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Trump Administration Live Updates: Borrowers in Default on Student Loans Could Have Wages Garnished Starting in January www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

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Happy new year from the current administration
Trump Administration Live Updates: Borrowers in Default on Student Loans Could Have Wages Garnished Starting in January
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.

www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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These brave Californians testified on Capitol Hill and shared their stories about the abuse they experienced at the hands of federal immigration officials.

That took courage.

To stop these abuses, it will take action.
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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ICE guy strangles girlfriend (police called to his apt. 22 times in the last 1.5 years), is thrown in ICE jail.
UPDATE: Cincinnati ICE Leader Accused of Strangling Woman Now Faces Federal Charge, Booked into Butler County Jail
"This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail," said Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.
www.citybeat.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy.

These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.

They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?

Trump nominee: *dodges*

Trump nominee: *dodges*

Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.

Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The Trump administration is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. The Brennan Center is tracking the Department of Justice's requests and how states respond. bit.ly/3JFbKaB
Tracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter Information
The Trump administration is pressing state officials to provide sensitive information about voters.
www.brennancenter.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The scale of blatant profiteering during Trump's second term has been enormous

My column this week for on @contrariannews.org lays out ten of the most egregious cases of corrupt self-enrichment involving Trump and his cronies - TN

You can read about it here: contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump & Cronies Top 10 Worst…Presidential Profiteering Scandals
Publisher's Roundup 47
contrarian.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.

Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
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#corruption
#injustice
Fraudster’s Victims Are Seething After Trump Commuted His Sentence
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...

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Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
ICE's messy hiring spree brings in unfit and illiterate recruits
ICE recruits with no experience are being fast-tracked into the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, where instructors are astounded at their incompetence.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#Trump pardoned Tim Leiweke — who his own DOJ indicted in July for rigging a public university’s arena bid—

It’s all a grift — Saudis to crypto to pardon seekers — everything gets turned into a revenue stream. With 1,500+ pardons already, clemency is a monetized market
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Prosecutors: “We can indict a ham sandwich.”
Grand jury: “Cool, but not Letitia James. Also, we’re vegan now.”
Turns out you need facts, not baloney. 😂🤣
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Thanks for sharing, Sammy!

The CPUC has an open docket where members of the public can comment on energy efficiency proceedings. Directions for submitting an online comment can be found here, and the proceeding number is R2504010:

www.cpuc.ca.gov/about-cpuc/d...
Providing Public Comments at the CPUC
www.cpuc.ca.gov
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Utility company Southern California Gas is using ratepayer funds to incentivize Los Angeles wildfire survivors to rebuild their homes with gas appliances. And the California Public Utilities Commissions is letting it happen. insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202... via @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Alternative title: How billionaire support of this admin is leading to a dystopian future where they can play with theor fantasies.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/politics/rfk-vaccines-hhs-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E8.qC68.yUhcJyB7XGpc&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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can’t believe Jared Kushner was unable to negotiate a meaningful and just peace with Putin
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This one is worth watching. Even after a decade of witnessing like speeches, it’s still possible to be shocked. ttps://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010560845/trump-somalia-xenophobic-remarks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Video: Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Xenophobic Rant
President Trump lashed out against Somali immigrants, including Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, who came to the United States from Somalia as a refugee and became a citizen 25 years ...
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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BREAKING: Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife in a bribery and conspiracy case brought by federal prosecutors.
Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Cuellar in bribery and conspiracy case
President Donald Trump says he's pardoning Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
August 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
December is when we artists are united and involved for worthy causes!

While this TINY show is not a gallery-wide benefit, my sales will aid Mujeres Unidades y Activas, a group that’s empowering women.

At Studio Gallery in SF:
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s Open Studios in the East Bay!

When: Upcoming weekend - Dec. 6 & 7 (Sat./Sun.)

Where I’ll be: Grand Gallery Oakland, Jack London Square

What: Support your local gallery where community building happens and artists who remind us that beauty is everywhere. Holiday shopping is better here.
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM