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Republicans have quietly started to talk about removing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) , according to a report.
'He offends everyone': Republicans reportedly begin talks to 'oust Mike Johnson'
Republicans have quietly started to talk about removing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), according to a report.Johnson has been criticized by fellow Republicans and rival Democrats in recent weeks — and now the GOP majority has shown signs it's unhappy with him, The Atlantic reported Tuesday. "Joh...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Republicans have quietly started to talk about removing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) , according to a report.
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His base is waking up.
MAGA UFC Fighter Shares Brutal Reason Why He Has No Interest In Fighting At White House Event
www.comicsands.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
His base is waking up.
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And the videotapes!
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
And the videotapes!
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Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Forest and trees re Epstein documents, as of now.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Forest and trees re Epstein documents, as of now.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
Trees: Controversies about particular documents.
Forest: Virtually none of the key documents, ones that we know exist, the ones the victims and knowledgeable observers have been demanding to see, have been released.
And so the coverup continues.
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Atlantic editors: Oh wow, this article defending Bari Weiss censoring 60 Minutes is so bad, people are going to hate it, we’re going to get so many clicks. High five!
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Atlantic editors: Oh wow, this article defending Bari Weiss censoring 60 Minutes is so bad, people are going to hate it, we’re going to get so many clicks. High five!
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What’s worse than stealing presents from under the tree?
Cartoon from the New Yorker.
Cartoon from the New Yorker.
December 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What’s worse than stealing presents from under the tree?
Cartoon from the New Yorker.
Cartoon from the New Yorker.
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Good framing, NBC News, the Speaker (a Republican, if I recall correctly), who previously had them out for weeks rather than work on the shutdown or release the Epstein Files, is now skeedaddling off while one party is shouting for them to remain and get it done. But CONGRESS, sure.
REMINDER: Republicans sent themselves home for the holidays without any solution to the health care crisis they’ve inflicted on Americans.
Easy to celebrate the season when your health care isn’t at risk!
Easy to celebrate the season when your health care isn’t at risk!
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Good framing, NBC News, the Speaker (a Republican, if I recall correctly), who previously had them out for weeks rather than work on the shutdown or release the Epstein Files, is now skeedaddling off while one party is shouting for them to remain and get it done. But CONGRESS, sure.
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People who think evil, corrupt, and incompetent don’t go together have it backwards.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
People who think evil, corrupt, and incompetent don’t go together have it backwards.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
Instead of looking to Hollywood to explain real world evil, look to Hannah Arendt. Uncorrupt people of integrity won’t do evil. And evil leaders work to elevate incompetents because that helps ensure their loyalty.
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The top media trend that Axios believes will shape 2026 is the US ceding soft power. www.axios.com/newsletters/axi...
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The top media trend that Axios believes will shape 2026 is the US ceding soft power. www.axios.com/newsletters/axi...
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Isn't the cutting edge of the American Right now more extreme, more openly bigoted and antisemitic, than the AfD?
And the "Heritage American" / "Don't apologize for being White" stuff --bad as it is-- is it's more respectable face. What's underneath is worse.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
And the "Heritage American" / "Don't apologize for being White" stuff --bad as it is-- is it's more respectable face. What's underneath is worse.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Candace Owens Brings MAGA to the Conspiracist Horizon
Arguments between the antisemitic influencer’s supporters and critics dominated the proceedings at TPUSA’s AmFest.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Isn't the cutting edge of the American Right now more extreme, more openly bigoted and antisemitic, than the AfD?
And the "Heritage American" / "Don't apologize for being White" stuff --bad as it is-- is it's more respectable face. What's underneath is worse.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
And the "Heritage American" / "Don't apologize for being White" stuff --bad as it is-- is it's more respectable face. What's underneath is worse.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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DHS shared an AI-generated video of Santa working for ICE, proving yet again that the official voice of the US government is still cruel, gross, and weird.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
DHS shared an AI-generated video of Santa working for ICE, proving yet again that the official voice of the US government is still cruel, gross, and weird.
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Michael McFaul: Joking about annexing allies — Canada, Greenland, Panama — isn’t harmless. Even unserious rhetoric weakens alliances, emboldens rivals, and distracts from real national security threats.
