Ariel
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"She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself. Were he alive today, Mr. Murrow would not believe what his network has become."
Bari Weiss Jumps Into a Drained Pool
That she drained herself.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"She took a high dive into a pool that she drained herself. Were he alive today, Mr. Murrow would not believe what his network has become."
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Todd Blanche, the second-highest official at the DOJ, issued a memo to shut down enforcement against crypto companies while he still held more than $150,000 in crypto investments, ProPublica found. One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Todd Blanche, the second-highest official at the DOJ, issued a memo to shut down enforcement against crypto companies while he still held more than $150,000 in crypto investments, ProPublica found. One expert called it “an obvious conflict of interest.”
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Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...
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💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
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NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually.
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
The FDA reports testing only a few dozen of them every year, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contaminants, irregularities and other issues.
Here’s what we found when we did our own testing:
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The spike in unemployment among Blacks results directly from Trump policy designed to fire Black employees
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The spike in unemployment among Blacks results directly from Trump policy designed to fire Black employees
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As tech bros corner the electrical power supply market, rates surge
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
As tech bros corner the electrical power supply market, rates surge
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
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There is a layer of scum a connective tissue... that connects all the people that populate the Epstein ecosystem
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
NYT columnist David Brooks wrote an op-ed a few weeks ago titled, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out,” lamenting people are too focused on the Epstein scandal + saying "the QAnon mentality has taken over."
Today he appeared in 4 photos from the Epstein dump. Welp! www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...
Today he appeared in 4 photos from the Epstein dump. Welp! www.huffpost.com/entry/david-...
David Brooks Said ‘Count Me Out’ Of Epstein Story, Then Wound Up In Epstein Photos
There's no indication The New York Times columnist did anything wrong. But wow, the timing of his column and the photo dump is unfortunate!
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is a layer of scum a connective tissue... that connects all the people that populate the Epstein ecosystem
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
Men of a certain age having little to no sense of self beyond work ... no charisma ... deeply soulless ... empty ... wanting... vacuous
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Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead
Australia to Buy Back Guns After Bondi Beach Terror Attack
Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead.
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Australia will start a gun buyback program to take surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms off the street, following the terror attack in Bondi Beach which left 15 people dead
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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maintaining the cognitive dissonance between "i love how racist the president is" and "he's a terrible person" does indeed sound exhausting
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
maintaining the cognitive dissonance between "i love how racist the president is" and "he's a terrible person" does indeed sound exhausting
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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One of the worst parts of the modern condition is having to listen to billionaires airing out the stupidest policy ideas, random musings, and other mental detritus. It’s unbearable.
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
One of the worst parts of the modern condition is having to listen to billionaires airing out the stupidest policy ideas, random musings, and other mental detritus. It’s unbearable.
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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Contrary to what some liberal critics say, John Roberts has kept his pledge to only call balls and strikes. He never promised that the strike zone would be the same for Democrats and Republicans.
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Contrary to what some liberal critics say, John Roberts has kept his pledge to only call balls and strikes. He never promised that the strike zone would be the same for Democrats and Republicans.
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I still can’t believe the president posted a video of himself dumping shit on his countrymen and it just goes into the, “Well, that happened” file. Maybe because there’s no room left in the “President is insane” file.
December 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I still can’t believe the president posted a video of himself dumping shit on his countrymen and it just goes into the, “Well, that happened” file. Maybe because there’s no room left in the “President is insane” file.
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It’s funny how Elon Musk has no problem with Chinese regulation, which is much stricter than European regulation.
Have you ever seen him call for the abolition of the CCP?
Have you ever seen him call for the abolition of the CCP?
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It’s funny how Elon Musk has no problem with Chinese regulation, which is much stricter than European regulation.
Have you ever seen him call for the abolition of the CCP?
Have you ever seen him call for the abolition of the CCP?