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Jack Smith told members of Congress during a private deposition this month that criminal charges against President Trump were based on facts and the law, rejecting claims from the GOP that his probe was motivated by political malice. @benjaminweiss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/jack-smith-d...
Jack Smith defends Trump investigations to Congress
The former special counsel told House lawmakers during closed-door testimony this month that he believed there was a “strong case” against Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handlin...
www.courthousenews.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Jack Smith told members of Congress during a private deposition this month that criminal charges against President Trump were based on facts and the law, rejecting claims from the GOP that his probe was motivated by political malice. @benjaminweiss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/jack-smith-d...
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For those who prefer video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-b...
December 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For those who prefer video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-b...
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
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BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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With college students returning to class after the New Year, international students face heightened uncertainty including visa bans and disruptions to application processing.
via @virginiamercury.com
via @virginiamercury.com
Study: Virginia faces $23 million revenue loss due to international student enrollment changes
With college students returning to class after the New Year, international students face heightened uncertainty in Virginia, as ongoing federal actions — including visa bans and disruptions to…
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
With college students returning to class after the New Year, international students face heightened uncertainty including visa bans and disruptions to application processing.
via @virginiamercury.com
via @virginiamercury.com
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Antarctica’s melting ice is raising global sea levels, worsening damage from floods and storm surges. Our reporter explains why the Thwaites Glacier is crucial for scientists who are trying to pin down how much extra water to expect, and how soon.
Learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Antarctica’s melting ice is raising global sea levels, worsening damage from floods and storm surges. Our reporter explains why the Thwaites Glacier is crucial for scientists who are trying to pin down how much extra water to expect, and how soon.
Learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
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The Pizzagate-style frenzy over MN daycares is yet another moral panic over children and sex abuse designed to distract from the real one that didn’t go the way the Right thought it would.
Consciously and/or unconsciously.
Consciously and/or unconsciously.
December 31, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The Pizzagate-style frenzy over MN daycares is yet another moral panic over children and sex abuse designed to distract from the real one that didn’t go the way the Right thought it would.
Consciously and/or unconsciously.
Consciously and/or unconsciously.
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When the Mind Returns - the puzzle of terminal lucidity: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...
When the Mind Returns
Some people with advanced dementia show sudden, brief returns of clarity near the end of life—speaking, remembering, reconnecting. What is terminal lucidity?
www.psychologytoday.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When the Mind Returns - the puzzle of terminal lucidity: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cons...
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🚨BREAKING: A new court filing suggests the Department of Justice (DOJ) may have pressed criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in retaliation for a court victory that ultimately brought him back to the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
'It’s A Top Priority’: Unsealed Order Suggests DOJ Retaliated Against Abrego Garcia for Court Victory
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨BREAKING: A new court filing suggests the Department of Justice (DOJ) may have pressed criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in retaliation for a court victory that ultimately brought him back to the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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What I learned today (and winced): www.wsj.com/tech/tech-st...
Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity
A nicotine replacement for smokers has started popping up in offices in the tech industry, despite health hazards.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What I learned today (and winced): www.wsj.com/tech/tech-st...
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New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
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It's gross how journalists buddied up to Epstein, even after his conviction.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Jeffrey’s journalists: Epstein emails reveal cozy relationship with two reporters
Emails reveal Jeffrey Epstein’s close interactions with reporters and how Michael Wolff counseled him after the Miami Herald’s South Florida investigation.
www.miamiherald.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:16 AM
It's gross how journalists buddied up to Epstein, even after his conviction.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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They really cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid then put $50 billion back and think we’re all too dumb to notice
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They really cut $1 Trillion from Medicaid then put $50 billion back and think we’re all too dumb to notice
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., delivered a sharp rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's plan to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rejecting its reasons justifying cutting off the agency's funding.
Judge delivers sharp rebuke in White House plot to cut off funding for key agency
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., delivered a sharp rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's plan to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rejecting its reasons justifying cutting off the agency's funding.Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote that the agency can keep receiving funding ...
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., delivered a sharp rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration's plan to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rejecting its reasons justifying cutting off the agency's funding.
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!!!
Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
December 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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“SCOTUS only sets the floor” is worth remembering in a lot of different contexts.
Feel like it’s important to note here that SCOTUS’s only job here is setting the floor.
If future Fed admins don’t want to let this happen, they can put it in the contract.
And if POTUS won’t do that, Congress can pass a law that requires pay.
This is a case that is easy to negate SCOTUS on.
If future Fed admins don’t want to let this happen, they can put it in the contract.
And if POTUS won’t do that, Congress can pass a law that requires pay.
This is a case that is easy to negate SCOTUS on.
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
December 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“SCOTUS only sets the floor” is worth remembering in a lot of different contexts.
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And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.
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Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
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The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
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Virginia Politics
Bryce Reeves drops Senate bid in Virginia
Reeves will instead seek reelection to Virginia’s State Senate.
www.politico.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Virginia Politics
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This is how you know a wealth tax is the right thing to do
December 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is how you know a wealth tax is the right thing to do
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Appetite suppressing GLP-1 pills come on the market in January. Are they safe? Unknown. But the Wegovy pills will be less costly than the injections. So Big Food is responding with "high-protein" products in reduced portion sizes: processed junk in small servings.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Weight-loss pill approval set to accelerate food industry product overhauls
More Americans are expected to take the drugs as a pill rather than as a shot it is cheaper and many people don't want to inject themselves.
www.reuters.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Appetite suppressing GLP-1 pills come on the market in January. Are they safe? Unknown. But the Wegovy pills will be less costly than the injections. So Big Food is responding with "high-protein" products in reduced portion sizes: processed junk in small servings.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
December 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?