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bubbaprog.xyz
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Here's a particularly juicy nugget I found in my reporting . . .
December 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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junlper.beer
there were so many contenders for worst posts of this year, everyone lost their minds
In college, I worked at @CrackerBarrel in Tallahassee. I even gave my life to Christ in their parking lot. Their logo was iconic and their unique restaurants were a fixture of American culture. No one asked for this woke rebrand. It's time to Make Cracker Barrel Great Again
December 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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sababausa.bsky.social
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges. Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct? A Exactly. Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]? A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted]. Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here? A Yes. Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury? A Yes, it was. Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order? A Yes. Q And what did he ask for? A He asked for immunity for [redacted].
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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rincewind.run
this is why you don’t shout “WE’RE PARTISAN HACKS” at the top of your lungs, because when it comes to debunking what is probably a fake letter nobody believes a damn thing you have to say
cwarzel.bsky.social Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 20h
this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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pattonoswalt.bsky.social
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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brainnotonyet.bsky.social
If any of this is accurate

Qanon will come to be seen as one of the most prolific propaganda campaigns in history not for the reasons we already know but because it would correctly be contextualized as using conspiracy theory to inoculate their base to the grotesque brutality they had engaged in.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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edburmila.bsky.social
Circling back
December 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:

"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
letter says: J. Epstein NOVA 220 Manhattan Correctionio PMSL NYC NY 10007 NETURNTO BENPER nmas 口 INMATE NAME AND REGISTER NÚMBER ARE REQUIRED TO 口 UNATHORIZED PACKA REQUIRE AUTHOREA I EIGHING VARESS OF NO LONGER AT THIS ADDRESS. 85 BS756-970688 x 85756 hoijhhahedl-2112--225a218g7-d2-l2-/2-2118 Dear L. N As you know by now, I have taken the "Short route" home. Good ench! We shared one thing... our love i cains fo yue hage ladies auf' Thad read thais foll Om president allo shares on love o young, nubile girl. When a young beauty walked by loved to grab snatch, Whereas we ended up snatching grub in The mess halls o the sxem "Life is unfai Your Г. Epstein
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Mockler: My entire life, Republicans have been targeting minority group after minority group. Conservatives have been getting rich and gaining power off of this, but the second that certain Maga commentators are now the subject of this exact type of bigotry, they have a moral clarity about it.
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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jtimmer.bsky.social
I am still shocked by the degree that casual racism has been completely normalized in the US. I shouldn't be after the last 10 years, yet I am.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Fine: "I'm talking to my colleagues about whether we want these fake Somali refugees - who come to our country, add no value, suck our resources, defraud our govt - whether we actually want them here. I don't think Ilhan Omar shouldn't be a member of Congress - I think she shouldn't be an American"
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
When the 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson asked why “we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes,” he was identifying no mere contradiction, but liberty as it was imagined by men who owned other human beings as property. Slaveholders such as John Calhoun saw slavery as inseparable from their own freedom, and they worried that the false doctrine of abolitionism would eliminate that freedom away. “Already it has taken possession of the pulpit, of the schools, and, to a considerable extent, of the press; those great instruments by which the mind of the rising generation will be formed,” Calhoun said. (It seems the “woke mind virus” was telling lies about the great and benevolent institution of American slavery as far back as two centuries ago.) Defending slavery, however, required invasive uses of power, such as banning antislavery literature and returning escaped Black people to bondage. Many white Americans in the 19th century began to understand that the “Slave Power” curtailed their freedoms as well. And this is what many people forget: Systems of domination rarely spread their blessings widely. The Redemption-era revocation of Black freedoms didn’t result in prosperity for white people writ large, but a Gilded Age in which the upper classes gained unfathomable wealth and economic crises left millions destitute. The nation may have held on to white supremacy, but it also got low wages, a threadbare welfare state, and a society dominated by the rich. Everyone else was too divided by race and class to challenge them.
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
Republicans are literally putting criminal men into women’s bathrooms
davidjbier.bsky.social David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
This level of extreme wealth is simply incompatible with democracy. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Larry Ellison gives personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
WBD had urged shareholders to reject $108.4bn hostile takeover bid from Paramount, which is controlled by the Ellisons, following $82.7bn Netflix deal
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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jael.bsky.social
Breaking news: Trump is citing “national security” to halt all active work on offshore wind projects

