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As we close out 2025, we face a defining year ahead. May 2026 bring more community, more resilience and more action in the good fights to come.
December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As we close out 2025, we face a defining year ahead. May 2026 bring more community, more resilience and more action in the good fights to come.
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Met a very special someone in Chicago.
Juanita has been the fourth longest continuous serving State employee until her retirement this year.
It was an honor to be able to thank her for her service in person.
Juanita has been the fourth longest continuous serving State employee until her retirement this year.
It was an honor to be able to thank her for her service in person.
December 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Met a very special someone in Chicago.
Juanita has been the fourth longest continuous serving State employee until her retirement this year.
It was an honor to be able to thank her for her service in person.
Juanita has been the fourth longest continuous serving State employee until her retirement this year.
It was an honor to be able to thank her for her service in person.
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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"President Trump... has a very expansive view of his executive authority, and there are fewer people around him who see themselves as guardrails," says Tamara Keith. "Congress has sort of shrugged and has done very little to push back." https://to.pbs.org/49geS63
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump expanding presidential power
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump expanding presidential power in unpr...
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December 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"President Trump... has a very expansive view of his executive authority, and there are fewer people around him who see themselves as guardrails," says Tamara Keith. "Congress has sort of shrugged and has done very little to push back." https://to.pbs.org/49geS63
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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"I had a good and very productive phone call with Führer Hitler of Germany prior to my meeting with Charles de Gaulle of France today. Führer Hitler was very clear about which parts of France not currently under Nazi control he wants. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Winston Churchill."
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"I had a good and very productive phone call with Führer Hitler of Germany prior to my meeting with Charles de Gaulle of France today. Führer Hitler was very clear about which parts of France not currently under Nazi control he wants. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Winston Churchill."
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I was wondering why he was standing and then I got to the end and... I really like this dude.
Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
December 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I was wondering why he was standing and then I got to the end and... I really like this dude.
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Organizations face growing pressure to protect data, prepare for threats, and manage risk. MoFo’s Data, Cyber + Privacy team shares what’s ahead as tech, regulation, and accountability converge and the trends shaping 2026: bit.ly/4aV6afR
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Organizations face growing pressure to protect data, prepare for threats, and manage risk. MoFo’s Data, Cyber + Privacy team shares what’s ahead as tech, regulation, and accountability converge and the trends shaping 2026: bit.ly/4aV6afR
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So in spring, Pam Bondi said there was nothing to the Epstein investigation, then “closed” it. Now, they “find” 1 million more docs.
So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?
So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?
December 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
So in spring, Pam Bondi said there was nothing to the Epstein investigation, then “closed” it. Now, they “find” 1 million more docs.
So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?
So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?
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I won’t sugarcoat it: this was an exhausting, cruel, terrible year. On this week’s Coffee Klatch, Heather and I try to make sense of what the country endured in 2025 — and what lessons we can take into 2026.
Did We Learn Anything in 2025? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I won’t sugarcoat it: this was an exhausting, cruel, terrible year. On this week’s Coffee Klatch, Heather and I try to make sense of what the country endured in 2025 — and what lessons we can take into 2026.
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‘The sight of it is still shocking’: 46 photos that tell the story of the century so far
‘The sight of it is still shocking’: 46 photos that tell the story of the century so far
Did the 21st century begin on 1 January 2000? Or was it that blue sky day in September 2001 when the planes hit the twin towers? These images from the last 25 years chronicle modern history in the making
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
‘The sight of it is still shocking’: 46 photos that tell the story of the century so far
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Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
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Tomorrow on my live podcast "History Matters!"
Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many.
Bring some of your own!
Friday 10AM ET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...
Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many.
Bring some of your own!
Friday 10AM ET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...
History Matters (...and so does coffee!)
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Tomorrow on my live podcast "History Matters!"
Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many.
Bring some of your own!
Friday 10AM ET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...
Things We Learned in 2025 -- and there were many.
Bring some of your own!
Friday 10AM ET
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vch...
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A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
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A more detailed account of the purchase by @ricksteves.bsky.social of a neighborhood hygiene center, his plans to help improve it further, and him calling out a failure to support vulnerable people. What a mensch. Be Rick.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Rick Steves buys ‘the most beautiful Christmas present’ for homeless neighbors
Five years after the Lynnwood Hygiene Center opened, serving hundreds in poverty, the landlord planned to sell. Steves stepped in to buy it.
www.seattletimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A more detailed account of the purchase by @ricksteves.bsky.social of a neighborhood hygiene center, his plans to help improve it further, and him calling out a failure to support vulnerable people. What a mensch. Be Rick.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Two very different Christmas messages
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Two very different Christmas messages
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This is a lot of words to say that DOJ is in violation of the statutory deadline and will take even longer to produce records that were due last week.
December 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is a lot of words to say that DOJ is in violation of the statutory deadline and will take even longer to produce records that were due last week.
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If you don’t like Kavanaugh stops and Kennedy outbreaks being named after you, stop issuing opinions and policies that lead to those events
Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you don’t like Kavanaugh stops and Kennedy outbreaks being named after you, stop issuing opinions and policies that lead to those events
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How it started Vs. How its going
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How it started Vs. How its going
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We must distinguish between antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli government and the ADL’s report oftentimes ignores this distinction, and in doing so, it draws attention away from the very real crisis of antisemitism,”
Thank you Mayor-elect, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
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Thank you Mayor-elect, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
10/10
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We must distinguish between antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli government and the ADL’s report oftentimes ignores this distinction, and in doing so, it draws attention away from the very real crisis of antisemitism,”
Thank you Mayor-elect, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
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Thank you Mayor-elect, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
10/10
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🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
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Trump’s transpo Sec Duffy community noted for taking credit for what Biden did
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Trump’s transpo Sec Duffy community noted for taking credit for what Biden did