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Chicago Cubs, spy novels, travel,food, champagne and animals are my love language.
Chicago Cubs, spy novels, travel,food, champagne and animals are my love language.
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The Trump administration has imposed visa restrictions on 5 Europeans the State Department accused of leading "efforts to coerce American platforms to censor" or "suppress" U.S. viewpoints they oppose.
Trump admin bars 5 Europeans its says pressed tech platforms to "censor" U.S. views
Accused "mastermind" ex-European Commissioner Thierry Breton called the action in response to EU regulations "a witch hunt."
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December 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Trump administration has imposed visa restrictions on 5 Europeans the State Department accused of leading "efforts to coerce American platforms to censor" or "suppress" U.S. viewpoints they oppose.
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🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
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Kerry Kennedy demanding that her brother to resign as HHS Secretary.
"Enough is enough."
"Enough is enough."
December 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the health of all Americans at risk” and demanding his resignation.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/h...
HHS employees demand RFK Jr. resign for ‘compromising the health of this nation’ | CNN
More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the ...
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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I mean jfc CNN just *sat down and interviewed* a group of Christian nationalist leaders who want to repeal women’s right to vote! open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
December 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I mean jfc CNN just *sat down and interviewed* a group of Christian nationalist leaders who want to repeal women’s right to vote! open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
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Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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“The Epstein survivors who spoke recently told CNN that they had gotten no outreach from the DOJ ahead of the files’ release.”
Trump’s DOJ regards the survivors not as friendly witnesses who could be helpful but as adverse parties to the Trump administration.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
Trump’s DOJ regards the survivors not as friendly witnesses who could be helpful but as adverse parties to the Trump administration.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
Exclusive: Frustration mounts at Justice Department as it races to redact some Epstein files, sources say | CNN Politics
Frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released Friday, multiple sources familiar with t...
www.cnn.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“The Epstein survivors who spoke recently told CNN that they had gotten no outreach from the DOJ ahead of the files’ release.”
Trump’s DOJ regards the survivors not as friendly witnesses who could be helpful but as adverse parties to the Trump administration.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
Trump’s DOJ regards the survivors not as friendly witnesses who could be helpful but as adverse parties to the Trump administration.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
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I mean everyone voted for fewer jobs, more war and more expensive healthcare, right?
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I mean everyone voted for fewer jobs, more war and more expensive healthcare, right?
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@zeteo.com "Meet Randy Fine, America’s Most Racist Congressman"
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
Read/share/subscribe to @premthakker.bsky.social's fascinating deepdive into the GOP's leading Islamophobic bigot:
zeteo.com/p/meet-randy...
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
Read/share/subscribe to @premthakker.bsky.social's fascinating deepdive into the GOP's leading Islamophobic bigot:
zeteo.com/p/meet-randy...
Meet Randy Fine, America’s Most Racist Congressman
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
zeteo.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
@zeteo.com "Meet Randy Fine, America’s Most Racist Congressman"
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
Read/share/subscribe to @premthakker.bsky.social's fascinating deepdive into the GOP's leading Islamophobic bigot:
zeteo.com/p/meet-randy...
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
Read/share/subscribe to @premthakker.bsky.social's fascinating deepdive into the GOP's leading Islamophobic bigot:
zeteo.com/p/meet-randy...
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Start naming mass shootings after politicians who take money from the NRA.
December 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Start naming mass shootings after politicians who take money from the NRA.
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It's not officially Christmas until I see Bruce Willis push Hans Gruber out of the window at Nakatomi Plaza.
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It's not officially Christmas until I see Bruce Willis push Hans Gruber out of the window at Nakatomi Plaza.
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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This is a time in our nation's history that will be remembered for all the broken fools who needed so much attention.
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is a time in our nation's history that will be remembered for all the broken fools who needed so much attention.
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
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At least he finally admitted that Trump wrote that letter!
Exclusive: Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter | CNN Politics
When Dr. Harold Bornstein described in hyperbolic prose then-candidate Donald Trump’s health in 2015, the language he used was eerily similar to the style preferred by his patient.
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
At least he finally admitted that Trump wrote that letter!
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youtu.be/3LWo0V4Gp2E?...
"MAGA has launched a new tactic: blaming the judges who enforce the rule of law. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang to break down.
But first: Corey and John unpack Trump’s controversial pardon of the former Honduran president." TOATO
"MAGA has launched a new tactic: blaming the judges who enforce the rule of law. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang to break down.
But first: Corey and John unpack Trump’s controversial pardon of the former Honduran president." TOATO
MAGA’s New Tactics: Blaming the Judges — with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
YouTube video by The Oath and the Office
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December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
youtu.be/3LWo0V4Gp2E?...
"MAGA has launched a new tactic: blaming the judges who enforce the rule of law. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang to break down.
But first: Corey and John unpack Trump’s controversial pardon of the former Honduran president." TOATO
"MAGA has launched a new tactic: blaming the judges who enforce the rule of law. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang to break down.
But first: Corey and John unpack Trump’s controversial pardon of the former Honduran president." TOATO
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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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Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD
After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. n.pr/4a4N3zD
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NEW: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) calls for an investigation into the Trump administration's "repeated, blatant" abuse of power to achieve partisan redistricting goals, alleging it violates federal law. This renewed demand comes after his first request rendered no updates.
Trump’s 'Repeated, Blatant' Hatch Act Violations Over Gerrymandering Must Be Investigated, Sen. Padilla Demands
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
NEW: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) calls for an investigation into the Trump administration's "repeated, blatant" abuse of power to achieve partisan redistricting goals, alleging it violates federal law. This renewed demand comes after his first request rendered no updates.
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Trump sat down with our Dasha Burns for a special episode of The Conversation to discuss his influence on Europe, major U.S. policy challenges and the future of the GOP.
Watch the full interview👇
Watch the full interview👇
President Donald Trump | The Conversation
YouTube video by POLITICO
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December 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Trump sat down with our Dasha Burns for a special episode of The Conversation to discuss his influence on Europe, major U.S. policy challenges and the future of the GOP.
Watch the full interview👇
Watch the full interview👇