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NEWS: Supreme Court considers gutting birthright citizenship.
Major Epstein files drop is coming.
Grijalva pepper sprayed by ICE.
Senate Republicans abandon Pete Hegseth. An important update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Major Epstein files drop is coming.
Grijalva pepper sprayed by ICE.
Senate Republicans abandon Pete Hegseth. An important update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Supreme Court Poised to Gut Birthright Citizenship and Major Epstein Files Are About to Drop
Supreme Court considers gutting birthright citizenship. Major Epstein files drop is coming. Senate Republicans abandon Pete Hegseth. An important update.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEWS: Supreme Court considers gutting birthright citizenship.
Major Epstein files drop is coming.
Grijalva pepper sprayed by ICE.
Senate Republicans abandon Pete Hegseth. An important update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Major Epstein files drop is coming.
Grijalva pepper sprayed by ICE.
Senate Republicans abandon Pete Hegseth. An important update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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EXCLUSIVE: Epstein didn’t just prey on children. He helped bankroll and embed a worldview of race science, climate “culling” and eugenics inside Silicon Valley’s elite AI networks. Tonight we publish the final part of my
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite
The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth face a 'problem' if they release the video of a US strike where defenseless drug boat survivors were killed. The footage could fuel a major legal conflict: Was it a war crime or murder? #NoForeverWars
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth face a 'problem' if they release the video of a US strike where defenseless drug boat survivors were killed. The footage could fuel a major legal conflict: Was it a war crime or murder? #NoForeverWars
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The family of a fisherman from Colombia has filed the first legal challenge to the U.S. military strikes on boats at sea, alleging that Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina was "murdered," says attorney Dan Kovalik.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The family of a fisherman from Colombia has filed the first legal challenge to the U.S. military strikes on boats at sea, alleging that Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina was "murdered," says attorney Dan Kovalik.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/boat_strikes
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Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma.
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma.
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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* Trump's threats against Venezuela are all about the oil
* Trump Admin rolls back fuel economy standards, making you pay more for gas
* Youth climate activists sue Utah over fossil fuel development
* 🌼 Seed Bombs for SoCal burn areas...
Today's Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15577
* Trump Admin rolls back fuel economy standards, making you pay more for gas
* Youth climate activists sue Utah over fossil fuel development
* 🌼 Seed Bombs for SoCal burn areas...
Today's Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15577
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
* Trump's threats against Venezuela are all about the oil
* Trump Admin rolls back fuel economy standards, making you pay more for gas
* Youth climate activists sue Utah over fossil fuel development
* 🌼 Seed Bombs for SoCal burn areas...
Today's Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15577
* Trump Admin rolls back fuel economy standards, making you pay more for gas
* Youth climate activists sue Utah over fossil fuel development
* 🌼 Seed Bombs for SoCal burn areas...
Today's Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15577
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Local news fails so hard in moments like this.
They shared the news of the panel decision, but didn’t mention anything about the American Academy of Pediatrics continuing to recommend the vaccine for all newborns.
They shared the news of the panel decision, but didn’t mention anything about the American Academy of Pediatrics continuing to recommend the vaccine for all newborns.
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Local news fails so hard in moments like this.
They shared the news of the panel decision, but didn’t mention anything about the American Academy of Pediatrics continuing to recommend the vaccine for all newborns.
They shared the news of the panel decision, but didn’t mention anything about the American Academy of Pediatrics continuing to recommend the vaccine for all newborns.
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* Trump's threats against Venezuela are all about the oil
* Trump Admin rolls back fuel economy standards, making you pay more for gas
* Youth climate activists sue Utah over fossil fuel development
* 🌼 Seed Bombs for SoCal burn areas...
Today's Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15577
* Trump Admin rolls back fuel economy standards, making you pay more for gas
* Youth climate activists sue Utah over fossil fuel development
* 🌼 Seed Bombs for SoCal burn areas...
