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For more than two years, Jared Kushner has sought to build a Trump-branded complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
Jared Kushner’s Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia Is Running Into Resistance
For more than two years, the U.S. president’s son-in-law has sought to build a complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For more than two years, Jared Kushner has sought to build a Trump-branded complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
But the plans are running into resistance in Serbia.On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted four officials including a cabinet minister over the project.
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This super cool ice borehole video from @icy-pete.bsky.social has been dominating the What's Hot AGU25 list all day - who's got an #AGU25 post that can knock it off its perch?
What's Hot AGU25 feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
What's Hot AGU25 feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This super cool ice borehole video from @icy-pete.bsky.social has been dominating the What's Hot AGU25 list all day - who's got an #AGU25 post that can knock it off its perch?
What's Hot AGU25 feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
What's Hot AGU25 feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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In other words, they broke the law first and then claimed it was too late to challenge it. They further asserted that the White House ballroom project must continue for reasons of “national security”.
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
In other words, they broke the law first and then claimed it was too late to challenge it. They further asserted that the White House ballroom project must continue for reasons of “national security”.
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In its response to a federal lawsuit filed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (seeking to halt construction of Trump’s planned new ballroom) the DOJ argued that objections to the demolition of the East Wing are “moot because the demolition has already occurred and cannot be undone.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
In its response to a federal lawsuit filed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (seeking to halt construction of Trump’s planned new ballroom) the DOJ argued that objections to the demolition of the East Wing are “moot because the demolition has already occurred and cannot be undone.”
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TOTAL BACKFIRE: Pulitzer Prize Board just turned the tables on Trump. In his defamation lawsuit, they’re demanding his tax returns, financial records, and even medical & prescription history if he’s claiming damages. (Law&Crime)
December 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
TOTAL BACKFIRE: Pulitzer Prize Board just turned the tables on Trump. In his defamation lawsuit, they’re demanding his tax returns, financial records, and even medical & prescription history if he’s claiming damages. (Law&Crime)
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Wildfires are getting more destructive in the US, especially in conifer forests of the Northwest...10% of exposed buildings were destroyed in 2002–2012, but this percentage more than tripled, to 32% in 2013–2022. Nice work @amandacarlson.bsky.social and co-authors! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Rising rates of wildfire building destruction in the conterminous United States | PNAS
Many regions of the world have seen an increase in highly destructive wildfires, driven
by well-documented increases in burned area and growth of h...
www.pnas.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Wildfires are getting more destructive in the US, especially in conifer forests of the Northwest...10% of exposed buildings were destroyed in 2002–2012, but this percentage more than tripled, to 32% in 2013–2022. Nice work @amandacarlson.bsky.social and co-authors! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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"These results indicate that increasing wildfire destruction in the United States has resulted not only from increased exposure but from rising rates of building destruction, potentially indicating more extreme wildfire behavior."
Wildfires are getting more destructive in the US, especially in conifer forests of the Northwest...10% of exposed buildings were destroyed in 2002–2012, but this percentage more than tripled, to 32% in 2013–2022. Nice work @amandacarlson.bsky.social and co-authors! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Rising rates of wildfire building destruction in the conterminous United States | PNAS
Many regions of the world have seen an increase in highly destructive wildfires, driven
by well-documented increases in burned area and growth of h...
www.pnas.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"These results indicate that increasing wildfire destruction in the United States has resulted not only from increased exposure but from rising rates of building destruction, potentially indicating more extreme wildfire behavior."
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The House is expected to vote later this week on H.R. 3492, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s extreme bill that would impose severe financial penalties and up to a 10-year prison sentence for providers who deliver lifesaving, essential healthcare to transgender and gender diverse patients.
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The House is expected to vote later this week on H.R. 3492, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s extreme bill that would impose severe financial penalties and up to a 10-year prison sentence for providers who deliver lifesaving, essential healthcare to transgender and gender diverse patients.
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This gives me hope
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This gives me hope
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Hungary: “Resign! Resign!”, citizens crowds chant outside Viktor Orbán’s and president’s offices in Budapest. 🇪🇺🇭🇺
December 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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IN MEMORIAM: ROB REINER FILMMAKER & PATRIOT 1947-2025
Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy
We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy
Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy
We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
IN MEMORIAM: ROB REINER FILMMAKER & PATRIOT 1947-2025
Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy
We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy
Rob Reiner was a champion of democracy. Today 50501 honors his legacy
We’re grateful to Reiner for his commitment to restoring our democracy
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Because WMD is code for march into an illegal war with a bullshit basis?
