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Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth.
Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”
(Published Dec. 2022)
Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”
(Published Dec. 2022)
She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth.
Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”
(Published Dec. 2022)
Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.”
(Published Dec. 2022)
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cis canadian allies. please sign this petition to tell the alberta and saskatchewan governments not to take away the healthcare rights of minors using the notwithstanding clause.
this is the absolute bare minimum you can do to help us
reskeet for coverage
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
this is the absolute bare minimum you can do to help us
reskeet for coverage
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
cis canadian allies. please sign this petition to tell the alberta and saskatchewan governments not to take away the healthcare rights of minors using the notwithstanding clause.
this is the absolute bare minimum you can do to help us
reskeet for coverage
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
this is the absolute bare minimum you can do to help us
reskeet for coverage
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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94% positive outcome. What else in medicine can so reliably boast such a rate of success?
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
94% positive outcome. What else in medicine can so reliably boast such a rate of success?
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The Justice Department says it will not meet Friday’s congressionally mandated deadline to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Go figure, there’s too much they’d rather keep hidden.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Justice Department says it will not meet Friday’s congressionally mandated deadline to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Go figure, there’s too much they’d rather keep hidden.
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I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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As the wheels keep coming off the MAGA project there will be a political vacuum, don't let libs fill it out of convenience through the prebuilt rhythms of elections and politics, Dems have been a crucial part of MAGA and will make the changes permanent.
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
As the wheels keep coming off the MAGA project there will be a political vacuum, don't let libs fill it out of convenience through the prebuilt rhythms of elections and politics, Dems have been a crucial part of MAGA and will make the changes permanent.
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Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
Texas Women’s Privacy Act Complaint Form (SB 8) | Office of the Attorney General
The Texas Women’s Privacy Act requires a political subdivision or state agency, including public schools, open enrollment charter schools, and state institutions of higher education, to designate each...
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ken Paxton has launched a snitch line to gather reports of supposed violations of Texas' transphobic bathroom policing law. Please do not abuse this snitch line. Please do not fill it with faff and nonsense. Please do not attach huge, unwieldy and irrelevant documentation to any reports.
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And they do a great job telling everyone that immigrants are the cause of your misery
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
And they do a great job telling everyone that immigrants are the cause of your misery
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December 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
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Democrats who voted against the NDAA, which bans trans athletes in women's sports at US military academies.
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Democrats who voted against the NDAA, which bans trans athletes in women's sports at US military academies.
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
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Do not, under any circumstances, vote for these individuals. Call on others to do the same.
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Do not, under any circumstances, vote for these individuals. Call on others to do the same.
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Law school cost me $190,000.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Law school cost me $190,000.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
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I have been perfectly happy since the switch to Tidal, the playlist transfer was pretty seamless and my literal only problem is remembering which icon to use on my phone to get to the music since I can't find the green circle anymore
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I have been perfectly happy since the switch to Tidal, the playlist transfer was pretty seamless and my literal only problem is remembering which icon to use on my phone to get to the music since I can't find the green circle anymore
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The last NDAA restricted TRICARE from covering "certain medical procedures for children that could result in sterilization." The must-pass nature of the NDAA means Republicans can put in tons of anti-trans provisions. This would be a transgender Hyde Amendment.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The last NDAA restricted TRICARE from covering "certain medical procedures for children that could result in sterilization." The must-pass nature of the NDAA means Republicans can put in tons of anti-trans provisions. This would be a transgender Hyde Amendment.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.