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Here's a deposition of John DeJongh the ex-governor of U.S. Virgin Islands. He's asked about Epstein contributions to his campaign & he is asked about a possible $50 million loan to the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands. #doj #epstein files #moneyinpolitics 👀💵 🗳️ www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
December 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here's a deposition of John DeJongh the ex-governor of U.S. Virgin Islands. He's asked about Epstein contributions to his campaign & he is asked about a possible $50 million loan to the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands. #doj #epstein files #moneyinpolitics 👀💵 🗳️ www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
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How sick must a man be that on the day a family loses a 35-year-old mother, daughter and sister from cancer he aggressively attacks the family with relish?
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How sick must a man be that on the day a family loses a 35-year-old mother, daughter and sister from cancer he aggressively attacks the family with relish?
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Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta
Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta
From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Let’s support their fight, says anti-racist feminist activist Rahila Gupta
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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French soldiers in the Russian campaign turned their dead horses into tents
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
French soldiers in the Russian campaign turned their dead horses into tents
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Consider the subtleness of the sea
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Consider the subtleness of the sea
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Blueberry bush in fall color #stunday #fall #winter #blueberry #vaccinium #photography #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling #leaves
December 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Blueberry bush in fall color #stunday #fall #winter #blueberry #vaccinium #photography #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling #leaves
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
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Epstein survivor: “Right now, we're all speaking to our lawyers, giving them the lists of things that should be found. I think that's something that maybe this DOJ doesn't remember: we have attorneys, and those attorneys have ALL of the info.”
By info, she means all of the same files the DOJ has.
By info, she means all of the same files the DOJ has.
'Ready to name names?' Epstein survivor reveals plan to back DOJ into a corner
Public speaker, trauma educator and Jeffrey Epstein survivor Jess Michaels was pressed Sunday on whether she was “ready to name names” after the Justice Department’s botched release of its files on Ep...
www.rawstory.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Epstein survivor: “Right now, we're all speaking to our lawyers, giving them the lists of things that should be found. I think that's something that maybe this DOJ doesn't remember: we have attorneys, and those attorneys have ALL of the info.”
By info, she means all of the same files the DOJ has.
By info, she means all of the same files the DOJ has.
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Whoaaaaaaa
December 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Whoaaaaaaa
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An Editor’s Note from 60 Minutes
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
An Editor’s Note from 60 Minutes
Clinton Kaine 2016
Protect Epsteins ppl
Protect Epsteins ppl
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Clinton Kaine 2016
Protect Epsteins ppl
Protect Epsteins ppl
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This morning, U.S. Border Patrol goons raided a Home Depot in Huntington Park. During the raid, a man was being pursued by goons. As he attempted to flee, he ran into the street and was struck by a vehicle. He was hospitalized, received medical treatment, and has since been released.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This morning, U.S. Border Patrol goons raided a Home Depot in Huntington Park. During the raid, a man was being pursued by goons. As he attempted to flee, he ran into the street and was struck by a vehicle. He was hospitalized, received medical treatment, and has since been released.
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Like, follow, and share if you love libraries, literacy, and books!
December 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Like, follow, and share if you love libraries, literacy, and books!
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First responders love this kind of thing
Much of SF lost power last night. Waymos blocked intersections across the city, even though they are Wayless than 1% of cars on the roads. They accumulated at their failure points--intersections with no green lights, in busy areas, and shut down traffic there.
December 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
First responders love this kind of thing
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This account of how the Trump admin carried out a once-unthinkable overhaul of government in 2025 is based on a year’s worth of messages and interviews with more than 1,200 current and former federal workers. Please read from me and @merylkornfield.bsky.social. wapo.st/4b14KAy
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
wapo.st
December 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This account of how the Trump admin carried out a once-unthinkable overhaul of government in 2025 is based on a year’s worth of messages and interviews with more than 1,200 current and former federal workers. Please read from me and @merylkornfield.bsky.social. wapo.st/4b14KAy
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What a shameful question.
First, it is not what Congress "asked for." It is what a federal statute REQUIRES.
Second, WTF does "spirit but not intent" even mean?
CBS bent a knee and paid Trump, it has a new owner who wants to please Trump, and sadly this is the result.
First, it is not what Congress "asked for." It is what a federal statute REQUIRES.
Second, WTF does "spirit but not intent" even mean?
CBS bent a knee and paid Trump, it has a new owner who wants to please Trump, and sadly this is the result.
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What a shameful question.
First, it is not what Congress "asked for." It is what a federal statute REQUIRES.
Second, WTF does "spirit but not intent" even mean?
CBS bent a knee and paid Trump, it has a new owner who wants to please Trump, and sadly this is the result.
First, it is not what Congress "asked for." It is what a federal statute REQUIRES.
Second, WTF does "spirit but not intent" even mean?
CBS bent a knee and paid Trump, it has a new owner who wants to please Trump, and sadly this is the result.
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BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
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"heritage" is a word that raises my hackles. It's not *always* a white supremacist term, but it's one often enough that I get itchy.
I read "heritage American" as a way to give White people claim to a title in a sort of monarchy of meritocracy.
And I see the ambiguity as strategic--so lots of White people can claim, "my ancestors did something important™ for my country, so i deserve money/status/power more than others here."
And I see the ambiguity as strategic--so lots of White people can claim, "my ancestors did something important™ for my country, so i deserve money/status/power more than others here."
December 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"heritage" is a word that raises my hackles. It's not *always* a white supremacist term, but it's one often enough that I get itchy.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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UK based stained glass artist Harriet Love #Womensart ❄️
December 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UK based stained glass artist Harriet Love #Womensart ❄️
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Records from closed-door proceedings in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case, as well as that of his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, were made public as part of the Department of Justice’s release of material from its investigations. The documents added little to what has already been known.
Epstein and Maxwell Grand Jury Records Are Released
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Records from closed-door proceedings in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case, as well as that of his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, were made public as part of the Department of Justice’s release of material from its investigations. The documents added little to what has already been known.