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When a clown enters the palace, he does not become the king. The palace becomes a circus
When a clown enters the palace, he does not become the king. The palace becomes a circus
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BREAKING: About 18,000 customers are without power in the Fairport area. We have a crew heading to Fairport to learn more. https://www.whec.com/top-news/18000-fairport-electric-customers-are-without-power/
18,000 customers without power in Fairport area
An issue with a transmission line has left 18,000 customers of Fairport Electric without power on Friday morning, the village's general manager of electric operations has confirmed.
www.whec.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
BREAKING: About 18,000 customers are without power in the Fairport area. We have a crew heading to Fairport to learn more. https://www.whec.com/top-news/18000-fairport-electric-customers-are-without-power/
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Reminder: The House and Senate Republicans own this painful economy.
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reminder: The House and Senate Republicans own this painful economy.
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NYT: “.. The president has also lost support among men, particularly white, college-educated men. Among them, his approval rating has dropped to 40 percent, down from 47 percent in June, according polling from Fox News.”
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December 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NYT: “.. The president has also lost support among men, particularly white, college-educated men. Among them, his approval rating has dropped to 40 percent, down from 47 percent in June, according polling from Fox News.”
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NYT: “.. A majority of voters said they had been hurt by Mr. Trump’s economy in the Fox News poll ..”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NYT: “.. A majority of voters said they had been hurt by Mr. Trump’s economy in the Fox News poll ..”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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I would love to know from local media — if rare legislation favoring Airbnb isn’t a time to examine campaign donations and lobbying activity — what is?
And when is it relevant when a powerful congressman’s son is working on behalf of corporations lobbying our local governments?
And when is it relevant when a powerful congressman’s son is working on behalf of corporations lobbying our local governments?
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I would love to know from local media — if rare legislation favoring Airbnb isn’t a time to examine campaign donations and lobbying activity — what is?
And when is it relevant when a powerful congressman’s son is working on behalf of corporations lobbying our local governments?
And when is it relevant when a powerful congressman’s son is working on behalf of corporations lobbying our local governments?
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Shockingly bad journalism not to mention Morelle’s kid is the lobbyist for Airbnb @13wham.bsky.social.
Not to mention there are a lot of people in favor of a registry - it’s like me v Airbnb, county and one owner in this story.
Yikes.
Not to mention there are a lot of people in favor of a registry - it’s like me v Airbnb, county and one owner in this story.
Yikes.
Monroe County weighs creating short-term rental registry
A New York state law that took effect this year requires every county to either opt in or out of creating a short-term rental registry.
13wham.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Shockingly bad journalism not to mention Morelle’s kid is the lobbyist for Airbnb @13wham.bsky.social.
Not to mention there are a lot of people in favor of a registry - it’s like me v Airbnb, county and one owner in this story.
Yikes.
Not to mention there are a lot of people in favor of a registry - it’s like me v Airbnb, county and one owner in this story.
Yikes.
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Also, this headline. Monroe is considering doing the OPPOSITE.
The legislation is opt-out legislation.
I’ve emailed the news director — they have caused a lot of harm.
The legislation is opt-out legislation.
I’ve emailed the news director — they have caused a lot of harm.
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Also, this headline. Monroe is considering doing the OPPOSITE.
The legislation is opt-out legislation.
I’ve emailed the news director — they have caused a lot of harm.
The legislation is opt-out legislation.
I’ve emailed the news director — they have caused a lot of harm.
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Not mentioned in the Guardian article, but we identified the man behind Mr Deepfakes
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat
Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.
www.bellingcat.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Not mentioned in the Guardian article, but we identified the man behind Mr Deepfakes
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
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‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site
The hobbyists who helped build this site created technology that has been used to humiliate countless women. Why didn’t governments step in and stop them?
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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Ah yes... "Make Americans Rape Again"
...
Somehow, that seems quite on-brand for this administration.
#MARA
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Somehow, that seems quite on-brand for this administration.
#MARA
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Ah yes... "Make Americans Rape Again"
...
Somehow, that seems quite on-brand for this administration.
#MARA
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Somehow, that seems quite on-brand for this administration.
#MARA
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“Four unidentified military style drones breached a no-fly zone and flew towards the flight path of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plane at sea near Dublin Airport late on Monday night”
Next time the meeting must be in a NATO country …
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Next time the meeting must be in a NATO country …
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“Four unidentified military style drones breached a no-fly zone and flew towards the flight path of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plane at sea near Dublin Airport late on Monday night”
Next time the meeting must be in a NATO country …
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Next time the meeting must be in a NATO country …
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
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Ukraine was not told what happened.
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ukraine was not told what happened.
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
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A teenage GOP official resigns after a vigilante sting group posts a video — and a community confronts the blurry line between citizen activism and amateur justice.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
A viral confrontation and a sudden resignation shake up Georgia GOP
The man behind the vigilante sting operation that apparently netted a teenage GOP official says he has no regrets.
www.ajc.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A teenage GOP official resigns after a vigilante sting group posts a video — and a community confronts the blurry line between citizen activism and amateur justice.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Moving the goalposts, as always:
“.. Pentagon officials indicated that Washington was not yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine ..”
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“.. Pentagon officials indicated that Washington was not yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine ..”
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December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Moving the goalposts, as always:
“.. Pentagon officials indicated that Washington was not yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine ..”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
“.. Pentagon officials indicated that Washington was not yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine ..”
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www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Addressing the claim that America was built by "hard working people" by reminding everyone that America was *actually* built on the backs of enslaved Africans and on the genocide of Indigenous people.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Addressing the claim that America was built by "hard working people" by reminding everyone that America was *actually* built on the backs of enslaved Africans and on the genocide of Indigenous people.
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Trans people suffer the most violence in prison. PREA was never enough but it’s just disgusting to roll it back.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trans people suffer the most violence in prison. PREA was never enough but it’s just disgusting to roll it back.
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They will say they had a “warrant” and then either be forced to release them without charges.
NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.
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Feds Bust into Jackson Heights Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Raid
Dozens of agents wielding assault rifles took two middle-aged, Spanish-speaking people away in cuffs early Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead.
www.thecity.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
They will say they had a “warrant” and then either be forced to release them without charges.
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The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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“That is at the height of anguish. It's going to make people feel something. And that’s, for me, the whole point of doing photography. It’s to make people feel something.”
Photojournalist Stephanie Keith on documenting ICE and capturing a moment that became the cover of New York magazine - Nieman Storyboard
Keith shares the story behind her cover photo for New York magazine’s “The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza” and the importance of photojournalism in documenting history
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December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“That is at the height of anguish. It's going to make people feel something. And that’s, for me, the whole point of doing photography. It’s to make people feel something.”
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The DHS operations in New Orleans are the latest example of federal overreach weaponized against immigrant communities.
ICE isn't making our cities safer; it's time they get the hell out.
ICE isn't making our cities safer; it's time they get the hell out.
DHS launches new immigration sting in New Orleans
Across New Orleans, residents had anticipated the operation, particularly immigrants. Some businesses had closed while others posted signs saying, “ICE not welcome here.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The DHS operations in New Orleans are the latest example of federal overreach weaponized against immigrant communities.
ICE isn't making our cities safer; it's time they get the hell out.
ICE isn't making our cities safer; it's time they get the hell out.
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41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
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By law, the Department of Justice CAN go to another grand jury and try again. But even if they succeed (a big IF in this case), the DOJ will have handed Letitia James even more evidence for her vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss the charges. And that motion was already quite strong.
A separate source familiar with the matter said there “should be no premature celebrations.”
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Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
By law, the Department of Justice CAN go to another grand jury and try again. But even if they succeed (a big IF in this case), the DOJ will have handed Letitia James even more evidence for her vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss the charges. And that motion was already quite strong.
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"The 2 men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers Thursday"
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The 2 men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers Thursday"
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More grift. Trump's AI "Czar" — the guy in charge of this Administration's AI policy — is reported to have hundreds of investments in AI-related ventures.
This is just the latest example of the Trump Administration using its power to benefit themselves and their inner-sanctum of billionaires.
This is just the latest example of the Trump Administration using its power to benefit themselves and their inner-sanctum of billionaires.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
More grift. Trump's AI "Czar" — the guy in charge of this Administration's AI policy — is reported to have hundreds of investments in AI-related ventures.
This is just the latest example of the Trump Administration using its power to benefit themselves and their inner-sanctum of billionaires.
This is just the latest example of the Trump Administration using its power to benefit themselves and their inner-sanctum of billionaires.