UPDATE: Thursday, Dec 15, 2022 · 11:33:32 PM +00:00

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Mark Sumner

For anyone who was actually concerned about those forces from Belarus that were all over the media two days ago…

🔙 The 38th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus, which was transferred to the Ukrainian border as part of a sudden check of combat readiness, is already returning to Brest— Ukrainska Pravda in Engl

Another day, another story about how anti-abortion conservatives really, really want to start throwing people in jail. The Washington Post goes to Texas for this one, though much of the actual planning and grumbling is due to the same national anti-abortion groups that are always involved in these things.

The Georgia election runoff system was created in the 1960s to lessen the power of Black voters. In recent decades, it has worked overwhelmingly to the advantage of Republicans—until 2021, when Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock became U.S. senators. In response, Republicans shortened the time between general and runoff elections, hoping to gain an advantage.

The collection of texts from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows continues to turn up almost unending examples of Republicans behaving not just badly, but potentially criminally. The number of Republicans who contacted Meadows both before and after Jan.

UPDATE: Wednesday, Dec 14, 2022 · 8:11:12 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner

I find this incredible in a direction that I can’t even name. Remember the opera theater in Mariupol? Early in the war Russia bombed this facility, even though it was not just a classic landmark of the city, but was a bomb shelter which had signs visible from above reading “children inside.

Three times in the last two weeks, the White House has directly and aggressively rebuked Trump-inspired attacks on the U.S. government and the rule of law.

The latest installment came in response to recently revealed Jan. 6-era texts in which Republican Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina urged the Trump White House to declare ‘Marshall’ law, also commonly known as martial law outside of GOP circles.

Republicans have offered a preview of what we can expect from the House Oversight and Reform Committee once they’re in charge, and attorneys for women affected by that preview are objecting strongly to the “objectification and sexual exploitation” involved.

Renowned primatologist and environmental activist Jane Goodall minced no words in a recent interview in which she was asked to describe former President Donald Trump.  

Goodall, 88, appeared on MSNBC’s latest installment of The Summit Series Tuesday with host Ari Melber, a show that features leaders at the summit of their fields. During the nearly 40-minute-long interview, Melber pivoted to the topic of politics.