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In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 8:02 PM
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
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Heritage Guide to the Constitution? Must have been quite short:
Step 1: Buy gasoline
Step 2: Buy matches
Step 3: Put Constitution on ground
Step 4: Douse with gasoline
Step 5: Light match
Step 1: Buy gasoline
Step 2: Buy matches
Step 3: Put Constitution on ground
Step 4: Douse with gasoline
Step 5: Light match
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Heritage Guide to the Constitution? Must have been quite short:
Step 1: Buy gasoline
Step 2: Buy matches
Step 3: Put Constitution on ground
Step 4: Douse with gasoline
Step 5: Light match
Step 1: Buy gasoline
Step 2: Buy matches
Step 3: Put Constitution on ground
Step 4: Douse with gasoline
Step 5: Light match
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Trump and Stephen Miller kidnapped innocent people of color and just sent them to die in a foreign prison.
Oh American taxpayer dollars - 6 million of them - went to pay Bukele of El Salvador for this dirty work.
Oh American taxpayer dollars - 6 million of them - went to pay Bukele of El Salvador for this dirty work.
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Trump and Stephen Miller kidnapped innocent people of color and just sent them to die in a foreign prison.
Oh American taxpayer dollars - 6 million of them - went to pay Bukele of El Salvador for this dirty work.
Oh American taxpayer dollars - 6 million of them - went to pay Bukele of El Salvador for this dirty work.
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If you're a staffer at 60 Minutes who worked on that CECOT segment that got yanked by Bari Weiss at the last minute, figure out a way to leak it. Not saying it's an easy decision or there won't be consequences, but ask yourself why you got into journalism in the first place.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
If you're a staffer at 60 Minutes who worked on that CECOT segment that got yanked by Bari Weiss at the last minute, figure out a way to leak it. Not saying it's an easy decision or there won't be consequences, but ask yourself why you got into journalism in the first place.
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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A hateful appeal to intolerance, all the more loathsome because he knows exactly what he's doing
Vance: "We are outraged at the injustice of Tim Walz allowing Somalian immigrants to defraud that program to the tune of billions of dollars. It ought to go to Americans because that's who it's there for."
December 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
A hateful appeal to intolerance, all the more loathsome because he knows exactly what he's doing
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Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
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As long as we can’t see the 60 minutes episode, I figured I’d reup this little chestnut (have to wonder whether this underreported angle featured in the segment) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
What's the Real Quid Pro Quo with Bukele?
Hint: It's not about fighting "terrorism," or stopping illegal immigration.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
As long as we can’t see the 60 minutes episode, I figured I’d reup this little chestnut (have to wonder whether this underreported angle featured in the segment) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
December 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
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Oh there’s Mike Johnson. Let’s ask him about The Epstein Files.
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Oh there’s Mike Johnson. Let’s ask him about The Epstein Files.
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Mike Johnson has lost control of the House, as we continue to push through petitions to force the votes he tries so hard to run from.
Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!
Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Mike Johnson has lost control of the House, as we continue to push through petitions to force the votes he tries so hard to run from.
Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!
Congress may be closed for the Holiday, but their inboxes aren’t. Let’s flood them with messages and urge them to vote yes on extending ACA tax credits!
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This photo has been removed from the DOJ Epstein webpage.
By whom? For whom?
By whom? For whom?
December 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This photo has been removed from the DOJ Epstein webpage.
By whom? For whom?
By whom? For whom?
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And may every day be another wonderful secret.
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And may every day be another wonderful secret.
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Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
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Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS *denies* Trump administration's application for a stay in the immigration judges case (about whether the dispute should be in a district court or before the Merit Systems Protection Board).
It's the Trump administration's first real loss at #SCOTUS since April.
It's the Trump administration's first real loss at #SCOTUS since April.
December 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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My hope for the Epstein file release is not for the transparency of the Trump DOJ, but rather from the likelihood of them fucking up their coverup.
December 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
My hope for the Epstein file release is not for the transparency of the Trump DOJ, but rather from the likelihood of them fucking up their coverup.
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You know, #TreasonousCowpoke was meant to be a joke.
A very interesting (and ominous) article. Bonus, it also explains how that nuclear scientist at MIT who the Brown University shooter also murdered is tied into all of this.
BREAKING: Russia Is Buying Trump for $6 Billion — And It’s Happening in Plain Sight
A failing social media company. A Russian-backed fusion deal. AI panic. Presidential conflicts. And now, a dead American nuclear scientist. Tell me again this is “just a tech story.”
deanblundell.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
You know, #TreasonousCowpoke was meant to be a joke.
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So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
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Even more fitting
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Even more fitting
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😳 On 12/18/25, Senator Mike Lee posted:
“Would you like to seize cartel assets as a privateer?
My bill would allow the president to issue you a letter of marque.
Time to take these pirates down. 🏴☠️” 1/ x.com/senmikelee/s...
“Would you like to seize cartel assets as a privateer?
My bill would allow the president to issue you a letter of marque.
Time to take these pirates down. 🏴☠️” 1/ x.com/senmikelee/s...
December 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
😳 On 12/18/25, Senator Mike Lee posted:
“Would you like to seize cartel assets as a privateer?
My bill would allow the president to issue you a letter of marque.
Time to take these pirates down. 🏴☠️” 1/ x.com/senmikelee/s...
“Would you like to seize cartel assets as a privateer?
My bill would allow the president to issue you a letter of marque.
Time to take these pirates down. 🏴☠️” 1/ x.com/senmikelee/s...
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Trump set new Kentucky records w/his 64.4%, 2024 win.
The nat'l poverty rate is 10.6%. In Kentucky, it's 16.6%.
Jim Beam employed some 1500 Kentuckians - up til now, anyway.
Congratulations, MAGA, you've scored another big middle finger from your lord and master.
The nat'l poverty rate is 10.6%. In Kentucky, it's 16.6%.
Jim Beam employed some 1500 Kentuckians - up til now, anyway.
Congratulations, MAGA, you've scored another big middle finger from your lord and master.
Jim Beam Whiskey will shut its distillery for 2026 thanks to plummeting sales amid retaliatory tariffs from the European Union after Trump's tariffs and a bourbon boycott from Canada.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Trump set new Kentucky records w/his 64.4%, 2024 win.
The nat'l poverty rate is 10.6%. In Kentucky, it's 16.6%.
Jim Beam employed some 1500 Kentuckians - up til now, anyway.
Congratulations, MAGA, you've scored another big middle finger from your lord and master.
The nat'l poverty rate is 10.6%. In Kentucky, it's 16.6%.
Jim Beam employed some 1500 Kentuckians - up til now, anyway.
Congratulations, MAGA, you've scored another big middle finger from your lord and master.