David Beard
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NEW via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: As Christmas approaches, clergy, churches and other religious organizations are wrestling with how to mark one of the most important Christian holidays while also serving an immigrant population in crisis. religionnews.com/2025/12/24/w...
Churches deliver Christmas to immigrants detained, deported and in hiding
(RNS) — Clergy, churches and other religious organizations wrestle with how to mark one of the most important Christian holidays while also serving an immigrant population in crisis.
religionnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NEW via me and @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social: As Christmas approaches, clergy, churches and other religious organizations are wrestling with how to mark one of the most important Christian holidays while also serving an immigrant population in crisis. religionnews.com/2025/12/24/w...
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The estate of the late billionaire Robert Brockman has reached an agreement to pay $750 million in back taxes and penalties.
Billionaire’s Heirs to Pay $750 Million in Biggest-Ever U.S. Tax Fraud Case
The estate of Texas software executive Robert Brockman agreed to settle a case in which IRS had sought $1.4 billion.
on.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The estate of the late billionaire Robert Brockman has reached an agreement to pay $750 million in back taxes and penalties.
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
The millions of people around the world viewing the damning “60 Minutes” episode on torture of migrant detainees prove the desperation of Bari Weiss’ attempts to keep Americans from seizing it.
“Old news,” she claimed.
“Nyet,” the people responded.
What a tragic day for Bari Weiss.
“Old news,” she claimed.
“Nyet,” the people responded.
What a tragic day for Bari Weiss.
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The millions of people around the world viewing the damning “60 Minutes” episode on torture of migrant detainees prove the desperation of Bari Weiss’ attempts to keep Americans from seizing it.
“Old news,” she claimed.
“Nyet,” the people responded.
What a tragic day for Bari Weiss.
“Old news,” she claimed.
“Nyet,” the people responded.
What a tragic day for Bari Weiss.
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The butcher of Syria, escaping the execution millions of his countrymen wanted for him, is living large in Moscow, a luxe guest of the murderous Russian leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The butcher of Syria, escaping the execution millions of his countrymen wanted for him, is living large in Moscow, a luxe guest of the murderous Russian leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
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NEW — Based on the aired ‘60 Minutes’ CECOT segment, several of Bari Weiss’s stated reasons to stop the story are inaccurate.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
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"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
NEW — Based on the aired ‘60 Minutes’ CECOT segment, several of Bari Weiss’s stated reasons to stop the story are inaccurate.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
The butcher of Syria, escaping the execution millions of his countrymen wanted for him, is living large in Moscow, a luxe guest of the murderous Russian leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The butcher of Syria, escaping the execution millions of his countrymen wanted for him, is living large in Moscow, a luxe guest of the murderous Russian leader. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
The Trump DOJ, in its redactions, seems to be treating the convicted sex offender and the worst's most notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein AS A VICTIM.
Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here.
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www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The Trump DOJ, in its redactions, seems to be treating the convicted sex offender and the worst's most notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein AS A VICTIM.
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"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Denis Johnson took his short story elsewhere when @newyorker.com asked him to cut the last line.
That sentence became iconic.
“And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
That sentence became iconic.
“And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
A Writer Who Dazzled on the Page but Lived for the Margins
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Denis Johnson took his short story elsewhere when @newyorker.com asked him to cut the last line.
That sentence became iconic.
“And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
That sentence became iconic.
“And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
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Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
dlvr.it
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
Denis Johnson took his short story elsewhere when @newyorker.com asked him to cut the last line.
That sentence became iconic.
“And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
That sentence became iconic.
“And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
A Writer Who Dazzled on the Page but Lived for the Margins
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Denis Johnson took his short story elsewhere when @newyorker.com asked him to cut the last line.
That sentence became iconic.
“And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
That sentence became iconic.
“And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
He ruined the economy.
He sent in troops against his own people.
On Christmas Day, Romania celebrated the fall of a corrupt, criminal dictator.
With an execution.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trial-...
He sent in troops against his own people.
On Christmas Day, Romania celebrated the fall of a corrupt, criminal dictator.
With an execution.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trial-...
Trial and Execution: The Dramatic Deaths of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu
Twenty years ago on Christmas Day, the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed after a summary trial. And thanks to the marvels of modern technology, anyone can view the p...
www.huffpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
He ruined the economy.
He sent in troops against his own people.
On Christmas Day, Romania celebrated the fall of a corrupt, criminal dictator.
With an execution.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trial-...
He sent in troops against his own people.
On Christmas Day, Romania celebrated the fall of a corrupt, criminal dictator.
With an execution.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trial-...
China planning post-Putin division of Russia. Putin’s legacy will be the loss of Russia’s overseas assets to help rebuild Ukraine after his failed invasion.
Some Chinese media has started a discussion about what to do with Russian territories after Russia collapses. We need a similar discussion in Europe. Who takes what piece of Russia? What is the procedure to remove Russia as a recognized state from the world arena?
“Seven Million Square Kilometers Must Not Be Lost”: Chinese Media Openly Discusses Carving Up…
While Kremlin propaganda feeds Russians fairy tales about “great friendship” and “strategic partnership without limits,” Chinese media…
medium.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
China planning post-Putin division of Russia. Putin’s legacy will be the loss of Russia’s overseas assets to help rebuild Ukraine after his failed invasion.
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This Epstein files document says that Epstein allegedly threatened to burn a young woman’s house down if she revealed that he had stolen and sold personal photographs she had taken of her sisters.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This Epstein files document says that Epstein allegedly threatened to burn a young woman’s house down if she revealed that he had stolen and sold personal photographs she had taken of her sisters.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.
A reporter quoted U.S. officer as saying: "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it."
We would have never known that phrase without Peter Arnett, that @apnews.com reporter on the ground after a disastrous bombing of a South Vietnamese town.. #RIP
apnews.com/article/pete...
We would have never known that phrase without Peter Arnett, that @apnews.com reporter on the ground after a disastrous bombing of a South Vietnamese town.. #RIP
apnews.com/article/pete...
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died.
apnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A reporter quoted U.S. officer as saying: "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it."
We would have never known that phrase without Peter Arnett, that @apnews.com reporter on the ground after a disastrous bombing of a South Vietnamese town.. #RIP
apnews.com/article/pete...
We would have never known that phrase without Peter Arnett, that @apnews.com reporter on the ground after a disastrous bombing of a South Vietnamese town.. #RIP
apnews.com/article/pete...
Are your taxpayer $$$ being spent trying to stop other violent attempts to overthrow a nation like 1/6?
No, it is being spent trying to prosecute the brave people who worked to lock up those criminals.
The criminals are “advisers” to the Justice Dept. www.reuters.com/investigatio... @reuters.com
No, it is being spent trying to prosecute the brave people who worked to lock up those criminals.
The criminals are “advisers” to the Justice Dept. www.reuters.com/investigatio... @reuters.com
They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them.
After Trump’s mass pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters, some have gained influence inside the Justice Department. The January 6 prosecutors describe mounting threats, harassment and fear of lasting da...
www.reuters.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Are your taxpayer $$$ being spent trying to stop other violent attempts to overthrow a nation like 1/6?
No, it is being spent trying to prosecute the brave people who worked to lock up those criminals.
The criminals are “advisers” to the Justice Dept. www.reuters.com/investigatio... @reuters.com
No, it is being spent trying to prosecute the brave people who worked to lock up those criminals.
The criminals are “advisers” to the Justice Dept. www.reuters.com/investigatio... @reuters.com
Remember, Trump would never have been rich without government handouts. His daddy saved his struggling company by gretting U.S. FHA grants.
Handouts for me, but not for thee.
prospect.org/2017/04/07/t...
Handouts for me, but not for thee.
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Trump’s Housing Hypocrisy - The American Prospect
The president owes his wealth to government-subsidized housing, but his new budget slashes housing aid for the poor.
prospect.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Remember, Trump would never have been rich without government handouts. His daddy saved his struggling company by gretting U.S. FHA grants.
Handouts for me, but not for thee.
prospect.org/2017/04/07/t...
Handouts for me, but not for thee.
prospect.org/2017/04/07/t...
Principal in $11 billion crypto fraud quietly moved out of prison. www.businessinsider.com/caroline-ell...
FTX insider Caroline Ellison has been quietly moved out of prison
Former cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison was transferred from a Connecticut prison to community confinement after serving 11 months.
www.businessinsider.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Principal in $11 billion crypto fraud quietly moved out of prison. www.businessinsider.com/caroline-ell...
After the Brown shooting, New Englanders are living with a killer at large. They've been there before. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/n...
Living with a killer at large - The Boston Globe
In Boston, we have been through this before.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After the Brown shooting, New Englanders are living with a killer at large. They've been there before. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/n...
The Coast Guard celebrated Hanukkah by officially deciding the swastika is not a hate symbol.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans risked their lives in WWII to defeat the Nazi swastika.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hundreds of thousands of Americans risked their lives in WWII to defeat the Nazi swastika.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Coast Guard celebrated Hanukkah by officially deciding the swastika is not a hate symbol.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans risked their lives in WWII to defeat the Nazi swastika.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hundreds of thousands of Americans risked their lives in WWII to defeat the Nazi swastika.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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@ama-assn.org: “Decades of scientific evidence shows that the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is essential to protecting all newborns. Rolling back this recommendation creates confusion and doubt about vaccines…and will undoubtedly result in completely preventable illness and death.”
AMA statement on CDC’s hepatitis B birth dose decision
Roll back fuels vaccine confusion and doubt, reverses progress against preventable deaths.
www.ama-assn.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
@ama-assn.org: “Decades of scientific evidence shows that the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is essential to protecting all newborns. Rolling back this recommendation creates confusion and doubt about vaccines…and will undoubtedly result in completely preventable illness and death.”