NCSU Dem
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“Mimi” (gma), Mom, ret English teacher, life-long learner, news & politics junkie, American & English history buff, armchair psychologist, frmr Rock/Blues/Jazz singer, on the NC coast. GO WOLFPACK!
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Funding Ukraine's war effort over 4yrs will cost European govts btw $606 and $972 billion, but it would cost them almost *double*, btw $1.4 and $1.8 trillion, to reinforce its eastern flank if Moscow gets its way, an important study by Norwegian Corisk and NUPI calculated.
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Helping Ukraine topple Russia instead of caving to Kremlin’s demands would save Europe hundreds of billions: study
Helping Ukraine defeat Russia is a cheaper prospect for Europe than giving into the Kremlin’s concessions, according to a new study titled “Europe’s Choice” out of Norway. F…
nypost.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Funding Ukraine's war effort over 4yrs will cost European govts btw $606 and $972 billion, but it would cost them almost *double*, btw $1.4 and $1.8 trillion, to reinforce its eastern flank if Moscow gets its way, an important study by Norwegian Corisk and NUPI calculated.
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"Ukraine is fighting for its survival. Drones and missiles hit Ukrainian cities most nights. Many Ukrainians nevertheless want, even now, to have a government that’s accountable to the public. Meanwhile, American and Russian kleptocrats are circling the country, looking for ways to make deals."
'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Ukraine is fighting for its survival. Drones and missiles hit Ukrainian cities most nights. Many Ukrainians nevertheless want, even now, to have a government that’s accountable to the public. Meanwhile, American and Russian kleptocrats are circling the country, looking for ways to make deals."
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A flood of deals with sheriffs is powering ICE’s rapid growth in arrests.
Uncommon Knowledge: How Trump is Quietly Turbocharging ICE Arrests
www.newsweek.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A flood of deals with sheriffs is powering ICE’s rapid growth in arrests.
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"The core of the strategy is here: 'The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over.' This resignation from the role of chief maintainer of the global order marks the break from 80 years of American foreign policy."
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Trump’s National Security Strategy: Atlas Shrugs
Hopefully the policy document won’t have much to do with the administration’s actions.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"The core of the strategy is here: 'The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over.' This resignation from the role of chief maintainer of the global order marks the break from 80 years of American foreign policy."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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NEW: 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 that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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 he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: 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 that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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BREAKING: Trump set to announce a $12 billion Socialist aid package for U.S. farmers after his idiotic tariffs forced many into financial hardship.
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
BREAKING: Trump set to announce a $12 billion Socialist aid package for U.S. farmers after his idiotic tariffs forced many into financial hardship.
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Turns out Elon is the one censoring the EU, not the other way around.
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Turns out Elon is the one censoring the EU, not the other way around.
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What's most galling is Wurman and Barnett aren't stupid. They both know exactly how dishonest this is. Whatever their motives, and I don't really care, they're not doing scholarship in any of this. They're willful liars abusing their credentials in an aid of a lawless attack on fundamental rights.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What's most galling is Wurman and Barnett aren't stupid. They both know exactly how dishonest this is. Whatever their motives, and I don't really care, they're not doing scholarship in any of this. They're willful liars abusing their credentials in an aid of a lawless attack on fundamental rights.
Merit, as defined by Christian eugenicists, only exists in white men.
Yet T & H exemplify the absurdity of white supremacy and male superiority as the key to meritocracy. Their sexual predation, psychopathic disregard for humanity, sadism, hubris and avarice are, more than meritless, mortal sins.
Yet T & H exemplify the absurdity of white supremacy and male superiority as the key to meritocracy. Their sexual predation, psychopathic disregard for humanity, sadism, hubris and avarice are, more than meritless, mortal sins.
Removal of photos was supposed to ensure that merit was the only thing they looked at.
Hegseth reversed the policy Mark Esper put in place in 2020, which was designed to prevent “discrimination, prejudice, and bias in all ranks.” Hegseth wants to know what they look like when these decisions are made.
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Merit, as defined by Christian eugenicists, only exists in white men.
Yet T & H exemplify the absurdity of white supremacy and male superiority as the key to meritocracy. Their sexual predation, psychopathic disregard for humanity, sadism, hubris and avarice are, more than meritless, mortal sins.
Yet T & H exemplify the absurdity of white supremacy and male superiority as the key to meritocracy. Their sexual predation, psychopathic disregard for humanity, sadism, hubris and avarice are, more than meritless, mortal sins.
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Foreclosure filings rose 19 percent from a year earlier, extending an eight-month climb that reflects growing financial pressure amid record household debt and rising delinquencies.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Foreclosure filings rose 19 percent from a year earlier, extending an eight-month climb that reflects growing financial pressure amid record household debt and rising delinquencies.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/us-foreclo...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/us-foreclo...
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And Jack Smith final report!!!!!
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
And Jack Smith final report!!!!!
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The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.
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Cartoon by John Darkow.
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Cartoon by John Darkow.
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Every right-wing oligarch, podcaster, hack, Russian apologist, paid influencer, and bot has been activated in a coordinated manner to attack Europe after the EU fined Musk.
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Every right-wing oligarch, podcaster, hack, Russian apologist, paid influencer, and bot has been activated in a coordinated manner to attack Europe after the EU fined Musk.
Reagan wasn’t Gorbachov’s, and would never be Putin’s, bitch.
Pete Hegseth:
The world sees an entirely different America today.These historic opportunities for peace aren’t happening by chance;it's Trump's vision&determination.Like President Reagan,Trump is willing to talk to rivals -from Gorbachev&Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s to Putin&Xi Jinping today
The world sees an entirely different America today.These historic opportunities for peace aren’t happening by chance;it's Trump's vision&determination.Like President Reagan,Trump is willing to talk to rivals -from Gorbachev&Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s to Putin&Xi Jinping today
December 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reagan wasn’t Gorbachov’s, and would never be Putin’s, bitch.
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Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
Commentary ↓
Commentary ↓
Trump Is Trying to Legalize Corruption by Abusing His Pardon Power
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
Commentary ↓
Commentary ↓
They’re doing exactly what they’ve planned to do since the ACA passed. Too many peasants live past 60; too many poor children survive to adulthood; too many defectives are permitted to exist. How are greedy fuckers supposed to become trillionaires? Eugenics, it’s the psychopaths’ final solution.
The coming Obamacare cliff could affect 22 million Americans, Toluse Olorunnipa reports, and Congress and the White House can’t figure out what to do.
‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’
Health-care costs are about to spike in a way that Americans can’t afford.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
They’re doing exactly what they’ve planned to do since the ACA passed. Too many peasants live past 60; too many poor children survive to adulthood; too many defectives are permitted to exist. How are greedy fuckers supposed to become trillionaires? Eugenics, it’s the psychopaths’ final solution.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureat Matviichuk called on Germany to supply 🇺🇦with Taurus missiles:
"42sec-that’s how long it takes a Russian missile to reach a school in Kharkiv.In 42sec,children don’t have time to reach shelter.The only way to prevent this is to stop the missiles at the airfield in Russia"
"42sec-that’s how long it takes a Russian missile to reach a school in Kharkiv.In 42sec,children don’t have time to reach shelter.The only way to prevent this is to stop the missiles at the airfield in Russia"
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Nobel Peace Prize laureat Matviichuk called on Germany to supply 🇺🇦with Taurus missiles:
"42sec-that’s how long it takes a Russian missile to reach a school in Kharkiv.In 42sec,children don’t have time to reach shelter.The only way to prevent this is to stop the missiles at the airfield in Russia"
"42sec-that’s how long it takes a Russian missile to reach a school in Kharkiv.In 42sec,children don’t have time to reach shelter.The only way to prevent this is to stop the missiles at the airfield in Russia"
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27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure denied dialysis until he signed a voluntary deportation order. Abolish DHS completely. Arrest most of its leaders.
Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after 'Charlotte's Web' sweep
Relatives of a 27-year-old Honduran man say he was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during "Operation Charlotte's Web." ICE denies the alle...
www.wfdd.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
27-year-old Honduran man with end-stage renal failure denied dialysis until he signed a voluntary deportation order. Abolish DHS completely. Arrest most of its leaders.
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Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
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 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
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Masked ICE agent says he “doesn’t care” if he’s a citizen as he kidnaps U.S. teen.
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Masked ICE agent says he “doesn’t care” if he’s a citizen as he kidnaps U.S. teen.
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
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Crowds are showing up🔥
Brooklyn and the Bronx both hit capacity as New Yorkers train to protect their communities from #ICE and stand up for their neighbors.
More trainings are coming, and a full weekend of community action is set for Dec 12–14.
Sign up: HandsOffNYC.com
Brooklyn and the Bronx both hit capacity as New Yorkers train to protect their communities from #ICE and stand up for their neighbors.
More trainings are coming, and a full weekend of community action is set for Dec 12–14.
Sign up: HandsOffNYC.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Crowds are showing up🔥
Brooklyn and the Bronx both hit capacity as New Yorkers train to protect their communities from #ICE and stand up for their neighbors.
More trainings are coming, and a full weekend of community action is set for Dec 12–14.
Sign up: HandsOffNYC.com
Brooklyn and the Bronx both hit capacity as New Yorkers train to protect their communities from #ICE and stand up for their neighbors.
More trainings are coming, and a full weekend of community action is set for Dec 12–14.
Sign up: HandsOffNYC.com
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"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."