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JUST NOW: Trump now openly says he is trying to force CNN into the hands of his allies to stop the network from criticizing him.

🇺🇸 Welcome to authoritarianism. ‘1984’ is here. (Imagine Biden saying this about Fox)

Pam Bondi is Coming for Domestic Terrorists. You Might Be One of Them. An emergency video/podcast

Pam Bondi is Coming for Domestic Terrorists. You Might Be One of Them.

I recorded an emergency pod to explain this story. Fair warning: it’s likely to be the scariest thing you hear today. And, if you’re not alarmed, you’re not paying attention.

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Good morning and happy Wednesday! Have a terrific day 💕☕🥐🎶🐾🌺✨❄️

#Pinks

Trump admits he took another cognitive test.

They don’t just give those out for funsies.

He also says the NYT reporting on his heath is sedition and perhaps treason.

Whatever news he got must be awful.

All the idiots that voted for Trump are the same ignorant people that refuse to support gun control.

Of. Course.

Trump is using DOJ to go after political enemies/foes for so-called "mortgage fraud" -- people like NY AG Letitia James & Sen Adam Schiff

Problem is... @propublica.org has uncovered documents suggesting Trump & several of his cabinet officials would be guilty of the same "fraud."

love to get lectured on the virtues of spartanism from the guy with the gold toilets

I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.

There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best. I’ve stopped Eight Wars, saving many millions of lives in the process, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, brought Business back into the United States at levels never seen before, rebuilt our Military, created the Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER, closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border, when previous Administrations were unable to do so, and created an “aura” around the United States of America that has led every Country in the World to respect us more than ever before. In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks — Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to “ace” this Examination and, in fact,

most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all. Despite all of this, the time and work involved, The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am “slowing up,” am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that I work very hard, probably harder than I have ever worked before. I will know when I am “slowing up,” but it’s not now! After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it. They have inaccurately reported on all of my Election Results and, in fact, were forced to apologize on much of what they wrote. The best thing that could happen to this Country would be if The New York Times would cease publication because they are a horrible, biased, and untruthful “source” of information. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

Congratulations to Eileen Higgins on being elected Mayor of Miami! The first Democrat elected to this position in decades, she understands what politics is about: building a safer, more affordable, and better everyday life.

It's like they are actively trying to kill the tourist industry.

Miami appears to be a flip everyone!

YouTube video by Simon Rosenberg Historian Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat On Understanding Trump And Autocratic Behavior

In case you missed it, listening to this discussion between
@simonwdc.bsky.social and @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social is time well spent.

youtu.be/F5koz58DkBc?...

300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”

youtu.be/bM8lIamjfaE

Trump’s not touching a single Californian on my watch.

"As Virginia Democrats weigh a new congressional map, how ambitious will the party be? House Speaker Don Scott says gaining four new Democratic seats 'is not out of the realm' of possibility. That would create a map in which the GOP holds one of Virginia’s 11 seats..."

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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”

What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”

Funny how that works.

YouTube video by The Daily Show Portland's Naked Protesters Gave Jordan Klepper Hope for the Future - After the Cut | The Daily Show

Finding hope in nudity…

It might seem funny.

But Trump tried to paint these protests as full of violent agitators.

And instead they showed up in horrible weather conditions, no clothes and sporting only smiles, ready for a bike ride of protest and joy.

The contrast can be inspiring.

#Pinks

www.mediaite.com ‘Mother of God’: Stephanie Ruhle Blown Away When Speaker Johnson Says Women Can’t Mentally ‘Compartmentalize’

‘Mother of God’: Stephanie Ruhle Blown Away When Speaker Johnson Says Women Can’t Mentally ‘Compartmentalize’ Mediaite

Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds. @swinda.bsky.social
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

We already know the Trump administration has been lying about ICE “targeting the worst of the worst” — the actual numbers tell the truth.

The government’s own data shows only 15 % of those detained had any prior criminal convictions, and just 3 % were violent offenders.

Old saying, "The fox always smells himself!"

A remarkable report that doesn’t deadname the person. Good on NPR.

Far more dignified than the Supreme Court, which suggested last month that targeting transgender people by pointing out their past “is merely attesting to historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.“

This glorious part of a glorious thread.

Why not even your cash fund is risk free There is a reason they offer more interest than bank deposits

Why not even your cash fund is risk free on.ft.com/48yyths | opinion

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.

Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.

(Published May 2024)

{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

Democrats tee off on possible Treasury corporate tax move - Roll Call A group of Democrats is leading opposition to a potential regulatory carve-out from a new minimum tax on corporate profits.

Apparently the Trump Administration thinks the trillions they spent on tax cuts for the wealthy wasn't enough. Now they're planning another huge tax windfall for the biggest corporations in the country.

@warren.senate.gov and I are leading the charge against this.
rollcall.com/2025/12/04/d...