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🪐✨ electrified meat in the laniakea supercluster they/them *no longer prone to magical thinking
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LOSES?!?!?!!?!
No.
HHS canceled grants previously awarded to AAP — in what certainly looks like a retaliatory act.
No.
HHS canceled grants previously awarded to AAP — in what certainly looks like a retaliatory act.
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
LOSES?!?!?!!?!
No.
HHS canceled grants previously awarded to AAP — in what certainly looks like a retaliatory act.
No.
HHS canceled grants previously awarded to AAP — in what certainly looks like a retaliatory act.
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First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
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House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
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Trump is a lame duck with bad energy open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Trump is a lame duck with bad energy open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Trump’s primetime diatribe against immigrants is straight up unvarnished Nazi stuff
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My takeaway is that his offer to throw cash at soldiers is a ploy to get them on board with his 2026 martial law plan and that, as expected, he has no ability to pivot on *even one issue*—even with an election year looming—which is a disaster for the GOP
Oh and US media will always give him airtime
Oh and US media will always give him airtime
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My takeaway is that his offer to throw cash at soldiers is a ploy to get them on board with his 2026 martial law plan and that, as expected, he has no ability to pivot on *even one issue*—even with an election year looming—which is a disaster for the GOP
Oh and US media will always give him airtime
Oh and US media will always give him airtime
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This could have been an email.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This could have been an email.
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The president continues to preach austerity and hate to people struggling to make ends meet. No wonder voters are turning on him.
He's the Trump who stole Christmas.
He's the Trump who stole Christmas.
Behold, it’s the Trump who stole Christmas | Robert Reich
The president continues to preach austerity and hate to people struggling to make ends meet. No wonder voters are turnin
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The president continues to preach austerity and hate to people struggling to make ends meet. No wonder voters are turning on him.
He's the Trump who stole Christmas.
He's the Trump who stole Christmas.
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Federal authorities in Massachusetts on Wednesday charged two men with fraud in a nearly $7 million food stamp scheme. on.wsj.com/4pHv7zU
Massachusetts Men Charged With Nearly $7 Million in SNAP Fraud
Federal prosecutors said they are responding to a Trump administration-led effort to crack down on food-stamp crime.
on.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Federal authorities in Massachusetts on Wednesday charged two men with fraud in a nearly $7 million food stamp scheme. on.wsj.com/4pHv7zU
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Author Rick Reilly has conjured up his latest damning assessment of Donald Trump by branding the U.S.
Donald Trump branded 'sickest person alive' and must have 'green ooze' in him
www.irishstar.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Author Rick Reilly has conjured up his latest damning assessment of Donald Trump by branding the U.S.
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This happened at the beginning of December...yet today is the first time I've read this. It mirrors the stabbing deaths of Rob and Michelle Reiner...both of these killings are horrific...incredibly terrible! Bless Sykes' soul.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #DV1
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #DV1
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Jubilant Sykes’ son arrested after Grammy-nominated opera singer stabbed to death
The performer’s son Micah has been arrested on suspicion of murder, Santa Monica police said
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This happened at the beginning of December...yet today is the first time I've read this. It mirrors the stabbing deaths of Rob and Michelle Reiner...both of these killings are horrific...incredibly terrible! Bless Sykes' soul.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #DV1
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #DV1
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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Despite anti-drug rhetoric, Trump has granted clemency to 100 people accused of drug-related crimes
That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker
That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Despite anti-drug rhetoric, Trump has granted clemency to 100 people accused of drug-related crimes
That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker
That includes felon Juan Orlando Hernández who is responsible for importing 400 tons of cocaine AND felon Ross Upbricht, a notorious internet drug trafficker
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Trans Kids Deserve Better are outside DHSC protesting the puberty blocker ban
December 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Trans Kids Deserve Better are outside DHSC protesting the puberty blocker ban
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Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research center NCAR trib.al/Q8TiDFw
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR
U.S. lawmakers representing Colorado called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.”
trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research center NCAR trib.al/Q8TiDFw
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It's Veto Day in the NH House today, the day where we vote on whether or not to override Gov. Ayotte's vetoes. Republicans have a majority here, but not a veto-proof one, so don't expect many vetoes to get overridden today. Thread begins here.
#NHPolitics
#NHPolitics
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's Veto Day in the NH House today, the day where we vote on whether or not to override Gov. Ayotte's vetoes. Republicans have a majority here, but not a veto-proof one, so don't expect many vetoes to get overridden today. Thread begins here.
#NHPolitics
#NHPolitics
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BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
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White men have been griping about the unfair advantages given to Black people since literally the day after slavery
December 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
White men have been griping about the unfair advantages given to Black people since literally the day after slavery
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🚨NO national coverage🚨
🚨🚨🚨NO FEMA🚨🚨🚨
We are the “news,” so spread it and let’s see how we can help.
🚨🚨🚨NO FEMA🚨🚨🚨
We are the “news,” so spread it and let’s see how we can help.
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨NO national coverage🚨
🚨🚨🚨NO FEMA🚨🚨🚨
We are the “news,” so spread it and let’s see how we can help.
🚨🚨🚨NO FEMA🚨🚨🚨
We are the “news,” so spread it and let’s see how we can help.
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Jack Smith is testifying behind close doors because House GOP, who subpoenaed him refuse his request to testify publicly. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Jack Smith Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee
Making sense of the circus
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Jack Smith is testifying behind close doors because House GOP, who subpoenaed him refuse his request to testify publicly. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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😕 tough night for Bari Weiss and CBS News(max)
December 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
😕 tough night for Bari Weiss and CBS News(max)
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This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is wild!
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
You know the Vanity Fair article with Susie Wiles that everyone’s talking about?
Yeah. This is basically the audio version Narrated by Nicolle Wallace, and it’s not “taken out of context”. ☠️😭
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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The U.S. military said it carried out strikes on three boats it suspected of drug smuggling in the Eastern Pacific, killing eight men.
U.S. Strikes Three Alleged Drug Boats, Killing Eight
There is little indication of the administration’s campaign abating, even as the justification for the strikes comes under the spotlight.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The U.S. military said it carried out strikes on three boats it suspected of drug smuggling in the Eastern Pacific, killing eight men.