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No one is going to tune in to CBS because they know it won’t be critical of Trump but lots of people will tune out for that reason. Spiking the CECOT story to curry favor is a terrible moral and journalistic decision — but it’s also a terrible business decision.
“We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
No one is going to tune in to CBS because they know it won’t be critical of Trump but lots of people will tune out for that reason. Spiking the CECOT story to curry favor is a terrible moral and journalistic decision — but it’s also a terrible business decision.
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The newsletter is out. Usually it’s fairly light. This week, it’s about how Stephen Miller lies.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
Data is anti-fascist
Last week, this newsletter was refreshingly apolitical. Well, that was then.
Chapter 1
What they want you to believe about immigrants
You don't need to travel too far up the branches of White House...
www.howtoreadthisch.art
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The newsletter is out. Usually it’s fairly light. This week, it’s about how Stephen Miller lies.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
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Lady with obvious daddy issues who is wily as fuck pretends she was snookered by an all powerful magazine writer. Hey, Susie: It’s 2025 and you have been the main handmaiden to your boss dad’s heinous war against the media. As if you are a victim.
December 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Lady with obvious daddy issues who is wily as fuck pretends she was snookered by an all powerful magazine writer. Hey, Susie: It’s 2025 and you have been the main handmaiden to your boss dad’s heinous war against the media. As if you are a victim.
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Airbus has identified an issue affecting “a limited number” of metal panels in its A320 passenger planes, a spokesperson for the company said Monday, just days after warning of another technical problem in its aircraft. https://cnn.it/3XsIc3S
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Airbus has identified an issue affecting “a limited number” of metal panels in its A320 passenger planes, a spokesperson for the company said Monday, just days after warning of another technical problem in its aircraft. https://cnn.it/3XsIc3S
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Juan Orlando Hernández has been promised a pardon for drug trafficking. Trump is threatening to oust Nicolás Maduro over similar allegations.
Hondurans Called Right-Wing Ex-President a “Narco-Dictator.” Trump Plans to Pardon Him — but Threatens War on Venezuela
The promised pardon for Juan Orlando Hernández, who’s serving a 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, comes as Trump threatens war on Venezuela over “narcoterrorism.”
interc.pt
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Juan Orlando Hernández has been promised a pardon for drug trafficking. Trump is threatening to oust Nicolás Maduro over similar allegations.
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Republicans should increase the pressure on Donald Trump "to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Republicans should increase the pressure on Donald Trump "to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
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Donald Trump’s supposed ambition for a third term is a legal problem with a political answer, Brian C. Kalt writes. “The people are the ultimate enforcers” of the Constitution:
The Solution to the Third-Term Threat
Republican leaders need to speak up now, loudly and clearly, against any schemes to put Donald Trump back into the White House yet again.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Donald Trump’s supposed ambition for a third term is a legal problem with a political answer, Brian C. Kalt writes. “The people are the ultimate enforcers” of the Constitution:
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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How did we end up in a world where ICE agents are indistinguishable from the Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol on January 6?
VIGILANTE NATION tells the story of the insidious state laws behind MAGA's return to power, and it's out in paperback today.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
VIGILANTE NATION tells the story of the insidious state laws behind MAGA's return to power, and it's out in paperback today.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
August 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How did we end up in a world where ICE agents are indistinguishable from the Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol on January 6?
VIGILANTE NATION tells the story of the insidious state laws behind MAGA's return to power, and it's out in paperback today.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
VIGILANTE NATION tells the story of the insidious state laws behind MAGA's return to power, and it's out in paperback today.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vigila...
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Anyone who was paying attention knew the stories that DOGE was gone were not true
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Anyone who was paying attention knew the stories that DOGE was gone were not true
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So that we are clear, Generals and Admirals do not make these decisions. They carry out the orders of SecDef and the President after offering their opinions.
Hegseth issued the manifestly illegal order, the Admiral did not refuse that manifestly illegal order. Both should be removed.
Hegseth issued the manifestly illegal order, the Admiral did not refuse that manifestly illegal order. Both should be removed.
The secretary of defense throwing a top military official under the bus to protect himself. A beacon of integrity.
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
So that we are clear, Generals and Admirals do not make these decisions. They carry out the orders of SecDef and the President after offering their opinions.
