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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Bill Clinton is calling on Trump and Pam Bondi to release everything in the Epstein files. Because he’s got nothing to hide.
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Bill Clinton is calling on Trump and Pam Bondi to release everything in the Epstein files. Because he’s got nothing to hide.
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Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
December 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
The data supports a model whereby electro-magnetic input from the semicircular canals activates a vestibular-mesopallial circuit within the pigeon brain.
How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. In a new Science study, researchers used whole brain activity mapping, tissue clearing, and light sheet microscopy to identify neuronal populations activated by magnetic stimuli in the pigeon.
A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain
How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. Despite extensive behavioral evidence, the neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms responsible for magnetic sensin...
www.science.org
December 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The data supports a model whereby electro-magnetic input from the semicircular canals activates a vestibular-mesopallial circuit within the pigeon brain.
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Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
MAGA influencer Byl Holte to his 150K followers: “I’m just gonna say it: Dan Bongino’s sudden and abrupt RETREAT is another MASKS OFF moment for the Republican Party.
Today in Politics, Bulletin 274. DOJ plays games with the Epstein files, and everything else you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 274. 12/19/25
… Under federal law, DOJ was supposed to release ALL of the Epstein files today with minimal redactions just to protect the identity of victims.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
MAGA influencer Byl Holte to his 150K followers: “I’m just gonna say it: Dan Bongino’s sudden and abrupt RETREAT is another MASKS OFF moment for the Republican Party.
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Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.
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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
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
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
The law is clear: they must release ALL of the files (including the ones with Trump) TODAY. ⬇️
www.justice.gov/epstein
Under this administration, "comply" doesn’t mean follow the law. It means trust us.
And if my years inside Trump’s orbit taught me anything, it’s this: trust is the first thing they demand—and the last thing they ever deserve.
- Michael Cohen, Meidas+
And if my years inside Trump’s orbit taught me anything, it’s this: trust is the first thing they demand—and the last thing they ever deserve.
- Michael Cohen, Meidas+
December 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Under this administration, "comply" doesn’t mean follow the law. It means trust us.
And if my years inside Trump’s orbit taught me anything, it’s this: trust is the first thing they demand—and the last thing they ever deserve.
- Michael Cohen, Meidas+
And if my years inside Trump’s orbit taught me anything, it’s this: trust is the first thing they demand—and the last thing they ever deserve.
- Michael Cohen, Meidas+
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SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill
When House Democrats suspected a few members in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth, McBride reached out to some Republicans who went on to oppose the...
www.notus.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill
www.notus.org/congress/mcb...
Trump administration suspends diversity visa ( green card lottery) program
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Trump administration suspends diversity visa ( green card lottery) program
The pivot to the topic of transgender minors comes one day after Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a package of health care bills that do not extend subsidies for people who buy health insurance in Affordable Care Act plans.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. n.pr/44xQKdD
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The pivot to the topic of transgender minors comes one day after Republicans in the House of Representatives passed a package of health care bills that do not extend subsidies for people who buy health insurance in Affordable Care Act plans.
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Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart shareholder pushes firms to report impact of Trump's immigration policies reut.rs/4p0wVTs
Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart shareholder pushes firms to report impact of Trump's immigration policies
A union-aligned investment group sent letters to Amazon, Walmart and Alphabet on Wednesday, asking how U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies were impacting their finances and supply chains, according to the documents seen by Reuters.
reut.rs
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart shareholder pushes firms to report impact of Trump's immigration policies reut.rs/4p0wVTs
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FYI, this booing is because the GOP passed a procedural vote on the GOP "health plan" (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman's no vote because he was late. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because there's a 7-day waiting period once you hit 218.
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
FYI, this booing is because the GOP passed a procedural vote on the GOP "health plan" (which doesn't include ACA subsidies) and they iced out Dan Goldman's no vote because he was late. The ACA discharge petition vote won't happen until 2026 because there's a 7-day waiting period once you hit 218.
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Sources: Blue Owl Capital will not invest in Oracle's $10B, 1GW data center in Michigan after funding talks stalled due to concerns over debt terms and delays (Financial Times)
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December 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Sources: Blue Owl Capital will not invest in Oracle's $10B, 1GW data center in Michigan after funding talks stalled due to concerns over debt terms and delays (Financial Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Between Friday and Tuesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an outbreak in and around northwestern Spartanburg County. In two months, 111 people have been sickened by the vaccine-preventable virus.
Easily preventable. But republicans want people to die. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
Measles outbreaks worsen in South Carolina, Arizona and Utah
Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, a result of routine childhood vaccinations.
www.cbsnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Between Friday and Tuesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an outbreak in and around northwestern Spartanburg County. In two months, 111 people have been sickened by the vaccine-preventable virus.
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AGU helps the U.S. have global leadership in science. That leadership is being eroded, by our own government. At the #AGU25 conference today, we made efforts to grow and sustain the climate community. Science is unstoppable. Join us by submitting your research: USclimatecollection.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
AGU helps the U.S. have global leadership in science. That leadership is being eroded, by our own government. At the #AGU25 conference today, we made efforts to grow and sustain the climate community. Science is unstoppable. Join us by submitting your research: USclimatecollection.org
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This is awful, my god.
MIT professor shot and killed at home! faculty member in the departments of Nuclear Science & Engineering and Physics, as well as the Director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center."
MIT professor shot, killed at his home in Boston suburbs: Officials — ABC News
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was found at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
apple.news
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This is awful, my god.
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
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Mike Johnson wrote a health care bill even Republicans don’t like
The hastily assembled bill does little to unify the House GOP on health care — and even less for lessening the pain of expiring health insurance subsidies.
The hastily assembled bill does little to unify the House GOP on health care — and even less for lessening the pain of expiring health insurance subsidies.
Opinion | Mike Johnson wrote a health care bill even Republicans don’t like
The hastily assembled bill does little to unify the House GOP on health care — and even less for lessening the pain of expiring health insurance subsidies.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Mike Johnson wrote a health care bill even Republicans don’t like
The hastily assembled bill does little to unify the House GOP on health care — and even less for lessening the pain of expiring health insurance subsidies.
The hastily assembled bill does little to unify the House GOP on health care — and even less for lessening the pain of expiring health insurance subsidies.
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process.
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit
The Times spoke to nine former Department of Justice civil rights attorneys tasked with investigating antisemitism complaints at the University of California. They all resigned during their invetigati...
www.latimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process.
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
It is well past time for the powerful institutions that work closely with Summers –including OpenAI–to distance themselves from him, and anyone with a close relationship to Epstein.
www.commondreams.org/newswire/rev...
www.commondreams.org/newswire/rev...
Revolving Door Project Calls On OpenAI, Harvard, and Other Organizations To Cut Ties With Larry Summers
The call comes in light of recently released email correspondence between Summers and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, showing the close relationship the two shared long after Epstein’s 200...
www.commondreams.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It is well past time for the powerful institutions that work closely with Summers –including OpenAI–to distance themselves from him, and anyone with a close relationship to Epstein.
www.commondreams.org/newswire/rev...
www.commondreams.org/newswire/rev...
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A hero
BREAKING: Two terrorists opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach, Sydney, killing at least 11 people and wounding 29 others.
This video shows the moment 43-year-old Ahmad El Ahmad, an unarmed civilian, tackled one of the terrorists, seized his weapon, and neutralized him.
This video shows the moment 43-year-old Ahmad El Ahmad, an unarmed civilian, tackled one of the terrorists, seized his weapon, and neutralized him.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A hero