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Kelly
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Avid reader, blue through and through. 🩵💙 Not interested in crypto. No donations. #resisters #odaat #buildtheresistance
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“Thank you for this warmth and the light that our people need so much”

President Zelenskyy thanked the National Organization of the Scouts of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Guides for sharing this year’s Peace Light — to be passed on to Ukraine’s defenders, medics, teachers, and rescuers.
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Whitehouse: Not only were the founders extremely interested in checks and balances but they were desperately concerned about corruption.

This Court has consistently taken the side of corruption against every device Congress has created to fight political corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The Trump regime is pushing for Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Italy to leave European Union, this is the latest ploy by MAGA to weaken support for Ukraine and help Russia. Trump's inner circle is hoping to plunder Ukraine's territories and dissolve the EU for financial gain.
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Already this year, anti-vaccine activists have downplayed the risks of measles and polio. Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
The new CDC leader’s whooping cough scandal
“It continues to be appalling, the type of people RFK Jr. is putting into high-level positions in CDC.”
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Tribes are stewards of the land and associated resources, and understand best how to manage and preserve those resources, as they have done for centuries.
DOE Sec Wright says letting Native Americans veto energy projects creates “unnecessary burdens.”
Trump's energy secretary wants to bigfoot tribes' stewardship of their land
Chris Wright says letting Native Americans veto energy projects creates "unnecessary burdens."
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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🚨BREAKING: In a powerful reproach to President Donald Trump, the Indiana Senate voted against a mid-decade redistricting that would have gerrymandered the state’s congressional maps. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Blow to Trump, Indiana Rejects GOP Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Eric Geressy is a senior Pentagon adviser to DoD Sec Hegseth. Geressy, who served with Hegseth during a tour in Iraq in the mid-2000s, is part of the Pentagon effort to instill a “warrior ethos” within the US military. He now leads a team reviewing the role of women in the armed forces.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Indiana Republican state senators voted against a redrawn congressional map Friday that would have favored their party in the 2026 elections, a resounding rejection of a plan pushed by President Donald Trump to help his party win all nine of the state’s congressional districts.
Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House itself, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 e...
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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The Trump administration said it would keep the oil from a seized tanker taken off Venezuela’s coast, describing the vessel as a sanctioned ship tied to black-market oil networks.
Trump willing to seize more oil tankers off Venezuela coast, White House official says
The Trump administration has launched a major military buildup in the Caribbean as it escalates pressure on President Nicolás Maduro.
www.cnbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Over the last 11 months, one crisis has been ongoing. I have repeatedly warned that the Republican voter suppression and election-subversion machine continues to grind on. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The Greatest Threat to Democracy
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.

If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Ossoff: "If you'd asked me 6 months ago, I might've told you that what concerned me was people feeling such despair that they were paralyzed. Now the risk is complacency."
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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COLLINS: You talk about 15 years of Obamacare. But that also means Republicans have had 15 years to come up with a solution and have not yet done so.

ROGER MARSHALL: I'm not sure what we can say
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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If this doesn't make clear to you why independent, pro-democracy media is crucially important, I don't know what will. Democracy Docket is urgently trying to scale up to step in where legacy media is failing. Sign-up now to support its efforts. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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December 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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70% of Canadians surveyed say Trump can go fuck himself and are joining the international boycott against the US.

Traditionally Canada has been the country to visit the US the most, in 2025 those visits have dropped by 30% and growing, resulting in a $5.7B US loss.
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SKIPPED A GANG OF EIGHT MEETING????!!!!
Mike Johnson on video of the second September 2 strike: "My admission here is I was not in the Gang of 8 briefing yesterday because we were working on the healthcare stuff"
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Powell: "Labor demand has clearly softened ... the median projection of the unemployment rate is 4.5% at the end of this year"
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Powell: "In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside, and risks to unemployment to the downside -- a challenging situation. There is no risk free path for policy as we navigate this tension between our employment and inflation goals."
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM