Kevin from the midwest
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Has any President launched more separate military attacks in more places? In their term? Let alone one year?
Anyone who thought Trump wasn’t going to bomb people on Christmas Day hasn’t been paying attention.
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Has any President launched more separate military attacks in more places? In their term? Let alone one year?
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When you cut the salaried experts and then have to firefight constant emergencies with freelancers who rightfully charge a premium for their expertise and bill by the hour-
Musk cut USAID and got thousands killed, all for this pathetic result.
This is his legacy
This is his legacy
December 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
When you cut the salaried experts and then have to firefight constant emergencies with freelancers who rightfully charge a premium for their expertise and bill by the hour-
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Genuinely remarkable how much of the federal government they're just tearing down to tear down
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Genuinely remarkable how much of the federal government they're just tearing down to tear down
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There are only two offenses the Constitution goes out of its way to specifically say merit impeachment, and this is one of them.
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There are only two offenses the Constitution goes out of its way to specifically say merit impeachment, and this is one of them.
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
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Marxists: AI is a technology for capital to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Sensible people: this is doomerism and hysteria.
Navarro: AI is a technology for us to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Sensible people: this is doomerism and hysteria.
Navarro: AI is a technology for us to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Peter Navarro: "In an age of AI when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick, I think maybe it's a good time for people to think about having good blue collar jobs ... give tariffs a chance, because they're working"
December 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Marxists: AI is a technology for capital to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Sensible people: this is doomerism and hysteria.
Navarro: AI is a technology for us to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Sensible people: this is doomerism and hysteria.
Navarro: AI is a technology for us to crush labor power and take control of everything.
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"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
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i feel like this from roosevelt's 1942 state of the union address still works as a mantra today for our fight
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
i feel like this from roosevelt's 1942 state of the union address still works as a mantra today for our fight
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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
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?
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I'll tell you one thing, this man BELONGS in Indiana
December 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I'll tell you one thing, this man BELONGS in Indiana
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well, for one, Trumpism is enabled by oligarchic tech capital that hates its workers.
Twitter becoming a propaganda outlet is in large part a story of an individual capitalist running roughshod over a professionalized workforce whose bargaining power big tech resented
Twitter becoming a propaganda outlet is in large part a story of an individual capitalist running roughshod over a professionalized workforce whose bargaining power big tech resented
right now there are armed soldiers on my streets and it has literally nothing to do with worker's rights
please tell me how stronger labor unions are going to protect trans kids lol
please tell me how stronger labor unions are going to protect trans kids lol
my sibling in the light of allah YOU ARE A WORKER
do you go home between shifts? worker rights!
are you guaranteed a wage? worker rights!
are there guardrails and safety equipment? worker rights!
are children worked to death in mines and factories? worker rights!
capital wants to undo all that
do you go home between shifts? worker rights!
are you guaranteed a wage? worker rights!
are there guardrails and safety equipment? worker rights!
are children worked to death in mines and factories? worker rights!
capital wants to undo all that
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
well, for one, Trumpism is enabled by oligarchic tech capital that hates its workers.
Twitter becoming a propaganda outlet is in large part a story of an individual capitalist running roughshod over a professionalized workforce whose bargaining power big tech resented
Twitter becoming a propaganda outlet is in large part a story of an individual capitalist running roughshod over a professionalized workforce whose bargaining power big tech resented
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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SCOOP-2: Isabela Herrera donated $2.5m to MAGA Inc. on 12/31/2024.
At the time, her father, a Venezuelan-Italian banker, was being prosecuted for bribing Puerto Rico's governor.
In July, Trump's DOJ authorized a misdemeanor plea deal, overruling career prosecutors who had pushed a harsher sentence
At the time, her father, a Venezuelan-Italian banker, was being prosecuted for bribing Puerto Rico's governor.
In July, Trump's DOJ authorized a misdemeanor plea deal, overruling career prosecutors who had pushed a harsher sentence
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
SCOOP-2: Isabela Herrera donated $2.5m to MAGA Inc. on 12/31/2024.
At the time, her father, a Venezuelan-Italian banker, was being prosecuted for bribing Puerto Rico's governor.
In July, Trump's DOJ authorized a misdemeanor plea deal, overruling career prosecutors who had pushed a harsher sentence
At the time, her father, a Venezuelan-Italian banker, was being prosecuted for bribing Puerto Rico's governor.
In July, Trump's DOJ authorized a misdemeanor plea deal, overruling career prosecutors who had pushed a harsher sentence
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Earlier this month, after President Donald Trump blasted “60 Minutes” for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes. https://cnn.it/44JE5o6
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Earlier this month, after President Donald Trump blasted “60 Minutes” for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes. https://cnn.it/44JE5o6
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60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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RIP CBS News
All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
RIP CBS News
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God damn them all, I was told
We'd cruise the seas for Colombian drugs
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a Galveston pier
The last of Mike Lee’s privateers
We'd cruise the seas for Colombian drugs
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a Galveston pier
The last of Mike Lee’s privateers
December 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
God damn them all, I was told
We'd cruise the seas for Colombian drugs
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a Galveston pier
The last of Mike Lee’s privateers
We'd cruise the seas for Colombian drugs
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a Galveston pier
The last of Mike Lee’s privateers
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“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Gantchev suffered from type 2 diabetes and told his wife no diet accommodations were made for him. She and Anna said the small amount of food that is given to people detained at North Lake was not enough for maintaining Gantchev's blood sugar levels.”
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ICE is refusing to release a US citizen despite extensive documentation of her citizenship. Presented with her birth certificate, they called it a fake and transferred her from Maryland to Louisiana. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ICE is refusing to release a US citizen despite extensive documentation of her citizenship. Presented with her birth certificate, they called it a fake and transferred her from Maryland to Louisiana. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.