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Iran has resumed large-scale ballistic missile production, IDF warns Knesset
www.ynetnews.com/article/h1bn...
www.ynetnews.com/article/h1bn...
Iran has resumed large-scale ballistic missile production, IDF warns Knesset
Military officials tell lawmakers Trump remains determined to move to phase two of his Gaza ceasefire plan by Christmas, while Hamas is using the ceasefire period to rebuild its capabilities
www.ynetnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Iran has resumed large-scale ballistic missile production, IDF warns Knesset
www.ynetnews.com/article/h1bn...
www.ynetnews.com/article/h1bn...
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The Israelis informed the United States that the damage done to Iran's ballistic missile program during the last conflagration was "less severe than initially thought".
Iran is reported to have at least the same amount of missiles today as they did prior to the 12 day hot war.
Iran is reported to have at least the same amount of missiles today as they did prior to the 12 day hot war.
Israel now realizes damage it inflicted to Iran’s ballistic missile program less severe than initially thought
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www.timesofisrael.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Israelis informed the United States that the damage done to Iran's ballistic missile program during the last conflagration was "less severe than initially thought".
Iran is reported to have at least the same amount of missiles today as they did prior to the 12 day hot war.
Iran is reported to have at least the same amount of missiles today as they did prior to the 12 day hot war.
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Almost a year into Trump's second term, veterans doing business with DC are feeling the sting of the president's efforts to shrink the federal government and DOGE’s crusade to combat what it calls waste, fraud and abuse.
Veteran-owned businesses are feeling burned by Trump’s contract cutting
Among the contracts DOGE canceled under the Department of Veterans Affairs alone, two-thirds were with veteran-owned businesses.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Almost a year into Trump's second term, veterans doing business with DC are feeling the sting of the president's efforts to shrink the federal government and DOGE’s crusade to combat what it calls waste, fraud and abuse.
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Slides from a Home Office presentation for employers on “earned settlement” — note the case studies: they explicitly play the “good migrant” versus “bad migrant” narrative. Guess which category Sarah, the American, is placed in?
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Slides from a Home Office presentation for employers on “earned settlement” — note the case studies: they explicitly play the “good migrant” versus “bad migrant” narrative. Guess which category Sarah, the American, is placed in?
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Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats. n.pr/44sb9AS
U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats.
n.pr
December 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug boats. n.pr/44sb9AS
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In the hours and days before al Sharaa took over Damascus, the Jordanians and Emiratis tried to conspire with the remnants of the Assad government to hand over the capital to the Free Syrian Army— meanwhile, Israel rushed to demolish the Syrian air force and prepare its plan to invade the southwest.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In the hours and days before al Sharaa took over Damascus, the Jordanians and Emiratis tried to conspire with the remnants of the Assad government to hand over the capital to the Free Syrian Army— meanwhile, Israel rushed to demolish the Syrian air force and prepare its plan to invade the southwest.
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Dramatic explosion caught on video destroys homes, injures six, officials say
Dramatic explosion caught on video destroys homes, injures six, officials say
The leak in Hayward, Calif., started after a construction crew struck a Pacific Gas and Electric underground gas line, according to the utility.
www.latimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Dramatic explosion caught on video destroys homes, injures six, officials say
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Stacey Hatfield, an Australian nutritionist and food influencer, dies after giving birth at home at age 30, her husband says.
Food influencer Stacey Hatfield dies from 'rare' complications after giving birth
The Australian nutritionist and food influencer had just given birth to her first child at home.
nbcnews.to
October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Stacey Hatfield, an Australian nutritionist and food influencer, dies after giving birth at home at age 30, her husband says.
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JUST IN: South Korean crypto entrepreneur and prosecuted fraudster Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US federal judge Thursday for lying about ‘experimental’ coins called TerraUSD that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.
Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about “experimental” coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
JUST IN: South Korean crypto entrepreneur and prosecuted fraudster Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US federal judge Thursday for lying about ‘experimental’ coins called TerraUSD that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.
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Do Kwon gets 15 years for crypto crimes, even longer than prosecutors had asked for. from @joelkhalili.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about “experimental” coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Do Kwon gets 15 years for crypto crimes, even longer than prosecutors had asked for. from @joelkhalili.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
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NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Trump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say it’s a vendetta by the Trump-Vance White House.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
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Trump sanctions 3 nephews of Maduro, a regime businessman and 6 companies and ships carrying Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
Scoop: Trump sanctions Maduro's nephews, 6 ships carrying Venezuela oil
It's the latest turn in President Trump's pressure campaign on Maduro, whom the administration has accused of leading a narco-trafficking terrorist organization.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump sanctions 3 nephews of Maduro, a regime businessman and 6 companies and ships carrying Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
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Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending move to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024
The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor, has claimed.
