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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
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As Trump announces a blockade of “all sanctioned oil tankers”….
Seizing oil tankers is more legally defensible than blowing up speedboats. But that doesn't make it a good idea. Trump's attack on the Venezuelan economy is liable to backfire by exacerbating the very problems--migrants and drugs--he cites as justification. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Seizing Venezuelan oil tankers could backfire on Trump
More legally defensible than blowing up boats, but that doesn’t make it a good idea or policy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
As Trump announces a blockade of “all sanctioned oil tankers”….
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Ah, the golden arches of history. Nice touch, 2025 writers.
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ah, the golden arches of history. Nice touch, 2025 writers.
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The little orange bars on the right are what Trump is calling “the greatest economy in history.”
December 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The little orange bars on the right are what Trump is calling “the greatest economy in history.”
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
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Like most Republicans these days, it's Wiles who is suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. A person with a basic sense of morality and decency would simply walk away from such a deranged person and the party that enables him. It's not that hard. Many have done so. Susie has chosen not to.
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Like most Republicans these days, it's Wiles who is suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. A person with a basic sense of morality and decency would simply walk away from such a deranged person and the party that enables him. It's not that hard. Many have done so. Susie has chosen not to.
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New travel bans imposed by the U.S. government on Tuesday threaten to exclude fans of African nations Senegal and Ivory Coast from attending the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
Full story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
Full story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New travel bans imposed by the U.S. government on Tuesday threaten to exclude fans of African nations Senegal and Ivory Coast from attending the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
Full story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
Full story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...
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If you give multiple interviews to Vanity Fair and don’t know whether or not you are on or off the record - then you are not qualified to be a chief of staff.
Speaking as a chief of staff.
Speaking as a chief of staff.
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you give multiple interviews to Vanity Fair and don’t know whether or not you are on or off the record - then you are not qualified to be a chief of staff.
Speaking as a chief of staff.
Speaking as a chief of staff.
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
"This is what this radical faction really fears: people who talk about transparency, accountability, civil rights, and the rule of law."
“Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because—despite its name—this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note.” (gift article)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"This is what this radical faction really fears: people who talk about transparency, accountability, civil rights, and the rule of law."
"Although they do not name any states that might threaten America, the authors do focus on one enemy ideology. It is not Chinese communism, Russian autocracy, or Islamic extremism but rather European liberal democracy."
“Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because—despite its name—this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note.” (gift article)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Although they do not name any states that might threaten America, the authors do focus on one enemy ideology. It is not Chinese communism, Russian autocracy, or Islamic extremism but rather European liberal democracy."
This is exactly right.
“Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because—despite its name—this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note.” (gift article)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is exactly right.
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“Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because—despite its name—this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note.” (gift article)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because—despite its name—this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note.” (gift article)
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime
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Hmm but I was told this was fake news.
NEWS: Coast Guard enacts policy downgrading swastikas, nooses to ‘potentially divisive’
New, from Tara Copp and me
and me
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New, from Tara Copp and me
and me
wapo.st/4540Xi5
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
wapo.st
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hmm but I was told this was fake news.
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There's a ballot initiative effort underway in MA to adopt a CA-style Top Two system. I'm generally in favor of all-of-the-above experimentation on electoral reform. But Top Two is, I'm afraid, the one kind that's a proven failure at delivering any of the claimed benefits, and has major downsides.
December 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There's a ballot initiative effort underway in MA to adopt a CA-style Top Two system. I'm generally in favor of all-of-the-above experimentation on electoral reform. But Top Two is, I'm afraid, the one kind that's a proven failure at delivering any of the claimed benefits, and has major downsides.
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Breaking news: U.S. Coast Guard allows a new workplace harassment policy to take effect, downgrading the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive” despite facing backlash over the new language.
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Breaking news: U.S. Coast Guard allows a new workplace harassment policy to take effect, downgrading the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive” despite facing backlash over the new language.
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
JD Vance lies as he breathes
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
JD Vance lies as he breathes
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Uncle George, Thank you for shouting out the truth! We love you. Keep on posting. #RESIST
Give it a rest, JD. Everyone knows the high tariffs and cuts to healthcare support happened under Trump.
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Uncle George, Thank you for shouting out the truth! We love you. Keep on posting. #RESIST