Y’all, all these white men being discriminated against by the white men running everything is the best civil rights reporting I’ve seen under this new administration. We’ve all been focusing on the wrong things.

After four years of Democrat Party chaos, America is finally under the resolute leadership of President Donald J. Trump, who reminds me of my alcoholic father. by Susie Wiles

The subsequent threats of violence against these legislators have been unacceptable and must be denounced — not normalized.

The counterbalance to techbros greed, vanity projects, and obsfuscation of the harms their products inflict on Americans and the world at large: apnews.com/article/mack...

The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:

The Weight of Thought by Thomas Lerooy

In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty. But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them. When are they going to learn?

Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

“not to congratulate China for its authoritarian government… But it merits pondering how this undemocratic government could successfully slash its poverty rate when the richest and oldest democracy in the world wouldn’t.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S. Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.

Lesson: “ignore billionaires when they threaten to take their marbles and go home. The big money always responds to threats of tax hikes, even mere verbal criticism, by threatening to go Ayn Rand and move to Galt’s Gulch. In they won’t even move to Florida” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-plutoc...

Only insane people would seek out the counsel of Larry Summers, who relies on Jeffrey Epstein for dating advice and Milton Friedman for economic inspiration. Nonetheless, this is exactly what CAP and other elite organizations have done.

April: “the president also teased the idea that income taxes could be "substantially reduced" or even "completely eliminated" as a result of his tariffs” VS. November

@stephruhle.bsky.social points out Trump administration policies that are hurting Americans while Trump says he doesn't want to hear about affordability.

“The bullies tried to get us, and we fought back.” Marion County Record publisher and editor Eric Meyer joins @stephruhle.bsky.social to react to his paper being awarded over $3 million from the county after the 2023 raid.

"There is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January when the funding deal will run out. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists." www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...

Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.” By @robwdavis.bsky.social and Steve Suo

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.

Good morning and welcome to this giftlink thread of Weekend FT highlights. Get 'em while they're hot, try not to complain when they're gone! First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

“This is antifascist economics – not opposing any particular party, but addressing the material conditions that make fascism appealing. It’s a program restoring universal dignity rather than fueling divides and blaming scapegoats for the crisis”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Apparently the internet has figured out that the new Oval Office signage and gilding is at base a literal meme template

Our essay: Hunger is not an emergency: substack.com/profile/5411...

We did 163 essays at Evening News Plus. This was our last one: Why Journalism? substack.com/profile/5411...

Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of new wealth, the poorest half has received only 1%. Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early. Must redistribute or risk social disorder.

79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords. This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.

Dude quoted Eugene Debbs out of the gate. Dope. The great triggering will begin.

Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A searing coda from @rtraister.bsky.social, correctly indicting Dems' tendency to lean on and coddle gerontocrats: "The short-term grab at a familiar past got us through an immediate crisis, yes, but simultaneously assured a longer-term and more corrosive defeat." nymag.com/intelligence...

Powerful idea contrarian.substack.com/p/how-a-simp...

“As regional variation in party labels has fallen, this has seriously disadvantaged the party associated with urban voters.” Why the national brand needs to stop having the House and Senate leadership from NY or SF. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...

Understand

Damn, @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social absolutely nails it here.

“40% are children; 18% are elderly; 11% are disabled.” The MAGA party truly want Americans to starve while sending $20 BILlION to prop up Milei. When citizens will wake up is beyond me. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hunger...

Interesting how Bloomberg and NYT refuse to actually highlight the issues faced by workers in the city… www.youtube.com/live/hpmzORA...

As we reported earlier this month, many food banks are already reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of 94 million pounds of deliveries that were already scheduled: projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

"Thankfully, Trump has ended DEI hiring practices. Now, corporations and government agencies are taking jobs away from Black and brown people and giving them to white men. And if that isn’t a sign America is on the right track with racism, then I don’t know what is."

AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries

“They have been inciting violence.” Kaitlan Collins vs. Karoline Leavitt on Portland and National Guard

NEW: Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings. Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. Tonight, at Law Dork:

It is easy to see why financiers - and Silicon Valley tech billionaires - would want to remove the full employment mandate. Robots and Ai are expected to displace human labour and increase profits. open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...

THESE PAGAN LIBTARD WAR DANCES CAN ONLY PRESAGE CALAMITY!! MEIN LEADER PRÄSIDENT TRUMP, HERR REICHSCOUCHVUCKER VON VANCE, HERR VERRÜCKTPSYCHO STEPHANMÜLLER, DER VOLK DEMAND YOU DEPLOY DIE PANZERBRIGADEN NOW!!! Vielen Damk für your attention to this matter

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."