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A hearty congrats to RFK Jr., as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status after 25 years, with the most cases since the early 1990s.
Congrats to RFK Jr., As the U.S. Is Poised to Lose Its Measles Elimination Status After 25 Years
After a quarter century where measles was considered eliminated in the U.S., 2025's continuous outbreaks have us back at ground zero.
www.jezebel.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:18 AM
A hearty congrats to RFK Jr., as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status after 25 years, with the most cases since the early 1990s.
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Son reminding me that sharing some of my struggles has helped him to avoid similar challenges. So if you ever cry in front of your children tell them what you’re crying about!
From our podcast Don’t Listen To Us. You can hear it or watch it here lemonada.lnk.to/DontListenTo...
From our podcast Don’t Listen To Us. You can hear it or watch it here lemonada.lnk.to/DontListenTo...
January 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
We need a new generation of leaders who are the voices of democracy, freedom, social justice, & the rule of law.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
A new generation that renews the “we” in “we the people.”
Instead of fretting over Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party should embrace him as part of its future.
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Lucien Levy Dhurmer, Constantinople (The Harbour) - Evening.
Pastel on paper, undated
Pastel on paper, undated
December 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Lucien Levy Dhurmer, Constantinople (The Harbour) - Evening.
Pastel on paper, undated
Pastel on paper, undated
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WATCH NOW: The full deposition of former Special Counsel Jack Smith released by the House Judiciary Committee
🚨 FULL JACK SMITH VIDEO DEPOSITION ON TRUMP CRIMES
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
WATCH NOW: The full deposition of former Special Counsel Jack Smith released by the House Judiciary Committee
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NEW: The Jack Smith deposition transcript is a devastating, point-by-point rebuttal to claims that the Trump prosecutions were “political,” as Smith details evidence of Trump’s crimes "beyond a reasonable doubt."
Jack Smith Deposition Released Outlining Evidence of Trump's Alleged Crimes 'Beyond a Reasonable Doubt'
The Special Counsel makes clear there was sufficient evidence to pursue the charges
meidasnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW: The Jack Smith deposition transcript is a devastating, point-by-point rebuttal to claims that the Trump prosecutions were “political,” as Smith details evidence of Trump’s crimes "beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Highlights from Jack Smith deposition.
December 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Highlights from Jack Smith deposition.
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Oh, we do. Since her appointment Mary-Ann Stephenson has declined to recognise that trans women are women, has affirmed the hideous guidance drawn up by her predecessor, and has proven correct the two Select Committees who rejected her appointment because she was hopelessly out of her depth.
Judge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups’ criticism
Mary-Ann Stephenson says she must build relationship with LGBTQ+ sector amid debate over single-sex spaces
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Oh, we do. Since her appointment Mary-Ann Stephenson has declined to recognise that trans women are women, has affirmed the hideous guidance drawn up by her predecessor, and has proven correct the two Select Committees who rejected her appointment because she was hopelessly out of her depth.
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EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’
- Follows a backlash from multinationals, producer countries, rightwing parties and EU logging states
Story by Arthur Neslen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Follows a backlash from multinationals, producer countries, rightwing parties and EU logging states
Story by Arthur Neslen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’
Law’s original author points to removal of obligations for downstream traders to verify origin of commodities
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’
- Follows a backlash from multinationals, producer countries, rightwing parties and EU logging states
Story by Arthur Neslen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Follows a backlash from multinationals, producer countries, rightwing parties and EU logging states
Story by Arthur Neslen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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my proportions
Virginia Woolf, Diary, last entry for 1930
Virginia Woolf, Diary, last entry for 1930
December 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
my proportions
Virginia Woolf, Diary, last entry for 1930
Virginia Woolf, Diary, last entry for 1930
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One thing I wish I'd added is that in Trump's first term, the Democrats should have impeached Trump for abuse of the pardon power. It was one of his most dangerous offenses, and they ignored it, which created a terrible precedent. They could impeach him for abuse of the pardon power now.
New interview! On digital surveillance, the players behind Trump's pardons, the agenda of the Epstein files, and much more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2l1...
Trump’s Coming Techno-Fascism, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
One thing I wish I'd added is that in Trump's first term, the Democrats should have impeached Trump for abuse of the pardon power. It was one of his most dangerous offenses, and they ignored it, which created a terrible precedent. They could impeach him for abuse of the pardon power now.
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NYE, 2025:
Who better to give us a message of inspiration and hope than Jane Goodall? I hope her last message gives all of you some perspective and motivation needed to look forward to 2026.
💙 CB
Who better to give us a message of inspiration and hope than Jane Goodall? I hope her last message gives all of you some perspective and motivation needed to look forward to 2026.
💙 CB
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NYE, 2025:
Who better to give us a message of inspiration and hope than Jane Goodall? I hope her last message gives all of you some perspective and motivation needed to look forward to 2026.
