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The $8,000 Potter stole from George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life is equivalent to about $133,000 today.
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The $8,000 Potter stole from George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life is equivalent to about $133,000 today.
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The year’s most worthy laurels and most dreadful darts, from your departing columnist. @bgrueskin.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Auf Wiedersehen: Reflections from your departing columnist.
The year's most worthy laurels and most dreadful darts, from your departing columnist.
www.cjr.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The year’s most worthy laurels and most dreadful darts, from your departing columnist. @bgrueskin.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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New in PN: The regime's new Epstein coverup will backfire
"Trump believes stonewalling will protect him from damage. But he’s a fool. He *has* sustained substantial damage and more is coming. It's not justice. It will, though, weaken a regime of fascists. And while that’s not enough, it matters."
"Trump believes stonewalling will protect him from damage. But he’s a fool. He *has* sustained substantial damage and more is coming. It's not justice. It will, though, weaken a regime of fascists. And while that’s not enough, it matters."
The regime's new Epstein coverup will backfire
They're buying time but not fooling anyone.
www.publicnotice.co
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New in PN: The regime's new Epstein coverup will backfire
"Trump believes stonewalling will protect him from damage. But he’s a fool. He *has* sustained substantial damage and more is coming. It's not justice. It will, though, weaken a regime of fascists. And while that’s not enough, it matters."
"Trump believes stonewalling will protect him from damage. But he’s a fool. He *has* sustained substantial damage and more is coming. It's not justice. It will, though, weaken a regime of fascists. And while that’s not enough, it matters."
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I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that lat...
www.thecrimson.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
“Her political career is done at 41.” Let’s hope so.
Stefanik was a young bright moderate hotshot who gave up her reputation to back Trump.
-Trumped named her for UN ambassador and then pulled her.
-Trumped pushed her to run for Gov then wouldn’t endorse.
-Her political career is done at 41.
-Trumped named her for UN ambassador and then pulled her.
-Trumped pushed her to run for Gov then wouldn’t endorse.
-Her political career is done at 41.
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“Her political career is done at 41.” Let’s hope so.
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
Worth the read. My family followed the same path from Eastern Europe about 10 years earlier than Miller’s. It’s so sad and angering that he has chosen to both ignore his own history and how immigration has strengthened our country so much.
Looks like Gregory Bovino's ancestors, or people like them, were also hit with the same kind of bigotry that Stephen Miller and Trump are now leveling at today's immigrants. People like Miller's ancestors were as well.
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Worth the read. My family followed the same path from Eastern Europe about 10 years earlier than Miller’s. It’s so sad and angering that he has chosen to both ignore his own history and how immigration has strengthened our country so much.
Excellent point. Very disappointing move by Pritzker.
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Excellent point. Very disappointing move by Pritzker.
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Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
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And the students are doing this while the murderer is on the loose, and their friends and neighbors have been ordered not to leave their rooms or homes.
Even the local hospital is on lockdown right now.
bsky.app/profile/bgru...
Even the local hospital is on lockdown right now.
bsky.app/profile/bgru...
Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
And the students are doing this while the murderer is on the loose, and their friends and neighbors have been ordered not to leave their rooms or homes.
Even the local hospital is on lockdown right now.
bsky.app/profile/bgru...
Even the local hospital is on lockdown right now.
bsky.app/profile/bgru...
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Should @nytimes.com edit headlines/make substantial rewrites w/o informing readers?
Should they document edits?
Here’s an egregious example of a post-publication rewrite + our analysis.
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
Should they document edits?
Here’s an egregious example of a post-publication rewrite + our analysis.
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
The New York Times Spread Dangerous Health Disinformation, Erased It, Hopes You Don’t Notice
The New York Times aided the MAGA, anti-science FDA in its mission to undermine the public’s trust in life saving vaccines. Another example of editorial decisions undermining trust in the Grey Lady.
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Should @nytimes.com edit headlines/make substantial rewrites w/o informing readers?
Should they document edits?
Here’s an egregious example of a post-publication rewrite + our analysis.
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
Should they document edits?
Here’s an egregious example of a post-publication rewrite + our analysis.
mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...
