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There is a devastating report in the NYT this afternoon that one the US-destroyed fishing boats washed ashore in Columbia and contained only evidence of marijuana.
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There is a devastating report in the NYT this afternoon that one the US-destroyed fishing boats washed ashore in Columbia and contained only evidence of marijuana.
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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This is what #Missouri men have in store for Missouri women: HB 2548 establishes a provision for covenant marriages. Another layer of submission.
via @piperformissouri.bsky.social
documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking...
via @piperformissouri.bsky.social
documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking...
December 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is what #Missouri men have in store for Missouri women: HB 2548 establishes a provision for covenant marriages. Another layer of submission.
via @piperformissouri.bsky.social
documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking...
via @piperformissouri.bsky.social
documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking...
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"The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to accept up to 75 illegal migrants from the United States in a deal worth $7.5million."
⚠️"The migrants from the United States have not been charged with crimes and will help to fill needed jobs in Palau." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
⚠️"The migrants from the United States have not been charged with crimes and will help to fill needed jobs in Palau." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Tiny 'Survivor' island will start taking Trump deportees
Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to expel undocumented migrants, has accelerated deportations and cracked down on border crossings since returning to power.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has agreed to accept up to 75 illegal migrants from the United States in a deal worth $7.5million."
⚠️"The migrants from the United States have not been charged with crimes and will help to fill needed jobs in Palau." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
⚠️"The migrants from the United States have not been charged with crimes and will help to fill needed jobs in Palau." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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This is not idle speculation. The intercepts of the Witkoff/Kushner/Dmitriev conversations leaked by NATO intel services to various European and US publications show that this is _exactly_ what is going on. It's the most humiliating chapter in the whole history of US diplomacy.
December 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is not idle speculation. The intercepts of the Witkoff/Kushner/Dmitriev conversations leaked by NATO intel services to various European and US publications show that this is _exactly_ what is going on. It's the most humiliating chapter in the whole history of US diplomacy.
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When the White House press pool motorcade reporters used to wait inside Trump's country club in Sterling, VA in the first term we would get finger sandwiches & coffee. It wasn't free. Our news organizations were subsequently billed ~$70 per snack session.
Trump tells the press as he meets with Zelenskyy, "I think you could sit outside and have some food. Would you like to have food or do you consider that a bribe, and therefore you cannot write honestly? ... Margo, take them outside and tell the chef to serve them good lunch."
December 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
When the White House press pool motorcade reporters used to wait inside Trump's country club in Sterling, VA in the first term we would get finger sandwiches & coffee. It wasn't free. Our news organizations were subsequently billed ~$70 per snack session.
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Guys, Trump doesn’t care about Christians in Africa and it’s not really about the Nigerian oil.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Guys, Trump doesn’t care about Christians in Africa and it’s not really about the Nigerian oil.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
It’s the rare earth minerals.
Nigeria has exploded in rare earth mineral production in the last couple of years. In fact, it is the number five rare earth mineral producer on the planet.
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I know some of them were a bit worried about it but in the end the pardon stuff is maybe the clearest possible example of "the Framers didn't really see someone this corrupt coming"
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I know some of them were a bit worried about it but in the end the pardon stuff is maybe the clearest possible example of "the Framers didn't really see someone this corrupt coming"
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My family and I, and the entire Japanese American community on the West Coast, were denied due process during our internment in WWII. It is a cherished, critical right for all people within the U.S.’s borders.
December 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My family and I, and the entire Japanese American community on the West Coast, were denied due process during our internment in WWII. It is a cherished, critical right for all people within the U.S.’s borders.
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Wake up, new Taylor Rule just dropped.
""I want my new Fed Chairman to lower interest rates if the market is doing well." But I assume the next Fed Chair also has to lower rates if the market is doing poorly.
So...a rule that subtracts the absolute value of the output gap?
""I want my new Fed Chairman to lower interest rates if the market is doing well." But I assume the next Fed Chair also has to lower rates if the market is doing poorly.
So...a rule that subtracts the absolute value of the output gap?
December 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Wake up, new Taylor Rule just dropped.
""I want my new Fed Chairman to lower interest rates if the market is doing well." But I assume the next Fed Chair also has to lower rates if the market is doing poorly.
So...a rule that subtracts the absolute value of the output gap?
""I want my new Fed Chairman to lower interest rates if the market is doing well." But I assume the next Fed Chair also has to lower rates if the market is doing poorly.
So...a rule that subtracts the absolute value of the output gap?
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"Olga" picks lemons in Orange Cove, CA. "I earn $48 per 900lb crate and makes 2-3 crates a 6hr day. Lemon picking is dangerous. I must move and go up and down a 12-foot ladder, while avoiding the thorns on the tree. The weather is cold & the ground is often muddy." #WeFeedYou
December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Olga" picks lemons in Orange Cove, CA. "I earn $48 per 900lb crate and makes 2-3 crates a 6hr day. Lemon picking is dangerous. I must move and go up and down a 12-foot ladder, while avoiding the thorns on the tree. The weather is cold & the ground is often muddy." #WeFeedYou
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The third paragraph reads as if the Russians wrote it. Maybe they did. In any event, it is an atrociously big lie; 1984-grade, as Aaron Rupar rightly says.