Today's Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15577
'Green News Report' - December 4, 2025
With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...
bradblog.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
* Trump's threats against Venezuela are all about the oil
* Trump Admin rolls back fuel economy standards, making you pay more for gas
* Youth climate activists sue Utah over fossil fuel development
* 🌼 Seed Bombs for SoCal burn areas...
Today's Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15577
* Trump Admin rolls back fuel economy standards, making you pay more for gas
* Youth climate activists sue Utah over fossil fuel development
* 🌼 Seed Bombs for SoCal burn areas...
Today's Green News Report
LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=15577
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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
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Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
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two major mayoral elections in 4 days (yes it never ends):
Miami, which Democrats are trying to flip.
Albuquerque, which the GOP is trying to flip.
Miami, which Democrats are trying to flip.
Albuquerque, which the GOP is trying to flip.
The Democratic mayor of Albuquerque, Tim Keller, faces a runoff next week against a former Republican sheriff, Darren White. White has pledged to repeal an executive order from Keller that limits local collaboration with ICE.
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, from... Read More
boltsmag.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
two major mayoral elections in 4 days (yes it never ends):
Miami, which Democrats are trying to flip.
Albuquerque, which the GOP is trying to flip.
Miami, which Democrats are trying to flip.
Albuquerque, which the GOP is trying to flip.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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👀 Rep. Jim Himes, the top Dem on House Intel, said on MS NOW last night there was no radio on the alleged drug boat the U.S. military struck on Sept. 2 -- a direct contradiction to a WSJ report saying DOD officials said survivors of the first strike were talking via radio w/other drug smugglers.
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
👀 Rep. Jim Himes, the top Dem on House Intel, said on MS NOW last night there was no radio on the alleged drug boat the U.S. military struck on Sept. 2 -- a direct contradiction to a WSJ report saying DOD officials said survivors of the first strike were talking via radio w/other drug smugglers.
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Trump and Republicans are trying to BAN states from regulating AI by slipping a ban into any bill they can.
So if WA state, or any state for that matter, wants to protect kids, protect people's privacy, or protect their jobs—they'll have their hands tied.
No way.
So if WA state, or any state for that matter, wants to protect kids, protect people's privacy, or protect their jobs—they'll have their hands tied.
No way.
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump and Republicans are trying to BAN states from regulating AI by slipping a ban into any bill they can.
So if WA state, or any state for that matter, wants to protect kids, protect people's privacy, or protect their jobs—they'll have their hands tied.
No way.
So if WA state, or any state for that matter, wants to protect kids, protect people's privacy, or protect their jobs—they'll have their hands tied.
No way.
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The Indiana state House just passed a new congressional map that'd make the state's delegation all Republican (9-0, up from 7-2 now).
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
House passes Indiana redistricting bill 57-41; bill now moves to Senate
Indiana lawmakers pass bill to redraw congressional districts, splitting Marion County into four. Democrats criticize the move as diluting minority voices.
www.wishtv.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Indiana state House just passed a new congressional map that'd make the state's delegation all Republican (9-0, up from 7-2 now).
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
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I'm back from a long blogging hiatus with a post on the series of atmospheric rivers expected to cause flooding in the PNW next week: theconvergencezone.com/2025/12/05/f...
Family of atmospheric rivers expected to cause high impact flooding in the PNW next week
It’s been a while since the PNW had a high impact extreme weather event. Rainy season so far has been mundane, with near-normal precipitation and no cold air to speak of. Unfortunately, cold …
theconvergencezone.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'm back from a long blogging hiatus with a post on the series of atmospheric rivers expected to cause flooding in the PNW next week: theconvergencezone.com/2025/12/05/f...
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Earlier this week, Erica Halbert reported on Florida’s proposal to end some vaccine mandates in K-12 schools. This piece has been updated to reflect that a meeting scheduled for public input on the policy will be held on Dec. 12, 2025.
As Florida Schools Admit Unvaccinated Students, Working Families May Feel the Worst Consequences: Analysis
On Dec. 3, the Sunshine State plans to end many vaccine mandates required to attend public schools. The effects will be felt beyond the classroom.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Earlier this week, Erica Halbert reported on Florida’s proposal to end some vaccine mandates in K-12 schools. This piece has been updated to reflect that a meeting scheduled for public input on the policy will be held on Dec. 12, 2025.
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Suozzi: Prices are up. Why? Because of the tariffs. Prices are going up in health insurance because of the cancellation of the premium tax credits. Prices are going up in energy because there’s new demand for energy at the same time they cut supply.
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Suozzi: Prices are up. Why? Because of the tariffs. Prices are going up in health insurance because of the cancellation of the premium tax credits. Prices are going up in energy because there’s new demand for energy at the same time they cut supply.
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"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
Chinese Hospital Ship Visits Jamaica as US Gunboats Ply Caribbean
A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
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Kressly: So let’s talk about the contagiousness of hepatitis B. It can live on surfaces, and it can be spread through touch—from someone who is shedding the virus to someone else.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kressly: So let’s talk about the contagiousness of hepatitis B. It can live on surfaces, and it can be spread through touch—from someone who is shedding the virus to someone else.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
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NYT: “.. the waving by the survivors could have been an attempt to surrender, which could raise questions about whether the military had violated the rules of armed conflict ..”
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December 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
NYT: “.. the waving by the survivors could have been an attempt to surrender, which could raise questions about whether the military had violated the rules of armed conflict ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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The chairman is being diplomatic about the GOP's health care plan- but after 15 years there isn't one.
A simple extension of the ACA tax credits would end this GOP-created crisis and prevent the shutdown of health care for 24 million Americans.
A simple extension of the ACA tax credits would end this GOP-created crisis and prevent the shutdown of health care for 24 million Americans.
KERNEN: Does Mike Johnson have a healthcare plan?
REP. JASON SMITH: Um. Yesterday he said that we're working on a plan
CNBC HOSTS: ... ... ...
REP. JASON SMITH: Um. Yesterday he said that we're working on a plan
CNBC HOSTS: ... ... ...
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The chairman is being diplomatic about the GOP's health care plan- but after 15 years there isn't one.
A simple extension of the ACA tax credits would end this GOP-created crisis and prevent the shutdown of health care for 24 million Americans.
A simple extension of the ACA tax credits would end this GOP-created crisis and prevent the shutdown of health care for 24 million Americans.
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The shipwrecked men who survived the first U.S. strike on September 2nd were clinging to their burning boat for survival and had no radio and no means to fire back. Firing on them again is illegal under both U.S. and international law.
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The shipwrecked men who survived the first U.S. strike on September 2nd were clinging to their burning boat for survival and had no radio and no means to fire back. Firing on them again is illegal under both U.S. and international law.
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Republicans have had 15 YEARS to show their work on healthcare and yet they remain stuck on “concepts of a plan.”
Meanwhile, millions of their own constituents have health insurance through the ACA and rely on the tax credits to keep premiums down.
Meanwhile, millions of their own constituents have health insurance through the ACA and rely on the tax credits to keep premiums down.
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Republicans have had 15 YEARS to show their work on healthcare and yet they remain stuck on “concepts of a plan.”
Meanwhile, millions of their own constituents have health insurance through the ACA and rely on the tax credits to keep premiums down.
Meanwhile, millions of their own constituents have health insurance through the ACA and rely on the tax credits to keep premiums down.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk forced out 7,000 of the public servants who make Social Security work.
Americans are paying the price.
Americans are paying the price.
A man mistakenly declared dead lost his insurance. How federal cuts could make fixes harder
A Maryland man lost his health insurance after the government mistakenly declared him dead, his family told the News4 I-Team. To pay for the dialysis he needed to live, his wife says she spent thousan...
www.nbcwashington.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk forced out 7,000 of the public servants who make Social Security work.
Americans are paying the price.
Americans are paying the price.