California, other states sue Trump administration over $100,000 fee for H-1B visas Multiple states argue the $100,000 fee for each new skilled worker visa for foreign employees working in the U.S. threatens critical education and healthcare services.

California and other states are suing the Trump administration over a policy charging employers $100,000 for each new H-1B visa they request for foreign employees to work in the U.S., calling it a threat to public education and healthcare services. www.latimes.com/california/s...

What Have Trump’s Troops Done for Crime in D.C.? The president has taken credit for reducing crime in the capital, but a new analysis by The Trace shows that a decline was already underway.

President Donald Trump claims that his takeover of policing in Washington, D.C., has made the city safer.

Data shows that shootings *are* down in the nation’s capital — but the decline started months before the president put troops on its streets.

'Who's Melanie?' Stephen Miller's wife makes awkward mistake trying to defend first lady The wife of top Trump advisor and Trump administration immigration policy architect Stephen Miller made an awkward mistake Friday while trying to defend First lady Melania Trump and attack a Democrat. Conservative podcaster and Elon Musk employee Katie Miller was trying to defend the First lady's En...

The wife of top Trump advisor and Trump administration immigration policy architect Stephen Miller made an awkward mistake Friday while trying to defend First lady Melania Trump and attack a Democrat.

Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7. Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.

Prasad, Makary and others who claim that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children are not telling the truth.

According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.

Well worth reading.

Translation: someone showed him the 36 approval rating poll

Highlights: Kristi Noem defends Trump’s immigration policies before departing early from hearing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem testified before a House panel in a hearing focusing largely on the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

You can actually just say "fled"

Trump's mangled right hand was extremely spackled tonight at the White House congressional ball (Alex Wong/Getty)

I keep thinking about how terrible it is that so many people will be losing their health insurance in January due to costs and cuts. I was rejected from insurance once before the ACA [preexisting conditions]. I was hospitalized that year and it almost bankrupted me. We need universal heathcare ASAP.

NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.

"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."

Nancy Mace’s tirade against the Charleston Airport won’t end. In an unhinged Fox rant, she claimed she hasn’t been in public for three weeks. But she’s been on cable repeatedly, made several appearances, and voted multiple times. She’s not hiding — people are running from her.

X post by Keith Edwards reads: "BREAKING: an image has leaked showing Trump using a walker moments after he signed an executive order banning states from regulating AI" Image shows President Trump using a walker Below the image is a proposed community note awaiting ratings. The community note reads: "No state is allowed to do anything about this photo." It links to a NY Times article about Trump's new executive order against states regulating AI. (Yes, the image of Trump with the walker is AI-generated)

this might be the first time i've seen a community note on x that serves as a punch line to the tweet

Epstein Survivors Demand Probe Into Whether Files Were Secretly ‘Tampered' With (The Daily Beast) Democratic lawmakers and a group of Jeffrey Epstein's victimshave reportedly called for a pre-emptive review of forthcoming Justice...

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The latest poll numbers are eating Trump alive.

Trump has as much power to pardon Tina Peters on state charges as I have the power to award the 2025 World Series trophy to the Chicago White Sox.

Sen Hickenlooper (D-CO) issues a four-word response to President Trump's claim that he has pardoned Tina Peters on state charges: "Look! Felons helping felons."

CBS is now FOX.

“This Christmas, every worker gets a $2,000 check from my tariffs, a life-size doll of my mother, Mary, and two pencils.” — Senile Satan

YouTube video by MS NOW Barron Trump's ties to accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate exposed in NYT report

WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.

AOC: We're looking that there could be a cycle where R+10 seats flip to Democrats. And so if Republicans want to draw a map that makes them more vulnerable to that, that's their decision to do that.

Raju: Do you think there will be a blue wave?

AOC: I think so.

Congresswoman Ramirez to Noem: "Your options are limited: resign, get fired or get impeached."

Politico reporter says Trump’s threat to pull federal funding from Indiana hurt his own seat stealing cause 👇🏽

Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case Trump says he has pardoned Tina Peters, a major cause for MAGA supporters. She was convicted in state court, and it’s unclear if his act has any impact.

Who’s going to tell him a president has no authority to pardon a state conviction? wapo.st/3MHuub3

Trump's mafia-style diplomacy was less effective than he expected it to be.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.

She is speaking the obvious, objective truth but we have so completely normalized the dysfunction and everyday horrors of this administration, that it’s shocking to hear.

And her remedy is so simple and to the point.

This was a good headline.

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Propagandist Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika is a deranged lying grifter just like her spouse and their marriage was a dark money business transaction, nothing more nor less.