“In addition to Vermont, Campaign Legal Center and the Brennan Center are working together against the Justice Department’s lawsuits seeking voter files from Maine,New York, and Oregon.
The DOJ is seeking access to Vermont’s voter file, which includes highly sensitive personal information such as driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. This lawsuit is part of a nationwide effort — with 22 cases so far — to force states to turn over private voter data. 2/3
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“In addition to Vermont, Campaign Legal Center and the Brennan Center are working together against the Justice Department’s lawsuits seeking voter files from Maine,New York, and Oregon.
“Dumbest person ever to sit in the United States Senate.”
- Stephen Colbert, June 2022
- Stephen Colbert, June 2022
Sen. Ron Johnson: "Remember -- Somalis have only been here a few years. They are literally amateurs in terms of exploiting our vast welfare system."
December 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“Dumbest person ever to sit in the United States Senate.”
- Stephen Colbert, June 2022
- Stephen Colbert, June 2022
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OCCRP investigative reporter Jonny Wrate features on NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss our latest investigation into the sale of U.S. planes used in the global illicit drug trade. Take a listen here:
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New report reveals the role of U.S. jets in global drug trafficking
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks investigative journalist Jonny Wrate about the role of U.S. jets in global drug trafficking, in light of a new report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
www.npr.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
OCCRP investigative reporter Jonny Wrate features on NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss our latest investigation into the sale of U.S. planes used in the global illicit drug trade. Take a listen here:
buff.ly/vLN0508
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For years, lax FAA regulations have enabled the sale of airplanes to unknown buyers and shell companies leaving an opportunity for criminal networks and drug traffickers.
Three months into his second term Trump’s Treasury Sec. gutted the Transparency Act for vetting.
www.occrp.org/en/project/n...
Three months into his second term Trump’s Treasury Sec. gutted the Transparency Act for vetting.
www.occrp.org/en/project/n...
Trail of Drug-Linked Planes Leads Back to California Seller – and U.S. Aviation Regulatory ‘Blind Spot’
OCCRP reviewed the sales of 30 planes by Lance Zane Ricotta’s companies since 2014, and found evidence that 11 of them were seized, investigated, or found abroad in suspected or confirmed drug cases. ...
www.occrp.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
For years, lax FAA regulations have enabled the sale of airplanes to unknown buyers and shell companies leaving an opportunity for criminal networks and drug traffickers.
Three months into his second term Trump’s Treasury Sec. gutted the Transparency Act for vetting.
www.occrp.org/en/project/n...
Three months into his second term Trump’s Treasury Sec. gutted the Transparency Act for vetting.
www.occrp.org/en/project/n...
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Sharing operational details of an attack beforehand with a random journalist on a group chat is for rookies.
Casually disclosing covert action while calling into a radio show is the real deal.
Casually disclosing covert action while calling into a radio show is the real deal.
December 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Sharing operational details of an attack beforehand with a random journalist on a group chat is for rookies.
Casually disclosing covert action while calling into a radio show is the real deal.
Casually disclosing covert action while calling into a radio show is the real deal.
This is the framing required to resonate with Americans unfamiliar with the UN Charter:
“This is an act of war.”
“This is an act of war.”
CNN becomes the first US outlet to confirm Trump's attack on the Venezuelan mainland. He apparently did report it to Congress. This is an act of war and a violation of the UN Charter. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is the framing required to resonate with Americans unfamiliar with the UN Charter:
“This is an act of war.”
“This is an act of war.”
That CIA drone strike on the port reportedly happened “earlier this month.”
December 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
That CIA drone strike on the port reportedly happened “earlier this month.”
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Exclusive: The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility in Venezuela, sources told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. This is the attack Trump has repeatedly alluded to in recent days. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Exclusive: The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility in Venezuela, sources told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. This is the attack Trump has repeatedly alluded to in recent days. www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
“One of the sources said the strike was successful in that it destroyed the facility and its boats, but described it as largely symbolic… It also appeared to attract little to no attention, even inside the country, in real time.”
