Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.

This is so gross. Anyone who has lived in Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul specifically) will tell you that the Somali population there is among the kindest and hardest-working people you'll ever meet.

SSECRETARY OF WAR

Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.

(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)

The fog of what now? When did the United States Congress declare war on Venezuelan fishermen?

Court blocks Texas redistricting, finding it likely unconstitutional, with DOJ largely to blame "DOJ Asked Texas to Engage in Unlawful Racial Gerrymandering," a Trump appointee wrote for the 2-1 majority. Texas is appealing to the Supreme Court.

We still don't have any SCOTUS order in the Texas redistricting case. As Texas noted in its filing: The "deadline for candidate filing [is] ... December 8."

Alito's "administrative" stay of the district court order means the new districts are in effect absent a further order.

Background:

Alex Horton, one of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story, has been a participant in more violent combat than Pete Hegseth by an order of magnitude.

It's not a coincidence that he got the scoop.

This is what a white supremacist administration looks like Also: Can Democrats pull off a huge upset tonight in deep red Tennessee?

For years we thought racist appeals had to have a veneer of deniability so their intended targets could convince themselves they aren't racist. Not anymore.

This is what a nakedly white supremacist administration looks like.

My latest at Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-remi...

This is what a white supremacist administration looks like Also: Can Democrats pull off a huge upset tonight in deep red Tennessee?

"But it isn’t just Trump. His second term has made clear that there was no shortage of people waiting to put his ugliest impulses into action not despite what they themselves believe, but because of it." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

This'll be in 2028 ads

Straight up Nazi shit

If your naturalization case is or will be put on hold by this, especially after the interview, go see an immigration lawyer now.

Naturalization is not discretionary, and federal judges have a unique role in deciding delayed naturalization cases.

Donald Trump is a gutter racist and we to start reporting on him as such.

1. This is not what fog of war means.
2. There is no war
3. He's trying to distance himself from murders he had direct responsibility over
4. All I can think of when I hear this phrase now is Elon Musk complaining that he hates chess because it has no fog of war.

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

Under Trump, the NIH is giving fewer grants to fewer scientists. The grants awarded are smaller and scientists have less time to spend them.

Projects in cancer, diabetes, aging, neurological disorder, and more are going unfunded.

“Make America Healthy Again.”

ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

It would appear that there is a blanket pause on all applications, which I imagine also includes applications to extend or change status. But I haven't seen official confirmation of that.

If they are delaying extensions/changes of status then yes, some people will probably fall out of status.

This is actually only about immigration benefits being decided by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which has nothing to do with immigration judges.

Immigration judges hear cases where the government is seeking deportation. This, by contrast, is just an application for a benefit.

The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.

Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.

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We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.

“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.

Translation: Pete may well go down for this. But I’m not going with him.

The Trump regime granted asylum to the alleged DC shooter in April. Kristi Noem lies that the Biden administration did not vet him. But if that were true, why didn't the Trump regime vet him? Is Noem saying they trusted Biden, whom they blame for everything bad that's happened since Trump took over?

The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.

But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.

This is quite the hedge, imho. Bacon here is pretty clearly saying "Yeah if this happened then he committed a war crime."

This was a good conversation about where we are right now with Trump's immigration crackdown. Check it out at the link below!

Inside Trump’s Brutal Anti-Immigrant Agenda (w/ Aaron Reichlin-Melnick) | Bulwark on Sunday YouTube video by The Bulwark

Excellent explanation by @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social of the breadth and extremism of Trump’s attack on immigration and immigrants, of where we are and of where it seems to be going and why it’s unlikely to let up.

www.youtube.com/live/fKeiTXa...

Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:

Zero.

Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:

Zero.

Millions of workers are toiling away from their families this holiday weekend.

So thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail.

Pay all workers a living wage.

Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f---ing gas’

A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.