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December 26, 2025
December 26, 2025
On Tuesday, December 23, the U.S.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:11 AM
December 26, 2025
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Kash Patel had long crusaded for the release of the Epstein files and victim lists—only now in office to reverse course, downplay the whole thing, and become one of the leaders of the effort to muzzle the release of further information.
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Kash Patel had long crusaded for the release of the Epstein files and victim lists—only now in office to reverse course, downplay the whole thing, and become one of the leaders of the effort to muzzle the release of further information.
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December 25, 2025
December 25, 2025
The modern version of Santa Claus arrived in the United States in 1863, when he stopped at an army camp of Union soldiers in the January 3 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Cartoonist Thomas Nast drew Santa w...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
December 25, 2025
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DHS shared an AI-generated video of Santa working for ICE, proving yet again that the official voice of the US government is still cruel, gross, and weird.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
DHS shared an AI-generated video of Santa working for ICE, proving yet again that the official voice of the US government is still cruel, gross, and weird.
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CBS burying the 60 Minutes CECOT story is exactly why the Ellison family shouldn’t be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
CBS burying the 60 Minutes CECOT story is exactly why the Ellison family shouldn’t be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
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The suit filed by Beatty, who serves as an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, alleges the name change is illegal, as Congress has not approved it.
Democrat Joyce Beatty Sues To Block Trump’s Renaming Of Kennedy Center
The suit filed by Beatty, who serves as an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, alleges the name change is illegal, as Congress has not approved it.
www.forbes.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The suit filed by Beatty, who serves as an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, alleges the name change is illegal, as Congress has not approved it.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
December 21, 2025
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Senator Bernie Sanders will administer the oath of office to New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani during his public swearing-in ceremony at City Hall on January 1. trib.al/ylTzosO
December 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders will administer the oath of office to New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani during his public swearing-in ceremony at City Hall on January 1. trib.al/ylTzosO
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December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025
This afternoon, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
December 22, 2025
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December 16, 2025
December 16, 2025
While President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
December 16, 2025
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December 15, 2025
December 15, 2025
“For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
December 15, 2025
This POS POTUS makes everything about him and lies. Who can’t see it?
The president’s remarks about the murder of the filmmaker and his wife cast him as petty and callous.
Rob Reiner was a mensch. In death, he showed us Trump’s a schmuck.
The president's remarks about the murder of the filmmaker and his wife cast him as petty and callous.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This POS POTUS makes everything about him and lies. Who can’t see it?
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Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Let’s hope the shift continues and that Massie and Greene are not the only (R)s with the guts to be vocal about the depravity of the goddamn U.S. President real soon.
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Rob Reiner was a creative genius and a lovely man, with such passion and principle, including on politics. I had the privilege of interviewing him once. And of course A Few Good Men is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Rest in power, Rob.
Rest in power, Rob.
Live Updates: Hollywood Director Rob Reiner and His Wife, Michele, Are Found Dead
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Rob Reiner was a creative genius and a lovely man, with such passion and principle, including on politics. I had the privilege of interviewing him once. And of course A Few Good Men is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Rest in power, Rob.
Rest in power, Rob.
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Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
Wherever in the world it happens.
You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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December 11, 2025
December 11, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
December 11, 2025
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Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
A year of hell for immigrants
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
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December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
When G.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
December 9, 2025
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December 8, 2025
December 8, 2025
Last Wednesday, December 3, a reporter asked President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
December 8, 2025
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"This is what it looks like when Supreme Court justices are completely unburdened by history," @pemalevy.bsky.social writes, "the logical conclusions of their own reasoning, and the real-world consequences of their own actions. And we are all along for the ride."
SCOTUS's GOP justices are about to hand Trump way more power
The court's right-wing bloc sounds ready to axe independent federal agencies—and the precedents that guard them.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"This is what it looks like when Supreme Court justices are completely unburdened by history," @pemalevy.bsky.social writes, "the logical conclusions of their own reasoning, and the real-world consequences of their own actions. And we are all along for the ride."