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The progress comes even as the police department remains 20% below its budgeted staffing levels, with about 1,200 fewer officers on the force than 10 years ago.
For the first time in more than half a century, Philadelphia has recorded fewer than 225 homicides in a single year.
Philadelphia records the fewest homicides in 60 years, plus other insights to 2025’s crime
The drop in homicides to 222 mirrors a national reduction in violence and follows years of sustained declines after Philadelphia’s homicide rate peaked during the pandemic.
www.inquirer.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The progress comes even as the police department remains 20% below its budgeted staffing levels, with about 1,200 fewer officers on the force than 10 years ago.
“A chatbot designed to be “less restricted,” owned by a man who thinks content moderation is censorship, generating child sexual abuse material on a platform with hundreds of millions of users.
And the press response? “Grok apologizes.” “
And the press response? “Grok apologizes.” “
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
“A chatbot designed to be “less restricted,” owned by a man who thinks content moderation is censorship, generating child sexual abuse material on a platform with hundreds of millions of users.
And the press response? “Grok apologizes.” “
And the press response? “Grok apologizes.” “
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What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
Whew. Get some tissues and listen to the whole three minutes
Jumaane Williams: "I want to ask all of you to take an oath with me -
Repeat after me, we can all be the voice of the people.
I know what's ahead but I won't lose hold.
And I won't lose hope.
Anything can happen, so anything can happen.
As we march forward, no one let go of anyone's hands."
Repeat after me, we can all be the voice of the people.
I know what's ahead but I won't lose hold.
And I won't lose hope.
Anything can happen, so anything can happen.
As we march forward, no one let go of anyone's hands."
January 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Whew. Get some tissues and listen to the whole three minutes
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"For too long those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty."
- Mayor Mamdani.
- Mayor Mamdani.
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"For too long those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty."
- Mayor Mamdani.
- Mayor Mamdani.
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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People were just waiting for the bus.
ICE agents grabbed them without explanation or papers.
A 73-year-old U.S. citizen volunteer was tackled to the ground for witnessing the raid.
This is fascism. State violence used to terrorize civilians. No due process. No accountability. Just force.
ICE agents grabbed them without explanation or papers.
A 73-year-old U.S. citizen volunteer was tackled to the ground for witnessing the raid.
This is fascism. State violence used to terrorize civilians. No due process. No accountability. Just force.
December 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
People were just waiting for the bus.
ICE agents grabbed them without explanation or papers.
A 73-year-old U.S. citizen volunteer was tackled to the ground for witnessing the raid.
This is fascism. State violence used to terrorize civilians. No due process. No accountability. Just force.
ICE agents grabbed them without explanation or papers.
A 73-year-old U.S. citizen volunteer was tackled to the ground for witnessing the raid.
This is fascism. State violence used to terrorize civilians. No due process. No accountability. Just force.
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So sick of these BS “influencers.” And we should not help make them more famous. We should just refer to them as the “influencer” and not by name. Biased influencers trying to get you to think a certain way. F— that!!
December 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So sick of these BS “influencers.” And we should not help make them more famous. We should just refer to them as the “influencer” and not by name. Biased influencers trying to get you to think a certain way. F— that!!
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The GOP’s midterm strategy is literally just Comet Pizza
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The GOP’s midterm strategy is literally just Comet Pizza
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When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
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NYT just ran a bizarrely credulous piece about New College, the school that DeSantis and Rufo have turned upside down.
There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NYT just ran a bizarrely credulous piece about New College, the school that DeSantis and Rufo have turned upside down.
There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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A South Park writer saw Trump’s ego warming up, bought trumpkennedycenter.org months early, and waited. That’s not trolling. That’s satire with a calendar. Toby Morton just understands narcissism and timing. 😜
HOME | Trump Kennedy Center
www.trumpkennedycenter.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A South Park writer saw Trump’s ego warming up, bought trumpkennedycenter.org months early, and waited. That’s not trolling. That’s satire with a calendar. Toby Morton just understands narcissism and timing. 😜
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We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We became famous, but at what cost?’: after the horrors of Cecot, the search for a normal life
After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We need Nuremberg trials for the Trump administration officials who illegally sent these men to a torture camp. No "forward, not backward" BS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
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Ezra Klein is cashing in the right way
December 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ezra Klein is cashing in the right way
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The utter perversion of the #BrokenTimes' both-sidesing compulsion: Here it equates the right-wing ruin of New College with (checks notes) liberal (in any sense of the word) education, which it dismisses as just another "ideological bubble." Just fuck off.
December 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The utter perversion of the #BrokenTimes' both-sidesing compulsion: Here it equates the right-wing ruin of New College with (checks notes) liberal (in any sense of the word) education, which it dismisses as just another "ideological bubble." Just fuck off.
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Amb of Israel to UN Danon: UN Sec Council will convene on Mon for urgent session following Israel's recognition of the Rep of Somaliland
There are UNCONFIRMED reports that Israel and US are planning to move Palestinians to Somaliland.
As I reported, Netanyahu is meeting Trump at MAL on Mon, 12/29.
There are UNCONFIRMED reports that Israel and US are planning to move Palestinians to Somaliland.
As I reported, Netanyahu is meeting Trump at MAL on Mon, 12/29.
December 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Amb of Israel to UN Danon: UN Sec Council will convene on Mon for urgent session following Israel's recognition of the Rep of Somaliland
There are UNCONFIRMED reports that Israel and US are planning to move Palestinians to Somaliland.
As I reported, Netanyahu is meeting Trump at MAL on Mon, 12/29.
There are UNCONFIRMED reports that Israel and US are planning to move Palestinians to Somaliland.
As I reported, Netanyahu is meeting Trump at MAL on Mon, 12/29.
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I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
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Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-f...
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
www.lawdork.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-f...
“We want to make sure that Santa is being good. Santa’s a very good person,” Trump said while speaking to kids ages 4 and 10 in Oklahoma. “We want to make sure that he’s not infiltrated, that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.”
He didn’t elaborate.
apnews.com/article/trum...
He didn’t elaborate.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump warns against infiltration by a 'bad Santa,' defends coal in jovial Christmas calls with kids
President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by chatting with children about their holiday wishes. Vacationing at Mar-a-Lago in Florida he and first lady Melania Trump took calls from kids through the ...
apnews.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“We want to make sure that Santa is being good. Santa’s a very good person,” Trump said while speaking to kids ages 4 and 10 in Oklahoma. “We want to make sure that he’s not infiltrated, that we’re not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.”
He didn’t elaborate.
apnews.com/article/trum...
He didn’t elaborate.
apnews.com/article/trum...