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Daughter, Wife, Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma - I just keep getting better.
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Well, this is an utter disaster for science.

This gutting of peer review is very likely driven by Project 2025/OMB/Vought, very likely is about funding junk science, and very likely is coming for #NIH and biomedical research next.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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When does all the winning start for the non-billionaires?
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The White House is not private property. It does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the people.

I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
Raskin to introduce bill to require review of White House renovation plans
Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to see White House construction like President Trump's ballroom project subjected to the same scrutiny as other federal projects.
www.cbsnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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As a person who has been studying extreme far right ideologies for the last decade (and did a PhD on immigration) I find the entrance of “remigration” into the mainstream American political lexicon so profoundly disturbing
December 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I'll have more to say but the Black unemployment rate for November was 8.3%.
a man in a suit and tie says yikes
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says yikes
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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In essence, there has been no growth in the jobs base since Trump proclaimed "Liberation Day." Trump gets a disastrous report card. But no economists are surprised by it. www.ft.com/content/17a1...
US unemployment rate hits four-year high of 4.6%
Jobless level for November indicates weakening labour market
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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I’m not trying to be judgmental, but I feel that the people who now say they regret voting for Trump should have had a decent idea what he was all about before Nov 2024.
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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While many Republicans running for Congress in swing districts are going to try to distance themselves from Trump, Miller, Kash, Hegseth, RFK Jr, et al, they enabled ALL of it. They all supported Mike Johnson for Speaker, who abdicated all oversight and congressional authority.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Trump busy bringing back measles, farm bailouts, ISIS, tax cuts for the rich, out of control military spending, conflicts with allies, millions without health insurance, food stamp cuts, military parades, pardons for drug traffickers, pollution, and foreign wars.
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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December 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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This is a Member of Congress.
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Now the shooting in Australia is Biden’s fault.
December 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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This is Seth at his best youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...
Seth Remembers Rob Reiner
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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To those thinking Russia is winning in Ukraine:

Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.

Not a soul would call that “winning.”
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Hegseth murdered more people today but still refuses to release the second strike video from September.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Pepsi allegedly gave Walmart discounts on its products, while charging other retailers higher prices.

Biden's FTC filed a complaint. Trump's FTC later dropped it.

This is a prime example of how monopoly-like power takes away our freedom of choice. Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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California takes public health leadership seriously.

Proud to partner with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry to strengthen our work.
December 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Proud to be in our capital city to announce another major success in our work to reduce homelessness here and across the state of Illinois.

Today's $2M from the Home Illinois program will go directly to supporting permanent housing — saving lives and transforming Springfield.
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Ghana bans mining in forest reserves to curb environmental damage reut.rs/44qHSGH
Ghana bans mining in forest reserves to curb environmental damage
Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies and halting deforestation, the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology said.
reut.rs
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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We make things. We build things. We imagine things that have never been built before, then we go out there, we work our asses off. And we get it done. 

That’s my story. And that’s the story of Michigan. 

In 2026, we have a chance to build this country’s future. Together.
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Kushner and Witkoff putting themselves on an equal plane with heads of state and governments.
I'm amazed that Zelenskyy could walk up the staircase with that knife in his back.
I thought you had to be a world leader to participate in such things... turns out..nah.
December 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM