Chuck

Being mad at NFL programming choices is being mad at capitalism (which, fine, but just know if your critique is about not knowing the audience or money you’re wrong).

How epic of a troll would it be for the Danes to rename Greenland “Epstein Island”?

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

It looks even worse from this angle. A death squad executing a man on an American street.

A masked ICE officials with a 5 year old child

This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars

Trump reaching new lows: only 37% approval & 71% of adults say the country is out of control.

-27 points underwater on inflation
-10 points underwater on immigration
-7 points underwater on handling crime

Plus, only 9% support using military force to seize Greenland.

“They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats.”

“The 2020 election was stolen.”

“January 6th was Nancy Pelosi’s fault.”

“She’s a domestic terrorist.”

“I’ll lower grocery prices on day one.”

“No new foreign entanglements.”

Lies. All lies.

Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...

An attack in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.

Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.

www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...

Montage of Howard Lutnick over the past 9 months constantly moving the goalposts on when the economy is going to be booming - 4Q! 1Q! 2Q! 1 year!

He was asked in March when it wasn’t going to be Biden’s fault anymore: “We own the economy in the 4th quarter!”

🎉 BREAKING: WE DID IT! 🎉

After days of intense pressure from D.C., the Indiana Senate REJECTED the mid-decade gerrymandered map!

This victory belongs to every Indivisible member, every activist, and every Hoosier who called, emailed, and showed up.

Donald Trump is an anti-constitutional president, pass it on.

Tweet by Heritage Foundation co founder criticizing Heritage Action threat to Indiana

The Heritage Foundation is cracking

Hey, quick question about this photo from Epstein's island: What the fuck

If you are counting on tariffs to help dramatically cut the deficit - then you're going to need much higher tariffs.

Uncle Sam brought in $31 billion in import duties in October - while the overall budget deficit was $284 billion.

The US is deregulating banks. Will the rest of the world follow? New rules will boost lending and profits and entrench American dominance. But critics say they could lead to another crash

This seems like an important story.

Michigan Avenue right now.

Update: Commerce has now also posted its shutdown plan. BEA would completely shut down, and Census would shut down apart from some operations related to the 2030 decennial census. So no retail sales, international trade, PCE, GDP...
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul... #EconSky #NumbersDay

If you are worried about misinformed U.S. federal guidance on vaccines and preventative health measures right now, here’s a list of well sourced and science backed alternative sources of information.
A thread that you can bookmark for future reference and pass on to others 🧵

So, kudos to both #Democrats & #Republicans in the House for their draft mark-up for next year's #budget, which maintains funding for #NIH (just like the Senate). This is rare, true #bipartisanship and should be praised. But #RussellVought will not be stopped by an appropriations bill. Why? 1/

Can we please all just start using the 1-2 punch?

1. Taco got a plane and gave you the shaft. Groceries aren’t any cheaper. Everything gets 2% more expensive every 3 months.
2. Why won’t Trump release the Epstein client list? What is he covering up?

Wash-Rinse-Repeat

Slotkin seeking bipartisan talks to restore health care cuts Democratic U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin toured a children's hospital in Grand Rapids Monday and said she hasn't given up on restoring funding for health care programs.

Now that the President’s big bill has passed, I am hearing the real, detailed stories of what’s going to happen to the institutions we care about and the services they provide. Everyone is going to pay more for their health care.

If a global company is paying its workers so little that they need federal benefits, that company should lose eligibility for tax incentives.

Can we please all just start using the 1-2 punch?

1. Taco got a plane and gave you the shaft. Groceries aren’t any cheaper. Everything gets 2% more expensive every 3 months.

2. Why won’t Trump release the Epstein client list? What is he covering up?

Wash-Rinse-Repeat

Oh my:

The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. 1/4

Below, from Nick Timiraos, the consensus forecasts for the upcoming U.S. CPI inflation figures, set for release in just over two hours.
The consensus projections anticipate an increase across all measures—headline and core, on both a monthly and annual basis.
1 of 2.

Persistent risk premium

For dollar assets

Think about that for a second

I mean...

This indecision, uncertainty, and artificial scarcity means the prices will slowly go up, investment gains and economic development will slow, and high tech industry will suffer.

This was all avoidable. As AI begins replacing white collar jobs it will get worse.

We are in a #tacoteardownturtletanking economy now.

US Leaders are waffling on tariff policy and the support of allies around the world.

At the same time, we have damaged a ton of scientific research, global food security and medical support, workforce and education programs / resources.