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This is absolutely pathetic. A man-child is throwing a temper tantrum and risking America's alliances and American national security for his own ego and vanity. We can already base troops in Greenland. We can already use that land to protect our nation and our allies.

BREAKING: Federal court of appeal dismisses government's appeal of the emergencies act case. The lower court decision is upheld. The declaration of an emergency was unreasonable. The freezing of bank accounts and the prohibitions of assemblies were unjustified charter violations

These stories are nauseating. Iranians aren’t asking for much: basic freedoms & a government that doesn’t wreck the economy. For that, many are paying with their lives. Incredible bravery in the face of pure evil.

Good piece.

The @WSJ has analysed 13 other incidents where ICE agents have fired into civilian vehicles & identify a pattern of agents boxing in running vehicles while engaging in escalatory & intrusive tactics which police are trained to avoid. wsj.com/us-news/videos-show-…

Wait what

RT @JessicaBRiedl: There's a misperception that law enforcement (or ICE) is permitted to use lethal force any time they feel the slightest…

I thought the whole point of the Constitution was so that Americans didn’t have to live like this.

The most dangerous thing about yesterday's ICE shooting isn't the shooting itself: It's the response from Trump, Vance, and Noem that signals to ICE that they can do this again, with impunity. No investigation. No suspension. No talk of training or policies. Just impunity.

This is really one of the more galling parts of this discourse every time it pops up; random American civilians are supposed to be calm, disciplined, ice-water in their veins, but armed agents of the state are entitled to take life on the basis of “feelings”

Nothing Trump says is a joke. They’re just trial balloons to see if he can proceed with the idea now or later.

Several contradictory things are simultaneously true: 1. Maduro was an oppressive, unpopular and illegitimate ruler, disastrous for his country and the region. 2. Using the US to remove him may have been equally illegitimate. 3. Venezuela would be better off with a new government under the opposition's Edmundo Gonzalez (who probably won the presidential election but is now exiled). 4. It's not clear that Maduro will be replaced by Gonzalez. Maduro's VP is still apparently in power, as are other regime figures and the Cubans who back them. 5. As we've seen in Iraq and Libya, it can be easier to topple a leader than to establish a new government; sometimes you get a worse leader, or Somalia-style chaos.

The Deeper Picture: The State of the Nation and Prospects for the Future open.substack.com/pub/voiceo…

A compelling graphic look at all the ways that Trump and his family and friends have been monetizing the White House in his second term to enrich themselves more than any presidential clan has ever done before. @LazaroGamio @amyswalk nytimes.com/interactive/2025…

A SWAT team threw 30 grenades into an innocent man’s business while chasing a suspect. L.A. left him with a $60,000 bill. His livelihood was destroyed. A federal court says he’s entitled to $0. Whatever your politics, that’s a travesty.

Why North America has a housing crisis, in one tweet.

On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/po…

Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?

RT @sapinker: Atul Gawande's ideas have saved tens of thousands of lives. Here he speaks about the worst thing that Trump has done. “The c…