💙 CB
Who better to give us a message of inspiration and hope than Jane Goodall? I hope her last message gives all of you some perspective and motivation needed to look forward to 2026.
💙 CB
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"Among those calling for an investigation is... Ofcom’s founding director of standards. He told the Guardian he had 'never seen anything comparable on a UK-established domestic broadcaster'" www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Ofcom urged to investigate GB News Trump interview over inaccuracy claims
US president’s assertions climate change is ‘a hoax’ and London has police no-go areas left unchallenged, say critics
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Among those calling for an investigation is... Ofcom’s founding director of standards. He told the Guardian he had 'never seen anything comparable on a UK-established domestic broadcaster'" www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
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The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.
As anti-ICE Nativity scenes spark outrage, faith leaders grapple with politics at the pulpit | CNN
As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.
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“Judge me on what I do”, says the new chair of the EHRC.
Don’t worry – we will!
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/31/new-ehrc-chair-mary-ann-stephenson-lgbtq-transgender-groups
Don’t worry – we will!
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/31/new-ehrc-chair-mary-ann-stephenson-lgbtq-transgender-groups
Judge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups’ criticism
Mary-Ann Stephenson says she must build relationship with LGBTQ+ sector amid debate over single-sex spaces
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Judge me on what I do”, says the new chair of the EHRC.
Don’t worry – we will!
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/31/new-ehrc-chair-mary-ann-stephenson-lgbtq-transgender-groups
Don’t worry – we will!
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/31/new-ehrc-chair-mary-ann-stephenson-lgbtq-transgender-groups
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In the Epstein Files:
"Do the Russians have stuff on Trump?"
A former Treasury Secretary, former Harvard President,Larry Summers, asking Jeffrey Epstein whether Russia had kompromat on the President of the United States. Not the CIA. Not the FBI. Not former colleagues in intelligence. Epstein.
"Do the Russians have stuff on Trump?"
A former Treasury Secretary, former Harvard President,Larry Summers, asking Jeffrey Epstein whether Russia had kompromat on the President of the United States. Not the CIA. Not the FBI. Not former colleagues in intelligence. Epstein.
December 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In the Epstein Files:
"Do the Russians have stuff on Trump?"
A former Treasury Secretary, former Harvard President,Larry Summers, asking Jeffrey Epstein whether Russia had kompromat on the President of the United States. Not the CIA. Not the FBI. Not former colleagues in intelligence. Epstein.
"Do the Russians have stuff on Trump?"
A former Treasury Secretary, former Harvard President,Larry Summers, asking Jeffrey Epstein whether Russia had kompromat on the President of the United States. Not the CIA. Not the FBI. Not former colleagues in intelligence. Epstein.
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Here is the proposal of an incredibly eminent group of UK economists and tax experts for a wealth tax. It can hardly be described as unicorn or fantasy economics.
Wealth Tax Commission
Project to study whether the UK should have a wealth tax
www.ukwealth.tax
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Here is the proposal of an incredibly eminent group of UK economists and tax experts for a wealth tax. It can hardly be described as unicorn or fantasy economics.
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It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope, writes @ninalakhani.bsky.social
- The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani
I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope, writes @ninalakhani.bsky.social
- The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ludicrous for the Guardian to badge 'single sex spaces' a key test facing Starmer. It's neither a key test (polling shows it's a voting issue for almost no-one) nor a test for Starmer (it falls to judges to try and work out the disgraceful Supreme Court meant). Still, gotta stir the culture war pot.
From Send to single-sex spaces: key tests facing Keir Starmer in 2026
From Send to single-sex spaces: key tests facing Keir Starmer in 2026
Moment of maximum danger will come in May’s local and regional elections and PM is already plotting his comeback
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ludicrous for the Guardian to badge 'single sex spaces' a key test facing Starmer. It's neither a key test (polling shows it's a voting issue for almost no-one) nor a test for Starmer (it falls to judges to try and work out the disgraceful Supreme Court meant). Still, gotta stir the culture war pot.
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"If there is no boundary between real and unreal, good and evil, life and death, then nothing means anything, and we face a nihilist abyss." @marcishore.bsky.social in #IWMPost @iwm.at
www.iwm.at/publication/...
www.iwm.at/publication/...
In a Post-Truth World: The Fate of Birth, Death, and Other Boundaries
If there is no boundary between real and unreal, good and evil, life and death, then nothing means anything, and we face a nihilist abyss.
www.iwm.at
December 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"If there is no boundary between real and unreal, good and evil, life and death, then nothing means anything, and we face a nihilist abyss." @marcishore.bsky.social in #IWMPost @iwm.at
www.iwm.at/publication/...
www.iwm.at/publication/...
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Every American should be demanding answers as to why the Trump Department of Justice was monitoring a journalist investigating Jeffrey Epstein.
December 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Every American should be demanding answers as to why the Trump Department of Justice was monitoring a journalist investigating Jeffrey Epstein.
Hate 2.0
The defining ideology of Trump 2.0
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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