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January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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UPDATE: The government of Russia has made a formal diplomatic request that the United States stop its pursuit of the oil tanker MARINERA (previously BELLA 1). The request was delivered on late New Years Eve. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/u...
January 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
UPDATE: The government of Russia has made a formal diplomatic request that the United States stop its pursuit of the oil tanker MARINERA (previously BELLA 1). The request was delivered on late New Years Eve. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/u...
Ignore "Warning: very long 🧵" because it is NOT LONG.
It can be a very involved topic as all of us know from following it for so long. Ruth has succinctly addressed some hard truths with no less precision than that with which the Gordian Knot was severed.
It can be a very involved topic as all of us know from following it for so long. Ruth has succinctly addressed some hard truths with no less precision than that with which the Gordian Knot was severed.
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Ignore "Warning: very long 🧵" because it is NOT LONG.
It can be a very involved topic as all of us know from following it for so long. Ruth has succinctly addressed some hard truths with no less precision than that with which the Gordian Knot was severed.
It can be a very involved topic as all of us know from following it for so long. Ruth has succinctly addressed some hard truths with no less precision than that with which the Gordian Knot was severed.
Have re-read this several times. Will read it again. It's savory.
Stupid things Jim Jordan lawyers say when they're trying to make a case, but in turn provide useful evidence in other cases.
January 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Have re-read this several times. Will read it again. It's savory.
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Fun read! Palmer, a PB glossy, reprinted Dominick Dunne's "The Woman of Palm Beach", first published in 1986 in VF. Dunne refers to the arrival on the scene of "two of the most successful young businessmen in America, Leslie Wexner & Donald Trump."
palmerpb.com/2025/12/29/t...
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The Women of Palm Beach by Dominick Dunne - Palmer PB
This article first appeared in Vanity Fair in 1986 and was republished in PALMER Vol.9 – Nearly 40 years later, the writer’s observations on class, legacy and the politics of polite society are more r...
palmerpb.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Fun read! Palmer, a PB glossy, reprinted Dominick Dunne's "The Woman of Palm Beach", first published in 1986 in VF. Dunne refers to the arrival on the scene of "two of the most successful young businessmen in America, Leslie Wexner & Donald Trump."
palmerpb.com/2025/12/29/t...
palmerpb.com/2025/12/29/t...
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Falun Gong's dance troupe, the ubiquitous Shen Yun, has not canceled its performances at the Kennedy Center. Treasurer of Falun Gong's Epoch Times was indicted in 2024 for laundering $67M. Kash Patel was on the Epoch Times payroll for several years.
www.showbiz411.com/2025/12/29/k...
www.showbiz411.com/2025/12/29/k...
Kennedy Center, Once Home to Broadway Hits, Has Just 1 Show Coming for Next Six Months, Plus NY Year's Eve Show Cancels - Showbiz411
UPDATE: There will be no New Year’s Eve for fans of The Cookers at the Kennedy Center. The Cookers, a music ensemble, have abruptly canceled their shows at the Kennedy Center over the change of name t...
www.showbiz411.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Falun Gong's dance troupe, the ubiquitous Shen Yun, has not canceled its performances at the Kennedy Center. Treasurer of Falun Gong's Epoch Times was indicted in 2024 for laundering $67M. Kash Patel was on the Epoch Times payroll for several years.
www.showbiz411.com/2025/12/29/k...
www.showbiz411.com/2025/12/29/k...
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BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Banks
Fed Reserve just pumped a staggering $31 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the LARGEST liquidity injection since Covid and surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Happy New Year!!!
Fed Reserve just pumped a staggering $31 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the LARGEST liquidity injection since Covid and surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Happy New Year!!!
January 1, 2026 at 12:23 AM
BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Banks
Fed Reserve just pumped a staggering $31 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the LARGEST liquidity injection since Covid and surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Happy New Year!!!
Fed Reserve just pumped a staggering $31 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the LARGEST liquidity injection since Covid and surpasses even the peak of the Dot Com Bubble 👀 Happy New Year!!!
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The #GreenBookProject was bar-none the most meaningful research project I was a part of in 2025.
Excited for 2026. Looking forward to another year!
Excited for 2026. Looking forward to another year!
In a world of Sundown Towns where Black people weren’t allowed after nightfall, Green Book businesses were tiny spots of light. Traveling while Black was about survival. The Green Book Project documents that history:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The #GreenBookProject was bar-none the most meaningful research project I was a part of in 2025.
Excited for 2026. Looking forward to another year!
Excited for 2026. Looking forward to another year!
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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Though far from the most important detail, Trump didn't spill the details of an alleged strike on some random podcast, as others have said—he was talking to billionaire John Catsimatidis, owner of the radio station, who's extremely well-connected in NY politics. Trump personally called him to chat.
Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it’s true.
It could be a lie from social media, or a conflation of other stories. Either way, Americans need to know.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Though far from the most important detail, Trump didn't spill the details of an alleged strike on some random podcast, as others have said—he was talking to billionaire John Catsimatidis, owner of the radio station, who's extremely well-connected in NY politics. Trump personally called him to chat.
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Hi 👋 there Bean! We got this. We'll fix it, okay babe?
NIH Director boosts post from Andrew Kaczynski thanking people for helping him raise $200,000 for childhood cancer research.
Kaczynski’s daughter Francesca died from pediatric brain cancer in 2020.
In March, the National Cancer Institute will stop funding the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium.
Kaczynski’s daughter Francesca died from pediatric brain cancer in 2020.
In March, the National Cancer Institute will stop funding the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium.
December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hi 👋 there Bean! We got this. We'll fix it, okay babe?
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I'll reiterate: If you have any information about Trump's supposed Christmas Eve strike on a facility in Venezuela, I can be reached at marisakabas.04 on Signal.
New: Trump could be referring to theories about a fire on Christmas Eve at a Venezuelan facility that deals with chemical raw materials. Social media users began speculating it was a US attack, but a local reporter near the scene said "People were calm and no one mentioned any strange theories."
Primazol niega que incendio en su planta en Zulia esté vinculado al ataque de EE UU mencionado por Trump
Primazol desmintió los rumores que vinculan un incendio en una de sus instalaciones con un presunto ataque estadounidense en Venezuela.
www.elnacional.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I'll reiterate: If you have any information about Trump's supposed Christmas Eve strike on a facility in Venezuela, I can be reached at marisakabas.04 on Signal.
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Make a Bond movie academic:
Publish Another Day
Publish Another Day
December 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Make a Bond movie academic:
Publish Another Day
Publish Another Day
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Calling out a fascist for taking a hypocritical position is easy. It's also a complete waste of time. Fascist rhetoric is aesthetics— pathos, never logos.
You'll never get anywhere pointing out a fascist's hypocrisy. Fascism is not to be debated, it's to be smashed. Get comfortable using power.
You'll never get anywhere pointing out a fascist's hypocrisy. Fascism is not to be debated, it's to be smashed. Get comfortable using power.
December 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Calling out a fascist for taking a hypocritical position is easy. It's also a complete waste of time. Fascist rhetoric is aesthetics— pathos, never logos.
You'll never get anywhere pointing out a fascist's hypocrisy. Fascism is not to be debated, it's to be smashed. Get comfortable using power.
You'll never get anywhere pointing out a fascist's hypocrisy. Fascism is not to be debated, it's to be smashed. Get comfortable using power.
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Happy Boxing Day to all who celebrate.
a blue robot and an orange robot are boxing in a ring
ALT: a blue robot and an orange robot are boxing in a ring
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December 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Happy Boxing Day to all who celebrate.
"Im not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!"
really should be the new ... well, anyway, seemed like a good idea for a minute
really should be the new ... well, anyway, seemed like a good idea for a minute
ICE agent recognized out Christmas shopping—throws tantrum when citizens profile him.
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
December 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Im not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!"
really should be the new ... well, anyway, seemed like a good idea for a minute
really should be the new ... well, anyway, seemed like a good idea for a minute
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Moving read by Timothy Snyder on Carol of the Bells--its erased Ukrainian origins,cultural theft & why remembering where things come from matters,especially during Russia’s war in Ukraine.Glory to Ukrainian heroes who pay the price so others can sing unthinkingly.
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
December 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Moving read by Timothy Snyder on Carol of the Bells--its erased Ukrainian origins,cultural theft & why remembering where things come from matters,especially during Russia’s war in Ukraine.Glory to Ukrainian heroes who pay the price so others can sing unthinkingly.
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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Milwaukee, 55 years ago today
“Glasses filled the sink of Sardino's South, as Jewish Albert Rosen tended bar so that John Volpe could be free to spend Christmas Eve at home with his family."
📸 by Richard C. Greenawalt
Source: Wisconsin Historical Society
“Glasses filled the sink of Sardino's South, as Jewish Albert Rosen tended bar so that John Volpe could be free to spend Christmas Eve at home with his family."
📸 by Richard C. Greenawalt
Source: Wisconsin Historical Society
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Milwaukee, 55 years ago today
“Glasses filled the sink of Sardino's South, as Jewish Albert Rosen tended bar so that John Volpe could be free to spend Christmas Eve at home with his family."
📸 by Richard C. Greenawalt
Source: Wisconsin Historical Society
“Glasses filled the sink of Sardino's South, as Jewish Albert Rosen tended bar so that John Volpe could be free to spend Christmas Eve at home with his family."
📸 by Richard C. Greenawalt
Source: Wisconsin Historical Society
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NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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After Epstein's 2019 death "prosecutors produced a seven-page memo on co-conspirators they might consider charging and followed that with an 86-page update in December ... a 13-page memo of corporate prosecutions they might pursue and a 26-page memo regarding another target prosecutors considered."
New trove of apparent Epstein files posted on DOJ site disappear
The Justice Department didn’t respond to requests for comment on the new documents or the decision to remove them.
www.politico.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
After Epstein's 2019 death "prosecutors produced a seven-page memo on co-conspirators they might consider charging and followed that with an 86-page update in December ... a 13-page memo of corporate prosecutions they might pursue and a 26-page memo regarding another target prosecutors considered."
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Comment: Gold reflects confidence in the institutions of money & credit. Conventional inflation is just one manifestation of financial disorder. Want proof? Try explaining gold’s 760% millennial-decade advance in terms of CPI.
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Comment: Gold reflects confidence in the institutions of money & credit. Conventional inflation is just one manifestation of financial disorder. Want proof? Try explaining gold’s 760% millennial-decade advance in terms of CPI.