JUST IN: The CIA conducted a drone strike in December on a remote dock on the Venezuelan coast, sources told CNN, the first known US attack inside the country. https://cnn.it/490npv8
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“One of the sources said the strike was successful in that it destroyed the facility and its boats, but described it as largely symbolic… It also appeared to attract little to no attention, even inside the country, in real time.”
“When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
- Timothy Snyder
- Timothy Snyder
Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
S.3567
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
December 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
- Timothy Snyder
- Timothy Snyder
Smells like voter suppression.
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.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Smells like voter suppression.
The wartime President who dodged the draft, was a Russian asset, handed Afghanistan to the Taliban, betrayed Ukraine and Europe, funded a genocide and committed war crimes in Latin America.
December 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The wartime President who dodged the draft, was a Russian asset, handed Afghanistan to the Taliban, betrayed Ukraine and Europe, funded a genocide and committed war crimes in Latin America.
Like 6’8 James Comey blending into the curtains in the Oval Office.
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Like 6’8 James Comey blending into the curtains in the Oval Office.
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To pay off stadium bonds, Chiefs-related new spending would need to be $2.7B a year — for a team whose total revenue is less than a quarter of that. Each and every Chiefs fan would need to spend an extra $4,000 per game for Kansas to break even.
How Kansas governor claims $4B Chiefs stadium subsidy will cost “no new taxes,” and whether this makes any damn sense
Judging from my email, the proposed Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal with the state of Kansas has set off a wave of cognitive dissonance among sports fans and taxpayers: Gov. Laura Kelly says that the ...
www.fieldofschemes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
To pay off stadium bonds, Chiefs-related new spending would need to be $2.7B a year — for a team whose total revenue is less than a quarter of that. Each and every Chiefs fan would need to spend an extra $4,000 per game for Kansas to break even.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
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December 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
“No doubt it will be Hakeem Jeffries?”
Pelosi: “None.”
Just great. The robot whose political instincts are nill and misses the mark at every opportunity.
Pelosi: “None.”
Just great. The robot whose political instincts are nill and misses the mark at every opportunity.
Pelosi: "Right now, Republicans in Congress have abolished the Congress. They just do what the president insists that they do. That will be over as soon as we have the gavel."
December 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“No doubt it will be Hakeem Jeffries?”
Pelosi: “None.”
Just great. The robot whose political instincts are nill and misses the mark at every opportunity.
Pelosi: “None.”
Just great. The robot whose political instincts are nill and misses the mark at every opportunity.
They should have had Rick Scott making this statement.
Ron Johnson: "Understand, Somalis have just been in this country a few years. They're amateurs when it comes to fleecing the federal government."
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They should have had Rick Scott making this statement.
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Now leading HuffPost—
My deep dive on a warning sign for foreign policy-making under Trump + Rubio: lawyers at the State Dept now fear unprecedented retaliation if they provide honest legal advice about big, damaging policies from boat strikes to mass deportations
www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...
My deep dive on a warning sign for foreign policy-making under Trump + Rubio: lawyers at the State Dept now fear unprecedented retaliation if they provide honest legal advice about big, damaging policies from boat strikes to mass deportations
www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...
December 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Now leading HuffPost—
My deep dive on a warning sign for foreign policy-making under Trump + Rubio: lawyers at the State Dept now fear unprecedented retaliation if they provide honest legal advice about big, damaging policies from boat strikes to mass deportations
www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...
My deep dive on a warning sign for foreign policy-making under Trump + Rubio: lawyers at the State Dept now fear unprecedented retaliation if they provide honest legal advice about big, damaging policies from boat strikes to mass deportations
www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Have a call to action to yield results.
Change your theme to:
The King’s Enablers
Apply pressure to individuals responsible for enabling a King & his cabinet to destroy our democracy.
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Have a call to action to yield results.
Change your theme to:
The King’s Enablers
Apply pressure to individuals responsible for enabling a King & his cabinet to destroy our democracy.
