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On Wednesday, a federal judge in Pittsburgh blocked parts of the Justice Department’s invasive subpoena seeking personally identifiable information about those minor transgender patients at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center who are or have received gender-affirming medical care.
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
www.lawdork.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Pittsburgh blocked parts of the Justice Department’s invasive subpoena seeking personally identifiable information about those minor transgender patients at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center who are or have received gender-affirming medical care.
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Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, happy whatever you celebrate!
Celebrate the holidays with these feel good science stories.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Celebrate the holidays with these feel good science stories.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith in 2025
Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.
www.nature.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, happy whatever you celebrate!
Celebrate the holidays with these feel good science stories.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Celebrate the holidays with these feel good science stories.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Bari Weiss still says she will not run it till the government gives a response.
Meanwhile, the world has already seen it everywhere but CBS. An audience orders of magnitude above what CBS on a Sunday evening would have garnered had it simply run.
BRILLIANT. Masterful protection of Trump, Weiss.
Meanwhile, the world has already seen it everywhere but CBS. An audience orders of magnitude above what CBS on a Sunday evening would have garnered had it simply run.
BRILLIANT. Masterful protection of Trump, Weiss.
Pulled '60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Bari Weiss still says she will not run it till the government gives a response.
Meanwhile, the world has already seen it everywhere but CBS. An audience orders of magnitude above what CBS on a Sunday evening would have garnered had it simply run.
BRILLIANT. Masterful protection of Trump, Weiss.
Meanwhile, the world has already seen it everywhere but CBS. An audience orders of magnitude above what CBS on a Sunday evening would have garnered had it simply run.
BRILLIANT. Masterful protection of Trump, Weiss.
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{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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“Trump’s presidency is enabled, normalized, and protected by a wide class of political, legal, media, and economic elites who chose caution, self-interest, or fear over civic responsibility… The most conspicuous retreat came from Republicans in Congress.” open.substack.com/pub/marcfrie...
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“Trump’s presidency is enabled, normalized, and protected by a wide class of political, legal, media, and economic elites who chose caution, self-interest, or fear over civic responsibility… The most conspicuous retreat came from Republicans in Congress.” open.substack.com/pub/marcfrie...
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“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
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Another immigrant died in ICE custody, aka GEO Group private prison.
Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, a 46-year-old Eritrean imam and lawful permanent resident from Ohio, died while in U.S.
ICE custody at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania on December 14, 2025.
Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, a 46-year-old Eritrean imam and lawful permanent resident from Ohio, died while in U.S.
ICE custody at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania on December 14, 2025.
December 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Another immigrant died in ICE custody, aka GEO Group private prison.
Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, a 46-year-old Eritrean imam and lawful permanent resident from Ohio, died while in U.S.
ICE custody at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania on December 14, 2025.
Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir, a 46-year-old Eritrean imam and lawful permanent resident from Ohio, died while in U.S.
ICE custody at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania on December 14, 2025.
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Incriminating behavior in plain sight.
“There is only one woman (Ghislaine Maxwell) in the Epstein files who Donald Trump wishes well… the woman who sexually abused children herself… who trafficked children with and for Jeffrey Epstein” — Lawrence O’Donnell
Trump’s never wished the survivors well.
“There is only one woman (Ghislaine Maxwell) in the Epstein files who Donald Trump wishes well… the woman who sexually abused children herself… who trafficked children with and for Jeffrey Epstein” — Lawrence O’Donnell
Trump’s never wished the survivors well.
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Incriminating behavior in plain sight.
“There is only one woman (Ghislaine Maxwell) in the Epstein files who Donald Trump wishes well… the woman who sexually abused children herself… who trafficked children with and for Jeffrey Epstein” — Lawrence O’Donnell
Trump’s never wished the survivors well.
“There is only one woman (Ghislaine Maxwell) in the Epstein files who Donald Trump wishes well… the woman who sexually abused children herself… who trafficked children with and for Jeffrey Epstein” — Lawrence O’Donnell
Trump’s never wished the survivors well.
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“The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions ... I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat." trib.al/Hvncp7B
Jack Smith Testifies That He’d Prosecute Trump All Over Again
The former special prosecutor is standing by his prosecutions of Donald Trump.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions ... I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat." trib.al/Hvncp7B
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I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
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The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr.
Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.
See the problem?
Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.
See the problem?
December 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr.
Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.
See the problem?
Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.
See the problem?
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This is one of our favorites!
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is one of our favorites!
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Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
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US citizens are being deported
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
US citizens are being deported
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
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For your Christmas Eve viewing
America
My God
We are better than this
Narcissist
Grifter
Felon
Pedophile
Sexual Abuser
Demented Lunatic
Liar Cheat
Rascist
America
My God
We are better than this
Narcissist
Grifter
Felon
Pedophile
Sexual Abuser
Demented Lunatic
Liar Cheat
Rascist
December 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
For your Christmas Eve viewing
America
My God
We are better than this
Narcissist
Grifter
Felon
Pedophile
Sexual Abuser
Demented Lunatic
Liar Cheat
Rascist
America
My God
We are better than this
Narcissist
Grifter
Felon
Pedophile
Sexual Abuser
Demented Lunatic
Liar Cheat
Rascist
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Apparently Trump taking over the Kennedy Center has tanked the ratings for their honors ceremony, down to 2.65 million from 4.1 million the year before, their lowest ratings ever.
www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
'Smallest audience ever': Kennedy Center Honors tank on CBS after Trump takes over
"The Kennedy Center Honors" reportedly drew its lowest ratings ever after President Donald Trump announced he would host the event."According to preliminary Nielsen data, 'The Kennedy Center Honors' o...
www.rawstory.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Apparently Trump taking over the Kennedy Center has tanked the ratings for their honors ceremony, down to 2.65 million from 4.1 million the year before, their lowest ratings ever.
www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
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CBS burying the 60 Minutes CECOT story is exactly why the Ellison family shouldn’t be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
CBS burying the 60 Minutes CECOT story is exactly why the Ellison family shouldn’t be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
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The rich and powerful don’t get their wages garnished when they default on a loan. They declare bankruptcy and end up paying pennies on the dollar, if anything. Like Trump did many, many times.
December 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The rich and powerful don’t get their wages garnished when they default on a loan. They declare bankruptcy and end up paying pennies on the dollar, if anything. Like Trump did many, many times.
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In all, Dayana, a U.S. Citizen, was stopped three different times in roughly the same area of Key Largo and around the same time of day
NOV 7: Dayana is stopped, her husband, the passenger, is detained and taken by #immigration agents
NOV 15: Dayana is stopped, then let go
DEC 3: This happened 👇
NOV 7: Dayana is stopped, her husband, the passenger, is detained and taken by #immigration agents
NOV 15: Dayana is stopped, then let go
DEC 3: This happened 👇
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In all, Dayana, a U.S. Citizen, was stopped three different times in roughly the same area of Key Largo and around the same time of day
NOV 7: Dayana is stopped, her husband, the passenger, is detained and taken by #immigration agents
NOV 15: Dayana is stopped, then let go
DEC 3: This happened 👇
NOV 7: Dayana is stopped, her husband, the passenger, is detained and taken by #immigration agents
NOV 15: Dayana is stopped, then let go
DEC 3: This happened 👇