hey merry Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
hey merry Christmas
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Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"
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Trump's DOJ is trying to overturn D.C.'s ban on assault weapons ... while claiming to be SO concerned about crime in the District that it must flood our streets with National Guard troops.
I think a president worried about D.C. crime would not be trying to arm criminals with especially lethal guns?
I think a president worried about D.C. crime would not be trying to arm criminals with especially lethal guns?
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing D.C. over its ban on semi-automatic (AR-15) weapons.
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trump's DOJ is trying to overturn D.C.'s ban on assault weapons ... while claiming to be SO concerned about crime in the District that it must flood our streets with National Guard troops.
I think a president worried about D.C. crime would not be trying to arm criminals with especially lethal guns?
I think a president worried about D.C. crime would not be trying to arm criminals with especially lethal guns?
I wonder if it was worth it www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I wonder if it was worth it www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
"Six of the pardoned January 6th insurrectionists are charged with committing child sex crimes, ranging from sexual assault to possession of child pornography."
NEW: We've tracked at least 33 pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since the attack on the capitol. Four of them allegedly reoffended after Trump's pardon.
At least 33 pardoned insurrectionists face other criminal charges—but many are now going free - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
At least 33 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by Trump have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Six of the pardoned January 6th insurrectionists are charged with committing child sex crimes, ranging from sexual assault to possession of child pornography."
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BREAKING: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied DOGE's effort to prevent turning over much needed—and long overdue—information to CREW on its structure and operations.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
DC Circuit unanimously denies DOGE effort to block discovery in CREW FOIA lawsuit - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously denied DOGE's latest attempt to prevent discovery in CREW's lawsuit.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
BREAKING: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied DOGE's effort to prevent turning over much needed—and long overdue—information to CREW on its structure and operations.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is so beautiful. I love gay people. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
One Throuple Had Three Separate Design Tastes. How Did They Manage a Renovation?
After buying a ‘plain vanilla’ box, a Chicago trio brought in an interior designer who blended their aesthetics and added elements like a moody den for socializing and a three-person bed.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is so beautiful. I love gay people. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
A bunch of people Trump pardoned for January 6th are going on to commit new crimes.
NEW: We've tracked at least 33 pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since the attack on the capitol. Four of them allegedly reoffended after Trump's pardon.
At least 33 pardoned insurrectionists face other criminal charges—but many are now going free - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
At least 33 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by Trump have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A bunch of people Trump pardoned for January 6th are going on to commit new crimes.
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Finally, a platform to debate the least suppressed ideas in American life
Americans are tired of what coastal elites have been shoving down their throats, so I think elevating fresh voices like the vice president, the head of one of the most valuable companies on the planet, a Times columnist, and a Jeffrey Epstein associate who teaches at Harvard is a risk worth taking.
Bari Weiss’ Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism
The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the 'Things That Matter' series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Finally, a platform to debate the least suppressed ideas in American life
Really good story on the people defrauded by a private equity executive Trump recently let out of prison. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Really good story on the people defrauded by a private equity executive Trump recently let out of prison. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Let's make this very clear and simple: The Constitution bars anyone from being elected to the White House more than twice.
No wishful thinking or book by the president's former defense counsel changes that.
No wishful thinking or book by the president's former defense counsel changes that.
Exclusive | Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear
Trump’s former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question.
www.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Let's make this very clear and simple: The Constitution bars anyone from being elected to the White House more than twice.
No wishful thinking or book by the president's former defense counsel changes that.
No wishful thinking or book by the president's former defense counsel changes that.
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NEW: We just filed a lawsuit, on behalf of a coalition of nonprofits, asking the court to prevent the Trump administration from unlawfully defunding the work of the CIGIE.
Without inspectors general, waste, fraud and abuse goes unchecked.
Without inspectors general, waste, fraud and abuse goes unchecked.
Lawsuit filed to protect crucial watchdogs from Trump-Vance administration assault - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A coalition of nonprofit organizations are uniting to defend the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) from a Trump-Vance administration attempt to defund it.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEW: We just filed a lawsuit, on behalf of a coalition of nonprofits, asking the court to prevent the Trump administration from unlawfully defunding the work of the CIGIE.
Without inspectors general, waste, fraud and abuse goes unchecked.
Without inspectors general, waste, fraud and abuse goes unchecked.
Andy Garcia in Ocean's 11:
"I have not lost control of the House"
- Speaker Mike Johnson, in a press gaggle off the House floor a few minutes ago
- Speaker Mike Johnson, in a press gaggle off the House floor a few minutes ago
FOUR REPUBLICANS just signed the House Democratic discharge petition to force a House vote on the Hakeem Jeffries bill to extend health care tax credits for 3 years: Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Mike Lawler (NY), Rob Bresnahan (PA), and Ryan Mackenzie (PA). Gives it the required 218 signatures. Huge news
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Andy Garcia in Ocean's 11:
what is going on with people these days
A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores is arrested.
Woman charged after Mississippi Walmart shoppers say they found razor blades in loaves of bread
Camille Benson, 33, has been charged with attempted mayhem. Her bond is set at $100,000.
nbcnews.to
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
what is going on with people these days
I was at a milestone party recently and two of the age 50+ people who made toasts said "I asked ChatGPT" to start their remarks.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I was at a milestone party recently and two of the age 50+ people who made toasts said "I asked ChatGPT" to start their remarks.
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Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power, weaken long-standing rights and protections, and entrench inequality. It’s crucial that lawyers push back.
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power, weaken long-standing rights and protections, and entrench inequality. It’s crucial that lawyers push back.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
The caption on this absolutely cursed TikTok reads “George Santos + Anna Delvey + Martin Shkreli + thong song has to be a political first.”
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The caption on this absolutely cursed TikTok reads “George Santos + Anna Delvey + Martin Shkreli + thong song has to be a political first.”
what is the point of these
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
what is the point of these
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What a lede on this story: Man who complained about narrowing a road in order to protect pedestrians, so much that the city eventually reversed the change, then kills a woman on that very road with his car www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What a lede on this story: Man who complained about narrowing a road in order to protect pedestrians, so much that the city eventually reversed the change, then kills a woman on that very road with his car www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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New: A CBP agent in Charlotte wore Meta Ray Bans to an immigration raid and used it to record, based on photos shared with 404 Media. We've seen them wearing these glasses before but this is the first specific evidence we have of them recording
www.404media.co/border-patro...
www.404media.co/border-patro...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New: A CBP agent in Charlotte wore Meta Ray Bans to an immigration raid and used it to record, based on photos shared with 404 Media. We've seen them wearing these glasses before but this is the first specific evidence we have of them recording
www.404media.co/border-patro...
www.404media.co/border-patro...
There were over 9,300 comments submitted and they were overwhelmingly opposed to the administration's unlawful actions.
NEW: DHS received thousands of comments about the Trump administrations's expanded citizenship database.
The message from officials, state agencies, organizations and individuals was clear: these changes are unlawful, a threat to privacy and voting rights and must be rejected.
The message from officials, state agencies, organizations and individuals was clear: these changes are unlawful, a threat to privacy and voting rights and must be rejected.
Americans overwhelmingly reject Trump-Vance administration’s illegal national citizenship database - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Elected officials, state agencies, privacy experts, state and national organizations and thousands of Americans across the country oppose the government’s dramatic expansion of the SAVE system.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
There were over 9,300 comments submitted and they were overwhelmingly opposed to the administration's unlawful actions.
Thousands of elected officials, organizations, individuals, and state and local agencies just sent a clear message to the Trump administration--leave our personal data alone. My write-up of the recent DHS public comment period: www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
Americans overwhelmingly reject Trump-Vance administration’s illegal national citizenship database - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Elected officials, state agencies, privacy experts, state and national organizations and thousands of Americans across the country oppose the government’s dramatic expansion of the SAVE system.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thousands of elected officials, organizations, individuals, and state and local agencies just sent a clear message to the Trump administration--leave our personal data alone. My write-up of the recent DHS public comment period: www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
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Here's Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) raging about Missouri's elections being "decided in California" in response to an article about Missourians protesting a gerrymandering petition in California -- except the article is about the town of California in Missouri.
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here's Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) raging about Missouri's elections being "decided in California" in response to an article about Missourians protesting a gerrymandering petition in California -- except the article is about the town of California in Missouri.