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He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
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Trump and Co. think they'll get away with this because they will have a plan rolled out by the midterms next year. What they're not taking into account is that their plan will be stingy and will lean toward businesses and not the people. Why is this you ask? Because they can't help themselves. 🗽
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trump and Co. think they'll get away with this because they will have a plan rolled out by the midterms next year. What they're not taking into account is that their plan will be stingy and will lean toward businesses and not the people. Why is this you ask? Because they can't help themselves. 🗽
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Sure, struggling American. The cost of your health insurance will skyrocket by thousands of dollars and you’ll have to choose between dying or going bankrupt, but may Speaker Johnson interest you in a fake history lesson and tell you why the “Beautiful Bill” that cuts Medicaid is actually amazing?
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sure, struggling American. The cost of your health insurance will skyrocket by thousands of dollars and you’ll have to choose between dying or going bankrupt, but may Speaker Johnson interest you in a fake history lesson and tell you why the “Beautiful Bill” that cuts Medicaid is actually amazing?
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Jack Smith is testifying behind close doors because House GOP, who subpoenaed him refuse his request to testify publicly. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Jack Smith Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee
Making sense of the circus
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Jack Smith is testifying behind close doors because House GOP, who subpoenaed him refuse his request to testify publicly. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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All of the reporting in this thread is terrifying.
NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
theintercept.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
All of the reporting in this thread is terrifying.
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After yesterday’s strikes that killed eight people, the tracker has been updated.
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
interc.pt
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
After yesterday’s strikes that killed eight people, the tracker has been updated.
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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It seems that Friday we will be at war, to keep the EPSTEIN files hidden.
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It seems that Friday we will be at war, to keep the EPSTEIN files hidden.
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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NEW: Seven in 10 Americans say the cost of living in their area is unaffordable, including nearly half of Republicans and three-quarters of independents, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. https://to.pbs.org/49g3nwx
Americans are more dissatisfied with Trump’s handling of the economy than ever, poll shows
Fifty-seven percent of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
to.pbs.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NEW: Seven in 10 Americans say the cost of living in their area is unaffordable, including nearly half of Republicans and three-quarters of independents, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. https://to.pbs.org/49g3nwx
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Thank YOU Ben Meiselas for being must see youtube every day. Thorough understanding of all the major issues of the day and the granularity of the issues. Pleasure to support your work as an ascending journalist and media figure.
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Thank YOU Ben Meiselas for being must see youtube every day. Thorough understanding of all the major issues of the day and the granularity of the issues. Pleasure to support your work as an ascending journalist and media figure.
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While American families are expected to pay more for goods this holiday season due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, small-business owners are facing an existential crisis, Annie Lowrey reports:
Donald Trump’s War on Christmas
It’s a bad year for shoppers. It’s a terrible year for small-business owners.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
While American families are expected to pay more for goods this holiday season due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, small-business owners are facing an existential crisis, Annie Lowrey reports:
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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"The unmistakable conclusion is that this is not an administration that can be counted on to stop itself from doing terrible things. Un-American things. Even illegal things. And Trump’s chief of staff just said so, out loud." lnk.thebulwark.com/4akjwlM
Trump's Consigliere Just Stepped in It
No one will ever pay for this.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"The unmistakable conclusion is that this is not an administration that can be counted on to stop itself from doing terrible things. Un-American things. Even illegal things. And Trump’s chief of staff just said so, out loud." lnk.thebulwark.com/4akjwlM
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Larry David, Martin Short and other famous friends had this to say about Rob Reiner
Larry David, Martin Short and other famous friends had this to say about Rob Reiner
A group of Rob Reiner's closest friends released a statement remembering him as a 'passionate, brave citizen' who worked to make the world a better place.
www.latimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Larry David, Martin Short and other famous friends had this to say about Rob Reiner
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Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans. n.pr/4q9lB8z
How the long-running Obamacare fight came to thwart enhanced subsidies in Congress
Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans. n.pr/4q9lB8z
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A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable and have a dim outlook on the economy and President Trump's handling of it. n.pr/4oUB8rT
Trump's economic approval hits a new low at 36%, poll finds
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable and have a dim outlook on the economy and President Trump's handling of it.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable and have a dim outlook on the economy and President Trump's handling of it. n.pr/4oUB8rT
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Throughout the year, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple interviewed some of the people closest to President Trump. We speak with Whipple about his talks with White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
What to know from Susie Wiles' interviews with 'Vanity Fair,' according to the writer
Throughout the year, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple interviewed some of the people closest to President Trump. We speak with Whipple about his talks with White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Throughout the year, Vanity Fair writer Chris Whipple interviewed some of the people closest to President Trump. We speak with Whipple about his talks with White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
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1/ Trump is now asserting three incompatible justifications for their military campaign: drugs (criminal law problem), terrorism (armed-conflict framing), and theft of “oil, land, and other assets” (economic coercion).
December 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
1/ Trump is now asserting three incompatible justifications for their military campaign: drugs (criminal law problem), terrorism (armed-conflict framing), and theft of “oil, land, and other assets” (economic coercion).
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2/ Shifting among these frameworks signals post-hoc rationalization and demonstrates they are not operating within a single, coherent legal authority. It undermines any claim to lawful authority under either domestic or international law. #holdfast #getsmart #EnoughIsEnough
December 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
2/ Shifting among these frameworks signals post-hoc rationalization and demonstrates they are not operating within a single, coherent legal authority. It undermines any claim to lawful authority under either domestic or international law. #holdfast #getsmart #EnoughIsEnough
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.
Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms
As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statem...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.