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Sounds like “software as a service” being proposed.
We’ve seen this movie before: aging leaders surrounded by loyalists unwilling to confront hard truths. The question now is whether the country is bracing for another slow-moving political train wreck. The warning signs are familiar, but the willingness to act on them remains uncertain.
With more instances of Donald Trump appearing fatigued or forgetful, Americans are again seeing evidence of a president who lacks the energy to do his demanding job, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
The Enfeebling of the President
Trump is showing signs that he’s lost the physical stamina to do the job.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We’ve seen this movie before: aging leaders surrounded by loyalists unwilling to confront hard truths. The question now is whether the country is bracing for another slow-moving political train wreck. The warning signs are familiar, but the willingness to act on them remains uncertain.
“Die Another Day,” Icarus Project
The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.
Overview Energy wants to beam energy from space to existing solar farms | TechCrunch
The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.
techcrunch.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“Die Another Day,” Icarus Project
@wsj.com Trump’s U Turn on Nvidia Chips to China? It never was. Trump’s foreign policy is neither miscalculation nor reversal — it is a deliberate by reducing alliances and security commitments to a zero-sum ledger, he treats hard-won influence as expendable. His priority remains singular: himself.
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
@wsj.com Trump’s U Turn on Nvidia Chips to China? It never was. Trump’s foreign policy is neither miscalculation nor reversal — it is a deliberate by reducing alliances and security commitments to a zero-sum ledger, he treats hard-won influence as expendable. His priority remains singular: himself.
@nicollewallace.bsky.social compare Congressman Eric Schmitt response with VP Vance remarks when asked about Pardons on #ThisWeek. The verbiage is the same talking points // your low ratings, not going to embarrass the President, etc.
December 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
@nicollewallace.bsky.social compare Congressman Eric Schmitt response with VP Vance remarks when asked about Pardons on #ThisWeek. The verbiage is the same talking points // your low ratings, not going to embarrass the President, etc.
@bloomberg.com is #Trump having second thoughts that he’s no longer driving the bus? His pardon of a Texas Congressman who announces in turn he’s running as a Texas Democrats. And his flip flop on #CBS stating that since the #Paramount takeover CBS hasn’t changed.
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
@bloomberg.com is #Trump having second thoughts that he’s no longer driving the bus? His pardon of a Texas Congressman who announces in turn he’s running as a Texas Democrats. And his flip flop on #CBS stating that since the #Paramount takeover CBS hasn’t changed.
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Admissions and higher-education experts say President Trump’s ban on DEI is likely to hit an underrepresented group of applicants: men, and particularly White men.
Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Admissions and higher-education experts say President Trump’s ban on DEI is likely to hit an underrepresented group of applicants: men, and particularly White men.
Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
The fear Donald Trump may take extreme measures is no excuse for the nation to tremble in silence. His use of clemency has already crossed from recklessness into a clear and present danger to democratic norms. Now is the moment demands courage, scrutiny, and resistance—not quiet acceptance.
If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end
Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
MAGA is cracking up, but beware
robertreich.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The fear Donald Trump may take extreme measures is no excuse for the nation to tremble in silence. His use of clemency has already crossed from recklessness into a clear and present danger to democratic norms. Now is the moment demands courage, scrutiny, and resistance—not quiet acceptance.
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As snow spreads across more of the U.S. and meteorological winter begins, the National Weather Service remains hampered by a staffing shortage, despite a Trump administration pledge to restore hundreds of positions cut by Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.
Winter is coming. Not all weather offices are ready.
Vacancies remain in National Weather Service offices across the country, including in some of the coldest, snowiest parts of the country.
wapo.st
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As snow spreads across more of the U.S. and meteorological winter begins, the National Weather Service remains hampered by a staffing shortage, despite a Trump administration pledge to restore hundreds of positions cut by Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.
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In Opinion
If the primary threat to a Congress member’s career is the general election voter and their disapproval of Trump, “then you’re going to see more people standing up, because now their career is at stake in a different way,” David French says on this episode of “The Opinions.”
If the primary threat to a Congress member’s career is the general election voter and their disapproval of Trump, “then you’re going to see more people standing up, because now their career is at stake in a different way,” David French says on this episode of “The Opinions.”
Opinion | Republicans Are Quietly Pushing Back Against Trump
Will the president soon wish he hadn’t run for a second term?
nyti.ms
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In Opinion
If the primary threat to a Congress member’s career is the general election voter and their disapproval of Trump, “then you’re going to see more people standing up, because now their career is at stake in a different way,” David French says on this episode of “The Opinions.”
If the primary threat to a Congress member’s career is the general election voter and their disapproval of Trump, “then you’re going to see more people standing up, because now their career is at stake in a different way,” David French says on this episode of “The Opinions.”
What role is Israel playing in Regime change?
As Trump intensifies his threats against strongman Nicolás Maduro, many Venezuelan and Cuban American supporters in Miami are urging the president to take whatever steps are necessary to remove the embattled leader.
Why Miami’s Trump backers are clashing with the ‘America First’ wing over Venezuela
As Trump threatens strongman Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan and Cuban American supporters are urging the president to do whatever it takes to oust him.
wapo.st
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What role is Israel playing in Regime change?
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I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
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Elon Musk: Milliardär fordert nach Strafe gegen X Abschaffung der EU: X ist der Europäischen Union nicht transparent genug, deshalb soll die Plattform von Elon Musk zahlen. Der Milliardär reagiert erzürnt. Seine Forderung: die EU auflösen, er sehe Zensur und zu viel Bürokratie.
Elon Musk: Milliardär fordert nach Strafe gegen X Abschaffung der EU
X ist der Europäischen Union nicht transparent genug, deshalb soll die Plattform von Elon Musk zahlen. Der Milliardär reagiert erzürnt. Seine Forderung: die EU auflösen, er sehe Zensur und zu viel Bürokratie.
www.spiegel.de
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Elon Musk: Milliardär fordert nach Strafe gegen X Abschaffung der EU: X ist der Europäischen Union nicht transparent genug, deshalb soll die Plattform von Elon Musk zahlen. Der Milliardär reagiert erzürnt. Seine Forderung: die EU auflösen, er sehe Zensur und zu viel Bürokratie.
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It’s only been a day since Netflix announced an $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., and the acquisition has already been described as sending Hollywood into “full-blown panic mode,” “possibly a death blow to theatrical filmmaking,” and maybe even “the end of Hollywood” itself.
How would the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal reshape Hollywood? | TechCrunch
It’s only been a day since Netflix announced an $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., and the acquisition has already been described as sending Hollywood into “full-blown panic mode,” “possibly a death blow to theatrical filmmaking,” and maybe even “the end of Hollywood” itself.
techcrunch.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s only been a day since Netflix announced an $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., and the acquisition has already been described as sending Hollywood into “full-blown panic mode,” “possibly a death blow to theatrical filmmaking,” and maybe even “the end of Hollywood” itself.
What? Did we forget the Big Short?
Who cares if AI is a bubble? Citi says stay long because riding manias can be 'quite profitable'
Who cares if AI is a bubble? Citi says stay long because riding manias can be 'quite profitable'
Investors shouldn't "overstress" recent weakness in artificial intelligence stocks, the bank said.
cnb.cx
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What? Did we forget the Big Short?
I’m confused, how does the DOJ justify the arrest of an x-DEA agent for agreeing to launder narcotic proceeds when Trump, their boss, pardons X Honduran President for shipping to the US 500 tons of cocaine?
Breaking News: An ex-DEA agent has been charged with agreeing to launder millions of dollars in narcotics proceeds for a Mexican drug cartel.
Ex-D.E.A. Agent Charged With Agreeing to Launder Millions for Cartel
The former agent, Paul Campo, laundered money for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico, according to an indictment unsealed on Friday.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’m confused, how does the DOJ justify the arrest of an x-DEA agent for agreeing to launder narcotic proceeds when Trump, their boss, pardons X Honduran President for shipping to the US 500 tons of cocaine?
Accept responsibility or wrongful death?
ACIP member Hibbeln says that the decision to rescind the recommendation for the birth dose of HepB vaccine has the potential to cause harm.
He hopes that “this committee is ready to accept responsibility when this harm is caused”.
He hopes that “this committee is ready to accept responsibility when this harm is caused”.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Accept responsibility or wrongful death?
America is running out of time to confront a simple, devastating truth: a president does not need to openly break the law to undermine the Constitution. A president becomes unpresidential the moment he stops acting as the nation’s executive and begins acting as his own.
I don’t understand one thing: clearly Trump is not long for this earth, he’s an older man. Still could live another 10 years but still that’s not long.
Does he really have no concern about facing his creator?
Angry elderly people…. I don’t understand
Does he really have no concern about facing his creator?
Angry elderly people…. I don’t understand
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
America is running out of time to confront a simple, devastating truth: a president does not need to openly break the law to undermine the Constitution. A president becomes unpresidential the moment he stops acting as the nation’s executive and begins acting as his own.
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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court allows Texas to use its new congressional map in 2026 elections.
