Cathy Olson from MN
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NEW: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reiterated that the Kremlin will not sign any peace agreements to end the war in Ukraine “right now.” 🧵(1/12)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122625
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122625
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
NEW: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov reiterated that the Kremlin will not sign any peace agreements to end the war in Ukraine “right now.” 🧵(1/12)
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122625
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar122625
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"villagers say Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority."
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"villagers say Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority."
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This piece cites 13 insightful pieces on Miller from this year, plus a bunch of other stories that mention Miller's pathologies (such as how he views the murderboat campaign as an opportunity to make Latinos look criminal).
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/27/w...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/27/w...
We Don't Know How Stephen Miller Fails - emptywheel
There have been a flood of profiles that describe how powerful Stephen Miller is. None have described how he experienced his biggest policy setback.
www.emptywheel.net
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This piece cites 13 insightful pieces on Miller from this year, plus a bunch of other stories that mention Miller's pathologies (such as how he views the murderboat campaign as an opportunity to make Latinos look criminal).
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/27/w...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/27/w...
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That’s where the culture wars come in handy. Distract people with fear so that they tolerate the money grab from tax policies that favor the wealthy and deregulation of consumer protections.
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
That’s where the culture wars come in handy. Distract people with fear so that they tolerate the money grab from tax policies that favor the wealthy and deregulation of consumer protections.
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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Minnesotans are asking us to do something about gun violence. We're proud to stand with Governor Walz as he signs executive actions to protect our communities. Now it's time for Republicans to listen to Minnesotans and work with us to pass commonsense gun safety legislation.
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Minnesotans are asking us to do something about gun violence. We're proud to stand with Governor Walz as he signs executive actions to protect our communities. Now it's time for Republicans to listen to Minnesotans and work with us to pass commonsense gun safety legislation.
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Miller is indeed the most depraved and dangerous of the grossly evil and incompetent members of this administration. It was a devastation day whey he walked back into our White House. What a truly horrible person.
This most difficult part of this exercise was only picking 25.
25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin
The worst of the worst, ranked 1-25.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Miller is indeed the most depraved and dangerous of the grossly evil and incompetent members of this administration. It was a devastation day whey he walked back into our White House. What a truly horrible person.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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📣 I know it's Christmas Day, but I wanted to take a moment to remind residents of CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, MARYLAND, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VIRGINIA and WASHINGTON STATE that you STILL HAVE TIME to enroll in #ACA coverage starting January 1st.
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📣 I know it's Christmas Day, but I wanted to take a moment to remind residents of CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, MARYLAND, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VIRGINIA and WASHINGTON STATE that you STILL HAVE TIME to enroll in #ACA coverage starting January 1st.
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This Xmas, 2 police officers would like someone to finally hang the legally-mandated Jan 6th police honorary plaque at Capitol
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum in opposition to motion – #29 in DUNN v. AUSTIN (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-01844) – CourtListener.com
Memorandum in opposition to re 27 MOTION to Dismiss or, alternatively MOTION for Summary Judgment Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed by HARRY DUNN, DANIEL HODGES. (Attachmen...
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December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This Xmas, 2 police officers would like someone to finally hang the legally-mandated Jan 6th police honorary plaque at Capitol
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so
So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to reallocate federal Homeland Security funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal immigration enforcement. https://cnn.it/3NhAreY
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to reallocate federal Homeland Security funding away from states that refuse to cooperate with certain federal immigration enforcement. https://cnn.it/3NhAreY
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Everyone – regardless of immigration status – has the right to worship freely. Any attempts to violate that right will be met with swift legal action.
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Everyone – regardless of immigration status – has the right to worship freely. Any attempts to violate that right will be met with swift legal action.
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A man who has never served a day in his life is taking away Veterans' freedom to choose in cases of rape, incest or when the health of the mother is at risk.
Trump is putting millions of Veterans in danger.
And he did it during the holiday season thinking we wouldn’t notice.
Trump is putting millions of Veterans in danger.
And he did it during the holiday season thinking we wouldn’t notice.
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A man who has never served a day in his life is taking away Veterans' freedom to choose in cases of rape, incest or when the health of the mother is at risk.
Trump is putting millions of Veterans in danger.
And he did it during the holiday season thinking we wouldn’t notice.
Trump is putting millions of Veterans in danger.
And he did it during the holiday season thinking we wouldn’t notice.
Melissa Hortman was an amazing gift to Minnesota. We miss her. RIP Melissa. 💔
Six years ago, Melissa described what grounded her work better than we ever could:
December 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Melissa Hortman was an amazing gift to Minnesota. We miss her. RIP Melissa. 💔
Minnesotans support meaningful action to prevent gun violence. Speaker Demuth needs to put the bills on the floor - TAKE THE VOTE. Our children are counting on us; we will not back down! We support restricting high capacity magazines and banning assault weapons. AND, Safe Storage requirement!
Lisa Demuth is the ONE person standing in the way of gun violence legislation that nearly 70% of Minnesotans support.
Speaker Demuth, save lives and call the damn vote already.
Speaker Demuth, save lives and call the damn vote already.
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Minnesotans support meaningful action to prevent gun violence. Speaker Demuth needs to put the bills on the floor - TAKE THE VOTE. Our children are counting on us; we will not back down! We support restricting high capacity magazines and banning assault weapons. AND, Safe Storage requirement!
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In Northfield, I heard from a local business owner struggling just as much as they did during COVID. Small businesses like theirs are the heart of our towns, but these massive tariffs are making it impossible to survive.
December 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In Northfield, I heard from a local business owner struggling just as much as they did during COVID. Small businesses like theirs are the heart of our towns, but these massive tariffs are making it impossible to survive.
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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President Clinton is right. This is not getting as much attnetion as it should. The USA under Trumpstein is betraying this promise, which means any agreement involving Russia and the USA is not worth the paper it’s written on 🤷♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
President Clinton is right. This is not getting as much attnetion as it should. The USA under Trumpstein is betraying this promise, which means any agreement involving Russia and the USA is not worth the paper it’s written on 🤷♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
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This is shameful, tacky, trashy and illegal. Adding your disgusting criminal name on top of the name of a great President makes you look weak and pathetic. It’ll always be The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts.
December 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is shameful, tacky, trashy and illegal. Adding your disgusting criminal name on top of the name of a great President makes you look weak and pathetic. It’ll always be The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts.
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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Reposted by Cathy Olson from MN
Reposted by Cathy Olson from MN
If we trade the American health care and early childhood systems for Denmark's too, you have a deal.
Otherwise, that would be dumb.
Otherwise, that would be dumb.
1/ RFK Jr is determined to kill more children. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/h...
December 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
If we trade the American health care and early childhood systems for Denmark's too, you have a deal.
Otherwise, that would be dumb.
Otherwise, that would be dumb.