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❗️The US National Security Agency and the CIA have concluded that Ukraine did not attack Putin's residence on the night of December 29, — WSJ.
December 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
❗️The US National Security Agency and the CIA have concluded that Ukraine did not attack Putin's residence on the night of December 29, — WSJ.
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Smith: We had also interviewed Boris Epshteyn… He corroborated that they were, in fact, trying to call senators. He dissembled and tried to imply that the president hadn’t directed him to do it, even though there was a text message saying specifically that they had.
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Smith: We had also interviewed Boris Epshteyn… He corroborated that they were, in fact, trying to call senators. He dissembled and tried to imply that the president hadn’t directed him to do it, even though there was a text message saying specifically that they had.
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Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Question: But the president’s statements that he believed the election was rife with fraud—those are statements protected by the First Amendment, correct?
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
Smith: Absolutely not. If they are made to target a lawful government function and are made with knowing falsity, then no, they are not.
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Smith: I think who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump. These records exist because, in the case of the senators, Donald Trump directed his co-conspirators to call these people to further delay the proceedings. He chose to do that.
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Smith: I think who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump. These records exist because, in the case of the senators, Donald Trump directed his co-conspirators to call these people to further delay the proceedings. He chose to do that.
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Holy shit.
Did Trump steal the Resolute Desk? Or did he just have a copy made?
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Holy shit.
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"Beforehand, according to an American official present, Mr. Hegseth dabbed his nose with powder from a small compact. 'Look commanding,' he told one aide. The handshake with the Ukrainian might be shown on Fox; the president might be watching." (Gift link)
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"Beforehand, according to an American official present, Mr. Hegseth dabbed his nose with powder from a small compact. 'Look commanding,' he told one aide. The handshake with the Ukrainian might be shown on Fox; the president might be watching." (Gift link)
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Holy shit. Happy new year!!
The Revolution are a step closer to having a stadium of their own
The Kraft Group Reaches Agreement With Everett and Boston for Potential Soccer-Specific Stadium in Everett
The Revs could finally have a home of their own
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Holy shit. Happy new year!!
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Democrats yesterday won the final special election of 2025, in Iowa: Their nominee defended a state Senate district by 43%. Harris had won it by 17% last year.
This win means Dems prevent the GOP from gaining a supermajority; the GOP lost the supermajority earlier this year.
This win means Dems prevent the GOP from gaining a supermajority; the GOP lost the supermajority earlier this year.
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Democrats yesterday won the final special election of 2025, in Iowa: Their nominee defended a state Senate district by 43%. Harris had won it by 17% last year.
This win means Dems prevent the GOP from gaining a supermajority; the GOP lost the supermajority earlier this year.
This win means Dems prevent the GOP from gaining a supermajority; the GOP lost the supermajority earlier this year.
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Wrote 510 stories this year, and that couldn't have happened without the support and engagement of readers. To #GoBeavs fans and others: Thank you.
It is an uncertain time for journalism, so please consider subscribing to The Oregonian as we flip to 2026: www.oregonlive.com/subscribe/
It is an uncertain time for journalism, so please consider subscribing to The Oregonian as we flip to 2026: www.oregonlive.com/subscribe/
December 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wrote 510 stories this year, and that couldn't have happened without the support and engagement of readers. To #GoBeavs fans and others: Thank you.
It is an uncertain time for journalism, so please consider subscribing to The Oregonian as we flip to 2026: www.oregonlive.com/subscribe/
It is an uncertain time for journalism, so please consider subscribing to The Oregonian as we flip to 2026: www.oregonlive.com/subscribe/
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When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
December 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When Nick Shirley arrived to "test" if he could enroll his son "Joey" in Minneapolis day cares, his viral video omitted that he showed up with an entourage of masked men acting like security, multiple vehicles including vans, cameras, and men who wouldn't identify themselves. One day care owner /
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We’ve long known the federalization of the Cal Guard is illegal.
This admission by Trump and his occult cabinet members means this illegal intimidation tactic will finally come to an end.
We look forward to the Ninth Circuit officially ruling — returning
the Cal Guard to state service.
