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December 12, 2025
December 12, 2025
Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
December 12, 2025
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‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
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The bond markets, and the NATO countries in Europe, are not going to cross their fingers and pin their hopes on 40,000 Wisconsin voters every four years. No matter what the next president does. lnk.thebulwark.com/3YnDh4r
Trump’s Long-Term Damage
The things we won’t be able to fix even if we wanted to.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The bond markets, and the NATO countries in Europe, are not going to cross their fingers and pin their hopes on 40,000 Wisconsin voters every four years. No matter what the next president does. lnk.thebulwark.com/3YnDh4r
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“Unlike pretty much every other conservative party in the industrialized world,” American Republicans seem resigned to bleed out on health care, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues. Why can’t the GOP make peace with Obamacare?
Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care
It’s one thing for Republicans to deny hypothetical care. It’s another to take this tangible benefit away.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“Unlike pretty much every other conservative party in the industrialized world,” American Republicans seem resigned to bleed out on health care, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues. Why can’t the GOP make peace with Obamacare?
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I too would like to know who the fuck is actually running the country. (prob miller/vaught)
\https://youtube.com/shorts/rucoPRN58Nw?si=bDo3Hm_0gXKZvwAz
\https://youtube.com/shorts/rucoPRN58Nw?si=bDo3Hm_0gXKZvwAz
'Who's driving this?': Trump sits passenger toVenezuela escalation
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I too would like to know who the fuck is actually running the country. (prob miller/vaught)
\https://youtube.com/shorts/rucoPRN58Nw?si=bDo3Hm_0gXKZvwAz
\https://youtube.com/shorts/rucoPRN58Nw?si=bDo3Hm_0gXKZvwAz
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#burnerPhones... don't leave home without them
US Embassy London advising British visa applicants that, if they said anything critical about Trump or JD Vance in social media posts, they will be found out and will not secure a visa.
December 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
#burnerPhones... don't leave home without them
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"It’s not worth analyzing the various proposals at length. A more relevant and worthwhile question is, 'Why are you guys so bad at this?'"
Concepts of Health Care Plans → Humiliation Trying to Pass Them
They still haven’t figured out this health care thing. Don’t hold your breath.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"It’s not worth analyzing the various proposals at length. A more relevant and worthwhile question is, 'Why are you guys so bad at this?'"
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mainstream MAGA media is just unvarnished white nationalism now
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
mainstream MAGA media is just unvarnished white nationalism now
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When asked who holds him to account, Phoebe CEO Scott Steiner said, “I hope that our consumers do, right? ... They can do that by electing to get care elsewhere.”
Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go.
This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️
Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go.
This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 5: Too Big to Fight
When a well-off, widely respected pillar of the community and member of the hospital’s board can’t get the care he needed at Phoebe, it raises the question: Who can?
projects.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
When asked who holds him to account, Phoebe CEO Scott Steiner said, “I hope that our consumers do, right? ... They can do that by electing to get care elsewhere.”
Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go.
This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️
Except in Albany, they don’t have anywhere else to go.
This is Part 5 of "Sick in a Hospital Town" ⬇️
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The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort. n.pr/4iPffZC
Trump is trying to preempt state AI laws via an executive order. It may not be legal
The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort.
n.pr
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort. n.pr/4iPffZC
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“‘It’s so creepy,’ one of my friends said.
“‘I know,’ I told her. ‘But at least I got a call.’
“Two years ago, I lost my job to AI. Now AI is interviewing me for jobs.”
Commentary: bit.ly/4rS0byy
“‘I know,’ I told her. ‘But at least I got a call.’
“Two years ago, I lost my job to AI. Now AI is interviewing me for jobs.”
Commentary: bit.ly/4rS0byy
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“‘It’s so creepy,’ one of my friends said.
“‘I know,’ I told her. ‘But at least I got a call.’
“Two years ago, I lost my job to AI. Now AI is interviewing me for jobs.”
Commentary: bit.ly/4rS0byy
“‘I know,’ I told her. ‘But at least I got a call.’
“Two years ago, I lost my job to AI. Now AI is interviewing me for jobs.”
Commentary: bit.ly/4rS0byy
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President Grinch.
Trump Ripped After Telling MAGA Fans Why Higher Prices Are Actually A Good Thing This Christmas
www.comicsands.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
President Grinch.
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Unfortunately, the leverage Democrats had to extract real policy changes was squandered under Schumer’s failed leadership. Instead of holding the line to force negotiations on a real solution, he allowed a surrender that Republicans seized as fuel for the fire for their extremist healthcare agenda.
Obamacare costs look set to spike for millions of Americans as Senate votes fail - BBC News
The issue has caused a rift among Republicans, with healthcare set to be a campaign issue in next year's midterm elections.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Unfortunately, the leverage Democrats had to extract real policy changes was squandered under Schumer’s failed leadership. Instead of holding the line to force negotiations on a real solution, he allowed a surrender that Republicans seized as fuel for the fire for their extremist healthcare agenda.
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The GOP blocked extension of the ACA subsidies. This is morally repugnant, and also everybody knew this fight was lost the second that Senate Dems surrendered on the shut down last month. In the coming primaries, we're looking for Dems who will actually use their power and fight back.
The Senate struck down both a Democratic and a Republican-backed proposal on health care.
https://www.notus.org/senate/health-care-proposals-aca-subsidies
https://www.notus.org/senate/health-care-proposals-aca-subsidies
The Senate Goes Back to Square One on Health Care Subsidies After Dueling Proposals Fail
Americans who use ACA subsidies are likely to see premiums spike in the new year.
www.notus.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The GOP blocked extension of the ACA subsidies. This is morally repugnant, and also everybody knew this fight was lost the second that Senate Dems surrendered on the shut down last month. In the coming primaries, we're looking for Dems who will actually use their power and fight back.
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Under the reduced budget the committee approved on Thursday, taxpayers would see a roughly 16% increase in what they pay for county government.
Committee wants another $1M cut from Penobscot County budget
With the additional cut in the budget the committee approved on Thursday, taxpayers would see a roughly 16% increase.
www.bangordailynews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Under the reduced budget the committee approved on Thursday, taxpayers would see a roughly 16% increase in what they pay for county government.
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Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.
www.ms.now
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.
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Republicans spent a decade promising to repeal and replace Obamacare. Now, with subsidies expiring in days, they’re scrambling without a plan, at least six competing “concepts,” and growing panic about the political fallout.
@cheetah.bsky.social explains the chaos.
@cheetah.bsky.social explains the chaos.
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Republicans spent a decade promising to repeal and replace Obamacare. Now, with subsidies expiring in days, they’re scrambling without a plan, at least six competing “concepts,” and growing panic about the political fallout.
@cheetah.bsky.social explains the chaos.
@cheetah.bsky.social explains the chaos.
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.
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The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
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WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
Barron Trump's ties to accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate exposed in NYT report
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
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I’ve been anticipating this piece from @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social on her interviews with Graham Platner. Her thoughts on class, race, gender, and the candidate are worth your time. Looking toward to part 2 soon #mepolitics
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Musings on the political and Graham Platner: Reflections on a conversation, Part 1
One of the greatest gifts of aging is that with each passing decade, you start to realize that the world and the people in it are a lot more complex than you initially assumed.
substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I’ve been anticipating this piece from @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social on her interviews with Graham Platner. Her thoughts on class, race, gender, and the candidate are worth your time. Looking toward to part 2 soon #mepolitics
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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When the rationale changes, it was made up
The Caribbean Killings Were Unnecessary. Trump Just Proved It.
If we can seize an oil tanker, why did eighty people have to die?
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
When the rationale changes, it was made up