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DOGE, the gift that keeps on giving dead children.
The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
DOGE, the gift that keeps on giving dead children.
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Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. This story was originally reported by @19thnews.org, and republished through RNG‘s partnership with The 19th News Network.
Her Baby Was In The NICU. She Was In ICE Detention
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. This story was originally reported by @19thnews.org, and republished through RNG‘s partnership with The 19th News Network.
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Not the least bit surprised with the meme game of Somalis this last week. Long ago, living in Minneapolis, I encountered a girl wearing hijab ...with punk, feminist, and atheist patches sewed on it.
That girl is more quintessentially American (positive sense) than anyone else on the planet.
That girl is more quintessentially American (positive sense) than anyone else on the planet.
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Not the least bit surprised with the meme game of Somalis this last week. Long ago, living in Minneapolis, I encountered a girl wearing hijab ...with punk, feminist, and atheist patches sewed on it.
That girl is more quintessentially American (positive sense) than anyone else on the planet.
That girl is more quintessentially American (positive sense) than anyone else on the planet.
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After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
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You understand that the road from "blow up any boat we want" to "kill any Americans we want" is very short.
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
You understand that the road from "blow up any boat we want" to "kill any Americans we want" is very short.
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It is good that there is scrutiny over the Sept. 2 strike and the double tap. It's very good. But also weird that it took this long and that there isn't as much pressure on the subsequent 21 strikes, where next to or outright no evidence has been presented to justify any use of force.
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It is good that there is scrutiny over the Sept. 2 strike and the double tap. It's very good. But also weird that it took this long and that there isn't as much pressure on the subsequent 21 strikes, where next to or outright no evidence has been presented to justify any use of force.
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The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Today we remember the thousands of Americans who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor 84 years ago. Nearly half of those lost were aboard the USS Arizona, and I remember what a moving experience it was when Gabby and I visited the memorial. We’ll never forget their sacrifice.
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today we remember the thousands of Americans who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor 84 years ago. Nearly half of those lost were aboard the USS Arizona, and I remember what a moving experience it was when Gabby and I visited the memorial. We’ll never forget their sacrifice.
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Reporter: Could you imagine receiving a Kennedy Center Honor next year?
Trump: That’s an interesting one. I hadn’t through of that. Yeah, I think I’m going to nominate myself for next year.
Trump: That’s an interesting one. I hadn’t through of that. Yeah, I think I’m going to nominate myself for next year.
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Reporter: Could you imagine receiving a Kennedy Center Honor next year?
Trump: That’s an interesting one. I hadn’t through of that. Yeah, I think I’m going to nominate myself for next year.
Trump: That’s an interesting one. I hadn’t through of that. Yeah, I think I’m going to nominate myself for next year.
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X (falsely) complaining of EU censorship while then censoring the EU
Elon Musk’s X found a reason to disable the ad account of the EU Commission.
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
X (falsely) complaining of EU censorship while then censoring the EU
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Prosecutors have a constitutional and ethical obligation to turn over evidence that would support a person’s claim of innocence to their attorney.
Too often, they fail to do so even when life and death are at stake.
Read our new report at aclu.org/report-wrongfulconvictions
Too often, they fail to do so even when life and death are at stake.
Read our new report at aclu.org/report-wrongfulconvictions
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Prosecutors have a constitutional and ethical obligation to turn over evidence that would support a person’s claim of innocence to their attorney.
Too often, they fail to do so even when life and death are at stake.
Read our new report at aclu.org/report-wrongfulconvictions
Too often, they fail to do so even when life and death are at stake.
Read our new report at aclu.org/report-wrongfulconvictions
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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This is absolutely correct. A constitution is every citizen's compact with the government, not some secret scroll that only members of a priest caste are allowed to access.
It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is absolutely correct. A constitution is every citizen's compact with the government, not some secret scroll that only members of a priest caste are allowed to access.
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Feds gassed and tackled people in Elgin today, the same day Kristi Noem was in Chicago for a Christmas photo op, after a few weeks of relative quiet.
I'm remembering that old story about groundskeepers at Versailles who would only turn the palace fountains on when the king came by.
I'm remembering that old story about groundskeepers at Versailles who would only turn the palace fountains on when the king came by.
PHOTOS: Feds deploy tear gas in Elgin as hourslong standoff ends in man's arrest
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Feds gassed and tackled people in Elgin today, the same day Kristi Noem was in Chicago for a Christmas photo op, after a few weeks of relative quiet.
I'm remembering that old story about groundskeepers at Versailles who would only turn the palace fountains on when the king came by.
I'm remembering that old story about groundskeepers at Versailles who would only turn the palace fountains on when the king came by.
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It certainly cannot be an accident that on the eve of the 13th Amendment’s anniversary, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority announced it would revisit birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It certainly cannot be an accident that on the eve of the 13th Amendment’s anniversary, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority announced it would revisit birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
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Hands down least “masculine” person I met covering tech. One lunch I had with him in Palo Alto (he was urging me to run for mayor and wanted to give me $) I recall thinking what an incredibly whiny boy (I think I told someone at the time: what a limp dick) and could not get away fast enough.
December 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hands down least “masculine” person I met covering tech. One lunch I had with him in Palo Alto (he was urging me to run for mayor and wanted to give me $) I recall thinking what an incredibly whiny boy (I think I told someone at the time: what a limp dick) and could not get away fast enough.
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Oh for fuck's sake
Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says - www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/e...
Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says | CNN
The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to th...
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Oh for fuck's sake
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We need to mock the fucking losers who bend the knee to this pathetic old man.
He’s so sad that he wants to force everyone in the country to celebrate his birthday.
He’s so sad that he wants to force everyone in the country to celebrate his birthday.
When I saw the story in passing I thought it was the same dumb bit as the army parade, the fig leaf of using Flag Day because it happens to also be his birthday. But no, Trump's birthday as such is now an official commemoration for NPS free admission days.
www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
www.nps.gov/planyourvisi...
December 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We need to mock the fucking losers who bend the knee to this pathetic old man.
He’s so sad that he wants to force everyone in the country to celebrate his birthday.
He’s so sad that he wants to force everyone in the country to celebrate his birthday.
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a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually