SusanneMc
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SF Bay Area. Just here trying to stay responsibly and reasonably informed 😎
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Italian cuisine became the first gastronomic style to be recognized as “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO. But American cooks face a new potential tariff that may double the cost of pasta from Italy, an essential part of that cuisine.
https://to.pbs.org/3YpsK8U
https://to.pbs.org/3YpsK8U
A new U.S. tariff could double the price of Italian pasta
Italian cuisine gained a new honor this week when it became the first gastronomic style to be recognized as “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO, the United Nation's cultural body. But American co...
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December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Italian cuisine became the first gastronomic style to be recognized as “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO. But American cooks face a new potential tariff that may double the cost of pasta from Italy, an essential part of that cuisine.
https://to.pbs.org/3YpsK8U
https://to.pbs.org/3YpsK8U
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Speaking of Jeffrey Epstein...
In September, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein met on a rooftop in downtown Washington. Some were meeting each other for the first time. They had gathered to make posters for a rally at the Capitol, but something more meaningful unfolded.
Can not recommend this story enough:
time.com/7340275/jeff...
Can not recommend this story enough:
time.com/7340275/jeff...
Epstein Files: Victims Brace for Big Moment They Brought About
Scores of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein are set to be released in the coming days.
time.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Speaking of Jeffrey Epstein...
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7 Democrats joined Republicans in voting to prevent states from applying their own clean water laws to pipeline project reviews.
Jim Costa
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Adam Gray
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Jim Costa
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Adam Gray
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
clerk.house.gov
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
7 Democrats joined Republicans in voting to prevent states from applying their own clean water laws to pipeline project reviews.
Jim Costa
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Adam Gray
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Jim Costa
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Adam Gray
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
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This is about truth and justice—for victims and survivors. These subpoenaed photos from the Epstein estate are deeply disturbing and raise serious questions about who knew what, and when—which is exactly why the files need to be released.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is about truth and justice—for victims and survivors. These subpoenaed photos from the Epstein estate are deeply disturbing and raise serious questions about who knew what, and when—which is exactly why the files need to be released.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
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Costco’s lawsuit stands out not only because of the size of the company involved, but because it illustrates how tariffs actually work—and exposes the Trump administration’s lies about them.
trib.al/qxysdfv
trib.al/qxysdfv
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Costco’s lawsuit stands out not only because of the size of the company involved, but because it illustrates how tariffs actually work—and exposes the Trump administration’s lies about them.
trib.al/qxysdfv
trib.al/qxysdfv
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As part of our TPM series on the realities of mass deportation in New York, I spent a lot of time over these past few months in ICE court.
Here is what I saw.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
Here is what I saw.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court
One day last month, a Peruvian mother and her daughter went into...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As part of our TPM series on the realities of mass deportation in New York, I spent a lot of time over these past few months in ICE court.
Here is what I saw.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
Here is what I saw.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
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Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.
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Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
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Sure, Trump “broke up” with Epstein in the early 00’s…
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Sure, Trump “broke up” with Epstein in the early 00’s…
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US has failed to stop massive Chinese cyber campaign, warns senator on.ft.com/4pBw90D
US has failed to stop massive Chinese cyber campaign, warns senator
Staff reductions at vital agencies have undermined efforts to tackle ‘Salt Typhoon’ hack, says Mark Warner
on.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
US has failed to stop massive Chinese cyber campaign, warns senator on.ft.com/4pBw90D
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Our troops should be able to fix their own equipment.
It's outrageous that swampy corporate lobbyists and the politicians carrying their water stripped our military's "Right to Repair" out of the defense bill.
It's outrageous that swampy corporate lobbyists and the politicians carrying their water stripped our military's "Right to Repair" out of the defense bill.
Right now, greedy defense contractors are blocking our troops from fixing their own equipment.
Congress had a bipartisan plan to fix that, but lobbyists stopped it.
@deluzio.house.gov and I aren't giving up on this. Our troops should have the right to repair their own stuff.
Congress had a bipartisan plan to fix that, but lobbyists stopped it.
@deluzio.house.gov and I aren't giving up on this. Our troops should have the right to repair their own stuff.
Greedy defense contractors are blocking our troops from fixing their own equipment
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Our troops should be able to fix their own equipment.
It's outrageous that swampy corporate lobbyists and the politicians carrying their water stripped our military's "Right to Repair" out of the defense bill.
It's outrageous that swampy corporate lobbyists and the politicians carrying their water stripped our military's "Right to Repair" out of the defense bill.
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Been banging the drum on this one since he showed up trying to get his DOGE kids access to all those separate silos of data on American citizens and feeding it into AI! No one paid attention. This is it right here. It's always been about "making lists" for ICE and now they got the cash too.
July 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Been banging the drum on this one since he showed up trying to get his DOGE kids access to all those separate silos of data on American citizens and feeding it into AI! No one paid attention. This is it right here. It's always been about "making lists" for ICE and now they got the cash too.
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LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
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the next president needs to feed ICE into the woodchipper
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
the next president needs to feed ICE into the woodchipper
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In Virginia Giuffre’s book she described so many of these things. Prior to any of these photos being released.
And I’m sorry, I grew up in a very misogynistic culture in Southern California in the 70s and 80s and if you’re associating with these people, you know what they’re doing
And I’m sorry, I grew up in a very misogynistic culture in Southern California in the 70s and 80s and if you’re associating with these people, you know what they’re doing
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In Virginia Giuffre’s book she described so many of these things. Prior to any of these photos being released.
And I’m sorry, I grew up in a very misogynistic culture in Southern California in the 70s and 80s and if you’re associating with these people, you know what they’re doing
And I’m sorry, I grew up in a very misogynistic culture in Southern California in the 70s and 80s and if you’re associating with these people, you know what they’re doing
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It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!
The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!
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The Trump administration is using threats to expose corruption involving senior Ukrainian officials as leverage in efforts to pressure Zelenskyy to accept Moscow's terms for a peace accord. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are basically acting as agents for the Kremlin in this whole process.
Secret meetings between FBI and Ukraine negotiator spark concern
FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, have met with Ukraine’s top delegate amid a U.S. pressure campaign on Kyiv to trade land for peace.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Trump administration is using threats to expose corruption involving senior Ukrainian officials as leverage in efforts to pressure Zelenskyy to accept Moscow's terms for a peace accord. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino are basically acting as agents for the Kremlin in this whole process.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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AOC: Speaker Johnson kept Republicans home for over a month so that they would not negotiate on health care. Trump and Vance, they did the same thing. They stuck their heads in the sand for the entirety of a 30 day government shutdown where we were urging them to come to a solution.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
AOC: Speaker Johnson kept Republicans home for over a month so that they would not negotiate on health care. Trump and Vance, they did the same thing. They stuck their heads in the sand for the entirety of a 30 day government shutdown where we were urging them to come to a solution.
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I could be mistaken here, but I often get the sense that the lack of pushback on the Roberts Court from scientists comes from people not saying the Court is corrupt— corruptly chosen, corruptly installed, taking corrupt benefits in office.
December 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I could be mistaken here, but I often get the sense that the lack of pushback on the Roberts Court from scientists comes from people not saying the Court is corrupt— corruptly chosen, corruptly installed, taking corrupt benefits in office.
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A virgin dweeb is tearing the Republican Party apart!
December 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A virgin dweeb is tearing the Republican Party apart!
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This is actually a really common scam these days. A scammer will call and use AI to replicate a family member’s voice and the family member will sound distressed and having an emergency so you don’t have time to think. Best thing to do is hang up and call that family member “back” to confirm.
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is actually a really common scam these days. A scammer will call and use AI to replicate a family member’s voice and the family member will sound distressed and having an emergency so you don’t have time to think. Best thing to do is hang up and call that family member “back” to confirm.
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A contractor confessed to me that he could produce nothing and still get reupped in the follow year's NDAA.
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A contractor confessed to me that he could produce nothing and still get reupped in the follow year's NDAA.