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xmas movie posters but with muppets: thread
December 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
xmas movie posters but with muppets: thread
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Mariposa, by Alexander Calder, 1951, 📸 by Bruce Ely
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Mariposa, by Alexander Calder, 1951, 📸 by Bruce Ely
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For future reference, Josh Giddey is the youngest player w/ a triple-double in NBA history at 19 yrs 84 days old (coincidentally vs the Mavs).
A near-miss last night, Cooper Flagg had a helluva run at one in the Mavs thrilling win vs Denver w/ 33 pts, 9 rebs & 9 assts (2 days after his 19th b-day).
A near-miss last night, Cooper Flagg had a helluva run at one in the Mavs thrilling win vs Denver w/ 33 pts, 9 rebs & 9 assts (2 days after his 19th b-day).
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For future reference, Josh Giddey is the youngest player w/ a triple-double in NBA history at 19 yrs 84 days old (coincidentally vs the Mavs).
A near-miss last night, Cooper Flagg had a helluva run at one in the Mavs thrilling win vs Denver w/ 33 pts, 9 rebs & 9 assts (2 days after his 19th b-day).
A near-miss last night, Cooper Flagg had a helluva run at one in the Mavs thrilling win vs Denver w/ 33 pts, 9 rebs & 9 assts (2 days after his 19th b-day).
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My search for the grossest-sounding vintage Chicago Tribune Christmas recipe settled, fittingly enough, on something the color of the Grinch’s fur — a bizarre concoction touted in the Dec. 16, 1964, newspaper as “Hot Avocado Pie Yule Delight.”
Avocado Poinsettia Pie and cold Sea Foam Jell-O Salad: Testing vintage Chicago Tribune Christmas recipes from the ’50s and ’60s
Officially named Avocado Poinsettia Pie, the concoction of canned cream of celery soup and frozen peas mixed with two eggs reflects an era when refrigerator space was limited and fresh ingredients …
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December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My search for the grossest-sounding vintage Chicago Tribune Christmas recipe settled, fittingly enough, on something the color of the Grinch’s fur — a bizarre concoction touted in the Dec. 16, 1964, newspaper as “Hot Avocado Pie Yule Delight.”
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Two Sun-Times reporters wanted to know whether shocking, unprovoked attacks in which the accused have a history of years of severe, untreated mental illness could have been prevented. They're still following up.
Failure to treat, failure to protect: How we reported on mentally ill people accused in killings
chicago.suntimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Two Sun-Times reporters wanted to know whether shocking, unprovoked attacks in which the accused have a history of years of severe, untreated mental illness could have been prevented. They're still following up.
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The FCC has banned the sale of new models of foreign drones, including widely used Chinese DJI aircraft, citing concerns they pose a national security threat and could undermine U.S. drone production.
FCC bans new DJI Chinese drones, citing national security
The FCC has banned the sale of new models of foreign drones, including market-leading Chinese DJI drones, citing national security concerns.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The FCC has banned the sale of new models of foreign drones, including widely used Chinese DJI aircraft, citing concerns they pose a national security threat and could undermine U.S. drone production.
I was told the “sport peppers” on the Chicago Dog were specifically added to prevent rabies
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I was told the “sport peppers” on the Chicago Dog were specifically added to prevent rabies
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"Putin is betting the U.S. will talk itself into believing Ukraine cannot succeed. The past four years show the opposite," Sens. Jeanne @shaheen.senate.gov and Mitch McConnell (R) write.
"It is up to Washington to match Ukraine’s resolve with the clarity this moment demands."
"It is up to Washington to match Ukraine’s resolve with the clarity this moment demands."
Opinion | Russia isn’t winning. Putin wants to fool you.
Putin’s hope is that U.S. will somehow convince itself that Ukraine can’t succeed. Don’t fall for it.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Putin is betting the U.S. will talk itself into believing Ukraine cannot succeed. The past four years show the opposite," Sens. Jeanne @shaheen.senate.gov and Mitch McConnell (R) write.
"It is up to Washington to match Ukraine’s resolve with the clarity this moment demands."
"It is up to Washington to match Ukraine’s resolve with the clarity this moment demands."
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Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle
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Two cybersecurity professionals, including a former employee of a Chicago firm that helps resolve ransomware attacks, pleaded guilty last week to hacking a medical device company and extorting a ransom of nearly $1.3 million to unlock its servers.
Rogue employee of Chicago cybersecurity firm pleads guilty to $1.3 million ransomware hack
chicago.suntimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Two cybersecurity professionals, including a former employee of a Chicago firm that helps resolve ransomware attacks, pleaded guilty last week to hacking a medical device company and extorting a ransom of nearly $1.3 million to unlock its servers.
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Chris Evans will return as Steve Rogers in #AvengersDoomsday.
Here's everything we know about the upcoming #Avengers film:
Here's everything we know about the upcoming #Avengers film:
Avengers: Doomsday: Release Date, Trailer, Cast & More
We break down everything we know about the upcoming film, from the massive cast to potential storylines and more.
editorial.rottentomatoes.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Chris Evans will return as Steve Rogers in #AvengersDoomsday.
Here's everything we know about the upcoming #Avengers film:
Here's everything we know about the upcoming #Avengers film:
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The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 ambassadors, all of whom are career diplomats. A union says there has never been such a mass recall in the history of the foreign service. Morale has been plummeting in the State Department all year. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 ambassadors, all of whom are career diplomats. A union says there has never been such a mass recall in the history of the foreign service. Morale has been plummeting in the State Department all year. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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Exclusive: Thousands of internal ICE messages reviewed by The Post show how the team has produced videos for social media of immigrant arrests to portray the White House’s push for mass deportation as critical to protecting the American way of life.
‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Exclusive: Thousands of internal ICE messages reviewed by The Post show how the team has produced videos for social media of immigrant arrests to portray the White House’s push for mass deportation as critical to protecting the American way of life.
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A person appearing to be the former Prince Andrew emailed Ghislaine Maxwell asking if she had any 'new inappropriate friends' for him ahead of an official royal visit to Peru. ft.trib.al/CunAjlw
December 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A person appearing to be the former Prince Andrew emailed Ghislaine Maxwell asking if she had any 'new inappropriate friends' for him ahead of an official royal visit to Peru. ft.trib.al/CunAjlw
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Here are Rian Johnson's #KnivesOut films, ranked by Tomatometer. 🍅
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Here are Rian Johnson's #KnivesOut films, ranked by Tomatometer. 🍅
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The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files have cast renewed scrutiny on the links between former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein — a relationship that has already sent Mountbatten-Windsor into what is widely seen as royal exile.
New Epstein files shed more light on his ties to Prince Andrew
The documents show that U.S. authorities sought to interview the former prince in connection with two separate criminal investigations.
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files have cast renewed scrutiny on the links between former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein — a relationship that has already sent Mountbatten-Windsor into what is widely seen as royal exile.
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NBA Trade Rumors 2025-26: Lakers seek defense, Bucks eyeing adding Zach LaVine
A few names to watch: Michael Porter Jr., Coby White and Malik Monk.
www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba...
A few names to watch: Michael Porter Jr., Coby White and Malik Monk.
www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba...
NBA Trade Rumors 2025-26: Lakers seek defense, Bucks eyeing adding Zach LaVine
A few names to watch: Michael Porter Jr., Coby White and Malik Monk.
www.nbcsports.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NBA Trade Rumors 2025-26: Lakers seek defense, Bucks eyeing adding Zach LaVine
A few names to watch: Michael Porter Jr., Coby White and Malik Monk.
www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba...
A few names to watch: Michael Porter Jr., Coby White and Malik Monk.
www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba...
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Exclusive: A closed-door meeting this spring showed how the Federal Reserve has safeguarded its independence to set interest rates by avoiding an open fight with President Trump.
Why the Fed strategically absorbed some blows from Trump
The Fed’s presidents have spent much of the year grappling with whether to cede ground to the new administration.
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Exclusive: A closed-door meeting this spring showed how the Federal Reserve has safeguarded its independence to set interest rates by avoiding an open fight with President Trump.
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In a 2020 email released by the Justice Department, a prosecutor informed colleagues that President Trump’s name appeared on the flight logs for Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware).”
Federal Prosecutor Was Surprised by Trump’s Flights on Epstein’s Jet
A 2020 email noted that Donald Trump was listed as a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet at least eight times from 1993 to 1996.
nyti.ms
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In a 2020 email released by the Justice Department, a prosecutor informed colleagues that President Trump’s name appeared on the flight logs for Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware).”
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#BREAKING The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the State of Illinois on National Guard deployment.
Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds.
Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds.
Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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No. 25A443 _________________
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. ILLINOIS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [December 23, 2025]
Federal immigration-enforcement efforts have encoun- tered significant resistance, as well as some violence, in Chicago. According to the Government, federal officers have been obstructed, threatened, and assaulted as they at- tempt to perform their duties. The Government also alleges that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Illinois, has been the site of frequent and sometimes violent protests, damaging federal property and threatening the safety of federal officers. These at- tacks, the Government says, have greatly impeded its ef- forts to enforce the immigration laws.
On October 4, 2025, the President called 300 members of the Illinois National Guard into active federal service to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois, particu- larly in and around Chicago. The following day, members of the Texas National Guard were also federalized and sent to Chicago. In calling forth the Guard, the President relied on 10 U. S. C. §12406(3), which empowers him to federalize members of the Guard if he is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”
The United States District Court for the Northern Dis- trict of Illinois entered a temporary restraining order bar- ring the federalization and deployment of the Guard in Illi- nois. The Seventh Circuit denied in relevant part the Government’s motion for a stay, permitting the Guard to](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreigkgum5sfni47efippr7j6ykofa7anuo6cqpkfjztkzkfnvubdafe@jpeg)
![remain federalized within Illinois but maintaining the bar on deployment.
The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court’s order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties’ initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term “regular forces” in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Govern- ment argues that the term refers to civilian law enforce- ment officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service. Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili- tary.
We conclude that the term “regular forces” in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili- tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be “unable” with the regular military “to execute the laws of the United States.” Because the statute requires an assess- ment of the military’s ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from “execut[ing] the laws” “except in cases and under circumstances ex- pressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.” 18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the reg- ular military and must be “unable” with those forces to per- form that function.
At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not in- voked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreico7h4hdwfyr6byznbn2d7y2wuhraae6jhvupnyew5s7kwjegnpva@jpeg)
![Comitatus Act. Instead, he relies on inherent constitu- tional authority that, according to the Government, allows him to use the military to protect federal personnel and property. But the Government also claims—consistent with the longstanding view of the Executive Branch—that performing such protective functions does not constitute “execut[ing] the laws” within the meaning of the Posse Comitatus Act. See Supp. Letter Reply Brief for Applicants 8; 1 Supp. Op. OLC 343, n. 1 (1971) (collecting sources). If that is correct, it is hard to see how performing those func- tions could constitute “execut[ing] the laws” under §12406(3). See Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U. S. 566, 574 (2019) (“This Court does not lightly assume that Congress silently attaches different meanings to the same term in the same or related statutes”). Thus, at least in this posture, the Government has not carried its burden to show that §12406(3) permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect fed- eral personnel and property in Illinois. We need not and do not address the reviewability of findings made by the Pres- ident under §12406(3) or any other statute.
The application for stay is denied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:elipdmmf5istuvtyituspske/bafkreigpypa435od2mqkxeftymwgbg2uepclp6razy2u5gc3efakb7v2kq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#BREAKING The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the State of Illinois on National Guard deployment.
Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds.
Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds.
Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...
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FYI, if you're outside the US, you can come here and just collect $3,000
Kristi Noem makes an announcement on Fox & Friends: "We are saying that if you voluntarily want to go home now to your country, if you're in the US illegally, we'll give you $3,000 through the holidays to send you home. We'll buy you a ticket, give you $3,000 to go home."
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
FYI, if you're outside the US, you can come here and just collect $3,000
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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: King Mohammed’s investment in sport has positioned Morocco as a pillar of African football.
It wants to be soccer's next superpower, but the path will be challenging.
It wants to be soccer's next superpower, but the path will be challenging.
Morocco want to be football’s new superpower. The path will be a challenging one
While the Africa Cup of Nations hosts have grand ambitions on and off the field, not everyone is happy about it
nyti.ms
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: King Mohammed’s investment in sport has positioned Morocco as a pillar of African football.
It wants to be soccer's next superpower, but the path will be challenging.
It wants to be soccer's next superpower, but the path will be challenging.
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NEW w/ @bencasselman.bsky.social: After a volatile year, the economy has once again proved more resilient than expected. But that doesn't mean that Americans are feeling good. Unemployment has ticked up and cost-of-living concerns are ever present
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b... @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b... @nytimes.com
The Economy Survived 2025, but Many Americans Are Reeling
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW w/ @bencasselman.bsky.social: After a volatile year, the economy has once again proved more resilient than expected. But that doesn't mean that Americans are feeling good. Unemployment has ticked up and cost-of-living concerns are ever present
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b... @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b... @nytimes.com
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President Trump recently embraced kei cars, tiny vehicles that are popular in Asia but hard to get in the U.S. Kei car enthusiasts are delighted — but doubt whether much will change. n.pr/4b146Ty
Can Americans learn to love tiny, cheap kei cars?
President Trump recently embraced kei cars, tiny vehicles that are popular in Asia but hard to get in the U.S. Kei car enthusiasts are delighted — but doubt whether much will change.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
President Trump recently embraced kei cars, tiny vehicles that are popular in Asia but hard to get in the U.S. Kei car enthusiasts are delighted — but doubt whether much will change. n.pr/4b146Ty