Jessica: There are some key indicators that Trump and this administration knows this is going badly… We aren't getting the jobs numbers anymore, the GDP numbers or inflation numbers and we know, Donald Trump, if the number is remotely good or he can lie about it—he tells you what it is.

Sen. Mark Warner: "It's a little strange that administration officials can release edited versions of videos that they like to brag about but then not show the immediate moments up to and including the second strike that took place on September 2."

Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association, on Trump's farm bailout: "This is a band-aid on an open wound ... what we truly need are market-based solutions"

The rate of deaths from diabetes was far higher in Dougherty County, where Phoebe Putney is based, than in Georgia or the United States. Sick in a Hospital Town: projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...

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/...

won't be as easy as that... but should be the ultimate goal for sure

Donald Trump just pardoned the former President of Honduras, a convicted drug trafficker. In fact, he's pardoned multiple drug kingpins since taking office in January. That should outrage every American concerned about the flow of illegal drugs in this country.

YIKES! Fox “News” host and Trump lackey Laura Ingraham just tried to tell a whopper of a lie to cover for Trump’s farmer bailout plan, pretending tariffs are paid by foreign countries. A community note fact check quickly corrected the record.

CNN: That's not what farmers are telling you. One farmer at a town hall told you tariffs drove up prices of fertilizer

ALFORD: It was Biden that drove it up

C: That's not what the farmer told you

A: Well, that's what I'm telling you

C: Sir, excuse me. Are you listening to your constituents?

Proposed ESA rollbacks could limit future habitat for Mexican wolves Late last month, the Trump administration proposed to roll back specific Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that would, among other changes, severely limit the designation of critical habitat for species on the path to extinction – including the genetically vulnerable Mexican gray wolf.

Last month, the Trump administration proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act that could make it much harder to protect species at risk of extinction, including the Mexican gray wolf.

These changes are open for public comment until December 22. Make your voice heard.
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What’s remarkable about Scott is that her philanthropy isn’t an effort to offset the moral choices made in earning her fortune, as was the case for the Carnegies et al. As far I can tell, it’s just unadulterated beneficence.

Back from my argument in the Supreme Court defending the campaign finance laws from GOP attack. A big thank you to the @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social team that helped prepare me and our amazing clients @democrats.org, @dscc.bsky.social, and @electdemocrats.bsky.social.

Onto the next battle!

Brown: Autocrats don’t fear the disease or the babies dying from whooping cough — they fear the evidence of it, because evidence exposes their failures, demands accountability, and empowers the public.

This is Cody. He's always wanted a dog of his own, and his wish finally came true. Can already tell his new little brother Cooper is going to be his best friend forever. 13/10 for both (TT: codythegoldenboy)

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Oh my how cute 🥰

Not how test scores work... idiot

Man dies of rabies after kidney transplant from donor who saved kitten from skunk Michigan man received kidney transplant from donor who had fought off a skunk and was later found unresponsive

"...the (DRAI) questionnaire he said he had been scratched by a skunk."

"The CDC said it was only the fourth reported transplant-transmitted rabies event in the United States since 1978."

If this man said he was bitten, why be allowed to donate at all?

Tragic way to go after getting a transplant.

Ice Maiden Says Trump Will Be ‘on the Ballot’ for Midterms — The Daily Beast The White House chief of staff says Trump will be a “turnout machine” for Republicans at the 2026 elections.

Trump “on the ballot” in 2026? That’s not the flex Susie Wiles thinks it is. With his approval ratings sinking and GOP losses still fresh, making him the face of the midterms sounds less like a strategy and more like a warning label!

#2026Midterms
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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The Mavericks Singer Raul Malo's Final Letter to Fans: 'You All Carried Me More Than You Know'

Raul Malo, who died Monday at 60 of cancer, addressed his audience in a note read during a recent tribute show.

So sad

“From Day One of Trump’s second term, there has been a callous indifference to human life….But the media, and the watchdogs, have struggled to convey this reality with so many of the deaths taking place off camera.” Timely reminder from @willbunch.bsky.social

Bring USAID back

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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 25-5087 September Term, 2025 1:25-cv-00240-ACR Filed On: December 9, 2025 Nicolas Talbott, et al., Appellees V. United States of America, et al., Appellants BEFORE: Pillard*, Katsas, and Rao, Circuit Judges ORDER Upon consideration of the emergency motion for stay pending appeal, the opposition thereto, and the reply; the Rule 28() letters, and the responses thereto; and the letter request to lift the administrative stay, and the response thereto, it is ORDERED that the administrative stay entered on March 27, 2025, be dissolved. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for stay pending appeal be granted. A concurring statement of Circuit Judge Katsas, joined by Circuit Judge Rao, and a dissenting statement of Circuit Judge Pillard are attached. Per Curiam

BREAKING: DC Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, stays the district court injunction that had blocked the Trump admin's anti-trans military ban.

The Supreme Court has already stayed another injunction, and this injunction had been "administratively" stayed since March, so there is no practical change today.

So disgusting

Thank goodness I'm past child birth age...

WHEN we take back the House and Senate

Ugh

I'm with you

A federal judge temporarily barred the DOJ from using the Daniel Richman files in any renewed case against James Comey after the government failed to appear in court.

Popok breaks it all down.