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Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Nancy Mace wasn’t “targeted” at the Charleston airport — an internal investigation says she caused the whole spectacle by screaming at unpaid TSA workers and calling cops “fucking idiots.”

Classy.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Nancy Mace's 'very nasty' conduct revealed in police report
An internal investigation by the Charleston Airport Police Department found that Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is at fault for her tirade against law enforcement officers and ...
www.dailykos.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Republicans’ health care problem #1: They have no idea what to do about health care

Republicans’ health care problem #2: They’re about to be blamed for massive price increases

Republicans’ health care problem #3: The ACA keeps becoming more popular, despite GOP smears
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ACA’s popularity reaches new heights as Republicans struggle with health care policy
GOP officials keep insisting that the Affordable Care Act is a disaster. The American mainstream clearly disagrees.
www.ms.now
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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🧊✈️ EVERGLADES‼️

⚠️ GlobalX jet (tail: N570TA) is arriving to load human cargo at the Everglades Concentration Camp 🐊
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Colorado became the first state to mandate polling places inside all county jails—and turnout among voters who were detained in jails skyrocketed.

It grew by roughly 900% between 2022 and 2024.
Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups
Local officials had claimed they were already giving detained people ballot access, but the first-in-the-nation mandate forced their hands and increased turnout across the state.
boltsmag.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Trump to holiday shoppers concerned about high prices:

"Look, don't be dramatic."
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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In Snohomish, WA river levels will be the highest in at least the last 75 years.

We are in a climate emergency.
The Snohomish River at Snohomish, WA is forecast to set a new record height of 35.30 ft on Friday. The gauge has been in service since 1949!
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@mets.com morale stinks. Who would want to be a met with a right fielder who is average and that paycheck anchor. It’s demoralizing for the rest of the team. Soto is not fun to be around.
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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ICE is zip-tying kids and going after your hardworking friends and neighbors – not violent criminals. Just look at the data.
Most Immigrants Arrested in City Crackdowns Have No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Monday that it was going to roll October's employment data into the November, scheduled to be published in January.

"If the jobs report or the GDP report or the inflation report were good, the Trump Administration would have released them"

Ted Lieu
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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This is the post I was going to write about Larry Ellison (and Jared Kushner's foreign influence peddling).

Only written better.
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game

Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.

It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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They want to repeat lies to make them true in people's minds. Every time you hear these lies, remind people that Biden left Donald Trump an economy that The Economist called envy of the world. ZERO% chance of a recession. Donald's regime has dragged it down into a stagflation.
Karoline Leavitt lies with impunity on Fox & Friends: "Don't forget -- a year ago, President Trump inherited the worst inflation crisis in modern American history from the Biden administration."
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments right now in a case engineered by the GOP to strike down a longstanding campaign finance law that prevents megadonors from bribing politicians for favors by laundering the money through political parties.

Guess how it'll go. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Revive a Key Feature of Nixon-Era Corruption
The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday in NRSC v. FEC, a case cooked up by the GOP itself.
slate.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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BREAKING: Judge grants DOJ's motion to unseal Maxwell docs. @lawofruby.bsky.social reports.
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Release the Mueller report, release the Jack Smith report, release the call, release the taxes, release the Epstein files, release the second strike. Obviously that ain't working we need to call for LEAKING. Perhaps a legal fund for leakers? Nothing is getting released
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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BREAKING: A federal judge said the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says
A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Judge Grants Request to Unseal Grand Jury Records in Maxwell Case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/n...
Judge Grants Request to Unseal Grand Jury Records in Maxwell Case
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Giving farmers a government handout is unadulterated socialism -- you know, that thing that so many of them railed against. Trump and MAGA hate socialism...unless it serves their personal interests.
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
How Chiropractors Became the Backbone of MAHA
Why they love Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and he loves them.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM