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You should always pay close attention to the news the people in power are trying to hide.
Which means, news that drops when #journalists aren't working. Particularly: late on a Friday afternoon, or just before a holiday.
Like this:
Which means, news that drops when #journalists aren't working. Particularly: late on a Friday afternoon, or just before a holiday.
Like this:
Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
The Department of Health and Human Services is freezing all childcare payments to all states, an official for Donald Trump’s administration told ABC News in a report published Wednesday, just hours after department officials announced that they had frozen childcare funding to Minnesota.
States’ funds, the unnamed official said, will be released “only when states prove they are being spent legitimately”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
You should always pay close attention to the news the people in power are trying to hide.
Which means, news that drops when #journalists aren't working. Particularly: late on a Friday afternoon, or just before a holiday.
Like this:
Which means, news that drops when #journalists aren't working. Particularly: late on a Friday afternoon, or just before a holiday.
Like this:
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It's possible that a year from now, on Dec. 31, we will be able to say that things are better now than they were a year ago. I don't think that was possible a year ago. So there's something to hold on to!
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's possible that a year from now, on Dec. 31, we will be able to say that things are better now than they were a year ago. I don't think that was possible a year ago. So there's something to hold on to!
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Why did the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee release Jack Smith's deposition now-- when the House is on vacation, on a day when absolutely everyone is ignoring the news?
♦️To make sure it will be ignored.
Which means there's something in it that the GOP wants everyone to ignore.
♦️To make sure it will be ignored.
Which means there's something in it that the GOP wants everyone to ignore.
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Why did the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee release Jack Smith's deposition now-- when the House is on vacation, on a day when absolutely everyone is ignoring the news?
♦️To make sure it will be ignored.
Which means there's something in it that the GOP wants everyone to ignore.
♦️To make sure it will be ignored.
Which means there's something in it that the GOP wants everyone to ignore.
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Holiday Greetings from your favorite Russian asset, Krasnov Trump!
Happy New Year! It may be your last!
Happy New Year! It may be your last!
December 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Holiday Greetings from your favorite Russian asset, Krasnov Trump!
Happy New Year! It may be your last!
Happy New Year! It may be your last!
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Trump treats Americans and American allies like his personal enemies.
Trump treats Russia like Putin is his boss.
Russian agents refer to Trump as Krasnov, his Russian asset name.
Trump treats Russia like Putin is his boss.
Russian agents refer to Trump as Krasnov, his Russian asset name.
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Trump treats Americans and American allies like his personal enemies.
Trump treats Russia like Putin is his boss.
Russian agents refer to Trump as Krasnov, his Russian asset name.
Trump treats Russia like Putin is his boss.
Russian agents refer to Trump as Krasnov, his Russian asset name.
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I don't think deciding to skip Shear Madness is going to be the thing that ends theatergoing in DC.
trust me, megan — that’s not why ppl aren’t going to the kennedy center.
December 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I don't think deciding to skip Shear Madness is going to be the thing that ends theatergoing in DC.
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So if you're a family evicted from your apartment, or a mother fleeing domestic violence with her children, or someone unhoused trying to get off the street or out of their car for a night... you're not allowed to stay at these Asheville hotels.
Just unabashed discrimination.
Just unabashed discrimination.
December 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
So if you're a family evicted from your apartment, or a mother fleeing domestic violence with her children, or someone unhoused trying to get off the street or out of their car for a night... you're not allowed to stay at these Asheville hotels.
Just unabashed discrimination.
Just unabashed discrimination.
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Oh.
The U.S. government admitted liability for the collision in Washington between an Army helicopter and a commercial jet that killed 67 people this year.
U.S. Government Admits Liability in Deadly D.C.-Area Air Collision
A federal court filing says the Army crew piloting a Black Hawk helicopter could have avoided the nighttime accident in January if it had been able to see and avoid a commercial jet.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Oh.
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My first entry in this year's Slate Movie Club. slate.com/culture/2025...
I Thought It Was Urgent, Timely, Ripped From the Headlines. It Was a Remake.
How much difference do topical movies really make?
slate.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
My first entry in this year's Slate Movie Club. slate.com/culture/2025...
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My latest entry in the Slate Movie Club: on defending THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, how we’re all living in the opening 10 minutes of THE SECRET AGENT, and the importance of movies that aren’t just about telling stories. slate.com/culture/2025...
The Dark-Horse Best-Picture Contender I Still Can’t Shake
Nothing quite encapsulated life in 2025 like the surreal opening of this great movie.
slate.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My latest entry in the Slate Movie Club: on defending THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, how we’re all living in the opening 10 minutes of THE SECRET AGENT, and the importance of movies that aren’t just about telling stories. slate.com/culture/2025...
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“What got broken here doesn’t go back together.” www.vulture.com/2019/10/the-...
20 Years Later, The Insider Is Michael Mann’s Greatest Prophecy
For all its foresightedness, the 1999 movie is also a time capsule, from a period when TV or newspaper reports could actually change things.
www.vulture.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“What got broken here doesn’t go back together.” www.vulture.com/2019/10/the-...