NEW — Trump has signed an executive order "designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction (WMD)." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
As a reminder, The Handbasket had the scoop that this was coming back in MARCH:
As a reminder, The Handbasket had the scoop that this was coming back in MARCH:
Trump to declare 'illicit' fentanyl 'Weapon of Mass Destruction,' per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Because WMD is code for march into an illegal war with a bullshit basis?
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Well Australians figured out years ago that the argument is that guns prevent tyranny is complete bullshit--especially considering the most heavily armed nation on Earth is now under the rule of a tyrant.
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Well Australians figured out years ago that the argument is that guns prevent tyranny is complete bullshit--especially considering the most heavily armed nation on Earth is now under the rule of a tyrant.
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This is from the prosecutors opening statement in the judge Dugan trial, but under cross, the investigating agent just admitted they have no idea what “business as usual” looks like in the Milwaukee courthouse. Not going well for the government here.
Judge Dugan's clerk informed her that ICE was in the hallway.
"Then it was no longer business as usual. Then it was no longer a routine day," the prosecutor says.
"Then it was no longer business as usual. Then it was no longer a routine day," the prosecutor says.
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is from the prosecutors opening statement in the judge Dugan trial, but under cross, the investigating agent just admitted they have no idea what “business as usual” looks like in the Milwaukee courthouse. Not going well for the government here.
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They don't have any internal ability to say this is a bad idea, so they're doing it even though it's a bad idea & most of them know it. A study in organizational dysfunction
December 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They don't have any internal ability to say this is a bad idea, so they're doing it even though it's a bad idea & most of them know it. A study in organizational dysfunction
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🧵 NSF is reducing external review requirements and eliminating routine expert panels, citing staff shortages that this administration implemented. This change expands program officer authority. But the solution to flawed accountability isn't less public accountability.
NSF plans to streamline merit review to heal self-inflicted staffing wound www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
🧵 NSF is reducing external review requirements and eliminating routine expert panels, citing staff shortages that this administration implemented. This change expands program officer authority. But the solution to flawed accountability isn't less public accountability.
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I rode one up to 9000 feet this summer and got to watch it recharge itself as we came back down. I suspect this would have been profitable with more support and less Trump.
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I rode one up to 9000 feet this summer and got to watch it recharge itself as we came back down. I suspect this would have been profitable with more support and less Trump.
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An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.
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I’m proud and eternally grateful to be the governor of a state where we cherish our diversity.
In joining together with our Jewish community to light the menorah tonight, Illinoisans once again have reaffirmed that the light outshines darkness.
Happy Hanukkah.
In joining together with our Jewish community to light the menorah tonight, Illinoisans once again have reaffirmed that the light outshines darkness.
Happy Hanukkah.
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I’m proud and eternally grateful to be the governor of a state where we cherish our diversity.
In joining together with our Jewish community to light the menorah tonight, Illinoisans once again have reaffirmed that the light outshines darkness.
Happy Hanukkah.
In joining together with our Jewish community to light the menorah tonight, Illinoisans once again have reaffirmed that the light outshines darkness.
Happy Hanukkah.
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Ghana bans mining in forest reserves to curb environmental damage reut.rs/44qHSGH
Ghana bans mining in forest reserves to curb environmental damage
Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies and halting deforestation, the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology said.
reut.rs
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ghana bans mining in forest reserves to curb environmental damage reut.rs/44qHSGH
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We make things. We build things. We imagine things that have never been built before, then we go out there, we work our asses off. And we get it done.
That’s my story. And that’s the story of Michigan.
In 2026, we have a chance to build this country’s future. Together.
In 2026, we have a chance to build this country’s future. Together.
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We make things. We build things. We imagine things that have never been built before, then we go out there, we work our asses off. And we get it done.
That’s my story. And that’s the story of Michigan.
In 2026, we have a chance to build this country’s future. Together.
In 2026, we have a chance to build this country’s future. Together.
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Kushner and Witkoff putting themselves on an equal plane with heads of state and governments.
I'm amazed that Zelenskyy could walk up the staircase with that knife in his back.
I thought you had to be a world leader to participate in such things... turns out..nah.
December 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Kushner and Witkoff putting themselves on an equal plane with heads of state and governments.
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
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The one response that has been genuinely effective has come from community members—ordinary residents who have come together, trained one another, and connected across neighborhoods to form groups like the Southwest Side Rapid Response Team. trib.al/1nrTc0l
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The one response that has been genuinely effective has come from community members—ordinary residents who have come together, trained one another, and connected across neighborhoods to form groups like the Southwest Side Rapid Response Team. trib.al/1nrTc0l