Stop Discussing the Purchase of Greenland!
Trump’s trolling of Canada, Denmark, and Panama is not just silly and distracting; it’s dangerous.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Michael McFaul: Joking about annexing allies — Canada, Greenland, Panama — isn’t harmless. Even unserious rhetoric weakens alliances, emboldens rivals, and distracts from real national security threats.
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Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." bit.ly/3MMdJvz
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I first thought this graf in the Atlantic piece defending Bari Weiss was parody, but the whole column is so misbegotten, I think now it might just be sincere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I first thought this graf in the Atlantic piece defending Bari Weiss was parody, but the whole column is so misbegotten, I think now it might just be sincere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The three dissenting judges have eyes too but they are always on Hannity and ears on Candace Owens
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The three dissenting judges have eyes too but they are always on Hannity and ears on Candace Owens
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Killed for not surrendering correctly..WTF.
Before ordering a second strike on survivors, Adm. Frank Bradley sought legal advice from JSOC’s top lawyer, Col. Cara Hamaguchi
“I would be completely shocked if she thought these strikes were lawful” said one former colleague. “I’m sure she knows this is illegal"
theintercept.com/2025/12/23/b...
“I would be completely shocked if she thought these strikes were lawful” said one former colleague. “I’m sure she knows this is illegal"
theintercept.com/2025/12/23/b...
U.S. Military Killed Boat Strike Survivors for Not Surrendering Correctly
Before ordering a second strike on their boat, Adm. Frank Bradley sought legal advice from JSOC’s top lawyer, Col. Cara Hamaguchi.
theintercept.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Killed for not surrendering correctly..WTF.
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This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
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Amazing--Supreme Court basically adopts Marty Lederman that regular forces includes US military in rebuffing the Administration. Going live on substack with @leahlitman.bsky.social in 5 minutes to discuss
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Amazing--Supreme Court basically adopts Marty Lederman that regular forces includes US military in rebuffing the Administration. Going live on substack with @leahlitman.bsky.social in 5 minutes to discuss
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During the holiday season, we all want to spend time with our loved ones.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
During the holiday season, we all want to spend time with our loved ones.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
![We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under § 12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.
18 U.S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.
At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not invoked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibdsy2sqw2yxt3ztz7pwc6pigtulgalqxwwnzxhlmyg2ntchkswwu@jpeg)
![Comitatus Act. Instead, he relies on inherent constitutional authority that, according to the Government, allows him to use the military to protect federal personnel and property. But the Government also claims-consistent with the longstanding view of the Executive Branch-that performing such protective functions does not constitute
"executing] the laws" within the meaning of the Posse Comitatus Act. See Supp. Letter Reply Brief for Applicants
8; 1 Supp. Op. OLC 343, n. 1 (1971) (collecting sources). If that is correct, it is hard to see how performing those functions could constitute "executing] the laws" under
§12406(3). See Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U.S. 566, 574 (2019) ("This Court does not lightly assume that Congress silently attaches different meanings to the same term in e same or related statutes"). Thus, at least in this posture, the Government has not carried its burden to show that §12406(3) permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois. We need not and do not address the reviewability of findi „s made by the Pres-
ident under §12406(3) or any other statute.
The application for stay is denied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreid5gspjdv7pcrmexr4orqigpujw2rnwoyphysinbcbwarn23rzim4@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
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Good.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Good.
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House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) issues statement blasting Trump Admin's partial release of redacted Epstein files:
"The new documents that Congress has forced the Dept of Justice to release make one thing clear: We are witnessing a criminal White House cover-up"
"The new documents that Congress has forced the Dept of Justice to release make one thing clear: We are witnessing a criminal White House cover-up"
December 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) issues statement blasting Trump Admin's partial release of redacted Epstein files:
"The new documents that Congress has forced the Dept of Justice to release make one thing clear: We are witnessing a criminal White House cover-up"
"The new documents that Congress has forced the Dept of Justice to release make one thing clear: We are witnessing a criminal White House cover-up"
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Big ups to Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social who flagged this argument that SCOTUS relied on (that regular forces refer to military forces, not federal law enforcement).
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Big ups to Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social who flagged this argument that SCOTUS relied on (that regular forces refer to military forces, not federal law enforcement).