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Paramount is in talks to buy Warner Bros. to create a mega-studio, using funds from Trump confidante Larry Ellison and the Saudi government, raising new concerns about the influence of PBS.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Paramount is in talks to buy Warner Bros. to create a mega-studio, using funds from Trump confidante Larry Ellison and the Saudi government, raising new concerns about the influence of PBS.
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If Pete Hegseth was drunk when he ordered the second strike on the Venezuelan sailors, then he cannot be held accountable for their deaths.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If Pete Hegseth was drunk when he ordered the second strike on the Venezuelan sailors, then he cannot be held accountable for their deaths.
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Trump is apparently preparing to wage war against Venezuela without ANY legal or factual predicate
The run-up including the shocking Sept 2 boat strike must be investigated by Congress
I explained on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇
The run-up including the shocking Sept 2 boat strike must be investigated by Congress
I explained on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Trump is apparently preparing to wage war against Venezuela without ANY legal or factual predicate
The run-up including the shocking Sept 2 boat strike must be investigated by Congress
I explained on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇
The run-up including the shocking Sept 2 boat strike must be investigated by Congress
I explained on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She seems nice
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Megyn Kelly is absolutely committed to making everyone regret they ever felt sympathy when Trump went after her.
December 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Megyn Kelly is absolutely committed to making everyone regret they ever felt sympathy when Trump went after her.
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“There is a difference between being surrounded by a religion & having it foisted upon you. The efforts of the Trump administration are the latter, creating uncomfortable & unsafe working conditions for federal employees who either practice a religion that is not Christianity—or no religion at all.”
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“There is a difference between being surrounded by a religion & having it foisted upon you. The efforts of the Trump administration are the latter, creating uncomfortable & unsafe working conditions for federal employees who either practice a religion that is not Christianity—or no religion at all.”
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Sources close to the president's family say that Maduro will be forgiven and left in power if he, like Hernández before him, can produce 400 tons of cocaine.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Sources close to the president's family say that Maduro will be forgiven and left in power if he, like Hernández before him, can produce 400 tons of cocaine.
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In this Indiana diner, everyone has three questions: How's the breaded tenderloin? Is the quarry hiring? And just what is it that Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Olivia Nuzzi were doing?
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
In this Indiana diner, everyone has three questions: How's the breaded tenderloin? Is the quarry hiring? And just what is it that Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Olivia Nuzzi were doing?
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Trump’s claim he can order strikes on foreign civilians is unconstitutional
Nowhere in the Constitution is he given this power, it's a violation of multiple US laws, and there is no precedent in American history
I laid it out on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇
Nowhere in the Constitution is he given this power, it's a violation of multiple US laws, and there is no precedent in American history
I laid it out on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Trump’s claim he can order strikes on foreign civilians is unconstitutional
Nowhere in the Constitution is he given this power, it's a violation of multiple US laws, and there is no precedent in American history
I laid it out on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇
Nowhere in the Constitution is he given this power, it's a violation of multiple US laws, and there is no precedent in American history
I laid it out on @newsnation.bsky.social w/ @chriscuomo.bsky.social👇
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No surprise! Putin’s foreign policy aide Ushakov, following Witkoff/Kushner visit, says sides are no closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine.
The Dim-Witt “Peace” plan is a train wreck.
Rubio was too crafty to go to the Kremlin and have this silly meeting.
The Dim-Witt “Peace” plan is a train wreck.
Rubio was too crafty to go to the Kremlin and have this silly meeting.
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
No surprise! Putin’s foreign policy aide Ushakov, following Witkoff/Kushner visit, says sides are no closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine.
The Dim-Witt “Peace” plan is a train wreck.
Rubio was too crafty to go to the Kremlin and have this silly meeting.
The Dim-Witt “Peace” plan is a train wreck.
Rubio was too crafty to go to the Kremlin and have this silly meeting.
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/5 Presumably Lowry penned his screed before Trump’s tantrum today, but the parallels in thinking are shocking. Donald Trump is Rich Lowry stripped of pseudo-respectable elite-Right veneer: a gutter bigot spewing verminous hate.
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
/5 Presumably Lowry penned his screed before Trump’s tantrum today, but the parallels in thinking are shocking. Donald Trump is Rich Lowry stripped of pseudo-respectable elite-Right veneer: a gutter bigot spewing verminous hate.
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NEW: DoD inspector general report on SignalGate is finished and could become public this week. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Pentagon inspector general investigation into 'Signalgate' is complete
The report was given to Defense Secretary Hegseth on Tuesday and could be released publicly later this week.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NEW: DoD inspector general report on SignalGate is finished and could become public this week. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof.
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof.
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
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Trump: "We're doing start doing those strikes on land too. You know, the land is much easier."
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump: "We're doing start doing those strikes on land too. You know, the land is much easier."
