Jerry Newmark

If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.

Man this is delightful

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What you do when a very sick friend gets thrown off the ACA rolls:

There was an active campaign by the Republicans to push the bad economy story. My Twitter feed was filled with people who were working 2 and 3 jobs and still couldn't pay the rent or put food on the table. They all disappeared right after the election.

From the description, this particular incident appears to be a targeted enforcement operation; they were looking for a specific person. That he was at church at the time is no longer an obstacle under this administration.

One of the President's top advisers: reminding the military and the intelligence community to follow the law and the Constitution is "calling for insurrection"

If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.

I feel obligated to share this, especially for @benwolfevision.bsky.social & @erinbiba.bsky.social to be disappointed in me.

Balloon Juice - War for Ukraine Day 1,363: Another Deadly Long Night/Early Morning (Image by NEIVANMADE) Air raid alerts are up for almost all of Ukraine at 3:40 AM local time/8:40 AM EST. Among the current warnings issued in the past half hour are: Drone groups from Kherson region ...

War for Ukraine Day 1,363 update has posted.

Professional Left Podcast Episode 948: Here Come The Lifeboats! "My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but...

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After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.

NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.

Looks like the lady in line ahead of me at Albertsons is having a day:

It's not giving away if you give it to yourself, basic English also under assault by the media now

Some internal tension on the White House Correspondents Association email listserv today. Some journalists are complaining that background info circulated to the group by a reporter working for Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya did not mention the murder of Jamal Khashoggi...

At this point am convinced this organization exists only to trade a free meal for a roast once a year

I got asked if I want to pitch on (another) major franchise reboot at Paramount. I replied saying that I can't in good conscience work for a guy who is currently sitting down to dinner with Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mohammed bin Salman. Maybe I'm my own worst enemy, but... fuck to the no.

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.

ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."

I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”

Nice to see a Republican member of Congress pretend to give a shit.

Meanwhile, nearly 40% of her constituents are enrolled in #ACA exchange plans.

That's not a typo: 40% of the entire population of #FL27 are enrolled in ACA healthcare plans right now, the highest in the country.

A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.

Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.

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House Dems unite to tell GOP to stop "demonizing" trans people with "dehumanizing" slurs - LGBTQ Nation Rep. Nancy Mace's "tra**y, tra**y, tra**y!" tirade is just one example.

This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud

Wife of Astronaut Pleads Guilty to Falsely Alleging Crime in Space

Only the best headline of 2025;
‘Summer Worden admitted lying to federal agents when she accused her spouse, the astronaut Anne McClain, of illegally accessing her bank account from space’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

I think the level of sexual abuse that is going to be coming out of ICE would put the Boston archdiocese and Penn State to shame

"Random Person Leaves the Left" is never not front page news on The Free Press.

I should also mention that the Rs and the media so effectively beat up Biden that the Dems were scared to talk about their indisputable economic successes: the longest period of low unemployment in 70 years, the fast pace of real wage growth at the bottom in 50 years www.epi.org/publication/...

Saudi Embassy has helped its citizens facing criminal charges flee the United States The FBI warns that Saudi government officials have undermined the U.S. judicial process.

Worth remembering today that two citizens of Saudi Arabia remain wanted for the murder of a North Carolina man. They are among dozens who have fled justice in the U.S., often with the help of the Saudi government.

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These people aren't just regressive, they are anti-Constituion.

She has no authority to do this.

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Russia keeps attacking Ukraine’s energy system, turning the cold season into a weapon. Winter arrives with outages, cold apartments, and the same quiet question: how long can people endure this?

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This is figure 1, which shows a three-dimensional rendering of Chamaeleo calyptratus Chamaeleonidae (UF: Herp: 191369).

A paper in Scientific Reports shows that chameleons have evolved a longer, coiled optic nerve that is likely to provide “slack” to reduce tension on the optic nerve during the extensive rotations characteristic of the chameleon eye. go.nature.com/3JTSgQ1 #evosky 🧪