Renee Blumstein, Ph.D.
@reneejoy41.bsky.social
Educational Researcher and Grant Writer
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Go ahead, try...in vain...to forget about Thomas Homan. The Trump admin is trying very hard to erase him from your mind. They can't. He's right there...where he needs to be. Want to defy Trump? Then keep Tom Homan top of mind.
December 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Go ahead, try...in vain...to forget about Thomas Homan. The Trump admin is trying very hard to erase him from your mind. They can't. He's right there...where he needs to be. Want to defy Trump? Then keep Tom Homan top of mind.
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Schlossberg ripped RFK Jr for pushing vaccine skepticism and reducing government support for medical research.
“I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby, in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government.”
“I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby, in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government.”
December 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Schlossberg ripped RFK Jr for pushing vaccine skepticism and reducing government support for medical research.
“I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby, in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government.”
“I watched from my hospital bed as Bobby, in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government.”
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Sending prayers to her family. She was an extraordinary young woman.
If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sending prayers to her family. She was an extraordinary young woman.
If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
If you haven’t, read her superb essay in @newyorker.com about her journey since her cancer diagnosis. A remarkable person. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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This seems to directly contradict the claims of the Trump admin about how seriously they are taking the drug problem.
Anti-Drug Unit Officially Shut Down by DOJ
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under the Department of Homeland Security
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under the Department of Homeland Security
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Anti-Drug Unit Officially Shut Down by DOJ
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under the Department of Homeland Security.
www.bloomberg.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This seems to directly contradict the claims of the Trump admin about how seriously they are taking the drug problem.
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And finally...
Inside the FBI’s Review and Redaction of Epstein Files
The communications released to FOIA Files provide a look behind the scenes as agents and other FBI personnel started to work on the Epstein files earlier this year
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Inside the FBI’s Review and Redaction of Epstein Files
The communications released to FOIA Files provide a look behind the scenes as agents and other FBI personnel started to work on the Epstein files earlier this year
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Inside the FBI’s Review and Redaction of Epstein Files
The communications released to FOIA Files provide a look behind the scenes as agents and other FBI personnel started to work on the Epstein files earlier this year.
www.bloomberg.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
And finally...
Inside the FBI’s Review and Redaction of Epstein Files
The communications released to FOIA Files provide a look behind the scenes as agents and other FBI personnel started to work on the Epstein files earlier this year
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Inside the FBI’s Review and Redaction of Epstein Files
The communications released to FOIA Files provide a look behind the scenes as agents and other FBI personnel started to work on the Epstein files earlier this year
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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NEW: Citing a "large docket of cases", a Justice Dept attorney asks a court to DELAY the upcoming deadline for the Trump Admin to respond to a lawsuit, which seeks to require the hanging of the Jan 6 plaque honoring police at the Capitol
Federal law required the plaque to be hung by 2023
Federal law required the plaque to be hung by 2023
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: Citing a "large docket of cases", a Justice Dept attorney asks a court to DELAY the upcoming deadline for the Trump Admin to respond to a lawsuit, which seeks to require the hanging of the Jan 6 plaque honoring police at the Capitol
Federal law required the plaque to be hung by 2023
Federal law required the plaque to be hung by 2023
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Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
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Donald Trump targets his political enemies in order to keep power. In 2026, that won't just mean going after people like James Comey and Tish James. It will require him to target voters who he needs to disenfranchise to keep control of Congress. The fight for democracy is more urgent than ever.
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Donald Trump targets his political enemies in order to keep power. In 2026, that won't just mean going after people like James Comey and Tish James. It will require him to target voters who he needs to disenfranchise to keep control of Congress. The fight for democracy is more urgent than ever.
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Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Of all the dirty tricks: juking USPS rules so that the postmark of mail-in ballots won't reflect the date they were put in the hands of the Postal Service, creating a pretext to throw out the votes.
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There is a devastating report in the NYT this afternoon that one the US-destroyed fishing boats washed ashore in Columbia and contained only evidence of marijuana.
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There is a devastating report in the NYT this afternoon that one the US-destroyed fishing boats washed ashore in Columbia and contained only evidence of marijuana.
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Trump’s claim that he is saving the US from fentanyl smuggling by Venezuela is a disprovable lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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Wall Street Journal editorial board calls out MAGA’s latest 2020 stolen election ‘nonsense’
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Wall Street Journal board calls out MAGA’s latest 2020 stolen election ‘nonsense’
‘Mr. Trump will never admit his 2020 claims were partisan nonsense. But Republicans who care about the future could do their man a favor by refusing to keep indulging them,’ the editorial board wrote ...
www.independent.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Wall Street Journal editorial board calls out MAGA’s latest 2020 stolen election ‘nonsense’
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
For those who help the poor, 2025 goes down as a year of chaos
Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
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Donald Trump faces renewed speculation about his health after he was seen today with apparent bruising on his left hand—in addition to the persistent bruises on the back of his right hand.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-doe...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-doe...
Trump, 79, Doesn’t Even Try to Cover Up Bruising on ‘Good’ Hand
The new discoloration has fueled concerns that Americans are not getting the full picture about the president.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Donald Trump faces renewed speculation about his health after he was seen today with apparent bruising on his left hand—in addition to the persistent bruises on the back of his right hand.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-doe...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-doe...
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Democrats plan to hold a fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot by reconvening the House select committee that investigated the matter.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Democrats plan to hold a fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot by reconvening the House select committee that investigated the matter.
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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Anti-vaxxers have a lot to answer for. A lot.
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Anti-vaxxers have a lot to answer for. A lot.
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The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
www.theatlantic.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
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Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”
December 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Pelosi: “The President incited an insurrection. We begged him to send the National Guard, they never sent them. This President is trying to re-write history… it was an assault on the constitution of 🇺🇸.”
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5 yrs ago next Tuesday, an American president who lost an election but refused to accept the loss incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election.
Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.
Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.
December 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
5 yrs ago next Tuesday, an American president who lost an election but refused to accept the loss incited a violent attempt to overthrow the election.
Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.
Instead of being treated like a pariah, that president was actually voted back into the White House, a much bigger condemnation of us than him.
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Congress will reconvene in one week.
When we return, we need four Republicans in Congress to stand with us and reassert that Congress, and only Congress, has the power to authorize military action against Venezuela.
The new year cannot bring a new endless war over regime change.
When we return, we need four Republicans in Congress to stand with us and reassert that Congress, and only Congress, has the power to authorize military action against Venezuela.
The new year cannot bring a new endless war over regime change.
December 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Congress will reconvene in one week.
When we return, we need four Republicans in Congress to stand with us and reassert that Congress, and only Congress, has the power to authorize military action against Venezuela.
The new year cannot bring a new endless war over regime change.
When we return, we need four Republicans in Congress to stand with us and reassert that Congress, and only Congress, has the power to authorize military action against Venezuela.
The new year cannot bring a new endless war over regime change.
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The ACA saved my life. ♥️ Just taking a moment to remember how it all went down thanks to Barack, Joe and the Democrats.
As millions of Americans are about to lose their healthcare thanks to Republicans, don't forget these same politicians will cont to get their primo government funded insurance.
As millions of Americans are about to lose their healthcare thanks to Republicans, don't forget these same politicians will cont to get their primo government funded insurance.
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The ACA saved my life. ♥️ Just taking a moment to remember how it all went down thanks to Barack, Joe and the Democrats.
As millions of Americans are about to lose their healthcare thanks to Republicans, don't forget these same politicians will cont to get their primo government funded insurance.
As millions of Americans are about to lose their healthcare thanks to Republicans, don't forget these same politicians will cont to get their primo government funded insurance.
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Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
For those who help the poor, 2025 goes down as a year of chaos
Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
n.pr
December 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
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President Trump has repeatedly made false claims that there have not been any murders in Washington, D.C., since he deployed the National Guard and took federal control of the police force in August. The people whose deaths get downplayed or wiped away in his telling are typically people of color.
In Trump’s D.C. Crackdown, Murder Victims’ Families Say He’s Ignoring Them
President Trump insists there are no more murders in Washington, D.C. “I wish that was true,” said Jamia Vaden, whose sister was gunned down in November.
nyti.ms
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
President Trump has repeatedly made false claims that there have not been any murders in Washington, D.C., since he deployed the National Guard and took federal control of the police force in August. The people whose deaths get downplayed or wiped away in his telling are typically people of color.