"The legislation, passed by 22 votes to 10, expands temporary powers introduced during the Gaza war to shutter outlets seen as a threat ... It allows the government for the next two years to cease operations of a foreign outlet even in peace time and without the need for a court order."

Global TV is a low-effort conservative-leaning private network, and this wasn’t “treachery” this was “it was the weekend before Christmas and they just broadcast the episode that was sent to them digitally by CBS on Friday”, no one in the office on the weekend even if CBS tried to warn them

Man Lisa O’Neill can frickin wail. Losing Dolores, Sinéad, & Shane in relative rapid succession was rough. But the current batch of Irish musicians are so great. Eases the pain a bit.

A tradition like no other.

With Christmas approaching, celebrations in Haifa were met with chaos after Israeli police stormed the Wadi al-Nisnas neighbourhood, arresting and beating Christians in the area.

The early reviews of our Xmas tree are positive.

He’s lying

A Proposal for All Parents Worldwide

Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit. Notably, $420k was incentive-based. A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated. I wonder what the per-post rate is?

jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation

Detroit's population is steady (if not growing slightly), but it should be noted that in 1962 Detroit had one million more people.

Hello from somewhere off I-80! This is the project I work on all year long with NPR’s research librarians (aka RAD). It means a lot to me to remember these musicians, producers and industry folks who make our lives so much better.

look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get

Oh yeah, that footnote is entirely unnecessary to the case in hand otherwise. Definitely agree with Lee‘s read.

Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.

Regarding the Epstein-Nassar letter that discusses Trump, some observations: (1) There are some indications this letter is not authentic, but it is unclear whether that is so; AND (2) If DOJ cared to do its job at all, it could certainly have determined whether the letter was authentic by now.

Excellent thread here by Bill of all the times Bari Weiss didn't care when stories she published had additional comment. This exec, Jennifer Sey, has become an anti-trans activist, currently offering a bounty for any pro women's soccer player to join her and accuse female competitors of being men.

“This is not a truce, it’s a bloodbath.” Israel’s slaughter of a wedding party in Gaza brings total Palestinians murdered during Trump's fake ceasefire to 401.

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

This is an afterthought, not the crux.

ambiguous causation-free challenges

I think many people know him as that cheerful guy on NPR. But this paragraph written as Hurricane Katrina made landfall is the essence of Jonah Goldberg.

Bob Dylan attempts to explain Willie Nelson in The New Yorker's profile of Willie: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.

The unfolding Bari Weiss scandal is yet another example that we’re living through the Golden Age of people who don’t know shit trying and failing to do things that require people to know shit.

The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.

as foretold by the prophesy

BREAKING: Israel’s Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister says.

Take this fun quiz! Which of these people did we accuse of taking money from Hamas? The answer might surprise you.

Thank god the cops were able to take time away from their busy schedule of not catching murderers, helping ICE, and writing traffic tickets to apprehend this meat thief. I feel safer.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

The Baldwin privately run Gestapo concentration camp…. 87% of the people detained in this facility have no criminal convictions. US Rep Tlaib had visited this site 10 days before Gantchev died on the floor of his detention cell. She reported abysmal conditions then www.mlive.com/news/2025/12...

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

Here is a list of emoluments and their dimensions.

I'm still having trouble containing my rage about this. Treating African children as disposable toys in a desperate effort to bolster RFK Jr.'s anti-vax conspiracism. Expanding the moral stain on our nation from the USAID cuts. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“Mr. Hall's description of how he views these district grants is inflammatory, I think, and state funding is really needed." @reportforamerica.bsky.social

The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...

Every judge should be operating under the assumption that the Trump Administration is acting in bad faith. People need to go to jail.

Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.

So many of the major headline-grabbing crimes of the last 30 years can be reduced to law enforcement failing to follow up on a tip.

Mr. Hillary Clinton in that first pic.

Computer, enhance

Rep. Elise Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor and says she won't seek reelection to the House next year.

ELISE NAVIDAD

Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why

2/ Everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy seeing a film in a theater in a way that makes sense for them. Meeting the needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community is vital to ensure that everyone has fair, equitable access to going to the movies & having fun family & community experiences.

1/ Yesterday, I introduced a bill to improve accessibility of movie screenings for Michigan moviegoers who are deaf or hard of hearing. SB 764 would provide greater access to Open Movie Captioning screenings! #mileg 🧵 senatedems.com/chang/2025/1...

Today, we conclude our Best of 2025 series on In The Groove with Kaleigh Wilder of Visions! Tune in from 1–2 p.m. ET to hear her top tracks of the year on 101.9 FM, wdet.org/listen-live + in the WDET app 🎶

Holy crap chart from Gallup