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Trump continues to ignore the fact that his policies are causing a real financial burden for average Americans. It's beginning to look a lot like inflation. #Santa #Trump #Biden #Affordability #Economy #prices #inflation #TheAmericanDream
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump continues to ignore the fact that his policies are causing a real financial burden for average Americans. It's beginning to look a lot like inflation. #Santa #Trump #Biden #Affordability #Economy #prices #inflation #TheAmericanDream
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My cartoon for Friday's Metro
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My cartoon for Friday's Metro
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If you're writing about Mother Nature, Old Man Winter or Father Time this time of year, capitalize these personifications.
What others do you capitalize?
What others do you capitalize?
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you're writing about Mother Nature, Old Man Winter or Father Time this time of year, capitalize these personifications.
What others do you capitalize?
What others do you capitalize?
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At least 51 babies in 19 states have been treated for botulism after being exposed to organic ByHeart baby formula. The New-York based manufacturer issued a recall of all its products last month. n.pr/3XKSnAX
Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products
At least 51 babies in 19 states have been treated for botulism after being exposed to organic ByHeart baby formula. The New-York based manufacturer issued a recall of all its products last month.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
At least 51 babies in 19 states have been treated for botulism after being exposed to organic ByHeart baby formula. The New-York based manufacturer issued a recall of all its products last month. n.pr/3XKSnAX
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From America, Dec 1947: Car ad from Plymouth
(+Family Gathering)
«"Here they come, Mom! And Jim won't need the wish-bone-they've got their PLYMOUTH!"»
(+Family Gathering)
«"Here they come, Mom! And Jim won't need the wish-bone-they've got their PLYMOUTH!"»
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
From America, Dec 1947: Car ad from Plymouth
(+Family Gathering)
«"Here they come, Mom! And Jim won't need the wish-bone-they've got their PLYMOUTH!"»
(+Family Gathering)
«"Here they come, Mom! And Jim won't need the wish-bone-they've got their PLYMOUTH!"»
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94 Candles 🎂 today for the legendary, EGOT-winning RITA MORENO
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
94 Candles 🎂 today for the legendary, EGOT-winning RITA MORENO
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Outfielder Mike Yastrzemski and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a $23 million, two-year contract that includes a 2028 club option with the potential to make the deal worth $26 million over three seasons.
Outfielder Mike Yastrzemski agrees to $23 million, 2-year deal with the Braves
Outfielder Mike Yastrzemski and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a $23 million, two-year contract that includes a 2028 club option with the potential to make the deal worth $26 million over three seasons.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Outfielder Mike Yastrzemski and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a $23 million, two-year contract that includes a 2028 club option with the potential to make the deal worth $26 million over three seasons.
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As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the job.
A guide to good manners at the retail counter this holiday season
Retail workers are bracing for the holiday shopping season and its stressed-out customers. Most interactions are pleasant, retail industry leaders say.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing — stretch of the job.
Not to mention illegal.
President Trump says U.S. strikes on supposed drug-smuggling boats will save Americans from overdose deaths. But most experts worry the strategy is counterproductive. n.pr/4iQvoxO
Will U.S. military strikes slow drug overdose deaths? Experts say no
President Trump says U.S. strikes on supposed drug-smuggling boats will save Americans from overdose deaths. But most experts worry the strategy is counterproductive.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Not to mention illegal.
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A powerful atmospheric river has drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain over the past week. The deluge is linked to warm water and air, along with unusual weather conditions tracing back to tropical cyclone flooding in Indonesia.
Blend of unusual weather conditions brings trillions of gallons in persistent rain to the Northwest
A powerful atmospheric river has drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain over the past week.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A powerful atmospheric river has drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain over the past week. The deluge is linked to warm water and air, along with unusual weather conditions tracing back to tropical cyclone flooding in Indonesia.
RFK Jr. Is an antivaxxer and wants to MAHA (Make America Healthy Again). Yet he and the rest of this macho, push-up, pull-up, boat sinking, boat seizing, paramilitary gear-wearing administration don't mind loading the market with more easily accessible testosterone.
A FDA panel advocates for regulatory changes that would make testosterone medications more widely accessible, including removing their classification as controlled substances and changing product labels to expand eligibility.
FDA panel calls to loosen restrictions on testosterone replacement therapy
The drugs have soared in popularity, with some men taking them for unapproved uses like anti-aging or increasing muscle mass.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
RFK Jr. Is an antivaxxer and wants to MAHA (Make America Healthy Again). Yet he and the rest of this macho, push-up, pull-up, boat sinking, boat seizing, paramilitary gear-wearing administration don't mind loading the market with more easily accessible testosterone.
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The first reporter to speak up, interrupt, and call Trump out to his face while he is berating, insulting and personally attacking another female reporter for no reason will be a national hero. You may lose access, but you will be a legend forever. At some point, someone has to.
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The first reporter to speak up, interrupt, and call Trump out to his face while he is berating, insulting and personally attacking another female reporter for no reason will be a national hero. You may lose access, but you will be a legend forever. At some point, someone has to.
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An environmental group wants President Trump’s image removed from next year's national park passes, and it’s suing to try to make that happen.
Environmental group sues in bid to get Trump's image removed from new national park passes
The Center for Biological Diversity is asking a federal judge to find the Trump administration in violation of a law that sets the rules for images on the annual passes.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
An environmental group wants President Trump’s image removed from next year's national park passes, and it’s suing to try to make that happen.
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In a matter of a few years in the 1960s, Dick Van Dyke became a star on Broadway, television and the silver screen. n.pr/4j0ZTkT
Dick Van Dyke is turning 100! Here's how he danced into our lives
In a matter of a few years in the 1960s, Dick Van Dyke became a star on Broadway, television and the silver screen.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In a matter of a few years in the 1960s, Dick Van Dyke became a star on Broadway, television and the silver screen. n.pr/4j0ZTkT
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Genuinely quite upset that I now have to live the rest of my life asking if things are AI or not actually.
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Genuinely quite upset that I now have to live the rest of my life asking if things are AI or not actually.
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Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
Justice Department moves to drop charges in international soccer corruption case
Federal prosecutors in New York moved to drop charges against former Fox employee Hernan Lopez and Full Play Group, an Argentine sports media rights company.
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
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I've seen the GOP's 2026 talking point in response to rising grocery prices.
December 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I've seen the GOP's 2026 talking point in response to rising grocery prices.
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Children asked to sacrifice in support of the Great Ballroom Effort.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Children asked to sacrifice in support of the Great Ballroom Effort.
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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"[Trump is] making the White House look like Versailles. We all know what happened to the French kings, but apparently, we’re not paying much attention.”
Art history professor Erin Thompson tells us why Trump has given the White House a makeover: Power.
Art history professor Erin Thompson tells us why Trump has given the White House a makeover: Power.
Trump's gilded White House makeover is all about power
On this week’s “More To The Story,” art historian Erin Thompson examines the ways societies build and destroy monuments—and why Trump is so focused on remaking Washington in his own image.
revealnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"[Trump is] making the White House look like Versailles. We all know what happened to the French kings, but apparently, we’re not paying much attention.”
Art history professor Erin Thompson tells us why Trump has given the White House a makeover: Power.
Art history professor Erin Thompson tells us why Trump has given the White House a makeover: Power.
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Unclear whether RFK Jr doesn't know what his own agency is doing or is lying but they have definitely been deleting data. Scroll up in this megathread for some examples.
December 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Unclear whether RFK Jr doesn't know what his own agency is doing or is lying but they have definitely been deleting data. Scroll up in this megathread for some examples.
Tommy Kirk born Dec 10, in 1941 - Over 50 roles including Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber... #botd
http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/tommy-kirk/
http://www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/tommy-kirk/
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
