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At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2
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"Trump and his cronies will leave America’s role in the international markets that fueled our nation’s growth greatly diminished. But they are willing to do such damage to our country because they believe a more inwardly focused (and less prosperous) America will serve their autocratic goals."
Make America Weak
Trump is systematically undermining America's interests at home and abroad.
www.publicnotice.co
December 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Trump and his cronies will leave America’s role in the international markets that fueled our nation’s growth greatly diminished. But they are willing to do such damage to our country because they believe a more inwardly focused (and less prosperous) America will serve their autocratic goals."
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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Kash lied to congress.
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Kash lied to congress.
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In this 🧵, you can watch the entire 60 Minutes segment on Trump's deportation of over 200 Venezuelans to the CECOT torture mill in El Salvador.
The cruelty is shocking & includes sexual abuse.
Did you know that Trump also sent 8 women there who were returned to the US?
share.google/gkkpDrv8Vu1u...
The cruelty is shocking & includes sexual abuse.
Did you know that Trump also sent 8 women there who were returned to the US?
share.google/gkkpDrv8Vu1u...
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In this 🧵, you can watch the entire 60 Minutes segment on Trump's deportation of over 200 Venezuelans to the CECOT torture mill in El Salvador.
The cruelty is shocking & includes sexual abuse.
Did you know that Trump also sent 8 women there who were returned to the US?
share.google/gkkpDrv8Vu1u...
The cruelty is shocking & includes sexual abuse.
Did you know that Trump also sent 8 women there who were returned to the US?
share.google/gkkpDrv8Vu1u...
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Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…
December 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…
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Trump lackey Mike Johnson is super pissed that we were able to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
Imagine how mad he’ll be when we get it passed. Make your voice heard and demand that Congress vote yes on this as soon as they come back:
Imagine how mad he’ll be when we get it passed. Make your voice heard and demand that Congress vote yes on this as soon as they come back:
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Trump lackey Mike Johnson is super pissed that we were able to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
Imagine how mad he’ll be when we get it passed. Make your voice heard and demand that Congress vote yes on this as soon as they come back:
Imagine how mad he’ll be when we get it passed. Make your voice heard and demand that Congress vote yes on this as soon as they come back:
History lessons?
December 21, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
History lessons?
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I'm still smiling from Bill Clinton calling Trump's bluff.
December 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'm still smiling from Bill Clinton calling Trump's bluff.
It’s tough to keep up with the fascist insanity.
The HHS Appointment Nobody's Talking About And Why It Matters
12.22.25
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It’s tough to keep up with the fascist insanity.
Mike Pence’s group won’t be better, just a rebranding of the same toxic fascist garbage.
RESTATING THE OBVIOUS: The Heritage Foundation IS NOT conservative, unless we redefine "conservative" focusing on "conserving power"!
If we are unable to recognize REALITY, nothing will ever get fixed!
#usdemocracy
If we are unable to recognize REALITY, nothing will ever get fixed!
#usdemocracy
Exclusive: Mike Pence’s political group is poaching top officials from the Heritage Foundation as the conservative movement continues to splinter.
December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Mike Pence’s group won’t be better, just a rebranding of the same toxic fascist garbage.
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NOBODY in his cabinet has the experience, knowledge, or qualifications to be in the positions they've been appointed to. Not during 1.0, and certainly not during 2.0. Appointments are based on loyalty to him, nothing more.
He still wants to annex Greenland. And Canada.
He still wants to annex Greenland. And Canada.
Jeff Landry is a moron with zero foreign policy experience, knowledge, or qualifications. ZERO. Nothing. More insanity.
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NOBODY in his cabinet has the experience, knowledge, or qualifications to be in the positions they've been appointed to. Not during 1.0, and certainly not during 2.0. Appointments are based on loyalty to him, nothing more.
He still wants to annex Greenland. And Canada.
He still wants to annex Greenland. And Canada.
Thank you. Keep up the good fight.
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the New England State Area Conference of the NAACP and the Massachusetts Alliance for Retired Americans, my law firm has filed a motion to intervene as defendants in the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Massachusetts' complete voter registration database.
🚨 United States of America v. Galvin
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thank you. Keep up the good fight.
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This energy! 👏🏼
“We know there are hundreds of good Americans at the FBI and DOJ who also want to see justice for Epstein's victims and survivors.
To anyone who worked hard on the files and is now seeing their work being hidden by their own
DOJ, there are whistleblower protections.”—Rep Garcia
“We know there are hundreds of good Americans at the FBI and DOJ who also want to see justice for Epstein's victims and survivors.
To anyone who worked hard on the files and is now seeing their work being hidden by their own
DOJ, there are whistleblower protections.”—Rep Garcia
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This energy! 👏🏼
“We know there are hundreds of good Americans at the FBI and DOJ who also want to see justice for Epstein's victims and survivors.
To anyone who worked hard on the files and is now seeing their work being hidden by their own
DOJ, there are whistleblower protections.”—Rep Garcia
“We know there are hundreds of good Americans at the FBI and DOJ who also want to see justice for Epstein's victims and survivors.
To anyone who worked hard on the files and is now seeing their work being hidden by their own
DOJ, there are whistleblower protections.”—Rep Garcia
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Yet another week has gone by without a release of the Epstein files save for the release of a document that was so redacted it might as well be blank.
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Yet another week has gone by without a release of the Epstein files save for the release of a document that was so redacted it might as well be blank.
This deserves calls, email, and letters to your representatives.
No merger, no hostile takeover, no propaganda machines.
No merger, no hostile takeover, no propaganda machines.
Trump pal Larry Ellison is a threat to journalism and democracy. Yesterday we saw the Ellison-owned CBS kill an important news story for being too critical of Trump. Now Ellison is making another move to try to win control of CNN.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/m...
Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business
Paramount has upped the ante in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing Monday that Larry Ellison will personally guarantee the tens of billions of dollars he is putting up to ...
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This deserves calls, email, and letters to your representatives.
No merger, no hostile takeover, no propaganda machines.
No merger, no hostile takeover, no propaganda machines.
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If we cannot recognize the obvious TOXIC GOP LEADERSHIP, how can the republic survive?
The Constitution-based government was defined based on common assumptions of personal honor and decency, without which government cannot function!
Are we still capable of RE-learning the basics?
#usdemocracy
The Constitution-based government was defined based on common assumptions of personal honor and decency, without which government cannot function!
Are we still capable of RE-learning the basics?
#usdemocracy
The fact that many Americans STILL do not recognize what the TOXIC LEADERSHIP of the trump/GOP cabal has done to the USA is an OBVIOUS indication of how much damage has been done already!
It is not clear how many years, IF EVER, will be required for recovery!
It is not clear how many years, IF EVER, will be required for recovery!
December 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If we cannot recognize the obvious TOXIC GOP LEADERSHIP, how can the republic survive?
The Constitution-based government was defined based on common assumptions of personal honor and decency, without which government cannot function!
Are we still capable of RE-learning the basics?
#usdemocracy
The Constitution-based government was defined based on common assumptions of personal honor and decency, without which government cannot function!
Are we still capable of RE-learning the basics?
#usdemocracy
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They’ve had 10 years to be actual journalists. It’s too late to expect the once-vaunted @nytimes.com to ever be the “paper of record” again. They knew what trump is from day one. Everyone in NYC knew was trump is from day one. It’s why NYC voted against him.
December 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
They’ve had 10 years to be actual journalists. It’s too late to expect the once-vaunted @nytimes.com to ever be the “paper of record” again. They knew what trump is from day one. Everyone in NYC knew was trump is from day one. It’s why NYC voted against him.
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Sharyn Alfonsi wrote a devastating email, blaming her boss and the Trump regime for striking a 60 Minutes CERCOT story, knowing it would probably be leaked, consequences be damned.
‼️ Is *any true patriot* with their hands on the full and unredacted Epstein files paying attention?
#EndFascism
‼️ Is *any true patriot* with their hands on the full and unredacted Epstein files paying attention?
#EndFascism
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Sharyn Alfonsi wrote a devastating email, blaming her boss and the Trump regime for striking a 60 Minutes CERCOT story, knowing it would probably be leaked, consequences be damned.
‼️ Is *any true patriot* with their hands on the full and unredacted Epstein files paying attention?
#EndFascism
‼️ Is *any true patriot* with their hands on the full and unredacted Epstein files paying attention?
#EndFascism
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CBS really Bari'd the story huh.
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
CBS really Bari'd the story huh.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM