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The president has no authority to change election rules. Wendy Weiser and other Brennan Center experts discuss how we challenged President Trump's power grabs on the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman: bit.ly/48SQYPc
December 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The president has no authority to change election rules. Wendy Weiser and other Brennan Center experts discuss how we challenged President Trump's power grabs on the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman: bit.ly/48SQYPc
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Last week, SCOTUS stood up for its right to engage in judicial review of executive branch decisions. This week it's Congress' turn & at least a few representatives seem inclined to insist that when they pass a law, they mean business. Learn about inherent contempt: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
December 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Last week, SCOTUS stood up for its right to engage in judicial review of executive branch decisions. This week it's Congress' turn & at least a few representatives seem inclined to insist that when they pass a law, they mean business. Learn about inherent contempt: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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We’ve built a “know your rights” app for our immigrant neighbors to lawfully protect them against ICE. We’re crowdfunding to get the app out there bcuz there’s strength in numbers. Here’s the link to our GoFundMe. Give what you can. And share the link. Thanks.👇 www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
Donate to PAXIS: An AI Lifeline for Immigrant Rights and Support, organized by Joe Walsh
PAXIS - WHEN ICE KNOCKS, WE ANSWER.
Together with immigrant advocate… Joe Walsh needs your support for PAXIS: An AI Lifeline for Immigrant Rights and Support
www.gofundme.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We’ve built a “know your rights” app for our immigrant neighbors to lawfully protect them against ICE. We’re crowdfunding to get the app out there bcuz there’s strength in numbers. Here’s the link to our GoFundMe. Give what you can. And share the link. Thanks.👇 www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
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Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
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Most underrated Biden admin mistake was bailing out Silicon Valley Bank.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
David Sacks, presumably, on the push by some in the tech and VC world to fund a primary challenge to Congressman Khanna.
December 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Most underrated Biden admin mistake was bailing out Silicon Valley Bank.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
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US Justice Department using fraud law to target companies on DEI, WSJ reports reut.rs/4q0WYeK
US Justice Department using fraud law to target companies on DEI, WSJ reports
The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives in hiring and promotion at major U.S. companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
reut.rs
December 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
US Justice Department using fraud law to target companies on DEI, WSJ reports reut.rs/4q0WYeK
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Sunday Taquitos #8: Never Wrong
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
December 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sunday Taquitos #8: Never Wrong
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
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It's not The Economy, Stupid. Now It's Stupid's Economy.
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs
Businesses in vulnerable sectors found themselves caught between rising tariffs and beleaguered consumers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's not The Economy, Stupid. Now It's Stupid's Economy.
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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#ProudBlue #Resist
The economy isn’t quite as robust as the Trump Regime would have us believe.
Bankruptcies are up, inflation continues & now that the holidays are over, tariffs will really come into play!
It really is “Stupid’s Economy” & I think we should adopt @jeffjarvis.bsky.social label.
The economy isn’t quite as robust as the Trump Regime would have us believe.
Bankruptcies are up, inflation continues & now that the holidays are over, tariffs will really come into play!
It really is “Stupid’s Economy” & I think we should adopt @jeffjarvis.bsky.social label.
It's not The Economy, Stupid. Now It's Stupid's Economy.
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs
Businesses in vulnerable sectors found themselves caught between rising tariffs and beleaguered consumers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#ProudBlue #Resist
The economy isn’t quite as robust as the Trump Regime would have us believe.
Bankruptcies are up, inflation continues & now that the holidays are over, tariffs will really come into play!
It really is “Stupid’s Economy” & I think we should adopt @jeffjarvis.bsky.social label.
The economy isn’t quite as robust as the Trump Regime would have us believe.
Bankruptcies are up, inflation continues & now that the holidays are over, tariffs will really come into play!
It really is “Stupid’s Economy” & I think we should adopt @jeffjarvis.bsky.social label.
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Guys, Trump doesn’t care about Christians in Africa and it’s not really about the Nigerian oil.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Guys, Trump doesn’t care about Christians in Africa and it’s not really about the Nigerian oil.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
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This all started, NYT explains, when Rubio (he of the unanimous confirmation) signed a deal w/Nayib Bukele. Nothing abt this deal makes sense (they had to invent the TdA deportees from tattoos) except insofar as Bukele had to thwart MS-13 prosecutions in the US.
Fight drug war by inventing it.
Fight drug war by inventing it.
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This all started, NYT explains, when Rubio (he of the unanimous confirmation) signed a deal w/Nayib Bukele. Nothing abt this deal makes sense (they had to invent the TdA deportees from tattoos) except insofar as Bukele had to thwart MS-13 prosecutions in the US.
Fight drug war by inventing it.
Fight drug war by inventing it.
Off the page corruption!!!
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Off the page corruption!!!
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On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth
Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.
www.thenation.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On Trump’s orders, the National Center for Atmospheric Research will be shut down after more than 50 years as a leader in global research on climate science and monitoring. This is what authoritarian science looks like.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Simply incredible. Stephen Miller is so far down the ideological rabbit hole that he doesn't even realize this badly undermines his case against immigrants.
December 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Simply incredible. Stephen Miller is so far down the ideological rabbit hole that he doesn't even realize this badly undermines his case against immigrants.
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25 December 1919 | A Polish woman, Stanisława Pachocka, was born in a village of Molendy. A shop assistant.
In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943
No. 30461
She perished in the camp on 16 August 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943
No. 30461
She perished in the camp on 16 August 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
25 December 1919 | A Polish woman, Stanisława Pachocka, was born in a village of Molendy. A shop assistant.
In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943
No. 30461
She perished in the camp on 16 August 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943
No. 30461
She perished in the camp on 16 August 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
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Rabbi’s car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign torched in Melbourne, as antisemitism wave persists https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbis-car-with-happy-chanukah-sign-torched-in-melbourne-as-antisemitism-wave-persists/
Rabbi’s car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign torched in Melbourne, as antisemitism wave persists
Vehicle was parked in heart of Jewish St. Kilda East neighborhood; no injuries reported; separately, Australian authorities charge man over online support for Bondi attack
www.timesofisrael.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Rabbi’s car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign torched in Melbourne, as antisemitism wave persists https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbis-car-with-happy-chanukah-sign-torched-in-melbourne-as-antisemitism-wave-persists/
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The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
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"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
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Oh.
"Someone told the party that Donald Trump had invited them all to a party at Mar a Lago. REDACTED told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told REDACTED it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes."
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Oh.
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{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators
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jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
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About the card Jeffrey Epstein purportedly sent to Larry Nassar:
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
Justice Department releases card mentioning Trump, purportedly sent from Epstein to Nassar
The U.S. Justice Department released an image on Tuesday of a card that makes a crude reference to President Donald Trump, purportedly written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar...
www.reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
About the card Jeffrey Epstein purportedly sent to Larry Nassar:
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...