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Today I wrote about how this year many large institutions -- media, law, business -- sacrificed their dignity for profits. It is more vital than ever to support independent pro-democracy outlets. Become a Democracy Docket member to access premium content and support its work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today I wrote about how this year many large institutions -- media, law, business -- sacrificed their dignity for profits. It is more vital than ever to support independent pro-democracy outlets. Become a Democracy Docket member to access premium content and support its work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Fact-checking, vetting, verifying — they’re not optional, they’re the core of our reporting process.
Your support gives us the time it takes to do that work carefully and thoroughly.
Join us by Dec. 31: https://propub.li/48Q9OGI
Your support gives us the time it takes to do that work carefully and thoroughly.
Join us by Dec. 31: https://propub.li/48Q9OGI
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fact-checking, vetting, verifying — they’re not optional, they’re the core of our reporting process.
Your support gives us the time it takes to do that work carefully and thoroughly.
Join us by Dec. 31: https://propub.li/48Q9OGI
Your support gives us the time it takes to do that work carefully and thoroughly.
Join us by Dec. 31: https://propub.li/48Q9OGI
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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The 19 page rape civil case against Trump and Epstein. She ended up dropping the case because she and her family got death threats. She was 13. It happened in the summer of 1994.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/31...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/31...
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The 19 page rape civil case against Trump and Epstein. She ended up dropping the case because she and her family got death threats. She was 13. It happened in the summer of 1994.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/31...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/31...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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Lisa McClain: "Subsidies do nothing -- zip, zilch, zero -- to lower costs for the American people"
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Lisa McClain: "Subsidies do nothing -- zip, zilch, zero -- to lower costs for the American people"
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SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Research included reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Research included reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Trump’s economy: jobs down, prices up.
His tariff taxes are failing Americans.
His tariff taxes are failing Americans.
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump’s economy: jobs down, prices up.
His tariff taxes are failing Americans.
His tariff taxes are failing Americans.
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Donald Trump can try to gaslight the American people all he wants, but numbers don’t lie.
The U.S. is in a recession. Unemployment is at a 4-year high.
And it’s all because of Trump’s tariffs and tax cuts for the wealthy.
The U.S. is in a recession. Unemployment is at a 4-year high.
And it’s all because of Trump’s tariffs and tax cuts for the wealthy.
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Donald Trump can try to gaslight the American people all he wants, but numbers don’t lie.
The U.S. is in a recession. Unemployment is at a 4-year high.
And it’s all because of Trump’s tariffs and tax cuts for the wealthy.
The U.S. is in a recession. Unemployment is at a 4-year high.
And it’s all because of Trump’s tariffs and tax cuts for the wealthy.
@esglaude.bsky.social
Saw the heartbreak on Nicole Wallace show today.
Saw the heartbreak on Nicole Wallace show today.
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
@esglaude.bsky.social
Saw the heartbreak on Nicole Wallace show today.
Saw the heartbreak on Nicole Wallace show today.
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Our competitors/colleagues at the @miamiherald.com posted an explosive investigation a few days ago showing the DeSantis administration misappropriated more than $35 million in state funds. Now, the Legislature must do its job, because DeSantis won't police himself.
Our editorial (gift link):
Our editorial (gift link):
DeSantis must answer for illicitly diverting millions | Editorial
An explosive investigation by the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times shows Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 million in public funds to his private wars against abortion and recreational marij…
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Our competitors/colleagues at the @miamiherald.com posted an explosive investigation a few days ago showing the DeSantis administration misappropriated more than $35 million in state funds. Now, the Legislature must do its job, because DeSantis won't police himself.
Our editorial (gift link):
Our editorial (gift link):
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Kaja Kallas: we have to be really clear-eyed. We have one aggressor and one victim. And the one that needs security guarantees is Ukraine, not Russia.
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Kaja Kallas: we have to be really clear-eyed. We have one aggressor and one victim. And the one that needs security guarantees is Ukraine, not Russia.
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
In last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia
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December 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
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Senate Republicans just killed Democrats’ attempt to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for 3 years.
They don’t want to lower your health care costs. They want you to pay more for worse care so that their billionaire buddies in the health insurance industry can get even richer.
They don’t want to lower your health care costs. They want you to pay more for worse care so that their billionaire buddies in the health insurance industry can get even richer.
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Senate Republicans just killed Democrats’ attempt to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for 3 years.
They don’t want to lower your health care costs. They want you to pay more for worse care so that their billionaire buddies in the health insurance industry can get even richer.
They don’t want to lower your health care costs. They want you to pay more for worse care so that their billionaire buddies in the health insurance industry can get even richer.
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But Trump and Republicans want to tell Americans that we can’t afford health care… www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
But Trump and Republicans want to tell Americans that we can’t afford health care… www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Congressional Republicans are making it harder for people to access the benefits they earned, so they can claim the Social Security Administration doesn't work.
Make no mistake: Trump and the Republicans are coming for Social Security.
Make no mistake: Trump and the Republicans are coming for Social Security.
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Congressional Republicans are making it harder for people to access the benefits they earned, so they can claim the Social Security Administration doesn't work.
Make no mistake: Trump and the Republicans are coming for Social Security.
Make no mistake: Trump and the Republicans are coming for Social Security.
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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Now, 200 former attorneys have published an open letter to sound the alarm bell on the all-out war DOJ leadership has waged on the Division and how they have abandoned the mission of protecting the rights of America’s most vulnerable.
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Now, 200 former attorneys have published an open letter to sound the alarm bell on the all-out war DOJ leadership has waged on the Division and how they have abandoned the mission of protecting the rights of America’s most vulnerable.
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NN: There was a similar bailout for farmers during the first Trump admin & the top 1% of farmers got 25% of funds. What are you doing to ensure that doesn't happen?
ROLLINS: Based on these different formulas the really smart people have put together that trend toward supporting the smaller farmer
ROLLINS: Based on these different formulas the really smart people have put together that trend toward supporting the smaller farmer
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NN: There was a similar bailout for farmers during the first Trump admin & the top 1% of farmers got 25% of funds. What are you doing to ensure that doesn't happen?
ROLLINS: Based on these different formulas the really smart people have put together that trend toward supporting the smaller farmer
ROLLINS: Based on these different formulas the really smart people have put together that trend toward supporting the smaller farmer
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He just described the ACA.
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
He just described the ACA.
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Instead of focusing on lowering the high costs of food. Trump has caused beef prices to soar in grocery stores.
Despite the President saying affordability is a hoax, hardworking families know the cost of living is rising every day thanks to his policies.
Despite the President saying affordability is a hoax, hardworking families know the cost of living is rising every day thanks to his policies.
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Instead of focusing on lowering the high costs of food. Trump has caused beef prices to soar in grocery stores.
Despite the President saying affordability is a hoax, hardworking families know the cost of living is rising every day thanks to his policies.
Despite the President saying affordability is a hoax, hardworking families know the cost of living is rising every day thanks to his policies.