The US government is now a mafia organization.

THOMPSON: You blamed the shooting of Guardsmen solely on Joe Biden. Who approved the asylum for this same person?

KRISTI NOEM: This individual that came in---


THOMPSON: No. I want to know who approved----


NOEM: *keeps talking over Thompson*


T: I don't want to file perjury charges against you

Let Rep. Thompson give a lesson in Reporting 101 to about half the DC press corps.

⚡️ JUDGE ORDERS KILMAR RELEASED IMMEDIATELY…

“A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody.” www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...

One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them

Good morning. Today, Senate Republicans have one last opportunity to vote to save the ACA tax credits.

If they refuse, they are CHOOSING to let premiums more than double, and they would force millions of Americans to go uninsured.

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

Federal tax prosecutions have fallen to their lowest level in decades — dropping 27% the past year.

This comes after Trump made deep cuts to the IRS.

DOJ agents were reportedly also told not to prioritize tax prosecutions.

Tax cheats must be thrilled.

I used to call Trump a “would-be dictator.” I now call him a dictator.
His masked thugs are terrorizing cities.
He‘s trying to jail his enemies.
He’s starting a war on a whim.
He’s taking control of news media.
The Institute of Peace is now “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
He’s a dictator.

An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.

Trump has painted a target on the backs of Somali Americans in Minneapolis 👇🏽

@saletan.bsky.social : “Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism. He’s testing our country’s tolerance for ethnic persecution. And we’re failing the test.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...

ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.

Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.

Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.

Something Pamela Jo Bondi has expunged from the Epstein Files: anything to do with Melania Trump’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Melania knew him *before* Trump. Epstein introduced Melania to Donald on Epstein’s plane, where they immediately had sex. I wonder if she was procured for that purpose.

Pam Bondi is Coming for Domestic Terrorists. You Might Be One of Them. An emergency video/podcast

Pam Bondi is Coming for Domestic Terrorists. You Might Be One of Them.

I recorded an emergency pod to explain this story. Fair warning: it’s likely to be the scariest thing you hear today. And, if you’re not alarmed, you’re not paying attention.

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.

If the AI revolution fails to materialize as expected, the financial consequences could be ugly, Rogé Karma argues: “The last time the economy saw so much wealth tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.”

In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.

Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.

What could go wrong?

DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, an IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

WIRED first reported in April that the Trump administration had been pooling data—sometimes leading to incomplete or inaccurate data—from across the government in its push to surveil and track immigrants, and it’s only continued from there.

From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

Whole of the American economy is now piracy.

🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.

New Wisconsin's Capitol Holiday Tree Named Top 10 Best Public Holiday Lights Display in the nation

The results are in, folks! 🎄

Wisconsin's Capitol Holiday Tree is officially named the #7 Best Public Holiday Light's Display in the country by USA TODAY 10Best's Reader's Choice Awards!

Donald Trump told Politico he has “very good” knowledge of Ukraine — then wrongly claimed Crimea is “surrounded by ocean on all four sides.” He said this while criticizing Obama for failing to stop Russia’s 2014 annexation.

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

Pioneer of Election Denial Tapped to Head FEMA Read more here.

NEW: Trump has tapped Gregg Phillips — the activist who gained national prominence after he claimed without evidence that millions of illegal votes had been cast in the 2016 presidential election — to oversee billions in federal relief funds and emergency operations.

real or nominal?

ACTIVITY OBLIGATED DOD FUNDS Deployments to the Border $1.3 billion Border Security $1.1 billion National Defense Areas $13.1 million Permanent Border Barrier $187.2 million Deployments to the U.S. Interior $258 million Deployment in Los Angeles $172 million Deployment in Illinois $12 million Deployment in Oregon $16 million Deployment in Memphis $3 million JAGs authorized for reassignment as immigration judges $55 million Detention Operations $420.9 million Guantánamo $55 million Domestic Military Installations $365.6 million Djibouti $0.3 million Flights on Military Aircraft $40.3 million Detainee Transport Flights to Guantánamo $5.6 million Deportation Flights $33.1 million DoD-Contracted Flights “to support migrant operations” $1.6 million TOTAL DIVERTED OVER $2 BILLION

@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.

As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.

www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

So when it comes to alleged drugs in a ship we blow it up. But when comes to oil we very delicately take control Of ship not to damage the oil.

Usually you've got to buy somebody at least two Amstel Lights to get them to eat your ass out like this.