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2025 took a toll on the world’s journalists. "Worldwide, the 126 media industry people killed in 2025 by early December matched the number of deaths in all of 2024.... The [CPJ] estimates there are at least 323 journalists imprisoned worldwide." www.courthousenews.com/a-rough-year...
A rough year for journalists in 2025, with a little hope for things to turn around
Worldwide, the 126 media industry people killed in 2025 by early December matched the number of deaths in all of 2024, and last year was a record-setter.
www.courthousenews.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
2025 took a toll on the world’s journalists. "Worldwide, the 126 media industry people killed in 2025 by early December matched the number of deaths in all of 2024.... The [CPJ] estimates there are at least 323 journalists imprisoned worldwide." www.courthousenews.com/a-rough-year...
Is it crazy that the rate of homicides nationwide are dropping (not to the credit of this administration) while preventable deaths (directly as a result of this administration) are skyrocketing?
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Is it crazy that the rate of homicides nationwide are dropping (not to the credit of this administration) while preventable deaths (directly as a result of this administration) are skyrocketing?
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Baltimore Mayor: “Gun violence is a public health issue — we’re showing how to reduce violence the right way.”
January 3, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Baltimore Mayor: “Gun violence is a public health issue — we’re showing how to reduce violence the right way.”
They've tried to impeach him twice without success. Maybe he should be impeared.
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
They've tried to impeach him twice without success. Maybe he should be impeared.
Neveryoumind there are people starving to death -on purpose- around the world, at the direction of this administration. "America first" to the rest of the world will make us indistinguishable from Russia or the PRC.
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Neveryoumind there are people starving to death -on purpose- around the world, at the direction of this administration. "America first" to the rest of the world will make us indistinguishable from Russia or the PRC.
1. This isn't going to change the amount of drugs smuggled into the US by one gram.
2. Maduro should go on trial in Venezuela, by Venezuela, for crimes he committed against Venezuelans. Not Trumped up scurrilous accusations out of thin air.
3. Hands off their oil. They have a country to rebuild.
2. Maduro should go on trial in Venezuela, by Venezuela, for crimes he committed against Venezuelans. Not Trumped up scurrilous accusations out of thin air.
3. Hands off their oil. They have a country to rebuild.
January 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
1. This isn't going to change the amount of drugs smuggled into the US by one gram.
2. Maduro should go on trial in Venezuela, by Venezuela, for crimes he committed against Venezuelans. Not Trumped up scurrilous accusations out of thin air.
3. Hands off their oil. They have a country to rebuild.
2. Maduro should go on trial in Venezuela, by Venezuela, for crimes he committed against Venezuelans. Not Trumped up scurrilous accusations out of thin air.
3. Hands off their oil. They have a country to rebuild.
Remember what a great job the United States did with installing functional, democratic governments in Afghanistan & Iraq? Can you see the White House capably handle Venezuela?*
*they had a functioning democracy before Chavez, and don't need American expertise -especially not from THESE experts.
*they had a functioning democracy before Chavez, and don't need American expertise -especially not from THESE experts.
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Remember what a great job the United States did with installing functional, democratic governments in Afghanistan & Iraq? Can you see the White House capably handle Venezuela?*
*they had a functioning democracy before Chavez, and don't need American expertise -especially not from THESE experts.
*they had a functioning democracy before Chavez, and don't need American expertise -especially not from THESE experts.
Kids, this was not an "arrest." This is not within the scope of regular law enforcement. He's not the first despot the US has done this to. But his justification for this action is like lighting a fire with wet wood.
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Kids, this was not an "arrest." This is not within the scope of regular law enforcement. He's not the first despot the US has done this to. But his justification for this action is like lighting a fire with wet wood.
Gosh. Richard Grenell interviewed on PBS New Hour is such a quisling bitch. Granted, it isn't easy to come up with a rational explanation for what's going down at the former Kennedy Center. And [sigh] he's but one of hundreds little gunsels running around creating havoc for this administration.
January 3, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Gosh. Richard Grenell interviewed on PBS New Hour is such a quisling bitch. Granted, it isn't easy to come up with a rational explanation for what's going down at the former Kennedy Center. And [sigh] he's but one of hundreds little gunsels running around creating havoc for this administration.
