AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.

Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.

Not a fun read.

Yeah, let's not forget this.

Today I cancelled my Washington Post subscription.

Opinion | Are Trump’s Tariffs Winning? He says yes, but let’s look at the evidence that voters feel judging by their views of the economy.

Always great fun when the WSJ (!) eviscerates Trump on his bogus economic claims.

CBS pulls '60 Minutes' rerun after new contributor Peter Attia is named in Epstein files CBS will no longer re-air a '60 Minutes' segment opposite the Super Bowl featuring Peter Attia, the physician and longevity influencer whose name appears frequently in the Epstein files.

This tracks.

My layman's understanding is that federal agents already do NOT have immunity if they "willfully and intentionally [violate] the constitutional rights of a civilian."

Bob Dylan's protest songs still resonate today. Springsteen's song, "Minneapolis," is a worthy addition to that pantheon.

Judge Revives Wind Farm That Trump Halted Off Martha’s Vineyard

Occasionally, let's revel in a little bit of good news. Actually, significantly good news.

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

Another stupid sentence: "Yes, many on the left would conclude that their civil disobedience has paid off." Because civil disobedience HAS PAID OFF! Let's keep it up.

There's some crazy sh*t in this piece, but the message is clear: Republicans across the spectrum know out-of-control ICE actions are politically damaging (not to mention humanly tragic).

Opinion | Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn’t a ‘domestic terrorist.’

WSJ editorial has to tie itself into some pretty odd rhetorical knots ("Pretti attempted, foolishly, to assist a woman who had been pepper-sprayed by agents." HUH??), BUT does conclude that Trump & ICE & Noem & Miller are out of control & causing severe political (as well as human!) damage.

Trump Is Sending Tom Homan, His Border Czar, to Minnesota

Maybe Minnesota officials could greet him with a paper bag stuffed with $50,000 in cash.

Klobuchar: "When they're killing 2 constituents in my state, and they're taking 2 year olds our of the arms of their mom, and they're taking an elder Hmong man out of his house & putting him out there in his underwear & then figuring out the have the wrong man -- no, I'm not voting for this funding"

Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.

Uplifting!

This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.

Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.

It’s notable that the president can go on TV and be a total gutter racist, and somehow this isn’t news in the slightest. Says a lot about the sickness of American society right now.

Martin Luther King Jr. understood better than almost anyone that racial justice and economic justice are inextricably intertwined. Watch his powerful call to end poverty from his final Sunday Sermon.

Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act? An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.

www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

i really need yall to be as skeptical about supposed left-wing news as you are about right-wing news. if it's not a source you already know and trust, vet before you share. lotta ragebait purveyors out there.

Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as a Democratic Governor Takes Power

Elections (still) matter! 👍

The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.

The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"

Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year

This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...