Rob Beard
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The Food and Drug Administration today approved a daily pill version of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy that the company said will be available early in the new year.
FDA approves first GLP-1 pill for weight loss
Oral Wegovy could provide a more convenient and cheaper alternative to the injectable version.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The Food and Drug Administration today approved a daily pill version of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy that the company said will be available early in the new year.
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UK's Harbour Energy to enter Gulf of Mexico with $3.2 billion LLOG deal reut.rs/48NyI9Q
UK's Harbour Energy to enter Gulf of Mexico with $3.2 billion LLOG deal
North Sea-focused Harbour Energy said on Monday it would buy deepwater oil and gas exploration and production company LLOG Exploration for $3.2 billion, marking its entry into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
UK's Harbour Energy to enter Gulf of Mexico with $3.2 billion LLOG deal reut.rs/48NyI9Q
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And they will convince MAGA that it's the Democrats in Congress who won't allow the $2,000.00 checks to be distributed.
#USDemocracy
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#USDemocracy
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Top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett says $2,000 tariff checks for Americans will depend on Congress
Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett said Sunday that President Trump's idea to give Americans $2,000 checks funded by tariff revenue will "depend on what happens with Congress."
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December 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
And they will convince MAGA that it's the Democrats in Congress who won't allow the $2,000.00 checks to be distributed.
#USDemocracy
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#USDemocracy
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If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help
Please contact us
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December 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help
Please contact us
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Please contact us
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Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
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“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices..."“It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices..."“It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
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A Kodiak couple faces possible deportation due to a voter registration error by the state, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/12/19/a...
A Kodiak couple faces possible deportation due to a voter registration error by the state | Alaska Beacon
Dozens of other state residents may also be unknowingly affected by a problem at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A Kodiak couple faces possible deportation due to a voter registration error by the state, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/12/19/a...
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BREAKING: A Russian general was killed after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
Russian general killed by bomb under his car in Moscow
Investigators say a Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated under his car in southern Moscow. Lt. Gen.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
BREAKING: A Russian general was killed after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
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Former Trooper Sgt. Joseph Miller and Jason Woodruff are each charged with violating the man’s civil rights. Neither were arrested following the federal indictment.
(From KDLL - Kenai)
(From KDLL - Kenai)
Feds charge Soldotna troopers with civil rights violations over violent Kenai arrest
In a news release, the U.S. Attorney's office says 50-year-old Miller had no legal justification for the violent arrest. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Woodruff illegally used his police dog to bite the…
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December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Former Trooper Sgt. Joseph Miller and Jason Woodruff are each charged with violating the man’s civil rights. Neither were arrested following the federal indictment.
(From KDLL - Kenai)
(From KDLL - Kenai)
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The process to reclassify a drug can take years.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
Trump unveils his marijuana plan. Here's when to expect a rule change for weed
The DEA has to take specific actions to make the rescheduling happen.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The process to reclassify a drug can take years.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
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FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
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Aw! Did The American Academy Of Pediatrics Hurt RFK Jr.'s Feewings?
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By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social
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By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social
Aw! Did The American Academy Of Pediatrics Hurt RFK Jr.'s Feewings?
They criticized him and now they are losing their HHS funding.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Aw! Did The American Academy Of Pediatrics Hurt RFK Jr.'s Feewings?
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By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social
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By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social
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“We are doing everything we can to move resources as quickly as possible to individuals.”
In Whatcom County, Gov. Ferguson talks flood damage, recovery with local leaders
“We are doing everything we can to move resources as quickly as possible to individuals.”
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December 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“We are doing everything we can to move resources as quickly as possible to individuals.”
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FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
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SORKIN: “.. This is now state-sponsored capitalism. I mean, this is not really capitalism. Everything runs through 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue now. This is new. This is totally and utterly new.”
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December 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
SORKIN: “.. This is now state-sponsored capitalism. I mean, this is not really capitalism. Everything runs through 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue now. This is new. This is totally and utterly new.”