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Dangerous, illegal and counterproductive.
He’s dragging us into another war—
With no regard for our troops, international law and the destabilizing impact to the region.
Congress must rein in this President before it’s too late.
He’s dragging us into another war—
With no regard for our troops, international law and the destabilizing impact to the region.
Congress must rein in this President before it’s too late.
Trump: "We're doing start doing those strikes on land too. You know, the land is much easier."
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Dangerous, illegal and counterproductive.
He’s dragging us into another war—
With no regard for our troops, international law and the destabilizing impact to the region.
Congress must rein in this President before it’s too late.
He’s dragging us into another war—
With no regard for our troops, international law and the destabilizing impact to the region.
Congress must rein in this President before it’s too late.
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NEW: Indiana Republicans are trying to make sure no judge can stop their new gerrymander, adding provisions in their bill to ban temporary blocks, bypass lower courts and force every challenge straight to the conservative-majority state Supreme Court.
Indiana Republicans Aim to Sideline Courts to Protect their Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
NEW: Indiana Republicans are trying to make sure no judge can stop their new gerrymander, adding provisions in their bill to ban temporary blocks, bypass lower courts and force every challenge straight to the conservative-majority state Supreme Court.
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DOGE may no longer be moving across the government in a move-fast-and-break-things blitz, but its affiliates appear to be digging in for the long haul—and Silicon Valley–shaped fingerprints remain all over the way agencies continue to be run.
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
DOGE may no longer be moving across the government in a move-fast-and-break-things blitz, but its affiliates appear to be digging in for the long haul—and Silicon Valley–shaped fingerprints remain all over the way agencies continue to be run.
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While several media reports have suggested that DOGE has all but fizzled out, it’s far from dead. DOGE affiliates are scattered across the federal government. Meanwhile, the DOGE ethos remains fully in force.
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
While several media reports have suggested that DOGE has all but fizzled out, it’s far from dead. DOGE affiliates are scattered across the federal government. Meanwhile, the DOGE ethos remains fully in force.
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Immigrants are not and never have been garbage, ICE holds that illustrious title.
This isn’t policy, it’s thugs terrorizing communities deputized by the epitome of a garbage human. The Somali community and Minneapolis deserves so much better. 💙
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
This isn’t policy, it’s thugs terrorizing communities deputized by the epitome of a garbage human. The Somali community and Minneapolis deserves so much better. 💙
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
ICE to launch operation targeting Somali immigrants in Twin Cities, federal official says, as Trump calls community ‘garbage’ | CNN
A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, will target undocumented Somali immigrants, a federal official told CNN on Tuesday.
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Immigrants are not and never have been garbage, ICE holds that illustrious title.
This isn’t policy, it’s thugs terrorizing communities deputized by the epitome of a garbage human. The Somali community and Minneapolis deserves so much better. 💙
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
This isn’t policy, it’s thugs terrorizing communities deputized by the epitome of a garbage human. The Somali community and Minneapolis deserves so much better. 💙
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
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If the entire Trump administration doesn't realize that this would guarantee that the Trump pardons they're all banking on will also be declared invalid by a future president, nobody tell them.
BREAKING: President Trump declared that all of former President Biden’s pardons are now “invalid.” There is no legal mechanism for presidents to revoke their predecessors’ pardons but if Trump is taken seriously, thousands could be thrown into legal chaos.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If the entire Trump administration doesn't realize that this would guarantee that the Trump pardons they're all banking on will also be declared invalid by a future president, nobody tell them.
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Raccoon gets drunk at Virginia ABC store, passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Virginia ABC store, passes out in bathroom
A raccoon got a taste for trouble after breaking into an ABC store in Ashland, Virginia, over the weekend, ransacking shelves and passing out in the bathroom.
wtop.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Raccoon gets drunk at Virginia ABC store, passes out in bathroom
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Across the country, electricity costs are rising with no sign of slowing down.
One of the main culprits: data centers.
As big tech continues to build data centers around the country, the electricity demands are spiking our rates.
This practice of socializing costs & privatizing profits must end.
One of the main culprits: data centers.
As big tech continues to build data centers around the country, the electricity demands are spiking our rates.
This practice of socializing costs & privatizing profits must end.
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Across the country, electricity costs are rising with no sign of slowing down.
One of the main culprits: data centers.
As big tech continues to build data centers around the country, the electricity demands are spiking our rates.
This practice of socializing costs & privatizing profits must end.
One of the main culprits: data centers.
As big tech continues to build data centers around the country, the electricity demands are spiking our rates.
This practice of socializing costs & privatizing profits must end.
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Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon
President Donald Trump, who has painted himself as a fearsome warrior against illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring to import tons of cocaine into the United States.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
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This alone is impeachable behavior.
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This alone is impeachable behavior.