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Here's this very same guy back in early April, nearly 9 months ago, talking about how Trump's tariffs were going to revitalize the Rust Belt.
www.foxnews.com/video/637113...
www.foxnews.com/video/637113...
December 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Here's this very same guy back in early April, nearly 9 months ago, talking about how Trump's tariffs were going to revitalize the Rust Belt.
www.foxnews.com/video/637113...
www.foxnews.com/video/637113...
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Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
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Weiss Light/Weiss Heat
Lady Bari's operation on the 60 Minutes CECOT story will be a gift to sister Don, if it ever comes now. Are the journalists defending it just hoping they'll hear her call their names for a sweet CBS gig?
by Maureen Dowd
Lady Bari's operation on the 60 Minutes CECOT story will be a gift to sister Don, if it ever comes now. Are the journalists defending it just hoping they'll hear her call their names for a sweet CBS gig?
by Maureen Dowd
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Weiss Light/Weiss Heat
Lady Bari's operation on the 60 Minutes CECOT story will be a gift to sister Don, if it ever comes now. Are the journalists defending it just hoping they'll hear her call their names for a sweet CBS gig?
by Maureen Dowd
Lady Bari's operation on the 60 Minutes CECOT story will be a gift to sister Don, if it ever comes now. Are the journalists defending it just hoping they'll hear her call their names for a sweet CBS gig?
by Maureen Dowd
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reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
reminder that caldwell’s most recent book argues that the civil rights act of 1964 was something akin to a constitutional abomination that produced a world of white subordination
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truly surprised how much ableism i'm seeing in replies. not everyone is physically able to get to a dropbox or stand in line at the post office for a postmark. and some red states have made it illegal for anyone else to drop off your ballot.
December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
truly surprised how much ableism i'm seeing in replies. not everyone is physically able to get to a dropbox or stand in line at the post office for a postmark. and some red states have made it illegal for anyone else to drop off your ballot.
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
share.google
December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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This was bad 6 months ago and it’s bad now. if gay activists had settled for the idea that “we need to meet people where they are,“ there literally would never have been a gay rights movement. Careful strategizing was HALF the movement—and it would have gotten us nowhere without the other half.
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This was bad 6 months ago and it’s bad now. if gay activists had settled for the idea that “we need to meet people where they are,“ there literally would never have been a gay rights movement. Careful strategizing was HALF the movement—and it would have gotten us nowhere without the other half.
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NYT, WaPo, and the rest of the MSM have essentially gone on vacation for the last two weeks of the year: Virtually no actual reporting, just a skeleton crew re-writing press releases, and lots of soft-focus features about mistletoe.
Thank you, independent practitioners of #journalism:
Thank you, independent practitioners of #journalism:
Earlier Trump said the alleged US strike on Venezuela happened at a facility "on the shore...in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs."
But the Primazol warehouse where the fire took place is a 15 minute drive inland.
But the Primazol warehouse where the fire took place is a 15 minute drive inland.
December 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NYT, WaPo, and the rest of the MSM have essentially gone on vacation for the last two weeks of the year: Virtually no actual reporting, just a skeleton crew re-writing press releases, and lots of soft-focus features about mistletoe.
Thank you, independent practitioners of #journalism:
Thank you, independent practitioners of #journalism:
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As a life-long Packers fan, I never fully appreciated how much fun it is to see Aaron Rodgers fail…
a man with a mustache is wearing a jets shirt and sitting in a wheelchair .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a jets shirt and sitting in a wheelchair .
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
As a life-long Packers fan, I never fully appreciated how much fun it is to see Aaron Rodgers fail…
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It is so cool that Aaron Rodgers became a super huge actual loser after he turned to the dark side. Ever since he wigged out about that Covid vaccine, made himself a martyr, and chose up sides with RFK Jr., he just can't stop losing and letting people down. Great lesson for the kids, thanks man.
December 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It is so cool that Aaron Rodgers became a super huge actual loser after he turned to the dark side. Ever since he wigged out about that Covid vaccine, made himself a martyr, and chose up sides with RFK Jr., he just can't stop losing and letting people down. Great lesson for the kids, thanks man.
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Everyone is being very hard on Vichy homosexual Ric Grenell about this, and...please continue.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everyone is being very hard on Vichy homosexual Ric Grenell about this, and...please continue.
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Someone once referred to the Pod Save guys as "barely sentient pairs of dockers given human form." I don't know who said it first, but they should've won the Pulitizer Prize for criticism.
December 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Someone once referred to the Pod Save guys as "barely sentient pairs of dockers given human form." I don't know who said it first, but they should've won the Pulitizer Prize for criticism.
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I miss the days before covid, when in New York, in Times Square or a crowded subway, you would sometimes see people wearing masks and think, "Why are they wearing those? Oh, right--it's none of my fucking business." Let's get back to that.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I miss the days before covid, when in New York, in Times Square or a crowded subway, you would sometimes see people wearing masks and think, "Why are they wearing those? Oh, right--it's none of my fucking business." Let's get back to that.