Stopping our doomscrolling for the first time in 2026 to find ourselves on LM-695 in Huarabi Alto, Santa Rosa de Macas, about 50 km northeast of Lima, Peru. If you're gonna plop yourself down in some random place on Earth, this sure as heck looks like a peaceful one, with no cell service.
January 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Stopping our doomscrolling for the first time in 2026 to find ourselves on LM-695 in Huarabi Alto, Santa Rosa de Macas, about 50 km northeast of Lima, Peru. If you're gonna plop yourself down in some random place on Earth, this sure as heck looks like a peaceful one, with no cell service.
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“In response to the post, Hiroshi Nagai, a 78-year old Japanese graphic designer known for his city pop and dreamscape artwork, said on X: “This image is being used without permission from the US department of homeland security. What should I do about this?”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US homeland security condemned for using Japanese artist’s work without consent
Hiroshi Nagai, in a post on X, has objected to his artwork being used by the agency to promote its deportation agenda
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:40 PM
“In response to the post, Hiroshi Nagai, a 78-year old Japanese graphic designer known for his city pop and dreamscape artwork, said on X: “This image is being used without permission from the US department of homeland security. What should I do about this?”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Reposted by Mark Haile @circuitmouse 🌈
In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
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Zohran Mamdani's best ad yet.
January 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Zohran Mamdani's best ad yet.
Get you a mayor that serves city employees hot chocolate.
January 2, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Get you a mayor that serves city employees hot chocolate.
Putin says, the fighting can stop if you just give him what he's fighting for. That's the simplicity of his way of thinking. At some point, as with all wild animals, he may reasess if this want of his is worth all the energy he's putting into it; or just dig in with a fatal singleminded obsession.
January 2, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Putin says, the fighting can stop if you just give him what he's fighting for. That's the simplicity of his way of thinking. At some point, as with all wild animals, he may reasess if this want of his is worth all the energy he's putting into it; or just dig in with a fatal singleminded obsession.
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
Listening to Rachel Maddow's interview with Professor Timothy Snyder, in his description of Trump + those surrounding him as grifters, it occured to me what we need is a child psychiatrist, or a psychiatrist familiar with old guys who act with the sensibility of a spoiled kid in kindergarten.
January 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Listening to Rachel Maddow's interview with Professor Timothy Snyder, in his description of Trump + those surrounding him as grifters, it occured to me what we need is a child psychiatrist, or a psychiatrist familiar with old guys who act with the sensibility of a spoiled kid in kindergarten.
Actually, I'm hoping what President Biden did FOR this country should never be forgotten. Especially winning back the trust & faith of the world after Trump I.
Any and all statements like this that Trump makes about ANYONE, he is PROJECTING.
That is, he is unconsciously talking about himself.
That is, he is unconsciously talking about himself.
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Actually, I'm hoping what President Biden did FOR this country should never be forgotten. Especially winning back the trust & faith of the world after Trump I.
I love it when the reporters keep using the phrase, "Untested." No mayor of New York (or anywhere) was mayor before they were mayor. You don't start out mayor of Amsterdam NY before becoming of mayor of New Amsterdam. The 'out of nowhere' mayor won 3 elections for NY State Assembly 36 (pop 121,852).
January 2, 2026 at 9:08 AM
I love it when the reporters keep using the phrase, "Untested." No mayor of New York (or anywhere) was mayor before they were mayor. You don't start out mayor of Amsterdam NY before becoming of mayor of New Amsterdam. The 'out of nowhere' mayor won 3 elections for NY State Assembly 36 (pop 121,852).
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😮 Shocker! Unless Putin decides to move his home to a nearby oil refinery, it would have seemed more plausible.
December 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
😮 Shocker! Unless Putin decides to move his home to a nearby oil refinery, it would have seemed more plausible.
Happy day after yesterday
January 1, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Happy day after yesterday
The administration signals it is trying to initiate regime change in Venezuela, yet they did a pretty good job of screwing over the legitimate political opposition to Maduro and leaving them to fend for themselves.
December 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The administration signals it is trying to initiate regime change in Venezuela, yet they did a pretty good job of screwing over the legitimate political opposition to Maduro and leaving them to fend for themselves.
How do people with even a shred of dignity shake his hand?
unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
December 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How do people with even a shred of dignity shake his hand?