for the record: I'm in the "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie" camp Yippee ki yay open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...

Happy Birthday!

WOW - what a Christmas present for some lucky person! ground.news/article/powe...

all show, no performance But they got access to citizen information formerly protected by privacy barriers, and started building a national registry, which makes one wonder if that wasn't the real goal all along... ((gift article)) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

herding people like cattle wapo.st/4axtwZ4

who is ICE to declare a birth certificate illegal? wapo.st/3YImB81

the claims are really untested no matter how promising it looks at the moment www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...

When Tommy was 6, he informed us that he knew there was no Santa. Then, on Christmas Eve, Bob Turk showed the NORAD information tracking the sleigh... Tommy went pale and went to bed shaking, asking if his disbelief had ruined Christmas for him and Gem. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

AND branding it as a new idea www.techdirt.com/2025/12/23/t...

Think about it - Americans have to watch bootleg copies of news from other countries due to de facto government censorship How does that make you feel? open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

Folks who make spurious accusations should be held accountable, up to and including compensation to the victims and jail time www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

not usually a satire site stateoftheday.us/p/its-time-f...

good summary of what happened open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

When The Federal Reserve is open, so are financial institutions www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2...

Sean Duffy says he now has veto power over appropriations passed by Congress and signed into law. He is the dictator over infrastructure funds. If you do something he doesn’t like, you lose the funds passed by Congress. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Sorry Bari, the perception that you spiked the story for political reasons remains open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...

“Deportation, Inc.: ... how United States immigration enforcement has evolved into a rapidly growing multi-billion-dollar industry shaped by private profit and political power — a system in which profitability increasingly dictates policy and enforcement priorities." www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

It was aired in Canada open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

The dear leader is parroting Xi and Putin If you aren't worried yet, you really need to pay attention open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...

Micky weighs in www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Nothing to see here.... Move along www.propublica.org/article/todd...

He failed the test, but somehow it isn't his fault www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.

“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

Banking on Tomorrow: 4th #SilentSunday and Winter Solstice 2025 bankingontomorrow.blogspot.com/2025/12/4th-...

WHY does the dear leader have to have his name on EVERYTHING? wapo.st/4s49qeX

This is why we need regulators - BODs and CEOs who treat their bank like their own personal piggy bank.... colemanreport.com/community-ba...

📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z

White males who feel they have lost their entitlement can now sue www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-re...

Six of these are real www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

She was 21 - and died of organ rejection because the insurance company insisted she use a generic drug. www.propublica.org/article/fda-...

“The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

I became a "never Trump" voter during the debates in 2016 when he said he would not accept the results of the election if he lost. newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @newrepublic.com

looking for answers ".... to what the FDA won’t tell us: where our generics are coming from and the track records of the factories that made them"? www.propublica.org/article/rx-i...

ICYMI www.propublica.org/article/usai...

The dear leader's regime-sanctioned revisionist view of history is now on full view www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...

"Spiritual fitness" will be scrapped in favor of the state-approved religious observances www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

And for the first time, SCOTUS made an obviously partisan decision www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/bush...

#climatechange theconversation.com/from-record-...

anti-vax framed as "medical freedom" www.propublica.org/article/pam-...

Not enough attention is being paid to the dear leader's family's shady activities open.substack.com/pub/populari...

should've been an open hearing - the public deserves answers

They never learn

Caroling MiddleEarth style open.substack.com/pub/jrrjokie...

SRSLY? And what's next, genitalia inspections? www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/t...

I am proud of the progress Baltimore has made newrepublic.com/article/2020... via @newrepublic.com

Vaccines work Without them children die. RJK already contributed to the Samoa Measles Crisis (2018–2019) with his anti-vax campaign and now he is harming the US open.substack.com/pub/populari...

WFH does not mean you are lazy. It means you don't have to endure 2 - 3 hours on the road just to get into the office. www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/ar...

Even as workers worry about losing their jobs, the stock market celebrates because rising unemployment means the Fed will lower rates. What is good for Wall ST is not good for Main ST qz.com/mckinsey-lay...

Who are you? What do you want? Where are you going? Whom do you trust and whom do you serve? wapo.st/3KYeZuS