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Trump spent $40B bailing out Argentina.
USAID *had* a budget of $30-35 Billion prior to the Trump administration eliminating them.
This does not even come close to the level of aid that we were providing to those who were starving and in desperate need around the world.
This does not even come close to the level of aid that we were providing to those who were starving and in desperate need around the world.
The U.S. has pledged $2 billion in humanitarian aid to the United Nations as part of a deal that will also overhaul how the U.S. funds foreign aid work going forward. https://to.pbs.org/3YS2q7C
December 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Trump spent $40B bailing out Argentina.
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One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
Biden left Trump the economy that was the ‘Envy of the World’, not just according the ‘The Economist’, but according to the numbers. If Trump had just left it alone he would have looked like a hero to MAGA. But no, tariffs, DOGE, ICE, and just overall destruction.
At first, Trump was going to fix inflation and prices “on day one.” Then it was, ‘Well, by the end of the year ...’ Now it’s maybe never. Because even though Republicans control the entire government, they can’t do anything, don’t cha know.
NEWSMAX: When will Americans start to feel economic progress?
RON JOHNSON: The problem is the Democrats and Biden left so many enormous messes. I can't predict it.
RON JOHNSON: The problem is the Democrats and Biden left so many enormous messes. I can't predict it.
December 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Biden left Trump the economy that was the ‘Envy of the World’, not just according the ‘The Economist’, but according to the numbers. If Trump had just left it alone he would have looked like a hero to MAGA. But no, tariffs, DOGE, ICE, and just overall destruction.
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no idea what's going on in Alaska (beyond the fact that it's a small state and so 30k new hires is a lot in context) but this is the best hiring rate the state has ever posted in the 25 years we have data
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
no idea what's going on in Alaska (beyond the fact that it's a small state and so 30k new hires is a lot in context) but this is the best hiring rate the state has ever posted in the 25 years we have data
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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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Yup
@standupforscience.bsky.social & @defendpublichealth.bsky.social are working to try & stop RFK Jr
Our job is made harder by the fact that powerful physicians—Drs Oz, Makary, Bhattacharya, Høeg—are faithfully carrying out RFK Jr's destructive MAHA agenda
They took an oath to first do no harm!
@standupforscience.bsky.social & @defendpublichealth.bsky.social are working to try & stop RFK Jr
Our job is made harder by the fact that powerful physicians—Drs Oz, Makary, Bhattacharya, Høeg—are faithfully carrying out RFK Jr's destructive MAHA agenda
They took an oath to first do no harm!
Democratic erosion, but for public health. People will die.
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yup
@standupforscience.bsky.social & @defendpublichealth.bsky.social are working to try & stop RFK Jr
Our job is made harder by the fact that powerful physicians—Drs Oz, Makary, Bhattacharya, Høeg—are faithfully carrying out RFK Jr's destructive MAHA agenda
They took an oath to first do no harm!
@standupforscience.bsky.social & @defendpublichealth.bsky.social are working to try & stop RFK Jr
Our job is made harder by the fact that powerful physicians—Drs Oz, Makary, Bhattacharya, Høeg—are faithfully carrying out RFK Jr's destructive MAHA agenda
They took an oath to first do no harm!
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In 2025, the Trump administration’s cuts to research grants sapped scientists’ appetite for bold exploration. In its place, the country may be stuck with more timid, short-term thinking, @katherinejwu.com reports.
The Trump Administration’s Most Paralyzing Blow to Science
Cuts to research may have spoiled the country’s appetite for bold exploration.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In 2025, the Trump administration’s cuts to research grants sapped scientists’ appetite for bold exploration. In its place, the country may be stuck with more timid, short-term thinking, @katherinejwu.com reports.
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The silver lining of the awful year that was 2025 has been seeing the great sleeping giant of the American people rising up against Trump’s authoritarianism.
Please consider donating to @inequalitymedia.bsky.social to help power our work in 2026 and beyond. bit.ly/3NnwyFp
Please consider donating to @inequalitymedia.bsky.social to help power our work in 2026 and beyond. bit.ly/3NnwyFp
December 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The silver lining of the awful year that was 2025 has been seeing the great sleeping giant of the American people rising up against Trump’s authoritarianism.
Please consider donating to @inequalitymedia.bsky.social to help power our work in 2026 and beyond. bit.ly/3NnwyFp
Please consider donating to @inequalitymedia.bsky.social to help power our work in 2026 and beyond. bit.ly/3NnwyFp
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This is an act of war and illegal under both US and international law, let’s just be clear about that:
C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is an act of war and illegal under both US and international law, let’s just be clear about that:
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"If Rockwell’s early illustrations of pink-cheeked lovebirds and rough-housing kids were meant to comfort audiences, those latter works were meant to challenge them. His tool for achieving both ends, though, was the same: compassion."
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"If Rockwell’s early illustrations of pink-cheeked lovebirds and rough-housing kids were meant to comfort audiences, those latter works were meant to challenge them. His tool for achieving both ends, though, was the same: compassion."
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We must decide if this is the kind of country we want to be.👇
A video shows around 50 federal agents at the Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka to detain one person. This happened at around noon today.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We must decide if this is the kind of country we want to be.👇
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From Trump’s explosive first year back in office to Americans’ increasing frustration with the economy, I’ve charted 10 stories that defined 2025 for my annual Year in Charts @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump’s First Year Back, in 10 Charts (Gift Article)
Steven Rattner recaps the year of Trump in charts.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
From Trump’s explosive first year back in office to Americans’ increasing frustration with the economy, I’ve charted 10 stories that defined 2025 for my annual Year in Charts @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In just three days, Trump's latest tax cuts for the super-rich and corporations will go into effect.
Here's how his first round of tax cuts turned out.
Here's how his first round of tax cuts turned out.
Trump's Tax Cuts Were Worse than We Thought
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In just three days, Trump's latest tax cuts for the super-rich and corporations will go into effect.
Here's how his first round of tax cuts turned out.
Here's how his first round of tax cuts turned out.
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Donald Trump and the DOJ are breaking federal law by continuing to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein's decades-long, billion-dollar, international sex trafficking ring.
We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.
We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.
Some lawmakers criticize DOJ release of Epstein files, say 'fails to comply' with law
Several members of Congress criticized the Department of Justice's release of some of the files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
abcnews.go.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Donald Trump and the DOJ are breaking federal law by continuing to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein's decades-long, billion-dollar, international sex trafficking ring.
We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.
We’re fighting for justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and safety for the public.
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The Trump Admin has repeatedly demonstrated to allies around the globe that US security guarantees mean nothing as long as Trump is president. He won’t even agree to abide by the NATO charter, so how can he be trusted to honor any Ukraine deal.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Trump Admin has repeatedly demonstrated to allies around the globe that US security guarantees mean nothing as long as Trump is president. He won’t even agree to abide by the NATO charter, so how can he be trusted to honor any Ukraine deal.
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Here's Trump giving more credence to the fear that Israel plans to remove Palestinians from Gaza and ship them to Somaliland, a self-declared country in the Horn of Africa that no UN member state recognizes – except for Israel.
Trump: "I heard that number today -- half of Gaza would leave. I've always said it. I said if they were given the opportunity to live in a better climate, they would move. We're helping the people of Gaza a lot. So is Israel, by the way."
December 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Here's Trump giving more credence to the fear that Israel plans to remove Palestinians from Gaza and ship them to Somaliland, a self-declared country in the Horn of Africa that no UN member state recognizes – except for Israel.
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Republicans claim they’re better for the economy, but it hasn't been true for a century. Don't fall for it. They're better for the wealthy and that's it.
December 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Republicans claim they’re better for the economy, but it hasn't been true for a century. Don't fall for it. They're better for the wealthy and that's it.
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The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell: A look at how Trump has hijacked the famous artist's work to promote nativism and Gestapo tactics. The artist's real legacy is one that promoted compassion, kindness, and dignity for people of all backgrounds. www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell: A look at how Trump has hijacked the famous artist's work to promote nativism and Gestapo tactics. The artist's real legacy is one that promoted compassion, kindness, and dignity for people of all backgrounds. www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...
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DOJ: Nothing suggests Donald Trump is a sexual predator.
ME (thinking): How could an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, and comes up 100s of times in The Epstein Files, possibly be a sexual predator?
ME (thinking): How could an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, and comes up 100s of times in The Epstein Files, possibly be a sexual predator?
December 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
DOJ: Nothing suggests Donald Trump is a sexual predator.
ME (thinking): How could an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, and comes up 100s of times in The Epstein Files, possibly be a sexual predator?
ME (thinking): How could an adjudicated rapist, accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, and comes up 100s of times in The Epstein Files, possibly be a sexual predator?
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It’s not our duty to just smile and nod when a man with this much power demonstrates that he’s a pathological liar and an imbecile. Quite the contrary. Real patriots say out loud this is just plain nuts and he’s unfit to hold office.
Trump: "It's funny, I settled 8 wars. Some were going on for 35 years. And we got them settled in a couple of days. Some of them -- one was going on for 37 years. I settled it in one day. But this is a very complex one."
December 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It’s not our duty to just smile and nod when a man with this much power demonstrates that he’s a pathological liar and an imbecile. Quite the contrary. Real patriots say out loud this is just plain nuts and he’s unfit to hold office.
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The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
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Wall Street Journal editorial board calls out MAGA’s latest 2020 stolen election ‘nonsense’
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Wall Street Journal board calls out MAGA’s latest 2020 stolen election ‘nonsense’
‘Mr. Trump will never admit his 2020 claims were partisan nonsense. But Republicans who care about the future could do their man a favor by refusing to keep indulging them,’ the editorial board wrote ...
www.independent.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Wall Street Journal editorial board calls out MAGA’s latest 2020 stolen election ‘nonsense’
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
For those who help the poor, 2025 goes down as a year of chaos
Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
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This is also a great one prints.nrm.org/detail/26106...
Golden Rule, 1961 by Norman Rockwell - Paper Print - Norman Rockwell Museum Custom Prints - Custom Prints and Framing From the Norman Rockwell Museum
Golden Rule, 1961 by Norman Rockwell - Buy Golden Rule, 1961 Paper Art Print - Norman Rockwell Museum - Custom Prints and Framing
prints.nrm.org
December 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is also a great one prints.nrm.org/detail/26106...