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100 years ago this month an on-duty police officer whipped out his gun in a rage and killed an unarmed man. Not only was he prosecuted for murder, he was convicted and executed bsky.app/profile/100y...
Jan. 5, 1926: Samuel Krainin goes to a Brooklyn police station to complain that an officer had drunkenly clubbed him in his glazier shop, fired a gunshot and robbed him. He picks Patrolman John Brennan out of a lineup as the culprit, and Brennan then shoots him to death.
January 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
100 years ago this month an on-duty police officer whipped out his gun in a rage and killed an unarmed man. Not only was he prosecuted for murder, he was convicted and executed bsky.app/profile/100y...
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We should be grateful that a poorly trained masked goon in combat gear shot a young woman in the face.
JD Vance: "It was a legitimate law enforcement operation. We were going door to door to try to find criminal illegal aliens and deport them from the United States ... say a prayer for that agent ... he deserves a debt of gratitude."
January 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM
We should be grateful that a poorly trained masked goon in combat gear shot a young woman in the face.
Please read this gift article
Reupping this (gift link) by 🇩🇰 MP Ida Auken: "Danish troops went on to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11. More than 50 of them died. ... Danish pilots flew missions in Libya alongside U.S. and other NATO forces. When America has called, Denmark has stepped up." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...
Opinion | I’m in Denmark’s Parliament. Here’s Why America Has Us So Stunned.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please read this gift article
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"Trump’s ham-handed effort to commandeer a beloved institution has backfired, drawing near universal condemnation. Only 18% of Americans approve of the renaming stunt."
Words & Phrases?
It will always be The Kennedy Center
contrarian.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
"Trump’s ham-handed effort to commandeer a beloved institution has backfired, drawing near universal condemnation. Only 18% of Americans approve of the renaming stunt."
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This is even easier to go after than impoundment. There’s a far more visceral reaction to, “He’s starting a shooting war for lulz,” than there is to, “He’s spending money he’s not allowed to spend.”
Congress, when the President goes hard off the rails, you have ONE JOB.
Do it this time.
Congress, when the President goes hard off the rails, you have ONE JOB.
Do it this time.
The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
This is even easier to go after than impoundment. There’s a far more visceral reaction to, “He’s starting a shooting war for lulz,” than there is to, “He’s spending money he’s not allowed to spend.”
Congress, when the President goes hard off the rails, you have ONE JOB.
Do it this time.
Congress, when the President goes hard off the rails, you have ONE JOB.
Do it this time.
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Could someone please stop him *before* he demolishes any more buildings?
Trump is eyeing another major project in the nation’s capital, planning to destroy some 13 historic buildings on the grounds of St. Elizabeths in order to expand facilities for the Department of Homeland Security.
St. Elizabeths was designated a national landmark in 1990.
St. Elizabeths was designated a national landmark in 1990.
Trump Already Knows Buildings He Wants to Take Wrecking Ball to Next
Apparently demolishing a chunk of the White House wasn’t enough for Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Could someone please stop him *before* he demolishes any more buildings?
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CBS SUNDAY MORNING's in-memoriam for 2025 is a thing of beauty.
Watch it all — and revel in its unhurried inclusiveness and narrative, editorial, and journalistic brilliance.
youtu.be/4GZNUHPAEbo?... #FilmSky
Watch it all — and revel in its unhurried inclusiveness and narrative, editorial, and journalistic brilliance.
youtu.be/4GZNUHPAEbo?... #FilmSky
"Hail and Farewell": A tribute to those we lost in 2025
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
CBS SUNDAY MORNING's in-memoriam for 2025 is a thing of beauty.
Watch it all — and revel in its unhurried inclusiveness and narrative, editorial, and journalistic brilliance.
youtu.be/4GZNUHPAEbo?... #FilmSky
Watch it all — and revel in its unhurried inclusiveness and narrative, editorial, and journalistic brilliance.
youtu.be/4GZNUHPAEbo?... #FilmSky
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NYE canceled. Hamilton pulled. Jazz packed up: Nobody Wants to Play the Trump-Kennedy Center. NOBODY.
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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NYE canceled. Hamilton pulled. Jazz packed up: Nobody Wants to Play the Trump-Kennedy Center. NOBODY.
Turns out artists don’t love performing inside an ego trip for a rapist
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NYE canceled. Hamilton pulled. Jazz packed up: Nobody Wants to Play the Trump-Kennedy Center. NOBODY.
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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The Date Machine is a bright pink and white vending machine stocked with envelopes containing curated dating experiences. Students can buy a complete date in pricing tiers ranging from $5 to $35 each.
The Date Machine is BYU-I college duo's solution to perceived challenges meeting the opposite sex
The Date Machine is a bright pink and white vending machine stocked with envelopes containing curated dating experiences. Students can buy a complete date in pricing tiers ranging from $5 to $35 each.
www.ksl.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Date Machine is a bright pink and white vending machine stocked with envelopes containing curated dating experiences. Students can buy a complete date in pricing tiers ranging from $5 to $35 each.
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My holiday miracle: The ornament that helped me forgive my sister
thatwascooladdress.blogspot.com/2018/12/when...
thatwascooladdress.blogspot.com/2018/12/when...
A recipe for happier holidays: Forgiving family members for not being how you want them to be.
That Was Cool: Small moments that made a big difference in my life.
thatwascooladdress.blogspot.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
My holiday miracle: The ornament that helped me forgive my sister
thatwascooladdress.blogspot.com/2018/12/when...
