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In this season of uncertainty and despair, the New York Times lifts us up with a bad review of one of the few American Institutions Donald Trump hasn't slapped his name on (yet).
This year, “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes” pays homage to the legacy of the group, but its future seems to be more about sisterhood than dancing, our critic writes.
The Rockettes, at 100, Need a Kick in the Right Direction
This year, “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes” pays homage to the legacy of the group, but its future seems to be more about sisterhood than dancing.
nyti.ms
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In this season of uncertainty and despair, the New York Times lifts us up with a bad review of one of the few American Institutions Donald Trump hasn't slapped his name on (yet).
Watched Part 1 of 5 the bootlegged 60 Minutes' CECOT story and now I have to go watch puppies on YouTube for at least the next hour before I can handle Parts 2-5.
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Watched Part 1 of 5 the bootlegged 60 Minutes' CECOT story and now I have to go watch puppies on YouTube for at least the next hour before I can handle Parts 2-5.
If he's culpable, feed him to the wolves along with all the other pedophiles. I got no problem with that.
So there's something happening (primarily on Twitter): right-wing commentators/influencers are straight up inventing a reality where "the left" has been completely owned by the fact that Bill Clinton is in the Epstein photos.
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If he's culpable, feed him to the wolves along with all the other pedophiles. I got no problem with that.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Mother, Jugs & Grinch
Saving Private Grinch
Cool Hand Grinch
December 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Mother, Jugs & Grinch
At least on the Titanic, they either survived or died quickly. This is how my 2026 is shaping up:
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
At least on the Titanic, they either survived or died quickly. This is how my 2026 is shaping up:
It's the right thing to do... and grotesque in the extreme that it has to be done at all.
Brown University has canceled all remaining classes, exams, papers and projects for the rest of the fall semester, as it mourns two students who were killed in a campus shooting on Saturday, school officials said.
Brown Canceled Classes and Exams for the Rest of the Semester
The term, scheduled to end on Friday, has been cut short, and school officials said students could go home immediately.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's the right thing to do... and grotesque in the extreme that it has to be done at all.
That's because it's being built where the east wing of the white house used to be. Sadly, what Biden's entire presidency will be boiled down to is the catastrophic vanity of a second run for president. And Trump 2 will be his lasting monument.
Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
That's because it's being built where the east wing of the white house used to be. Sadly, what Biden's entire presidency will be boiled down to is the catastrophic vanity of a second run for president. And Trump 2 will be his lasting monument.
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Here's the directions, send money on Venmo. Help us save some lives out there
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@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social provides critical resources to people experiencing food and housing insecurity.
Donations make an immediate, tangible difference in the well-being of your neighbors and community:
opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Here's the directions, send money on Venmo. Help us save some lives out there
Every day, in every way, we need to make sure people know that Jacob Frey is responsible for the repugnant failure in our duty of care to the unhoused.
Mayor Frey says he is already planning to veto this. A bare minimum policy.
This is in addition to his refusal to implement emergency housing vouchers & the expansion of stable homes stable schools earlier this year.
There’s no plan and no will to implement solutions that are funded.
This is in addition to his refusal to implement emergency housing vouchers & the expansion of stable homes stable schools earlier this year.
There’s no plan and no will to implement solutions that are funded.
The Minneapolis City Council approved new homeless encampment policies that will provide toilets, collect trash and allow more time before forcing out inhabitants, among other changes.
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Every day, in every way, we need to make sure people know that Jacob Frey is responsible for the repugnant failure in our duty of care to the unhoused.
We need to call them what they are: private mercenaries.
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We need to call them what they are: private mercenaries.
On Tuesday, Pritzker signed a bill that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights have been violated, and also restricts those agents from enforcement outside courthouses.
Governor Pritzker Makes It Easier for People to Sue ICE
The Illinois governor has signed a major bill to rein in ICE agents.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
3 blocks from my house, 10 am ICE blocked traffic at 38th and Hiawatha, abducted someone out of their car and left the vehicle in the turn lane. Now we have a CBP helicopter circling overhead.
