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Painted in 1893-94, 'Sunrise in Åsgårdstrand,' was made during a crucial time for Edvard Munch, when he had abandoned Impressionist influences and found a voice that would change the foundations of Modernism, 1893 was the year he created his first version of 'The Scream.'
December 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Painted in 1893-94, 'Sunrise in Åsgårdstrand,' was made during a crucial time for Edvard Munch, when he had abandoned Impressionist influences and found a voice that would change the foundations of Modernism, 1893 was the year he created his first version of 'The Scream.'
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The Kennedys pose for a photo on Christmas Day 1962.
December 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Kennedys pose for a photo on Christmas Day 1962.
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“How is Contact Known: He participated regularly in paying money to force me to ██ with him and he was present when my uncle murdered my newborn child and disposed of the body in Lake Michigan.”
Source: Link to the document located in the Epstein files database.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Source: Link to the document located in the Epstein files database.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“How is Contact Known: He participated regularly in paying money to force me to ██ with him and he was present when my uncle murdered my newborn child and disposed of the body in Lake Michigan.”
Source: Link to the document located in the Epstein files database.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Source: Link to the document located in the Epstein files database.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...
www.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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Trump—who calls himself "the most anti-war president in history"—has now bombed more countries than any president in history.
US Launches Christmas Strike on Nigeria—the 9th Country Bombed by Trump
Trump—who calls himself "the most anti-war president in history"—has now bombed more countries than any president in history.
www.commondreams.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Trump—who calls himself "the most anti-war president in history"—has now bombed more countries than any president in history.
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President Barack Obama dances alongside Santa Claus on the White House Ellipse in 2016, his final Christmas in the White House.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
President Barack Obama dances alongside Santa Claus on the White House Ellipse in 2016, his final Christmas in the White House.
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
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The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
www.propublica.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
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“Eminence Front” turns 43 today. 🎸
“I hesitate to try to explain what it was about,” Townshend told @rollingstone.com. “It’s clearly about the absurdity of drug-fueled grandiosity — but whether I was pointing the finger at myself or at the cocaine dealers of Miami Beach is hard to recall.”
“I hesitate to try to explain what it was about,” Townshend told @rollingstone.com. “It’s clearly about the absurdity of drug-fueled grandiosity — but whether I was pointing the finger at myself or at the cocaine dealers of Miami Beach is hard to recall.”
December 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“Eminence Front” turns 43 today. 🎸
“I hesitate to try to explain what it was about,” Townshend told @rollingstone.com. “It’s clearly about the absurdity of drug-fueled grandiosity — but whether I was pointing the finger at myself or at the cocaine dealers of Miami Beach is hard to recall.”
“I hesitate to try to explain what it was about,” Townshend told @rollingstone.com. “It’s clearly about the absurdity of drug-fueled grandiosity — but whether I was pointing the finger at myself or at the cocaine dealers of Miami Beach is hard to recall.”
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The plan follows authorization of new border wall segments in the refuge.
Texas wildlife refuge could lose hundreds of acres to SpaceX
The plan follows authorization of new border wall segments in the refuge.
bit.ly
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The plan follows authorization of new border wall segments in the refuge.
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Americans aren’t canceling the holidays — they’re downgrading them.
Fewer gifts. Lower budgets.
Fewer gifts. Lower budgets.
Economic fear dampens holiday cheer
Americans are pulling back—and the holidays are paying the price.
New polling shows that growing economic anxiety under President Donald Trump is reshaping how people approach gift-giving this ...
www.dailykos.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Americans aren’t canceling the holidays — they’re downgrading them.
Fewer gifts. Lower budgets.
Fewer gifts. Lower budgets.
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Jimmy Kimmel launches attack on Trump in Christmas message
Jimmy Kimmel launches attack on Trump in Christmas message
Jimmy Kimmel launches attack on Trump in Christmas message
www.independent.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Jimmy Kimmel launches attack on Trump in Christmas message
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A Christmas Eve news dump of a million more files proves what we already know: Trump is engaged in a massive coverup.
The DOJ has received these documents from SDNY and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders.
The DOJ has received these documents from SDNY and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders.
DOJ says it could take 'a few more weeks' to process Epstein files after receiving more than 1 million additional docs
The Justice Department said the FBI and the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York have uncovered more documents potentially related to Jeffrey Epstein's case.
www.nbcnews.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A Christmas Eve news dump of a million more files proves what we already know: Trump is engaged in a massive coverup.
The DOJ has received these documents from SDNY and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders.
The DOJ has received these documents from SDNY and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders.
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of course,
FTX insider Caroline Ellison has been quietly moved out of prison
www.businessinsider.com/caroline-ell...
FTX insider Caroline Ellison has been quietly moved out of prison
www.businessinsider.com/caroline-ell...
FTX insider Caroline Ellison has been quietly moved out of prison
Former cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison was transferred from a Connecticut prison to community confinement after serving 11 months.
www.businessinsider.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
of course,
FTX insider Caroline Ellison has been quietly moved out of prison
www.businessinsider.com/caroline-ell...
FTX insider Caroline Ellison has been quietly moved out of prison
www.businessinsider.com/caroline-ell...
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Famed national security lawyer Mark Zaid has won back his security clearance, a federal judge ruled late Tuesday.
In late March, Trump issued an executive order stripping Zaid and several other high-profile individuals of security clearances.
In late March, Trump issued an executive order stripping Zaid and several other high-profile individuals of security clearances.
Whistleblower attorney targeted by Trump wins back security clearance in blistering ruling
"The Constitution forbids government officials from using their power to retaliate against people for their speech, and that is so even when the speech is critical of the government."
lawandcrime.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Famed national security lawyer Mark Zaid has won back his security clearance, a federal judge ruled late Tuesday.
In late March, Trump issued an executive order stripping Zaid and several other high-profile individuals of security clearances.
In late March, Trump issued an executive order stripping Zaid and several other high-profile individuals of security clearances.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump says the United States has conducted “numerous” strikes in Nigeria
December 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump says the United States has conducted “numerous” strikes in Nigeria
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Mary Badham & Gregory Peck run lines on the set of
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
which was released 63yrs ago today.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
which was released 63yrs ago today.
December 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Mary Badham & Gregory Peck run lines on the set of
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
which was released 63yrs ago today.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
which was released 63yrs ago today.
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Several state-approved textbook chapters, one board member argued, were inappropriate for students because they discussed “vaccines and polio,” had “an agenda out of the United Nations” and included “a perspective that humans are bad.”
Published April with @texastribune.org
Published April with @texastribune.org
A Texas School Board Cut State-Approved Textbook Chapters About Diversity. A Board Member Says Material Violated the Law
The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideologic...
www.propublica.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Several state-approved textbook chapters, one board member argued, were inappropriate for students because they discussed “vaccines and polio,” had “an agenda out of the United Nations” and included “a perspective that humans are bad.”
Published April with @texastribune.org
Published April with @texastribune.org
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Activists in LA photographed immigration officers wearing Halloween masks of horror movie villains while conducting raids. When a citizen journalist asked DHS for comment, a spokesperson replied, “Happy Halloween.”
trib.al/HbjjFEp
trib.al/HbjjFEp
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Activists in LA photographed immigration officers wearing Halloween masks of horror movie villains while conducting raids. When a citizen journalist asked DHS for comment, a spokesperson replied, “Happy Halloween.”
trib.al/HbjjFEp
trib.al/HbjjFEp
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Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
And 1 million Epstein files appeared from thin air
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Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Jeremy Nguyen. #NewYorkerCartoons
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Jeremy Nguyen. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Catholics represent fewer than 20% of U.S. adults, however, they make up 61% of the population at risk of deportation. Trump’s immigration crackdown is disproportionately hitting Catholic communities.
chico.newsreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
chico.newsreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
Trump’s War on ICE-Fearing Catholics • Chico News & Review
We are a group of award-winning free alternative weekly newspapers published by Chico Community Publishing, Inc. We publish the Chico News & Review in Chico, California, the Sacramento News & Review…
chico.newsreview.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Catholics represent fewer than 20% of U.S. adults, however, they make up 61% of the population at risk of deportation. Trump’s immigration crackdown is disproportionately hitting Catholic communities.
chico.newsreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
chico.newsreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
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The Department of Homeland Security finally has a leader cruel and campy enough to match its stated mission.
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Kristi Noem Is the Villain DHS Was Made For
The Department of Homeland Security has been grotesque and incompetent from the start. In Noem, the department finally has a leader cruel and campy enough to match its stated mission.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Department of Homeland Security finally has a leader cruel and campy enough to match its stated mission.
trib.al/6dPG1WZ
trib.al/6dPG1WZ