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🏛️ A MAGA-fied Supreme Court
Our highest court might be about to turn American democracy upside down, Republicans release a laughably shambolic healthcare plan, and Bari Weiss crowns the next 'mediocre' star of CBS News.
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"This term, the Court is in the process of hearing a slate of cases that would, in any normal, sane, functioning democracy, be treated like the constitutional equivalent of a five-alarm fire."
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by Garrett B. Matty
"Most dystopias don’t start with tanks. They start when people get used to things they’d never accept anywhere else, then shrug and call it normal."
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"Most dystopias don’t start with tanks. They start when people get used to things they’d never accept anywhere else, then shrug and call it normal."
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How Dystopia Becomes Normal
Dystopia didn’t sneak up on us. We watched it become normal.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
by Garrett B. Matty
"Most dystopias don’t start with tanks. They start when people get used to things they’d never accept anywhere else, then shrug and call it normal."
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"Most dystopias don’t start with tanks. They start when people get used to things they’d never accept anywhere else, then shrug and call it normal."
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"Then there’s the fact Amazon owns One Medical, a large primary care provider that previously warned investors that Medicare for All could harm its business."
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As Millions Lose Health Insurance, the Washington Post Misleads About Medicare for All
The Post editorial board also didn’t mention owner Jeff Bezos has a major stake in the US healthcare debate.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Then there’s the fact Amazon owns One Medical, a large primary care provider that previously warned investors that Medicare for All could harm its business."
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#OnBendedKnee If this doesn't scare you, NOTHING will!
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by Nick Turse
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
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by Nick Turse
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
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U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
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December 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#OnBendedKnee If this doesn't scare you, NOTHING will!
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by Nick Turse
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
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by Nick Turse
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
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"Per the report, "visitors have filled the guestbook with objections" since the plaques came down earlier this year at the visitor center for the American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands."
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Visitors revolt as Trump removes black veteran honors from cemetery
Visitors to an American military cemetery in the Netherlands are pushing back following the removal of plaques honoring Black veterans of World War II, according to an NBC News report, seemingly done ...
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December 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"Per the report, "visitors have filled the guestbook with objections" since the plaques came down earlier this year at the visitor center for the American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands."
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“An old political poison is growing on the new right, led by podcasters and internet opportunists who are preoccupied with the Jews,” the conservative editorial board of The Wall Street Journal wrote...
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December 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“An old political poison is growing on the new right, led by podcasters and internet opportunists who are preoccupied with the Jews,” the conservative editorial board of The Wall Street Journal wrote...
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"When the administration didn’t respond, Weiss killed the story.
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story,” she wrote, “we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
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“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story,” she wrote, “we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
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From Franco’s Spain to Trump’s America: When Journalists Kill Their Own Stories
Trump targets even the BBC over content Americans couldn’t watch
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December 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"When the administration didn’t respond, Weiss killed the story.
“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story,” she wrote, “we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
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“If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story,” she wrote, “we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
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"2025 didn’t feel like the collapse of democracy. It felt like a dress rehearsal...."
"2025 was the year America went into costume and refused to take it off....
"And still, the costumes changed, and the cruelty remained..."
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"2025 was the year America went into costume and refused to take it off....
"And still, the costumes changed, and the cruelty remained..."
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America Spent 2025 Playing Dress-Up
An end-of-year review of a nation trying on too many costumes.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"2025 didn’t feel like the collapse of democracy. It felt like a dress rehearsal...."
"2025 was the year America went into costume and refused to take it off....
"And still, the costumes changed, and the cruelty remained..."
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"2025 was the year America went into costume and refused to take it off....
"And still, the costumes changed, and the cruelty remained..."
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"Of course, authoritarians don't like to be laughed at," Prof Bogad says. This kind of symbolism works because "without even giving a speech, you are undermining by the authoritarian script".
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How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol
The frog has become a frequent symbol at protests against the Trump administration.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"Of course, authoritarians don't like to be laughed at," Prof Bogad says. This kind of symbolism works because "without even giving a speech, you are undermining by the authoritarian script".
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by Michael Cohen
They called it hysteria. They called it fearmongering. Now half of Project 2025 is embedded in government, proving the warning wasn’t loud enough.
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They called it hysteria. They called it fearmongering. Now half of Project 2025 is embedded in government, proving the warning wasn’t loud enough.
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Halfway To Autocracy
They called it hysteria. They called it fearmongering. Now half of Project 2025 is embedded in government, proving the warning wasn’t loud enough.
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December 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
by Michael Cohen
They called it hysteria. They called it fearmongering. Now half of Project 2025 is embedded in government, proving the warning wasn’t loud enough.
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They called it hysteria. They called it fearmongering. Now half of Project 2025 is embedded in government, proving the warning wasn’t loud enough.
