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-More-interesting-than-usual story on Trump's extortion demands on Harvard. (Remember when this was all about the MAGA/Fuentes team's heartfelt concern about antisemitism?)
-Headline badly mismatches contents of the story. As the reporting makes clear, the "escalation" is all on MAGA side.
-More-interesting-than-usual story on Trump's extortion demands on Harvard. (Remember when this was all about the MAGA/Fuentes team's heartfelt concern about antisemitism?)
-Headline badly mismatches contents of the story. As the reporting makes clear, the "escalation" is all on MAGA side.
December 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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-More-interesting-than-usual story on Trump's extortion demands on Harvard. (Remember when this was all about the MAGA/Fuentes team's heartfelt concern about antisemitism?)
-Headline badly mismatches contents of the story. As the reporting makes clear, the "escalation" is all on MAGA side.
-More-interesting-than-usual story on Trump's extortion demands on Harvard. (Remember when this was all about the MAGA/Fuentes team's heartfelt concern about antisemitism?)
-Headline badly mismatches contents of the story. As the reporting makes clear, the "escalation" is all on MAGA side.
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Looking for a last minute stocking stuffer? How about a gift subscription to @motherjones.com secure.motherjones.com/flex/mj/key/...
December 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Looking for a last minute stocking stuffer? How about a gift subscription to @motherjones.com secure.motherjones.com/flex/mj/key/...
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Donald Trump has just begun seizing the wages of Americans who don’t pay their student loans.
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Donald Trump has just begun seizing the wages of Americans who don’t pay their student loans.
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MY LATEST: The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
“60 Minutes” Obeyed in Advance
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
MY LATEST: The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
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An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
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Is Bari Weiss holding a gun to her dog's head off camera?
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Is Bari Weiss holding a gun to her dog's head off camera?
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The 9th Circuit administratively stayed the return of Guard troops to Gov Newsom’s control, but upheld the rest of the order. Here’s the background you need to understand what’s happening in this case (for people who don’t want to live in a militarized US) open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The 9th Circuit administratively stayed the return of Guard troops to Gov Newsom’s control, but upheld the rest of the order. Here’s the background you need to understand what’s happening in this case (for people who don’t want to live in a militarized US) open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Under Trump:
- The economy has slowed, heading towards recession now
- Inflation is rising, most things cost more
- His cutting of energy subsidies is driving up utility prices
- He's taken 100s of billions from health care/food assistance in a war on working people
- He's making measles great again
- The economy has slowed, heading towards recession now
- Inflation is rising, most things cost more
- His cutting of energy subsidies is driving up utility prices
- He's taken 100s of billions from health care/food assistance in a war on working people
- He's making measles great again
A few points here:
- Over 300,000 jobs on average were created each month of Biden Presidency
- In the last 3 months of his Presidency the average was 203,000
- Only 64,000 jobs were created last month, and the unemployment rate has risen from 4 to 4.6 under Trump
This Trump thing ain't working.
- Over 300,000 jobs on average were created each month of Biden Presidency
- In the last 3 months of his Presidency the average was 203,000
- Only 64,000 jobs were created last month, and the unemployment rate has risen from 4 to 4.6 under Trump
This Trump thing ain't working.
Are we in a recession?
Perhaps. Maybe. Hard to tell.
The Sahm Rule focuses on the 3-month average unemployment rate, and asking if it's risen half a point above its year-long low.
The low was 4.0% in January.
The latest (average of Sept & Nov, with Oct missing): 4.5%.
That's +0.5%.
Perhaps. Maybe. Hard to tell.
The Sahm Rule focuses on the 3-month average unemployment rate, and asking if it's risen half a point above its year-long low.
The low was 4.0% in January.
The latest (average of Sept & Nov, with Oct missing): 4.5%.
That's +0.5%.
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Under Trump:
- The economy has slowed, heading towards recession now
- Inflation is rising, most things cost more
- His cutting of energy subsidies is driving up utility prices
- He's taken 100s of billions from health care/food assistance in a war on working people
- He's making measles great again
- The economy has slowed, heading towards recession now
- Inflation is rising, most things cost more
- His cutting of energy subsidies is driving up utility prices
- He's taken 100s of billions from health care/food assistance in a war on working people
- He's making measles great again
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It is pretty interesting how both elected officials and the media generally refuse to act like reality is reality, mostly because the people whose opinions they value are in the 17%
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It is pretty interesting how both elected officials and the media generally refuse to act like reality is reality, mostly because the people whose opinions they value are in the 17%
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In 2026 Democrats can be both warriors for working people against oligarchy *and* proud patriots fighting for democracy here and abroad. My latest essay 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/in-2026-de...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/in-2026-de...
In 2026 Democrats Can Be Both Warriors For Working People Against Oligarchy AND Proud Patriots Fighting For Democracy Here And Abroad
In recent weeks the threat Trump represents to democracy here and abroad has become far more clear. Pro-democracy forces must forcefully rise to the challenge in the months ahead
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In 2026 Democrats can be both warriors for working people against oligarchy *and* proud patriots fighting for democracy here and abroad. My latest essay 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/in-2026-de...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/in-2026-de...
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What possible use could there be to adding these two bozos to that conversation? More gangster gong show? Just what Ukraine needs, right? So shaming for U.S.
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Secret meetings between FBI and Ukraine negotiator spark concern
FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, have met with Ukraine’s top delegate amid a U.S. pressure campaign on Kyiv to trade land for peace.
s2.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What possible use could there be to adding these two bozos to that conversation? More gangster gong show? Just what Ukraine needs, right? So shaming for U.S.
s2.washingtonpost.com/461627e/693c...
s2.washingtonpost.com/461627e/693c...
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Democrats need just four Republican signatures to force a vote on ACA tax credits and make health insurance more affordable in America.
Speaker Johnson refuses to budge.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Speaker Johnson refuses to budge.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
GOP moves to let Obamacare subsidies expire as Trump promises ‘money to the people’
As the president rails against insurance companies, other Republicans say allowing a subsidy lapse is “not acceptable.”
www.politico.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Democrats need just four Republican signatures to force a vote on ACA tax credits and make health insurance more affordable in America.
Speaker Johnson refuses to budge.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Speaker Johnson refuses to budge.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Calling it “The most serious corruption of American foreign policy ever,” Murphy said the peace plan “has nothing to do with peace. It is a business deal to make the people around Donald Trump rich. It’s just corruption, through and through.”
More here:
More here:
Senator Murphy Slams Trump Hard Over Fake Ukraine Peace Plan, Dems Score Two Major Election Wins, Doctors Rally Against ICE Abuses, and Kimmel Humiliates MAGA With Contract Extension
More great news for the resistance that’s terrible for Trump
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Calling it “The most serious corruption of American foreign policy ever,” Murphy said the peace plan “has nothing to do with peace. It is a business deal to make the people around Donald Trump rich. It’s just corruption, through and through.”
More here:
More here:
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This keeps happening.
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This keeps happening.
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US foreign policy also for sale in the Balkans:
"The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans"
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
"The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans"
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
US foreign policy also for sale in the Balkans:
"The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans"
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
"The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans"
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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The Steady State warns that Trump’s NSS has created a “huge diversion of resources,” blinding U.S. intelligence to major global threats while concentrating on narrow political targets in the Western Hemisphere. #SteadyState #holdfast
www.nextgov.com/policy/2025/...
www.nextgov.com/policy/2025/...
Trump’s national security strategy risks blinding US to other threats, former officials warn
The White House’s push to prioritize Venezuela, coupled with hardline policies on migration and drug trafficking, threatens to pull intelligence resources away from enduring security challenges in Eur...
www.nextgov.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The Steady State warns that Trump’s NSS has created a “huge diversion of resources,” blinding U.S. intelligence to major global threats while concentrating on narrow political targets in the Western Hemisphere. #SteadyState #holdfast
www.nextgov.com/policy/2025/...
www.nextgov.com/policy/2025/...
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Trump has given up on his biggest campaign promise.
Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."
Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).
Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."
Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump has given up on his biggest campaign promise.
Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."
Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).
Now he mocks the cost of living crisis and calls affordability a "con job."
Meanwhile, corporations that have the power to jack up prices, suppress wages, and bust unions are laughing all the way to the bank (and funding Trump's ballroom).
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Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Democrat Eric Gisler just flipped a state House seat in Georgia — scoring an unexpected upset in a district Trump won last year by 12 points.
georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
Democrat flips northeast Georgia state House seat, pulling off special election upset • Georgia Recorder
A Watkinsville Democrat defeated a Republican in a two-way race Tuesday, flipping a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.
georgiarecorder.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Democrat Eric Gisler just flipped a state House seat in Georgia — scoring an unexpected upset in a district Trump won last year by 12 points.
georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
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West Coast Health Alliance continues to recommend universal hepatitis B vaccine
West Coast Health Alliance continues to recommend universal hepatitis B vaccine
The West Coast Health Alliance pushed back against new federal guidance around the hepatitis B vaccine, saying changes were not credible or evidence-based.
www.seattletimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
West Coast Health Alliance continues to recommend universal hepatitis B vaccine
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Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen.
Help us move the needle!
Help us move the needle!
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen.
Help us move the needle!
Help us move the needle!
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It’s time.
Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s time.
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This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries
ALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the
www.whitehouse.gov
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a fucking nightmare and right now I am very, very angry with the people who put Trump back in office.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
More and more kids are going to die from preventable diseases.
As I have said for months, RFK Jr. has more power to singlehandedly kill more Americans than any other cabinet secretary.
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Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
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