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
3 blocks from my house, 10 am ICE blocked traffic at 38th and Hiawatha, abducted someone out of their car and left the vehicle in the turn lane. Now we have a CBP helicopter circling overhead.
Ok, let's recap: tied to notorious Republican donor/sex trafficker (I know, which one?) Anton Lazzaro, vilified and forced to resign by her own party, sued by her dead husband's family for back payments on his medical expenses... and now this?
Any news that includes “Ye Old Pickle Factory” as a location where alleged events occurred = top tier banger of a story, 137,482% worth my time
www.brainerddispatch.com/news/local/n...
www.brainerddispatch.com/news/local/n...
UPDATED: Nisswa mayor's assault claim case reopens with additional witness
Jennifer Carnahan said woman who sent her an email assaulted her at City of Lights; Sophie Foster denied assaulting Carnahan.
www.brainerddispatch.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Ok, let's recap: tied to notorious Republican donor/sex trafficker (I know, which one?) Anton Lazzaro, vilified and forced to resign by her own party, sued by her dead husband's family for back payments on his medical expenses... and now this?
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BREAKING: Northsider Susan Tincher was taken away by what her husband assumes were ICE agents this morning at 21st Street and Oliver Avenue North around 6 a.m.
“No idea where she is,” Jim Tincher, Susan’s husband, shared with North News Tuesday morning. “This is just ridiculous.”
More here:
“No idea where she is,” Jim Tincher, Susan’s husband, shared with North News Tuesday morning. “This is just ridiculous.”
More here:
Redirecting...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: Northsider Susan Tincher was taken away by what her husband assumes were ICE agents this morning at 21st Street and Oliver Avenue North around 6 a.m.
“No idea where she is,” Jim Tincher, Susan’s husband, shared with North News Tuesday morning. “This is just ridiculous.”
More here:
“No idea where she is,” Jim Tincher, Susan’s husband, shared with North News Tuesday morning. “This is just ridiculous.”
More here:
He can keep his promises first, like ending homelessness, then ask for a raise.
$140K is a lot of money and if Jacob Frey wanted a higher paying job he could have not run for reelection and instead gone to work at a law firm or as a lobbyist. We had 3 other great candidates who would have gladly taken $140K to be mayor.
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
He can keep his promises first, like ending homelessness, then ask for a raise.
ICE stormed a residence hall at Augsburg University, detained an undergrad, and aimed rifles at students and staff then admitted they had no warrant to be on campus.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
December 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This administration is just openly and actively trying to kill as many people as possible.
NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
They finally got their wish.
They finally got their wish.
Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This administration is just openly and actively trying to kill as many people as possible.
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I love my neighbors💜
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I love my neighbors💜
Proud to have voted for this badass.
Aurin Chowdhury rebutting Michael Rainville on his "defund the police" accusation. MPD has done nothing but ramp their budget off the chart. And then overspent that budget by $20 million. "That's the opposite of defunding the police. So let's give it a break."
December 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Proud to have voted for this badass.
Next up, a Big MacArthur genius award.
From @theathletic.com: “This is truly one of the great honors of my life.”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded President Trump a new golden trophy, a golden medal and a certificate, and told him: “This is your prize, this is your peace prize.” nyti.ms/44Gy4s6
FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded President Trump a new golden trophy, a golden medal and a certificate, and told him: “This is your prize, this is your peace prize.” nyti.ms/44Gy4s6
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Next up, a Big MacArthur genius award.
I'm strugging to understand how ICE can impersonate Uber drivers without reprisals of any kind, either from the compnay or the city. Can someone explain this?
December 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm strugging to understand how ICE can impersonate Uber drivers without reprisals of any kind, either from the compnay or the city. Can someone explain this?
This. 25x
the biggest lie in american politics, probably only second to bush lying us into iraq, has been democrats constantly telling us "we just can't..." only to watch republicans do whatever the fuck they want over and over and over. makes me sick.
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This. 25x
How we got here.
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
How we got here.