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Maybe it's just a coincidence that the Associated Press and NPR -- two news organizations directly in the Trump Administration's crosshairs -- are leading their home pages with this story, while other MSM outlets are not.
December 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Maybe it's just a coincidence that the Associated Press and NPR -- two news organizations directly in the Trump Administration's crosshairs -- are leading their home pages with this story, while other MSM outlets are not.
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One of my greatest worries about climate was “countries will not trust each other enough to do this” but that’s actually become somewhat moot as renewables have become way preferable for many growing countries precisely /because/ they do not trust temperamental petrostates.
December 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
One of my greatest worries about climate was “countries will not trust each other enough to do this” but that’s actually become somewhat moot as renewables have become way preferable for many growing countries precisely /because/ they do not trust temperamental petrostates.
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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plan to draft articles of impeachment against AG Pam Bondi over the DOJ’s failure to release all Epstein files as required by law.
December 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plan to draft articles of impeachment against AG Pam Bondi over the DOJ’s failure to release all Epstein files as required by law.
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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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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What's missing in the Epstein files release?
Financial records
Records of failed prosecutions
Records from prosecution of Maxwell
Record of many powerful clients
and much more, as DOJ releases little
Financial records
Records of failed prosecutions
Records from prosecution of Maxwell
Record of many powerful clients
and much more, as DOJ releases little
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What's missing in the Epstein files release?
Financial records
Records of failed prosecutions
Records from prosecution of Maxwell
Record of many powerful clients
and much more, as DOJ releases little
Financial records
Records of failed prosecutions
Records from prosecution of Maxwell
Record of many powerful clients
and much more, as DOJ releases little
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As investigators followed Jeffrey Epstein’s money in 2007, his elite team of attorneys waged an aggressive battle to stop them. A cache of private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details of the fight.
Read our exclusive from October:
Read our exclusive from October:
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails show.
bloom.bg
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As investigators followed Jeffrey Epstein’s money in 2007, his elite team of attorneys waged an aggressive battle to stop them. A cache of private emails obtained by Bloomberg News reveals details of the fight.
Read our exclusive from October:
Read our exclusive from October:
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Washington Post's new headline is still wrong.
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Washington Post's new headline is still wrong.
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
www.notus.org/health-scien...
CDC to Fund Controversial Study in West Africa on Infant Hepatitis B Vaccines
The study prompted swift outcry from scientists in the U.S. who say it’s “unethical.”
www.notus.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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The Most ████ Administration Ever
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Most ████ Administration Ever
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Jeffries and Schumer should say the following sentence publicly: “Republicans’ policy of court expansion leaves Democrats no choice but to explore the same option at every level.”
And then let’s have that family conversation, in earnest.
And then let’s have that family conversation, in earnest.
👀 Utah Republicans are threatening to expand the size of their state supreme court from 5 to 7 so they can get a favorable outcome in their redistricting appeal in time for 2026.
Ds across the country can take note especially if Ds get back in control of Cong/WH again.
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
Ds across the country can take note especially if Ds get back in control of Cong/WH again.
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Jeffries and Schumer should say the following sentence publicly: “Republicans’ policy of court expansion leaves Democrats no choice but to explore the same option at every level.”
And then let’s have that family conversation, in earnest.
And then let’s have that family conversation, in earnest.
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A large national cohort study from France found that 4 yrs out from Covid vax, people had a 74% lower risk of death from severe Covid & a 25% lower risk of death from any cause.
As HHS goons threaten to cancel approval for the Covid vax in the US, be sure to get this winter's booster!
As HHS goons threaten to cancel approval for the Covid vax in the US, be sure to get this winter's booster!
mRNA COVID vaccines tied to drop in death rate for 4 years
A large national cohort study from France didn’t observe any increase in all-cause mortality in adults up to four years after receipt of a COVID mRNA vaccine, and vaccination was linked to a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A large national cohort study from France found that 4 yrs out from Covid vax, people had a 74% lower risk of death from severe Covid & a 25% lower risk of death from any cause.
As HHS goons threaten to cancel approval for the Covid vax in the US, be sure to get this winter's booster!
As HHS goons threaten to cancel approval for the Covid vax in the US, be sure to get this winter's booster!
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The thing that drives me the most crazy about this infernal ‘Has Feminism Gone Too Far’ debate is that even the women taking the opposing view HAVE BENEFITED FROM FEMINISM but are now engaged in a (bad faith) project to pull the ladders up behind them
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The thing that drives me the most crazy about this infernal ‘Has Feminism Gone Too Far’ debate is that even the women taking the opposing view HAVE BENEFITED FROM FEMINISM but are now engaged in a (bad faith) project to pull the ladders up behind them
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Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Republicans confirm scandal-plagued former congressman to serve as an inspector general
Anthony D’Esposito will be expected to investigate ethical lapses, despite his own alleged ethical lapses.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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HARRY LITMAN (@harrylitman.bsky.social): The Supreme Court's overruling of Humphrey’s Executor will be a constitutional and practical earthquake.
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Hand Trump More Sweeping Powers to Fire Agency Heads
The conservative justices are risking America's democracy by pushing their ideological notions about the ideal structure of government at a perilous moment
www.theunpopulist.net
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
HARRY LITMAN (@harrylitman.bsky.social): The Supreme Court's overruling of Humphrey’s Executor will be a constitutional and practical earthquake.
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When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
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 6:17 PM
When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
These activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby. And it's working.
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THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
ICE is refusing to release a US citizen despite extensive documentation of her citizenship. Presented with her birth certificate, they called it a fake and transferred her from Maryland to Louisiana. 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 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
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Only Congress has the legal authority to change the name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Only Congress has the legal authority to change the name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Key Epstein fact: the anticommunist zealots who led Iran-Contra merged with the KGB network that pillaged the USSR to establish Putin and his oligarchs. Epstein and Robert Maxwell were embedded in both networks.
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Key Epstein fact: the anticommunist zealots who led Iran-Contra merged with the KGB network that pillaged the USSR to establish Putin and his oligarchs. Epstein and Robert Maxwell were embedded in both networks.
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For much of the Biden admin but especially in 2023-2024, the press/pundit narrative was heavy on economic vibes especially how lousy people felt about prices. Now prices are even higher & that vibe is DRAMATICALLY worse yet news coverage is not nearly as frenzied as it was before…
UMich consumer sentiment (current conditions) at 50.4 is a new all-time low -- going back to data from the 1970s.
U.S MICHIGAN CONSUMER SENTIMENT (DEC) ACTUAL: 52.9 VS 53.3 PREVIOUS; EST 53.5
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For much of the Biden admin but especially in 2023-2024, the press/pundit narrative was heavy on economic vibes especially how lousy people felt about prices. Now prices are even higher & that vibe is DRAMATICALLY worse yet news coverage is not nearly as frenzied as it was before…
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Yes. Yes. Yes.
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Yes. Yes. Yes.
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Birtherism, but make it administration policy.
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” 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 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Birtherism, but make it administration policy.
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This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
The admin is wasting no crisis... Sec. Kristi Noem said she is suspending the diversity visa lottery program (DV-1) after the Brown University suspect entered the U.S. through it in 2017.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
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"In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Washington DC, the dedicated Trump administration operatives who help cover up his vicious sex crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Special MAGA Propaganda Unit. These are their stories."
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Washington DC, the dedicated Trump administration operatives who help cover up his vicious sex crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Special MAGA Propaganda Unit. These are their stories."