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“The president inhabits a position of moral leadership. When the president and his officials sell their policies, they’re selling a version of what it means to be an American”
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The president inhabits a position of moral leadership. When the president and his officials sell their policies, they’re selling a version of what it means to be an American”
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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SCOTUS just blessed Texas’ extreme gerrymander, so Virginia Democrats responded: fine, we’ll draw a 10D–1R map.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Here's how Virginia Democrats will combat Texas' map-rigging
Virginia Democrats on Thursday night vowed to axe four Republicans from the state's U.S. House delegation, a direct response to the Supreme Court ruling that same evening that Texas' extreme ...
www.dailykos.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
SCOTUS just blessed Texas’ extreme gerrymander, so Virginia Democrats responded: fine, we’ll draw a 10D–1R map.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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have been thinking about this for like two hours and I think what stands out the most is that Trump feels genuinely honored. he has no conception whatsoever that it is complete horseshit invented to flatter him. he loves it!
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
have been thinking about this for like two hours and I think what stands out the most is that Trump feels genuinely honored. he has no conception whatsoever that it is complete horseshit invented to flatter him. he loves it!
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Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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Trump did not send his “best people” into the courts—and his revenge plans have suffered for it.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump’s revenge plot unravels as another grand jury shuts him down
President Donald Trump’s plans for revenge against his political enemies were disrupted yet again on Thursday after a grand jury declined to pursue charges against New York Attorney General ...
www.dailykos.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump did not send his “best people” into the courts—and his revenge plans have suffered for it.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva shares her point of view from an ICE raid in her district where she and her staff were pepper sprayed and shot at with pepper balls.
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Rep. Adelita Grijalva shares her point of view from an ICE raid in her district where she and her staff were pepper sprayed and shot at with pepper balls.
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Republicans are spiraling about 2026 and blaming Mike Johnson — but his big advice on rising costs was literally “relax.” Great.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Why the GOP’s ‘affordability’ message flops
Republicans are in disarray as they begin to realize that they may lose the House in ...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Republicans are spiraling about 2026 and blaming Mike Johnson — but his big advice on rising costs was literally “relax.” Great.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Every lower court has said his executive order is flat-out unconstitutional — and the only reason this nonsense is still alive is because he keeps running to a Supreme Court that’s happy to bail him out on the shadow docket.
Should we be panicking about birthright citizenship or not?
The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case challenging birthright citizenship, aka the Trump administration’s attempt to write a major portion of the 14th Amendment out of existence—and even ...
www.dailykos.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Every lower court has said his executive order is flat-out unconstitutional — and the only reason this nonsense is still alive is because he keeps running to a Supreme Court that’s happy to bail him out on the shadow docket.
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“table-sized”
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“table-sized”
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Courts had another chaotic week: judges greenlit lies about the abortion pill, Jeanine Pirro found a new loophole to overcharge cases, Trump’s pushing sketchy law schools, Burkman and Wohl finally faced consequences, and Ed Martin may be deleting records. More here 👀 👇
Jury-shopping with Jeanine, and abortion-pill liars get a pass
Injustice for All is a weekly series about how the Trump administration is trying to weaponize the justice system—and the people who are fighting back.
It’s another bleak week in the courts, ...
www.dailykos.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Courts had another chaotic week: judges greenlit lies about the abortion pill, Jeanine Pirro found a new loophole to overcharge cases, Trump’s pushing sketchy law schools, Burkman and Wohl finally faced consequences, and Ed Martin may be deleting records. More here 👀 👇
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Great to see Senator Lindsey Williams, Congressman Chris DeLuzio, and IUOE Local 66’s Jesse DiRenna tonight — thank you always for having me!
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Great to see Senator Lindsey Williams, Congressman Chris DeLuzio, and IUOE Local 66’s Jesse DiRenna tonight — thank you always for having me!
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Vibecession's not so fun when you're in office!
BRENNAN: When Trump says "affordability is a con job," his approval on the economy is down to 36%. Don't you need to show you feel the pain?
BESSENT: HE's frustrated by the media coverage
BRENNAN: The polling is of average Americans
BESSENT: Average Americans hear a lot of it from media coverage
BESSENT: HE's frustrated by the media coverage
BRENNAN: The polling is of average Americans
BESSENT: Average Americans hear a lot of it from media coverage
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Vibecession's not so fun when you're in office!
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"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
‘A sad, cruel moment’: 58 Florida children leaving US amid parent deportations
“The only losers are the children.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
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1,139 days of Trump’s second term to go.
(Hope you like chaos; it’s the daily special.)
Your daily democracy check-in: Trump Watch 👇
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(Hope you like chaos; it’s the daily special.)
Your daily democracy check-in: Trump Watch 👇
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December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
1,139 days of Trump’s second term to go.
(Hope you like chaos; it’s the daily special.)
Your daily democracy check-in: Trump Watch 👇
signup.dailykos.com
(Hope you like chaos; it’s the daily special.)
Your daily democracy check-in: Trump Watch 👇
signup.dailykos.com
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This is awesome. Print is such a good way to get around a bunch of distribution (and surveillance!) mechanisms that seem otherwise mandatory in this very gross economy. It is really nice to see it spelled out like this.
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is awesome. Print is such a good way to get around a bunch of distribution (and surveillance!) mechanisms that seem otherwise mandatory in this very gross economy. It is really nice to see it spelled out like this.
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
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"Among the crowd was a 17-year-old high school student from Astoria who attended P.S. 166.
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Among the crowd was a 17-year-old high school student from Astoria who attended P.S. 166.
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
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Column worth reading, by former two-term GOP governor who discovers that Harvard is not the hellscape of intolerance and group-think that the MAGA and its media are constantly telling him about.
(Think of parallels in so many other realms.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
(Think of parallels in so many other realms.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | I was a red state governor. What I saw at Harvard surprised me.
The spirit of association remains alive in unexpected places.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Column worth reading, by former two-term GOP governor who discovers that Harvard is not the hellscape of intolerance and group-think that the MAGA and its media are constantly telling him about.
(Think of parallels in so many other realms.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
(Think of parallels in so many other realms.)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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In 1996, Donald Trump crashed a gala fundraiser for a pediatric AIDS charity and took a seat on the dais. He wasn't invited. He hadn't even contributed to the charity, and never did. He just wanted to be at the front of the room, receiving honor and applause.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
Trump boasts about his philanthropy. But his giving falls short of his words.
The Republican has not followed through on many of his promises to give to charity.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In 1996, Donald Trump crashed a gala fundraiser for a pediatric AIDS charity and took a seat on the dais. He wasn't invited. He hadn't even contributed to the charity, and never did. He just wanted to be at the front of the room, receiving honor and applause.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
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"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...