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“EVERY ADMINISTRATION LEAVES ITS MARK on the US military…But this past year will be remembered for something different: an erosion of the professional, legal, and ethical guardrails that have guided, protected, and enhanced America’s armed forces for generations.”
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It Was a Bad Year for the American Military
No one should be surprised.
www.thebulwark.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“EVERY ADMINISTRATION LEAVES ITS MARK on the US military…But this past year will be remembered for something different: an erosion of the professional, legal, and ethical guardrails that have guided, protected, and enhanced America’s armed forces for generations.”
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Hardly new or surprising at this point, but it's still so crazy how the US president goes to bat for Russia, aping the Russian government's propaganda, lying to the world on a Russian dictator's behalf, and trying to help Russian military aggression succeed against a US-partnered European democracy.
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hardly new or surprising at this point, but it's still so crazy how the US president goes to bat for Russia, aping the Russian government's propaganda, lying to the world on a Russian dictator's behalf, and trying to help Russian military aggression succeed against a US-partnered European democracy.
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“The Court got a very big one right—in ways that will almost certainly make it more difficult, as it should be, for the Trump administration to attempt to militarize domestic law enforcement based on dubious factual predicates.”
Me in today’s “One First” on four takeaways from Trump v. Illinois:
Me in today’s “One First” on four takeaways from Trump v. Illinois:
199. Four Takeaways From the National Guard Ruling
A deep dive into last Tuesday's ruling in which a 6-3 majority of the Court stopped the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops into and around Chicago.
www.stevevladeck.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“The Court got a very big one right—in ways that will almost certainly make it more difficult, as it should be, for the Trump administration to attempt to militarize domestic law enforcement based on dubious factual predicates.”
Me in today’s “One First” on four takeaways from Trump v. Illinois:
Me in today’s “One First” on four takeaways from Trump v. Illinois:
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Trump has no idea how outrageous or disqualifying his statement that Putin wants what’s best for Ukraine is or will sound to anyone with a shred of knowledge about the situation.
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Trump has no idea how outrageous or disqualifying his statement that Putin wants what’s best for Ukraine is or will sound to anyone with a shred of knowledge about the situation.
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They're gonna be real upset when they read about literally any of Trump's appointees for anything.
December 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
They're gonna be real upset when they read about literally any of Trump's appointees for anything.
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This is called "freedom" and it's pissing off the new Commissars who believe that artists must perform at the State's command
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This is called "freedom" and it's pissing off the new Commissars who believe that artists must perform at the State's command
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I think the craziest thing about Epstein is that he didn’t live long enough to get pardoned
December 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I think the craziest thing about Epstein is that he didn’t live long enough to get pardoned
Shouldn’t it The “Intellectuals” . . . ?
The Intellectuals Fueling the MAGA Movement
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Shouldn’t it The “Intellectuals” . . . ?
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The media outrage that would have been generated if Joe Biden was slapping marble armrests on seats at the Kennedy Center - less than 2 weeks after his cronies added his name to the building - while Americans are struggling to put food on the table would have been measured on the Richter scale.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The media outrage that would have been generated if Joe Biden was slapping marble armrests on seats at the Kennedy Center - less than 2 weeks after his cronies added his name to the building - while Americans are struggling to put food on the table would have been measured on the Richter scale.
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Trump claims that "[t]he Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans." If that is true, why is it that all Democrats want complete transparency while certain Republicans--with Trump as their leader--want DOJ to release "NO MORE" files?
Since when do the innocent hide evidence?
Since when do the innocent hide evidence?
December 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Trump claims that "[t]he Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans." If that is true, why is it that all Democrats want complete transparency while certain Republicans--with Trump as their leader--want DOJ to release "NO MORE" files?
Since when do the innocent hide evidence?
Since when do the innocent hide evidence?
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Trump wants no more Epstein files released, and the whole Epstein story to go away. Why could that be?
December 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump wants no more Epstein files released, and the whole Epstein story to go away. Why could that be?
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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JD Vance argues that having Muslims makes the UK and France too dangerous to have nukes, which will be great for US relations with India and Pakistan.
So if you’re keeping track, the Trump administration’s position on nuclear arms is:
North Korea: cool, nonthreatening
France and UK: bad, dangerous
So if you’re keeping track, the Trump administration’s position on nuclear arms is:
North Korea: cool, nonthreatening
France and UK: bad, dangerous
A case where the quote is even worse in context than out of context. JD is scaremongering about “Islamists” winning elections in the UK/France and then somehow militarily threatening the US. Saying we should hold Europeans and Africans to different moral standards but anti-wokely.
