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PJP contributors asked people in their prisons what their holidays are like. Here’s what they said.
What Are the Holidays Like Behind Bars?
Here’s what people inside had to say.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
PJP contributors asked people in their prisons what their holidays are like. Here’s what they said.
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🏆On night two of Hanukkah, we spotlight North Carolina's Supreme Court election.
Republican Jefferson Griffin tried to overturn his loss to Democrat Allison Riggs by challenging 68k votes. After six months, he conceded, and Riggs' victory was certified.
https://bit.ly/3YAxEjr
Republican Jefferson Griffin tried to overturn his loss to Democrat Allison Riggs by challenging 68k votes. After six months, he conceded, and Riggs' victory was certified.
https://bit.ly/3YAxEjr
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
🏆On night two of Hanukkah, we spotlight North Carolina's Supreme Court election.
Republican Jefferson Griffin tried to overturn his loss to Democrat Allison Riggs by challenging 68k votes. After six months, he conceded, and Riggs' victory was certified.
https://bit.ly/3YAxEjr
Republican Jefferson Griffin tried to overturn his loss to Democrat Allison Riggs by challenging 68k votes. After six months, he conceded, and Riggs' victory was certified.
https://bit.ly/3YAxEjr
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
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Rob Reiner on Christian nationalism
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Rob Reiner on Christian nationalism
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If you’re wondering why a president managing to be both batshit and decrepit doesn’t get the 25th deployed, it’s because chasing the puppet distracts everyone from those pulling the strings. Trump is out-Zaphoding Beeblebrox and out-weekending Bernie.
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If you’re wondering why a president managing to be both batshit and decrepit doesn’t get the 25th deployed, it’s because chasing the puppet distracts everyone from those pulling the strings. Trump is out-Zaphoding Beeblebrox and out-weekending Bernie.
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The time for thoughts and prayers has long passed. Our better angels demand action.
I am grateful to the brave law enforcement and civilians who raced toward danger to save lives, and I continue to pray for the swift recovery of all those who were injured.
I am grateful to the brave law enforcement and civilians who raced toward danger to save lives, and I continue to pray for the swift recovery of all those who were injured.
December 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The time for thoughts and prayers has long passed. Our better angels demand action.
I am grateful to the brave law enforcement and civilians who raced toward danger to save lives, and I continue to pray for the swift recovery of all those who were injured.
I am grateful to the brave law enforcement and civilians who raced toward danger to save lives, and I continue to pray for the swift recovery of all those who were injured.
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This weekend, we experienced horrors that have become all too familiar.
We saw students at Brown University terrorized — shot, two killed and nine injured — by gunfire as they studied for their final exams.
We saw students at Brown University terrorized — shot, two killed and nine injured — by gunfire as they studied for their final exams.
December 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This weekend, we experienced horrors that have become all too familiar.
We saw students at Brown University terrorized — shot, two killed and nine injured — by gunfire as they studied for their final exams.
We saw students at Brown University terrorized — shot, two killed and nine injured — by gunfire as they studied for their final exams.
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The Trump administration opposes a push by preservationists to halt the White House ballroom project. In a court filing, the administration said the project must continue for national security reasons.
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Trump administration opposes a push by preservationists to halt the White House ballroom project. In a court filing, the administration said the project must continue for national security reasons.
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tRump classified fentanyl as a “Weapon of Mass Destruction.”
I see where this is headed… war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
WTF is in those files?!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Fentanyl #Venezuela #EpsteinFiles
I see where this is headed… war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
WTF is in those files?!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Fentanyl #Venezuela #EpsteinFiles
December 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
tRump classified fentanyl as a “Weapon of Mass Destruction.”
I see where this is headed… war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
WTF is in those files?!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Fentanyl #Venezuela #EpsteinFiles
I see where this is headed… war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
WTF is in those files?!
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Fentanyl #Venezuela #EpsteinFiles
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Reminder: Trump pardoned the founder of a black market that imported fentanyl from China into the U.S.
So to be clear—he’s fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against the American people.
So to be clear—he’s fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against the American people.
Trump designates fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction amid drug cartel strikes
The order authorizes the Pentagon and DOJ to use "every tool" available to combat drug cartels.
www.axios.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Reminder: Trump pardoned the founder of a black market that imported fentanyl from China into the U.S.
So to be clear—he’s fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against the American people.
So to be clear—he’s fine pardoning criminals who used weapons of mass destruction against the American people.
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UPS "played the Grinch" by failing to pay seasonal workers it hires between October and January for work they performed outside their shifts, leading to millions in unpaid wages and overtime, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Monday. www.law360.com/artic...
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
UPS "played the Grinch" by failing to pay seasonal workers it hires between October and January for work they performed outside their shifts, leading to millions in unpaid wages and overtime, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Monday. www.law360.com/artic...
