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That's quite the community note. And why are Trump’s allies suddenly all for government handouts?
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
That's quite the community note. And why are Trump’s allies suddenly all for government handouts?
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I recently (and very belatedly) finished Jean Guerrero's Hatemonger, abt Stephen Miller.
One thing she described which I can't shake is that the Wall was only a mnemonic Bannon developed to get Trump to repeat stuff. But Miller chased that religiously.
www.pbs.org/video/jean-g...
One thing she described which I can't shake is that the Wall was only a mnemonic Bannon developed to get Trump to repeat stuff. But Miller chased that religiously.
www.pbs.org/video/jean-g...
Fronteras | Jean Guerrero, author of Hatemonger | Season 10 | Episode 9
Jean Guerrero, Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda
www.pbs.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I recently (and very belatedly) finished Jean Guerrero's Hatemonger, abt Stephen Miller.
One thing she described which I can't shake is that the Wall was only a mnemonic Bannon developed to get Trump to repeat stuff. But Miller chased that religiously.
www.pbs.org/video/jean-g...
One thing she described which I can't shake is that the Wall was only a mnemonic Bannon developed to get Trump to repeat stuff. But Miller chased that religiously.
www.pbs.org/video/jean-g...
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Jessica: There are some key indicators that Trump and this administration knows this is going badly… We aren't getting the jobs numbers anymore, the GDP numbers or inflation numbers and we know, Donald Trump, if the number is remotely good or he can lie about it—he tells you what it is.
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Jessica: There are some key indicators that Trump and this administration knows this is going badly… We aren't getting the jobs numbers anymore, the GDP numbers or inflation numbers and we know, Donald Trump, if the number is remotely good or he can lie about it—he tells you what it is.
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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Eileen Higgins just became the first Democrat elected mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years.
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Eileen Higgins just became the first Democrat elected mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years.
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This interview confirms again that Trump is just catastrophically unfit to be making any of these decisions. Dems should use this to hound Republicans to the ends of the earth if they don't agree to get to the bottom of all of it.
Some questions to pursue here:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Some questions to pursue here:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This interview confirms again that Trump is just catastrophically unfit to be making any of these decisions. Dems should use this to hound Republicans to the ends of the earth if they don't agree to get to the bottom of all of it.
Some questions to pursue here:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Some questions to pursue here:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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It gets worse. Trump also says straight out that an invasion of Venezuela "on land" is coming and says he'd expand all this to Mexico and Colombia. Incredibly, no one even bothers pointing out anymore that he is claiming authority to do all of this without Congress:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It gets worse. Trump also says straight out that an invasion of Venezuela "on land" is coming and says he'd expand all this to Mexico and Colombia. Incredibly, no one even bothers pointing out anymore that he is claiming authority to do all of this without Congress:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
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They sure do love lying.
ICE(ERO) just told me it has no body camera footage from operation midway blitz in Chicago in response to my FOIA request.
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
They sure do love lying.
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In May, the Trump Admin secretly--and probably illegally--began using SSA data to verify voters' citizenship.
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Trump Administration’s Legally Dubious Misuse of Social Security Data Risks Disenfranchising Eligible Voters
Friday, December 12 is the deadline for public comments on a policy the Trump Administration secretly adopted in May, giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to personal data from the....
www.cbpp.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In May, the Trump Admin secretly--and probably illegally--began using SSA data to verify voters' citizenship.
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
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Brown: Autocrats don’t fear the disease or the babies dying from whooping cough — they fear the evidence of it, because evidence exposes their failures, demands accountability, and empowers the public.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Brown: Autocrats don’t fear the disease or the babies dying from whooping cough — they fear the evidence of it, because evidence exposes their failures, demands accountability, and empowers the public.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested that billionaire Elon Musk had a "quid pro quo" relationship with President Donald Trump after donating millions to get him re-elected.
Sonia Sotomayor hits Elon Musk with 'quid pro quo' accusation
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested that billionaire Elon Musk had a "quid pro quo" relationship with President Donald Trump after donating millions to get him re-elected.During a Tuesday hearing on campaign finance laws, Sotomayor made the suggestion to an attorney for the National...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested that billionaire Elon Musk had a "quid pro quo" relationship with President Donald Trump after donating millions to get him re-elected.
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This is the culmination of the plan that Trump was chasing in 2016 when the Mueller investigation thwarted everything.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXJ...
How the 2016 Russian Election Attack Led Donald Trump to Destroy US Hegemony
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is the culmination of the plan that Trump was chasing in 2016 when the Mueller investigation thwarted everything.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXJ...
