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#Baltimore! An adorable mom/kitten duo is looking for a home for the holidays: Pinky (mom, 18 mos.) & Piglet (kitten, 7 mos.) were dumped in an alley in SW Baltimore, along with two other kittens (already adopted). They are super bonded & love to cuddle. Only thing better than 1 cat is 2 cats! 😍

PROFOLUS: By funneling yuan and rupees through offshore middlemen into decentralized digital assets, the Kremlin has built a financial pipeline that is invisible to Western banks and impervious to traditional asset freezes.

He called them “suckers” and “losers”

Why did Donald Trump Jr turn up in a tiny British enclave looking for money? #Trump

Murderers. And now moving on to killing American citizens next by taking away their healthcare. THEY DON'T CARE IF YOU LIVE OR DIE.

Judicial nominee squirms in heated exchange over past anti-woman & anti-LGBTQ+ comments www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/judi...

Need something to feel good about? I sure do. Here are 7 fantastic science stores from 2025. Science will continue, even if The Regime tries to kill it at home. #Science 🧪

This is a great video. I just had to share it. Someone sent it and it's MELIA having one of her training sessions at the shelter. I really hope you all can watch it. Shes a wonderful dog just needs that wonderful human! 💗⬇️💗⬇️💗⬇️💗⬇️💗⬇️💗 www.tiktok.com/@adopt_melia...

An 800,000-strong Ukrainian army would provide the first line of postwar deterrence, with the US providing intelligence and monitoring, and troops from European nations stationed away from the front lines to bolster confidence. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Western right-wing movements are gaining traction in Africa to undermine sexual and reproductive health rights and LGBTQIA+ rights. Africa does not need "an irresponsible espousing of harmful, patriarchal values."

@ncar-ral.bsky.social President Dr Antonio Busalacchi is giving an emergency press briefing at #AGU25 Says he has really seen outpouring support from community today at AGU NCAR is the "jewel in the crown" of efforts to predict the Earth as a coupled system, he tells journalists

Trump lies through his felon teeth on TV saying he's "bringing those high prices down" when data clearly shows inflation is at +2.7%. Economists widely agree Trump’s tariffs have made prices rise and will cost American households on average $1700. #politics www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Speaking at a defence ministry meeting in Moscow, President Putin called European leaders ‘piglets’ trying to take revenge on Russia, accusing them of joining forces with the previous US administration in the hope of profiting from Russia’s collapse.

Maria Shriver, niece of JFK: He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial. C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.

Earth’s orbit is now so crowded with spacecraft and debris that a catastrophic satellite collision could occur in just 2.8 days if avoidance systems fail, which could disrupt GPS and global communications, according to a new study. www.accuweather.com/en/space-new...

Anyone notice that Speaker Johnson subtly dismissed Congress today so that they won't be in session on Friday? Hmmm, anything big set to happen on Friday that might upset people?

This is a video someone shared with me about Melia. Shes going for a walk and just having fun. Shes definitely a playful, happy, sweet, beautiful girl. She definitely enjoys the outdoors. Just look at that smile 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 www.facebook.com/reel/5258841...

I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Hiding out with an immigrant family in ICE-occupied Memphis.

What the absolute [expletive] was that?!?

Crockett: The speaker, he loves to run when things get tough. That's not leadership. That's cowardice. And so that is what he's decided to do—we are supposed to be in till Friday. He has decided that our last day is going to be tomorrow…

At least one person has died every day, on average, from a mass shooting in the United States this year.

Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.

California judge rules that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around Autopilot www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/c... “.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...

Flip the Congress FAST then strip them of their funding! “I’ve Never Seen So Many Police Cars” – Mother Jones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is metal

There are now seven countries powered entirely by renewable energy. Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo—generate over 99.7% of their electricity from hydro, geothermal, solar and wind. Global energy transition is happening and unstoppable.

AOC on a 2028 presidential race against JD Vance: “I would stomp him.”

This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.

It will always be sad and embarrassing that the felon got away with this.

Iowa farmers say the end of federal health care tax credits will hit their budgets www.newsfromthestates.com/article/iowa...

@defendpublichealth.bsky.social has filed an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit against RFK Jr. by five medical and public health organizations, including @apha.org, for his dismantling of science-based vaccine policy. This man must be stopped!

WTF? ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security.

Farm industry leaders in Michigan say a new federal aid package announced last week, including $12 billion in one-time “bridge payments” to farmers, will not come close to offsetting mounting losses tied to trade disruptions and rising input costs. From @publicnewsservice.bsky.social

Crockett: As he stood up today in front of the American people, he sounded like a used car salesman. Like, let me just shout it out. Buy what I'm selling. Yes. This is a lemon. Yes. He is selling nothing but lemons

UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims Three nursing home residents died because employees of the American healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group helped delay or deny them critical hospital care. tinyurl.com/SifcWp

MELIA Full of love, sweetest girl once she gets to know you, enjoys car rides, peaceful walks, playing, will be you best friend. All she needs is a calm adult only home. No dogs. Cats ok. Hempstead Animal Shelter (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit Wantagh, NY 11793 [email protected]

A rare moment of bipartisanship

⚡️SBU says drones hit Russian equipment worth hundreds of millions at Belbek airfield in occupied Crimea

Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.

What this means after intense lobbying by German car makers is that due to economies of scale they’ll produce only high end internal combustion cars which means rich people get to carry on polluting, so that’s nice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This week on the Mongabay Newscast @philjaco.bsky.social explains how he, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org's Kuang Keng Kuek Ser uncovered the fact that state governments in Brazil have been serving shark meat to thousands of public institutions. Listen to full story here:

For those who blissfully don't follow right-wing news and MAGA-verse, this is how they're spinning the terrible, humiliating week that just keeps piling on scandals, embarrassing stories and terrible poll numbers. Here's Reek Rubio. Yes he tweeted this.

Because of AFT, the Department of Education is being forced to confront just how broken this system is. While they cut deals to end affordable plans like SAVE and deprofessionalize nurses, we keep fighting for real borrower relief. www.forbes.com/sites/adammi...

JUST NOW…

The Department of Motor Vehicles gives Elon Musk’s EV company 60 days to change how it promotes Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features or face a 30-day sales ban.

AI consumed as much water as the water bottle industry this year. It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study. www.theverge.com/news/845831/...

LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency? CARR: I think th--- L: Yes or no C: There's a test for this in the la--- L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question C: The FCC is not L: So is your website lying? C: Possibly