@isabelholmes.bsky.social
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This is key; the biggest thing that didn't happen yesterday is neither Trump nor DOJ stated that everything with Trump's name on it or with his image has been disclosed.
If you have nothing to hide, wouldn't that be what you would do?
Instead, looks like DOJ is continuing the cover-up, as Ryan notes
If you have nothing to hide, wouldn't that be what you would do?
Instead, looks like DOJ is continuing the cover-up, as Ryan notes
A key to understand how the Bondi DOJ may be trying to hide information on other men implicated in Epstein's crimes:
Note how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's letter to Congress says DOJ is redacting information not only permitted by the Epstein Act but also ... the Privacy Act.⬇️
Note how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's letter to Congress says DOJ is redacting information not only permitted by the Epstein Act but also ... the Privacy Act.⬇️
December 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is key; the biggest thing that didn't happen yesterday is neither Trump nor DOJ stated that everything with Trump's name on it or with his image has been disclosed.
If you have nothing to hide, wouldn't that be what you would do?
Instead, looks like DOJ is continuing the cover-up, as Ryan notes
If you have nothing to hide, wouldn't that be what you would do?
Instead, looks like DOJ is continuing the cover-up, as Ryan notes
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@ms.now’s @velshi.com talks to former Democratic North Carolina Governor and U.S. Senate candidate @roycoopernc.bsky.social about how the Trump economy is hurting the people of his state. #LastWord
Trump takes his broken economic message to North Carolina
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
@ms.now’s @velshi.com talks to former Democratic North Carolina Governor and U.S. Senate candidate @roycoopernc.bsky.social about how the Trump economy is hurting the people of his state. #LastWord
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“None of this is surprising. Not DOJ’s failure to comply..Not DOJ’s failure to release material that would give survivors more insight into the crimes committed against them & who was responsible. That’s important..because they’ve had to fight to be believed." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Redacted: Donald & Jeffrey
Once again, I’m apologizing at the top of a longer-than-I’d-like-it-to-be Saturday night column.
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
“None of this is surprising. Not DOJ’s failure to comply..Not DOJ’s failure to release material that would give survivors more insight into the crimes committed against them & who was responsible. That’s important..because they’ve had to fight to be believed." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Who's making big money off Border Patrol and ICE contracts?
In the wake of high-profile immigration operations in Louisiana and North Carolina, a Facing South/Institute analysis looks at more than 50 businesses in both states receiving money from U.S. Border P...
www.facingsouth.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Amid Southern US Raids, Who’s Making Money Off Border Patrol and ICE Contracts?
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
Contracts for companies based in North Carolina and Louisiana total more than $341 million for fiscal years 2025-2026. | TruthOut
www.facingsouth.org/2025/12/whos...
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Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Republicans confirm scandal-plagued former congressman to serve as an inspector general
Anthony D’Esposito will be expected to investigate ethical lapses, despite his own alleged ethical lapses.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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A fitting scene for this morning's weather in NYC: Jacob Lawrence, "Rain," 1938
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A fitting scene for this morning's weather in NYC: Jacob Lawrence, "Rain," 1938
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Grateful to @mississippitoday.org for highlighting the work we’re doing in Mississippi’s 3rd District!
This campaign is building a multi-year organizing effort designed not just to win a single election, but to leave Mississippi’s 3rd District stronger and more competitive for the long term.
This campaign is building a multi-year organizing effort designed not just to win a single election, but to leave Mississippi’s 3rd District stronger and more competitive for the long term.
Long-shot Mississippi campaign could test Democrats’ ability to regain ground in red America
On paper, Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District is not the kind of territory Democrats are likely to consider as they map a path back to a House majority in 2026. Incumbent Republican Michael Guest has…
On paper, Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District is not the kind of territory Democrats are likely to consider as they map a path back to a House majority in 2026. Incumbent Republican Michael Guest has…
Long-shot Mississippi campaign could test Democrats’ ability to regain ground in red America
On paper, Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District is not the kind of territory Democrats are likely to consider as they map a path back to a House majority in 2026. Incumbent Republican Michael Guest has sailed to general election victories three times since he was first elected in 2018. In 2024, he survived a primary challenge from the right that went to a runoff but…
mississippitoday.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Grateful to @mississippitoday.org for highlighting the work we’re doing in Mississippi’s 3rd District!
This campaign is building a multi-year organizing effort designed not just to win a single election, but to leave Mississippi’s 3rd District stronger and more competitive for the long term.
This campaign is building a multi-year organizing effort designed not just to win a single election, but to leave Mississippi’s 3rd District stronger and more competitive for the long term.
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“Trump is erasing the face of a federal government that served the American people, replacing it with his own.
Nowhere is this clearer than in the looming loss of the Cohen building, with its murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel.”
Please follow @timothynoah.bsky.social for more
Nowhere is this clearer than in the looming loss of the Cohen building, with its murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel.”
Please follow @timothynoah.bsky.social for more
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“Trump is erasing the face of a federal government that served the American people, replacing it with his own.
Nowhere is this clearer than in the looming loss of the Cohen building, with its murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel.”
Please follow @timothynoah.bsky.social for more
Nowhere is this clearer than in the looming loss of the Cohen building, with its murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel.”
Please follow @timothynoah.bsky.social for more
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The Joseph Welch Award for Standing Up to Tyrants Goes To …
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
The Joseph Welch Award for Standing Up to Tyrants Goes To …
Republican senators in the Hoosier State, whose civic tradition won out over fanatical political warfare
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The Joseph Welch Award for Standing Up to Tyrants Goes To …
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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This is what one of DTEK's Odesa region substations looks like after russian shelling.