Justice Kagan, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson, dissents.
Justice Kagan, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson, dissents.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A608
GREG ABBOTT, ET AL. U. LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[December 4, 2025]
With an eye on the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, several States have in recent months redrawn their congressional districts in ways that are predicted to favor the State's dominant political party. Texas adopted the first new map, then California responded with its own map for the stated purpose of counteracting what Texas had done.
North Carolina followed suit, and other States are also considering new maps.
Respondents in this case challenged the new Texas map, contending that the legislature's motive was predominantly racial. A divided three-judge District Court agreed and enjoined the use of the new map in the 2026 elections. With the 2026 campaign underway, the State of Texas and several of its officials applied to this Court for a stay.
Based on our preliminary evaluation of this case, Texas satisfies the traditional criteria for interim relief.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibpud5vzmybiy4rh3a4imhlzri7czu36rhhfykmrisvcij4iwd5yu@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court allows Texas to use its new congressional map in 2026 elections.
Justice Kagan, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson, dissents.
Justice Kagan, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson, dissents.
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Breaking news: Federal officials have arrested a man believed to have planted pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican national committee headquarters in downtown Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.
FBI arrests suspect in Jan. 6 pipe bomb case
Federal officials arrested a man believed to have planted pipe bombs in downtown D.C. the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Breaking news: Federal officials have arrested a man believed to have planted pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican national committee headquarters in downtown Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.
Trump’s tragedy is rooted in a miscalculation — treating Ukraine as a zero-sum game. Believing deal-making alone could settle war, he throttled back aid to Kyiv and now washes his hands of the outcome. The consequences of that misread are now unmistakable.
The confusion still swirling in Washington over President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for Ukraine has made one thing clear: The U.S. president's unconventional, all-in approach to diplomacy carries big risks.
Trump's Ukraine peace effort tests his unconventional diplomacy
The unexpected plan to end the war in Ukraine has stirred harsh criticism from Republican lawmakers, exasperation from European allies and confusion inside the administration.
ebx.sh
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Trump’s tragedy is rooted in a miscalculation — treating Ukraine as a zero-sum game. Believing deal-making alone could settle war, he throttled back aid to Kyiv and now washes his hands of the outcome. The consequences of that misread are now unmistakable.
It’s unacceptable to expect officers to run into ambushes. Texas recorded highest enforcement fatalities of any state—18 officers killed in the line of duty. If policymakers and the Supreme Court truly care about public safety — and officer safety — it’s time to revive common-sense gun legislation.
Three police officers were injured while exchanging fire with a gunman on Wednesday at a gas station in Omaha, the authorities said. The gunman was killed, and two of the officers sustained serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.
Gunman Killed and 3 Officers Hurt in Shooting at Omaha Gas Station
Police say the man, whose identity has yet to be released, shot another man at a grocery store across town in what appeared to be a random attack.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It’s unacceptable to expect officers to run into ambushes. Texas recorded highest enforcement fatalities of any state—18 officers killed in the line of duty. If policymakers and the Supreme Court truly care about public safety — and officer safety — it’s time to revive common-sense gun legislation.
@nbc 93 Annual Christmas Rockefeller Center, the music sound appears off or soft while host is great via #YouTubeTV
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@nbc 93 Annual Christmas Rockefeller Center, the music sound appears off or soft while host is great via #YouTubeTV
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Bond investors recently told Bessent they don't want Hassett because Hassett will be politically controlled by Trump. But this will be a problem with virtually anyone Trump chooses, since willingness to do what Trump says seems to be sole criterion for the job.
Not sure how you square this circle.
Not sure how you square this circle.
Bond investors have told the US Treasury they are concerned about Kevin Hassett’s potential appointment as Federal Reserve chair, worrying he will cut interest rates aggressively to please President Donald Trump.
Bond investors warned US Treasury over picking Kevin Hassett as Fed chair
Some market participants worried candidate for top central bank job will be swayed by Trump on interest rates
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bond investors recently told Bessent they don't want Hassett because Hassett will be politically controlled by Trump. But this will be a problem with virtually anyone Trump chooses, since willingness to do what Trump says seems to be sole criterion for the job.
Not sure how you square this circle.
Not sure how you square this circle.
Why repeat War Department when only Congress can change the name
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has badly misread his situation, says @andreaskluth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Hegseth and His War Department Have Lots of Explaining to Do
He “could count by twos and tie his shoes.” That’s the opening line in episodes of Franklin, a children’s TV series about an eponymous turtle that goes on to do a lot of learning. The same thing, minu...
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Why repeat War Department when only Congress can change the name