Christopher Girling
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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Breaking News: A federal judge in Florida approved the release of grand jury documents from a nearly 20-year-old investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, beginning the process of making another batch of material about Epstein public.
Judge Approves Release of Epstein Grand Jury Documents in Florida Case
A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of previously sealed testimony, after legislation passed last month authorizing the disclosure.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Breaking News: A federal judge in Florida approved the release of grand jury documents from a nearly 20-year-old investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, beginning the process of making another batch of material about Epstein public.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “did not comply” with the Pentagon’s policies when he used a private messaging app to discuss airstrikes by U.S. forces in Yemen earlier this year, the department’s inspector general said in a report released on Thursday. Here’s what else we learned from the report.
Takeaways From the Pentagon Investigation on Hegseth’s Use of Signal
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December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “did not comply” with the Pentagon’s policies when he used a private messaging app to discuss airstrikes by U.S. forces in Yemen earlier this year, the department’s inspector general said in a report released on Thursday. Here’s what else we learned from the report.
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The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation. n.pr/48vKXX3
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation. n.pr/48vKXX3
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NEW: An inside look at how RFK Jr. has walled himself off from government scientists and installed old allies in key positions to advance the vaccine agenda that has animated him for 20 years. "Vaccines must be a culprit," he told me.
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Inside Kennedy’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System
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December 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
NEW: An inside look at how RFK Jr. has walled himself off from government scientists and installed old allies in key positions to advance the vaccine agenda that has animated him for 20 years. "Vaccines must be a culprit," he told me.
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Breaking News: A grand jury is said to have declined to re-indict Letitia James, rejecting a Trump effort to revive a criminal case.
Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James
After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Breaking News: A grand jury is said to have declined to re-indict Letitia James, rejecting a Trump effort to revive a criminal case.
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President Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants on Tuesday during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting, calling them “garbage” he does not want in the U.S. as he sought to refocus public attention on his anti-immigration rhetoric.
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
The president delivered xenophobic comments during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
President Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants on Tuesday during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting, calling them “garbage” he does not want in the U.S. as he sought to refocus public attention on his anti-immigration rhetoric.
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Costco is one of the largest companies to sue for possible refunds if the Supreme Court strikes down the new import duties. n.pr/3KD0Piy
Costco sues the Trump administration over tariffs, joining a refund queue
Costco is one of the largest companies to sue for possible refunds if the Supreme Court strikes down the new import duties.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Costco is one of the largest companies to sue for possible refunds if the Supreme Court strikes down the new import duties. n.pr/3KD0Piy
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To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.
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The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
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The federal judge in the Trump administration’s prosecution of James Comey, the former FBI director, on Wednesday blasted President Trump’s handpicked prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, for taking an “indict first, investigate later” approach to the case.
Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey
The flashpoint was the Justice Department’s failure to turn over seized communications from a confidant of Mr. Comey’s, Daniel C. Richman, a law professor at Columbia University.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The federal judge in the Trump administration’s prosecution of James Comey, the former FBI director, on Wednesday blasted President Trump’s handpicked prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, for taking an “indict first, investigate later” approach to the case.
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A judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms, a change dictated in an executive order President Trump signed in March. A White House spokesman said the government would appeal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms, a change dictated in an executive order President Trump signed in March. A White House spokesman said the government would appeal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
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The Trump administration says more difficult questions, and other changes to the naturalization process, will ensure only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will gain citizenship.
The test for U.S. citizenship is about to get harder
The Trump administration says more difficult questions, and other changes to the naturalization process, will ensure only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will gain citizenship.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The Trump administration says more difficult questions, and other changes to the naturalization process, will ensure only immigrants who are "fully assimilated" will gain citizenship.
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This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis. More than 300 of the state’s roughly 1,200 districts signed up to use the lessons.
Inside the New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum
This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis. More than 300 of the state’s roughly 1,200 districts signed up to use the lessons.
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court rejected Alex Jones’s appeal of an order to pay $1.4 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families. The families were awarded the money after suing Jones for defamation. nyti.ms/470OTQl
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Breaking News: The Supreme Court rejected Alex Jones’s appeal of an order to pay $1.4 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families. The families were awarded the money after suing Jones for defamation. nyti.ms/470OTQl
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
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Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”
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In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
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Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on immune systems.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work in Peripheral Immune Tolerance
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize on Monday.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on immune systems.
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Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. via @opb.org
Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump
Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...
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October 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. via @opb.org
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On the shutdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqk9...
Trump Government Purge is All According to Plan — Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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October 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
On the shutdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqk9...
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At a time when President Trump is going after foreign laborers in the U.S, and saying unflattering accounts of U.S. history should be removed, Rock Springs, Wyoming has put up a new monument to ethnic violence there.
New monument commemorates tragic anti-immigrant chapter in Wyoming history
At a time when President Trump is going after foreign laborers in the U.S, and saying unflattering accounts of U.S. history should be removed, Rock Springs, Wyoming has put up a new monument to ethnic violence there.
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October 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
At a time when President Trump is going after foreign laborers in the U.S, and saying unflattering accounts of U.S. history should be removed, Rock Springs, Wyoming has put up a new monument to ethnic violence there.
@yyzbound.bsky.social hey you think we’re gonna are going to see effects from the shutdowns soon?
October 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
@yyzbound.bsky.social hey you think we’re gonna are going to see effects from the shutdowns soon?
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A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are once again bracing for possible delays in commercial aviation.
Air traffic controllers helped end the last government shutdown, and may again
A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are once again bracing for possible delays in commercial aviation.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are once again bracing for possible delays in commercial aviation.