@lapis-oak.bsky.social
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We are living in a society, people, and many of you need to be reminded your actions impact everyone around you, especially when your phone is out.
How to Attend a Concert and Not Ruin It for Others
bit.ly
December 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We are living in a society, people, and many of you need to be reminded your actions impact everyone around you, especially when your phone is out.
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President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
Trump Posts Nearly 200 Times in Unhinged Christmas Day Spree
The president amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
trib.al
December 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
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Having a normal Christmas morning
December 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Having a normal Christmas morning
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When you're grumpy because three annoying ghosts kept you up all night.
December 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
When you're grumpy because three annoying ghosts kept you up all night.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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I sure do have a candidate for you.
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I sure do have a candidate for you.
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Jim Beam Whiskey will shut its distillery for 2026 thanks to plummeting sales amid retaliatory tariffs from the European Union after Trump's tariffs and a bourbon boycott from Canada.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Jim Beam Whiskey will shut its distillery for 2026 thanks to plummeting sales amid retaliatory tariffs from the European Union after Trump's tariffs and a bourbon boycott from Canada.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
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David Graham of The Atlantic, from his article posted last night titled “The United States of Donald Trump” and subtitled “Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can, but America’s institutions don’t belong to him.”
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
David Graham of The Atlantic, from his article posted last night titled “The United States of Donald Trump” and subtitled “Donald Trump is slapping his name and face on everything he can, but America’s institutions don’t belong to him.”
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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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
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...
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The Trump Administration is legally required to release the Epstein Files by the end of today, but they are refusing to do so. The president himself signed this bill into law.
What is Donald Trump hiding?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
What is Donald Trump hiding?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DOJ won’t meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files
The delay means the White House is in apparent conflict with a law President Donald Trump signed in November.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Trump Administration is legally required to release the Epstein Files by the end of today, but they are refusing to do so. The president himself signed this bill into law.
What is Donald Trump hiding?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
What is Donald Trump hiding?
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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As Trump's physical and political decline worsens, the cultish flattery from top aides has proportionally grown. As @moiradonegan.bsky.social says on the pod, Trumpworld is now puffing him up publicly to compensate for his deterioration.
Moira is so good here:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
Moira is so good here:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Brutal New Fox Poll Hits Him Hard
As a Fox News survey offers harsh findings and Karoline Leavitt soothes Trump with flattery, the author of a piece on his decline explains how his minions compensate for his deterioration with obsequi...
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
As Trump's physical and political decline worsens, the cultish flattery from top aides has proportionally grown. As @moiradonegan.bsky.social says on the pod, Trumpworld is now puffing him up publicly to compensate for his deterioration.
Moira is so good here:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
Moira is so good here:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
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As Xmas vacation beckons, check out my list of the Best TV Shows in 2025 that critics mostly AREN'T talking about. READ MORE HERE: https://loom.ly/EttdD1Y
December 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As Xmas vacation beckons, check out my list of the Best TV Shows in 2025 that critics mostly AREN'T talking about. READ MORE HERE: https://loom.ly/EttdD1Y
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The Trump family has amassed a $4 billion fortune since his re-election.
During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing.
We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing.
We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Trump family has amassed a $4 billion fortune since his re-election.
During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing.
We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
During my time as Ambassador, I was accused of "focusing too intensely on the issue of corruption." There's no such thing.
We need leaders who serve the people — not themselves.
www.wsj.com/politics/tru...
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Politics. Brought to you by banks.
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Politics. Brought to you by banks.
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Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
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An immigrant driver from India is arrested by border patrol at the O’Hare rideshare lot. He said he has never committed a crime in 11 years in the United States: “oh my God no”
December 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
An immigrant driver from India is arrested by border patrol at the O’Hare rideshare lot. He said he has never committed a crime in 11 years in the United States: “oh my God no”
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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With fewer food reviewers helping diners know where to go, foodies are turning to Mitch Gropman’s Chicago Food Subreddit. Want to eat? You have to respect the rules.
How an unpaid Reddit moderator built Chicago’s most exclusive club for the food obsessed
www.wbez.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
With fewer food reviewers helping diners know where to go, foodies are turning to Mitch Gropman’s Chicago Food Subreddit. Want to eat? You have to respect the rules.