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
JD Vance argues that having Muslims makes the UK and France too dangerous to have nukes, which will be great for US relations with India and Pakistan.
So if you’re keeping track, the Trump administration’s position on nuclear arms is:
North Korea: cool, nonthreatening
France and UK: bad, dangerous
So if you’re keeping track, the Trump administration’s position on nuclear arms is:
North Korea: cool, nonthreatening
France and UK: bad, dangerous
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US President is an obviously disturbed person (beyond corrupt, uninformed, authoritarian, incompetent). Everyone around the world knows this, except many Americans, because Corporate Media *sanewashes* him.
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
US President is an obviously disturbed person (beyond corrupt, uninformed, authoritarian, incompetent). Everyone around the world knows this, except many Americans, because Corporate Media *sanewashes* him.
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Theres a foolish impulse by legacy media that if & when they cover most stories, it’s simply time to move on. Trump’s ceaseless corruption, criminality, cognitive decline & compulsive, narcissistic hatred gets glossed over in the process. I for one won’t move on until he’s gone & held accountable.
How are these fits of presidential incontinence never covered as their own news events in NYT? Hours of sick hateful bile from the curdled joyless leader of the Christian nationalists sitting in the ruins of the tinsel trimmed White House he’s demolishing — seems like a story to me.
Having a normal Christmas morning
December 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Theres a foolish impulse by legacy media that if & when they cover most stories, it’s simply time to move on. Trump’s ceaseless corruption, criminality, cognitive decline & compulsive, narcissistic hatred gets glossed over in the process. I for one won’t move on until he’s gone & held accountable.
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NBC News actually published this: "While Trump’s peace plan appears to be holding, albeit with regular Israeli airstrikes, the crisis endures."
Just imagine NBC framing it this way if Hamas engaged in "regular strikes against Israel?"
This is how legacy media normalizes genocide & white supremacy.
Just imagine NBC framing it this way if Hamas engaged in "regular strikes against Israel?"
This is how legacy media normalizes genocide & white supremacy.
December 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
NBC News actually published this: "While Trump’s peace plan appears to be holding, albeit with regular Israeli airstrikes, the crisis endures."
Just imagine NBC framing it this way if Hamas engaged in "regular strikes against Israel?"
This is how legacy media normalizes genocide & white supremacy.
Just imagine NBC framing it this way if Hamas engaged in "regular strikes against Israel?"
This is how legacy media normalizes genocide & white supremacy.
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“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..”
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December 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“.. The concert had been held at the Kennedy Center for 20 years ..”
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If only we had an amendment to the Constitution that protected speech . . .
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If only we had an amendment to the Constitution that protected speech . . .
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When Trump rants about "free speech," what he really means is that he wants to censor anyone who points out his lies.
European (and others) who publish factual information about hate groups to counteract their propaganda are being banned from entering the USA.
In the US, he is attacking news orgs.
European (and others) who publish factual information about hate groups to counteract their propaganda are being banned from entering the USA.
In the US, he is attacking news orgs.
December 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When Trump rants about "free speech," what he really means is that he wants to censor anyone who points out his lies.
European (and others) who publish factual information about hate groups to counteract their propaganda are being banned from entering the USA.
In the US, he is attacking news orgs.
European (and others) who publish factual information about hate groups to counteract their propaganda are being banned from entering the USA.
In the US, he is attacking news orgs.
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"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
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They’re scrambling. Written for a party of one.
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
They’re scrambling. Written for a party of one.
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“We couldn’t report on the sinking of the Titanic until we spoke to Captain Smith.”
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“We couldn’t report on the sinking of the Titanic until we spoke to Captain Smith.”
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In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
CBS Abruptly Pulls ‘60 Minutes’ Segment On Migrants Sent To El Salvador Prison—What To Know
In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
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Yes exactly. That’s the thing that’s always differentiated us, we’re the only “Christian nation.” Yup.
December 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yes exactly. That’s the thing that’s always differentiated us, we’re the only “Christian nation.” Yup.
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday appealed a federal judge’s dismissal of its criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Seeks to Revive Dismissed Cases Against Former FBI Chief Comey, New York AG James
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday appealed a federal judge’s dismissal of its criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...