Mzbitca
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The terms of Marla Maples’ divorce settlement with Donald Trump, as a matter of New York law, are sealed until 2099.
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 2:30 AM
The terms of Marla Maples’ divorce settlement with Donald Trump, as a matter of New York law, are sealed until 2099.
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In retrospect this is probably one of the most cynical and brazen ratfucking attempts we've ever seen
After receiving a commendation for exceptional services to the Russian state from President Putin, Biden accuser Tara Reade—seen here in her luxury Moscow condo—has now become a citizen of the Russian Federation... молодец!
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In retrospect this is probably one of the most cynical and brazen ratfucking attempts we've ever seen
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WSJ breaks significant news reporting that Mar-a-Lago’s spa *for years* regularly sent young staffers to Epstein’s home purportedly to give him massages, contorts its scoop to find a more flattering angle for Trump, and still gets an icy blast of a comment from Leavitt. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
WSJ breaks significant news reporting that Mar-a-Lago’s spa *for years* regularly sent young staffers to Epstein’s home purportedly to give him massages, contorts its scoop to find a more flattering angle for Trump, and still gets an icy blast of a comment from Leavitt. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
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I am determined as God is my witness to start the Trump fake hand conspiracy theory. His hand isn't showing signs of an undisclosed illness. It's a fake painted Halloween costume hand because his hand was already removed. It's time.
December 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I am determined as God is my witness to start the Trump fake hand conspiracy theory. His hand isn't showing signs of an undisclosed illness. It's a fake painted Halloween costume hand because his hand was already removed. It's time.
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"A new poll released by Siena University on Tuesday found that nearly two in three voters across the state favor the new benefit and would support Mr. Mamdani’s plan to pay for it by increasing taxes on those earning more than $1 million a year." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/n... - missed this
New Yorkers Back Mamdani’s Push for Free Child Care, Poll Shows
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"A new poll released by Siena University on Tuesday found that nearly two in three voters across the state favor the new benefit and would support Mr. Mamdani’s plan to pay for it by increasing taxes on those earning more than $1 million a year." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/n... - missed this
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This was a pretty good one
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This was a pretty good one
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To be fair, some of the people Trump pardoned for Medicare fraud were rearrested, for other crimes www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 AM
To be fair, some of the people Trump pardoned for Medicare fraud were rearrested, for other crimes www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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what a shocking turn of events
who could’ve seen this coming
who could’ve seen this coming
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
what a shocking turn of events
who could’ve seen this coming
who could’ve seen this coming
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UBI would be a way to even this out so everyone has a cushion.
not that that's even on the table, but...
not that that's even on the table, but...
December 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM
UBI would be a way to even this out so everyone has a cushion.
not that that's even on the table, but...
not that that's even on the table, but...
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yeah, I grew up in a former coal mining area (NE PA) and this very much tracks.
The story, time and again, is that gains are broad and small and losses are localized and deep.
There are towns in northern England that are generationally traumatized from the shutting of coal mines forty years ago.
There are towns in northern England that are generationally traumatized from the shutting of coal mines forty years ago.
i don't know, maybe you have to have lived somewhere with a manufacturing or coal economy that has gone into decline to see it. the impact on the area is *not good*. i do understand that the broader economy gets better, but it also seems to get sharper and more regional
December 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM
yeah, I grew up in a former coal mining area (NE PA) and this very much tracks.
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Oh Lord, if it happens while Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are drunk on CNN...
December 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Oh Lord, if it happens while Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are drunk on CNN...
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But like, what if it happens *as the ball is dropping* on New Year’s Eve? Do they continue the broadcast with every single on-air talent absolutely bombed out on apathy while an empire collapses? Do they cut to Stephen Miller in a concrete bunker screaming racial slurs? Does the West Coast explode?
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
But like, what if it happens *as the ball is dropping* on New Year’s Eve? Do they continue the broadcast with every single on-air talent absolutely bombed out on apathy while an empire collapses? Do they cut to Stephen Miller in a concrete bunker screaming racial slurs? Does the West Coast explode?
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This is Trump’s long game.
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...
HHS freezes all child care payments to Minnesota after viral fraud allegations
The Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday it has frozen federal child care funding for the state of Minnesota, citing viral fraud allegations.
www.cbsnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is Trump’s long game.
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue - but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/hhs...