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This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
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“The expansion of the travel ban is as a political distraction, diverting attention from real homeland security concerns like human trafficking, drug smuggling and organized crime,” said Oʻahu state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, chairman of the Hawaiʻi Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee.
Expanded federal travel ban set to go into effect New Year’s Day denounced by state senator
“The expansion of the travel ban is as a political distraction, diverting attention from real homeland security concerns like human trafficking, drug smuggling and organized crime,” said Oʻahu state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, chairman of the Hawaiʻi Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee.
bigislandnow.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“The expansion of the travel ban is as a political distraction, diverting attention from real homeland security concerns like human trafficking, drug smuggling and organized crime,” said Oʻahu state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, chairman of the Hawaiʻi Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee.
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As the year comes to a close, TCM remembers the actors, filmmakers and creatives we lost this year.
Gone, but never forgotten: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
Song title and artist: "In the Western Wind and the Sunrise" by Dave Simonett and the Sunrise.
Gone, but never forgotten: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
Song title and artist: "In the Western Wind and the Sunrise" by Dave Simonett and the Sunrise.
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
As the year comes to a close, TCM remembers the actors, filmmakers and creatives we lost this year.
Gone, but never forgotten: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
Song title and artist: "In the Western Wind and the Sunrise" by Dave Simonett and the Sunrise.
Gone, but never forgotten: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
Song title and artist: "In the Western Wind and the Sunrise" by Dave Simonett and the Sunrise.
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Today is the deadline—set in LAW—for the Justice Department to release the Epstein Files.
The victims deserve justice and the public deserves transparency.
The victims deserve justice and the public deserves transparency.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Today is the deadline—set in LAW—for the Justice Department to release the Epstein Files.
The victims deserve justice and the public deserves transparency.
The victims deserve justice and the public deserves transparency.
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Today's gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today's gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
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The idea that life would be about the same for people in America right now no matter who won the 2024 election is probably the most Caucasian thing I've ever read - and this is coming from me, a guy so white you can read by me in a dark room.
Do you think Harris would have protected trans people if she'd won?
Do you think she would have handled Gaza any differently?
Do you think she would have protected immigrants?
Life for the people who didn't vote for either candidate would be roughly the same.
And I DID vote for her, by the way.
Do you think she would have handled Gaza any differently?
Do you think she would have protected immigrants?
Life for the people who didn't vote for either candidate would be roughly the same.
And I DID vote for her, by the way.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The idea that life would be about the same for people in America right now no matter who won the 2024 election is probably the most Caucasian thing I've ever read - and this is coming from me, a guy so white you can read by me in a dark room.
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Trump's not against war. He's just against war with anyone who can fight back.
December 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Trump's not against war. He's just against war with anyone who can fight back.
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How is anybody surprised by Trump’s mocking of Rob Reiner’s murder?
Trump seemed to think it was pretty funny when Nancy Pelosi’s then 82-year-old husband was beaten in the head with a hammer.
He watched TV for three hours as his supporters attacked police officers and sought to lynch his VP.
Trump seemed to think it was pretty funny when Nancy Pelosi’s then 82-year-old husband was beaten in the head with a hammer.
He watched TV for three hours as his supporters attacked police officers and sought to lynch his VP.
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
How is anybody surprised by Trump’s mocking of Rob Reiner’s murder?
Trump seemed to think it was pretty funny when Nancy Pelosi’s then 82-year-old husband was beaten in the head with a hammer.
He watched TV for three hours as his supporters attacked police officers and sought to lynch his VP.
Trump seemed to think it was pretty funny when Nancy Pelosi’s then 82-year-old husband was beaten in the head with a hammer.
He watched TV for three hours as his supporters attacked police officers and sought to lynch his VP.
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It’s beneath a 5YO
Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’
Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’
The panel on Monday's edition of Special Report on Fox News had a rare moment of unanimity in the wake of President Donald Trump's response to the killing of film director Rob Reiner and his wife.
The post Fox News Panel Unanimously Condemns Trump’s Reaction to Rob Reiner’s Killing: ‘Beneath the Office’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It’s beneath a 5YO
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“When I grew up,” says Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, " … I did not know who the Republicans and the Democrats were in my congregation, and I wish I didn’t know that now."
✍️ Adelle M. Banks
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
✍️ Adelle M. Banks
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
Two governors — an LDS Republican and a Jewish Democrat — team up in an Episcopal cathedral against political violence
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro addressed their bipartisan partnership in an effort to end political violence.
www.sltrib.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“When I grew up,” says Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, " … I did not know who the Republicans and the Democrats were in my congregation, and I wish I didn’t know that now."
✍️ Adelle M. Banks
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
✍️ Adelle M. Banks
www.sltrib.com/religion/202...
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I've said it before and I'll say it again... It will take not years, nor presidential terms... But literal generations for America to rebuild any lost trust hey squandered by electing Trump for a second term. That is if the country even cares to put in the work needed to regain that trust
December 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again... It will take not years, nor presidential terms... But literal generations for America to rebuild any lost trust hey squandered by electing Trump for a second term. That is if the country even cares to put in the work needed to regain that trust
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The Somali community in Oregon is made up of our friends and neighbors—more than 12,000 folks who make crucial contributions to the rich fabric of our state.
I will always stand with them, especially in the face of Trump’s cruelty and bigotry.
I will always stand with them, especially in the face of Trump’s cruelty and bigotry.
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Somali community in Oregon is made up of our friends and neighbors—more than 12,000 folks who make crucial contributions to the rich fabric of our state.
I will always stand with them, especially in the face of Trump’s cruelty and bigotry.
I will always stand with them, especially in the face of Trump’s cruelty and bigotry.
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