Bernie’s right: if this is Trump’s “A+++ economy,” G-d help us when it hits a B. People don’t need his spin; they feel it in grocery aisles, rent bills, and college costs. When 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, that’s not strength. That’s the crisis Trump built.

"We should not let the executive branch and the president get us into another war that the American people don't know about, haven't supported, and there's no transparency for what the president is doing."

@shaheen.senate.gov joins @samsteindc.bsky.social to discuss the latest news on Venezuela.

Trump's SAVE tool is looking for noncitizen voters. But it's flagging U.S. citizens too Anthony Nel, of Texas, became a U.S. citizen as a teen. But a flaw in a Trump administration citizenship tool flagged him as a potential noncitizen, which led to his voter registration being canceled.

Unsurprising to the nth degree. The Republican shenanigans to "safeguard the vote" (that seem to mostly come up when they lose elections) are snaring citizens

"[the system] has been widely criticized for being rolled out without public notice, congressional input or transparency about its accuracy"

So basically twitter is now just nazis, bots, and journalists pretending that their follower count is still real.

If you’re going to bribe your way into getting an award, at least make it a real award and not some ridiculous award created for you.

“Hi, I’m Rex Huppke, proud recipient of the Arby’s Global Achievement Award for Excellence in the Field of Being Named Rex and Promising to Buy All the Meats.”

This happened late this afternoon
Please take a moment to listen
He is totally unfit
He is getting worse by the day
ENOUGH

HE was supposed to say "Fed Chair "

📌Last year, Trump inherited an economy that according to the British magazine "The Economist" was "the envy of the world" coming off Covid.

It has taken him less than a year to completely wreck it.

New poll paints a grim picture of a nation under financial strain Rising costs are crushing Americans — and they're running out of room to adjust.

And right before the holidays too. Nearly half of Americans are struggling with affordability pressures that are squeezing everything from their everyday necessities to their biggest-ticket expenses. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Photo of María Corina Machado on a balcony in Oslo, Norway after escaping Venezuela. She had almost completed an escape that had been in the works for about two months and was carried out by a Venezuelan network that has helped other people to flee the country, the person close to the operation said. The group said it made an important call to the U.S. military before they set out to sea, warning American forces in the region of the vessel's occupants to avoid the kind of airstrike that has hit more than 20 other similar vessels in the past three months, killing more than 80 people. "We coordinated that she was going to leave by a specific area so that they would not blow up the boat," said the person close to the operation. The Trump administration was aware of the operation, said people familiar with the matter, but the extent of its involvement was unclear.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado’s escape from Venezuela was particularly risky because her team had to inform the US military that she was escaping so they wouldn’t mistake her boat for an alleged narco boat and bomb it.

Full Story: bit.ly/3XJXIsh

WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:

- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.

A reminder that before the Trump admin/RFK took over this year, the U.S. had officially declared measles eliminated in 2000.

Billionaires taking control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
This is a danger to the free press.

#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory

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/...

politizoom.com It Wasn't A 'Double-Tap' Or 'Kinetic Strike' - They Blew Up the Boat and Then Survivors

It Wasn’t A ‘Double-Tap’ Or ‘Kinetic Strike’ – They Blew Up the Boat and Then Survivors

www.upi.com Indiana Senate panel approves bill to redraw congressional map - UPI.com

Indiana Senate panel approves bill to redraw congressional map

www.theguardian.com US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions

US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions

www.upi.com South Korea scrambles jets as Russian, Chinese planes enter air defense zone - UPI.com

South Korea scrambles jets as Russian, Chinese planes enter air defense zone

One of the greatest songs of all time
(🧵2)

45 YEARS AGO
STILL LOVE YOU SO
Rest In Peace

JOHN LENNON

IMAGINE

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(🎶) 🧵1

DAY 8 DECEMBER 2025

RIP LEGEND

JOHN LENNON 45 YEARS AGO TODAY
Remembering With Love

My Favorite John
When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be
I wrote "Happy"
Told me i didn't understand the assignment
Replied
They didn't understand life

Community Note strikes again!

♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”

💰SCOOP: Hungary is in advanced talks with Russia on a plan to bypass US sanctions on Serbia’s mostly Russian-owned NIS oil firm by having a Hungarian firm buy shares. My sources say this is foreign minister Péter Szijjártó’s main topic at today’s Moscow trip—just 11 days after Orbán's Kremlin visit.

@markhertling.bsky.social on the White House's new National Security Strategy: "Russia said this is a great document that does everything we need to do. That should sum it up in a nutshell when you have a competitor, a foe, saying you've great strategic approach."

@markhertling.bsky.social on the double-tap strike "Trump specifically said he would release [the video] as soon as possible, and today he's saying he never said that. It's like a little child lying about stealing cookies."

This alone should be investigated by House Democrats

Trump asserts executive privilege to thwart Jan. 6 lawsuit The White House said records sought in Capitol riot litigation are “clearly constitutionally protected.”

Trump has asserted executive privilege over more than 4,100 documents, along with other evidence from police and lawmakers suing him over the Jan. 6 riot, in a long-running lawsuit that accuses him of stoking violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

www.theguardian.com We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said

We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said

One way to think of the Trump Admin is as having SHIFTED the $$ we used to spend on curing cancer (and providing care to Veterans and protecting nature and etc) to snatching brown people off the streets.

A Strategy That Ignores the Real Threats The administration’s new policy shows less concern for the American homeland than for building an illiberal world order.

🎁 Gift article: The administration’s new policy shows less concern for the American homeland than for building an illiberal world order.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Oralè Resisters
Donde Estan? Where are they?
Boycott LICE Collaborators!
Hertz Home Depot Walmart
They are collaborating with LICE participants in LICE raids and brutality rounding up migrants and torturing are complicit!
#Collaborators #NoKings #Accountability #USDemocracy #DondeEstan