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You know how Americans are surprised to learn that gun deaths are rare in most other countries, pedestrian-centered cities are normal, or everybody else uses metric? That, but discovering that the rest of the world moved to EVs.
It's funny how us parochial Americans generally seem to perceive that the EV revolution is stalling or reversing when in fact it's accelerating rapidly worldwide. 25% of cars sold globally in 2025 were EVs!
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
It's mostly just the US that's being left behind
December 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You know how Americans are surprised to learn that gun deaths are rare in most other countries, pedestrian-centered cities are normal, or everybody else uses metric? That, but discovering that the rest of the world moved to EVs.
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“On Tuesday, however, Ms. Loomer said nothing about the newly released materials, which showed, among other things, that federal prosecutors had determined that Mr. Trump had flown on Mr. Epstein’s private plane more times than they originally knew.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Pro-Trump Influencers Stay Conspicuously Quiet About Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“On Tuesday, however, Ms. Loomer said nothing about the newly released materials, which showed, among other things, that federal prosecutors had determined that Mr. Trump had flown on Mr. Epstein’s private plane more times than they originally knew.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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In any case, if you don't start your discussion of "trust" in the media by understanding the right's well-planned, well-funded, methodical effort to destroy that trust, you're a sucker playing right into their hands.
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In any case, if you don't start your discussion of "trust" in the media by understanding the right's well-planned, well-funded, methodical effort to destroy that trust, you're a sucker playing right into their hands.
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Ironically, Bari Weiss' version of "rebuilding trust" - making the news way more conservative and credulous toward Trump - would rebuild trust among the right. Once the big news orgs are completely captured by far-right oligarchs, they'll trust the news again! They just won't be doing journalism.
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Ironically, Bari Weiss' version of "rebuilding trust" - making the news way more conservative and credulous toward Trump - would rebuild trust among the right. Once the big news orgs are completely captured by far-right oligarchs, they'll trust the news again! They just won't be doing journalism.
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The right spent decades screaming "Everything the mainstream media says is a lie, don't trust them!" then even gullible well-intentioned journalists ask "How can we rebuild trust?" and they think solid reporting will do the trick. That completely misunderstands what brought us to this point.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The right spent decades screaming "Everything the mainstream media says is a lie, don't trust them!" then even gullible well-intentioned journalists ask "How can we rebuild trust?" and they think solid reporting will do the trick. That completely misunderstands what brought us to this point.
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For all of you Kīlauea watchers, the USGS v3 camera is back and now is a good time to check it out www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
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December 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
For all of you Kīlauea watchers, the USGS v3 camera is back and now is a good time to check it out www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK...
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Sooner or later and probably sooner than later, the regime’s racist policy of snatch, grab, and deport is going to impact every Americans food supply. One has to wonder if that’s the goal!
The people that were working on farms aren’t the problem! The immigration policy is broken!
#Voices4Victory
The people that were working on farms aren’t the problem! The immigration policy is broken!
#Voices4Victory
CALIFORNIA: “Crops ready to be harvested were abandoned - left to die in a field simply because there wasn’t enough labor… workers are showing up less because of (Trump’s) ICE raids.”
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Sooner or later and probably sooner than later, the regime’s racist policy of snatch, grab, and deport is going to impact every Americans food supply. One has to wonder if that’s the goal!
The people that were working on farms aren’t the problem! The immigration policy is broken!
#Voices4Victory
The people that were working on farms aren’t the problem! The immigration policy is broken!
#Voices4Victory
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Jeff Landry, greatest embarrassment to Louisiana since David Duke,on his appointment as Special Envoy to Greenland.
Now Denmark has summoned our ambassador to answer for this threat.
Their border security could arrest Jeff upon arrival in Greenland,as a security threat.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Now Denmark has summoned our ambassador to answer for this threat.
Their border security could arrest Jeff upon arrival in Greenland,as a security threat.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Jeff Landry declares aim to make Greenland part of US
Denmark played down concerns over the appointment on Monday but said the U.S. "must show respect" for territorial integrity.
www.newsweek.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Jeff Landry, greatest embarrassment to Louisiana since David Duke,on his appointment as Special Envoy to Greenland.
Now Denmark has summoned our ambassador to answer for this threat.
Their border security could arrest Jeff upon arrival in Greenland,as a security threat.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Now Denmark has summoned our ambassador to answer for this threat.
Their border security could arrest Jeff upon arrival in Greenland,as a security threat.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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He looks like the kind of dude who shows up at a hospital emergency room at 4am with a hamster up his ass.
December 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
He looks like the kind of dude who shows up at a hospital emergency room at 4am with a hamster up his ass.
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Massie said we’ll know it worked when powerful men face consequences.
Until then?
Read the names‼️
Until then?
Read the names‼️
December 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Massie said we’ll know it worked when powerful men face consequences.
Until then?
Read the names‼️
Until then?
Read the names‼️
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“CBS News ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi is walking the walk.
What she has done for journalism in the last 2 days is about as important & courageous as it gets. With her cherished journalistic institution threatened, and her career on the line, Alfonsi is sounding the alarm…”— Dan Rather
What she has done for journalism in the last 2 days is about as important & courageous as it gets. With her cherished journalistic institution threatened, and her career on the line, Alfonsi is sounding the alarm…”— Dan Rather
One Courageous Correspondent
What happened inside “60 Minutes” this weekend
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December 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“CBS News ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi is walking the walk.
What she has done for journalism in the last 2 days is about as important & courageous as it gets. With her cherished journalistic institution threatened, and her career on the line, Alfonsi is sounding the alarm…”— Dan Rather
What she has done for journalism in the last 2 days is about as important & courageous as it gets. With her cherished journalistic institution threatened, and her career on the line, Alfonsi is sounding the alarm…”— Dan Rather
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No, you can’t do that, airhead. It’s not within your authority and it violates several laws.
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
No, you can’t do that, airhead. It’s not within your authority and it violates several laws.
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Russel Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault. I'm super surprised. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault after 2 more women come forward
Police in London said the charges against the actor and podcaster relate to "two further women" and are in addition to charges filed in April.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Russel Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault. I'm super surprised. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
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Trump traveled on Epstein's jet multiple times, including with underage girls.
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump traveled on Epstein's jet multiple times, including with underage girls.
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
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And yet if you surveyed the general public, you'd find that most people think the country is more dangerous than ever.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
And yet if you surveyed the general public, you'd find that most people think the country is more dangerous than ever.
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“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
www.miamiherald.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
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Drove through a small town in PA yesterday where a guy has been putting out a Festivus pole in the town square for the last decade. festivusweb.com/blog/an-annu...
December 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Drove through a small town in PA yesterday where a guy has been putting out a Festivus pole in the town square for the last decade. festivusweb.com/blog/an-annu...
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Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
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AI: The Bright Shiny Object at the Crossroads of the Future talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-th...
AI: The Bright Shiny Object at the Crossroads of the Future
I got a host of very interesting responses to yesterday’s post about...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
AI: The Bright Shiny Object at the Crossroads of the Future talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-th...
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Authorities are currently investigating human remains found in nearly 500 bags spread across nearly two dozen clandestine grave sites.
The full story: lataco.com/guadalajara-...
By @afroxander.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/guadalajara-...
By @afroxander.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authorities are currently investigating human remains found in nearly 500 bags spread across nearly two dozen clandestine grave sites.
The full story: lataco.com/guadalajara-...
By @afroxander.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/guadalajara-...
By @afroxander.bsky.social
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Tariffs are the new Grinch.
During the first 9 months of 2025, Americans paid…
$520 million in tariffs on Christmas decorations,
$685 million in tariffs on video game consoles,
and $1.5 billion in tariffs on construction set toys & scooters.
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
During the first 9 months of 2025, Americans paid…
$520 million in tariffs on Christmas decorations,
$685 million in tariffs on video game consoles,
and $1.5 billion in tariffs on construction set toys & scooters.
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
How $500 million of tariffs on holiday decorations stole Christmas
Tariffs paid on imported Christmas decorations, toys, video game consoles and other gifts have soared this year, according to a new analysis from the Tax Foundation.
www.houstonchronicle.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tariffs are the new Grinch.
During the first 9 months of 2025, Americans paid…
$520 million in tariffs on Christmas decorations,
$685 million in tariffs on video game consoles,
and $1.5 billion in tariffs on construction set toys & scooters.
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
During the first 9 months of 2025, Americans paid…
$520 million in tariffs on Christmas decorations,
$685 million in tariffs on video game consoles,
and $1.5 billion in tariffs on construction set toys & scooters.
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/art...
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Wait, also, did the lawyer writing this not understand what Higgins was saying? Because right now this read like “Higgins said X was true. In fact, it was.”
The only thing more insane than Matt Taibbi suing Eoin Higgins is Matt suing him for comparing him to Bari Weiss
December 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Wait, also, did the lawyer writing this not understand what Higgins was saying? Because right now this read like “Higgins said X was true. In fact, it was.”
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Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
projects.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Who are the Venezuelan immigrants Trump sent to CECOT?
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
Earlier this year, our team compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador.
These are their stories.
https://propub.li/492QTqQ
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
![We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under § 12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.
18 U.S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.
At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not invoked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibdsy2sqw2yxt3ztz7pwc6pigtulgalqxwwnzxhlmyg2ntchkswwu@jpeg)
![Comitatus Act. Instead, he relies on inherent constitutional authority that, according to the Government, allows him to use the military to protect federal personnel and property. But the Government also claims-consistent with the longstanding view of the Executive Branch-that performing such protective functions does not constitute
"executing] the laws" within the meaning of the Posse Comitatus Act. See Supp. Letter Reply Brief for Applicants
8; 1 Supp. Op. OLC 343, n. 1 (1971) (collecting sources). If that is correct, it is hard to see how performing those functions could constitute "executing] the laws" under
§12406(3). See Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U.S. 566, 574 (2019) ("This Court does not lightly assume that Congress silently attaches different meanings to the same term in e same or related statutes"). Thus, at least in this posture, the Government has not carried its burden to show that §12406(3) permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois. We need not and do not address the reviewability of findi „s made by the Pres-
ident under §12406(3) or any other statute.
The application for stay is denied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreid5gspjdv7pcrmexr4orqigpujw2rnwoyphysinbcbwarn23rzim4@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
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Here’s another one (that supports the “this is just bad AI” theory).
They redacted a female WSJ’s first name (“Rebecca”), but not her surname, and not her first name when it’s part of her Twitter handle. They just programmed a machine to redact all initials (“S.D.N.Y.”) and female names.
They redacted a female WSJ’s first name (“Rebecca”), but not her surname, and not her first name when it’s part of her Twitter handle. They just programmed a machine to redact all initials (“S.D.N.Y.”) and female names.
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Here’s another one (that supports the “this is just bad AI” theory).
They redacted a female WSJ’s first name (“Rebecca”), but not her surname, and not her first name when it’s part of her Twitter handle. They just programmed a machine to redact all initials (“S.D.N.Y.”) and female names.
They redacted a female WSJ’s first name (“Rebecca”), but not her surname, and not her first name when it’s part of her Twitter handle. They just programmed a machine to redact all initials (“S.D.N.Y.”) and female names.