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This WSJ article adds some fascinating context to the NYT article that has the mother of a 14 year old model brought to Mar-a-Lago for a party having Maples come up to her and saying keep those girls away from these men and my husband. Maples denies she said it.
December 31, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This WSJ article adds some fascinating context to the NYT article that has the mother of a 14 year old model brought to Mar-a-Lago for a party having Maples come up to her and saying keep those girls away from these men and my husband. Maples denies she said it.
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Phang: If that happened in January, how in the actual hell is Blanche now telling the American people that they suddenly discovered a million more documents?
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
GTFOH. As far back as January, the entirety of the Epstein files were transferred to Main Justice at DOJ…
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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they are talking about this
The Southern Poverty Law Center characterizes the New Apostolic Reformation as "the greatest threat to American democracy that most people have never heard of."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apo...
The Southern Poverty Law Center characterizes the New Apostolic Reformation as "the greatest threat to American democracy that most people have never heard of."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apo...
New Apostolic Reformation - Wikipedia
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December 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
they are talking about this
The Southern Poverty Law Center characterizes the New Apostolic Reformation as "the greatest threat to American democracy that most people have never heard of."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apo...
The Southern Poverty Law Center characterizes the New Apostolic Reformation as "the greatest threat to American democracy that most people have never heard of."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apo...
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The state AGs who helped with Jan 6 are still with us. Landry (#2) is trying to seize Greenland. Paxton (#1) is running for TX Senate. And Andrew Bailey, successor to MO AG Eric Schmitt (#3), who carried on Schmitt's work, is now Deputy Director of the FBI. God help us. 4/
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The state AGs who helped with Jan 6 are still with us. Landry (#2) is trying to seize Greenland. Paxton (#1) is running for TX Senate. And Andrew Bailey, successor to MO AG Eric Schmitt (#3), who carried on Schmitt's work, is now Deputy Director of the FBI. God help us. 4/
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Bari Weiss apparently spiked Sharyn Alfonsi’s 60 Minutes segment on CECOT for political reasons.
Here’s her email to the news staff.
Sharyn Alfonsi has more guts than every single beltway reporter.
Here’s her email to the news staff.
Sharyn Alfonsi has more guts than every single beltway reporter.
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Bari Weiss apparently spiked Sharyn Alfonsi’s 60 Minutes segment on CECOT for political reasons.
Here’s her email to the news staff.
Sharyn Alfonsi has more guts than every single beltway reporter.
Here’s her email to the news staff.
Sharyn Alfonsi has more guts than every single beltway reporter.
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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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Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
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Today I joined patriots at the Kennedy Center to make clear that Trump’s desecration of the Center will not stand. It’s not a matter of whether, but of when, his name will come down. We will not allow him to despoil what belongs to the American people.
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Today I joined patriots at the Kennedy Center to make clear that Trump’s desecration of the Center will not stand. It’s not a matter of whether, but of when, his name will come down. We will not allow him to despoil what belongs to the American people.
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Washington Post's new headline is still wrong.
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Washington Post's new headline is still wrong.
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
1. The release was not "huge."
2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files.
3, No mention of extensive redactions.
Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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Insane that Trump’s CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER is the one managing the release of the Epstein files
December 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Insane that Trump’s CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER is the one managing the release of the Epstein files
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Here's a reminder that convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, is enjoying custom meals and a comfort puppy at a "Club Fed" prison, courtesy of the Trump regime.
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Here's a reminder that convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, is enjoying custom meals and a comfort puppy at a "Club Fed" prison, courtesy of the Trump regime.
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WaPo brings a much-needed focus on the people revictimized by Trump's pardons.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
WaPo brings a much-needed focus on the people revictimized by Trump's pardons.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Please make sure every military member you know knows this.
Trump’s promise Wednesday to pay troops a “warrior dividend” bonus is actually a military housing stipend already approved by Congress, and not a generous new White House program.
Trump claims credit for military bonus that Congress already approved
The White House’s plans for a “warrior dividend” to reward troops this holiday season are actually housing assistance funds approved this summer.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Please make sure every military member you know knows this.
