Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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the Committee drops Notre Dame out of the Playoff after their 28-7 loss in yesterday's conference championship game, but Alabama stays in the same spot after sitting idle yesterday
hold on wait
hold on wait
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
the Committee drops Notre Dame out of the Playoff after their 28-7 loss in yesterday's conference championship game, but Alabama stays in the same spot after sitting idle yesterday
hold on wait
hold on wait
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“OK, you can gerrymander to cheat in elections, but only if it hurts nonwhite voters.”
- US Supreme Court
- US Supreme Court
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“OK, you can gerrymander to cheat in elections, but only if it hurts nonwhite voters.”
- US Supreme Court
- US Supreme Court
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We should be clear. SCOTUS justices who vote against birthright citizenship are enemies of the US Constitution & the United States of America.
The Supreme Court cannot “uphold the longstanding principle” or “strike down birthright citizenship.” The Supreme Court can follow the plain text of the constitution or declare itself in rebellion to the constitution. These are the only two options wrt birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We should be clear. SCOTUS justices who vote against birthright citizenship are enemies of the US Constitution & the United States of America.
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This is very different than Nazi Germany, for one, the Supreme Court passed the enabling acts instead of the legislature
September 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is very different than Nazi Germany, for one, the Supreme Court passed the enabling acts instead of the legislature
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@robin2269.bsky.social The Trump administration is actively killing American children.
“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read the full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@robin2269.bsky.social The Trump administration is actively killing American children.
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Scottish trade unions have been credited with helping to provide vital support for Palestinian health workers. Here's how they've done it 👇
How Glasgow NHS workers forged vital links with Palestinian medical staff
www.thenational.scot
December 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Scottish trade unions have been credited with helping to provide vital support for Palestinian health workers. Here's how they've done it 👇
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Three men.
75% of Reform UK’s donations.
That’s £23m of £30m since 2019.
This is how politics gets bought.
We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill.
Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.
75% of Reform UK’s donations.
That’s £23m of £30m since 2019.
This is how politics gets bought.
We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill.
Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.
75% of Reform UK's donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform's funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Three men.
75% of Reform UK’s donations.
That’s £23m of £30m since 2019.
This is how politics gets bought.
We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill.
Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.
75% of Reform UK’s donations.
That’s £23m of £30m since 2019.
This is how politics gets bought.
We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill.
Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.
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Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.
Five years & thousands of signs later, the Republican Party's collapse into far right authoritarianism has accelerated & only gotten worse, & our media & political system has continued to show itself totally unfit for purpose to deal with this problem.
Five years & thousands of signs later, the Republican Party's collapse into far right authoritarianism has accelerated & only gotten worse, & our media & political system has continued to show itself totally unfit for purpose to deal with this problem.
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Signs, signs, everywhere a sign.
Five years & thousands of signs later, the Republican Party's collapse into far right authoritarianism has accelerated & only gotten worse, & our media & political system has continued to show itself totally unfit for purpose to deal with this problem.
Five years & thousands of signs later, the Republican Party's collapse into far right authoritarianism has accelerated & only gotten worse, & our media & political system has continued to show itself totally unfit for purpose to deal with this problem.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
F my country, a vet.
ICE/HSI is out of control in Tucson this morning. Raids down Grande near Barrio Hollywood. Dozens of community members showed out to support. Masked agents with blacked out plates deployed smokes and shoved and pepper-sprayed Rep. Adelita Grijalva and her staff after they ID’d themselves.
December 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
F my country, a vet.
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The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The entire debate over birthright citizenship is anti-constitutional because the purpose, intent, and text of the 14th Amendment were designed to foreclose any argument about who counts as an American citizen.
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Idiocy. Bigotry. Cruelty.
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 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Idiocy. Bigotry. Cruelty.
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I think it’s bad that leaders of companies are visibly up to their gills in stimulants now. Did nobody tell them that, contrary to how they make you feel, those things make you stupid? This is why everyone needs some fuck up friends growing up, to teach them that there’s no good way to abuse drugs.
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I think it’s bad that leaders of companies are visibly up to their gills in stimulants now. Did nobody tell them that, contrary to how they make you feel, those things make you stupid? This is why everyone needs some fuck up friends growing up, to teach them that there’s no good way to abuse drugs.
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these people aren’t “visionaries” they’re drunken blackjack players with a self-replenishing pile of chips and a bunch of sycophantic dopes saying shit like “splitting 10s is genius sir”
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
these people aren’t “visionaries” they’re drunken blackjack players with a self-replenishing pile of chips and a bunch of sycophantic dopes saying shit like “splitting 10s is genius sir”
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Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
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dialysis is the new competitive advantage
December 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
dialysis is the new competitive advantage
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Tomorrow is National Miners Day, which probably isn’t a big deal in your family, but it is in mine and I’m working tomorrow so we’re doing this tonight
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Tomorrow is National Miners Day, which probably isn’t a big deal in your family, but it is in mine and I’m working tomorrow so we’re doing this tonight
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
The Labor Department barely acknowledges WHY December 6 is set aside, so I’m going to turn the mic over to my mom for a minute
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I think it’s pretty notable there were 40 minutes between the first missile and second missile which is a very abnormal amount of time to debate what to do
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I think it’s pretty notable there were 40 minutes between the first missile and second missile which is a very abnormal amount of time to debate what to do
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Former Ohio State University students trying to get billionaire Les Wexner to testify about Richard Strauss — a former campus doctor who allegedly abused dozens of men — staged a protest at a board of trustees meeting, where they brought up Wexner’s past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
OSU alumni hold photos of billionaire Les Wexner with Jeffrey Epstein while demanding testimony
“We believe Wexner’s testimony will shed light,” former OSU wrestler Tom Lisy said about the abuse allegations against Dr. Richard Strauss.
nbcnews.to
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Former Ohio State University students trying to get billionaire Les Wexner to testify about Richard Strauss — a former campus doctor who allegedly abused dozens of men — staged a protest at a board of trustees meeting, where they brought up Wexner’s past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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If so, it is quite possible that the suspect reached this belief by consuming media produced by the current Director and Deputy Director of the FBI.
SCOOP: The Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect told the FBI he believed in 2020 election conspiracy theories.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If so, it is quite possible that the suspect reached this belief by consuming media produced by the current Director and Deputy Director of the FBI.