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The #FatFuhrer vs a DEMOCRAT Zohran Mamdani!
December 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The #FatFuhrer vs a DEMOCRAT Zohran Mamdani!
Bye-bye CBS (AKA Conservative Broadcasting System). It was fun while it lasted.😢
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The real story behind the ‘60 Minutes’ censorship debacle
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The real story behind the ‘60 Minutes’ censorship debacle
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Bari Weiss Makes ‘60 Minutes’ Run Cover for Trump Admin.
The real story behind the ‘60 Minutes’ censorship debacle
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December 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Bye-bye CBS (AKA Conservative Broadcasting System). It was fun while it lasted.😢
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The real story behind the ‘60 Minutes’ censorship debacle
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The real story behind the ‘60 Minutes’ censorship debacle
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by Michael Cohen
"...no amount of redaction can disguise a Justice Department that knows exactly what it’s hiding and is praying that accountability never reads past the blackout ink." ...
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"...no amount of redaction can disguise a Justice Department that knows exactly what it’s hiding and is praying that accountability never reads past the blackout ink." ...
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The Invisible Ten Co-Conspirators
Ten possible co-conspirators sit buried beneath DOJ redactions, protected not by innocence but by silence, delay, and a Justice Department terrified of naming names.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
by Michael Cohen
"...no amount of redaction can disguise a Justice Department that knows exactly what it’s hiding and is praying that accountability never reads past the blackout ink." ...
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"...no amount of redaction can disguise a Justice Department that knows exactly what it’s hiding and is praying that accountability never reads past the blackout ink." ...
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1/ "All of this represents an innovation in the autocrat-oligarch relationship. Oligarchs normally operate outside government, buying up media or financial properties that they can leverage in service of the autocrat....
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DOGE's Real Purpose Has Nothing to Do with Efficiency
Assessing the damage from DOGE and the way it represents an authoritarian innovation
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December 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
1/ "All of this represents an innovation in the autocrat-oligarch relationship. Oligarchs normally operate outside government, buying up media or financial properties that they can leverage in service of the autocrat....
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The removal...without known cause sends a “dangerous message” and “tells our allies that America’s commitments may shift with the political winds...” loyalty to country is no longer enough — experience and oath to the Constitution take a backseat to political loyalty.”
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Opinion | Why Trump's mass recall of ambassadors is even worse than it sounds
Trump is breaking precedent in the way he's gutting institutional knowledge.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The removal...without known cause sends a “dangerous message” and “tells our allies that America’s commitments may shift with the political winds...” loyalty to country is no longer enough — experience and oath to the Constitution take a backseat to political loyalty.”
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If you don't think so, read this book!
WITHOUT PRECEDENT:
How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. ~ Lisa Graves, Sept. 2025
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WITHOUT PRECEDENT:
How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. ~ Lisa Graves, Sept. 2025
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This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
If you don't think so, read this book!
WITHOUT PRECEDENT:
How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. ~ Lisa Graves, Sept. 2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
WITHOUT PRECEDENT:
How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights. ~ Lisa Graves, Sept. 2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Records show ICE has already paid BI $1.6 million, with the potential for the contract to grow to as much as $121 million by the time it concludes in 2027.
Neither BI Incorporated nor GEO Group immediately responded to a request for comment.
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Neither BI Incorporated nor GEO Group immediately responded to a request for comment.
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ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Records show ICE has already paid BI $1.6 million, with the potential for the contract to grow to as much as $121 million by the time it concludes in 2027.
Neither BI Incorporated nor GEO Group immediately responded to a request for comment.
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Neither BI Incorporated nor GEO Group immediately responded to a request for comment.
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by MICHAEL COHEN
"This process has been dragging on for more than nine months. Congress passed a law mandating the release. Trump signed it. A deadline was finally set. Friday came. And instead of disclosure, we got performance art masquerading as transparency."
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"This process has been dragging on for more than nine months. Congress passed a law mandating the release. Trump signed it. A deadline was finally set. Friday came. And instead of disclosure, we got performance art masquerading as transparency."
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Fifty Shades of Black Marker
The files were due, the law was clear, but truth arrived censored, delayed, and carefully curated to spare those who mattered most.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
by MICHAEL COHEN
"This process has been dragging on for more than nine months. Congress passed a law mandating the release. Trump signed it. A deadline was finally set. Friday came. And instead of disclosure, we got performance art masquerading as transparency."
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"This process has been dragging on for more than nine months. Congress passed a law mandating the release. Trump signed it. A deadline was finally set. Friday came. And instead of disclosure, we got performance art masquerading as transparency."
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THIS is the "secret" to the GOP's success. Relying on the gullibility of their "poorly educated" CULT! And they've been doing it for decades.
December 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
THIS is the "secret" to the GOP's success. Relying on the gullibility of their "poorly educated" CULT! And they've been doing it for decades.
