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The funny thing about this is that I'm pretty sure this and the ballroom being a disaster are the two things that have Trump the maddest.
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:
The Show Won’t Go On
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The funny thing about this is that I'm pretty sure this and the ballroom being a disaster are the two things that have Trump the maddest.
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Megan McArdle is proof that along with lack of talent & lack of opportunity that what holds many of us back in life is the capacity to feel embarrassment.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Megan McArdle is proof that along with lack of talent & lack of opportunity that what holds many of us back in life is the capacity to feel embarrassment.
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Study what Mayor Scott has done and replicate it across the nation! Bravo!
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Study what Mayor Scott has done and replicate it across the nation! Bravo!
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Stephen Miller found an immigrant he likes.
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Stephen Miller found an immigrant he likes.
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Or, as we normal humans call it, corruption.
as.ft.com/r/e3d27468-4... “Trump’s son Eric has said he is working on ‘several’ hotels in India and a company connected to Ambani paid a $10mn ‘development fee’ to the Trump Organization.”
India’s billionaires struggle to woo Trump
[FREE TO READ] Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani have found it hard to make headway with the US president
as.ft.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Or, as we normal humans call it, corruption.
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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A vaccinated healthy person in my family is suffering from super flu. It's awful.
Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
December 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A vaccinated healthy person in my family is suffering from super flu. It's awful.
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If only we had an amendment to the Constitution that protected speech . . .
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If only we had an amendment to the Constitution that protected speech . . .
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China is using shell companies and inexperienced crews to import gas from Russia, helping fund Putin’s war in Ukraine. Read more: bloom.bg/4jgC7RX
📷: Satellite images from European Space Agency and Planet Labs
📷: Satellite images from European Space Agency and Planet Labs
December 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
China is using shell companies and inexperienced crews to import gas from Russia, helping fund Putin’s war in Ukraine. Read more: bloom.bg/4jgC7RX
📷: Satellite images from European Space Agency and Planet Labs
📷: Satellite images from European Space Agency and Planet Labs
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you got that right
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
you got that right
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"The Trump administration’s intervention on Chen’s behalf comes as it has moved to dramatically restrict visa rules more broadly—even denying visas to activists opposed to disinformation." Which makes this particularly ironic and corrupt.
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"The Trump administration’s intervention on Chen’s behalf comes as it has moved to dramatically restrict visa rules more broadly—even denying visas to activists opposed to disinformation." Which makes this particularly ironic and corrupt.
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biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.
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“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“South Africans like Dr. Booley have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
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Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Earlier this year, Republicans tried to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities in their 2026 budget, while proposing a 13% increase in defense spending. The Institute of Museum and Library Services just got their funding back through courts.
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Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Any discussion of how a few actors are protesting Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center has to consider how Republicans have tried to slash social spending for the arts — and denigrate the arts and humanities as legitimate fields — since at least Reagan, if not longer.
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“Orange man bad” and “Russia, Russia, Russia” are the two most correct American political opinions in the 21st century
April 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Orange man bad” and “Russia, Russia, Russia” are the two most correct American political opinions in the 21st century
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The problem with Russiagate was the assumption that there was an elaborate conspiracy behind it not the incredibly stupid reality that trump is just jealous of Russia in spite of all the facts
April 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The problem with Russiagate was the assumption that there was an elaborate conspiracy behind it not the incredibly stupid reality that trump is just jealous of Russia in spite of all the facts
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those daycare centers were no angels
December 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
those daycare centers were no angels
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When Bari Weiss's CBS News is debunking your hateful MAGA BS ...
December 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
When Bari Weiss's CBS News is debunking your hateful MAGA BS ...
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The gestapo must be harshly crushed by any means necessary.
50 ICE agents swarming a public library to arrest one person.
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
This isn’t policing — it’s authoritarian spectacle.
Armed intimidation, fear as policy, and taxpayer money burned to terrorize communities.
This is fascism in plain sight. #TrumpWatch #Resist
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The gestapo must be harshly crushed by any means necessary.
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The Hobby Is Dying
I’m learning today that much like clownfish after Finding Nemo, there is now a boom in sales of tree vipers after the release of Zootopia 2.
December 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Hobby Is Dying
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I’m learning today that much like clownfish after Finding Nemo, there is now a boom in sales of tree vipers after the release of Zootopia 2.
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I’m learning today that much like clownfish after Finding Nemo, there is now a boom in sales of tree vipers after the release of Zootopia 2.
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This may be a problem that sorts itself out.
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This may be a problem that sorts itself out.
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I shouldn’t have to say this, but don’t buy animals with medically significant venom because you saw one in a cartoon.
December 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I shouldn’t have to say this, but don’t buy animals with medically significant venom because you saw one in a cartoon.