@meidastouch.com @acyn.bsky.social @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
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I know it’s not the point but that woman has an awful haircut. ngl
Democratic lawmakers have released new photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, including images of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and New York Times columnist David Brooks. ft.trib.al/4oYNHdG
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I know it’s not the point but that woman has an awful haircut. ngl
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Police are investigating a link between the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor, AP sources say.
Police are investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say
Authorities are investigating a connection between the mass hooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor, according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Police are investigating a link between the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor, AP sources say.
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“ the jail is at a horrific state right now."... “We hear stories,” Harris, the county mayor, tells me, of “individuals that are standing for 24 hours straight because there’s no room or place for them to sit down. I don’t have the words for what’s happening over there.”
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
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December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“ the jail is at a horrific state right now."... “We hear stories,” Harris, the county mayor, tells me, of “individuals that are standing for 24 hours straight because there’s no room or place for them to sit down. I don’t have the words for what’s happening over there.”
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Anthropic asks judge to slash legal fees in $1.5 billion settlement reut.rs/4qniZ7r
Anthropic asks judge to slash legal fees in $1.5 billion settlement
Anthropic is urging a federal judge to slash a proposed $300 million legal fee award for lawyers representing authors in a $1.5 billion copyright class action settlement with the artificial intelligence company, arguing there is “scant justification” for a large chunk of the fees.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Anthropic asks judge to slash legal fees in $1.5 billion settlement reut.rs/4qniZ7r
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So... The Hunger Games?
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So... The Hunger Games?
State agency didn't bother to check their own records before ordering investigations by county officials?https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/12/18/texas-voter-roll-citizens-investigation-save-database-travis-county/
U.S. citizens again caught in Texas voter roll investigation
Some registered voters Texas flagged as ‘potential noncitizens’ had provided proof of citizenship
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December 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
State agency didn't bother to check their own records before ordering investigations by county officials?https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/12/18/texas-voter-roll-citizens-investigation-save-database-travis-county/
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The Pacific Northwest has been devastated by floods.
We have no FEMA. The asshole couldn’t care less. Even the MSM isn’t highlighting what’s happening.
Sad state of affairs
The Pacific Northwest has been devastated by floods.
We have no FEMA. The asshole couldn’t care less. Even the MSM isn’t highlighting what’s happening.
Sad state of affairs
The latest on the flooding disaster affecting multiple US states across the Pacific Northwest and Canada #flood #Washington #idaho #Montana #Oregon
TikTok video by news_eye
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December 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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The Pacific Northwest has been devastated by floods.
We have no FEMA. The asshole couldn’t care less. Even the MSM isn’t highlighting what’s happening.
Sad state of affairs
The Pacific Northwest has been devastated by floods.
We have no FEMA. The asshole couldn’t care less. Even the MSM isn’t highlighting what’s happening.
Sad state of affairs
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A woman has been arrested for allegedly pushing razor blades into loaves of bread at two Walmart stores in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Texas woman arrested for hiding razor blades in loaves of bread at Mississippi Walmart stores
A woman has been arrested for allegedly pushing razor blades into loaves of bread at two Walmart stores in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A woman has been arrested for allegedly pushing razor blades into loaves of bread at two Walmart stores in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Zero intelligence secrets, sources, or methods are put at risk by showing a video of a boat exploding, or of shipwrecked people clinging to boat pieces hit by a missile and exploding.
Such a video reveals absolutely nothing about how the US identified that boat, located it, or chose to attack it.
Such a video reveals absolutely nothing about how the US identified that boat, located it, or chose to attack it.
Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the general public"
December 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Zero intelligence secrets, sources, or methods are put at risk by showing a video of a boat exploding, or of shipwrecked people clinging to boat pieces hit by a missile and exploding.
Such a video reveals absolutely nothing about how the US identified that boat, located it, or chose to attack it.
Such a video reveals absolutely nothing about how the US identified that boat, located it, or chose to attack it.
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Nothing in the health care plan that they're voting on instead will address what people actually fear: Doubling, tripling health insurance premiums.
December 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Nothing in the health care plan that they're voting on instead will address what people actually fear: Doubling, tripling health insurance premiums.