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I've twice explained to spouse that there is no peace plan. Rather, there's a plan to limit the blowback when Trump capitulates to Russia.
Trump will do it anyway: Trump is going to reverse sanctions bc he wants the grift.
He's just trying to limit blowback for Russia Russia Russia.
Trump will do it anyway: Trump is going to reverse sanctions bc he wants the grift.
He's just trying to limit blowback for Russia Russia Russia.
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I've twice explained to spouse that there is no peace plan. Rather, there's a plan to limit the blowback when Trump capitulates to Russia.
Trump will do it anyway: Trump is going to reverse sanctions bc he wants the grift.
He's just trying to limit blowback for Russia Russia Russia.
Trump will do it anyway: Trump is going to reverse sanctions bc he wants the grift.
He's just trying to limit blowback for Russia Russia Russia.
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This is the way.
Gov. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights have been violated, and also restricts those agents from enforcement outside courthouses.
newrepublic.com/post/204204/...
Gov. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights have been violated, and also restricts those agents from enforcement outside courthouses.
newrepublic.com/post/204204/...
Governor Pritzker Makes It Easier for People to Sue ICE
The Illinois governor has signed a major bill to rein in ICE agents.
newrepublic.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is the way.
Gov. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights have been violated, and also restricts those agents from enforcement outside courthouses.
newrepublic.com/post/204204/...
Gov. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights have been violated, and also restricts those agents from enforcement outside courthouses.
newrepublic.com/post/204204/...
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The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The way Trump talks about the problems he caused by unilaterally imposing tariffs is fairly insane, even by his standards.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
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No the connection there is clear.
He imposed huge tariffs on China.
China retaliated by withholding rare earth.
Trump crumbled and is desperate to avoid a reimposition of such a ban.
Thus, he declares victory for reversing the damage he did.
He imposed huge tariffs on China.
China retaliated by withholding rare earth.
Trump crumbled and is desperate to avoid a reimposition of such a ban.
Thus, he declares victory for reversing the damage he did.
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
No the connection there is clear.
He imposed huge tariffs on China.
China retaliated by withholding rare earth.
Trump crumbled and is desperate to avoid a reimposition of such a ban.
Thus, he declares victory for reversing the damage he did.
He imposed huge tariffs on China.
China retaliated by withholding rare earth.
Trump crumbled and is desperate to avoid a reimposition of such a ban.
Thus, he declares victory for reversing the damage he did.
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OMG: The signage behind Trump at his so-called affordability event today reads "LOWER PRICES" and "BIGGER PAYCHECKS"
Trump's strategy to counter his disastrous handling of the affordability crisis is to just...lie about it.
This is a gift to Democrats.
Trump's strategy to counter his disastrous handling of the affordability crisis is to just...lie about it.
This is a gift to Democrats.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
OMG: The signage behind Trump at his so-called affordability event today reads "LOWER PRICES" and "BIGGER PAYCHECKS"
Trump's strategy to counter his disastrous handling of the affordability crisis is to just...lie about it.
This is a gift to Democrats.
Trump's strategy to counter his disastrous handling of the affordability crisis is to just...lie about it.
This is a gift to Democrats.
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It's really time to hold Murdoch accountable for this. Not that any of the Murdochs are squeamish about this. But they like being accepted in polite company and this stench should stick on them.
Fox’s Jesse Watters says people who are against bombing shipwrecked people in international waters without due process or any evidence whatsoever that they have drugs or are even heading to 🇺🇸 “sound like lawyerly, whiny, effeminate weasels”
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It's really time to hold Murdoch accountable for this. Not that any of the Murdochs are squeamish about this. But they like being accepted in polite company and this stench should stick on them.
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Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60. https://to.pbs.org/4abH3Fv
Raul Malo, soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, dies at 60
Malo died Monday night, his wife, Betty Malo, posted on his Facebook page. He had been battling cancer.
to.pbs.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60. https://to.pbs.org/4abH3Fv
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During the year’s busiest season of charitable giving, donors may wonder whether the nonprofits they are considering donating to are going to be good stewards of their money.
Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that:
Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that:
Nonprofit Explorer Adds Powerful Tools to Help You Research Organizations’ Financials
ProPublica has added the ability to find nonprofit organizations that auditors have flagged as having serious financial or control deficiencies. We also added the ability to search for organizations t...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
During the year’s busiest season of charitable giving, donors may wonder whether the nonprofits they are considering donating to are going to be good stewards of their money.
Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that:
Last year, we added tools to Nonprofit Explorer to help you look into that: