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ICE has defended the care detained immigrants receive in custody, but a 2024 ACLU investigation concluded 52 deaths between 2017 and 2021 were preventable or possibly preventable had ICE provided clinically appropriate medical care.
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.
buff.ly
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ICE has defended the care detained immigrants receive in custody, but a 2024 ACLU investigation concluded 52 deaths between 2017 and 2021 were preventable or possibly preventable had ICE provided clinically appropriate medical care.
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Over a 30-year period, the gun industry swamped the American market with at least 717 million high-capacity magazines, devices that have been used in mass-casualty shootings. Newly obtained records show that production and distribution continued during a decade when the devices were banned.
Newly Obtained Documents Show How Gun Manufacturers Swamped the Market With Large-Capacity Magazines
At least 717 million devices like the one used in the Brown University mass shooting have been produced and distributed during a 30-year period, including a decade when they were banned.
www.thetrace.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Over a 30-year period, the gun industry swamped the American market with at least 717 million high-capacity magazines, devices that have been used in mass-casualty shootings. Newly obtained records show that production and distribution continued during a decade when the devices were banned.
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Nigeria averts unilateral US action by cooperating on airstrikes reut.rs/3YcIFrb
Nigeria averts unilateral US action by cooperating on airstrikes
By publicly cooperating with the United States on Christmas Day airstrikes, Nigeria's government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump.
reut.rs
December 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Nigeria averts unilateral US action by cooperating on airstrikes reut.rs/3YcIFrb
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He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/V1ifFb6
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/V1ifFb6
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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 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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He is exactly who everyone voted for. Look at his history in NYC.
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
He is exactly who everyone voted for. Look at his history in NYC.
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This is one of our favorites!
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is one of our favorites!
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The State department continues to use false allegations of "censorship" to censor people, or in this case sanction them
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The State department continues to use false allegations of "censorship" to censor people, or in this case sanction them
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow the Republican president to deploy National Guard troops to Illi…
trib.al
December 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court deals Trump a defeat on bid to deploy National Guard in Illinois
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Personal but professionally informed opinion... not likely. As in VERY unlikely. Trump apparently even acknowledged it would take entirely new shipyards, and that's just not happening in 30 months
TRUMP: 2.5-YEAR TIMELINE FOR NEW BATTLESHIPS
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Personal but professionally informed opinion... not likely. As in VERY unlikely. Trump apparently even acknowledged it would take entirely new shipyards, and that's just not happening in 30 months
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New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...
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The government is accepting public comment on 2 proposed rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans. These comments will be supportive of legal challenges aimed at blocking the new rules. Submit a public comment on the regime's new attacks on trans youth.
Submit Public Comments
act.hrc.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The government is accepting public comment on 2 proposed rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans. These comments will be supportive of legal challenges aimed at blocking the new rules. Submit a public comment on the regime's new attacks on trans youth.
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The Trump-Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a “Big Ugly Nightmare.”
Much of what’s included in it will begin in 2026.
Here’s what you should know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hbwm7LrKW0
Much of what’s included in it will begin in 2026.
Here’s what you should know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hbwm7LrKW0
Is This Trump’s Biggest Scam Yet?
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The Trump-Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a “Big Ugly Nightmare.”
Much of what’s included in it will begin in 2026.
Here’s what you should know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hbwm7LrKW0
Much of what’s included in it will begin in 2026.
Here’s what you should know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hbwm7LrKW0
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A doctorate in physical therapy costs over $100,000. New loan cap is $100,000 lifetime. Same problem for occupational therapists and social workers. These rules punish students pursuing essential health care careers.
Restricting Loans for Health Care Workers Should Outrage Us All
Opinion | A federal proposal would unfairly restrict the borrowing of students pursuing in-demand allied health professions.
f.mtr.cool
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A doctorate in physical therapy costs over $100,000. New loan cap is $100,000 lifetime. Same problem for occupational therapists and social workers. These rules punish students pursuing essential health care careers.
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"The Secret Files of the Gun Industry," a series by @mikespies.bsky.social
published in partnership with @rollingstone.com, makes clear that what the gun industry really wants to sell Americans is fear. And the more fear it can sell, the more the industry will line its pockets.
published in partnership with @rollingstone.com, makes clear that what the gun industry really wants to sell Americans is fear. And the more fear it can sell, the more the industry will line its pockets.
7 Key Takeaways From Our Investigation Into the Gun Industry
The Trace unearthed industry-funded market research, internal memos, depositions, and raw video footage that has never been seen by the public.
www.thetrace.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"The Secret Files of the Gun Industry," a series by @mikespies.bsky.social
published in partnership with @rollingstone.com, makes clear that what the gun industry really wants to sell Americans is fear. And the more fear it can sell, the more the industry will line its pockets.
published in partnership with @rollingstone.com, makes clear that what the gun industry really wants to sell Americans is fear. And the more fear it can sell, the more the industry will line its pockets.
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The decision, announced publicly about two hours before broadcast, has intensified scrutiny of Weiss.
Bari Weiss Addresses Backlash After CBS Pulls ’60 Minutes’ CECOT Episode
www.newsweek.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The decision, announced publicly about two hours before broadcast, has intensified scrutiny of Weiss.
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In America, the trauma of disaster after disaster is compounded by something else: the president’s attack on truth itself.
Two countries. Two tragedies. One huge difference.
In the wake of the Bondi massacre, Australia is uniting in a way that seems impossible in Donald Trump’s post-truth America.
www.motherjones.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In America, the trauma of disaster after disaster is compounded by something else: the president’s attack on truth itself.
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This week on “Checks and Balance”, the expansion of presidential power in 2025, with Charlotte Howard, James Bennet and Steve Coll
Power grab: Presidential power in 2025
Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, how has President Trump pushed the limits of his authority?
econ.st
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This week on “Checks and Balance”, the expansion of presidential power in 2025, with Charlotte Howard, James Bennet and Steve Coll
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Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Attack brings total numbers of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since October ceasefire took effect
Israel Defense Forces killed five Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday, hospital officials have said. The attack brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since the October ceasefire took effect.
Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line which they have withdrawn to, killing the Palestinians and wounding a number more, the Palestinian civil defence said in a statement. It added that it was only able to recover the bodies after coordinating with the UN, to ensure they did not also come under Israeli fire. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
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Social media influencers who play detective after tragedies are getting it disastrously wrong — falsely accusing innocent people of crimes with little evidence, massive reach and virtually no accountability.
Influencers play detective — and unleash chaos
The speculation often is stoked by ideological accounts that seize on "clues" reinforcing their worldviews.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Social media influencers who play detective after tragedies are getting it disastrously wrong — falsely accusing innocent people of crimes with little evidence, massive reach and virtually no accountability.
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Fentanyl is no WMD, but Trump’s Venezuela claims eerily echo Bush’s arguments for invading Iraq.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/a-de...
thebulletin.org/2025/12/a-de...
A decade of chemical and biological disinformation, mapped
A new tool allows us to visualize how disinformation campaigns originating in places like the halls of the Russian Ministry of Defence can end up circulating on Fox News or in international…
thebulletin.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fentanyl is no WMD, but Trump’s Venezuela claims eerily echo Bush’s arguments for invading Iraq.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/a-de...
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