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The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents. n.pr/48V8GS8
DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents. n.pr/48V8GS8
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Marty Reisman was nicknamed "The Needle" for his slender physique. He dressed well and put on a show. n.pr/4awIPkH
The real ping pong champion — and hustler — who inspired 'Marty Supreme'
Marty Reisman was nicknamed "The Needle" for his slender physique. He dressed well and put on a show.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Marty Reisman was nicknamed "The Needle" for his slender physique. He dressed well and put on a show. n.pr/4awIPkH
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“Hey, look what I found in the back of this closet. One million documents! Can you believe it?”
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents. n.pr/48V8GS8
DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“Hey, look what I found in the back of this closet. One million documents! Can you believe it?”
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Researchers who told people to either buy themselves a gift or give one to a stranger, found those who gave to others felt a lot happier.
Giving gifts boosts happiness, research shows. So why do we feel frazzled?
Researchers who told people to either buy themselves a gift or give one to a stranger, found those who gave to others felt a lot happier. Here's how to get the mood boost without the shopping stress.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Researchers who told people to either buy themselves a gift or give one to a stranger, found those who gave to others felt a lot happier.
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Steam down?
Still remember when it was all run out of the main office and a windstorm took out power so we ran extension cords down to the stairs and plugged them into the emergency lights
I think its a bit more distributed now...
Hope they get it resolved in time to be back with their families
Still remember when it was all run out of the main office and a windstorm took out power so we ran extension cords down to the stairs and plugged them into the emergency lights
I think its a bit more distributed now...
Hope they get it resolved in time to be back with their families
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Steam down?
Still remember when it was all run out of the main office and a windstorm took out power so we ran extension cords down to the stairs and plugged them into the emergency lights
I think its a bit more distributed now...
Hope they get it resolved in time to be back with their families
Still remember when it was all run out of the main office and a windstorm took out power so we ran extension cords down to the stairs and plugged them into the emergency lights
I think its a bit more distributed now...
Hope they get it resolved in time to be back with their families
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A federal judge has ruled the Trump regime broke the law when it deported over 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador's CECOT without due process in March.
Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
What is Due Process?
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A federal judge has ruled the Trump regime broke the law when it deported over 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador's CECOT without due process in March.
Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
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Conversations are a key tool for reimagining the world we want together, and curious exploration can make those conversations successful even when people don't agree
Good Conversations Don’t Require Everybody to Agree, Neuroscience Shows
Brain imaging is illuminating the patterns linked to productive, positive dialogue, and those insights could help people connect with others
www.scientificamerican.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Conversations are a key tool for reimagining the world we want together, and curious exploration can make those conversations successful even when people don't agree
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wrote about cooper flagg's crunchtime chops today. they make him feel like an unprecedented prospect: www.theringer.com/2025/12/23/n...
Ranking the 2025 NBA Christmas Day Games
Santa came correct this year. We preview Thunder-Spurs, another LeBron vs. KD clash, and every holiday matchup.
www.theringer.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
wrote about cooper flagg's crunchtime chops today. they make him feel like an unprecedented prospect: www.theringer.com/2025/12/23/n...
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🔥 19 points.
🔥 15 assists.
🔥 11 rebounds.
🔥 Bulls 4th straight W.
Josh Giddey joins Michael Jordan as the ONLY players in Bulls history to record 15+ points, 15+ assists, and 10+ rebounds in multiple regular season games!
🔥 15 assists.
🔥 11 rebounds.
🔥 Bulls 4th straight W.
Josh Giddey joins Michael Jordan as the ONLY players in Bulls history to record 15+ points, 15+ assists, and 10+ rebounds in multiple regular season games!
December 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🔥 19 points.
🔥 15 assists.
🔥 11 rebounds.
🔥 Bulls 4th straight W.
Josh Giddey joins Michael Jordan as the ONLY players in Bulls history to record 15+ points, 15+ assists, and 10+ rebounds in multiple regular season games!
🔥 15 assists.
🔥 11 rebounds.
🔥 Bulls 4th straight W.
Josh Giddey joins Michael Jordan as the ONLY players in Bulls history to record 15+ points, 15+ assists, and 10+ rebounds in multiple regular season games!
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Jalen Duren and the Pistons move to 8-2 in the month of December and 24-6 on the season!
Tobias Harris: 24 PTS, 10-16 FGM
Cade Cunningham: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 14 AST, 5 STL
DeMar DeRozan: 37 PTS, 8 AST
Russell Westbrook: 27 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL
Tobias Harris: 24 PTS, 10-16 FGM
Cade Cunningham: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 14 AST, 5 STL
DeMar DeRozan: 37 PTS, 8 AST
Russell Westbrook: 27 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Jalen Duren and the Pistons move to 8-2 in the month of December and 24-6 on the season!
Tobias Harris: 24 PTS, 10-16 FGM
Cade Cunningham: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 14 AST, 5 STL
DeMar DeRozan: 37 PTS, 8 AST
Russell Westbrook: 27 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL
Tobias Harris: 24 PTS, 10-16 FGM
Cade Cunningham: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 14 AST, 5 STL
DeMar DeRozan: 37 PTS, 8 AST
Russell Westbrook: 27 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL
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The mighty OKC Thunder have a LOSING RECORD since Dec. 10! Commence the panicky narratives!
December 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The mighty OKC Thunder have a LOSING RECORD since Dec. 10! Commence the panicky narratives!
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More than 87 million people in the U.S. have watched NBA games this season across NBC/Peacock, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and NBA TV, the most viewers in 15 years and up 89% vs. last year.
(Excludes 2011-12 season which began on Christmas Day.)
(Excludes 2011-12 season which began on Christmas Day.)
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
More than 87 million people in the U.S. have watched NBA games this season across NBC/Peacock, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and NBA TV, the most viewers in 15 years and up 89% vs. last year.
(Excludes 2011-12 season which began on Christmas Day.)
(Excludes 2011-12 season which began on Christmas Day.)
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ICYMI: The Supreme Court finally handed Trump a major loss yesterday. Here's what you need to know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/finally-the-supreme-court-stops-trump
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ICYMI: The Supreme Court finally handed Trump a major loss yesterday. Here's what you need to know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/finally-the-supreme-court-stops-trump
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If you'll forgive a little self-indulgence, I wanted to share some of my favorites 🧪 stories from a long year. I'll start with the one I'm most proud of--a piece digging into the cost of bird flu among wild animals, something I'd been wanting to cover for two years (🧵)
The Bird Flu Story No One Is Telling
Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at scales no one fully understands
www.scientificamerican.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you'll forgive a little self-indulgence, I wanted to share some of my favorites 🧪 stories from a long year. I'll start with the one I'm most proud of--a piece digging into the cost of bird flu among wild animals, something I'd been wanting to cover for two years (🧵)
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published October w/ @newyorker.com)
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NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises.
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
NEW: A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises.
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.”
These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:
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A group of endangered “galaxy frogs” are missing, presumed dead, after trespassing photographers reportedly destroyed their microhabitats for photos.
Melanobatrachus indicus lives under logs in the lush rainforest in Kerala, India. #ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Melanobatrachus indicus lives under logs in the lush rainforest in Kerala, India. #ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats
Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A group of endangered “galaxy frogs” are missing, presumed dead, after trespassing photographers reportedly destroyed their microhabitats for photos.
Melanobatrachus indicus lives under logs in the lush rainforest in Kerala, India. #ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Melanobatrachus indicus lives under logs in the lush rainforest in Kerala, India. #ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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So, on the one hand, I think these things should be discussed.
On the other hand, I don’t go in for policing everyone’s viewing, especially in a casual context when everyone involved is long dead.
“I like THE MALTESE FALCON—“
“Oh so you support drunk hit and run driver John Huston?”
On the other hand, I don’t go in for policing everyone’s viewing, especially in a casual context when everyone involved is long dead.
“I like THE MALTESE FALCON—“
“Oh so you support drunk hit and run driver John Huston?”
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
So, on the one hand, I think these things should be discussed.
On the other hand, I don’t go in for policing everyone’s viewing, especially in a casual context when everyone involved is long dead.
“I like THE MALTESE FALCON—“
“Oh so you support drunk hit and run driver John Huston?”
On the other hand, I don’t go in for policing everyone’s viewing, especially in a casual context when everyone involved is long dead.
“I like THE MALTESE FALCON—“
“Oh so you support drunk hit and run driver John Huston?”
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It’s very easy to talk about the bad with movies and actors we don’t like. The challenge is bringing that same energy even if we love them.
I am not saying ban the film, cancel the actor, etc. I am saying that Buster Keaton’s Confederate fanboy attitude deserves examination re: THE GENERAL
I am not saying ban the film, cancel the actor, etc. I am saying that Buster Keaton’s Confederate fanboy attitude deserves examination re: THE GENERAL
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It’s very easy to talk about the bad with movies and actors we don’t like. The challenge is bringing that same energy even if we love them.
I am not saying ban the film, cancel the actor, etc. I am saying that Buster Keaton’s Confederate fanboy attitude deserves examination re: THE GENERAL
I am not saying ban the film, cancel the actor, etc. I am saying that Buster Keaton’s Confederate fanboy attitude deserves examination re: THE GENERAL
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It’s like John Wayne’s “they had it coming“ interview re: genocide of Indigenous pople
“But consider all the interviews where he didn’t advocate genocide! It was only one and he was kind of old! I used to watch him with my daddy! Why do you hate my daddy?”
“But consider all the interviews where he didn’t advocate genocide! It was only one and he was kind of old! I used to watch him with my daddy! Why do you hate my daddy?”
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It’s like John Wayne’s “they had it coming“ interview re: genocide of Indigenous pople
“But consider all the interviews where he didn’t advocate genocide! It was only one and he was kind of old! I used to watch him with my daddy! Why do you hate my daddy?”
“But consider all the interviews where he didn’t advocate genocide! It was only one and he was kind of old! I used to watch him with my daddy! Why do you hate my daddy?”
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Acting like BOAN is the same as any old movie with one or two not great moments is asinine.
So, my attitude towards old movie stuff can be summed up as “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.”
So, my attitude towards old movie stuff can be summed up as “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.”
December 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Acting like BOAN is the same as any old movie with one or two not great moments is asinine.
So, my attitude towards old movie stuff can be summed up as “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.”
So, my attitude towards old movie stuff can be summed up as “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining.”
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When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.