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They do not deserve a moment's peace
ICE agent recognized out Christmas shopping—throws tantrum when citizens profile him.
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
"We're trying to prevent you from kidnapping our neighbors," they say.
"I'm not doing anything but walking, leave me alone!" he yells.
"Not right now you're not—but the past 5 days you have."
Philadelphia, PA
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
They do not deserve a moment's peace
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When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
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Minnesota Republicans and Donald Trump are right now pretending to care about fraud. Fraud is bad. The shit in MN was terrible. But … let’s me clear that they don’t actually care.
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Minnesota Republicans and Donald Trump are right now pretending to care about fraud. Fraud is bad. The shit in MN was terrible. But … let’s me clear that they don’t actually care.
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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“Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!” from the certified nut holding the nuke codes.
That’s just great.
That’s just great.
Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
December 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!” from the certified nut holding the nuke codes.
That’s just great.
That’s just great.
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Symbolic air strikes, whether in Syria or Nigeria, will not defeat ISIS. Many of Trump’s other actions, from cutting foreign aid to trying to eliminate online moderation, are actually undermining the struggle against ISIS and other terrorist groups. As i just wrote: wapo.st/4qrV8U5
December 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Symbolic air strikes, whether in Syria or Nigeria, will not defeat ISIS. Many of Trump’s other actions, from cutting foreign aid to trying to eliminate online moderation, are actually undermining the struggle against ISIS and other terrorist groups. As i just wrote: wapo.st/4qrV8U5
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Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling that would block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining immigrants who show up to court hearings in Northern California.
www.latimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
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I use the research by CCDH in my own work. This action by US government is shocking and unconstitutional. All researchers are in danger.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I use the research by CCDH in my own work. This action by US government is shocking and unconstitutional. All researchers are in danger.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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Me too!!!
If my trans kid moved to a country with less oppressive laws then my disabled kid and disabled wife couldn’t follow. There’s no real answer … other than to fight here and try to win.
If my trans kid moved to a country with less oppressive laws then my disabled kid and disabled wife couldn’t follow. There’s no real answer … other than to fight here and try to win.
Internationally- universal healthcare almost always closes immigration for elderly, chronically ill and disabled folks.
This is something I think about a lot.
This is something I think about a lot.
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Me too!!!
If my trans kid moved to a country with less oppressive laws then my disabled kid and disabled wife couldn’t follow. There’s no real answer … other than to fight here and try to win.
If my trans kid moved to a country with less oppressive laws then my disabled kid and disabled wife couldn’t follow. There’s no real answer … other than to fight here and try to win.
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The alt text is the christmas present you didn't know you wanted.
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The alt text is the christmas present you didn't know you wanted.
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“Everything I say leaks. And it sucks, right?,” Zuckerberg said at a Meta all-hands meeting this year.
This came after Meta's $25 million settlement with Trump and the company agreeing to pay $22 million for the Trump Presidential Library. From January:
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
This came after Meta's $25 million settlement with Trump and the company agreeing to pay $22 million for the Trump Presidential Library. From January:
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
December 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Everything I say leaks. And it sucks, right?,” Zuckerberg said at a Meta all-hands meeting this year.
This came after Meta's $25 million settlement with Trump and the company agreeing to pay $22 million for the Trump Presidential Library. From January:
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
This came after Meta's $25 million settlement with Trump and the company agreeing to pay $22 million for the Trump Presidential Library. From January:
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
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“MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead terrorists, of which there will be many more”
Trump on Christmas: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria.”
December 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead terrorists, of which there will be many more”
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A US judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed, after the permanent resident sued officials over an entry ban for his role in what Washington argues is online censorship reut.rs/3YI0HBI
Judge grants injunction blocking US from detaining British anti-disinformation activist
A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed, after the U.S. permanent resident sued officials over an entry ...
reut.rs
December 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A US judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed, after the permanent resident sued officials over an entry ban for his role in what Washington argues is online censorship reut.rs/3YI0HBI
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US carries out airstrikes against Islamic State ‘terrorist scum’ in Nigeria, Trump says
US carries out airstrikes against Islamic State ‘terrorist scum’ in Nigeria, Trump says
President claims strikes targeted militants in country’s northwest, accusing group of attacking Christian communities
Donald Trump said the US has carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria on Thursday, claiming the militant group had been targeting Christians in the region.
The president said in a post on Truth Social: “Tonight, at my direction as commander in chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against Isis terrorist scum in northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even centuries. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
US carries out airstrikes against Islamic State ‘terrorist scum’ in Nigeria, Trump says
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The war on Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The war on Christmas
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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Kristi Noem is telling us that America is strictly a white, Christian nation. Sometimes we tolerate others. Sometimes not.
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Kristi Noem is telling us that America is strictly a white, Christian nation. Sometimes we tolerate others. Sometimes not.
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"Of the 40 biggest claims on DOGE’s list, The Times found only 12 that appeared accurate — reflecting real reductions in what the government had committed to spend."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Of the 40 biggest claims on DOGE’s list, The Times found only 12 that appeared accurate — reflecting real reductions in what the government had committed to spend."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border
Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
wrd.cm
December 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
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Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras' presidential election, the country's electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the Central American nation's fragile electoral system. https://to.pbs.org/49pstZY
Nasry Asfura, candidate backed by Trump, declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote
Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, the country’s electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibili...
www.pbs.org
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras' presidential election, the country's electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the Central American nation's fragile electoral system. https://to.pbs.org/49pstZY
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One day, a neurological disorder will be named after Donald Trump for when a patient can't focus on anything but himself, but "acute malignant narcissism" is too mild a diagnosis.
Trump to child from Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania is great, we won Pennsylvania, actually three times. We won it a landslide.
December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One day, a neurological disorder will be named after Donald Trump for when a patient can't focus on anything but himself, but "acute malignant narcissism" is too mild a diagnosis.
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Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time.
She is grateful for your support, and asks folks that want to help to give back to the community by donating to a local organization of your choice.
She is grateful for your support, and asks folks that want to help to give back to the community by donating to a local organization of your choice.
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time.
She is grateful for your support, and asks folks that want to help to give back to the community by donating to a local organization of your choice.
She is grateful for your support, and asks folks that want to help to give back to the community by donating to a local organization of your choice.
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gock is this true
Lutnick: "Donald Trump's economy grew 4.3%. That means that Americans overall, all of us, are going to earn 4.3% more money. We're making a raise, it's a simple way to do it."
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
gock is this true
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!