Hegseth issued the manifestly illegal order, the Admiral did not refuse that manifestly illegal order. Both should be removed.
Hegseth issued the manifestly illegal order, the Admiral did not refuse that manifestly illegal order. Both should be removed.
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In a more sensible and serious world, Mark Kelly would take Pete Hegseth’s job as secretary of defense, Tom Nichols argues: theatln.tc/mUn2pxoh
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
In a more sensible and serious world, Mark Kelly would take Pete Hegseth’s job as secretary of defense, Tom Nichols argues: theatln.tc/mUn2pxoh
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Donald Trump is clearly willing to do whatever it takes to stay in power, regardless of what the Constitution says. He “has always told us exactly who he is,” J. Michael Luttig argues. “We have just not wanted to believe him. But we must believe him now.”
President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Donald Trump is clearly willing to do whatever it takes to stay in power, regardless of what the Constitution says. He “has always told us exactly who he is,” J. Michael Luttig argues. “We have just not wanted to believe him. But we must believe him now.”
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A federal trial in Portland about the president’s authority to deploy the National Guard to the city got off with a stunning revelation: troops briefly deployed to a federal immigration building in South Portland this month, appearing to defy a court order. (via @opb.org)
Oregon National Guard deployed to Portland in early October, despite court order
A federal trial in Portland about the president’s authority to deploy the National Guard to the city got off with a stunning revelation: troops briefly deployed to a federal immigration building in South Portland this month, appearing to defy a court order issued hours earlier blocking their deployment.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A federal trial in Portland about the president’s authority to deploy the National Guard to the city got off with a stunning revelation: troops briefly deployed to a federal immigration building in South Portland this month, appearing to defy a court order. (via @opb.org)
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Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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"The appeal of these leaders for many rests on their having the power to get away with things that ordinary men cannot, whether in the bedroom or in politics."
-- @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , "Strongmen: Mussolini to the present"
-- @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , "Strongmen: Mussolini to the present"
October 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"The appeal of these leaders for many rests on their having the power to get away with things that ordinary men cannot, whether in the bedroom or in politics."
-- @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , "Strongmen: Mussolini to the present"
-- @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social , "Strongmen: Mussolini to the present"
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“Never before in my over 20 years on the committee can I recall seeing a combatant commander leave their post this early and amid such turmoil,” Rep. Adam Smith said on Monday. interc.pt/3L1T45P
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Never before in my over 20 years on the committee can I recall seeing a combatant commander leave their post this early and amid such turmoil,” Rep. Adam Smith said on Monday. interc.pt/3L1T45P
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Share it wide! There are a lot of Republican pedophiles out there and they need to be shown for who they are!!!!
October 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Share it wide! There are a lot of Republican pedophiles out there and they need to be shown for who they are!!!!
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@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Letitia James should wear being on Trump's enemies list as a badge of honor youtu.be/bxleSo4JY0k?...
October 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Letitia James should wear being on Trump's enemies list as a badge of honor youtu.be/bxleSo4JY0k?...
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Tomorrow, I, along with Senator Kaine will be forcing a vote to block President Trump’s use of our Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war.
Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war.
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Tomorrow, I, along with Senator Kaine will be forcing a vote to block President Trump’s use of our Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war.
Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war.
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Another day.
Another presidential threat to jail two of his political opponents.
What will it take for Republicans in Congress to speak out?
While we still have a democracy left.
Another presidential threat to jail two of his political opponents.
What will it take for Republicans in Congress to speak out?
While we still have a democracy left.
October 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Another day.
Another presidential threat to jail two of his political opponents.
What will it take for Republicans in Congress to speak out?
While we still have a democracy left.
Another presidential threat to jail two of his political opponents.
What will it take for Republicans in Congress to speak out?
While we still have a democracy left.
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NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:
The judge also set an initial schedule for pre-trial motions.
The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney
The first set is expected by Oct. 12. Per Comey’s defense counsel, that batch will include motions to dismiss for selective and vindictive prosecution, as well as a motion challenging the legality of Halligan’s appointment as US attorney
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEW: Comey is going to file selective and vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss AND he will challenge the legality of Halligan’s appointment! There’s more, too… so glad @annabower.bsky.social is there to bring us the whole story! Thread below with details:
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Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.
October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.
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JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
October 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.
Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.