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Joyce Vance: Inherent Contempt
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Whether Bondi would respond is uncertain, perhaps even unlikely, but inherent contempt would be a modest first step toward getting the administration to comply with the law and release the files. If it failed, it would be easier to justify a more serious step like impeaching Bondi, particularly if the public is determined to see the files released. At the end of the day, Bondi has a law license to worry about. The cautionary tale of state bars that disbarred lawyers like Rudy Giuliani who strayed too far from their ethical obligations as lawyers in service of Trump during his first term should weigh heavily on anyone who hopes to have a future, post-Trump.
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Jennifer Rubin: The Most Exciting Races are Underway
The 2026 midterms will be the most important of our lifetimes. The outcome will determine whether Donald Trump’s reign of terror continues unchecked, who will play critical roles in securing the 2028 presidential election, and which Democrats will be best positioned for the 2028 presidential race. Here are the most important—or most intriguing—races to watch.
(Jennifer Rubin more…)Charlotte Clymer: We Can Win the Senate With This Democrat
Politico: She’s Written Bestsellers About Appalachian Struggles. She’s Running for Office. But Don’t Compare Her to JD Vance.
“Dopesick” author Beth Macy’s unlikely bid for Congress.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – December 30, 2025
The hallmark of the first year of President Donald J. Trump’s second term has been the attempt of the president and his cronies to dismantle the constitutional system set up by the framers of that document when they established the United States of America. It’s not simply that they have broken the laws. They have acted as if the laws, and the Constitution that underpins them, don’t exist.
As soon as the 2024 election results were clear, billionaire Elon Musk, who had supported Trump’s campaign both through his purchase of Twitter—now X—and with $290 million in cash, posted on social media: “Novus Ordo Seclorum,” Latin for “New World Order.” Although he won with less than 50% of the vote, Trump announced that he had an “unprecedented and powerful mandate.”
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Michele Hornish: Make Them Eat Their Policies
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Shocking New Study of Teenage Girls & Who Are the Loneliest Americans?
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Root: How Trump is Threatening to Erase the Legacies of World War II’s Black Soldiers
After Trump’s anti-DEI policies rocked the nation, a WWII museum in Europe is facing backlash for removing Black soldiers’ memorials.
(Root more…)Atlanta Black Star: ‘White Man Reparations Just Dropped’: Trump Administration Claims White People Are the True Victims of Job Discrimination and Should be Compensated
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Tangle: The Christmas Day strikes in Nigeria.
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Foreign Affairs: The Weakness of the Strongmen
ot long ago in the sweep of history, countries that had once been buried behind the Iron Curtain, and even some Soviet republics, were transformed into members of the solidly democratic club. Some of those that weren’t, such as Ukraine, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan, experienced mass revolts against rigged elections and corrupt misrule amid widespread public yearning to join the West. Free trade was again celebrated as an instrument of peace; Kant’s “democratic peace theory” enjoyed a revival.
Western democracy promotion, inept as it could be, struck fear into authoritarian corridors of power. …
(Foreign Affairs more…)Dean Blundell: Trump, Netanyahu, and an Authoritarian Press Conference For The Ages
A sickly, dishevelled Trump delivered an authoritarian warning with Netanyahu at Mar-A-Lago this weekend: “The new world order is coming and there’s nothing you can do to stop It.”
Daily Beast: Confused Trump, 79, Fooled by Foreign Trolls Posing as MAGA in Holiday Posting Spree
OOPS, HE DID IT AGAIN
The president doesn’t realize who he is boosting during holiday posting rampage.
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Eric Lullove: The 2026 Healthcare Cliff
- The Death of the “Enhanced” Subsidy
- The “Under-Insurance” Trap in Employer Plans
- The “Under-Insurance” Trap in Employer Plans
- The Self-Employed “Tax Trap”
TNR: RFK Jr. Will Let Us All Die Just to Make a Buck
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is forcing his MAHA agenda on all of us—and it’s already getting ugly.
NY Times: How America Loses Vaccine Access
Your Local Epidemiologist: 20 public health wins in 2025
Accountability Initiative ICE List
GriftMatrix
Trump Action Tracker
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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