December 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The third paragraph reads as if the Russians wrote it. Maybe they did. In any event, it is an atrociously big lie; 1984-grade, as Aaron Rupar rightly says.
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KIMMEL, to the UK:
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
KIMMEL, to the UK:
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
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It is inevitable that Nick Fuentes is gonna be on Joe Rogan's show at this point.
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
Shane Gillis Says Nick Fuentes Is ‘Wild’ But ‘Still Funny as F***’
During a Joe Rogan Experience episode released Thursday, comedian Shane Gillis described self-proclaimed white supremacist Nick Fuentes as “wild,” but "still funny as f***.”
www.mediaite.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It is inevitable that Nick Fuentes is gonna be on Joe Rogan's show at this point.
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
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Denmark’s MP is mocking Trump’s idea of “buying Greenland”
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Denmark’s MP is mocking Trump’s idea of “buying Greenland”
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As a Jew, it’s fun watching the administration post Christian nationalist messages while also saying they are doing everything they can to curb antisemitism.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As a Jew, it’s fun watching the administration post Christian nationalist messages while also saying they are doing everything they can to curb antisemitism.
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Probably the best Christmas Eve news I've ever reported:
The VA is legally required to build homes for unhoused veterans in Los Angeles — and homeless vets nationwide might be able to sue for shelter, too.
@longlead.com has been covering this story for 4 years — and we're not stopping here!
The VA is legally required to build homes for unhoused veterans in Los Angeles — and homeless vets nationwide might be able to sue for shelter, too.
@longlead.com has been covering this story for 4 years — and we're not stopping here!
The homeless veterans who sued the VA for access to housing in Los Angeles won their appeal against the government yesterday.
The decision was complex, but may be consequential in eliminating veteran homelessness across the country.
homeofthebrave.substack.com/p/homeless-v...
The decision was complex, but may be consequential in eliminating veteran homelessness across the country.
homeofthebrave.substack.com/p/homeless-v...
Appeals court upholds landmark ruling in homeless veterans lawsuit against the VA
A long-awaited ruling by the 9th Circuit reinforces an order for the VA to build thousands of housing units for vets — but with some unexpected caveats.
homeofthebrave.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Probably the best Christmas Eve news I've ever reported:
The VA is legally required to build homes for unhoused veterans in Los Angeles — and homeless vets nationwide might be able to sue for shelter, too.
@longlead.com has been covering this story for 4 years — and we're not stopping here!
The VA is legally required to build homes for unhoused veterans in Los Angeles — and homeless vets nationwide might be able to sue for shelter, too.
@longlead.com has been covering this story for 4 years — and we're not stopping here!
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NORAD is using "Gulf of Mexico" on their Santa tracker.
That's hilarious!
That's hilarious!
December 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
NORAD is using "Gulf of Mexico" on their Santa tracker.
That's hilarious!
That's hilarious!
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Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
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Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf... (via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong
D.C. midair crash was the result of a complete collapse of the protections designed to keep aviation safe — and the institutions that design and maintain them
theaircurrent.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf... (via @willguisbond.com) #staycurrent
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The 2007-20 economy relied, to an unhealthy degree, on very low interest rates.
Whole industries made bank as long as they got virtually free money from the govt and could easily roll over debt, but now have trouble and appear out of ideas.
Also helps explain why Trump keeps demanding lower rates.
Whole industries made bank as long as they got virtually free money from the govt and could easily roll over debt, but now have trouble and appear out of ideas.
Also helps explain why Trump keeps demanding lower rates.
December 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The 2007-20 economy relied, to an unhealthy degree, on very low interest rates.
Whole industries made bank as long as they got virtually free money from the govt and could easily roll over debt, but now have trouble and appear out of ideas.
Also helps explain why Trump keeps demanding lower rates.
Whole industries made bank as long as they got virtually free money from the govt and could easily roll over debt, but now have trouble and appear out of ideas.
Also helps explain why Trump keeps demanding lower rates.
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Bari Weiss, who made her career sowing distrust in the mainstream media, is now pretending other people did that and she’s here to help right the ship
December 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Bari Weiss, who made her career sowing distrust in the mainstream media, is now pretending other people did that and she’s here to help right the ship
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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WaPo reports that ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people.
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
WaPo reports that ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people.
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Pancreatic cancer is still one of the deadliest cancers. However, there are promising strategies currently under investigation that have been delayed or harmed because of the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE.
CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.
CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.
Former Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse on Tuesday said he was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. https://to.pbs.org/49cDtIV
Former Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse says he has stage-four pancreatic cancer
Sasse expressed determination to fight the disease, highlighting advancements in immunotherapy and other treatments as part of his hope.
www.pbs.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Pancreatic cancer is still one of the deadliest cancers. However, there are promising strategies currently under investigation that have been delayed or harmed because of the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE.
CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.
CDMRP cuts left no money for many forms of cancer research including pancreatic.
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‘Business!’ cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. ‘Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, & benevolence, were, all, my business.’
—Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, with original illustration by John Leech
—Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, with original illustration by John Leech
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
‘Business!’ cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. ‘Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, & benevolence, were, all, my business.’
—Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, with original illustration by John Leech
—Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol, with original illustration by John Leech