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Attacks on press freedom are rising — from arrests and assaults on journalists to retaliatory lawsuits, covert surveillance, and sweeping secrecy measures.
But we’re prepared.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain how we’re fighting back — and join us.
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But we’re prepared.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain how we’re fighting back — and join us.
freedom.press/donate
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Attacks on press freedom are rising — from arrests and assaults on journalists to retaliatory lawsuits, covert surveillance, and sweeping secrecy measures.
But we’re prepared.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain how we’re fighting back — and join us.
freedom.press/donate
But we’re prepared.
Watch @trevortimm.bsky.social explain how we’re fighting back — and join us.
freedom.press/donate
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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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Corruption out in the open. How can the White House have the power to approve a merger or block a competing one where Trump’s own son-in-law stands to make millions? This is why the FTC should remain independent—and why Trump wants to control it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Corruption out in the open. How can the White House have the power to approve a merger or block a competing one where Trump’s own son-in-law stands to make millions? This is why the FTC should remain independent—and why Trump wants to control it.
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Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Health insurers are jacking up premiums while raking in billions in profits.
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
Expiring ACA subsidies will saddle millions of Americans with massive monthly premium increases.
Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?
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Hegseth said US military should refuse ‘unlawful’ Trump orders in unearthed 2016 interview
Hegseth said US military should refuse ‘unlawful’ Trump orders in unearthed 2016 interview
Defense secretary’s comments recirculating amid dispute over US strikes on alleged drug boats in Caribbean
The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, stated repeatedly in 2016 on Fox News that US service members should refuse “unlawful” orders from a potential president Trump – exactly the position he called “despicable” when Democratic lawmakers said it last month.
The debate about whether US soldiers should refuse illegal orders is now at the center of a fiery political dispute over the US killings of alleged drug traffickers in boats off the coast of Venezuela and Columbia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hegseth said US military should refuse ‘unlawful’ Trump orders in unearthed 2016 interview
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“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin…”
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin…”
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
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Trump And His FBI Are Putting Together A List Of Americans They Disagree With.
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Trump And His FBI Are Putting Together A List Of Americans They Disagree With.
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The Kennedy Center is currently guided by a board of Trump loyalists and a new staff including the center’s president.
In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington’s cultural hub. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.
In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington’s cultural hub. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.
Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center is showier, emptier and more political
In 10 months, President Donald Trump has transformed the Kennedy Center. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Kennedy Center is currently guided by a board of Trump loyalists and a new staff including the center’s president.
In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington’s cultural hub. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.
In 10 months, the president has transformed Washington’s cultural hub. Now comes his biggest night yet: the Kennedy Center Honors.
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
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I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
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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.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Trump has ordered that next year’s national parks fee free calendar remove MLK Day and Juneteenth and add his birthday. The changes will take effect on January 1, 2026.
www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...
www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...
National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday
The Trump administration, which has railed against what it describes as "woke" policies, removed MLK Day and Juneteenth from next year's list of fare-exempt days for visitors at dozens of national par...
www.npr.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Trump has ordered that next year’s national parks fee free calendar remove MLK Day and Juneteenth and add his birthday. The changes will take effect on January 1, 2026.
www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...
www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g...
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Getting the grade you earned is religious persecution now?
University Of Oklahoma Places Professor On Leave After Student Cries 'Religious Discrimination' For Bad Grade On Essay
www.comicsands.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Getting the grade you earned is religious persecution now?
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THIS: The Moment A Police Chief Lit A Match Under American Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
THIS: The Moment A Police Chief Lit A Match Under American Democracy
Why One Man’s Warning to ICE Agents May Be the Most Symbolic Act of Democratic Backbone We’ve Seen in Years
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
THIS: The Moment A Police Chief Lit A Match Under American Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...
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The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is thought to have been living in hiding in her country, will travel to Norway next week to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a Norwegian official.
Venezuela’s Nobel Winner Will Go to Norway for Peace Prize, Official Says
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is thought to have been living in hiding in her country, will travel to Norway next week to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a Norwegian official.
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Release the boat strike video.
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Release the boat strike video.
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This has become America’s new norm: people being kidnapped off the streets simply because they’re not white.
December 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This has become America’s new norm: people being kidnapped off the streets simply because they’re not white.
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A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for December 7, 2025: #CROWD
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for December 7, 2025: #CROWD
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for December 7, 2025: #CROWD
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for December 7, 2025: #CROWD
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
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Quietly, largely unreported, Trumplethinskin is pardoning like the madman he is.
December 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Quietly, largely unreported, Trumplethinskin is pardoning like the madman he is.
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Illinois Community Mobilizes After Reports of ICE goons Violence
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Illinois Community Mobilizes After Reports of ICE goons Violence
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In the face of fear and oppression, our greatest strength lies in unity. Despite being broken and humiliated, residents of a Chicago apartment building rise together, finding power through their struggle.
December 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
In the face of fear and oppression, our greatest strength lies in unity. Despite being broken and humiliated, residents of a Chicago apartment building rise together, finding power through their struggle.
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