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retired RN, community volunteer, ISFJ; lover of politics, children, chocolate, and the truth
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Axios has the SCOOP that Bari Weiss is planning to overhaul the standards and practices unit at CBS News -- which is something I reported last month.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.the-independent.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Axios has the SCOOP that Bari Weiss is planning to overhaul the standards and practices unit at CBS News -- which is something I reported last month.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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NEW: Ohio has just restricted mail voting, banning the so-called 'grace period' that allows mail ballots to come in the day after Election Day as long as they've been postmarked in time.
This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected.
Ohio is following Trump's demands.
This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected.
Ohio is following Trump's demands.
Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes - Bolts
Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
boltsmag.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Ohio has just restricted mail voting, banning the so-called 'grace period' that allows mail ballots to come in the day after Election Day as long as they've been postmarked in time.
This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected.
Ohio is following Trump's demands.
This is likely to lead to thousands of Dem-leaning ballots to be rejected.
Ohio is following Trump's demands.
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The Trump regime's dusting off the 202 year old Monroe Doctrine and claiming that is has any relevance to the world today is just so f-ing LOLOLOL comical. I just can't believe it's real.
Trump’s new special envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry says he’s the perfect person to persuade them to become part of the US because his family has lived in Louisiana for 300 years and Greenland falls under the Monroe Doctrine and he going to bring them great Cajun food.
December 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump regime's dusting off the 202 year old Monroe Doctrine and claiming that is has any relevance to the world today is just so f-ing LOLOLOL comical. I just can't believe it's real.
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The Trump administration’s foreign policy leaves us in a precarious gepolitical position. David Lute, @markhertling.bsky.social, @djrothkopf.bsky.social, and @rosabrooks.bsky.social take stock of U.S. foreign policy as we close out 2025. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
youtu.be/S1jY1MSSGfU
youtu.be/S1jY1MSSGfU
December 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Trump administration’s foreign policy leaves us in a precarious gepolitical position. David Lute, @markhertling.bsky.social, @djrothkopf.bsky.social, and @rosabrooks.bsky.social take stock of U.S. foreign policy as we close out 2025. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
youtu.be/S1jY1MSSGfU
youtu.be/S1jY1MSSGfU
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FOX: I can understand people may not want to look at wind turbines and they may not be cost efficient, but what's the national security concern?
BURGUM: The national security concerns as delivered by a classified Dept of War report focus around radar and radar interference
BURGUM: The national security concerns as delivered by a classified Dept of War report focus around radar and radar interference
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
FOX: I can understand people may not want to look at wind turbines and they may not be cost efficient, but what's the national security concern?
BURGUM: The national security concerns as delivered by a classified Dept of War report focus around radar and radar interference
BURGUM: The national security concerns as delivered by a classified Dept of War report focus around radar and radar interference
No, we don't need Greenland. Insane.
Trump: "We need Greenland for national protection. They have a very small population. They say Denmark, but Denmark has spent no money. They have no military protection. They say Denmark was there 300 years ago or something with a boat. Well, we were there with boats too I'm sure."
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
No, we don't need Greenland. Insane.
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Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. Are all on the rise again. A few states - New York, Louisiana, Colorado - are already getting slammed, and some experts worry the U.S. may be in for another bad flu season.
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
With cases ramping up, experts worry the U.S. is in for another bad flu season
Flu cases are soaring in New York and picking up in other parts of the country. Experts worry it will be another bad season. COVID and RSV have been less of a problem, but they're also on the rise.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. Are all on the rise again. A few states - New York, Louisiana, Colorado - are already getting slammed, and some experts worry the U.S. may be in for another bad flu season.
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
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Plenty of Republicans completely remade their image but few bent the knee for Trump as much as Elise Stefanik:
-Went from Moderate who wanted more women in Congress to MAGA
-Gave up a job in leadership to become UN Ambassador
-Trump pulls it
-Now she's gone
-Went from Moderate who wanted more women in Congress to MAGA
-Gave up a job in leadership to become UN Ambassador
-Trump pulls it
-Now she's gone
December 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Plenty of Republicans completely remade their image but few bent the knee for Trump as much as Elise Stefanik:
-Went from Moderate who wanted more women in Congress to MAGA
-Gave up a job in leadership to become UN Ambassador
-Trump pulls it
-Now she's gone
-Went from Moderate who wanted more women in Congress to MAGA
-Gave up a job in leadership to become UN Ambassador
-Trump pulls it
-Now she's gone
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PMC COVID Update, Dec 22, 2025 (U.S.)
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
PMC COVID Update, Dec 22, 2025 (U.S.)
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
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ICE is obstructing criminal prosecution of sex crimes against children
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare says "that ICE raids have affected nearly a dozen criminal cases his office was pursuing, including sexual assaults of children, because victims and witnesses were either deported or refused to participate in trials because they were undocumented."
As ICE ramps up deportations, Texas prosecutors say they’re losing key witnesses in criminal cases | Houston Public Media
District attorneys in Harris, El Paso and other counties say some cases, including murders, have been hobbled or lost because witnesses were detained, deported or too scared to come to court.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
ICE is obstructing criminal prosecution of sex crimes against children
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Trump is no longer making any pretense of sanctioning firms supplying the Russian military. He is shifting the US position steadily to a pro-Russian position, including support for Russian military operations in Ukraine.
December 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Trump is no longer making any pretense of sanctioning firms supplying the Russian military. He is shifting the US position steadily to a pro-Russian position, including support for Russian military operations in Ukraine.
NOTHING has been proven.
Q: Would you seek authorization for any land attacks on cartels in Venezuela?
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
TRUMP: I don't have to tell them. It's been proven.
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
NOTHING has been proven.
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"44 countries have seen tenfold increases in at least 13 infectious diseases compared with levels observed before the pandemic. One idea they discuss, known as "immunity theft," proposes that an episode of acute COVID may leave people more susceptible to other infections"
Source: archive.md/BLkpk
Source: archive.md/BLkpk
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"44 countries have seen tenfold increases in at least 13 infectious diseases compared with levels observed before the pandemic. One idea they discuss, known as "immunity theft," proposes that an episode of acute COVID may leave people more susceptible to other infections"
Source: archive.md/BLkpk
Source: archive.md/BLkpk
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ICE repeatedly questioning and detaining Native Americans is proof the raids aren’t targeting people based on their citizenship status, but on the color of their skin.
ICE are settlers on Native land.
ICE are settlers on Native land.
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
ICE repeatedly questioning and detaining Native Americans is proof the raids aren’t targeting people based on their citizenship status, but on the color of their skin.
ICE are settlers on Native land.
ICE are settlers on Native land.
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Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven covid treatment to lead U.S. cancer effort www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven covid treatment to lead U.S. cancer effort
Harvey Risch, an epidemiologist respected for his cancer research, promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine during the pandemic, despite a lack of evidence it worked against covid.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed unproven covid treatment to lead U.S. cancer effort www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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I can’t comprehend being a public figure for decades and still being like, yeah, cool, take this photo.
But it’s not even a candid where he’s slumped doing something human like looking at his phone. Of everything in the series this is the most bizarre.
But it’s not even a candid where he’s slumped doing something human like looking at his phone. Of everything in the series this is the most bizarre.
Marco Rubio is the first real boy to turn into a wooden puppet.
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I can’t comprehend being a public figure for decades and still being like, yeah, cool, take this photo.
But it’s not even a candid where he’s slumped doing something human like looking at his phone. Of everything in the series this is the most bizarre.
But it’s not even a candid where he’s slumped doing something human like looking at his phone. Of everything in the series this is the most bizarre.
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I think this is right
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I think this is right
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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 12:33 AM
Easily preventable. But republicans want people to die. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
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🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This devastating NYTimes assessment of the American military’s broken weapons development and military industrial systems is spot on. But if you’ve been reading @washingtonmonthly.com…/1 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This devastating NYTimes assessment of the American military’s broken weapons development and military industrial systems is spot on. But if you’ve been reading @washingtonmonthly.com…/1 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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a "journalist" asks about pardoning someone in the crypto industry and Trump says he "doesn't know anything about it" but then asks Pam Bondi to look into it
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
a "journalist" asks about pardoning someone in the crypto industry and Trump says he "doesn't know anything about it" but then asks Pam Bondi to look into it
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🚨BREAKING: Republicans on county election boards are advancing proposals to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) that would make it harder to vote — especially for student, minority and working-class voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Counties Propose Cuts to Voting Access
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨BREAKING: Republicans on county election boards are advancing proposals to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) that would make it harder to vote — especially for student, minority and working-class voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“Words fail me when I read that Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, was celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach with his wife of 57 years, also a Holocaust survivor. He was killed while shielding Larisa from the bullets with his own body.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...
Shock. Horror. Tragedy.
Murder and terror at opposite ends of the world.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“Words fail me when I read that Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, was celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach with his wife of 57 years, also a Holocaust survivor. He was killed while shielding Larisa from the bullets with his own body.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...
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This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
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Oh, the irony.
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
Trump admin launches US Tech Force to recruit temporary workers after shedding thousands this year
Some of the recruits to government service will be on leaves of absence from private sector companies while working for government — a setup that raises ethical questions about conflicts of interest.
www.nextgov.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Oh, the irony.
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...