Matt Dalto
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President Trump has tried to minimize his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Documents and interviews that The New York Times conducted with former Epstein employees, victims of his abuse and others who crossed paths with the two men reveal an intense and complicated relationship. trib.al/KUYR6U5
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
President Trump has tried to minimize his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Documents and interviews that The New York Times conducted with former Epstein employees, victims of his abuse and others who crossed paths with the two men reveal an intense and complicated relationship. trib.al/KUYR6U5
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Former special counsel Jack Smith did not invoke his Fifth Amendment rights during eight hours of testimony Wednesday behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee, the panel’s chairman said. https://cnn.it/48NRPk0
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Former special counsel Jack Smith did not invoke his Fifth Amendment rights during eight hours of testimony Wednesday behind closed doors to the House Judiciary Committee, the panel’s chairman said. https://cnn.it/48NRPk0
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“Much has been made of the cross-class nature of Trump’s strongest support. That the same is true of his strongest opposition is far less discussed, if it’s even considered worthy of discussion at all.”
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
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my latest for @newrepublic.com
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The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“Much has been made of the cross-class nature of Trump’s strongest support. That the same is true of his strongest opposition is far less discussed, if it’s even considered worthy of discussion at all.”
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NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart shareholder pushes firms to report impact of Trump's immigration policies reut.rs/4p0wVTs
Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart shareholder pushes firms to report impact of Trump's immigration policies
A union-aligned investment group sent letters to Amazon, Walmart and Alphabet on Wednesday, asking how U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies were impacting their finances and supply chains, according to the documents seen by Reuters.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Exclusive: Amazon, Walmart shareholder pushes firms to report impact of Trump's immigration policies reut.rs/4p0wVTs
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Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop
In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
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shot/chaser in just 2 sentences
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
shot/chaser in just 2 sentences
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AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
It’s guzzling up even more water than expected.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
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I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
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That this is numbers-driven tells you all you need to know about what this is about.
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Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
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December 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
That this is numbers-driven tells you all you need to know about what this is about.
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New Quinnipiac poll:
57% favor path to legalization for undocs vs 35% who back deporting them
Trump underwater on immigration (44-54) and on deportations (42-55)
Meanwhile DHS's Twitter feed is a white nationalist sewer pit and Gregory Bovino is swaggering around like an occupying general
57% favor path to legalization for undocs vs 35% who back deporting them
Trump underwater on immigration (44-54) and on deportations (42-55)
Meanwhile DHS's Twitter feed is a white nationalist sewer pit and Gregory Bovino is swaggering around like an occupying general
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
New Quinnipiac poll:
57% favor path to legalization for undocs vs 35% who back deporting them
Trump underwater on immigration (44-54) and on deportations (42-55)
Meanwhile DHS's Twitter feed is a white nationalist sewer pit and Gregory Bovino is swaggering around like an occupying general
57% favor path to legalization for undocs vs 35% who back deporting them
Trump underwater on immigration (44-54) and on deportations (42-55)
Meanwhile DHS's Twitter feed is a white nationalist sewer pit and Gregory Bovino is swaggering around like an occupying general
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I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade
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MAGA cannot fail. It can only be failed.
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
MAGA cannot fail. It can only be failed.
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Jayden Daniels just spoke with reporters for the first time since being shut down.
He said his elbow is feeling better, but he knew Monday morning after Minnesota that something was off.
"Adrenaline is a hell of a drug," he said. "Things changed when stuff settled down."
He said his elbow is feeling better, but he knew Monday morning after Minnesota that something was off.
"Adrenaline is a hell of a drug," he said. "Things changed when stuff settled down."
December 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Jayden Daniels just spoke with reporters for the first time since being shut down.
He said his elbow is feeling better, but he knew Monday morning after Minnesota that something was off.
"Adrenaline is a hell of a drug," he said. "Things changed when stuff settled down."
He said his elbow is feeling better, but he knew Monday morning after Minnesota that something was off.
"Adrenaline is a hell of a drug," he said. "Things changed when stuff settled down."
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Breaking news: U.S. Coast Guard allows a new workplace harassment policy to take effect, downgrading the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive” despite facing backlash over the new language.
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Breaking news: U.S. Coast Guard allows a new workplace harassment policy to take effect, downgrading the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive” despite facing backlash over the new language.
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Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows
Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows
Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year's Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows
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The refreshed Classic Full Zip hoodie uses a softer cotton fleece, but it’s still US-made. It’s the first major overhaul of American Giant’s most well-loved sweatshirt. www.wired.com/story/americ...
American Giant Has Redesigned Its Iconic Zip Hoodie
The refreshed Classic Full Zip hoodie uses a softer cotton fleece, but it’s still US-made. It’s the first major overhaul of American Giant’s most well-loved sweatshirt.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The refreshed Classic Full Zip hoodie uses a softer cotton fleece, but it’s still US-made. It’s the first major overhaul of American Giant’s most well-loved sweatshirt. www.wired.com/story/americ...
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December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Two Republican members of Congress are calling for the mass expulsion of Muslims from the U.S. following a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia over the weekend, amplifying an increasingly brazen Islamophobic sentiment within the party.
Some Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims
Comments from Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) reflect a brazen Islamophobic sentiment being voiced by some in the party.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Two Republican members of Congress are calling for the mass expulsion of Muslims from the U.S. following a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia over the weekend, amplifying an increasingly brazen Islamophobic sentiment within the party.
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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It is rare that i reach out to as many trump advisers and officials that I did today and get literally no one willing to defend this, even off the record.
"Trump Dances on Rob Reiner's Grave"
BREAKING: Trump Dances on Rob Reiner’s Grave
Even for President Donald Trump, this is sickening.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It is rare that i reach out to as many trump advisers and officials that I did today and get literally no one willing to defend this, even off the record.
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out
New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out
The annual soiree took place as young Republican groups across the country are reeling from POLITICO’s reporting on a racist and antisemitic chat group among prominent leaders.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out
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One of the lesser-known quotes from Stephen Miller is this, which we unearthed:
"If you import the Third World, you become the Third World."
Compare Miller's language to Pat Buchanan's, as we did here, and it matches up quite precisely. All that's missing from Miller's version is the word "white."
"If you import the Third World, you become the Third World."
Compare Miller's language to Pat Buchanan's, as we did here, and it matches up quite precisely. All that's missing from Miller's version is the word "white."
Steve Bannon tells us that among Stephen Miller's leading intellectual influences are Pat Buchanan, Oswald Spengler, and Samuel Huntington.
So we did a side-by-side comparison of some of Miller's language with Buchanan's.
(h/t @lioneltrolling.bsky.social)
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
So we did a side-by-side comparison of some of Miller's language with Buchanan's.
(h/t @lioneltrolling.bsky.social)
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One of the lesser-known quotes from Stephen Miller is this, which we unearthed:
"If you import the Third World, you become the Third World."
Compare Miller's language to Pat Buchanan's, as we did here, and it matches up quite precisely. All that's missing from Miller's version is the word "white."
"If you import the Third World, you become the Third World."
Compare Miller's language to Pat Buchanan's, as we did here, and it matches up quite precisely. All that's missing from Miller's version is the word "white."
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People support him because he reflects their values and character. He reflects their souls.
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
People support him because he reflects their values and character. He reflects their souls.