@murphywea.bsky.social
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Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
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"Kristi Noem draws protesters at Chicago Christmas tree charity event..."
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Kristi Noem draws protesters at Chicago Christmas tree charity event..."
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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What in the actual hell
I am not live posting the whole argument here because I want to listen closely to Trump v. Slaughter. But the solicitor general for Trump just said the point here in killing the independence of agencies like the FTC is that executive branch officers must “fear and obey” the president. Wow. #SCOTUS
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What in the actual hell
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His plan is to loot us and possibly rule us for the next 50 or so years
New: “Donald Trump Jr’s Fortune Jumped Six-Fold In A Year” 📈
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (who you should follow) for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (who you should follow) for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Donald Trump Jr. Is Worth
The president’s oldest son once shunned his father to loaf as a vagabond in Colorado. He eventually came home, joined the family business and is amassing the kind of fortune that would make his father...
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
His plan is to loot us and possibly rule us for the next 50 or so years
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Trump bankrupted the farmers through his idiotic tariffs and now he’s going to give them your tax money to make up for his abject stupidity.
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trump bankrupted the farmers through his idiotic tariffs and now he’s going to give them your tax money to make up for his abject stupidity.
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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File this under Least Surprising News of the Day
The Corruption never ends
The Corruption never ends
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
File this under Least Surprising News of the Day
The Corruption never ends
The Corruption never ends
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
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"Organizers hoped the event would show congregants it’s OK to be near the ICE facility, to stand alongside protestors and bear witness. For many of the vigil attendees, the service was their first time at the facility during active protesting..."
www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...
www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...
Portland faith leaders hold Blue Christmas vigil outside ICE facility
Over 75 clergy and congregants gathered to support detained immigrants and acknowledge community grief during the holiday season.
www.oregonlive.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Organizers hoped the event would show congregants it’s OK to be near the ICE facility, to stand alongside protestors and bear witness. For many of the vigil attendees, the service was their first time at the facility during active protesting..."
www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...
www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...
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Tomorrow at 3:00 House and Senate Democrats will be holding a "shadow hearing" on the detention of U.S. citizens. I'll be there testifying about the broader policy changes which led us to this moment.
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Blumenthal & Robert Garcia to Hold Forum to Receive Testimony from Five U.S. Citizens Assaulted, Illegally Detained by DHS | U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
[WASHINGTON, DC] – On Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 3 PM ET in 216 Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal...
www.blumenthal.senate.gov
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Tomorrow at 3:00 House and Senate Democrats will be holding a "shadow hearing" on the detention of U.S. citizens. I'll be there testifying about the broader policy changes which led us to this moment.
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 266. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 266. 12/8/25
… Trump has been asked multiple times if he would release the tape of the second boat strike. He said that he would. But today he was asked about it by a reporter who happened to be a black female, so...
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Today in Politics, Bulletin 266. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Trump attacks a reporter, Habba quits a job she never really had, & farmers get a $12B bailout. Plus: Noem on thin ice, MTG spills GOP secrets, Milo goes nuclear on Benny Johnson, and RFK Jr. does airport pull-ups for some reason. Ron's daily bulletin is out now — only on Meidas+! Check it out:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 266. 12/8/25
… Trump has been asked multiple times if he would release the tape of the second boat strike. He said that he would. But today he was asked about it by a reporter who happened to be a black female, so...
www.meidasplus.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Trump attacks a reporter, Habba quits a job she never really had, & farmers get a $12B bailout. Plus: Noem on thin ice, MTG spills GOP secrets, Milo goes nuclear on Benny Johnson, and RFK Jr. does airport pull-ups for some reason. Ron's daily bulletin is out now — only on Meidas+! Check it out:
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A leaked memo by U.S. AG Pam Bondi directs the FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy. Bondi’s effort targets “not just the left,” but “anyone who isn’t a Trump supporter.”
Journalist Reveals FBI Is Offering a “Bounty” for Reporting “Anti-Trump Thought”
A leaked DOJ memo directs the FBI to review records from the past five years, says Ken Klippenstein.
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A leaked memo by U.S. AG Pam Bondi directs the FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy. Bondi’s effort targets “not just the left,” but “anyone who isn’t a Trump supporter.”
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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I clocked this. Weeks ago. It's about indoctrinating HS students across the country. TPUSA is a 501(c)(3), btw.
December 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I clocked this. Weeks ago. It's about indoctrinating HS students across the country. TPUSA is a 501(c)(3), btw.
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" I have many questions about whose idea it was to import the confinement box to Alligator Alcatraz. But... I submit to you that its appearance here, structurally speaking, is the result of there being no criminal or even substantial political penalties for the architects of the torture program...:
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
" I have many questions about whose idea it was to import the confinement box to Alligator Alcatraz. But... I submit to you that its appearance here, structurally speaking, is the result of there being no criminal or even substantial political penalties for the architects of the torture program...:
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"Far more 'I want to tell my grandkids I did all I could' 'I want to live up to the legacy of my ancestors' than 'I want to protest cuts to X.'
Anat Shenker-Osorio (@anatosaurus)
All year long we’ve been conducting research into activation. Through dozens of focus groups and surveys, we’ve looked at who is activated, activatable, opposes regime but unwilling to act. We’ve also...
substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Far more 'I want to tell my grandkids I did all I could' 'I want to live up to the legacy of my ancestors' than 'I want to protest cuts to X.'
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Accountability for ICE is not a prediction....
It's a PROMISE.
It's a PROMISE.
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Accountability for ICE is not a prediction....
It's a PROMISE.
It's a PROMISE.
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ProPublica reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social found that more than 170 U.S. citizens had been detained by immigration agents.
“The number became an important, irrefutable fact in the conversation about the immigration crackdown,” our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
“The number became an important, irrefutable fact in the conversation about the immigration crackdown,” our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social found that more than 170 U.S. citizens had been detained by immigration agents.
“The number became an important, irrefutable fact in the conversation about the immigration crackdown,” our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
“The number became an important, irrefutable fact in the conversation about the immigration crackdown,” our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
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Live now! Join us: www.youtube.com/live/WtJle1o...
LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 12/8/25
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Live now! Join us: www.youtube.com/live/WtJle1o...
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A confused Trump lashes out again at a reporter; Habba finally leaves her fake job; a massive bailout for farmers ruined by Trump's tariffs; the admin's pro-Russia strategy doc; wars breaking out; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT.
LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 12/8/25
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A confused Trump lashes out again at a reporter; Habba finally leaves her fake job; a massive bailout for farmers ruined by Trump's tariffs; the admin's pro-Russia strategy doc; wars breaking out; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT.
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404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
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It’s Election Day tomorrow!
And it’s a big one because Democrats have a big shot at flipping the mayor’s office in Miami.
And also they’re aiming for an upset flip in the state House in Georgia.
Both on my guide of elections to watch. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
And it’s a big one because Democrats have a big shot at flipping the mayor’s office in Miami.
And also they’re aiming for an upset flip in the state House in Georgia.
Both on my guide of elections to watch. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It’s Election Day tomorrow!
And it’s a big one because Democrats have a big shot at flipping the mayor’s office in Miami.
And also they’re aiming for an upset flip in the state House in Georgia.
Both on my guide of elections to watch. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
And it’s a big one because Democrats have a big shot at flipping the mayor’s office in Miami.
And also they’re aiming for an upset flip in the state House in Georgia.
Both on my guide of elections to watch. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Help keep us safe
This weekend (12/12 - 12/14), we’re launching a citywide community effort to canvass as many businesses and hand out as many whistles as possible, all to protect our neighborhoods from ICE.
Come join us by finding or hosting an event near you. Sign up at HandsOffNYC.com
This weekend (12/12 - 12/14), we’re launching a citywide community effort to canvass as many businesses and hand out as many whistles as possible, all to protect our neighborhoods from ICE.
Come join us by finding or hosting an event near you. Sign up at HandsOffNYC.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Help keep us safe
This weekend (12/12 - 12/14), we’re launching a citywide community effort to canvass as many businesses and hand out as many whistles as possible, all to protect our neighborhoods from ICE.
Come join us by finding or hosting an event near you. Sign up at HandsOffNYC.com
This weekend (12/12 - 12/14), we’re launching a citywide community effort to canvass as many businesses and hand out as many whistles as possible, all to protect our neighborhoods from ICE.
Come join us by finding or hosting an event near you. Sign up at HandsOffNYC.com