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American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner

Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Very little shocks me these days, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to do it this morning when he told reporters he skipped a meeting of the Gang of Eight yesterday because “we were workin...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Gov. Pritzker on redistricting in Indiana: “Members of the Indiana legislature are being threatened. Their lives are being threatened, and it's being egged on by the President…He's trying to cheat.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for US Senate.
youtu.be/W-Pe1GifYLs?...
FULL: Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces run for Texas Senate
YouTube video by FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Trump goes from saying there isn’t an affordability crisis to saying the affordability crisis is all Biden’s fault all in the same sentence.

🤷‍♂️🤯
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Vladimir Putin is an existential threat to human freedom.

That's the post.
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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With the remains of one hostage still in Gaza, the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas is nearly complete, after a two-month process plagued by delays and finger-pointing. https://to.pbs.org/4aLz8P8
Trump's ceasefire plan for the Israel-Hamas war faces pitfalls as it moves into new phase
President Donald Trump's 20-point plan -- which was approved by the U.N. Security Council -- lays out an ambitious vision for ending Hamas' rule of Gaza.
www.pbs.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukrainian, British and European officials are close to finalising a streamlined alternative to the US peace proposal to end Russia’s war that includes security guarantees for the country.

www.ft.com/content/2351...
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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SCOTUS seems to be preparing for more pretzel logic. 🥨 joycevance.substack.com/p/monday-in-...
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Japan was assessing damage Tuesday and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities. https://to.pbs.org/4oFZkhL
Japan assesses damage from 7.5 magnitude earthquake that injured 34
Japan is assessing damage and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities.
www.pbs.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.

Enough to power 23 million homes!

U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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“.. If you want to live in the best country on the earth, that is also the safest, and the one that will actually respect your work and offer you the right environment to flourish, well, come to Canada,” she said. 🇨🇦

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.

It doesn't have to be this way.
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Lander going after Rep Dan Goldman in NY-10

*BRAD LANDER TO LAUNCH HOUSE BID AS SOON AS WEDNESDAY: POLITICO
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Daily reminder: HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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He’s just reracking what he’s been saying about tariffs since at least the 1990s. He’s just old and cognitively decrepit now so his needle is stuck and he just keeps repeating the same things again and again.
The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards.

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Putin did not show any respect to the U.S. - U.S. delegation had to wait for three hours for Putin and then he rejected the U.S. peace plan.
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Immigrants commit fewer crimes.

Immigrants pay taxes.

Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.

The problem isn't immigrants.
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Billions of your tax dollars are going to Palantir Technologies, the backbone of Trump's anti-immigrant police state.

Be warned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM