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And, after 15 years of trying, they're going to kick millions off of the ACA—the first time the federal government has ever purposely uninsured millions of Americans.
That alone should be enough to cost the GOP control of Congress in a typical midterm.
That alone should be enough to cost the GOP control of Congress in a typical midterm.
December 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
And, after 15 years of trying, they're going to kick millions off of the ACA—the first time the federal government has ever purposely uninsured millions of Americans.
That alone should be enough to cost the GOP control of Congress in a typical midterm.
That alone should be enough to cost the GOP control of Congress in a typical midterm.
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For the first time this century, the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday is projected to rise, according to a new study published by the Gates Foundation.
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
For the first time this century, the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday is projected to rise, according to a new study published by the Gates Foundation.
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Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
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The UK's Ministry of Defence plans to develop autonomous vessels that operate AI technology alongside warships and aircraft to better protect Britain’s undersea cables and pipelines from Moscow.
UK announces military tech to counter Russian submarine threat
Navy chief Gwyn Jenkins was expected to praise “revolutionary underwater network” tracking adversaries after a Russian spy ship entered British waters.
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The UK's Ministry of Defence plans to develop autonomous vessels that operate AI technology alongside warships and aircraft to better protect Britain’s undersea cables and pipelines from Moscow.
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“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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NEW @propublica.org: In just a matter of weeks in 1993, Trump got 2 mortgages for 2 Palm Beach houses, pledging in each case that the house would be his principal residence.
In reality, both houses were investment properties. “They were rentals from the beginning,” says the rental agent.
In reality, both houses were investment properties. “They were rentals from the beginning,” says the rental agent.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
NEW @propublica.org: In just a matter of weeks in 1993, Trump got 2 mortgages for 2 Palm Beach houses, pledging in each case that the house would be his principal residence.
In reality, both houses were investment properties. “They were rentals from the beginning,” says the rental agent.
In reality, both houses were investment properties. “They were rentals from the beginning,” says the rental agent.
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Analysis: President Trump’s contention that people from some countries are desirable, while others are not, is nothing new.
Language used by Trump and those around him harks back more than a century to the passage of laws, including the Johnson-Reed Act.
Language used by Trump and those around him harks back more than a century to the passage of laws, including the Johnson-Reed Act.
Analysis | Trump’s latest anti-immigration push echoes the nativism of the 1920s
The president and his aides have escalated anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies in recent weeks.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Analysis: President Trump’s contention that people from some countries are desirable, while others are not, is nothing new.
Language used by Trump and those around him harks back more than a century to the passage of laws, including the Johnson-Reed Act.
Language used by Trump and those around him harks back more than a century to the passage of laws, including the Johnson-Reed Act.
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What's changed?
Not the science.
Two chemical industry insiders now head the agency's chemicals office. Both have previously advocated on behalf of companies that make formaldehyde for the approach EPA just took that found formaldehyde to be less risky.
Not the science.
Two chemical industry insiders now head the agency's chemicals office. Both have previously advocated on behalf of companies that make formaldehyde for the approach EPA just took that found formaldehyde to be less risky.
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What's changed?
Not the science.
Two chemical industry insiders now head the agency's chemicals office. Both have previously advocated on behalf of companies that make formaldehyde for the approach EPA just took that found formaldehyde to be less risky.
Not the science.
Two chemical industry insiders now head the agency's chemicals office. Both have previously advocated on behalf of companies that make formaldehyde for the approach EPA just took that found formaldehyde to be less risky.
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Daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH. Hold him & everyone involved accountable.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Support survivors, not predators & accomplices.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Support survivors, not predators & accomplices.
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH. Hold him & everyone involved accountable.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Support survivors, not predators & accomplices.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Support survivors, not predators & accomplices.
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"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
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Bradley may have had a stellar career. But he showed terrible judgment here. And it will be what he is remembered for.
"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Bradley may have had a stellar career. But he showed terrible judgment here. And it will be what he is remembered for.
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Again, since certain people can't wrap their heads around this pretty simple concept:
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Again, since certain people can't wrap their heads around this pretty simple concept:
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
If you voted for Kamala, you helped Kamala.
If you voted for Trump, you helped Trump.
If you voted 3rd Party, you helped Trump.
If you stayed home, you helped Trump.
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Whether these men were on a list or not is irrelevant
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
He says the men they murdered are on a list.
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Whether these men were on a list or not is irrelevant
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
THERE. IS. NO. JUSTIFICATION. FOR. KILLING. SHIPWRECKED. MEN.
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ICE is moving from illegal raids & brutality to ethnic cleansing, just like any good Gestapo would do...
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
ICE is moving from illegal raids & brutality to ethnic cleansing, just like any good Gestapo would do...
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
U.S. citizen was detained by ICE on her way to work during a traffic stop.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement!
#StopGestapoICE
2/2🧵
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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One of the most important things you can do right now is convince family and friends that Trump & Co. threaten the future of everyone they love. It’s not “the same old politics,“ which many people carefully ignore. They’ve got to get involved.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One of the most important things you can do right now is convince family and friends that Trump & Co. threaten the future of everyone they love. It’s not “the same old politics,“ which many people carefully ignore. They’ve got to get involved.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
If we can defeat apathy, we can defeat the fascists.
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I understand that diehard cult members may be beyond rescue. I’m focusing on people who don’t follow the news and assume everything will end up just fine — people who don’t consider themselves to be “political.” We need those people to get in the fight.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I understand that diehard cult members may be beyond rescue. I’m focusing on people who don’t follow the news and assume everything will end up just fine — people who don’t consider themselves to be “political.” We need those people to get in the fight.
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Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
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FBI Director Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capital, you attack the very being of our way of life. This FBI and this DOJ stand here to tell you we will always refute it and combat it."
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
FBI Director Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capital, you attack the very being of our way of life. This FBI and this DOJ stand here to tell you we will always refute it and combat it."
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol...
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Bringing this back. Simply because I can 😆
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Bringing this back. Simply because I can 😆
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
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I have not to be annoyed when the response to any poll is "But 29% (or whatever) is still TOO MANY" because
1)Sure, it is too many.
But.
2) Do we have to have a footnote about the power of propaganda feeding on the US' legacy biases every time we post a poll?
Because I can't! So this is it.
1)Sure, it is too many.
But.
2) Do we have to have a footnote about the power of propaganda feeding on the US' legacy biases every time we post a poll?
Because I can't! So this is it.
New Harvard Poll puts Trump at a dismal 29% approval among young voters
A new Harvard Youth Poll has some concerning results for President Trump and both major parties in Congress as Trump’s approval rating for 18 to 29-year-olds sits at just 29% and Congressional Democra...
www.ms.now
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I have not to be annoyed when the response to any poll is "But 29% (or whatever) is still TOO MANY" because
1)Sure, it is too many.
But.
2) Do we have to have a footnote about the power of propaganda feeding on the US' legacy biases every time we post a poll?
Because I can't! So this is it.
1)Sure, it is too many.
But.
2) Do we have to have a footnote about the power of propaganda feeding on the US' legacy biases every time we post a poll?
Because I can't! So this is it.