"To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

It's always better to know the truth, though the truth about Oliver Sacks' fabrications and misrepresentations is so deeply disappointing.

“Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of the kidnapped Hersh: A chilling plea to the government: 'Stop counting Hersh as someone you rescued, you returned children in bags’”

Ethan Hawke weighs in on the Tarantino/Paul Dano discourse. Credit: hotshots_selftaping

Narges Mohammadi, Nobel laureate and one of Iran's most prominent human rights lawyers, is arrested by Iranian authorities, supporters say. https://t.co/C0ddxcc5Yy

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) appears to have deleted this tweet, which confirmed Heritage Action's claim that Trump threatened to withhold federal funds from Indiana.

Indiana State Sen. Jean Leising, who voted for Trump three times, says, “You wouldn’t change minds by being mean. And the efforts were mean-spirited from the get-go. If you were wanting to change votes, you would probably try to explain why we should be doing this, in a positive

how Trump's pressure in IN backfired, including: Hours later, when she was set to give her grandson a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire team had received text messages about her that day — “and they were all bad.” https://t.co/NWM9L1oHhV

Hersh Goldberg Polin: “There’s a verse for each time they’ve tried to destroy us.” Eden Yerushalmi: “we need to add another verse” The six hostages celebrating Chanukah in captivity before Hamas executed them. 💔

I don’t know how much they’re paying you, but they should quadruple it.

It’s hard to overstate how much this post was unhelpful to the president’s cause among Indiana Republicans in the final hours when some were still persuadable.

Chuck was never seen again,

Notable: Sen. Roger Wicker, Republican chair of Senate Armed Services Committee, tells @tedbarrettcnn it’s not appropriate for the military to try to punish Dem Sen. Mark Kelly participating in the video. Strong indictment of Hegseth’s efforts to discipline Kelly. Asked by CNN

I can’t express enough how much the bullying hurt the redistricting chances in Indiana. There was a point they would have done it. But the pressure campaign backfired, particularly in light of the November election. And this morning’s Heritage Action tweet solidified the

'Terrible decision': GOP Congressman reacts to the Indiana Senate rejecting Trump's redistricting push Watch the video here: https://t.co/biwdad2HT1

The U.S. is facing its second measles surge this year Watch the video here: https://t.co/DIQYhSF7LT

Indiana State Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push https://t.co/iLwrL1Zrfs

The most important and thoughtful paragraph in an important and thoughtful story about Trump’s assault on the free press from the great @dfriedman33 https://t.co/oX6Pd1xDfc

I remember when Heritage cared about federalism, the rule of law, separation of powers, and all that stuff. Now it's all "We love Trump's musk, do what he says (or what Tucker says)."

Nothing about this shakedown is conservative.

Dear Mr. President, You have a 757 private jet with your name on the side of it and a house in Florida that has its own name. You own golf courses and hotels. You may think you're right, but you cannot be the one to tell Americans they only need 2 dolls for their kids.