"I expect to be helping him, not hurting him. A big help" -- Trump is totally charmed by Mamdani

They couldn’t care less

Mark Kelly: "It was just two months ago that Charlie Kirk was assassination and Trump talked about political violence. And now his instinct is to call for our execution."

Bunny standing guard in our back garden this morning

Donald Trump spent months trying to tell Americans his tariffs weren't raising costs and that rising prices aren’t a problem.

Now, his plan to bring down costs is to roll back just a few of the tariffs that he imposed in the first place.

It’s time to repeal ALL of Trump’s reckless tariffs.

Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI’s Board Mr. Summers’ departure from the artificial intelligence company’s board followed revelations of his communications with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Breaking News: Larry Summers will step down from OpenAI’s board, he said, after the release of emails indicating a close relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

New International Student Enrollment Plummeted This Fall, Survey Finds The overall number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, including those who enrolled in prior years or who are working after graduation, fell only slightly.

The number of international college students enrolling in their American schools for the first time decreased by 17% this fall, according to data published on Monday.

Federal judge blasts potential ‘government misconduct’ in Comey case A federal magistrate judge excoriated the government’s handling of the case against former FBI director James B. Comey.

Breaking news: A judge blasted the Justice Department for its prosecution of former FBI director James Comey, citing a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” and “government misconduct” that could threaten the viability of the case.

🚨| BREAKING: Epstein Appears to Accuse Trump of Money Laundering and Fraud, Even Naming Witnesses

Keep in mind that Epstein was known to have significant knowledge of the finances of Donald Trump due to both their personal and professional connections.

🚨| BREAKING: Epstein Itemized for Trump Biographer Some New Areas of Trump Corruption—Giving a Road Map to Investigators

1. Who funded Mar-a-Lago mortgage(s) (Epstein implies he and Russians did)
2. Hawaiian Tropic contests (implied sexual misconduct)
3. Trump Shuttle
4. Legality of His Inheritance

How convenient.

After Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Todd Blanche, someone waived her sex offender status and moved her to Club Fed with "OUT" custody - allowing her to work outside the prison walls. 3 months ago, I got her Bureau of Prisons points screen as proof. We still don't know who approved all this.

“Simply put, Trump’s handling of the Epstein files is his worst issue by FAR.”

"Permanently impaired": Trump administration won’t release economic data for October - Salon.com White House says October jobs and inflation reports can’t be verified; critics accuse Trump of a cover-up.

So bad they can't even cook the books or they fired the people needed to get the data. All books, records & files have been shredded by now.

I'd say actual banana republic shit but we can’t afford bananas....

November’s data won’t be any better & lets be honest...We'll never see that data again.

Arizona’s Adelita Grijalva sworn in after seven weeks in move that triggers Epstein vote Mike Johnson, the House speaker, had prevented the representative from taking her seat after a special election

🚨🚨Adelita Grijalva’s signature on petition automatically triggers a House floor vote on legislation to release additional files on Jeffrey Epstein. In her floor remarks, delivered in English and Spanish, Grijalva said: “Justice cannot wait another day, adelante.” -The Guardian

A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.

Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?

What’s Behind the Coming House Vote on Releasing the Epstein Files Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.

A bipartisan effort to force the House to vote on a measure that would compel the Justice Department to release the Epstein files advanced to the next stage after it received a 218th signature on Wednesday.

Here's how the process will work.

WATCH: “Every Republican voted to keep a payola provision to send millions to individual senators bank accounts. IT’S CORRUPTION.”

The @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty payday WILL be in the funding bill. Truly obscene & shameless even for them.

WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”

Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?

Newsom Wows the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California cast himself as the “stable and reliable” American partner to the world, called a reported White House proposal to open offshore drilling in the waters off California “disgraceful” and urged his fellow Democrats to recast climate change as a “cost of living issue.”

Bingo!

Photo by my husband, Dave, northern lights in Ohio

Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year

Breaking: Mike Johnson just announced that he'll swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday at 4pm ET.

Can Trump use emergency powers to impose tariffs? @preetbharara.bsky.social and I break down the oral arguments before SCOTUS on a new episode of @cafedotcom.bsky.social Insider: cafe.visitlink.me/c9VxPG

Republicans are robbing Americans healthcare for their $3.4 Trillion tax cuts

It's going straight into the bank accounts of billionaires.
#EatTheRich

I will not only blame the Senate Democrats who are caving. I will blame them all. They needed to keep their ranks in order. If this happens, it's the most spineless political retreat imaginable and it will harm millions upon millions of Americans. Chickenshit, self-neutering nonsense. Cowards.