An attack on energy infrastructure is an attack on homes, hospitals, schools, and the normal lives of thousands of people.
Help prevent this: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
An attack on energy infrastructure is an attack on homes, hospitals, schools, and the normal lives of thousands of people.
Help prevent this: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
December 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is what one of DTEK's Odesa region substations looks like after russian shelling.
An attack on energy infrastructure is an attack on homes, hospitals, schools, and the normal lives of thousands of people.
Help prevent this: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
An attack on energy infrastructure is an attack on homes, hospitals, schools, and the normal lives of thousands of people.
Help prevent this: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social on the Carol of the Bells from a Ukrainian folk song; the Ukrainians as they resisted Russia’s invasion and keep resisting; and how this helps the rest of us to live normally. Listen to this gorgeous performance.
O Generous One!
Christmas Carols, 2/2
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social on the Carol of the Bells from a Ukrainian folk song; the Ukrainians as they resisted Russia’s invasion and keep resisting; and how this helps the rest of us to live normally. Listen to this gorgeous performance.
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Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak designed this stained gjass window at John Bell Chapel of Appleby College in Oakville (Ontario) near Toronto (Canada) #Womensart
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak designed this stained gjass window at John Bell Chapel of Appleby College in Oakville (Ontario) near Toronto (Canada) #Womensart
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From @fieseler.bsky.social, a wild account of the guy who's spent the best of his years spreading garbage about offshore wind
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
www.canarymedia.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
From @fieseler.bsky.social, a wild account of the guy who's spent the best of his years spreading garbage about offshore wind
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
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Great coverage by @kqednews.kqed.org of the "dubiously legal" moves to manipulate NPS staff performance review, as well as planned wage cuts of up to $3.5/hour for Yosemite maintenance employees. The hits keep coming.
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Great coverage by @kqednews.kqed.org of the "dubiously legal" moves to manipulate NPS staff performance review, as well as planned wage cuts of up to $3.5/hour for Yosemite maintenance employees. The hits keep coming.
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Nicolle Wallace said the “lies” propping up the Trump administration’s “brutal” mass deportation campaign were “laid bare in public” when a lawmaker confronted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a House hearing on Thursday.
Lies ‘laid bare’: Nicolle Wallace rips Noem on deported veterans testimony
Nicolle Wallace reacts after Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was confronted about deporting veterans during a House hearing.
www.ms.now
December 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Nicolle Wallace said the “lies” propping up the Trump administration’s “brutal” mass deportation campaign were “laid bare in public” when a lawmaker confronted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a House hearing on Thursday.
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Here's Greg Bovino lying and saying the US citizen arrested by unidentified ICE agents in MN should have been carrying "immigrantion documents per the INA", which is FALSE.
The INA (Immigration and Nationality Act) does NOT require U.S. citizens to carry proof of citizenship.
The INA (Immigration and Nationality Act) does NOT require U.S. citizens to carry proof of citizenship.
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Here's Greg Bovino lying and saying the US citizen arrested by unidentified ICE agents in MN should have been carrying "immigrantion documents per the INA", which is FALSE.
The INA (Immigration and Nationality Act) does NOT require U.S. citizens to carry proof of citizenship.
The INA (Immigration and Nationality Act) does NOT require U.S. citizens to carry proof of citizenship.
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The Supreme Court’s favorability ratings among Democrats have plummeted to 26% while Republican favorability is at 71%. Bush v. Gore helps explain why. bit.ly/48F2YSP
25 Years After Bush v. Gore, Supreme Court and Election Law Still Feel the Fallout
The 5–4 decision started a long slide in public approval for the court, accentuated by a widening partisan gap.
www.brennancenter.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The Supreme Court’s favorability ratings among Democrats have plummeted to 26% while Republican favorability is at 71%. Bush v. Gore helps explain why. bit.ly/48F2YSP
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December 12, 2025
December 12, 2025
Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
December 12, 2025
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8 years from the day he won his race to go to the Senate @dougjones.bsky.social announces he’s running to be governor.
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
8 years from the day he won his race to go to the Senate @dougjones.bsky.social announces he’s running to be governor.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Maybe this new blog can respond, in one of its first posts, to the argument that the term “interim docket” is a deliberately misleading attempt to minimize the (very permanent) doctrinal and real-world consequences of #SCOTUS’s rulings on emergency applications?
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Maybe this new blog can respond, in one of its first posts, to the argument that the term “interim docket” is a deliberately misleading attempt to minimize the (very permanent) doctrinal and real-world consequences of #SCOTUS’s rulings on emergency applications?
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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December 11, 2025
December 11, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
December 11, 2025
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As Co-Chair of the @housedemocrats.bsky.social Commission on AI, I am proud to share my AI Jobs Report and subsequent launch of an investigation into major companies to gain clarity on AI's impact on American jobs. (1/4)
foushee.house.gov/media/press-...
foushee.house.gov/media/press-...
Amid Historic Layoffs Surge, Rep. Foushee Releases Report on AI’s Impact on American Jobs and Demands Clarity from Industry Leaders | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congresswoman Valerie Foushee
foushee.house.gov
December 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
As Co-Chair of the @housedemocrats.bsky.social Commission on AI, I am proud to share my AI Jobs Report and subsequent launch of an investigation into major companies to gain clarity on AI's impact on American jobs. (1/4)
foushee.house.gov/media/press-...
foushee.house.gov/media/press-...