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December 30/31, 2025
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
The hallmark of the 1st year of President Donald J. Trump’s second term has been the attempt of the president and his cronies to dismantle the constitutional system set up by the framers of that document when they established the United States of America.
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
The hallmark of the 1st year of President Donald J. Trump’s second term has been the attempt of the president and his cronies to dismantle the constitutional system set up by the framers of that document when they established the United States of America.
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
December 30/31, 2025
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
The hallmark of the 1st year of President Donald J. Trump’s second term has been the attempt of the president and his cronies to dismantle the constitutional system set up by the framers of that document when they established the United States of America.
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
The hallmark of the 1st year of President Donald J. Trump’s second term has been the attempt of the president and his cronies to dismantle the constitutional system set up by the framers of that document when they established the United States of America.
Suketu Mehta in The Unpopulist:
Trump is exactly what the Founders were thinking of when they warned against a monarch. But the current Supreme Court seems to think they were wrong. Never before in American history has the president been granted so much power, including advanced immunity
Trump is exactly what the Founders were thinking of when they warned against a monarch. But the current Supreme Court seems to think they were wrong. Never before in American history has the president been granted so much power, including advanced immunity
December 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Suketu Mehta in The Unpopulist:
Trump is exactly what the Founders were thinking of when they warned against a monarch. But the current Supreme Court seems to think they were wrong. Never before in American history has the president been granted so much power, including advanced immunity
Trump is exactly what the Founders were thinking of when they warned against a monarch. But the current Supreme Court seems to think they were wrong. Never before in American history has the president been granted so much power, including advanced immunity
Excerpt from 12/27 Heathers Cox Richardson post:
If his presidency gives Trump legal protection & the ability to grift, what Trump’s right-wing supporters get … is the promise of overturning traditional American values in favor of imposing white Christian nationalism on the rest of the country.
If his presidency gives Trump legal protection & the ability to grift, what Trump’s right-wing supporters get … is the promise of overturning traditional American values in favor of imposing white Christian nationalism on the rest of the country.
December 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Excerpt from 12/27 Heathers Cox Richardson post:
If his presidency gives Trump legal protection & the ability to grift, what Trump’s right-wing supporters get … is the promise of overturning traditional American values in favor of imposing white Christian nationalism on the rest of the country.
If his presidency gives Trump legal protection & the ability to grift, what Trump’s right-wing supporters get … is the promise of overturning traditional American values in favor of imposing white Christian nationalism on the rest of the country.
Search Overview:
“…according to data from Macrotrends and Statista, here’s a snapshot of U.S. GDP for recent years:
2020: ~$21.35 Trillion (a dip from 2019)
2021: ~$23.68 Trillion (strong rebound)
2022: ~$26.01 Trillion (continued growth)
“…according to data from Macrotrends and Statista, here’s a snapshot of U.S. GDP for recent years:
2020: ~$21.35 Trillion (a dip from 2019)
2021: ~$23.68 Trillion (strong rebound)
2022: ~$26.01 Trillion (continued growth)
December 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Search Overview:
“…according to data from Macrotrends and Statista, here’s a snapshot of U.S. GDP for recent years:
2020: ~$21.35 Trillion (a dip from 2019)
2021: ~$23.68 Trillion (strong rebound)
2022: ~$26.01 Trillion (continued growth)
“…according to data from Macrotrends and Statista, here’s a snapshot of U.S. GDP for recent years:
2020: ~$21.35 Trillion (a dip from 2019)
2021: ~$23.68 Trillion (strong rebound)
2022: ~$26.01 Trillion (continued growth)
Yoshua Bengio in Time Magazine:
“…studies highlight instances of deceptive … behaviors emerging in advanced [AI] models, suggesting that AI may be developing strategies that conflict with human intent or oversight. Many leading experts warned that AIs could go rogue & escape human control.”
“…studies highlight instances of deceptive … behaviors emerging in advanced [AI] models, suggesting that AI may be developing strategies that conflict with human intent or oversight. Many leading experts warned that AIs could go rogue & escape human control.”
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Yoshua Bengio in Time Magazine:
“…studies highlight instances of deceptive … behaviors emerging in advanced [AI] models, suggesting that AI may be developing strategies that conflict with human intent or oversight. Many leading experts warned that AIs could go rogue & escape human control.”
“…studies highlight instances of deceptive … behaviors emerging in advanced [AI] models, suggesting that AI may be developing strategies that conflict with human intent or oversight. Many leading experts warned that AIs could go rogue & escape human control.”
Paul Krugman in conversation with Heather Cox Richardson:
“The Biden years was actually a very good period for low wage paid workers.”
Will political commentators either refute Krugman’s assessment or stop saying that things were terrible while Biden attempted to deny this?
“The Biden years was actually a very good period for low wage paid workers.”
Will political commentators either refute Krugman’s assessment or stop saying that things were terrible while Biden attempted to deny this?
December 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Paul Krugman in conversation with Heather Cox Richardson:
“The Biden years was actually a very good period for low wage paid workers.”
Will political commentators either refute Krugman’s assessment or stop saying that things were terrible while Biden attempted to deny this?
“The Biden years was actually a very good period for low wage paid workers.”
Will political commentators either refute Krugman’s assessment or stop saying that things were terrible while Biden attempted to deny this?
Some liberal commentators continue to comment on the great disorder present in immigration under Joe Biden, without saying a word about the very substantial decrease in immigration during his last year in office and the fact that a bipartisan immigration bill likely to be enacted was killed by DT.
December 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Some liberal commentators continue to comment on the great disorder present in immigration under Joe Biden, without saying a word about the very substantial decrease in immigration during his last year in office and the fact that a bipartisan immigration bill likely to be enacted was killed by DT.
AI Overview on Texas voucher program and certain Muslim school:
A prominent Texas politician is currently attempting to have certain Islamic schools barred from the state's new school voucher program...specifically targeting schools based on their alleged connections to a Muslim advocacy group
A prominent Texas politician is currently attempting to have certain Islamic schools barred from the state's new school voucher program...specifically targeting schools based on their alleged connections to a Muslim advocacy group
December 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
AI Overview on Texas voucher program and certain Muslim school:
A prominent Texas politician is currently attempting to have certain Islamic schools barred from the state's new school voucher program...specifically targeting schools based on their alleged connections to a Muslim advocacy group
A prominent Texas politician is currently attempting to have certain Islamic schools barred from the state's new school voucher program...specifically targeting schools based on their alleged connections to a Muslim advocacy group
AI Overview:
“…the modern slang term ’woke‘ -- alert to racial & social injustice —has roots in African American Vernacular English but draws conceptually from biblical calls for wakefulness, watchfulness, and awareness of spiritual or societal truths.“
“…the modern slang term ’woke‘ -- alert to racial & social injustice —has roots in African American Vernacular English but draws conceptually from biblical calls for wakefulness, watchfulness, and awareness of spiritual or societal truths.“
December 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
AI Overview:
“…the modern slang term ’woke‘ -- alert to racial & social injustice —has roots in African American Vernacular English but draws conceptually from biblical calls for wakefulness, watchfulness, and awareness of spiritual or societal truths.“
“…the modern slang term ’woke‘ -- alert to racial & social injustice —has roots in African American Vernacular English but draws conceptually from biblical calls for wakefulness, watchfulness, and awareness of spiritual or societal truths.“
From Time Magazine:
AI data centers are relying heavily on fossil fuels and stand to add millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. [And there is also massive water usage for cooling that will pose serious problems.]
AI data centers are relying heavily on fossil fuels and stand to add millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. [And there is also massive water usage for cooling that will pose serious problems.]
December 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
From Time Magazine:
AI data centers are relying heavily on fossil fuels and stand to add millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. [And there is also massive water usage for cooling that will pose serious problems.]
AI data centers are relying heavily on fossil fuels and stand to add millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. [And there is also massive water usage for cooling that will pose serious problems.]
From Time Magazine:
Big Tech lobbyists are calling upon Congress to pass AI-friendly rules, while industry backers say they plan to spend hundreds of millions against proregulation candidates in the coming midterms….
The Administration has worked … to slash regulations [on] … data centers….
Big Tech lobbyists are calling upon Congress to pass AI-friendly rules, while industry backers say they plan to spend hundreds of millions against proregulation candidates in the coming midterms….
The Administration has worked … to slash regulations [on] … data centers….
December 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
From Time Magazine:
Big Tech lobbyists are calling upon Congress to pass AI-friendly rules, while industry backers say they plan to spend hundreds of millions against proregulation candidates in the coming midterms….
The Administration has worked … to slash regulations [on] … data centers….
Big Tech lobbyists are calling upon Congress to pass AI-friendly rules, while industry backers say they plan to spend hundreds of millions against proregulation candidates in the coming midterms….
The Administration has worked … to slash regulations [on] … data centers….
Eric Schmidt in Time Magazine:
The greatest risk America faces is winning the AI frontier & still losing the AI era.
Building the most powerful systems matters little if other nations deploy them more effectively.
The greatest risk America faces is winning the AI frontier & still losing the AI era.
Building the most powerful systems matters little if other nations deploy them more effectively.
December 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Eric Schmidt in Time Magazine:
The greatest risk America faces is winning the AI frontier & still losing the AI era.
Building the most powerful systems matters little if other nations deploy them more effectively.
The greatest risk America faces is winning the AI frontier & still losing the AI era.
Building the most powerful systems matters little if other nations deploy them more effectively.
From history and social sciences it appears that socially cohesive groups have existed & can exist without significantly demonizing those outside the group & regarding them as enemies, although demonizing does frequently occur. Groups/societies can flourish without demonizing the other.
December 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
From history and social sciences it appears that socially cohesive groups have existed & can exist without significantly demonizing those outside the group & regarding them as enemies, although demonizing does frequently occur. Groups/societies can flourish without demonizing the other.
Washington Post:
“ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses//
Rather than shuttling detainees around the country to wherever detention space is available, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement aims to speed up deportations by establishing a deliberate feeder system….”.
“ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses//
Rather than shuttling detainees around the country to wherever detention space is available, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement aims to speed up deportations by establishing a deliberate feeder system….”.
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Washington Post:
“ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses//
Rather than shuttling detainees around the country to wherever detention space is available, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement aims to speed up deportations by establishing a deliberate feeder system….”.
“ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses//
Rather than shuttling detainees around the country to wherever detention space is available, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement aims to speed up deportations by establishing a deliberate feeder system….”.
AI Overview on the Relationship Between Malignant Narcissism and Sadism:
Malignant narcissism and sadism are closely linked, with sadism often seen as a core component of malignant narcissism,
Malignant narcissism and sadism are closely linked, with sadism often seen as a core component of malignant narcissism,
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
AI Overview on the Relationship Between Malignant Narcissism and Sadism:
Malignant narcissism and sadism are closely linked, with sadism often seen as a core component of malignant narcissism,
Malignant narcissism and sadism are closely linked, with sadism often seen as a core component of malignant narcissism,
Washington Post:
Internal discussions reveal how the agency [ICE] has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for arrest videos.
Internal discussions reveal how the agency [ICE] has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for arrest videos.
December 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Washington Post:
Internal discussions reveal how the agency [ICE] has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for arrest videos.
Internal discussions reveal how the agency [ICE] has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for arrest videos.
Daniel Byman, Gaza’s New Normal,
Foreign Affairs, 12/23/25:
“… something like the current situation may represent Gaza’s future: limited but persistent violence and mini crises rather than progress toward development, peace, and greater stability.”
Foreign Affairs, 12/23/25:
“… something like the current situation may represent Gaza’s future: limited but persistent violence and mini crises rather than progress toward development, peace, and greater stability.”
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Daniel Byman, Gaza’s New Normal,
Foreign Affairs, 12/23/25:
“… something like the current situation may represent Gaza’s future: limited but persistent violence and mini crises rather than progress toward development, peace, and greater stability.”
Foreign Affairs, 12/23/25:
“… something like the current situation may represent Gaza’s future: limited but persistent violence and mini crises rather than progress toward development, peace, and greater stability.”
Lincoln Mitchell:
…while…Democrats may…win on affordability in 2026, to assume both free & fair elections in 2028 & the regime leaving power if they lose is a mistake.
While the economy is a major concern, the biggest problem posed by the Trump regime is fascism, not mishandling of the economy.
…while…Democrats may…win on affordability in 2026, to assume both free & fair elections in 2028 & the regime leaving power if they lose is a mistake.
While the economy is a major concern, the biggest problem posed by the Trump regime is fascism, not mishandling of the economy.
December 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Lincoln Mitchell:
…while…Democrats may…win on affordability in 2026, to assume both free & fair elections in 2028 & the regime leaving power if they lose is a mistake.
While the economy is a major concern, the biggest problem posed by the Trump regime is fascism, not mishandling of the economy.
…while…Democrats may…win on affordability in 2026, to assume both free & fair elections in 2028 & the regime leaving power if they lose is a mistake.
While the economy is a major concern, the biggest problem posed by the Trump regime is fascism, not mishandling of the economy.
Heather CR
Speaking at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D. Vance said, to great applause: “The only thing that has truly served as an anchor of the United States of America is that we have been, and by the grace of God we always will be, a Christian nation.”
Speaking at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D. Vance said, to great applause: “The only thing that has truly served as an anchor of the United States of America is that we have been, and by the grace of God we always will be, a Christian nation.”
December 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Heather CR
Speaking at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D. Vance said, to great applause: “The only thing that has truly served as an anchor of the United States of America is that we have been, and by the grace of God we always will be, a Christian nation.”
Speaking at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D. Vance said, to great applause: “The only thing that has truly served as an anchor of the United States of America is that we have been, and by the grace of God we always will be, a Christian nation.”
The Atlantic, The Truth About Immigration That MAGA Doesn’t Acknowledge
American families rely on immigrants to take care of their children.
By Olga Khazan
DECEMBER 19, 2025, 9:40 AM ET
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[And out of fear, these immigrants are becoming unavailable by the thousands.]
American families rely on immigrants to take care of their children.
By Olga Khazan
DECEMBER 19, 2025, 9:40 AM ET
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[And out of fear, these immigrants are becoming unavailable by the thousands.]
December 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The Atlantic, The Truth About Immigration That MAGA Doesn’t Acknowledge
American families rely on immigrants to take care of their children.
By Olga Khazan
DECEMBER 19, 2025, 9:40 AM ET
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[And out of fear, these immigrants are becoming unavailable by the thousands.]
American families rely on immigrants to take care of their children.
By Olga Khazan
DECEMBER 19, 2025, 9:40 AM ET
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[And out of fear, these immigrants are becoming unavailable by the thousands.]
From Heather:
Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson of the Washington Post reported today on a court filing by lawyers for the government that claims it is legal for the administration to distribute federal money only to Republican-dominated states,
Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson of the Washington Post reported today on a court filing by lawyers for the government that claims it is legal for the administration to distribute federal money only to Republican-dominated states,
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
From Heather:
Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson of the Washington Post reported today on a court filing by lawyers for the government that claims it is legal for the administration to distribute federal money only to Republican-dominated states,
Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson of the Washington Post reported today on a court filing by lawyers for the government that claims it is legal for the administration to distribute federal money only to Republican-dominated states,
An outstanding article not to be missed:
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What Can Reverse Democratic Decline?
Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, and Daniel Ziblatt
Foreign Affairs
January/February 2026
Published on December 11, 2025
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What Can Reverse Democratic Decline?
Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, and Daniel Ziblatt
Foreign Affairs
January/February 2026
Published on December 11, 2025
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
An outstanding article not to be missed:
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What Can Reverse Democratic Decline?
Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, and Daniel Ziblatt
Foreign Affairs
January/February 2026
Published on December 11, 2025
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What Can Reverse Democratic Decline?
Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, and Daniel Ziblatt
Foreign Affairs
January/February 2026
Published on December 11, 2025