@kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social please urge HHS and the White House to seat the NPP Advisory Council ASAP, and set an aggressive meeting schedule in 2026 for the Council to develop the plan.

"It needs to be said occasionally that if you're a liberal, there is no alternative political party. The Democrats are what you have. Yes, there are minor parties, but they only matter when they work in tandem with the Dems. You can't write off the Democrats. You have to push them forward. On this website, I often see a customer service attitude toward the Democrats, as in: they are not doing what I want them to do so I'll shop around elsewhere. There is no elsewhere. This is America. There are two parties. That's it. If they are not what you want, you have to make them be it. This state of affairs can be maddening. That should also be said. I struggle to balance hope for the future and knowledge of what has been. The Democrats can be disappointing, to say the least. But they are the only vehicle for progress. If there's to be a New New Deal, it will come from the Dems." - The Editorial Board

Spot-on by @editorialboard.bsky.social: "...if you're a liberal, there is no alternative political party. The Democrats are what you have. Yes, there are minor parties, but they only matter when they work in tandem with the Dems." bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...

ICE doesn't leave.

14 people were kidnapped in in SoCal yesterday. Westminster HD was raided three times in one day.

Don't think that just because LA isn't in the news, that the state terrorizing neighborhoods isn't still happening.

Chicago is the same. So is Charlotte.

Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.

Some changes that they can look forward to:

Sen. Tim Kaine on Trump’s Pardon of Fmr. Honduran President Who Brought Over 400 Tons of Cocaine Into US: “This is a disgusting and incomprehensible decision…” From Sen. Tim Kaine on one of the latest outrages by the utterly corrupt Donald Trump - this time, pardoning "Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison s...

Sen. Tim Kaine on Trump’s Pardon of Fmr. Honduran President Who Brought Over 400 Tons of Cocaine Into US: “This is a disgusting and incomprehensible decision…” ("And Trump claims he's trying to fight narco-trafficking?" Riiiiight.) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...

No assertion from this administration should be presented as fact unless independently verified

We Have Descended into Utter Madness A new sense of urgency is needed. Our national crisis has grown much more acute.

The past decade has seen grave threats and unmistakable decline. But the past few days and weeks reveal that we have entered in a new and more perilous chapter here in the U.S. It must be a call to a new kind of action. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

All of this becomes a lot easier to understand if we stop thinking of Trump, Witkoff, Putin, and Dmitriev as political leaders of opposing powers and instead think of them as leaders of competing but friendly mafia families dividing up territory and clout. Looking at the deal they concluded and the rhetoric emanating from both camps, it’s not too hard to get into that mindset. Nothing about this deal would ensure peace over the long (or even medium) term. Instead, this is merely a breather, offering Russia the chance to consolidate its gains and bide its time until it can attack again while the US, and more importantly, those in Trump’s immediate circles, have a chance to profit from doing business with Russia.

Garry Kasparov on the Ukraine "piece" plan.

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Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.

Folks, we need to have a little Civics #101 chat, because apparently the media no longer seems fit to explain to you whats happening.

So quick review:

The House passed a clean CR.

The senate has not passed anything.

hey you want to take a guess what the single most common occupation for working people who get SNAP benefits is

(it's home health aide)

Surprising that he didn't lie about it. But these guys pride themselves on being "forthright".

Kushner looks shook. It would be funny if it what they’re doing in Gaza wasn’t so deeply appalling.

P.s., I have yet to *ever* hear Jared Kushner’s voice.

P.p.s., let us remember Kushner’s father is a close personal friend of Netanyahu.

Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?

Kash Patel finding out that the MAGAts don't think much of him....

He's not the only one.

Have you seen the viral post that’s going around written by tonoccus mcclain? Is it at all accurate? It’s freaking people out for sure.

NEVER FORGET: Donald Trump, his family & friends have made BILLIONS since his 2nd inauguration.

When Jimmy Kimmel was PULLED WE boycotted Disney+ & their subsidiaries & it WORKED.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT MONEY, THEY WANT IT ALL & DON'T GIVE AF ABOUT US.

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE: WE HAVE POWER OF THE PURSE!🚫

Don’t they need mirrors for the smoke & mirrors??

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Stephen Colbert - Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Stephen Colbert hosts the Emmy and Peabody Award winning #1 show in late night, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, now in its tenth year.

rfkhumanrights.org/person/steph... ❤️

From the impact of DOGE cuts to the closure of rural health clinics, on the “Real Issues” tour, Virginians across the Commonwealth came together to discuss the real issues they’re facing and hold Winsome Earle-Sears accountable for her support of Trump’s dangerous policies.

Obama as POTUS, ascending an escalator at the UN with a coffee cup in one hand and the other hand in his pocket. #smooth --posted by @PeteSouza on IG

Whistleblowers Sound Alarm on Trump’s Assault on Fair Housing Act The Trump administration is eroding enforcement of the landmark civil rights law, claiming it’s DEI nonsense.

Sharing for this strong opening graf.

“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”

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If you can't get Kimmel tonight, you can watch it on You Tube tomorrow. It's free.

Disney doesn’t know how to read the room

What a lovely statue -- share it widely so everyone can see it...

All the Jews have to die or convert to trigger the rapture. Then our dead bodies surround Jerusalem and they climb over us to reach Jesus, who will bring them to heaven.

It’s why they’re all Zionists obsessed with Israel. Cause they need Jews to go there so we can die.

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Yup... on top of that, they anticipate all non-Christians will suffer before the earth is consumed in fire and is completely destroyed. They are literally hoping for the end of the world. It's why a lot of Evangelicals do not care to make the world better. Why bother? It's ending soon...