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I have the “In Covid’s Wake” PDF and this section floored me. Here is some of the surrounding content — and citations. The professors cited laundered Twitter Files claims in their discussion of the Murthy v Missouri case — they stuck the *outcome of the case* in a footnote while centering the lies.
December 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I have the “In Covid’s Wake” PDF and this section floored me. Here is some of the surrounding content — and citations. The professors cited laundered Twitter Files claims in their discussion of the Murthy v Missouri case — they stuck the *outcome of the case* in a footnote while centering the lies.
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We can fill each other's lives with love and beauty. That's what this day means to me. Exemplified by this story.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We can fill each other's lives with love and beauty. That's what this day means to me. Exemplified by this story.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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‘South Park’ writer Toby Morton owns Trump–Kennedy Center websites
A “South Park” writer anticipated President Donald Trump would rename the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts after himself, so he bought domain names connected to the Trump-Kennedy Center.
(NewsNation)
A “South Park” writer anticipated President Donald Trump would rename the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts after himself, so he bought domain names connected to the Trump-Kennedy Center.
(NewsNation)
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
‘South Park’ writer Toby Morton owns Trump–Kennedy Center websites
A “South Park” writer anticipated President Donald Trump would rename the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts after himself, so he bought domain names connected to the Trump-Kennedy Center.
(NewsNation)
A “South Park” writer anticipated President Donald Trump would rename the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts after himself, so he bought domain names connected to the Trump-Kennedy Center.
(NewsNation)
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The most innocent of moments - a young Palestinian girl filming herself showing her hair clips - is interrupted by Israeli missiles.
Yes, they shoot missiles at kids in tents. Don't tell me it's complicated
Jana and her brother survived, but the rest of their family was killed
Yes, they shoot missiles at kids in tents. Don't tell me it's complicated
Jana and her brother survived, but the rest of their family was killed
December 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The most innocent of moments - a young Palestinian girl filming herself showing her hair clips - is interrupted by Israeli missiles.
Yes, they shoot missiles at kids in tents. Don't tell me it's complicated
Jana and her brother survived, but the rest of their family was killed
Yes, they shoot missiles at kids in tents. Don't tell me it's complicated
Jana and her brother survived, but the rest of their family was killed
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1) these are all answerable questions
2) we don’t get 50% cost savings out of the deal
3) we almost certainly do get significant cost savings out of some of the ways to move to universal coverage
2) we don’t get 50% cost savings out of the deal
3) we almost certainly do get significant cost savings out of some of the ways to move to universal coverage
How much are you going to pay doctors?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Half the amount that everyone currently pays could provide universal healthcare. Private health companies don’t need to exist. Eliminate them. And use your collective buying power and economies of scale to get it done. Every cent of their profit is healthcare denied.
December 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
1) these are all answerable questions
2) we don’t get 50% cost savings out of the deal
3) we almost certainly do get significant cost savings out of some of the ways to move to universal coverage
2) we don’t get 50% cost savings out of the deal
3) we almost certainly do get significant cost savings out of some of the ways to move to universal coverage
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The White House said in an emailed statement: “The Guardian is a left-wing mouthpiece that should be deeply embarrassed to publish this garbage. As the President’s physician has made clear time and again, President Trump remains in excellent overall health." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Is Trump mentally OK? A look back at the president’s unusual behavior in 2025
Trump has shown erratic and bizarre behavior throughout the year, leading to questions about his mental acuity
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The White House said in an emailed statement: “The Guardian is a left-wing mouthpiece that should be deeply embarrassed to publish this garbage. As the President’s physician has made clear time and again, President Trump remains in excellent overall health." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Here’s something so blatantly obvious that it seems stupid to even have to say it out loud.
And yet apparently it’s necessary to say in Trump’s USA.
Filming a legal arrest, let alone the many illegal and anonymous arrests performed by ICE, is NOT DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
Claiming it is, is fascist.
And yet apparently it’s necessary to say in Trump’s USA.
Filming a legal arrest, let alone the many illegal and anonymous arrests performed by ICE, is NOT DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
Claiming it is, is fascist.
If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism. #holdfast
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Here’s something so blatantly obvious that it seems stupid to even have to say it out loud.
And yet apparently it’s necessary to say in Trump’s USA.
Filming a legal arrest, let alone the many illegal and anonymous arrests performed by ICE, is NOT DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
Claiming it is, is fascist.
And yet apparently it’s necessary to say in Trump’s USA.
Filming a legal arrest, let alone the many illegal and anonymous arrests performed by ICE, is NOT DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
Claiming it is, is fascist.
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Newly discovered recordings show how far Donald Trump went to attempt overturning the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5
December 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Newly discovered recordings show how far Donald Trump went to attempt overturning the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5
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Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
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Trump spending the holidays trying to rip aid away from the unhoused.
Monstrous.
www.rawstory.com/amp/housing-...
Monstrous.
www.rawstory.com/amp/housing-...
Trump's plan to gut program that houses homeless veterans prompts panic among experts
www.rawstory.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump spending the holidays trying to rip aid away from the unhoused.
Monstrous.
www.rawstory.com/amp/housing-...
Monstrous.
www.rawstory.com/amp/housing-...
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Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, 39, an immigrant from Nicaragua who has been in ICE custody since September, has died in a Mississippi hospital following a “failed test to determine brain function.”
It's unclear what caused his death.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
It's unclear what caused his death.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
Nicaraguan Man in ICE Custody Dies in Mississippi Hospital
A Nicaraguan man has died in ICE custody at a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of a person in custody this month.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, 39, an immigrant from Nicaragua who has been in ICE custody since September, has died in a Mississippi hospital following a “failed test to determine brain function.”
It's unclear what caused his death.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
It's unclear what caused his death.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
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Activists in LA photographed immigration officers wearing Halloween masks of horror movie villains while conducting raids. When a citizen journalist asked DHS for comment, a spokesperson replied, “Happy Halloween.”
trib.al/HbjjFEp
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Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Activists in LA photographed immigration officers wearing Halloween masks of horror movie villains while conducting raids. When a citizen journalist asked DHS for comment, a spokesperson replied, “Happy Halloween.”
trib.al/HbjjFEp
trib.al/HbjjFEp
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This is quick edit/review of Trump's hosting abilities at the Kennedy Center Honors the other night. The ratings for the event were way down from last year. Trump thought "hosting" included prerecorded comments from the Oval Office.
December 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is quick edit/review of Trump's hosting abilities at the Kennedy Center Honors the other night. The ratings for the event were way down from last year. Trump thought "hosting" included prerecorded comments from the Oval Office.
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“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
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Huh.
Whats interesting is Shurkin in 2015 alerted us a potential genocide when Burundi’s autocratic leader in an attempt to stay in power (sound familiar?) killed *240* and drove out 200,000. Somehow Bibi killing 300,000 and driving 2 million out is not a genocide. Wonder what the difference is🤔🤔🤔
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Huh.
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
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This is VERY high up on my list of things we need to do better in 2026: Find a way to use the Admin's claim they oppose antisemitism to impose a cost for the antisemitism they routinely push out.
There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!
There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!
As a Jew, it’s fun watching the administration post Christian nationalist messages while also saying they are doing everything they can to curb antisemitism.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is VERY high up on my list of things we need to do better in 2026: Find a way to use the Admin's claim they oppose antisemitism to impose a cost for the antisemitism they routinely push out.
There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!
There's literally an EO forbidding federal funding for antisemitism!
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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The day the opinion was issued, I thought that part of Roberts's opinion was bonkers. Reading it again today, I'm even more convinced that it is indefensible. But, that's the law as I read it.
December 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The day the opinion was issued, I thought that part of Roberts's opinion was bonkers. Reading it again today, I'm even more convinced that it is indefensible. But, that's the law as I read it.
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SCOTUS could have limited immunity to non-corrupt official acts, but it chose the broader protection for Trump. So, taking a bribe in exchange for an official act cannot be criminally prosecuted. No American has ever received this form of immunity. The opinion is an abomination.
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
SCOTUS could have limited immunity to non-corrupt official acts, but it chose the broader protection for Trump. So, taking a bribe in exchange for an official act cannot be criminally prosecuted. No American has ever received this form of immunity. The opinion is an abomination.
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This is John Roberts' America.
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is John Roberts' America.
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Imagine looking like Stephen Miller and thinking you’re genetically superior
December 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Imagine looking like Stephen Miller and thinking you’re genetically superior
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It's so embarrassing when other countries do humanely, cheaply, legally, and effectively what Republicans have to do cruelly, expensively, un-Constitutionally, and regressively. thebetter.news/housing-firs...
www.commondreams.org/news/utah-ho...
www.commondreams.org/news/utah-ho...
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
December 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
It's so embarrassing when other countries do humanely, cheaply, legally, and effectively what Republicans have to do cruelly, expensively, un-Constitutionally, and regressively. thebetter.news/housing-firs...
www.commondreams.org/news/utah-ho...
www.commondreams.org/news/utah-ho...