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Congress can step in and impeach.
January 2, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Congress can step in and impeach.
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This administration is captured by Moscow and pose a national security threat to the United States.
NYT: Hegseth demanded the resignation of the commander of U.S. forces in Europe and NATO, General Christopher Cavoli, who stated in a declaration submitted to the Senate committee in April that Russia poses a "chronic" and "growing" threat
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 AM
This administration is captured by Moscow and pose a national security threat to the United States.
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If I had a dollar for every member of Congress I heard say, “when we get the majority…” as an excuse for their inaction in 2025…
It’s 2026. Gonna need to see some action before November. Or at the very very least — EFFORT.
It’s 2026. Gonna need to see some action before November. Or at the very very least — EFFORT.
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 PM
If I had a dollar for every member of Congress I heard say, “when we get the majority…” as an excuse for their inaction in 2025…
It’s 2026. Gonna need to see some action before November. Or at the very very least — EFFORT.
It’s 2026. Gonna need to see some action before November. Or at the very very least — EFFORT.
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The attack of USAID happened over a weekend.
The sudden demo of the East Wing of the White House happened during the federal government shutdown.
The Administration of Children & Families froze all childcare payments while Congress on recess.
There’s a pattern.
The sudden demo of the East Wing of the White House happened during the federal government shutdown.
The Administration of Children & Families froze all childcare payments while Congress on recess.
There’s a pattern.
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The attack of USAID happened over a weekend.
The sudden demo of the East Wing of the White House happened during the federal government shutdown.
The Administration of Children & Families froze all childcare payments while Congress on recess.
There’s a pattern.
The sudden demo of the East Wing of the White House happened during the federal government shutdown.
The Administration of Children & Families froze all childcare payments while Congress on recess.
There’s a pattern.
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We got wind of their plans to do this a week before Christmas. Tried to raise the alarm on the Hill — members use these courses too. Everyone was just trying to leave town for recess.
One lesson from 2025 — this Administration is acting when Congress is sleep & on break.
One lesson from 2025 — this Administration is acting when Congress is sleep & on break.
The Trump administration terminated the lease agreement governing Washington’s three public golf courses www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Future of D.C. golf courses uncertain as Trump administration terminates lease
National Links Trust, the nonprofit that has run the courses since 2020, objects to Interior Department’s assertion that it hasn’t fulfilled its obligations.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
We got wind of their plans to do this a week before Christmas. Tried to raise the alarm on the Hill — members use these courses too. Everyone was just trying to leave town for recess.
One lesson from 2025 — this Administration is acting when Congress is sleep & on break.
One lesson from 2025 — this Administration is acting when Congress is sleep & on break.
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Happy New Year!
You have been blessed by the New Years duck. May this little duck make things just a bit better for you in the year ahead.
You have been blessed by the New Years duck. May this little duck make things just a bit better for you in the year ahead.
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Happy New Year!
You have been blessed by the New Years duck. May this little duck make things just a bit better for you in the year ahead.
You have been blessed by the New Years duck. May this little duck make things just a bit better for you in the year ahead.
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Criminals who are scamming the people to enrich themselves should be sent to prison.
December 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Criminals who are scamming the people to enrich themselves should be sent to prison.
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I will go to my grave baffled that they built a whole cult of Trump Loves And Fights For You around a guy who has very transparently not given a single shit about another human being a day in his life
December 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I will go to my grave baffled that they built a whole cult of Trump Loves And Fights For You around a guy who has very transparently not given a single shit about another human being a day in his life
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website https://theonion.com/doj-removes-all-mentions-of-justice-from-website/
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website https://theonion.com/doj-removes-all-mentions-of-justice-from-website/
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It was never really about cutting overall spending - that was the grift. It was destroying disliked programs, securing lucrative contracts, stealing valuable data, and further decreasing trust in government - all of which were quite successful
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It was never really about cutting overall spending - that was the grift. It was destroying disliked programs, securing lucrative contracts, stealing valuable data, and further decreasing trust in government - all of which were quite successful
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What. A. Year. It. Has. Been.
Locals have lost jobs because of the slashing of the federal workforce. D.C.'s local laws and budget have been targeted by the GOP. And Trump flooded the streets with federal troops.
I can't imagine a more important time for independent media.
