The Republicans having Ben Carson but ending up picking up JFK jr for health secretary is beyond laughable. They'd rather have an unqualified white man but not a qualified black man 😂😂😂😂😂😂 That would be DEI.

‘Deus vult’ began as a rallying cry for the Crusades. More recently, it’s been adopted by the far right. And we’re not even supposed to wonder/ask why it’s tattooed on the arm of the next defense secretary? politico.com/news/2024/11/1…

Who could have guessed Fox News dipshit and incoming Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Pete Hegseth is friends with international terrorist Erik Prince who wants to Blackwater the entire military? My god we are all going to die. h/t Ken Silverstein washingtonbabylondc.com/p/a-brief-post…

Bad blood in the House GOP over Matt Gaetz. “I’m looking at him as a member of Congress and the job that he has done here, and it has been abhorrent,” said GOP Rep. Max Miller, who has feuded with Gaetz over the years. “I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I just say the

Trump is now under 50% in the popular vote with his margin ranking 44th out of 51 elections since 1824. 4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20. GOP is poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states. - CNN’s

Declaring a national emergency when there is no national emergency in order to use the military . . . is an impeachable offense. Too bad democrats stayed home on election day and Trumpublicans are completely in charge.

If you think inflation is bad now, wait until Trump declares National Emergency & deports immigrants who pick & process your food, the people who build your houses, & add in 20% to 200% tariffs passed on to consumers. America is dumb and hateful af.

While still in charge of the Senate, we need to put safeguards in place to uphold our laws. That means confirming fair judges and regulators that can't be removed by the next President. Senate Democrats should not rest until we get this done.

BREAKING: Yet another underwater cable linking Sweden and Lithuania has been damaged. How many ‘accidents’ before we start talking about Article 5? This isn’t just a glitch—it’s a warning shot.

Good news: Ben Wikler is seriously considering a run for DNC chair, a source familiar with his thinking tells me. (confirming Natasha Korecki) Ben would be a great DNC chair: Fully committed to deep organizing and avoids the pitfalls of factional squabbles and finger-pointing.

BREAKING: Trump’s team and congressional Republicans are plotting to gut Medicaid and food stamps to pay for extending his 2017 tax cuts—a giveaway for the ultra-rich. Let’s call this what it is: robbing the poor to bankroll the billionaires. Stripping the safety net from

Attorneys representing Amazon and SpaceX are in court today, arguing that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. If they get their way, two of the richest people on the planet will have gutted the enforcement of labor laws designed to protect working people.

Word. Aka The Beginning Of The Ens

Good grief, guys; the food stuff is a red-herring for the *insane* stuff he's looking to do.

BREAKING: Democrats just earned a HUGE victory in North Carolina. Justice Riggs is going back to the Supreme Court!

President-Elect Donald Trump's pick for Energy Secretary is a Colorado oil & gas exec who says the bright side of climate change is that all the deaths from flooding and drought will be more than offset by fewer cold weather deaths. #copolitics

Wow. Sources say Trump transition officials are starting to think of new candidates to replace Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary after he failed to disclose he paid a woman to settle a rape allegation (he denies it) vanityfair.com/news/story/pet…

Trump has the smallest popular vote margin since 2000. His victory is by no means a “clear mandate” for anything.

I’m expecting the Senate to confirm every single one of his Cabinet appointments, regardless of how incompetent, corrupt and dangerous they may be. Anyone else?

"Trump’s nomination of an out-and-out crank to run HHS is the strongest proof yet that the president-elect truly learned nothing from his experience quarterbacking federal pandemic response." Lots of other sort of anti-lessons here too. thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-enter…