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December 2, 2025
December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
December 2, 2025
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The Pentagon may have constructed the press corps of its dreams. But that doesn’t mean it’s getting good press.
That and more in today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4plrnnG
That and more in today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4plrnnG
The Potemkin Pentagon Press
Stacking a briefing room with Trump stans might seem like good praxis for a guy like Pete Hegseth. But it can backfire, too.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Pentagon may have constructed the press corps of its dreams. But that doesn’t mean it’s getting good press.
That and more in today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4plrnnG
That and more in today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4plrnnG
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The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the professionalism and dignity of the United States military.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the professionalism and dignity of the United States military.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
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can’t believe Jared Kushner was unable to negotiate a meaningful and just peace with Putin
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
can’t believe Jared Kushner was unable to negotiate a meaningful and just peace with Putin
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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And so it begins. Please remember (just like in Chicago, LA, and Charlotte) get organized and protect your communities. We’re already hearing that people are traveling to New Orleans to help, just as many did in Charlotte.
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
And so it begins. Please remember (just like in Chicago, LA, and Charlotte) get organized and protect your communities. We’re already hearing that people are traveling to New Orleans to help, just as many did in Charlotte.
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"There’s no need for dog whistles anymore. The government of the United States now openly stands for bigotry. It’s not just closing our borders; it’s targeting Americans."
@saletan.bsky.social on Trump's threat to denaturalize American citizens: lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l
@saletan.bsky.social on Trump's threat to denaturalize American citizens: lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l
Now Trump Is Threatening Naturalized Americans
He’s not just bashing refugees and illegal immigrants. He’s going after U.S. citizens born in other countries.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"There’s no need for dog whistles anymore. The government of the United States now openly stands for bigotry. It’s not just closing our borders; it’s targeting Americans."
@saletan.bsky.social on Trump's threat to denaturalize American citizens: lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l
@saletan.bsky.social on Trump's threat to denaturalize American citizens: lnk.thebulwark.com/48vef8l
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If we define “news” only as what is novel rather than what is right in front of our eyes, this is not particularly newsworthy. Trump has been attacking racial and ethnic groups for his entire political career: Mexicans, Muslims, Haitians, Afghans, Africans...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"A sickening moral slum of an administration"
George Will's verdict.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If we define “news” only as what is novel rather than what is right in front of our eyes, this is not particularly newsworthy. Trump has been attacking racial and ethnic groups for his entire political career: Mexicans, Muslims, Haitians, Afghans, Africans...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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here's today's post: "shh! don’t wake Preznit Fuckwit, cabinet meetings make him sleepy" — Don Snoreleone snoozes again.
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shh! don’t wake Preznit Fuckwit, cabinet meetings make him sleepy
Don Snoreleone snoozes again
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December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
here's today's post: "shh! don’t wake Preznit Fuckwit, cabinet meetings make him sleepy" — Don Snoreleone snoozes again.
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Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/Jy1cRMtz
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
app.sosha.ai
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/Jy1cRMtz
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
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The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
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We need to not only resist Donald Trump, but stop Trumpism from becoming a permanent ideology in American politics. Argentina is a warning. ICYMI @raders.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-arg...
Is the Argentina Bailout a Glimpse Into the Future of the United States?
Trumpism could dominate American politics long after Trump himself is gone—just as Perónism continues to dominate politics in Argentina.
www.thebulwark.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We need to not only resist Donald Trump, but stop Trumpism from becoming a permanent ideology in American politics. Argentina is a warning. ICYMI @raders.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-arg...
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
(Published Nov. 2024)
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
(Published Nov. 2024)
(Published Nov. 2024)
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James Talarico: "I would say Texas is much more in line with Georgia and Arizona in terms of its trajectory than states like Ohio, Iowa, Florida." Could he finally be the one to do it? www.thebulwark.com/p/james-tala...
A Rising Democratic Star Enters the Grunt-Work Phase
Texas’s James Talarico: “My party is scarred from the last election and scared of its own shadow.”
www.thebulwark.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
James Talarico: "I would say Texas is much more in line with Georgia and Arizona in terms of its trajectory than states like Ohio, Iowa, Florida." Could he finally be the one to do it? www.thebulwark.com/p/james-tala...
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His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
October 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
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Before engineering the Trump administration's government shutdown response, Russ Vought spent years building Project 2025 strategy.
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said in 2023. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.”
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said in 2023. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.”
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
www.propublica.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Before engineering the Trump administration's government shutdown response, Russ Vought spent years building Project 2025 strategy.
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said in 2023. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.”
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected,” he said in 2023. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.”
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
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We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.
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NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.
Version of original on left, updated on right:
Version of original on left, updated on right:
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.
Version of original on left, updated on right:
Version of original on left, updated on right:
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Crystal Carter went to tour an apartment. Rent was $1,500 a month.
“I’ll be paying with a Section 8 voucher,” she said.
“Yeah,” the landlord said. “I don’t do Section 8.”
This is what housing voucher discrimination looks like 👇
(Published 2020 w/ @ctmirror.org)
“I’ll be paying with a Section 8 voucher,” she said.
“Yeah,” the landlord said. “I don’t do Section 8.”
This is what housing voucher discrimination looks like 👇
(Published 2020 w/ @ctmirror.org)
How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out
Section 8 vouchers should give low-income people the opportunity to live outside poor communities. But discriminatory landlords, exclusionary zoning and the federal government’s hands-off approach lea...
www.propublica.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Crystal Carter went to tour an apartment. Rent was $1,500 a month.
“I’ll be paying with a Section 8 voucher,” she said.
“Yeah,” the landlord said. “I don’t do Section 8.”
This is what housing voucher discrimination looks like 👇
(Published 2020 w/ @ctmirror.org)
“I’ll be paying with a Section 8 voucher,” she said.
“Yeah,” the landlord said. “I don’t do Section 8.”
This is what housing voucher discrimination looks like 👇
(Published 2020 w/ @ctmirror.org)
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How does the White House respond to the gathering economic storm clouds? By firing potentially tens of thousands of federal workers and pulling the plug on a host of already funded and half-finished development projects! www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-sho...
Trump’s ‘Shoot the Hostage’ Shutdown Strategy
The White House's 3D-chess move: crushing the economy to own the libs.
www.thebulwark.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
How does the White House respond to the gathering economic storm clouds? By firing potentially tens of thousands of federal workers and pulling the plug on a host of already funded and half-finished development projects! www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-sho...
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This ought to be a huge story everywhere. It is imperative that we not normalize sending troops into blue cities on false pretenses. The consequences could be tragic. Journalists must rebut the lies and quote the outraged at the top of their articles and segments. www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/p...
Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland to | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “provide all necessary troops” to Portland, Oregon, a city he says is “war ravaged” and protect ICE facilities he claimed are “und...
www.cnn.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This ought to be a huge story everywhere. It is imperative that we not normalize sending troops into blue cities on false pretenses. The consequences could be tragic. Journalists must rebut the lies and quote the outraged at the top of their articles and segments. www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/p...
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September 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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