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Heather Cox Richardson: What’s Happening to U.S. Intelligence Under the Second Trump Administration? | Senator Mark Warner
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What’s Happening to U.S. Intelligence Under the Second Trump Administration? | Senator Mark Warner
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December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Heather Cox Richardson: What’s Happening to U.S. Intelligence Under the Second Trump Administration? | Senator Mark Warner
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I love this— leaf blowers are the bane of every beautiful day.
Why is it so hard to ban gas-powered leaf blowers? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Get a rake: Dispatch from suburban America's forever war
Why is it so hard to ban gas-powered leaf blowers, our most hated appliance?
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I love this— leaf blowers are the bane of every beautiful day.
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December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
December 6, 2025
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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If he’s still alive this time next year, there will be neon signs here
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If he’s still alive this time next year, there will be neon signs here
Another desperate grab.
The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump’s birthday next year — which also happens to be Flag Day — but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth.
National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday
The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Another desperate grab.
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To mark the 10th anniversary of Scott Weiland’s death, the singer’s vaults have been opened for the first time to share the new song 'If I Could Fly.'
Listen ↓
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Hear Scott Weiland's Previously Unreleased Song 'If I Could Fly' on 10th Anniversary of Singer's Death
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
To mark the 10th anniversary of Scott Weiland’s death, the singer’s vaults have been opened for the first time to share the new song 'If I Could Fly.'
Listen ↓
Listen ↓
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December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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MS Now host Rachel Maddow dropped a bomb on the double-tap incident in the Caribbean:
“It’s a catastrophe. I don’t see how Pete Hegseth survives this. He has to resign and I think Republicans will ultimately demand it. This is a disaster for this entire generation of U.S. service members.”
“It’s a catastrophe. I don’t see how Pete Hegseth survives this. He has to resign and I think Republicans will ultimately demand it. This is a disaster for this entire generation of U.S. service members.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
MS Now host Rachel Maddow dropped a bomb on the double-tap incident in the Caribbean:
“It’s a catastrophe. I don’t see how Pete Hegseth survives this. He has to resign and I think Republicans will ultimately demand it. This is a disaster for this entire generation of U.S. service members.”
“It’s a catastrophe. I don’t see how Pete Hegseth survives this. He has to resign and I think Republicans will ultimately demand it. This is a disaster for this entire generation of U.S. service members.”
FIFA can suck it 🍊
FIFA has announced the World Cup final will kick off at 3 p.m. EDT on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
World Cup final will be an afternoon match at MetLife Stadium, allowing prime-time viewing in Europe
FIFA has announced the World Cup final will kick off at 3 p.m. EDT on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
FIFA can suck it 🍊
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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
Omggg 🙄 Can literally only win by cheating. Every time.
Utah lawmakers are planning to convene in an unexpected special session this Tuesday. Why? To move the filing deadline for congressional candidates, to give the GOP more time to appeal the ruling that created a Dem seat.
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
www.abc4.com/news/politic...
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Omggg 🙄 Can literally only win by cheating. Every time.
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
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December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tom Nichols: “This ongoing game show of ‘strike a boat every day’ […] is making us into worse people — every one of us, whether we’re in uniform or just ordinary citizens. It is spiritually and morally corrosive on every level.”
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Noem insisted Sunday that the suspected shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was vetted for asylum by the Biden administration—despite the fact that it was her department that granted the asylum request in April. trib.al/Ks50RJ8
ICE Barbie Panics When Asked About Vetting Alleged Guard Shooter
The man who allegedly shot two National Guard members, one of whom has died, was granted asylum in April.
trib.al
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Noem insisted Sunday that the suspected shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was vetted for asylum by the Biden administration—despite the fact that it was her department that granted the asylum request in April. trib.al/Ks50RJ8
I can’t even with this bullshit. So much rage and absolute despair shreds my heart to smithereens.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I can’t even with this bullshit. So much rage and absolute despair shreds my heart to smithereens.
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So gratuitously and pointlessly spiteful and petty.
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 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
So gratuitously and pointlessly spiteful and petty.
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The boat was split in half.
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The boat was split in half.
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
They were clinging to a capsized PORTION
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight"
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UPDATE: SCOTUS overturns
“Supreme Court green lights Texas’ efforts to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans despite a lower court’s ruling it unconstitutionally sorts voters based on race”
KAGAN DISSENT: “disserves millions of Texans” www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
“Supreme Court green lights Texas’ efforts to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans despite a lower court’s ruling it unconstitutionally sorts voters based on race”
KAGAN DISSENT: “disserves millions of Texans” www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
UPDATE: SCOTUS overturns
“Supreme Court green lights Texas’ efforts to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans despite a lower court’s ruling it unconstitutionally sorts voters based on race”
KAGAN DISSENT: “disserves millions of Texans” www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
“Supreme Court green lights Texas’ efforts to use a new congressional map favorable to Republicans despite a lower court’s ruling it unconstitutionally sorts voters based on race”
KAGAN DISSENT: “disserves millions of Texans” www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
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Looks like the Trump administration is doing what it does best: playing politics with people’s hunger.
USDA goes full Scrooge on food stamp recipients—if they live in blue states
Democratic governors across the country are accusing the Trump administration of, once again, playing politics with people's hunger.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Looks like the Trump administration is doing what it does best: playing politics with people’s hunger.
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Exactly right by @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social - "VA must redistrict after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas case. The last excuse not to is gone." bluevirginia.us/2025/12/thur...
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Exactly right by @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social - "VA must redistrict after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas case. The last excuse not to is gone." bluevirginia.us/2025/12/thur...
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The most corrupt Supreme Court in history
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The most corrupt Supreme Court in history
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If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.