbendery.bsky.social reports www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...

JUST IN: House overwhelmingly passes bill forcing DOJ to publicly release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a massive rebuke of Trump + his efforts to hide documents potentially tying him to Epstein. huffpost.com/entry/house-... w/ @delaneyrules.bsky.social

Everybody is voting for the Epstein Files bill. On track for unanimous passage.

you don't have to embarrass our guest by asking if he had someone killed and hacked to pieces

Epstein survivors absolutely skewered Donald Trump this morning. "I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment.” 👀 www.huffpost.com/entry/epstei...

“.. Federal agents walk through a gas station market searching for undocumented immigrants during Operation Charlotte's Web in Charlotte, North Carolina.” @gettyimages.com

New: that senator payola provision was added to the govt funding bill by agreement of John Thune and Chuck Schumer. Now a Schumer spox says he supports repealing it www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...

NEW: A 12-foot-tall, faux bronze statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein skipping and holding hands has magically reappeared in downtown D.C. this morning. A day after Dems released bombshell emails suggesting Trump knew about Epstein's child sex trafficking ring. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...

House passes funding bill, government shutdown almost over www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...

Adelita Grijalva got sworn in, she signed the Epstein Files discharge petition and it looks like the House will vote early next month www.huffpost.com/entry/adelit...

WASHINGTON ― The late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein suggested to confidants that President Donald Trump knew about his criminal activity, according to email messages made public Wednesday. www.huffpost.com/entry/epstei...

NEW: In my report for @huffpost.com, I take a deep dive into the battle being waged for common sense and rule of law in our courts and what the hell the point any of it is. I hope you will read: www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...

Why did Senate Democrats finally cave in the government shutdown fight? Trump was willing to make millions of people suffer. Democrats didn’t have the stomach for it. www.huffpost.com/entry/why-de... w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social @delaneyrules.bsky.social

And it’s over a govt funding bill that coincidentally will ban THC drinks

Govt funding bill gives 8 Republican senators a new "cause of action" to sue the government for at least $500,000 in damages over Jan 6 - related investigation of their phone records www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...

Since Trump and his aides keep lying about grocery prices, here are the facts: Food inflation in Biden's last year: 1.8 pct. Food inflation since Trump began his trade war: 3.1 pct. Trump has nearly doubled grocery inflation. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Government funding deal includes a provision that will ban all those hemp-based THC drinks www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...

The president who regularly mocks “Sleepy Joe Biden” appeared to fight sleep himself in the Oval Office for nearly 20 minutes this week. We watched the tape. With @riegerreport.bsky.social.

What kind of sandwich did Sandwich Guy throw at a federal agent???? In a @huffpost.com exclusive, @jamieson.bsky.social has the answer from his interview with SG. Read to the end. www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...

News: Democrats downsize demands in shutdown fight www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.