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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Tired of Fox News and the Trump WH and Trump, himself, and VP
Vance and GOP Leaders & Members of Congress pretending that January 6th. was a normal protest. It was NOT. It was violent. It was an Insurrection by a bunch of MAGA thugs. Police Officers were injured. Some died. 👇
Vance and GOP Leaders & Members of Congress pretending that January 6th. was a normal protest. It was NOT. It was violent. It was an Insurrection by a bunch of MAGA thugs. Police Officers were injured. Some died. 👇
January 6th participant: You can't gaslight me. I was there. I saw the officers being pepper sprayed. I watched one of them fall down and hit his head and his back. So don't be telling me it wasn't violent. Don't come to me with that ever again.
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Tired of Fox News and the Trump WH and Trump, himself, and VP
Vance and GOP Leaders & Members of Congress pretending that January 6th. was a normal protest. It was NOT. It was violent. It was an Insurrection by a bunch of MAGA thugs. Police Officers were injured. Some died. 👇
Vance and GOP Leaders & Members of Congress pretending that January 6th. was a normal protest. It was NOT. It was violent. It was an Insurrection by a bunch of MAGA thugs. Police Officers were injured. Some died. 👇
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I wrote a bit about this terrible anniversary, and what happens when we fail to hold power to account.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Long Shadow of January 6th
On the failure to hold power to account.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I wrote a bit about this terrible anniversary, and what happens when we fail to hold power to account.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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In this administration, the people take a backseat to corporations.
Nakedly and unabashedly oligarchic. Congress is a coequal branch of government and it’s time it acts like it.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Nakedly and unabashedly oligarchic. Congress is a coequal branch of government and it’s time it acts like it.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump says he spoke to oil companies before Venezuela action
"They want to go in so badly," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.
www.newsweek.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
In this administration, the people take a backseat to corporations.
Nakedly and unabashedly oligarchic. Congress is a coequal branch of government and it’s time it acts like it.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Nakedly and unabashedly oligarchic. Congress is a coequal branch of government and it’s time it acts like it.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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“The principles of Trump’s foreign policy remain even harder to discern after the Venezuelan intervention than they did before it,” Idrees Kahloon argues. “But all actions have consequences—even arbitrary and inscrutable ones.”
Making Sense of the Venezuela Attack
All actions have consequences—even arbitrary and inscrutable ones.
bit.ly
January 5, 2026 at 2:45 AM
“The principles of Trump’s foreign policy remain even harder to discern after the Venezuelan intervention than they did before it,” Idrees Kahloon argues. “But all actions have consequences—even arbitrary and inscrutable ones.”
The vast majority of Americans cannot afford a rate increase of 114%. The result will be that many Americans no longer have health insurance or access to healthcare. The USA is an advanced, developed, wealthy nation. No American should be forced into this dire situation. 👇
On average, the more than 20 million subsidized enrollees in the Affordable Care Act program are seeing their premium costs rise by 114% in 2026, according to an analysis by the health care research nonprofit KFF.
Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes
The arrival of the New Year’s Day deadline with no fix from Congress cemented higher health costs for millions of Americans, including many self-employed workers, small business owners, farme…
trib.al
January 5, 2026 at 3:57 AM
The vast majority of Americans cannot afford a rate increase of 114%. The result will be that many Americans no longer have health insurance or access to healthcare. The USA is an advanced, developed, wealthy nation. No American should be forced into this dire situation. 👇
People should get flu shots. Sadly, RFK Jr. has made many Americans doubt the validity of vaccines. 👇
The New York state health commissioner James McDonald said Friday the state is seeing a “more severe flu season than prior years.”
Record Flu Hospitalizations Reported In New York As Cases Surge Nationwide
The New York state health commissioner James McDonald said Friday the state is seeing a “more severe flu season than prior years.”
www.forbes.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
People should get flu shots. Sadly, RFK Jr. has made many Americans doubt the validity of vaccines. 👇
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There’s a throughline between the Epstein revelations and the Grok CSAM story:
This administration thinks child exploitation so long as *their people* are the ones doing the exploiting.
This administration thinks child exploitation so long as *their people* are the ones doing the exploiting.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
There’s a throughline between the Epstein revelations and the Grok CSAM story:
This administration thinks child exploitation so long as *their people* are the ones doing the exploiting.
This administration thinks child exploitation so long as *their people* are the ones doing the exploiting.
Mamdani is right about this. I wish him success as mayor of NYC. 👇
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Mamdani is right about this. I wish him success as mayor of NYC. 👇
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At the start of 2026, America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won. There is reason to feel more optimistic now than last spring.
But merely restoring the pre-Trump status quo won’t work. The country needs a democratic transformation.
But merely restoring the pre-Trump status quo won’t work. The country needs a democratic transformation.
January 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
At the start of 2026, America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won. There is reason to feel more optimistic now than last spring.
But merely restoring the pre-Trump status quo won’t work. The country needs a democratic transformation.
But merely restoring the pre-Trump status quo won’t work. The country needs a democratic transformation.
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We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
Trump is pulling the National Guard out of Chicago, LA and Portland. The National Guard should not be patrolling American citizens. 👇
Breaking news: President Trump announced he is pulling the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, although the troops already had a limited presence because those states had sued to block their deployment.
Trump ends effort to bring National Guard to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland
President Trump has announced the withdrawal of National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, citing reduced crime rates.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Trump is pulling the National Guard out of Chicago, LA and Portland. The National Guard should not be patrolling American citizens. 👇
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) criticized President Trump for vetoing bipartisan legislation that supports a major drinking-water project in her district, saying she hopes the rejection “has nothing to do with political retaliation.”
Longtime MAGA ally Boebert lashes out at Trump over veto
The Colorado Republican said she hopes Trump’s action on a water infrastructure bill benefiting her district “has nothing to do with political retaliation.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) criticized President Trump for vetoing bipartisan legislation that supports a major drinking-water project in her district, saying she hopes the rejection “has nothing to do with political retaliation.”
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In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
Virtually every part of the immigration system has been made harder and riskier, as if repurposed only to punish people for one of the most universal experiences there is: migration.
Read more: http://bit.ly/3LfsZ3p
Virtually every part of the immigration system has been made harder and riskier, as if repurposed only to punish people for one of the most universal experiences there is: migration.
Read more: http://bit.ly/3LfsZ3p
December 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
Virtually every part of the immigration system has been made harder and riskier, as if repurposed only to punish people for one of the most universal experiences there is: migration.
Read more: http://bit.ly/3LfsZ3p
Virtually every part of the immigration system has been made harder and riskier, as if repurposed only to punish people for one of the most universal experiences there is: migration.
Read more: http://bit.ly/3LfsZ3p
Mar-a-Lago’s spa regularly sent young employees to Epstein’s home to give him massages. While there, they were no doubt sexually exploited. Trump is complicit. That is why he won’t release the Epstein Files. Trump obviously knew what was going on. 👇
WSJ breaks significant news reporting that Mar-a-Lago’s spa *for years* regularly sent young staffers to Epstein’s home purportedly to give him massages, contorts its scoop to find a more flattering angle for Trump, and still gets an icy blast of a comment from Leavitt. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
Exclusive | The Incident That Prompted Trump to Ban Epstein From Mar-a-Lago’s Spa
Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Mar-a-Lago’s spa regularly sent young employees to Epstein’s home to give him massages. While there, they were no doubt sexually exploited. Trump is complicit. That is why he won’t release the Epstein Files. Trump obviously knew what was going on. 👇
Musk is a monster. 👇
The richest man on earth, the richest man in human history, personally obliterated the US agency that had been preventing these horrors.
He sneered that he had to miss some good parties in order to spend his weekend erasing the agency these people had depended on.
Inhuman.
He sneered that he had to miss some good parties in order to spend his weekend erasing the agency these people had depended on.
Inhuman.
Please read this & speak out.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
Understand how relatively modest US investments in health systems and commodities can stem an unspeakable burden of suffering.
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Musk is a monster. 👇
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He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
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A year ago, it wasn’t clear whether Project 2025 would amount to much. Today, it’s become the Trump era’s most effective policy initiative. In The Atlantic Daily, @dgraham.bsky.social reviews how Project 2025 transformed 2025:
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A year ago, it wasn’t clear whether Project 2025 would amount to much. Today, it’s become the Trump era’s most effective policy initiative. In The Atlantic Daily, @dgraham.bsky.social reviews how Project 2025 transformed 2025:
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An analysis of more than 10,500 children across the U.S. found that those who received phones at age 12, compared with age 13, had a more than 60 percent higher risk of poor sleep and a more than 40 percent higher risk of obesity. https://wapo.st/4qv9CT4
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
An analysis of more than 10,500 children across the U.S. found that those who received phones at age 12, compared with age 13, had a more than 60 percent higher risk of poor sleep and a more than 40 percent higher risk of obesity. https://wapo.st/4qv9CT4
This is true. 👇
No president has appealed to Americans’ darkest impulses or sought to turn them on one another like Trump has.
Trump can't hide his long legacy of inciting violence
No president has appealed to Americans' darkest impulses or sought to turn them on one another like Trump has.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is true. 👇
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At a moment when the majority of Americans are dissatisfied with Trump’s stewardship of the economy, millions could soon be on the hook for increased health-care costs, @willgottsegen.com writes:
Millions of Americans May Soon Face Huge Costs
The GOP is gambling on health care.
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
At a moment when the majority of Americans are dissatisfied with Trump’s stewardship of the economy, millions could soon be on the hook for increased health-care costs, @willgottsegen.com writes:
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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The longtime host of the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz performance said he canceled Wednesday’s concert following the board of trustees’ move to rename the facility for both the 35th president and President Donald Trump.
Annual Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump’s name installed on Kennedy Center | CNN Politics
The host of the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz performance canceled Wednesday’s concert, citing the board of trustees’ move to rename the facility for both the 35th president and President...
www.cnn.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The longtime host of the Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz performance said he canceled Wednesday’s concert following the board of trustees’ move to rename the facility for both the 35th president and President Donald Trump.