Karim Khan made the allegation in a submission to the court defending his decision to prosecute Israel’s prime minister. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
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“A woman who was 4 months pregnant and experiencing bleeding had not been seen by a doctor for months. Another had a miscarriage and was deported while still bleeding.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-dep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-dep...
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“A woman who was 4 months pregnant and experiencing bleeding had not been seen by a doctor for months. Another had a miscarriage and was deported while still bleeding.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-dep...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-dep...
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"Several nursing mothers had seen their milk dry up due to poor nutrition while they were held in detention in the United States. A woman who was four months pregnant was denied medication for gestational diabetes."
A gift from the American people.
A gift from the American people.
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Several nursing mothers had seen their milk dry up due to poor nutrition while they were held in detention in the United States. A woman who was four months pregnant was denied medication for gestational diabetes."
A gift from the American people.
A gift from the American people.
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New from me in @prospect.org: ICE is opening a school inside one of their concentration camps and the outfit they picked to run it is a virtual education company that's been failing students for years. Stride, aka K12, was also accused of securities fraud just a few days ago.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
prospect.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New from me in @prospect.org: ICE is opening a school inside one of their concentration camps and the outfit they picked to run it is a virtual education company that's been failing students for years. Stride, aka K12, was also accused of securities fraud just a few days ago.
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A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children.
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley.
prospect.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children.
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
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This kind of reporting with clear, concise language about the style and tenor of state backed terror in occupied Palestine is more or less unheard of in the British or American press.
Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This kind of reporting with clear, concise language about the style and tenor of state backed terror in occupied Palestine is more or less unheard of in the British or American press.
Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
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Four prominent Israeli Jews who once held office in Israel went to Canada and debated about whether or not Palestinians should have any political rights at all, here's a summary of it from apartheidist and former Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren.
Face-Off on a Two-State Resolution
Establishing a Palestinian state today, in the aftermath of October 7, is not only not in Israel’s interest but is, far beyond that, certifiably insane.
claritywithmichaeloren.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Four prominent Israeli Jews who once held office in Israel went to Canada and debated about whether or not Palestinians should have any political rights at all, here's a summary of it from apartheidist and former Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren.
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Really trong piece on the Muslim Brotherhood from Marc Lynch.
The Muslim Brotherhood Still Isn’t a Terrorist Organization
Naming it one will only bolster repression in the Middle East and the United States.
foreignpolicy.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Really trong piece on the Muslim Brotherhood from Marc Lynch.
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For the evening crowd: don't rule out the possibility of impeachment and removal. Even as soon as 2027. www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
A scenario for 2027.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
For the evening crowd: don't rule out the possibility of impeachment and removal. Even as soon as 2027. www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...
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tfw the guy who made this chart is going to be in charge of the fed
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
tfw the guy who made this chart is going to be in charge of the fed
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Dear @espinsegall.bsky.social and @anthonymkreis.bsky.social:
I have good news and bad news.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
I have good news and bad news.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Dear @espinsegall.bsky.social and @anthonymkreis.bsky.social:
I have good news and bad news.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
I have good news and bad news.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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The popular commentary on drones is too focused on "wow, cool drones!" rather than "why did the U.S. and partners fail to secure other, more effective forms of long-range fires for Ukraine?"
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The popular commentary on drones is too focused on "wow, cool drones!" rather than "why did the U.S. and partners fail to secure other, more effective forms of long-range fires for Ukraine?"
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Put aside that it isn't actually all that horrible to say such a thing, he actually didn't say that. Why are people incapable of taking on someone's words as they actually exist?
Here's what he actually said on the right
Here's what he actually said on the right
![If I were 20 years old, born into Gaza, a giant open-air jail ... if my father is a fisherman and he goes too far out into the sea, he might get shot by somebody inside of Israeli boats ... if my mother picks the olive trees and she gets too close to the wall, she might be shot ... if my little sister has cancer and she needs treatment because there are no facilities to do that in Gaza and I don't get the right permit, she might die ... if I grow up under that oppression, and that poverty ... when the wall comes down lon October 7], am I also strong enough, or even constructed in such a way where I say: "This is too far"?
I don't know that I am. I don't know that I am. I don't know that I am. I just wish we had room to work through that, you know what I mean? And to think about that and
to talk about that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreih5bnm3maheoeaeob722bzljt6fjbcaytw7xkmgsoppxmht4ddtam@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Put aside that it isn't actually all that horrible to say such a thing, he actually didn't say that. Why are people incapable of taking on someone's words as they actually exist?
Here's what he actually said on the right
Here's what he actually said on the right