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THE U.S. HAS KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE IN BOAT STRIKES. WE’RE TRACKING THEM ALL.

The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.

theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We're Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Trump's new executive order will ban, over the next three years, more than 140,000 spouses, fiancés, and minor children of US citizens and legal permanent residents. Nearly 100,000 nuclear family of US citizens. Unconscionable
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Trump: "We should take stakes in companies when people need something." Is he planning to overthrow the leftist Maduro regime in Venezuela, or merge with it?
Trump’s Corporate Equity Acquisition Spree
When the federal government becomes an owner, corporate decisions can shift toward political incentives rather than market-driven ones.
www.cato.org
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Bonta: The Ninth Circuit refused to stay the order. And so, for the first time in six months, we have no National Guard deployed on the streets of California.

Popok: Have they been taken off the streets?

Bonta: They have. It was required as of, I believe, Monday.
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Congress is wrapping up the year without a lot of legislative accomplishments under its belt and a growing list of lawmakers who are retiring. Former members say the challenges on Capitol Hill have been brewing for a long time. n.pr/3L60qp3
'Congress is in a coma.' Former lawmakers sound alarm on health of the House
Congress is wrapping up the year without a lot of legislative accomplishments under its belt and a growing list of lawmakers who are retiring. Former members say the challenges on Capitol Hill have been brewing for a long time.
n.pr
December 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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This is a terrible, shocking story... they won't believe her but certificate or hospital records evidencing she was born in the US -
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Budget cuts threaten the future of Amsterdam-based Radio Dabanga, which has served as an information lifeline for Sudanese people about their war-torn country. n.pr/4saai1J
A radio station in Amsterdam is a lifeline for Sudan. After USAID cuts, it's faltering
Budget cuts threaten the future of Amsterdam-based Radio Dabanga, which has served as an information lifeline for Sudanese people about their war-torn country.
n.pr
December 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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legitimately love this guy.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Many countries are frustrated with U.N. climate conferences. While some countries urgently want to transition away from fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — others are blocking that language from climate agreements.
"A very, very big deal." Countries take on fossil fuels : Short Wave
Many countries are frustrated with U.N. climate conferences. While some countries urgently want to transition away from fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — others are blocking that language from climate agreements. Today on the show, Emily talks with Julia Simon from NPR’s climate desk. She takes us to Brazil and introduces us to a group of countries that are trying something new.Interested in more science and climate related news? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This is just gutter white nationalist agitprop from Stephen Miller. A good time to read our deep dive into Miller's ideological fanaticism (see below)
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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What is going on with the UAW is another example of how the Labor Notes/DSA/Jacobin crowd are just as abusive and corrupt in power as the people they claim to hate.

The history of democratic unionist activists coming to power in unions is in fact very bad.

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
UAW president’s chief of staff to leave the union following federal monitor report
A key United Auto Workers strategist and architect of the union’s 2023 auto-factory strike is leaving the labor group, after a report by the federal monitor overseeing the UAW concluded that he was...
www.reuters.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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This Day in Labor History: December 21, 1907. The Chilean military massacred perhaps 2,000 striking nitrate miners, though possibly significantly more than that. Let's talk the horrors of the Santa Maria Massacre, part of the global war on workers!
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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“Hospitals will also have to find a way to care for more patients who can't pay. Industry groups like the Federation of American Hospitals have been vocal about the threat to hospitals' financial health, and have urged Congress to extend the enhanced subsidies, which come in the form of tax credits”
Millions of soon-to-be uninsured Americans are looking for a 'plan B'
In January, millions of Americans will face more costly premiums on their ACA health plans. Some will go without insurance, pay out of pocket to see doctors, and use special prescription drug plans.
www.npr.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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when your plan was suicide by cop but then it turns out kash patel is in charge of the cops
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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DOJ’s Epstein Files portal is live. We tried it and can tell you it doesn’t follow the law. Trump’s own Chief of Staff says he’s in the files. Yet, he’s not here.

The law is clear: they must release ALL of the files (including the ones with Trump) TODAY. ⬇️

www.justice.gov/epstein
December 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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If they’re running scared from Kathy Hochul, of all people.
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Update: The Justice Department released some of the Epstein files, including many previously public documents, related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal charges and his death by suicide in federal custody.
DOJ releases Epstein files and the first batch is short on new information
The Justice Department released some of the Epstein files, including many previously public documents, related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's criminal charges and his death by suicide in federal custody.
n.pr
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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All the lawlessness ... it all goes back to John Roberts.
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The Department of Justice failed to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny, Republican and Democratic lawmakers said.
‘Incomplete Release’: DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Great piece from Paul Musgrave on how Trump is, in essence, taking America private:
Taking America Private
The political-economic consequences of Mr. Trump
musgrave.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.

public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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RFK Jr.'s basic belief system is eugenics: Survival of the fittest ensures we will weed out the gene pool of its weaker elements.
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM