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Stay informed in this season riddled with misinformation.
In 2025, federal vaccine policymaking abandoned accurate, credible data – an erosion that threatens public health.
December 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I stumbled upon these books by accident mainly because I liked the narrator’s voice on the Libby app (Justine Eyre). What I found was a delightful series about the logical men’s society and the dangerous women they encounter in these tales told by Cathy Maxwell. Just be sure to read them in order!
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another gripping novel by @tkingfisher.com that will have you standing up and cheering for the protagonist, who is way overdue for a break in life. And for the people around her, who show her the true meaning of family. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Swiftie Dads doin’ their thing🥲
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Kids - Santa does not & would never hurt anyone.
This video by Kristi Noem is not nice. It is fake and that's not the real Santa at all.
Many grownups have let Santa know what Ms Noem did and we are told that she is very very very much on the naughty list!
Be good. It's almost Christmas! 🎄
Santa rounds up migrants for ICE in Trump administration’s Christmas-themed AI video
The AI-generated figure, depicted wearing Santa’s traditional red suit and with a white beard, appears with an ICE logo across his chest
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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You can miss someone and feel relieved at the same time.
December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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There will come a time when people of good faith are empowered to uphold the law.

When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.

The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping."

Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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In a national address, US President Donald Trump claimed the Gaza truce he helped broker brought peace to the Middle East “for the first time in 3,000 years.” Trump’s statement comes despite ongoing Israeli ceasefire violations and near-daily attacks on Gaza.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Meanwhile, in the Holy Land…
Israeli forces detained 5 Palestinian kids - at the request of Israeli settlers. Their crime? Gathering wild vegetables.

The young boy who tries to save his friend at 0:15 shows more courage than the entire international community.

Shame on all of us.
(per @RamAbdu)
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Another petty bullying tactic to honor confederate veterans who betrayed the United States.
Carol Rosenberg is the empress of the Gitmo press corps, but in her spare time she wrote this deep dive into an instance of the Pentagon’s restoring the names of Confederates to military bases through cynically obvious dishonesty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The Mysterious Life and Afterlife of Private Fitz Lee
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Global Refuge would like to wish a safe, sacred, and happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate. Our hearts are with the Jewish community after the tragic attack in Bondi Beach, and we pray that people of all faiths are able to gather without fear in the holiday season and beyond. 💓
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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My uber driver is intoxicated and homicidal. Is that a good thing?
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“Nobody has ever pulled a gun on me before… and this time it’s my own government!”

Watch the whole thing
I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.

Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Trump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say it’s a vendetta by the Trump-Vance White House.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Be gentle with yourself 💫
This painting was originally created for someone who wanted to honor their inner child and picture themselves carrying them to safety.

Your younger self did their best. Now you can be the one who keeps them safe.

Be kind to yourself 💙

CARRYING MY INNER CHILD II
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Demonstrators march in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other cities, calling for an end to femicide, rape and misogyny.
‘Stop killing us’: Huge crowds rally in Brazil, decrying rise in femicide
Demonstrators march in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other cities, calling for an end to femicide, rape and misogyny.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Another great example of paying it forward.🙏
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My ancestors were new here once, too. In 1637. Thinking especially about my Somali neighbors this week and resisting the vitriol aimed at them this week.🙏
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Reminder that "firing on the shipwrecked" is literally THE example used in the DoD War Manual of "a clearly illegal order"
“Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing that Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike, which reportedly killed two people who were hanging onto the burning vessel after an initial strike.” Wow. 12/1/25 thehill.com/homenews/562...
December 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Thanksgiving Day is framed as a time to connect with family, yet the roots of the holiday come from the massacres of Indigenous people in the U.S.

A few years back, Wanbli Máyašleča (Francis Yellow), an artist, healer, teacher, and Native American elder shared his perspectives on Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
America, 2025
“Don’t do anything illegal.” Like, this even HAS to be said to our service men & women?!? Lord, have mercy 🙏
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM