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Your reminder that Donald Trump is no longer an outlier in the Republican Party.
His brand of anti-americanism is now their mainstream.
They are an ongoing threat to our freedoms and the stability of the United States.
His brand of anti-americanism is now their mainstream.
They are an ongoing threat to our freedoms and the stability of the United States.
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Your reminder that Donald Trump is no longer an outlier in the Republican Party.
His brand of anti-americanism is now their mainstream.
They are an ongoing threat to our freedoms and the stability of the United States.
His brand of anti-americanism is now their mainstream.
They are an ongoing threat to our freedoms and the stability of the United States.
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December 26, 2025
December 26, 2025
On Tuesday, December 23, the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:11 AM
December 26, 2025
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At the current rate, DOJ will be finished releasing the Epstein files in July, 2030*
*15,000 documents/30,000 pages per month, provided they're being honest about how many documents they have.
*15,000 documents/30,000 pages per month, provided they're being honest about how many documents they have.
December 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
At the current rate, DOJ will be finished releasing the Epstein files in July, 2030*
*15,000 documents/30,000 pages per month, provided they're being honest about how many documents they have.
*15,000 documents/30,000 pages per month, provided they're being honest about how many documents they have.
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December 25, 2025
December 25, 2025
The modern version of Santa Claus arrived in the United States in 1863, when he stopped at an army camp of Union soldiers in the January 3 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Cartoonist Thomas Nast drew Santa w...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
December 25, 2025
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1 in 5 girls and women alive today and 1 in 7 boys and men have been subjected to sexual violence as children. This includes more than 1 in 8 women and 1 in 11 men who have experienced rape or sexual assault in childhood. ~ UNICEF.
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
1 in 5 girls and women alive today and 1 in 7 boys and men have been subjected to sexual violence as children. This includes more than 1 in 8 women and 1 in 11 men who have experienced rape or sexual assault in childhood. ~ UNICEF.
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This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
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I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
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At least 30 people have died in ICE custody in less than a year under the current administration. With the massive increase in detainments, conditions inside ICE detention facilities will only get worse, leading to even more deaths.
December 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
At least 30 people have died in ICE custody in less than a year under the current administration. With the massive increase in detainments, conditions inside ICE detention facilities will only get worse, leading to even more deaths.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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When the GOP wasn't evil.
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When the GOP wasn't evil.
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Yesterday played out exactly as many expected a cover-up. When 119 pages of grand jury documents are released entirely redacted, that goes far beyond protecting victims’ identities. A court ordered these records released, yet what the public received was effectively nothing.
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yesterday played out exactly as many expected a cover-up. When 119 pages of grand jury documents are released entirely redacted, that goes far beyond protecting victims’ identities. A court ordered these records released, yet what the public received was effectively nothing.
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December 20, 2025
December 20, 2025
On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
December 20, 2025
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For a GOP president—after the Iraq War—to say outright that invading Venezuela is all about oil is wild. But it is. It’s also about corruption, power, graft, and land. And we should take him at his word.
@msnowevents.bsky.social
@msnowevents.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
For a GOP president—after the Iraq War—to say outright that invading Venezuela is all about oil is wild. But it is. It’s also about corruption, power, graft, and land. And we should take him at his word.
@msnowevents.bsky.social
@msnowevents.bsky.social
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December 17, 2025
December 17, 2025
This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
December 17, 2025
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This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
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Translation of the letter sent from Venezuela to the United Nations. Apologies if the translation is not exact. And to be clear, Venezuela, we Americans do not want war. We are dealing with a mad king.
Caracas, December 16, 2025
Caracas, December 16, 2025
December 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Translation of the letter sent from Venezuela to the United Nations. Apologies if the translation is not exact. And to be clear, Venezuela, we Americans do not want war. We are dealing with a mad king.
Caracas, December 16, 2025
Caracas, December 16, 2025
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[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
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December 16, 2025
December 16, 2025
While President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
December 16, 2025
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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I can't claim to be a political analyst but I know how to break Donald Trump: give someone else close to him attention.
If sane people began referring to Stephen Miller as "President Stephen Miller" and Trump as his ventriloquist's dummy, Stephen Miller would be gone in no time.
If sane people began referring to Stephen Miller as "President Stephen Miller" and Trump as his ventriloquist's dummy, Stephen Miller would be gone in no time.
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I can't claim to be a political analyst but I know how to break Donald Trump: give someone else close to him attention.
If sane people began referring to Stephen Miller as "President Stephen Miller" and Trump as his ventriloquist's dummy, Stephen Miller would be gone in no time.
If sane people began referring to Stephen Miller as "President Stephen Miller" and Trump as his ventriloquist's dummy, Stephen Miller would be gone in no time.
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Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Usually, when I need an appointment at the VA, I can get one within 2 weeks. Today, I called for an appointment and the next available is in May, 2026. Firing 35K people will do that. The Trump administration hates veterans.
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“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner