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Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
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Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet

Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.

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December 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM

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The Heritage Foundation Shows How MAGA Will Die
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The Heritage Foundation Shows How MAGA Will Die

Even corrupt institutions can reach a tipping point

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December 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM

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December 29, 2025
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December 29, 2025

In an appearance on New York’s WABC radio on Friday, President Donald J.

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December 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM

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Five ways to make more than a billion dollars
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Five ways to make more than a billion dollars

None have anything to do with “free market” capitalism

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December 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM

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December 28, 2025
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December 28, 2025

On the clear, cold morning of December 29, 1890, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, three U.S.

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December 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM

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December 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM

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Marc Elias

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One way to quantify the GOP's attack on free and fair elections:

My law firm is litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. This is, by far, the largest caseload we have carried in a non-election year and close to our peak in 2024. The question is how many more can a small firm handle.

December 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM

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December 27, 2025
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December 27, 2025

Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S.

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December 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM

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George Takei

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This message hits hard.

Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”

December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM

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25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin
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25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin

The worst of the worst, ranked 1-25.

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December 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM

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December 26, 2025
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December 26, 2025

On Tuesday, December 23, the U.S.

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December 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM

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December 25, 2025
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December 25, 2025

The modern version of Santa Claus arrived in the United States in 1863, when he stopped at an army camp of Union soldiers in the January 3 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Cartoonist Thomas Nast drew Santa w...

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December 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM

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The Brazen Cruelty of the Trump Regime
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The Brazen Cruelty of the Trump Regime

Its plan to warehouse immigrants has shades of Nazi concentration camps and America's shameful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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December 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM

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Robert Reich

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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Remember this.

December 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM

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The Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled. The show’s host, musician Chuck Redd, said, “When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert.”