NEW: The BELLA 1 oil tanker has REFUSED to be boarded by the U.S. Coast Guard, who is now in “active pursuit” of the vessel in the Caribbean Sea. More: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

Nicki Minaj just stepped out onto the Turning Point USA America Fest stage, hand in hand with Erika Kirk.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 The US has seized a third tanker off the coast of Venezuela, - Bloomberg. Panamanian-flagged tanker Bella 1 was en route to Venezuela to load oil. Tanker Centuries was previously seized on Saturday morning and tanker Skipper on December 10.

Genuine LOL at this. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Link to the now-redacted version:

🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files. Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out. See for yourself.

lol I have an explanation m8

The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.

WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer. Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump. Now, it’s gone.

Looks like they're right. Data Set 1 / Photo 468, the image from yesterday's Epstein files release that included photos of Trump in a drawer, was removed.

Outrage and legal threats: Trump justice department slammed after limited Epstein files release www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

That perfect holiday gift might not exist. Scammers are using AI to create convincing fake products and stores. Bellingcat's @koltai.bsky.social reveals 10 real examples found online — plus quick, practical checks to help you spot what’s real before it’s too late. www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcN...

An investigation conducted by The Washington Post and Bellingcat concluded that Operation Narnia, targeting Iranian nuclear scientists, killed at least 71 civilians. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

This Epstein files document says that Epstein allegedly threatened to burn a young woman’s house down if she revealed that he had stolen and sold personal photographs she had taken of her sisters. The sisters were 12 and 16 years old.

Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears. “I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Computer, enhance

Oh my God it just keeps getting worse. This #RFK sponsored #hepatitis vaccine trial in #Guinea-Bissau is being run by people whose research methods have been totally discredited. This isn’t research, it’s gun-for-hire antivax nonsense. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Deputy attorney general says justice department will release 'several hundred thousand' Epstein files today www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines

It gets even more pathetic— x.com/RepBeatty/st...

Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Things are going great over at X, The Everything App

Everyone knew. Just like with Savile - they knew he was a peadophile & they went out their way not to ask because they knew what the answer would be and they’d rather kids get raped then it’s awkward for them with someone they know they can always use for a quote

absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos

Saw the notifications. The dead include: - A 39-year-old undocumented Nicaraguan man released by the Trump admin in 2018 - A 41-year-old Haitian man who entered legally through CBP One in 2023 - A 46-year-old Eritrean green card holder - A 56-year-old Bulgarian man who at one point had a green card

FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years. It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.

Back in July, he was on PBS trying to suggest that the whole Epstein thing was overblown and people should move on. Gee, I wonder why! www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov. He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.

Grimes has just passed a motion amending Rules of Conduct in Durham County Council to allow objectionable language to be used to facilitate debate. They have cited free speech principles as specified in, wait for it, the European Court of Human Rights. You could not make it up.

The only yearly round-up that matters, all recommended for those looking for something to do in the Holiday season, and all are in the Steam Winter Sale, you lucky people.

Bellingcat's work is mentioned in the second case, where the Court of Justice overrides an earlier General Court decision to not allow our research into the border pushbacks to be used.

The Kennedy Center name is established by federal statute, and therefore may be repealed only by federal statute. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

lol. lmao even

An inevitable outcome of monetizing social media content and prioritising engagement

Liz Truss finally has a route back into No.10

No words. Pretty much all my female friends have been assaulted at one point or another; at school, in the forces, just on a night out. It wasn't immigrants doing those things because, frankly, you didn't get many of them in rural Yorkshire. It was men. Fucking hell

More Steve Bannon, along with Noam Chomsky, Woody Allen, Bill Gates, and a whole lot more!

Everyone who is having a pleasant holiday season because they aren't in the Epstein files, step forward. Not so fast, David Brooks.

Here is a gift link to the NYT Trump Epstein article that has explosive new claims. The piece briefly touches on 14-year-old Jane Doe, who says Epstein brought her to meet Trump at Mar-a-Lago. I wrote about that last month (link below.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast

Russia's disinformation campaign is currently claiming Nick Reiner killed Rob Reiner because he supports Ukraine and bad news from Ukraine triggered "Ukraine Syndrome". I assume this is found in the same medical textbook as "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and "Russiaphobia".

those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media my latest for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2042...

@jonathanmetzl.bsky.social has written extensively about the social-psychology of why people engage in self-harming decisions in the spirit of preserving social identity. Highly recommend reading his work.

Nigel Farage said that the 'Raise the Colours' campaign was a "grassroots movement driven by ordinary people”. Kemi Badenoch said they should be "welcomed" as a symbol of "unity" Now the campaign has pivoted to racially abusing migrants and intimidating charity workers on the beaches of France

"President Trump’s media company Trump Media & Technology Group agreed to merge with fusion-power company TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal worth more than $6 billion." Deal "intends to combine Trump Media’s access to capital and TAE’s fusion technology to supply power" for the AI boom.