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Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
We don't need a general strike, we need small protests everywhere a family is being torn apart. Every time ICE harms families or does something despicable (pulling people out of hospitals, immigration courts, their cars) we need to rise up with local protests. (No paywall.)
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The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Trump has bombed 7 countries in his 2nd term. And he's greatly exaggerated his "ending wars." Not exactly Nobel Peace Prize material.... www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
How many countries has Trump bombed in 2025?
Venezuela is the latest country to be hit by US strikes as the Trump administration ramps up military interventions.
www.aljazeera.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump has bombed 7 countries in his 2nd term. And he's greatly exaggerated his "ending wars." Not exactly Nobel Peace Prize material.... www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
"These deals are being announced as transformative when, in fact, they really just nibble around the margins in terms of what is really driving high prices for prescription drugs in the U.S.," said Dr. Benjamin Rome, a health policy researcher at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Exclusive-Drugmakers raise US prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump By Reuters
Exclusive-Drugmakers raise US prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump
www.investing.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"These deals are being announced as transformative when, in fact, they really just nibble around the margins in terms of what is really driving high prices for prescription drugs in the U.S.," said Dr. Benjamin Rome, a health policy researcher at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.
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With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind:
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
December 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind:
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
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Basic stuff here. If Ukraine ceases fighting, they’re over.
If Russia ceases fighting, the war is over
If Russia ceases fighting, the war is over
December 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Basic stuff here. If Ukraine ceases fighting, they’re over.
If Russia ceases fighting, the war is over
If Russia ceases fighting, the war is over
why we must pay attention to everything.
The fundamental bargain, from the Putin-Lavrov perspective: Russia gets Ukraine, China gets Taiwan, Trump gets Greenland and Venezuela.
December 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
why we must pay attention to everything.
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Every navy in the world abandoned battleships decades ago.
Trump wants to bring them back, name them after himself, and calls it a “Golden Fleet.”
That tells us far more about distraction, legacy panic, and enablers than national security. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Trump wants to bring them back, name them after himself, and calls it a “Golden Fleet.”
That tells us far more about distraction, legacy panic, and enablers than national security. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Incantation at Mar-a-Lago
Trump, the “Golden Fleet,” and the Performance of Power
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Every navy in the world abandoned battleships decades ago.
Trump wants to bring them back, name them after himself, and calls it a “Golden Fleet.”
That tells us far more about distraction, legacy panic, and enablers than national security. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
Trump wants to bring them back, name them after himself, and calls it a “Golden Fleet.”
That tells us far more about distraction, legacy panic, and enablers than national security. #uspolitics #epsteinfiles
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
the trump "expand the brand" presidency is cheapening everything it touches.
Trump is shamelessly covering America in his name | Mohamad Bazzi
Trump is using the presidency as a branding opportunity. He’s slapping his name on as many buildings, monuments and government projects as he can
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
the trump "expand the brand" presidency is cheapening everything it touches.
The big lie, DOGE version. We'll live with the wreckage for decades.
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The big lie, DOGE version. We'll live with the wreckage for decades.
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If you are tired of people complaining about paywall access to journalism then imagine how tired people are of living in places like America where disinformation is free and journalism is a mandatory paid subscription
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you are tired of people complaining about paywall access to journalism then imagine how tired people are of living in places like America where disinformation is free and journalism is a mandatory paid subscription
These excuses from the "Trumperor" have no clothes.
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
These excuses from the "Trumperor" have no clothes.
"Americans saw a president drenched in panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he’s doing a great job. For 20 minutes, he vented his hurt feelings without a molecule of empathy or awareness.... In effect, Trump took to the airwaves, pointed his finger, and said: Quiet, piggy."
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
www.theatlantic.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"Americans saw a president drenched in panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he’s doing a great job. For 20 minutes, he vented his hurt feelings without a molecule of empathy or awareness.... In effect, Trump took to the airwaves, pointed his finger, and said: Quiet, piggy."
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These are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
These are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
So very stupid. The measles outbreak "is a very clear example of the damage that the anti-vaccine movement has done in the United States.” Thanks, RFK Jr, for fanning the flames of a dangerous, sickening movement.
thehill.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So very stupid. The measles outbreak "is a very clear example of the damage that the anti-vaccine movement has done in the United States.” Thanks, RFK Jr, for fanning the flames of a dangerous, sickening movement.
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Rand Paul: "We've never in our past decided just to shoot smugglers who are unarmed without even proof they're smuggling anything. So I think this is a horrendous thing that should stop. I think it's illegal & immoral... the kids in the military - I'm not for sending them down there to die for oil"
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rand Paul: "We've never in our past decided just to shoot smugglers who are unarmed without even proof they're smuggling anything. So I think this is a horrendous thing that should stop. I think it's illegal & immoral... the kids in the military - I'm not for sending them down there to die for oil"
I hope someone is creating a database of Trump administration intimidation cases. I'd rate this one a "5 star flim-flam."
Man sues Tennessee county after he was jailed over meme related to Charlie Kirk killing
Lawsuit alleges that Larry Bushart’s first amendment rights were violated when he was arrested and jailed for 37 days
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I hope someone is creating a database of Trump administration intimidation cases. I'd rate this one a "5 star flim-flam."
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Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
"President Trump trumpets every one of these deals as being essentially peace in our time," says Max Boot of @cfr.org "But they were all overhyped and oversold." Ceasefires are fragile, and not the way to snag a Nobel, Donny boy.
Trump touts his peace deals - but many are already unraveling
President Trump has been racing to rack up peace deals — but keeping them intact is proving far more difficult.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"President Trump trumpets every one of these deals as being essentially peace in our time," says Max Boot of @cfr.org "But they were all overhyped and oversold." Ceasefires are fragile, and not the way to snag a Nobel, Donny boy.
“Inequality has long been a defining feature of the global economy, but ...it has reached levels that demand urgent attention. The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Inequality has long been a defining feature of the global economy, but ...it has reached levels that demand urgent attention. The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
"Congress appears ready to sweep a potential war crime under the rug with the efficiency of a teenager cleaning their room by shoving everything under the bed." Mary Gedry nails it on closing the House investigation into the lethal, illegal boat strikes.
A Warm-Up Gaggle for a Cold, Hard Collapse
Trump lectures airplanes, praises Orbán, rewrites history, and slurs through policy while Congress buries war crimes
marygeddry.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Congress appears ready to sweep a potential war crime under the rug with the efficiency of a teenager cleaning their room by shoving everything under the bed." Mary Gedry nails it on closing the House investigation into the lethal, illegal boat strikes.
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The Trump administration announced it will provide $12 billion in economic aid for farmers, with the bulk of the funds reserved for commodity crop farmers.
Trump Farmer Bailout Primarily Benefits Commodity Farms
Of the $12 billion the administration will send to farmers, $11 billion is reserved for ranchers and major row crop farmers.
civileats.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Trump administration announced it will provide $12 billion in economic aid for farmers, with the bulk of the funds reserved for commodity crop farmers.
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
We don't need a general strike, we need small protests everywhere a family is being torn apart. Every time ICE harms families or does something despicable (pulling people out of hospitals, immigration courts, their cars) we need to rise up with local protests. (No paywall.)
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We don't need a general strike, we need small protests everywhere a family is being torn apart. Every time ICE harms families or does something despicable (pulling people out of hospitals, immigration courts, their cars) we need to rise up with local protests. (No paywall.)
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One thing's quite clear: major US donors to the GOP are far more responsible for introducing fentanyl (and opioid equivalents) into US markets than are the alleged drug lords of Venezuela.
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
One thing's quite clear: major US donors to the GOP are far more responsible for introducing fentanyl (and opioid equivalents) into US markets than are the alleged drug lords of Venezuela.
Fact checkers deal in facts--the job is to ensure falsehoods are cut and speculation is labelled as such. The Trump admin says it considers facts to be censorship and will deny visas to fact-checkers. It's beyond Orwellian!
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fact checkers deal in facts--the job is to ensure falsehoods are cut and speculation is labelled as such. The Trump admin says it considers facts to be censorship and will deny visas to fact-checkers. It's beyond Orwellian!