Today's Top Stories:
Trump calls for "termination" of US Constitution
The disgraced serial grifter declared that "all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution" should be terminated, mainly because he's really good at losing and very bad at handling it.
Take Action: Charge Trump with perjury for lying under oath in Big Lie lawsuit!
"Flood of evictions" looms in Los Angeles as pandemic tenant protections expire
Tenant protections in Los Angeles County that have kept families housed throughout the pandemic are set to end Dec. 31, meaning more than 30,000 households could face eviction by the end of the year — a devastating development for low-income families in the country's largest county, where at least 69,000 people are already experiencing homelessness.
Take Action: Protect renters from unfair evictions!
WATCH: Kanye West confirms what we already knew
OD Action Partner: We wonder if the GOP will still be really big fans of him after this one, or if they'll try to pretend like they don't remember history either.
Texas man arrested and charged for threatening Boston doctor who provides care to the transgender community
False information — fueled by incessant fearmongering on right-wing news outlets — began spreading on social media in August alleging that health care providers at the Boston Children’s Hospital were performing hysterectomies and gender affirmation surgeries on patients younger than 18. It did not take long for knuckle-draggers and mouth-breathers to heed the call and ratchet up the death-threat machine. One more time for those in the back — transgender care is healthcare. Leave 👏 medical 👏 decisions 👏 to 👏 patients 👏 and 👏 their 👏 doctors.
Take Action: Don't let Republicans starve critical investments in children and healthcare!
Twitter must comply with EU rules, Macron warns Musk
The tech bozo billionaire came under fire over Twitter's decision to stop enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy, prompting Macron — and other EU leaders — to warn Musk of the social media platform's obligation to comply with EU rules on content moderation and hate speech.
Republican lt. governor slams Herschel Walker as "one of the worst candidates" in GOP history
There are a LOT of, um, nominees when it comes to "worst candidates" in GOP history, but Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan isn't wrong about the laughably awful and observably stupid Herschel Walker. Donny sure knows how to pick 'em!
Take Action: Ensure marriage equality in every US state!
Chris Christie’s niece bit deputies after being kicked off plane, report says
The ex-governor's niece bit, kicked, and spit on six deputies after she was kicked off a Spirit Airlines plane on Thanksgiving for asking passengers she thought to be Latino if they were “smuggling cocaine." Yikes. Chris Christie's niece flies Spirit?!
Elon Musk's far-right Twitter gamble backfires
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.
Crippling statewide University of California strike continues as 48,000 student workers demand decent wage
Three weeks of groundbreaking strikes by university academics have brought campuses across California to a standstill. Labs are closed, assignments are going ungraded, graduate students have walked off the job, professors have cancelled classes, and even construction staff have put down their tools in solidarity.
Pentagon chief urges President Biden to keep COVID military vaccine mandate
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers needlessly press to rescind it.
Russia rejects $60-a-barrel cap on its oil, warns of cutoffs
Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the United States, and the 27-nation European Union agreed Friday to cap what they would pay for Russian oil at $60-per-barrel, prompting a quick rejection from Kremlin officials who threatened to stop supplying the nations who endorsed it altogether.
America the beautiful?
What a wonderful world?
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