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Judge challenges rationale for Trump’s control over national guard in California. Judge seems skeptical of administration’s case and whether any crisis justifying deployment still exists in Los Angeles.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/california-national-guard-trump-judge
Trump's Unpopular. A Lame Duck. And Taking Heat From Multiple Directions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/trump-maga-hegseth-mamdani.html
Trump’s Approval Rating Dips as Views of His Handling of the Economy Sour:
The shift, while small, is notable after months of stability in President Trump’s approval rating.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/republican-women-speaker-johnson.html
SLEEPY DON.
Trump said he was ‘sharper than I was 25 years ago.’ Then he spent an hour appearing to doze off – again.
President Trump is growing frustrated as Americans struggle with higher prices and pessimism over the state of the economy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-messaging.html
Republican congressman vows to investigate caribbean strikes.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/politics/video/mike-turner-caribbean-strikes-vrtc
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs. The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
My new novel starring Rumsfeld and Cheney dives into the War Powers Resolution and holding executive-branch officials accountable for their decisions:
Robert Reich:
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
My delightful conversation with Pamela Paul, now with the WSJ, and the longtime editor of the NYT Book Review.
#books
Democrat says he'll reintroduce war powers resolutions after report of attack on drug boat survivors.
Sen. Tim Kaine said he thinks he'll get more support after recent developments.
The shameless tactics of third-world dictatorships have come to the shining city on a hill.
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/470697/justice-department-donald-trump-pam-bondi-enemies-retribution
Trump's approval rating is underwater in every swing state:
https://www.newsweek.com/map-donald-trump-approval-rating-each-state-10-months-11127534
Gerrymandering has become so common that few things matter more to the future of American politics. It's not an overstatement to say that the future of the polity will be dramatically shaped by which party cheats the electorate more effectively.
5 ways Republicans are breaking with Trump: President Trump is facing increasing resistance from Republicans in Congress to certain proposals and parts of his agenda as he nears the end of his first year back in office.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5624163-trump-faces-republican-resistance/amp/
Indiana GOP state senator says he will vote no on redistricting push after Trump used slur.
Indiana state Sen. Michael Bohacek said he would vote no on a GOP push to redraw congressional districts after Trump used a slur for intellectually disabled people.
Robert Reich:
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Today's *real* headline that The Onion wouldn't have even tried:
White House Launches Webpage Dedicated to Excoriating and Silencing Leading Media Institutions https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/698992de7273c547d28c6bd054b29c466a1729aa646a91b249d1707e98d54962/680000cdd6f500d9c3ade6287cb2fd2e86e78445c348f5bf0cbb60897100ef08.webp