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This week on Monday Night Travel, I shared a festive & information-packed review of my 2025 travels—from Istanbul to Paris and from London to a gourmet barge extravaganza in Burgundy. Plus, I shared a peek behind the scenes at some of my creative adventures at home.
Missed it? Enjoy the recording:
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Rick’s European Sleigh Ride: A Rollicking Review of Magic Moments from 2025 Travels
Enjoy our live Monday Night Travel party with this video recorded on December 15, 2025.
In this festive edition of Monday Night Travel, Rick Steves shares a collection of fresh sizzle reels and highl...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This week on Monday Night Travel, I shared a festive & information-packed review of my 2025 travels—from Istanbul to Paris and from London to a gourmet barge extravaganza in Burgundy. Plus, I shared a peek behind the scenes at some of my creative adventures at home.
Missed it? Enjoy the recording:
Missed it? Enjoy the recording:
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No. It’s a great time to be a violent criminal in America. Our most sophisticated law enforcement agencies are busy hunting landscapers & housekeepers.
Is there any precedent in modern history for a mass shooting occurring in a public setting with 10+ casualties and the perpetrator not being apprehended? It's really hard to fathom.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No. It’s a great time to be a violent criminal in America. Our most sophisticated law enforcement agencies are busy hunting landscapers & housekeepers.
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Important.
NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails
A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot enforce newly adopted policies that require lawmakers to provide seven days notice before visiting detention facilities.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Important.
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218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
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RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
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Highly recommend that journalists visit some local grocery stores tomorrow to get voter reax to these false claims about food prices…
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Highly recommend that journalists visit some local grocery stores tomorrow to get voter reax to these false claims about food prices…
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Anyone who sees Bovino in Rogers Park, let us know. We’re doing ICE watch.
Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Anyone who sees Bovino in Rogers Park, let us know. We’re doing ICE watch.
Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
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I assume Trump plans to declare war against Venezuela tonight.
All this to hide from the Epstein Files, and to expand his business interests in another country to gain access to oil.
It's not about the drug cartels.
All this to hide from the Epstein Files, and to expand his business interests in another country to gain access to oil.
It's not about the drug cartels.
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I assume Trump plans to declare war against Venezuela tonight.
All this to hide from the Epstein Files, and to expand his business interests in another country to gain access to oil.
It's not about the drug cartels.
All this to hide from the Epstein Files, and to expand his business interests in another country to gain access to oil.
It's not about the drug cartels.
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Most FBI Deputy Directors spend years working through the ranks of the Bureau to reach that position. It’s the height of prestige.
Bongino quit after less than a year to return to his life getting paid to spew conspiracy theories on his podcast in a T-shirt.
Bongino quit after less than a year to return to his life getting paid to spew conspiracy theories on his podcast in a T-shirt.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Most FBI Deputy Directors spend years working through the ranks of the Bureau to reach that position. It’s the height of prestige.
Bongino quit after less than a year to return to his life getting paid to spew conspiracy theories on his podcast in a T-shirt.
Bongino quit after less than a year to return to his life getting paid to spew conspiracy theories on his podcast in a T-shirt.
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Updated: Our online tracker, now with 25 U.S. military strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats that have killed 95 people since the campaign began on Sept. 2. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In three months, the Trump administration has killed scores of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Updated: Our online tracker, now with 25 U.S. military strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats that have killed 95 people since the campaign began on Sept. 2. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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By @seth-stern.bsky.social's count, Trump has demanded $65 billion in damages from media outlets in lawsuits filed in 2025 — 9x his net worth.
"If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list."
"If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list."
Trump’s BBC lawsuit is nonsense, like his others
His frivolous damages theory concedes that Trump views the presidency as a for-profit venture
freedom.press
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
By @seth-stern.bsky.social's count, Trump has demanded $65 billion in damages from media outlets in lawsuits filed in 2025 — 9x his net worth.
"If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list."
"If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list."
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“…the Trump administration has moved 45% of FBI agents in the country’s 25 largest field offices to support the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration crackdown. Across all of the FBI’s offices, 23% of the roughly 13,000 total agents at the bureau are now working on immigration”
No wonder the FBI hasn't found the Brown University shooter yet when so many agents have been shifted to the campaign to make America whiter.
Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement
Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“…the Trump administration has moved 45% of FBI agents in the country’s 25 largest field offices to support the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration crackdown. Across all of the FBI’s offices, 23% of the roughly 13,000 total agents at the bureau are now working on immigration”
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SO WEIRD HOW THIS KEEPS HAPPENING
NEWS: Coast Guard enacts policy downgrading swastikas, nooses to ‘potentially divisive’
New, from Tara Copp and me
and me
wapo.st/4540Xi5
New, from Tara Copp and me
and me
wapo.st/4540Xi5
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
wapo.st
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
SO WEIRD HOW THIS KEEPS HAPPENING
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Indeed. Unlike Charlie Kirk, you can describe and quote the Reiners' work in a glowing memorial piece.
You can't do that with Kirk—his life's work was advocating for hatred and bigotry—and the NYTimes didn't.
Honestly portraying him would have been, as they say, inconceivable.
You can't do that with Kirk—his life's work was advocating for hatred and bigotry—and the NYTimes didn't.
Honestly portraying him would have been, as they say, inconceivable.
I'm having trouble finding the "America Mourns Rob and Michelle Reiner" piece from the NY Times Editorial Board.
December 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Indeed. Unlike Charlie Kirk, you can describe and quote the Reiners' work in a glowing memorial piece.
You can't do that with Kirk—his life's work was advocating for hatred and bigotry—and the NYTimes didn't.
Honestly portraying him would have been, as they say, inconceivable.
You can't do that with Kirk—his life's work was advocating for hatred and bigotry—and the NYTimes didn't.
Honestly portraying him would have been, as they say, inconceivable.
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
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Jared Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Jared Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.
By Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse.
Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela
The Trump regime has been amassing forces in the Caribbean as it threatens war against Venezuela. Over the past few months, they’ve bombed small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that they claim were...
act.indivisible.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...
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Donald Trump (winner of the FIFA Peace Prize) continues amassing warships in the Caribbean while bombing small vessels without any legal justification and threatening a full on invasion of Venezuela.
Congress has the power to block Trump’s march to war with Venezuela, but they need to hear from us.
Congress has the power to block Trump’s march to war with Venezuela, but they need to hear from us.
Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela
The Trump regime has been amassing forces in the Caribbean as it threatens war against Venezuela. Over the past few months, they’ve bombed small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that they claim were...
act.indivisible.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Donald Trump (winner of the FIFA Peace Prize) continues amassing warships in the Caribbean while bombing small vessels without any legal justification and threatening a full on invasion of Venezuela.
Congress has the power to block Trump’s march to war with Venezuela, but they need to hear from us.
Congress has the power to block Trump’s march to war with Venezuela, but they need to hear from us.
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We just murdered eight more people in boats.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We just murdered eight more people in boats.
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The Trump administration is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. The Brennan Center is tracking the Department of Justice's requests and how states respond. bit.ly/3JFbKaB
Tracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter Information
The Trump administration is pressing state officials to provide sensitive information about voters.
www.brennancenter.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Trump administration is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. The Brennan Center is tracking the Department of Justice's requests and how states respond. bit.ly/3JFbKaB
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Not only was Rob Reiner a brilliant, genre-hopping film director, he also fought for other people’s projects when he didn’t need to. Most notably, he saved Seinfeld from cancellation, allowing it to grow into a juggernaut that changed the rules of comedy
www.slashfilm.com/1722562/rob-...
www.slashfilm.com/1722562/rob-...
How Rob Reiner Saved Seinfeld From Being Canceled On NBC - SlashFilm
NBC might have canceled Seinfeld shockingly early in its run had sitcom veteran and A-list filmmaker Rob Reiner not stepped in.
www.slashfilm.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Not only was Rob Reiner a brilliant, genre-hopping film director, he also fought for other people’s projects when he didn’t need to. Most notably, he saved Seinfeld from cancellation, allowing it to grow into a juggernaut that changed the rules of comedy
www.slashfilm.com/1722562/rob-...
www.slashfilm.com/1722562/rob-...
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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As Pete Hegseth once said, “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that.”
Urge your Members of Congress to demand an immediate, public investigation into Hegseth’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Urge your Members of Congress to demand an immediate, public investigation into Hegseth’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Demand a Congressional Investigation Into Hegseth’s Extrajudicial Killings
Over the last few months, the Trump regime has orchestrated the bombings of small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that it claims are trafficking drugs bound for the US. They’ve provided no legal ju...
act.indivisible.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As Pete Hegseth once said, “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that.”
Urge your Members of Congress to demand an immediate, public investigation into Hegseth’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Urge your Members of Congress to demand an immediate, public investigation into Hegseth’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Pacific.