How is not deporting citizens a *concession*?

Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?

Charlotte rail murder suspect linked to inmate release approved under ex-Dem governor, GOP alleges The suspect in the Charlotte rail murder case was released from prison during a mass inmate release authorized under a former Democratic governor, state GOP says.

Curious why Fox News thinks DeCarlos Brown was released from prison b/c of a 2021 COVID settlement when state records show that he’d already been released in September 2020 b/c his sentence had concluded.

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As Justice Kavanaugh might say, she was “briefly inconvenienced.”

Is he planning to make the illegal thing extra super duper illegal?

Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.

Nothing says projecting strength like having all of your traditional allies denounce you at once.

Stephen Miller sees three women on TV at once and demands an entire franchise be handed over to a 94-year-old. (I thought the new show was fun, fwiw.)

Lol I got the same thing a year ago!

BREAKING

Two people have been found dead at the home of director and actor Rob Reiner.

The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two victims is 78 and 68 which matches the ages of Rob and his wife Michele.

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U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case

Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

One of the best uses of Roman-numeral suffixes ever

Thanks! Should be fixed now.

Immigration Agents Coming to Raleigh Tuesday, Sources Say Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY agents are coming to the state capital.

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Border Patrol can operate anywhere in the country. The 100 mile zone is where they have heightened vehicle stop authority.

I just remembered this from Glenn Kessler 3 months ago

To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015

What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?

Both of the Georgia Public Service Commissioner Special Election seats called for Dems.

This won't get the attention of VA/NJ/CA/NYC but for students of southern politics is incredibly imp--a rare ex. of Dems holding statewide elected offices in the South outside of NC & VA.

I have no words.

Just trying to imagine the reaction if a Dem president ordered generals to fly home and told them they'd be deployed to "straighten out," e.g., Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma.

pete hegseth, who you will recall has been accused of domestic abuse and sexual assault, has announced a new policy by which you cannot file anonymous complaints of mistreatment. sex criminal solidarity.

Reminder that Thom Tillis cast the deciding vote to put this weekend Fox News host in charge of the Pentagon.

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.

But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.

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CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this

Jessica Chastain’s Apple TV+ Drama ‘The Savant’ Postponed Following Charlie Kirk Assassination Jessica Chastain's Apple TV+ drama 'The Savant' has been postponed following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Apple has decided a show about taking down white nationalists is too sensitive to air in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder

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On top of everything else, this is utterly insane capitulation to an administration that can barely tie its shoes in most areas and is already scrambling to avoid losing the House with a year still to go.