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Oregon Duck in Portland
Digital yule log. About as comforting as 2025 gets.
youtu.be/iaQBQp5tgcw #PsakiBriefing #LastWord
Relaxing Crackling Fireplace 4K ~ Holiday Yule Log Christmas Ambience (No Music)
YouTube video by Relax with TV Backgrounds
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December 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Lobbyists close to Trump say their going rate to advocate for a pardon is $1 million

www.wsj.com/politics/pol... #PsakiBriefing
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Chris mentioned the 2017 Women's March in #Portland the day after TACO's inauguration. After eight years of Obama, Portland had been fairly content; TACO lit a fire under the city that's still burning. Proud of my town.

youtu.be/XdOUaGiJnsY #Inners
Drone video captures Portland’s Women’s March
YouTube video by The Oregonian
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December 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
HHS abruptly cut nearly $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics that include screening the hearing of newborns and educating new parents on safe newborn sleeping in retaliation for criticizing policies of RFK Jr.

wapo.st/3N2TBoV #TheWeeknight #Inners
National pediatrics association sues, claiming HHS grant cuts were retaliatory
The American Academy of Pediatrics says nearly $12 million in grants cuts were made because it criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies.
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December 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Per KPTV Mark Nelson: #PORTLAND WINDSTORM CANCELLED - Either we get a windstorm for 3 hours Wednesday morning/midday, or models suddenly pull back. That happened yesterday evening and overnight. Yep, this will likely be a NOTHING event.
www.kptv.com/2025/12/24/t...
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Galactic Brain TACO using reverse psychology to win next year's Peace Prize. #MSNOW #DeadlineWH
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | U.S. Moves Troops and Additional Special- Operations Aircraft Into Caribbean
The deployment is the latest by the Trump administration to ratchet up the pressure on the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
www.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Had to watch during the #Maddow A-block. CECOT is the obviously the hellhole as described.
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
THEY KILL BIRDS, THOSE POOR BIRDS! AND THE NOISE! THE NOISE GIVES YOU EAR CANCER!!

www.wsj.com/business/ene... #DeadlineWH #TheBeat
Trump Administration Halts All Offshore Wind Projects
The Interior Department cited “national security risks” as it paused federal leases for five projects in the works from Massachusetts to Virginia.
www.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Doubt if Bari Weiss faces any repercussions for making TACO the Managing Editor for 60 Minutes, but Sharyn Alfonsi might, and should be offered a better job at a more reputable journalistic outlet.
apnews.com/article/60-m... 
'60 Minutes' pulls story about Trump deportations from its lineup #MSNOW
'60 Minutes' pulls story about Trump deportations from its lineup
Hours before airtime on Sunday, CBS News' “60 Minutes” held a planned story on President Donald Trump's deportation policy at the order of the network's new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Spent the weekend clearing my desk for a long family holiday, and wake up with this abrupt reminder the US president is (still) an enormous greasy pig.
#MSNOW #DeadlineWH
December 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yep, Oregon's winning… #GoDucks
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Room for Dem optimism in a generic House poll from well-regarded AtlasIntel for 2026 midterm elections. Sample size: 2,315 adults; +/- 2% MOE.

www.atlasintel.org/poll/usa-nat... #PsakiBriefing #Lastword
December 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
TACO's big vision planned for the Gaza Strip, but plan "does not go into details about which countries or companies would fund Gaza’s rebuilding. Nor does it specify where precisely the 2 million displaced Palestinians would live during reconstruction."

www.wsj.com/world/middle... #DeadlineWH
Exclusive | U.S. Pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis
The Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff drafted blueprint could see the U.S. commit to roughly 20% of some reconstruction costs over 10 years.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Is it just me or doesn't TACO's name already look cheap and anemic on the Kennedy Center wall? #DeadlineWH

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
So Team Trump is stalling. It's always been their favorite and most effective tactic. Nobody should be surprised. #DeadlineWH
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Looking forward to the Department of Trump Erasure in the next administration. Going to create a lot of removal and demolition jobs. We owe it to the world. #MSNOW #DeadlineWH
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Text of the "Epstein Files Transparency Act"
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c... #MSNOW #DeadlineWH
www.congress.gov
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Trump’s earlier estimates for the ballroom began at $200 million when it was announced in July, rose to $250 million in September and then to $300 million in October."

That puts ballroom #inflation at 100% since July!

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... #MSNOW #DeadlineWH
Trump says projected White House ballroom cost doubled to $400 million
Trump said the projected cost of his White House ballroom has risen to $400 million, double the initial estimate in July of $200 million.
www.usatoday.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Officials weren’t able to collect prices in the field during the long government shutdown that lasted until Nov. 12, and there was no October CPI report."

In summary: TACO's new-and-degraded BLS reports Black Friday prices have lowered inflation.

www.wsj.com/economy/cons... #MSNOW #DeadlineWH
Inflation Eased to 2.7% in Report Distorted by Government Shutdown
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier, according to a delayed government report, slowing from 3% in September.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The new GOP creed: ALWAYS BE GRIFTING
#MSNOW #DeadlineWH
The Department of Homeland Security fast-tracked a contract worth almost $1 billion to a company led by a donor to a pro-Trump nonprofit group where one of the officials overseeing the deal previously worked, according to records reviewed by The Post.
DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company
A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor’s CEO was a donor.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
TACO abusing his position again, threatening to shut down a renown climate research lab in Colorado for keeping a MAGAt in prison.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... #PsakiBriefing #LastWord
The Last MAGA Prisoner
Trump desperately wants Tina Peters released but can’t make it happen without help.
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Even in the deep red south, big chunks of congressional districts are covered on ACA plans. Going to be some sweaty reps in DC this week.

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December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
When "All in the Family" started, my mom wouldn't let us watch it because her Catholic friends wouldn't watch it (don't know why; I was barely ten). Eventually we could watch, and that was my introduction to stereotypical political stances. Didn't know it would get so much worse. #Inners
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM