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Trump DOJ Blows It and Misses Deadline

December 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM

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Trump DOJ Blows It and Misses Deadline
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500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025 - Pt. 2

December 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM

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500 Worst Things Trump Did in 2025 - Pt. 2
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'It's insane': Expert makes stunning claim about Trump's chat with Zelenskyy

December 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM

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'It's insane': Expert makes stunning claim about Trump's chat with Zelenskyy

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A military expert revealed on Sunday that President Donald Trump is taking an "insane" approach to ending the war in Ukraine. Trump held another round of peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Sunday Afternoon News Updates - 12/28/25

December 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM

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Sunday Afternoon News Updates - 12/28/25
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'Sheer idiocy': Experts pounce on Stephen Miller's comments about history's 'brown people'

December 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM

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'Sheer idiocy': Experts pounce on Stephen Miller's comments about history's 'brown people'

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White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller came under fire over the weekend for purported racism hidden in comments he made about inventions in history.Stephen Miller said, "Someone s...

Legal experts warns 'disingenuous' Supreme Court tactic is 'producing permanent effects'

December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM

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Legal experts warns 'disingenuous' Supreme Court tactic is 'producing permanent effects'

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Georgetown University law professor Stephen Vladeck sounded the alarm this weekend over the Supreme Court and its increasing use of what legal scholars have dubbed the “shadow docket,” a process by wh...

'They started yelling': Insider says aides 'had to stop Trump' from leaking secret order

December 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM

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'They started yelling': Insider says aides 'had to stop Trump' from leaking secret order

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He has Dementia.

There was a highly charged confrontation at the White House that resulted in Donald Trump overriding Mike Johnson and others on the religious right, and after that the president had to be stopped by a...

These numbers show Americans don't want Trump's policies and will soon reduce his power

December 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM

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These numbers show Americans don't want Trump's policies and will soon reduce his power

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No doubt you aware of the great political chasm that divides the American people into two warring ideological camps. In reality, it doesn’t exist.In truth, the majority of Americans share similar opin...

December 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM

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Cartoon: A very official government proceeding

A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

December 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM

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Caturday Pootie Diary: Holiday purgatory

I woke to the sound of rain beating against my window. I sighed and rolled onto my back. I generally love rain, but lately it’s been a little much. Freddie climbed onto my chest and settled down, ...

December 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM

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Cartoon: The conflagration

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December 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM

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Cartoon: Oligarchically correct

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December 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM

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Cartoon: Who could have seen this coming?

A cartoon by Jack Ohman.

December 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM

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Cartoon: The mad king's court

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December 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM

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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The banal face of fascism

Jonathan Lemire/ The Atlantic: Trump Is Suddenly Looking a Lot Smaller The president is no longer dominating his party or the ...

December 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM

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Cartoon: Only liberals do that!

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December 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM

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Bankruptcies escalate as American companies try to navigate Trump's tariffs and inflation

A new golden age of American greatness is not yet upon us. Trump promised that tariffs would create manufacturing jobs. And that his price-reduction plan would slash costs for everyone on day one. It ...

December 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM

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Cartoon: Trump takes a swing

A cartoon by Pedro Molina.

December 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM

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The Norwegian-American Thorstein Veblen wrote a book back in 1899 called “The Theory of the Leisure Class,” a mixture of economics and sociology and philosophy. He coined the phrases ‘the productive c...

Donald Ozymandias Trump

December 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM

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Merry Christmas F*ck Trump

How do you drive Trumpers to absolute distraction? It’s not hard. All you have to do is saying something, practically anything, disparaging Trump and they totally lose it. This Xwitter post has 3.2 mi...

December 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM

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Cartoon: Trump's stair incident

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📢 Trump’s Gas Agenda Is Driving Up Our Energy Bills

December 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM

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A brown bunny is sitting in front of a piano, looking at sheet music.

December 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM

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📢 Trump’s Gas Agenda Is Driving Up Our Energy Bills
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Good news for the holidays—stories of kindness, courage, and community. Joy as resistance, hope as action, and people power shining bright.

They called it hysteria. They called it fearmongering. Now half of Project 2025 is embedded in government, proving the warning wasn’t loud enough.

December 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM

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Halfway To Autocracy
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Halfway To Autocracy