This admission by Trump and his occult cabinet members means this illegal intimidation tactic will finally come to an end.
We look forward to the Ninth Circuit officially ruling — returning
the Cal Guard to state service.
December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We’ve long known the federalization of the Cal Guard is illegal.
This admission by Trump and his occult cabinet members means this illegal intimidation tactic will finally come to an end.
We look forward to the Ninth Circuit officially ruling — returning
the Cal Guard to state service.
This admission by Trump and his occult cabinet members means this illegal intimidation tactic will finally come to an end.
We look forward to the Ninth Circuit officially ruling — returning
the Cal Guard to state service.
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This latest reporting shows Bondi, Blanche, and others at the DOJ have been lying to the American people about the Epstein files since day one.
The less than 40,000 pages that have been released represent less than 0.01% of all the total documents.
They are hiding something.
The less than 40,000 pages that have been released represent less than 0.01% of all the total documents.
They are hiding something.
December 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This latest reporting shows Bondi, Blanche, and others at the DOJ have been lying to the American people about the Epstein files since day one.
The less than 40,000 pages that have been released represent less than 0.01% of all the total documents.
They are hiding something.
The less than 40,000 pages that have been released represent less than 0.01% of all the total documents.
They are hiding something.
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Trump's Golden Monstrosity
A retrospective of Trump's White House makeover I made for @contrariannews.org
A retrospective of Trump's White House makeover I made for @contrariannews.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Trump's Golden Monstrosity
A retrospective of Trump's White House makeover I made for @contrariannews.org
A retrospective of Trump's White House makeover I made for @contrariannews.org
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Finnish police interdict a Russian cable cutting vessel red-handed in the Gulf of Finland. poliisi.fi/-/poliisi-tu...
Poliisi tutkii yhteistyössä muiden viranomaisten kanssa Suomenlahdella tapahtunutta kaapelirikkoa
poliisi.fi
December 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Finnish police interdict a Russian cable cutting vessel red-handed in the Gulf of Finland. poliisi.fi/-/poliisi-tu...
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So I saw that story that DOGE cancelled Adobe Acrobat for DOJ and that's why we could copy/paste to un-redact that one Epstein document. But I did some research and it's not true. The cost cutting package from this past May included Acrobat Premium, which has the redaction/sanitize function. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
So I saw that story that DOGE cancelled Adobe Acrobat for DOJ and that's why we could copy/paste to un-redact that one Epstein document. But I did some research and it's not true. The cost cutting package from this past May included Acrobat Premium, which has the redaction/sanitize function. 1/
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On Fox, Leslie Marshall takes on some of the right-wing talking points about the Minnesota story
December 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
On Fox, Leslie Marshall takes on some of the right-wing talking points about the Minnesota story
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The key thing to understand in this story is not just that Katherine is the kind of leader we want to see more of, standing up on principle, but that when you do so, you will face as much opposition from your ostensible allies as from the fascists you’re fighting. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
NPR’s C.E.O. Was a Right-Wing Target. Then the Real Trouble Started.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The key thing to understand in this story is not just that Katherine is the kind of leader we want to see more of, standing up on principle, but that when you do so, you will face as much opposition from your ostensible allies as from the fascists you’re fighting. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
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BAHAHA theonion.com/health-specu...
Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head
WASHINGTON—Amid ongoing concerns over the aging president’s medical status, health speculations reportedly swirled Monday after President Donald Trump was seen with damage numbers above his head. “Rec...
theonion.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
BAHAHA theonion.com/health-specu...
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Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
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Yes, I also agree with this point. The base conflates them all with “criminals” but often makes individualized exceptions (like the Trump voters shocked their spouses, and friends are now being rounded up). Many swing voters who went for Trump, by contrast, thought “mass deportation” was narrower.
I think two things were true:
The base wanted mass deportation of immigrants.
But they were also being sold the lie that immigrant equaled criminal, which is why you'd want them all gone. What they are discovering now is how much that myth about immigrants isn't true.
The base wanted mass deportation of immigrants.
But they were also being sold the lie that immigrant equaled criminal, which is why you'd want them all gone. What they are discovering now is how much that myth about immigrants isn't true.
December 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yes, I also agree with this point. The base conflates them all with “criminals” but often makes individualized exceptions (like the Trump voters shocked their spouses, and friends are now being rounded up). Many swing voters who went for Trump, by contrast, thought “mass deportation” was narrower.
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I think that is a very fair critique to my point, and perhaps you’re right that I shouldn’t say majority. But I also see the propaganda they are putting out every day that continues to press the criminality angle, in part because I think if they came right out and said it they’d lose more support.
Low information independents were misled. But the Republican base knew what they were getting, and now that they see what they got, 92% are happy with it.
You have to base your analyses in actual data.
You have to base your analyses in actual data.
December 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I think that is a very fair critique to my point, and perhaps you’re right that I shouldn’t say majority. But I also see the propaganda they are putting out every day that continues to press the criminality angle, in part because I think if they came right out and said it they’d lose more support.
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From @polgreen.bsky.social —> One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
From @polgreen.bsky.social —> One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejects OLC and Russell Vought's effort "to starve the CFPB of funding."
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
![Based on this reasoning, defendant Vought, the Acting Director of the CFPB, informed
President Trump and Congress on November 20, 2025:
I have determined that sums available to the Bureau under [the Dodd-Frank Act] will not be sufficient to carry out the authorities of the Bureau under Federal consumer financial law for Fiscal Year 2026. I make this determination based on the conclusion of the Office of Legal Counsel
(OLC) within the Department of Justice that there are no funds legally available for the Bureau to request from the Federal Reserve System[.]
Ex. A to Defs.' Notice [Dkt. # 147-1] at 2, 4.
And based on the same reasoning, Vought and the CFPB simply announced to the Court and the plaintiffs that the Bureau's funding is about to "lapse." Notice at 1. What was left unsaid was that claiming that funds are unavailable is tantamount to closing what is left of the Bureau, bringing any performance of statutory functions and any remaining ongoing compliance with the](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreidjs54tkya3btu4fkv7rroiwzsiyfhn3egoct6ybgxsy5jzmeo7fi@jpeg)
![terms of the preliminary injunction to a halt, even though the case has not yet been resolved on the
merits.
This prompted the November 23 filing of the motion now pending before the Court:
plaintiffs' motion to clarify the preliminary injunction [Dkt. # 148] ("Pls.' Mot.); Pls.' Mem. in
Supp. of Pls.' Mot. [Dkt. #148-1] ("Pls.' Mem."). Plaintiffs seek "clarification that the defendants may not justify a violation of the preliminary injunction by refusing to request" funding from the Federal Reserve, as, they maintain, the Dodd-Frank Act requires. Pls.' Mot. at 1. The motion is fully briefed. See Defs.' Resp. to Pls.' Motion [Dkt. #160] ("Defs.' Opp."); Pls.' Reply [Dkt. # 163]; Br. of Amici Curiae Former Fed. Rsrv. Offs, in Supp. of Pls.' Mot. [Dkt. # 162]
("Amicus Br.").
For the reasons set forth in more detail below, the Court will GRANT the motion to clarify.
The defendants' interpretation of the Dodd-Frank Act is contrary to the text and intent of the statute and the way it has been consistently interpreted by both the Federal Reserve and the CFPB; acting in accordance with the OLC's flawed reasoning would contravene the plain terms and implicit requirements of this Court's Order as it has been revised by the Court of Appeals; and making that
finding does not require any modification of the preliminary injunction.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibtne5jajk5p7mjqjvkgllvhtcmg4aaieq72pumzn6ejvgibcszwi@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejects OLC and Russell Vought's effort "to starve the CFPB of funding."
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
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uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
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A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary deportation protections for migrants from South Sudan, a move to halt any deportations that came a week before the migrants’ status was set to expire.
Federal Judge Blocks Deportations of South Sudanese Migrants
The decision temporarily preserved deportation protections for more than 200 South Sudanese.
nyti.ms
December 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary deportation protections for migrants from South Sudan, a move to halt any deportations that came a week before the migrants’ status was set to expire.