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Commentary: If an Ohio farmer finds that it is more profitable to install solar panels than to use land for soybeans, why can their neighbors go to state boards and argue against that use of their land? ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/15/w...
What is stopping development of solar and wind energy in Ohio? • Ohio Capital Journal
If an Ohio farmer finds it is more profitable to install solar panels than to use land for soybeans, why can their neighbors go to state boards and argue against that use of their land?
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Commentary: If an Ohio farmer finds that it is more profitable to install solar panels than to use land for soybeans, why can their neighbors go to state boards and argue against that use of their land? ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/15/w...
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Rep. Randy Finealso rushed to blame Muslims and call for Muslim Americans to be punished. “Diversity has become suicidal,” he said. “It is time for a Muslim travel ban, radical deportations of all mainstream Muslim legal and illegal immigrants, and citizenship revocations wherever possible.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Rep. Randy Finealso rushed to blame Muslims and call for Muslim Americans to be punished. “Diversity has become suicidal,” he said. “It is time for a Muslim travel ban, radical deportations of all mainstream Muslim legal and illegal immigrants, and citizenship revocations wherever possible.”
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“Islam is not a religion. It’s a cult,” said Sen. Tommy Tuberville. “Stop worrying about offending the pearl clutchers. We’ve got to SEND THEM HOME NOW or we’ll become the United Caliphate of America.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Islam is not a religion. It’s a cult,” said Sen. Tommy Tuberville. “Stop worrying about offending the pearl clutchers. We’ve got to SEND THEM HOME NOW or we’ll become the United Caliphate of America.”
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Speaking of repugnant behavior by Trump, he’s fighting sign language at Trump-Vance administration events because it “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public.”
Trump administration says sign language services ‘intrude’ on Trump’s ability to control his image
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public imag...
www.wistv.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Speaking of repugnant behavior by Trump, he’s fighting sign language at Trump-Vance administration events because it “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public.”
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Payments firm PayPal said on Monday it has applied to establish a bank in the United States, as companies rush to capitalize on a friendly regulatory environment under the Trump administration.
Payments firm PayPal files for bank charter in lending push
Payments firm PayPal said on Monday it has applied to establish a bank in the United States, as companies rush to capitalize on a friendly regulatory environment under the Trump administration.
reut.rs
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Payments firm PayPal said on Monday it has applied to establish a bank in the United States, as companies rush to capitalize on a friendly regulatory environment under the Trump administration.
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To reiterate what many people have pointed out over the years, Trump votes by mail
Trump: "We should knock out the filibuster. If you did that, we'd get voter ID, you'd have no mail in voting, all things that make our elections dishonest."
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
To reiterate what many people have pointed out over the years, Trump votes by mail
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AI radically lowers the cost of polluting our information ecosystem.
Our ecosystem was already stressed & under attack across many fronts.
This unleashes new floods of slop. Slop swamps high-quality info, forcing us each to pay more for costly discernment or accept losing our way in the flood.
Our ecosystem was already stressed & under attack across many fronts.
This unleashes new floods of slop. Slop swamps high-quality info, forcing us each to pay more for costly discernment or accept losing our way in the flood.
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
AI radically lowers the cost of polluting our information ecosystem.
Our ecosystem was already stressed & under attack across many fronts.
This unleashes new floods of slop. Slop swamps high-quality info, forcing us each to pay more for costly discernment or accept losing our way in the flood.
Our ecosystem was already stressed & under attack across many fronts.
This unleashes new floods of slop. Slop swamps high-quality info, forcing us each to pay more for costly discernment or accept losing our way in the flood.
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It gets worse
Someone is posting fake AI slop articles like this on their Research Gate account and it’s making its way into Google Scholar searches.
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It gets worse
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I've been pushing the admin to release Hurricane Helene recovery funds after months of delay. This is an important bipartisan victory. And I won't stop fighting until all this aid is released.
December 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I've been pushing the admin to release Hurricane Helene recovery funds after months of delay. This is an important bipartisan victory. And I won't stop fighting until all this aid is released.
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For more than two years, Jared Kushner has sought to build a Trump-branded complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
Jared Kushner’s Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia Is Running Into Resistance
For more than two years, the U.S. president’s son-in-law has sought to build a complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For more than two years, Jared Kushner has sought to build a Trump-branded complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender.
Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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It's not an accident that Mike Johnson seemed to go out of his way to emphasize that Rob Reiner's son killed him. That was a choice. It's something every reasonable adult knows you wouldn't bring up in a respectful statement immediately following tragedy.
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It's not an accident that Mike Johnson seemed to go out of his way to emphasize that Rob Reiner's son killed him. That was a choice. It's something every reasonable adult knows you wouldn't bring up in a respectful statement immediately following tragedy.