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This conspiracy theory is specifically designed to incite violence against Somalis and immigrants more generally. The way that you can tell is the appeal to vulnerability and purity (children, pets, etc).
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.
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 11:52 PM
This conspiracy theory is specifically designed to incite violence against Somalis and immigrants more generally. The way that you can tell is the appeal to vulnerability and purity (children, pets, etc).
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This is in Boebert's district. Her response:
President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. If this administration wants to make its legacy blocking projects that deliver water to rural Americans; that's on them.
President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. If this administration wants to make its legacy blocking projects that deliver water to rural Americans; that's on them.
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 12:51 AM
This is in Boebert's district. Her response:
President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. If this administration wants to make its legacy blocking projects that deliver water to rural Americans; that's on them.
President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. If this administration wants to make its legacy blocking projects that deliver water to rural Americans; that's on them.
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It may be true that most Trump voters didn't affirmatively support mass deportation and rather voted for him for other reasons. But something as odious as mass deportation (and grotesque xenophobia), which was clearly a major plank in Trump's platform, should have been a deal breaker.
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It may be true that most Trump voters didn't affirmatively support mass deportation and rather voted for him for other reasons. But something as odious as mass deportation (and grotesque xenophobia), which was clearly a major plank in Trump's platform, should have been a deal breaker.
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This is the new pizzagate, caravans, eating the dogs and cats. Buckle up.
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.
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 11:47 PM
This is the new pizzagate, caravans, eating the dogs and cats. Buckle up.
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Trump has done so much damage to democratic institutions not via clever, well executed strategy, but by acting on authoritarian/bigoted/corrupt impulse, then stubbornly barging ahead if he meets pushback.
Manufacturing charges against Abrego Garcia only after deportation failed is a good microcosm.
Manufacturing charges against Abrego Garcia only after deportation failed is a good microcosm.
Newly unsealed docs show DOJ moved to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia for smuggling only after it became clear Trump might not be able to deport him. Sure looks driven by a desire to punish him for fighting back against Trump/Miller lawlessness. Trump had to be right.
www.cbsnews.com/news/abrego-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/abrego-...
December 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Trump has done so much damage to democratic institutions not via clever, well executed strategy, but by acting on authoritarian/bigoted/corrupt impulse, then stubbornly barging ahead if he meets pushback.
Manufacturing charges against Abrego Garcia only after deportation failed is a good microcosm.
Manufacturing charges against Abrego Garcia only after deportation failed is a good microcosm.
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Agree with this; want to add that I have met plenty of secular conservatives who will find the most utterly baseless pseudo-scientific reasons why mothers shouldn't work outside the home, and all of them are rooted in male supremacy.
Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Agree with this; want to add that I have met plenty of secular conservatives who will find the most utterly baseless pseudo-scientific reasons why mothers shouldn't work outside the home, and all of them are rooted in male supremacy.
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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.
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.
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
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.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
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All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN!
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
This is monstrous. He wants to turn the residents of the state against Walz and against the Somali-American population.
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.
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 12:11 AM
All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN!
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
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Dems need to get on this right away. These places have been subject to regular inspection. Tell Walz to stop apologizing. Don’t let this narrative spin out of control.
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Dems need to get on this right away. These places have been subject to regular inspection. Tell Walz to stop apologizing. Don’t let this narrative spin out of control.
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
www.cbsnews.com/news/minneso...
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Trump granted clemency to the biggest Medicare fraudster in history. Well, the guy was just re-arrested and charged with domestic violence. Here, via @motherjones.com, is the wild, sordid tale of how Phil Esformes made a fortune screwing taxpayers and nursing home residents.
Donald Trump freed a convicted Medicare fraudster. The Justice Department wants him back.
The cautionary tale of nursing home mogul Philip Esformes.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Trump granted clemency to the biggest Medicare fraudster in history. Well, the guy was just re-arrested and charged with domestic violence. Here, via @motherjones.com, is the wild, sordid tale of how Phil Esformes made a fortune screwing taxpayers and nursing home residents.
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gotta be the time I enjoyed cheese
December 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
gotta be the time I enjoyed cheese
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but establishment candidates like Spanberger are doing just fine in this environment. I don't think it helps anyone to pretend otherwise.
December 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
but establishment candidates like Spanberger are doing just fine in this environment. I don't think it helps anyone to pretend otherwise.