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Trying to add sanity back into the world that has lost its grip with reality
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Without accountability, lawlessness is rewarded by granting the offenders their successful erosion of the democratic foundation and, in fact, only encourages the next attempt to gain further ground.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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People are constantly asking me — what can I do?

As we head into a critical midterm year, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-lVRQQGtI
Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Julie K. Brown (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social) suggested Trump's pedophile friends are leaning on him to not release any Epstein files that might implicate them.

"For him to say, 'my friends will get hurt' if abusers are named felt pretty telling," Tim Miller replied.
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
MAGA donors may be pressuring Trump to bury their names out of Epstein files: reporter
A prominent reporter in the Jeffrey Epstein case floated a startling possibility on Tuesday that powerful donors could be leaning on President Donald Trump to quash any damning information from being ...
www.rawstory.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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This bill passed unanimously. Let's see if they override his veto. Bet they won't.
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Clearview AI compiled a massive biometric database that contained billions of images they'd scraped off the internet and social media without the knowledge of the platforms or users. It analyzed these images, creating a “faceprint” for every individual.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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The Chinese government will ban cars with retractable door handles, popularized by Tesla, starting on January 1st 2027.

A recent Bloomberg article has linked these handles to at least 15 deaths in incidents involving Teslas. People dying due to his bad decisions is familiar territory for Elon Musk.
Tesla-style retractable door handles will be banned in China
U.S. regulators are looking into Tesla's door handles too.
mashable.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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GOP Congressman Don Bacon:

“I hope the president sees he's going down as a Chamberlain, not as a Churchill”
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Secret DOJ memo says Tom Homan was a bribe-sting target. Released emails suggest DOJ misled a federal judge. Trump admin claims that the Fed is “broke”...all this and more on The Intersection with Michael Popok LIVE at 8 pm ET! Tune in below!
LIVE: Popok Gives URGENT UPDATE on Breaking Legal news | 12/30/2025
The existence of a secret internal DOJ memo about Tom Homan being the target of a bribe sting operation surfaces. Old emails between the DOJ in DC and local prosecutors are revealed today, which sugg...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Phillip: Shouldn't he have to provide actual evidence of fraud before just walking up to a building and saying fraud is happening here?
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Market concentration → Less competition → Higher prices for consumers → Corporate profits at 70-year high → Record stock buybacks → Higher shareholder value → More power for corporations and the rich.

How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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It’s incredibly disturbing that Judge Aileen Cannon…is still a judge. That conversation doesn’t come up enough.
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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This is the guy who said that possibility of 1.5M of schoolkids dying from COVID was appetizing.
Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
December 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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“A largely ineffectual figurehead.”
December 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Breaking:

Emails just released by a federal judge show that Justice Department leaders pushed to charge Kilmar Abrego Garcia — raising serious questions about whether Department officials had misled a judge in telling him that local prosecutors had acted alone in charging Abrego.
Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Blame them
December 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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There is no foolproof protection for anyone, Americans included, from ICE’s rabid tactics.
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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I thought the slogan for RFK Jr’s movement was Make America Healthy Again?
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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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.
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.
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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This WSJ article adds some fascinating context to the NYT article that has the mother of a 14 year old model brought to Mar-a-Lago for a party having Maples come up to her and saying keep those girls away from these men and my husband. Maples denies she said it.
December 31, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Pretty sad times we live in when it’s news that the government has agreed to follow a court order.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — US government says ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands.
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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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.
December 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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This is all being done in order to racially demonize 80,000 people in a state with a population of 6 million.
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.
December 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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🚨BREAKING: A new court filing suggests the Department of Justice (DOJ) may have pressed criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in retaliation for a court victory that ultimately brought him back to the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
'It’s A Top Priority’: Unsealed Order Suggests DOJ Retaliated Against Abrego Garcia for Court Victory
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM