Not the worst news ever.

Unfortunately, the worst news will probably be whoever is chosen as his replacement.

#trump weighing the ouster of #kashpatel

Patel has come under scrutiny for his stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail & use of a government jet […]

#doj Staff Rip #trump & #pambondi ‘Irreversible Damage’ in Tell-All Farewell Notes

A wave of fmr “Justice” Dept employees is leaving behind more than empty seats, revealing a glimpse of life inside the Trump admin.

The letters paint a portrait of an agency buckling under Trump’s 2nd-term, with […]

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NYT Analysis Finds #errors in #trump #scotus Filing That Calls for #nationalguard in #chicago

The Trump admin has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct 4, but videos & audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest […]

Jair #bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year #prison term for plotting #brazil #coup

Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses

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#law #democracy #sedition #conspiracy #insurrection […]

Pure #despotism & utter bullshit

#fbi seeks interviews with #democratic lawmakers who urged US #troops to defy #illegal orders which is literally required by [#law]

Congressional #democrats who appeared in a social media video urging #us troops to refuse to follow “illegal orders” say the FBI […]

#russia Strikes #ukraine & Signals Resistance to Amended Peace Plan

The attack killed at least 7 people in #kyiv, authorities said.

Russia launched a deadly barrage of missiles & drones on the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, as Kremlin officials signaled they would resist changes negotiated by […]

Paging #billcassidy

#cdc Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of #vaccines as Second in Command

During the #covid19 #pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted #discredited treatments like ivermectin &, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, HALTED the state’s mass #vaccination campaign.

#publichealth […]

#trump #epa to abandon #air #pollution rule that would prevent thousands of #us deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on #fineparticle #pollution, which causes #heart & #lung #disease.

#health #publichealth #climate #climatecrisis […]

#consumerconfidence falls to lowest in 7 months as concerns grow about the #economy

America’s economic mood is souring as worries about the #labor market mount.

The Conference Board’s latest survey of American consumers, released Tuesday, showed that consumer confidence declined sharply this […]

#deposition of #borderpatrol Cmdr #gregbovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows

The recent deposition of #cbp Cmdr #bovino about the #useofforce by his #immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz” seemed to go off the rails the minute they said “hello.”

#trump #chicago #law […]

The #us #borderpatrol is monitoring millions of American #drivers nationwide in a secretive program to ID & detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, AP found.

The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched & in some cases arrested.

#law […]

#ukraine has agreed to a peace proposal from the #trump admin with adjustments from the Russia version the admin presented last week.

Volodymyr #zelensky could visit the US as soon as this week to finalize a deal.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/russia-ukraine-us-peace-plan-trump-11-25-25

Sen #markkelly has responded to the #pentagon / #hegseth / #trump threat.

#law #militarylaw #legalethics #revengepolitics #freespeech

The #pentagon says it is investigating #democratic Senator & g former astronaut #markkelly of Arizona for possible breaches of #military #law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for US troops to refuse unlawful orders - which happens to be required by military […]

🚨🚨🚨 Federal judge #dismissed #indictments against #letitiajames & #jamescomey

A federal judge dismissed the indictments against fmr #fbi Director James Comey and #nyag Letitia James on Monday.

The judge found that the appointment of interim #usattorney #lindseyhalligan in Alexandria, Virginia […]

This is a super freaking weird way of undermining #corporate #accountability.

#banking is one of the US’ most tightly regulated industries, & confidential bank examinations carried out by independent federal regulators are a core guardrail for protecting the safety & soundness of the financial […]

#trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Department of #Energy’s national laboratories to create an #ai platform that will fuse troves of federal #data on #health, energy & manufacturing, in partnership with AI companies.

#infosec #nationalsecurity […]

Because they have NEVER been able to come up with anything better or even equal, #trump, who has repeatedly denounced the #affordablecareact <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obamacare" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#ACA aka <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#Obamacare] as a “disaster,” is considering backing an extension of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#insurance subsidies tied to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#health [#law that are set to expire at the […]

#trump signed an EO designating parts of the #muslimbrotherhood as foreign terror organizations. Trump has long sought to sanction the #islamist political movement. The Egyptian chapter of the #muslim Brotherhood, one of the targets of Trump’s order on Monday, represents a significant bloc of […]

#violafletcher, who as a child in 1921 saw her affluent Black neighborhood torched by white citizens in what became known as the #tulsaracemassacre — one of the most violent acts of racial violence in #americanhistory — & who, a century later, testified in #congress to the terror she witnessed […]

Soaring #electricity prices are triggering a wave of power shutoffs nationwide, leaving more Americans in the dark as unpaid #bills pile up. Although there is no national count of electricity shutoffs, data from select utilities in 11 states show that disconnections have risen in at least eight […]

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Pretense for #trump #war on #venezuela

#us designates #carteldelossoles as foreign #terrorist organization, #treasury says

The United States has formally designated Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization, according to a notice posted on the U.S. Treasury Department […]

Controversial #US-backed #gaza #aid group to close

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/killings" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#GHF] was heavily criticised over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinians" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#killings of [#Palestinians desperate for food

The GHF, the controversial private “aid” group set up earlier this year with US & #israel backing to operate in the war-torn […]

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The #conservative Movement’s #intellectual Collapse

#trump is both a product & a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.

#idiocracy #uspol […]

🚨🚨🚨 Federal judge #dismissed #indictments against #letitiajames & #jamescomey

A federal judge dismissed the indictments against fmr #fbi Director James Comey and #nyag Letitia James on Monday.

The judge found that the appointment of interim #usattorney #lindseyhalligan in Alexandria, Virginia […]