Five giant energy projects, countless jobs at risk

My story explains how the argument has legal weaknesses and comes from an anti-wind policy doc I reported in January
Trump Uses ‘National Security’ To Freeze Offshore Wind Work
The administration has already lost once in court wielding the same argument against Revolution Wind.
heatmap.news
December 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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dropsitenews.com
▶️ NEW: Israeli PM Netanyahu, who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes, invited US Senator Lindsey Graham to Jerusalem this weekend to deliver an unambiguous case for military escalation across Gaza, Iran & Lebanon — pressing maximalist Israeli positions that cut directly against President Trump’s...
▶️ NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, invited U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to Jerusalem this weekend to deliver an unambiguous case for military escalation across Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon — pressing maximalist Israeli positions that cut directly against President Trump’s efforts to secure peace and stabilize the region. The remarks come as Trump weighs competing paths ahead of a planned December 29 meeting with Netanyahu. Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan has warned of a “huge risk” that Trump’s Gaza peace could collapse without a “substantial” intervention with Netanyahu. But, after meetings with Israel’s prime minister, foreign minister, and defense minister, as well as senior IDF and Israeli intelligence officials and U.S. military leaders, Graham told reporters the following: ⸻ 🔴 On Gaza and Hamas “disarmament” “Hamas is not disarming. They’re rearming. They’re not interested in giving up power. They’re consolidating power.” “Phase two is an aspiration that cannot be achieved, in my view.” “Ninety days after the ceasefire, Hamas is stronger, not weaker.” “You cannot have a good outcome in Gaza with Hamas still armed. I don’t believe you can develop a part of Gaza if Hamas controls the other part.” “We need a plan quickly. Put Hamas on a time clock to disarm. If they don’t disarm, I would encourage President Trump to unleash Israel to finish off Hamas.” “It would be a long, brutal war, but necessary.” “There will never be peace in this region until Hamas is finished off militarily and politically.” ⸻ 🔴 On Iran “Iran is up to no good.” “We obliterated the Iranian nuclear facilities. We did not obliterate Iran’s desire to have a nuclear weapon.” “The regime hasn’t changed at all. They still want to destroy Israel and consider America the Great Satan.” “If there’s credible evidence they’re going back into the enrichment business at other sites, or rebuilding ballistic missiles that could threaten Israel or Europe, we should hit them before they can do that.” “Appeasement does not lead to peace.” “The only language radical Islam understands is force.” Later, when asked if Israel should strike Iran again: “Hit them as hard as you can, as often as you can. Make sure they can’t develop a nuclear weapon.” “If you see an effort to regenerate the enrichment program, hit it.” “If you see an effort to build more ballistic missiles … hit it NOW.” ⸻ 🔴 On Lebanon and Hezbollah “The trend lines in Lebanon are, quite frankly, optimistic.” “The Lebanese government has decided to call for Hezbollah to disarm.” “If Hezbollah gave up their heavy weapons, that would be a godsend for Lebanon and the region.” “If Hezbollah refuses, we should engage in military operations with Israel and the United States to achieve that goal.” “Hezbollah either gives up their heavy weapons voluntarily, or we come up with a military campaign to take them out.” “Once Hamas and Hezbollah are off the table, two proxies of Iran, the likelihood of a Saudi-Israel deal goes up dramatically.” ⸻ 🔴 On Turkey and a Gaza ‘stabilizing force’ “The idea that Turkey would be part of a stabilizing force would rock Israel to its core.” “There is no political support anywhere in Israel for Turkey being involved.” “Turkey’s comments against Israel are beyond the pale.” “If anybody thinks Turkey should be involved on the ground in Gaza, you would create a massive political crisis inside Israel.” ⸻ 🔴 On Israel, international criticism, and October 7 “Israel is not the problem. Hamas is the problem. Hezbollah is the problem. Iran is the problem.” “If anybody thinks Turkey should be involved on the ground in Gaza, you would create a massive political crisis inside Israel.” ⸻ 🔴 On Israel, international criticism, and October 7 “Israel is not the problem. Hamas is the problem. Hezbollah is the problem. Iran is the problem.” “This is a war of television. You’re winning on the ground, but you’re losing in the air.” “The war aims are not genocide.” “October 7 was designed to stop normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.” “If after October 7 Hamas is still standing, that would be the biggest mistake ever.” “You can’t rewrite history, but you can learn from it.”
December 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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nickkristof.bsky.social
Gaza of course dominates coverage of Israel/Palestine. But as this excellent @nytimes.com piece reports, extremist Israeli settlers backed by the Israeli government and the IDF are systematically stealing Palestinian land and brutalizing Palestinian farmers: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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johnathanperk.bsky.social
Please Google “sundown towns” if you are somehow unfamiliar.
Expect more of these terrifying communities to become all the more dangerous for Black Americans, as Project 2025 policy implementation continues.

No coming back from this. The process is already 50% complete:
project2025.observer/en
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
There's a lot of focus on how the dripping antisemitism on the right has created a useful rupture in various parts of Trump's support, and that's true.

But I really worry that EVEN those on the less hateful side of that split are ignoring how dangerous some of these terrorists are.
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Dear enemies of the United States: to defeat the most powerful military in the world, just set up some windmills. Apparently Pete Hegseth is totally flummoxed by them.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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returnstosender.bsky.social
Bari Weiss had been working assiduously over the years to meet this moment in exactly the way she just did. Shame on every idiot, useful and not, who tried to push this obvious charlatan as some free speech warrior on those of us who always knew. (Cartoon by @elivalley.bsky.social who always knew.)
Cartoon of Bari Weiss by Eli Valley
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
New from 404 Media: Flock exposed some of its AI-powered cameras to the internet. We know because we tracked ourselves with them. These cameras zoom in on passersby, sometimes so close we could read a random person's phone screen. Required no login to view cameras
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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dave.bzky.team
A lane is a lane. There are no good highway expansions.
mateosfo.bsky.social Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 2d
California taxpayers gave $750 million to Caltrans to build a carpool lane on 101 to "alleviate traffic."

But drivers screamed and cried because they want the lane for single-occupancy vehicles.

So, Caltrans is giving it to them.

Caltrans is trash. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Highway 101 carpool hours to change following commuter uproar
Pummeled by complaints from North Bay drivers, state and regional transportation officials say they will reduce the carpool lane hours on a recently overhauled stretch of Highway 101.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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petesikora.bsky.social
For those of you clinging to the idea that Kathryn Garcia is a behind-the-scenes genius, here’s another massive screw up. It’s the governor’s doing ofc, but Garcia is part of the admin that’s in the tank for gas interests. Hopefully she does less damage at the port authority.
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM