Mathew Michaud
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‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯
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December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯
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Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
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A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
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So, the answer is yes, he did move her to a Club Fed.
WELKER: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved just days after you interviewed her?
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
December 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
So, the answer is yes, he did move her to a Club Fed.
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In case people need a refresher:
The Trump administration is fighting contempt proceedings y in federal court over what happened “inside CECOT” to human beings unlawfully renditioned there.
Bari Weiss’s CBS News is now part of the coverup.
The Trump administration is fighting contempt proceedings y in federal court over what happened “inside CECOT” to human beings unlawfully renditioned there.
Bari Weiss’s CBS News is now part of the coverup.
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In case people need a refresher:
The Trump administration is fighting contempt proceedings y in federal court over what happened “inside CECOT” to human beings unlawfully renditioned there.
Bari Weiss’s CBS News is now part of the coverup.
The Trump administration is fighting contempt proceedings y in federal court over what happened “inside CECOT” to human beings unlawfully renditioned there.
Bari Weiss’s CBS News is now part of the coverup.
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You know, I know; everybody knows.
December 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You know, I know; everybody knows.
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this isn’t how you legally redact documents. there’s always some segregable text that isn’t sensitive, whether it’s headers, dates, or whatever. this is almost passive aggressive.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
this isn’t how you legally redact documents. there’s always some segregable text that isn’t sensitive, whether it’s headers, dates, or whatever. this is almost passive aggressive.
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CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
December 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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The American government is killing people.
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The American government is killing people.
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Hitler vows no more territorial demands in Europe if Western allies give him Sudetenland.
Scorpion vows no more stinging if frog treats him with respect.
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Hitler vows no more territorial demands in Europe if Western allies give him Sudetenland.
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Clean energy went through a lot this year, but it still managed to dominate new power deployment in the U.S.
Chart: Clean energy remains dominant in the US — despite Trump
Trump spent much of 2025 boosting fossil fuels and blocking renewables, but 92% of new power additions through November were solar, wind, or batteries.
www.canarymedia.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Clean energy went through a lot this year, but it still managed to dominate new power deployment in the U.S.
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The problem with this, Marco, is that you are pressuring the victim of aggression to compromise its statehood instead of pressuring the aggressor to end its conquest.
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with this, Marco, is that you are pressuring the victim of aggression to compromise its statehood instead of pressuring the aggressor to end its conquest.
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Q: By any metric, the Israelis are flouting the ceasefire Trump negotiated by killing an average of 2 children a day, not allowing aid into Gaza. How long can the Israelis be allowed to show such disrespect to President Trump?
RUBIO: That's your characterization about 'disrespect'
RUBIO: That's your characterization about 'disrespect'
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Q: By any metric, the Israelis are flouting the ceasefire Trump negotiated by killing an average of 2 children a day, not allowing aid into Gaza. How long can the Israelis be allowed to show such disrespect to President Trump?
RUBIO: That's your characterization about 'disrespect'
RUBIO: That's your characterization about 'disrespect'
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
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One of the world’s leading climate, weather, and wildfire science research institutions is being targeted for elimination in what many of those affected see as President Donald Trump’s political vendetta against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.
One of Trump’s grudges now threatens America’s weather forecasts
What happens when you kill the country’s climate science “mothership”?
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
One of the world’s leading climate, weather, and wildfire science research institutions is being targeted for elimination in what many of those affected see as President Donald Trump’s political vendetta against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.
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The cost of Trump's White House ballroom may now reach $400 million.
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom may now reach $400 million.
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to the ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=g1QPGh8Vasu_WWpZ
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara on ICE Operations in the city:
“ When you create this much instability, this much fear, there are definitely criminals and bad actors that are looking to try and take advantage of this situation."
“ When you create this much instability, this much fear, there are definitely criminals and bad actors that are looking to try and take advantage of this situation."
December 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara on ICE Operations in the city:
“ When you create this much instability, this much fear, there are definitely criminals and bad actors that are looking to try and take advantage of this situation."
“ When you create this much instability, this much fear, there are definitely criminals and bad actors that are looking to try and take advantage of this situation."
We inhabit a world in which this is a Reuters worthy and suspenseful development.
Venezuela authorizes two unsanctioned loaded oil supertankers to depart, sources say reut.rs/49hA5xv
Venezuela authorizes two unsanctioned loaded oil supertankers to depart, sources say
Venezuela authorized on Thursday two very large crude carriers (VLCC) to set sail for China, according to two sources familiar with Venezuela's oil export operations, which would be only the second and third supertankers to depart since the U.S. seized a ship carrying Venezuelan oil last week.
reut.rs
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We inhabit a world in which this is a Reuters worthy and suspenseful development.
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Wasn't this a running plot line in Succession?
"Carnival hires D.C. lobbying firm to seek ‘relief’ from Trump regime for past environmental crimes"
Dan Christensen for Florida Bulldog
Dan Christensen for Florida Bulldog
Carnival hires D.C. lobbying firm to seek 'relief' from Trump regime for past environmental crimes - Florida Bulldog
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org For years, there’s been a metaphorical albatross hanging around the smokestacks of every ship in Carnival Corp.’s 93-ship fleet across its nine cruise brands. Ye...
www.floridabulldog.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Wasn't this a running plot line in Succession?
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OPINION: Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
Trump's naughty and nice list
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
OPINION: Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
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The chickens have come home to roost...
"21% dismissal rate of the D.C. U.S. Attorney's office's criminal complaints over eight weeks, compared to a mere 0.5% dismissal rate over the prior 10 years"
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
"21% dismissal rate of the D.C. U.S. Attorney's office's criminal complaints over eight weeks, compared to a mere 0.5% dismissal rate over the prior 10 years"
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department
In years past, it was relatively rare for a federal court to question the Justice Department's competency or good faith. But such questions are becoming more common.
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The chickens have come home to roost...
"21% dismissal rate of the D.C. U.S. Attorney's office's criminal complaints over eight weeks, compared to a mere 0.5% dismissal rate over the prior 10 years"
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
"21% dismissal rate of the D.C. U.S. Attorney's office's criminal complaints over eight weeks, compared to a mere 0.5% dismissal rate over the prior 10 years"
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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The Soviet Union's impunity for the occupation of the Baltic states in the 1940s is one of the reasons behind Putin's actions. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said.
"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Soviet Union's impunity for the occupation of the Baltic states in the 1940s is one of the reasons behind Putin's actions. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said.
"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
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I’m sorry, but Jim Jordan and Jack Smith in a battle of the wits? Not even close.
NEW: Jack Smith will make his case to Congress today while navigating a labyrinth of secrecy rules, laws and restrictions — and a room full of Republican lawmakers eager to trip him up and incriminate him.
w/ @Hailey_Fuchs
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w/ @Hailey_Fuchs
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Jack Smith wants to tell Congress about his Trump investigations. That comes with risks.
The House Judiciary Committee will question the former special counsel behind closed doors.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m sorry, but Jim Jordan and Jack Smith in a battle of the wits? Not even close.