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Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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'Heather Cox Richardson Stole My Wife' Is Feel-Good Hit Of The Holiday Season!
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evanhurst.substack.com/p/heather-co...
'Heather Cox Richardson Stole My Wife' Is Feel-Good Hit Of The Holiday Season!
Strap in, you're about to laugh A LOT.
evanhurst.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
'Heather Cox Richardson Stole My Wife' Is Feel-Good Hit Of The Holiday Season!
evanhurst.substack.com/p/heather-co...
evanhurst.substack.com/p/heather-co...
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
Judge Orders Abrego Garcia's Immediate Release from Immigration Custody
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
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“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
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Abraham Lincoln said that an “electric cord” connects all our waves of immigrant generations to the founding principles of human equality and republican government. Commitment to these principles, not blood and soil, makes people Americans. www.uvu.edu/ccs/docs/lin...
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Abraham Lincoln said that an “electric cord” connects all our waves of immigrant generations to the founding principles of human equality and republican government. Commitment to these principles, not blood and soil, makes people Americans. www.uvu.edu/ccs/docs/lin...
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After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
After World War II, 3 German U-boat crewmen were sentenced to death for machine-gunning Allied sailors who were clinging to life rafts after their boat was sunk.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
It's long been known in the military that this is a war crime. Pete Hegseth must be fired and prosecuted.
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Voted yes on RFK Jr when he could have voted no.
Continues to hedge, when he could act.
Continues to hedge, when he could act.
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Voted yes on RFK Jr when he could have voted no.
Continues to hedge, when he could act.
Continues to hedge, when he could act.
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In a recent interview w/ Tara Palmeri, George Santos baselessly accused a female investigative reporter of serious misconduct.
Palmeri didn’t push back then, and won’t remove Santos’ claims now.
Says the accused reporter: “It’s deeply unethical.”
My latest / CJR
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Palmeri didn’t push back then, and won’t remove Santos’ claims now.
Says the accused reporter: “It’s deeply unethical.”
My latest / CJR
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Laurels and Darts: Big dogs finally hunt.
The big dogs go hunting. Plus, Santos suckers another; Keystone State gratification.
www.cjr.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In a recent interview w/ Tara Palmeri, George Santos baselessly accused a female investigative reporter of serious misconduct.
Palmeri didn’t push back then, and won’t remove Santos’ claims now.
Says the accused reporter: “It’s deeply unethical.”
My latest / CJR
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Palmeri didn’t push back then, and won’t remove Santos’ claims now.
Says the accused reporter: “It’s deeply unethical.”
My latest / CJR
www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unless proven otherwise, every Republican in Congress supports this image:
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Up is down. (And: this is monstrous.)
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Up is down. (And: this is monstrous.)
And now I have to go to the hospital!
On the other hand, this is pretty f'ing delicious.
"What I wanted was to mother him even as mothering him would keep me from ever knowing the man forged from that boy’s pain." 🥴
"What I wanted was to mother him even as mothering him would keep me from ever knowing the man forged from that boy’s pain." 🥴
Sentences From American Canto That Sent Me To The Hospital
I reviewed Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto for Slate. There's far less RFK Jr. in it than you'd expect.
scaachi.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
And now I have to go to the hospital!
I feel about 10,000 times better because of this!
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers https://theonion.com/trump-announces-5000-increase-in-all-numbers/
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I feel about 10,000 times better because of this!
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Ms. Rachel, the extremely popular children's YouTube host, is not an antisemite. She loves kids. She has dedicated her life to children. She doesn't like seeing children murdered, maimed, and starved in Gaza or anywhere else. Slandering her as an antisemite over that is pathetic.
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ms. Rachel, the extremely popular children's YouTube host, is not an antisemite. She loves kids. She has dedicated her life to children. She doesn't like seeing children murdered, maimed, and starved in Gaza or anywhere else. Slandering her as an antisemite over that is pathetic.
NY Times yesterday: "In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions." Subhead: "President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking." What campaign?
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
NY Times yesterday: "In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions." Subhead: "President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking." What campaign?