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NYT continues that stubborn tradition of discussing Trump's promise of tariff revenues w/o disclosing that Trump may have to pay half the revenue raised back to importers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NYT continues that stubborn tradition of discussing Trump's promise of tariff revenues w/o disclosing that Trump may have to pay half the revenue raised back to importers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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Jim Geraghty, National Review
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Jim Geraghty, National Review
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Jared Kushner's firm pulled out of a planned luxury hotel in Serbia, while a holiday resort in Albania is being overshadowed by local scandals. Read more: bloom.bg/4pI12Ag
📷: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
📷: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
December 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Jared Kushner's firm pulled out of a planned luxury hotel in Serbia, while a holiday resort in Albania is being overshadowed by local scandals. Read more: bloom.bg/4pI12Ag
📷: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
📷: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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Since Trump’s return to the White House, he has made it abundantly clear that voter suppression is a top priority — but some may not know the key election-denying figures driving the demise of our democracy.
Here’s everyone you need to know 👇
Here’s everyone you need to know 👇
Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Since Trump’s return to the White House, he has made it abundantly clear that voter suppression is a top priority — but some may not know the key election-denying figures driving the demise of our democracy.
Here’s everyone you need to know 👇
Here’s everyone you need to know 👇
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“Temperatures in 2024 were the hottest on record and the heat in the uppermost layer of the ocean was also a record high, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautic and Space Administration.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Temperatures in 2024 were the hottest on record and the heat in the uppermost layer of the ocean was also a record high, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautic and Space Administration.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy.
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
JD Vance's Theo Bro Network: Silicon Valley Meets ‘God’
JD Vance links Silicon Valley extremists & Christian nationalists. From Curtis Yarvin to Seven Mountains—inside the authoritarian alliance.
www.thenerdreich.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tech fascists seek to dismantle the "Cathedral" of democracy.
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
Christian Nationalists want to conquer the "Seven Mountains" and impose theocracy.
The bridge between them? JD Vance
My talks with @matthewboedy.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social:
www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vances-th...
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VOTING RIGHTS ACT: Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds.
From Stateline:
From Stateline:
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case, report finds • Nebraska Examiner
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Acts, a new analysis finds.
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
VOTING RIGHTS ACT: Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds.
From Stateline:
From Stateline:
What WILL #MikeLawler do???
If Mike Lawler were smart, he’d put his clean one-year extension to a discharge, dare Jeffries and Democratic leadership to whip against it and get all the moderates who signed the other two discharges to sign this one as a way to screw Johnson AND Jeffries
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
What WILL #MikeLawler do???
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If Mike Lawler were smart, he’d put his clean one-year extension to a discharge, dare Jeffries and Democratic leadership to whip against it and get all the moderates who signed the other two discharges to sign this one as a way to screw Johnson AND Jeffries
December 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Mike Lawler were smart, he’d put his clean one-year extension to a discharge, dare Jeffries and Democratic leadership to whip against it and get all the moderates who signed the other two discharges to sign this one as a way to screw Johnson AND Jeffries
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Remember back in the day when the FBI used to identify, catch and arrest mass shooters?
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Remember back in the day when the FBI used to identify, catch and arrest mass shooters?
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Black Voters Matter Fund, CWA Local 3204, and CWA Local 3204 Retired Members Council my law firm has filed to intervene to oppose DOJ’s lawsuit seeking access to 2020 election records from Fulton County, GA. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
🚨 United States of America v. Alexander
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Black Voters Matter Fund, CWA Local 3204, and CWA Local 3204 Retired Members Council my law firm has filed to intervene to oppose DOJ’s lawsuit seeking access to 2020 election records from Fulton County, GA. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP Conference of Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, the Nevada Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Institute for a Progressive Nevada my law firm has filed to intervene in the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Nevada’s complete, unredacted voter registration list.
🚨 United States of America v. Aguilar
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP Conference of Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, the Nevada Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Institute for a Progressive Nevada my law firm has filed to intervene in the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Nevada’s complete, unredacted voter registration list.
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Has any media reporter figured out how much Netflix gave and to which entity?
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Has any media reporter figured out how much Netflix gave and to which entity?
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Yes, I’m sure the 69 million Americans enrolled in Medicare would be happy to have all federal government funding eliminated.
FOX: The ACA has never been more popular. Republicans are losing on this messaging. How do you talk to Americans who say the Republicans don't have a plan?
REP. BUDDY CARTER: You explain it by explaining it's not working. When the govt has to subsidize a program, that means it's not working
REP. BUDDY CARTER: You explain it by explaining it's not working. When the govt has to subsidize a program, that means it's not working
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yes, I’m sure the 69 million Americans enrolled in Medicare would be happy to have all federal government funding eliminated.
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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Easily preventable. But republicans want people to die. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
Measles outbreaks worsen in South Carolina, Arizona and Utah
Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, a result of routine childhood vaccinations.
www.cbsnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Easily preventable. But republicans want people to die. www.cbsnews.com/news/measles...
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This is illegal! The Trump administration is instructing managers across the federal government (regardless of employee performance) to ensure that at least 80 percent of staff receive a 3 out of 5 rating, making them easier to terminate and easier to justify in court.
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is illegal! The Trump administration is instructing managers across the federal government (regardless of employee performance) to ensure that at least 80 percent of staff receive a 3 out of 5 rating, making them easier to terminate and easier to justify in court.
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The administration said it received too much public and legal backlash for firing employees who did nothing wrong, so if their performance “declines,” fewer people will defend them.
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The administration said it received too much public and legal backlash for firing employees who did nothing wrong, so if their performance “declines,” fewer people will defend them.
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Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
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Mike Johnson announced today that there is not going to be a deal on healthcare before the deadline.
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
December 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Mike Johnson announced today that there is not going to be a deal on healthcare before the deadline.
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
WHERE. IS. THE. BROWN. UNIVERSITY. SHOOTER. #FBIDirectorPatel?? Certainly, finding this shooter, the #MIT shooter, are more important than hanging out w/ g/f on a podcast, NO?
Kash says it’s unfair for people to criticize him for using the FBI jet to see his girlfriend because he only goes to about 15% of her music performances, and nobody criticized the former directors for going on vacations.
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
WHERE. IS. THE. BROWN. UNIVERSITY. SHOOTER. #FBIDirectorPatel?? Certainly, finding this shooter, the #MIT shooter, are more important than hanging out w/ g/f on a podcast, NO?
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Introducing ProPublica Narrated: Our best long-form investigations, read out loud.
Our first story is an epic reading of a 5-part investigation, produced with Theater of War: Why are the people of Albany, Georgia, so sick in a town dominated by its sole hospital?
Our first story is an epic reading of a 5-part investigation, produced with Theater of War: Why are the people of Albany, Georgia, so sick in a town dominated by its sole hospital?
ProPublica Narrated
Podcast · ProPublica · ProPublica’s best long-form investigations, narrated. ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into…
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December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Introducing ProPublica Narrated: Our best long-form investigations, read out loud.
Our first story is an epic reading of a 5-part investigation, produced with Theater of War: Why are the people of Albany, Georgia, so sick in a town dominated by its sole hospital?
Our first story is an epic reading of a 5-part investigation, produced with Theater of War: Why are the people of Albany, Georgia, so sick in a town dominated by its sole hospital?