Brian Hanson

[Brian Hanson @teegro]

@iSamsilver 8% on rotten tomatoes. Garbage movie. Runner runner.

[Bark @barkmeta]

Let me explain what just happened 👇

5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil.

5 minutes…

These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch.

There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made.

Someone in that room picked up a phone.
And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars.

American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it.

This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions.

This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight.

You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question.

Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that.

The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…

[Joe McCann @JoeMcCann3]

#mubb

[Matthew Baltz @MatthewBaltzMU]

#mubb Nigel James Jr. takes the podium:

[BIG EAST MBB @BIGEASTMBB]

Always must see TV! 📺⚡️

Nigel James Jr. is selected by the coaches as the 2026 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year!

@nigel_j24 | @MarquetteMBB

[Paint Touches @PaintTouches]

And for younger fans who have never seen it, the 2nd half Markus had against Buffalo may be the apex. 40 in a half needs no context, but watching the full thing helps explain why it's been 7+ years and #mubb fans are still gushing.

[Farm Action @FarmActionUS]

“We’ve lost 86,000 cattle feeders like me.”

“Over half of our cow-calf producers are gone.”

Farmer Mike Callicrate just delivered an urgent plea to Congress:

“Break up the corporate middlemen who are extracting an unfair share of the retail dollar while denying a fair income to producers and workers.”

“Since I first got into the cattle industry in 1972, retail meat prices have become increasingly disconnected from cattle prices as monopolistic middlemen push producer prices lower and consumer prices higher.”

“The producers’ share of the consumer dollar is now around 50% in beef, down from around 80% in 1970, when we had a lot of independent meat packers all over the country working with independent grocery stores.”

“What can be done?”

“We need to reform USDA’s meat inspection service to make it more workable for small processing plants.”

“Invest in local regional food infrastructure and outlaw government purchasing of meat from large, multinational and foreign-owned corporations.”

“That business should go to small and mid-sized slaughter plants, keeping the wealth from agriculture local, creating jobs, and revitalizing rural communities.”

“We’re now relying on imports at a time when dietary guidelines are re-emphasizing high quality protein.”

“Small plants like mine need fair food policy.”

“Small processors have essentially no access to wholesale markets due to unfair advantages and predatory practices of big food companies.”

“It’s past time to enforce antitrust laws and break up the meat monopolies like Congress did in the 1920s.”

“Otherwise, consumer prices will remain disconnected from prices paid to producers, and will likely keep rising.”

@MikeCallicrate

[Maca Iglesias 🇺🇸Thank You, President Biden🇺🇸 @rotterdamvvg]

This is a very simple explanation of what you can expect if the MAGA Republicans pass the “Save Act” which doesn’t save anything.

It affects women primarily because their names stop matching their birth certificates when they take their husband’s name.

#HandsOffHerVote

[Rod (Izzy) 🇺🇸🦅 @1zzyzyx1]

This clearly constitutes voter suppression. Republicans do not want you to vote; otherwise, they wouldn't persist in increasing voting restrictions. Stop fabricating nonexistent issues, such as voting fraud. #DemsUnited
#HandsOffHerVote

[Rep. Mark Pocan @RepMarkPocan]

There seems to be some confusion about the SAVE America Act. If it becomes law, you will NOT be able to vote with your drivers license alone.
You’d need:

1. A passport, which more than half of Americans don’t have and costs at least $130
OR
2. A birth certificate PLUS your photo ID with matching names, which nearly 70 million married women lack
OR
3. Military services papers (not a military ID alone) with sensitive info.

I’m voting NO.

[bob parisi @bobparisi]

@PaintTouches Can’t believe the refs missed this one

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Pete Ricketts just shrugging as a plant with 3200 Nebraska workers gets shut down could cost Republicans the Senate

[Justin Surrency @JustinSurrency]

Rich Ruohonen of Team USA Men’s Curling is proud to represent the United States and wanted to make a statement of his own before the press conference ended about what is happening in Minnesota/US. Ruohonen says he’s speaking as an attorney with 28 years of experience.

[Brian Hanson @teegro]

@PaintTouches 6th man advantage?

[John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz]

Dear World,

We're not with him.

Sincerely,

Decent Americans

[Rep. Ted Lieu @RepTedLieu]

There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland.

If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Finally, the United States is waking up 🚨

Representative Ted Lieu just drew a crystal clear red line, and it matters more than most people seem to realize.

“If any military member, from the generals on down, participates in using force against Greenland without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.”

That is not rhetoric. That is the law. And he is putting everyone on notice.

This is how a constitutional system is supposed to work. Civilian control. Congressional authority. No freelance militarism because a president feels impulsive or humiliated or bored. Orders that violate the Constitution are not orders. They are illegal commands, and obedience is not a defense.

What I like here is the timing. This is not said after the damage is done. It is a preemptive warning. A flare shot into the sky saying: think very carefully before you cross this line.

For years, too many people in Washington treated norms as vibes and laws as suggestions. This is a reminder that the system still has teeth if people are willing to use them. And that responsibility does not magically disappear when you put on a uniform.

More of this please. Clear boundaries. Plain language. Zero ambiguity. That is how you stop bad ideas before they turn into irreversible disasters.

[Marquette University @MarquetteU]

🥳 With 2025 coming to an end, we’re counting down Marquette’s top 10 positive social media moments of the year.

🌟 Social media moment #️⃣8️⃣:
Dear new Golden Eagles,

This is a big moment. As you unpacked with your parents and met your new roommates, know that you’ve just begun something truly special.

These rooms will soon feel like home. 🏠💙💛

[Brian Hanson @teegro]

@NVIDIAGeForce GeForce Season

[Brian Hanson @teegro]

@PaintTouches The two turnovers within 10 seconds in the first half is what solidified the lowered expectations for me for this team.