Everybody is looking forward to the next No Kings Day in the spring. The official date will be announced once we land this with the full No Kings coalition, but trust us that it’s coming. And we can’t wait, either. ❌👑
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Have a call to action to yield results.
Change your theme to:
The King’s Enablers
Apply pressure to individuals responsible for enabling a King & his cabinet to destroy our democracy.
DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Have a call to action to yield results.
Change your theme to:
The King’s Enablers
Apply pressure to individuals responsible for enabling a King & his cabinet to destroy our democracy.
Oregon protestors who mocked federal agents
Chicago protestors who fought for their neighbors, even in pajamas
Clergy who put their bodies on the line
Mamdani for his courage to never stray from his convictions
those suing the admin and upholding our judicial system
Chris Van Hollen
Chicago protestors who fought for their neighbors, even in pajamas
Clergy who put their bodies on the line
Mamdani for his courage to never stray from his convictions
those suing the admin and upholding our judicial system
Chris Van Hollen
What gave you courage in 2025?
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Oregon protestors who mocked federal agents
Chicago protestors who fought for their neighbors, even in pajamas
Clergy who put their bodies on the line
Mamdani for his courage to never stray from his convictions
those suing the admin and upholding our judicial system
Chris Van Hollen
Chicago protestors who fought for their neighbors, even in pajamas
Clergy who put their bodies on the line
Mamdani for his courage to never stray from his convictions
those suing the admin and upholding our judicial system
Chris Van Hollen
I like this portion:
“America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘we.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone.”
“America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘we.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone.”
Construction workers at the Obama Presidential Center have begun installing 5-foot letters from a speech the former president delivered in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights marches.
An Obama quote gets installed atop presidential center
chicago.suntimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I like this portion:
“America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘we.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone.”
“America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘we.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone.”
Four men missing since being deported from the U.S. in March are located in El Salvador prisons.
CECOT:
Brandon Bladimir Sigarán Cruz
The Industrial Center for Fulfillment of Sentences & Rehabilitation:
José Osmín Santos Robles
William Alexander Martínez Ruano Irving Geovani Quintanilla García
CECOT:
Brandon Bladimir Sigarán Cruz
The Industrial Center for Fulfillment of Sentences & Rehabilitation:
José Osmín Santos Robles
William Alexander Martínez Ruano Irving Geovani Quintanilla García
#ElAñoEnELPAÍS | Tras su deportación, el aparato gubernamental a las órdenes de Bukele se negó durante meses a dar información sobre el paradero de los jóvenes a sus familiares
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December 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Four men missing since being deported from the U.S. in March are located in El Salvador prisons.
CECOT:
Brandon Bladimir Sigarán Cruz
The Industrial Center for Fulfillment of Sentences & Rehabilitation:
José Osmín Santos Robles
William Alexander Martínez Ruano Irving Geovani Quintanilla García
CECOT:
Brandon Bladimir Sigarán Cruz
The Industrial Center for Fulfillment of Sentences & Rehabilitation:
José Osmín Santos Robles
William Alexander Martínez Ruano Irving Geovani Quintanilla García
The playbook that calls for the murder of more children and families while transitioning from a Phase 1 Ceasefire to a Phase 2 Peace Board.
#WordsWithNoMeaning
#WordsWithNoMeaning
The cease-fire in Gaza is more than two months old. But the killing of Palestinians has not yet stopped for more than a day or two at a time.
The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?
Since the cease-fire took effect, Israel says it has targeted only militants. But death can come for Gazans while on a family outing or sleeping in a tent.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The playbook that calls for the murder of more children and families while transitioning from a Phase 1 Ceasefire to a Phase 2 Peace Board.
#WordsWithNoMeaning
#WordsWithNoMeaning
“Two of the largest warehouses are planned for towns with Democrat-led local governments: Stafford, VA., and Kansas City, MO.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Two of the largest warehouses are planned for towns with Democrat-led local governments: Stafford, VA., and Kansas City, MO.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...