Shelley Powers
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You know what actually makes women happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage, and not have a miscarriage kill us.
Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.
Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.
Debating Away Our Humanity
CBS News wants to know if "feminism failed women." Here's what they're really asking.
jessica.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
You know what actually makes women happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage, and not have a miscarriage kill us.
Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.
Participating in these "debates" is agreeing that our rights are not important.
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We don't have a government. We have a bunch of guys who heard things on social media.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We don't have a government. We have a bunch of guys who heard things on social media.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
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Trump granted clemency to the biggest Medicare fraudster in history. Well, the guy was just re-arrested and charged with domestic violence. Here, via @motherjones.com, is the wild, sordid tale of how Phil Esformes made a fortune screwing taxpayers and nursing home residents.
Donald Trump freed a convicted Medicare fraudster. The Justice Department wants him back.
The cautionary tale of nursing home mogul Philip Esformes.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Trump granted clemency to the biggest Medicare fraudster in history. Well, the guy was just re-arrested and charged with domestic violence. Here, via @motherjones.com, is the wild, sordid tale of how Phil Esformes made a fortune screwing taxpayers and nursing home residents.
She contributed so much while her cousin thrives on harming people, including her and her husband. Life is not fair.
A sad event.
#giftarticle
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
A sad event.
#giftarticle
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
She contributed so much while her cousin thrives on harming people, including her and her husband. Life is not fair.
A sad event.
#giftarticle
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
A sad event.
#giftarticle
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
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2025 isn’t quite over yet, so you still have time if you hope to win the Absolutely Most Absurd Editorial of the Year.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
2025 isn’t quite over yet, so you still have time if you hope to win the Absolutely Most Absurd Editorial of the Year.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
But you’ll have to beat this banger, and good luck with that.
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Here's this very same guy back in early April, nearly 9 months ago, talking about how Trump's tariffs were going to revitalize the Rust Belt.
www.foxnews.com/video/637113...
www.foxnews.com/video/637113...
December 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Here's this very same guy back in early April, nearly 9 months ago, talking about how Trump's tariffs were going to revitalize the Rust Belt.
www.foxnews.com/video/637113...
www.foxnews.com/video/637113...
We have concepts of an idea...
GOP Rep. Sheri Biggs on healthcare: "We have been working really hard to make sure that we've got a good plan, and I think you're gonna see, I think you're gonna see a change for sure, and the Americans are gonna be happy with the outcome."
December 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We have concepts of an idea...
He's appearing with Israel's leader and nammering on about that stupid building?
Trump on the ballroom: "It's bigger than I told you. It's, you know -- after realizing we're gonna do the inauguration in that building, it's got all bulletproof glass, it's got all drone, they call it drone-free roof. It's dronessss -- won't touch it. It's a big beautiful safe building."
December 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
He's appearing with Israel's leader and nammering on about that stupid building?
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The “duty of the artist,” cartoon artist, Ann Telnaes rightfully stated, “is not to perform for everyone on command. It is “to take a stand through their art.”
www.publicnotice.co/p/chuck-redd...
Important read by @nberlat.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's latest PN.
www.publicnotice.co/p/chuck-redd...
Important read by @nberlat.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's latest PN.
The regime wants to turn artists into performing monkeys
But freedom of speech includes freedom to not praise the king.
www.publicnotice.co
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The “duty of the artist,” cartoon artist, Ann Telnaes rightfully stated, “is not to perform for everyone on command. It is “to take a stand through their art.”
www.publicnotice.co/p/chuck-redd...
Important read by @nberlat.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's latest PN.
www.publicnotice.co/p/chuck-redd...
Important read by @nberlat.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's latest PN.
Imma let this sentence linger...
'The Kremlin’s latest bellicose threat appeared to be part of a KGB-style informational campaign directed at Russians and an impressionable White House.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
'The Kremlin’s latest bellicose threat appeared to be part of a KGB-style informational campaign directed at Russians and an impressionable White House.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks with ‘typical Russian lies’
Russia’s claim it foiled drone attack on Putin residence shows ‘they do not want to finish this war’, Ukrainian president says
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Imma let this sentence linger...
'The Kremlin’s latest bellicose threat appeared to be part of a KGB-style informational campaign directed at Russians and an impressionable White House.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
'The Kremlin’s latest bellicose threat appeared to be part of a KGB-style informational campaign directed at Russians and an impressionable White House.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
I actually don't believe this. There's not a chance in hell a paranoid Putin would let any country have his nuclear weapons.
All Putin understands is what works for the neighborhood bully will work for him.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
All Putin understands is what works for the neighborhood bully will work for him.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Ukraine war live: Russia says it has moved its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles into Belarus
Move could feasibly allow Russian missiles to reach European targets faster from Belarus, its neighbouring ally that also shares a border with Nato countries Poland, Lithuania and Latvia
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I actually don't believe this. There's not a chance in hell a paranoid Putin would let any country have his nuclear weapons.
All Putin understands is what works for the neighborhood bully will work for him.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
All Putin understands is what works for the neighborhood bully will work for him.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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I don't know how you can put your name to a plainly wrong statement like "unlawfully present people don't have access to courts" as a constitutional law professor unless you don't know what you're talking about or have a reckless disregard for the truth. It is inexplicable to me.
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I don't know how you can put your name to a plainly wrong statement like "unlawfully present people don't have access to courts" as a constitutional law professor unless you don't know what you're talking about or have a reckless disregard for the truth. It is inexplicable to me.
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Vaccine Injury Advisors' Meeting May Portend a Contentious 2026: presentations described the program in depth, commenters talked about potential changes. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi... via @medpagetoday.com
Vaccine Injury Advisors' Meeting May Portend a Contentious 2026
Attempts to add autism to VICP's injury table could upend the program, vaccine advocates warn
www.medpagetoday.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Vaccine Injury Advisors' Meeting May Portend a Contentious 2026: presentations described the program in depth, commenters talked about potential changes. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi... via @medpagetoday.com
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So much coming out of the courts impacts on our daily lives, but the media only skims the surface. We need the deep divers like Chris.
So much coming out of the courts impacts on our daily lives, but the media only skims the surface. We need the deep divers like Chris.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'm a subscriber, have been for a year or two. Or more. Can't remember when I started.
So much coming out of the courts impacts on our daily lives, but the media only skims the surface. We need the deep divers like Chris.
So much coming out of the courts impacts on our daily lives, but the media only skims the surface. We need the deep divers like Chris.
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NEW: Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative.
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
www.lawdork.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
NEW: Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative.
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Putin lies and Trump will eat it up. Why Zelenskyy even tries with Trump is a mystery now.
December 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Putin lies and Trump will eat it up. Why Zelenskyy even tries with Trump is a mystery now.
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Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
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CNN confirms the Venezuela strike, and says it was conducted by the CIA, not the Pentagon.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CNN confirms the Venezuela strike, and says it was conducted by the CIA, not the Pentagon.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website theonion.com/doj-removes-all-mentions-of-justice-from-website/
December 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website theonion.com/doj-removes-all-mentions-of-justice-from-website/
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After Texas banned abortion in cases where embryonic cardiac activity could be detected, Texas saw a 12.9% increase in infant deaths, compared with 1.8% for the rest of the country.
A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas' abortion laws
In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change.
medicalxpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
After Texas banned abortion in cases where embryonic cardiac activity could be detected, Texas saw a 12.9% increase in infant deaths, compared with 1.8% for the rest of the country.
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So now it's four months, largely because he thinks that shit tax bill they passed will someone stimulate the economy. Big news flash, Andy -- there are only so many billionaires. The rest of us peons will pay our taxes and go bankrupt with health costs so eff off please now.
Rep. Andy Biggs: "I would suspect that probably in about four months you'll see something really dramatic happen and the prices will come down ... things are going better than most people would realize, but Americans feel things."
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So now it's four months, largely because he thinks that shit tax bill they passed will someone stimulate the economy. Big news flash, Andy -- there are only so many billionaires. The rest of us peons will pay our taxes and go bankrupt with health costs so eff off please now.
Instead of using the money for the housing fund, as allocated by Congress, the military is using it to pay the gimmicky $1776 Trump promised
These means people who would get a basic housing allowance are getting less
www.military.com/feature/2025...
These means people who would get a basic housing allowance are getting less
www.military.com/feature/2025...
Pentagon Uses Military Housing Funds for $1,776 “Warrior Dividend”
A one-time $1,776 payment was issued to service members, drawing on existing Pentagon housing funds approved earlier by Congress.
www.military.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Instead of using the money for the housing fund, as allocated by Congress, the military is using it to pay the gimmicky $1776 Trump promised
These means people who would get a basic housing allowance are getting less
www.military.com/feature/2025...
These means people who would get a basic housing allowance are getting less
www.military.com/feature/2025...