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It’s called the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts … by law:
December 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It’s called the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts … by law:
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Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Every major news organization should be writing about how insane this is and how, if he takes this country to war (tomorrow?), it is the act of a madman.
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Not for nothing but federal law contains several statutory provisions that restrict, if not outright prohibit, this unilateral action by the senile dementia patient in the Oval.
War Powers Act. War Crimes Act. Anti-Piracy Act. Neutrality Act.
All still on the books.
War Powers Act. War Crimes Act. Anti-Piracy Act. Neutrality Act.
All still on the books.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Not for nothing but federal law contains several statutory provisions that restrict, if not outright prohibit, this unilateral action by the senile dementia patient in the Oval.
War Powers Act. War Crimes Act. Anti-Piracy Act. Neutrality Act.
All still on the books.
War Powers Act. War Crimes Act. Anti-Piracy Act. Neutrality Act.
All still on the books.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Murphy: "This isn't shocking, bc over last year, Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. He's restoring gun rights to felons, eliminated the WH office of gun violence prevention & stopped funding mental health grants & community anti-gun violence grants"
December 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Murphy: "This isn't shocking, bc over last year, Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. He's restoring gun rights to felons, eliminated the WH office of gun violence prevention & stopped funding mental health grants & community anti-gun violence grants"
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Stephen Miller said that the children of immigrants fail society.
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Stephen Miller said that the children of immigrants fail society.
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
Fun Fact:
Of the 6 American winners of science Nobels this year, 3 were born outside the US. The émigré fraction of U.S. Nobels in physics, chemistry & medicine now stands at 40 percent.
#Pinks
🧪 🎁🖇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
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New in The Conversation from Tim Slack and @smonnat.bsky.social Shannon Monnat: "6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong"
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6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, complicating the conventional wisdom.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
New in The Conversation from Tim Slack and @smonnat.bsky.social Shannon Monnat: "6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong"
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Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State.
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
Amid Description of Kushner's Shadow Foreign Policy, Tillerson Counters a Jared Claim to Mueller about Kirill Dmitriev's Plan - emptywheel
Rex Tillerson told the HFRC some pretty alarming things about how Jared pursued his own diplomatic plans without informing him. That makes Tillerson's claim -- that Kushner did not (as Kushner told Mu...
www.emptywheel.net
December 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Back in 2019 I wrote about how Rex Tillerson discovered in a HPSCI hearing that Jared had been withholding his private plans from then Secretary of State.
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
We haven't skipped a beat since.
www.emptywheel.net/2019/06/28/a...
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Donald Trump Will Piss Away the Western Order Investing in Jared Kushner's Imagined Business Savvy
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/11/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/11/d...
Donald Trump Will Piss Away the Western Order Investing in Jared Kushner's Imagined Business Savvy - emptywheel
Throw enough goodies at my son-in-law and I will betray Europe, Donald Trump seems to be saying. And that's all it took.
www.emptywheel.net
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Donald Trump Will Piss Away the Western Order Investing in Jared Kushner's Imagined Business Savvy
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/11/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/11/d...
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"Just as pitching Trump on a Riviera where millions of Gazans once lived, Bibi Netanyahu solicited Trump’s assistance in genocide, so has Dmitriev convinced Trump to sell out the Western order by turning the nuclear plant they stole into fuel for a data center."
Donald Trump Will Piss Away the Western Order Investing in Jared Kushner's Imagined Business Savvy
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/11/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/11/d...
Donald Trump Will Piss Away the Western Order Investing in Jared Kushner's Imagined Business Savvy - emptywheel
Throw enough goodies at my son-in-law and I will betray Europe, Donald Trump seems to be saying. And that's all it took.
www.emptywheel.net
December 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"Just as pitching Trump on a Riviera where millions of Gazans once lived, Bibi Netanyahu solicited Trump’s assistance in genocide, so has Dmitriev convinced Trump to sell out the Western order by turning the nuclear plant they stole into fuel for a data center."