Kenneth Huey
@kennethhuey.bsky.social
Marc Elias: Unlike in past years, we are not only up against the GOP and its right-wing allies, but the Department of Justice as well. Their collective goal is to use data to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November.
Trump’s DOJ wants your data
newsletters.democracydocket.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Marc Elias: Unlike in past years, we are not only up against the GOP and its right-wing allies, but the Department of Justice as well. Their collective goal is to use data to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November.
“The outbreaks come amid Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to downplay the risks of measles and spread misleading claims about the vaccine, while suggesting other alternatives without evidence.”
U.S. measles cases reach highest level in over 30 years, CDC reports
The U.S. will likely lose its globally recognized measles "elimination status" by Jan. 2026.
www.axios.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“The outbreaks come amid Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to downplay the risks of measles and spread misleading claims about the vaccine, while suggesting other alternatives without evidence.”
“A 60-year-old couple with a household income of $85,000 could see their annual payments rise by more than $22,600 from a baseline of $7,225 this year.”
ACA subsidies are expiring. Here’s who the lapse will hit hardest
Early retirees, mid-income consumers, small business owners and residents of states won by President Trump are among those who'd be affected most.
www.cnbc.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“A 60-year-old couple with a household income of $85,000 could see their annual payments rise by more than $22,600 from a baseline of $7,225 this year.”
Boebert castigated the veto, calling the bill "completely non-controversial" and saying she hopes Mr. Trump's veto "has nothing to do with political retaliation."
Trump vetoes the first 2 bills of this term
President Trump used his veto power this week for the first time since returning to the White House, rejecting a pair of bills linked to a Colorado water pipeline and a tribal village in the Everglade...
www.cbsnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Boebert castigated the veto, calling the bill "completely non-controversial" and saying she hopes Mr. Trump's veto "has nothing to do with political retaliation."
“Trump’s approval rating among working class Americans has sunk to historic lows, as voters grapple with persistent affordability challenges that could weigh on his party’s electoral success next year and shape the second half of his presidency.”
Donald Trump’s approval rating hits rock bottom with working class
Less affluent Americans are pessimistic about the direction of the economy, the country and Trump’s handling of the presidency.
www.newsweek.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Trump’s approval rating among working class Americans has sunk to historic lows, as voters grapple with persistent affordability challenges that could weigh on his party’s electoral success next year and shape the second half of his presidency.”
“From each according to their ability, to each according to their need was a core principle for both the Oglala Lakȟóta of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and the Kanien’kéha:ka of the Haudenosaunee.”
The Affordability Crisis Isn't A “Hoax” And There's Hope In Community
Mutual aid, bartering, and building community no matter where you live in these trying times.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“From each according to their ability, to each according to their need was a core principle for both the Oglala Lakȟóta of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and the Kanien’kéha:ka of the Haudenosaunee.”
Beware the terror of… Doctors!!
December 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Beware the terror of… Doctors!!
Smart women gonna mess you up, dumbbells!
Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)
Every now and then someone sees what’s really going on and articulates it.
Thanks to Madison Briggs for the clip
🎥 TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNRjcoVCy/
substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Smart women gonna mess you up, dumbbells!
Reposted by Kenneth Huey
After two years of war, Israeli experts warn of a “mental health tsunami”: 2 million people need support, but services are collapsing. PTSD, addiction, and depression are surging.
War doesn’t stop at the battlefield: it breaks entire societies from within.
War doesn’t stop at the battlefield: it breaks entire societies from within.
Israel faces ‘mental health tsunami’ after two years of war, report finds
Depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction soar as experts warn of long-term societal impact without urgent government action
buff.ly
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
After two years of war, Israeli experts warn of a “mental health tsunami”: 2 million people need support, but services are collapsing. PTSD, addiction, and depression are surging.
War doesn’t stop at the battlefield: it breaks entire societies from within.
War doesn’t stop at the battlefield: it breaks entire societies from within.
Jay Kuo: Donald Trump is not good at cover-ups. And he shows it again here.
MTG v. DJT
The NYT piece about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s split with Trump buries the lede—twice.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Jay Kuo: Donald Trump is not good at cover-ups. And he shows it again here.
“Epstein’s role in Israel’s gas politics contradicts the image, advanced in a recent New York Times profile, of Epstein as a confidence man who was viewed with skepticism by financial and political elites.”
Epstein and Leviathan: How the Financier Opened Doors to Netanyahu and Ehud Barak Amid Israel's Offshore Gas Fight
Epstein advised on U.S. role in Israeli energy as Ehud Barak sought foreign partners to save gas monopoly.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Epstein’s role in Israel’s gas politics contradicts the image, advanced in a recent New York Times profile, of Epstein as a confidence man who was viewed with skepticism by financial and political elites.”
“Weakened oversight”? or “Welcome to the goon squad”?
Ohio ICE arrest raises questions about agent vetting
Questions about how ICE hires and vets its agents are under renewed scrutiny in Ohio after the arrest of a Cincinnati-based ICE supervisor, a case advocates said exposes gaps in
app.publicnewsservice.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Weakened oversight”? or “Welcome to the goon squad”?
“It’s not a solution to anybody’s problem. It doesn’t address inflation; it doesn’t address the weak labor market. It doesn’t address the fact that many Americans don’t have any assets and owe a lot on their credit cards.”
The Santa Presidency
Trump is trying to fix the economy—by handing out cash.
www.theatlantic.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“It’s not a solution to anybody’s problem. It doesn’t address inflation; it doesn’t address the weak labor market. It doesn’t address the fact that many Americans don’t have any assets and owe a lot on their credit cards.”
For those who just can’t wait for 2028.
The 2028 Race Has Begun. Here’s Who’s Winning.
White House hopefuls in both parties are maneuvering for the post-Trump era. Here’s where they stand at the end of 2025.
www.politico.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For those who just can’t wait for 2028.
The Trump regime “intends to deal with the rest of the world as it deals with Latin America — to seize, sanction and kill with impunity.”
Opinion | Trump’s Dated Strategy Is Putting Us on a Path to World War III
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Trump regime “intends to deal with the rest of the world as it deals with Latin America — to seize, sanction and kill with impunity.”
“Are Americans that the federal government deems to be members of domestic terrorist organizations subject to extrajudicial killings like those it claims are members of designated terrorist organizations?”
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“Are Americans that the federal government deems to be members of domestic terrorist organizations subject to extrajudicial killings like those it claims are members of designated terrorist organizations?”
“The rallies are a bid to combat Republican-led plans to redraw congressional maps.”
Demonstrators protest Trump-backed redistricting plans at over 200 events across the country | CNN
At parks, coffee shops, churches and government buildings around the country, hundreds of groups are gathering today with a simple message: “Stop the Trump takeover.”
www.cnn.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“The rallies are a bid to combat Republican-led plans to redraw congressional maps.”
Robert Reich: The Trump nightmare has awakened much of America to the truth about what has happened to this country — and what we must do to get it back on the track.
Sunday thought: The reckoning
Friends,
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Robert Reich: The Trump nightmare has awakened much of America to the truth about what has happened to this country — and what we must do to get it back on the track.
Discussions of national character always risk being simplistic and reductionist, but I think they’re useful exercises nonetheless. What IS “America” like, anyway?
What Made Us This Way
Why the American Character Feels So Fractured
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Discussions of national character always risk being simplistic and reductionist, but I think they’re useful exercises nonetheless. What IS “America” like, anyway?
If you’re not familiar with Jessica Mitford, I hope this will pique your curiosity. She and her sisters were remarkable people.
JESSICA MITFORD, THE GREAT TROUBLEMAKER (w/Carla Kaplan)
Muckraking journalist and unlikely anti-fascist hero
open.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you’re not familiar with Jessica Mitford, I hope this will pique your curiosity. She and her sisters were remarkable people.
“A year in to Trump 2.0, it’s clear that Trumpers do, indeed, have a strategy — one intended to weaken America at home and abroad.”
Make America Weak
Trump is systematically undermining America's interests at home and abroad.
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“A year in to Trump 2.0, it’s clear that Trumpers do, indeed, have a strategy — one intended to weaken America at home and abroad.”
Thom Hartmann explains how ancient solstice rituals and practices became the Christmas traditions we observe today. (I love this kind of stuff.) A jolly Yule to all!
Christmas: The Night We Reignite the World. When the Longest Dark Becomes the Turning Point…
Yule fire, candlelit pines, and the old northern promise that if we hold each other close, the light returns…
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thom Hartmann explains how ancient solstice rituals and practices became the Christmas traditions we observe today. (I love this kind of stuff.) A jolly Yule to all!
Reposted by Kenneth Huey
any minute he'll say the Atlantic is now to be called the American Ocean
December 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
any minute he'll say the Atlantic is now to be called the American Ocean
Another American hero.
Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭 (@thecycle)
This woman is a mother fucking American hero.
Balls of steel
Must watch 👇
substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Another American hero.