Locals have lost jobs because of the slashing of the federal workforce. D.C.'s local laws and budget have been targeted by the GOP. And Trump flooded the streets with federal troops.
I can't imagine a more important time for independent media.
To close out the year, @maustermuhle.bsky.social has a word for 51st readers:
A note from Martin
The 51st's first full-time reporter reflects on what it means to be a D.C. news outlet in 2025.
51st.news
December 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
What. A. Year. It. Has. Been.
Locals have lost jobs because of the slashing of the federal workforce. D.C.'s local laws and budget have been targeted by the GOP. And Trump flooded the streets with federal troops.
I can't imagine a more important time for independent media.
Locals have lost jobs because of the slashing of the federal workforce. D.C.'s local laws and budget have been targeted by the GOP. And Trump flooded the streets with federal troops.
I can't imagine a more important time for independent media.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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To recap:
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
To recap:
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
*The Trump administration illegally renamed the Kennedy Center. They broke the law.
*Now they are suing a guy who refused to perform because of the name change for $1 million.
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I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just taught my lecture course on mid-20th c US history, which starts with Harding and concludes with Nixon.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
For the first time, I had to pause and stress that those scandals were actually shocking at the time and, what’s more, that Americans actually demanded people be held accountable.
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“the president seems to be using the doj to hide his years of involvement with the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history” feels like a story worth reporting on
December 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“the president seems to be using the doj to hide his years of involvement with the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history” feels like a story worth reporting on
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even if the Supreme Court says we can never touch Trump for any of this shit, the next admin should go after everyone involved in buying and selling pardons and they should do it loudly and aggressively
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
even if the Supreme Court says we can never touch Trump for any of this shit, the next admin should go after everyone involved in buying and selling pardons and they should do it loudly and aggressively
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BREAKING. Enormous news in the hockey romance world...
I am thrilled to announce that CHECK, PLEASE!: YEAR FIVE, a brand new volume of Check, Please! will be serialized in 2026. #omgcp 🏒🥧💕
I am thrilled to announce that CHECK, PLEASE!: YEAR FIVE, a brand new volume of Check, Please! will be serialized in 2026. #omgcp 🏒🥧💕
December 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
BREAKING. Enormous news in the hockey romance world...
I am thrilled to announce that CHECK, PLEASE!: YEAR FIVE, a brand new volume of Check, Please! will be serialized in 2026. #omgcp 🏒🥧💕
I am thrilled to announce that CHECK, PLEASE!: YEAR FIVE, a brand new volume of Check, Please! will be serialized in 2026. #omgcp 🏒🥧💕
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As I told the @washingtonpost.com, the Trump Administration's attempted takeover of DC isn't being done *for* us, it's being done *to* us. And if we let it succeed, they will take this playbook and run it in blue cities around the country. We have to stop it here
December 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
As I told the @washingtonpost.com, the Trump Administration's attempted takeover of DC isn't being done *for* us, it's being done *to* us. And if we let it succeed, they will take this playbook and run it in blue cities around the country. We have to stop it here
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I don't want gen AI in my software
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I don't want gen AI in my software
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
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Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
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Bribery = Impeachment. Says so right in the Constitution. The Trump v US ruling does not protect Trump from this consequence. Keep the pressure on Congress to act and uphold their oath.
Do we already have a bribery impeachment article @citizensimpeachment.com?
Do we already have a bribery impeachment article @citizensimpeachment.com?
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Bribery = Impeachment. Says so right in the Constitution. The Trump v US ruling does not protect Trump from this consequence. Keep the pressure on Congress to act and uphold their oath.
Do we already have a bribery impeachment article @citizensimpeachment.com?
Do we already have a bribery impeachment article @citizensimpeachment.com?
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Weird how you never hear about the U.S. Military facing a “tight squeeze” or “losing money”
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Weird how you never hear about the U.S. Military facing a “tight squeeze” or “losing money”
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the most notable thing JD Vance has done in the last five years is tell vicious racist lies about immigrants. If you think he hasn't taken a side on bigotry, you are an idiot. He's for it. He's very strongly for it.
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
the most notable thing JD Vance has done in the last five years is tell vicious racist lies about immigrants. If you think he hasn't taken a side on bigotry, you are an idiot. He's for it. He's very strongly for it.