Christy B
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Surviving in beautiful WNC with my horses & dogs. ✌️
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Justin Hendrix
about 17 hours ago
"America’s wealthiest tech billionaires added more than $550bn to their combined net worth this year, as they benefit from an investor frenzy around leading artificial intelligence companies."
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AI boom adds $500bn to net worth of US tech billionaires in 2025
Elon Musk stays on top as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang powers up the rankings on an AI-fuelled surge in fortunes
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/3db0a02c-2e1a-4869-8485-f16c3880fc07
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WIRED
about 20 hours ago
Militias and far-right extremists believed they would be central to Trump’s mass deportation plans. Instead he militarized law enforcement agencies.
www.wired.com/story/expire...
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‘We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’—Trump’s Mass Deportations Will Only Grow From Here
Militias and far-right extremists believed they would be central to Trump’s mass deportation plans. Instead he militarized law enforcement agencies.
https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-constitutional-sheriffs/
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Justin Hendrix
about 18 hours ago
Per "internal documents written between 2023 and 2025 and viewed by The Washington Post... Instagram staffers considered the mandate to boost teen metrics their top goal last year," including "boosting their messaging activity... to set up an early pipeline for lifelong use of Meta’s platforms."
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Inside Instagram’s all-out battle to win the nation’s teens
Instagram has pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back to the app after its critics said the platform wasn’t safe for them, documents obtained by The Post show.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/26/meta-instagram-teen-strategy/
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Rachel Maddow
2 days ago
newrepublic.com/post/204732/...
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ICE Agents Break Into Women’s Bathroom: “Pull Your Pants Up!”
Remember when Republicans pretended to care about men in women’s bathrooms?
https://newrepublic.com/post/204732/ice-agents-break-in-women-bathroom-pull-pants-up
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The New York Times
2 days ago
The New York Times is joining nearly 40 scientists on an expedition to Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers. Our reporter shared a look inside his survival training before the trip. Learn more and send our Climate team your questions:
nytimes.com/antarctica?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Rachel Maddow
2 days ago
"'We request that the government pause apprehension activities during the Christmas season. Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families.' The White House did not mention the holiday season in its rejection of the Bishops' request..."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
The appeal was issued by the Miami archbishop and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/white-house-rebuffs-catholic-bishops-appeal-christmas-pause-immigratio-rcna250652
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Mueller, She Wrote
2 days ago
NEW: A federal agent has fired shots in Baltimore, and two people have been taken to the hospital.
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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ICE shooting in Glen Burnie leaves 2 people hospitalized, officials say
Two people were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a federal immigration agent shot someone in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said.
https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/ice-shooting-glen-burnie-christmas-eve-3W46QBKJQNGBLMX453MOEXDECA/
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The Washington Post
2 days ago
Every year, the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count, one of the longest-running citizen-powered data projects in North America, draws tens of thousands of birders for the 126-year-old event that blends birding and data science.
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After more than 125 years, the Christmas Bird Count is more popular than ever
The Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is underway, and more participants than ever are expected to take part in one of the longest-running citizen data projects.
https://wapo.st/4b379dY
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Simon Rosenberg
3 days ago
Some Trump not winning data from Economist/YouGov. Approve/disapprove: 25%-61% - Tearing down the East Wing 19%-60% - Invading Venezuela 18%-66% - Renaming Kennedy Center And by 74%-11% Americans want Trump to get Congressional approval for invading Venezuela. Thread 👇
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Astra Taylor
3 days ago
WaPo reports that ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people. Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/
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The Washington Post
3 days ago
Rather than shuttling detainees around the country to wherever detention space is available, ICE aims to speed up deportations by renovating industrial warehouses to hold more than 80,000 immigrant detainees at a time, according to a draft solicitation.
https://wapo.st/4aqyir8
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Kevin M. Kruse
3 days ago
WHO GIVES A DAMN? It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts. Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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Don Moynihan
3 days ago
The jokes write themselves
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Naomi Klein
3 days ago
This Admin has been a Big Tech coup from Day 1. Now 5 Europeans who have regulated or monitored big tech for hate and disinformation are barred from the US. Chilling stuff. According to Rubio, the infraction is: "targeting American speakers and American companies.”
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Don Moynihan
3 days ago
The government official who sent migrants to gulags is now urging the the firing of the journalists who reported the story and objected to it being killed.
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Oliver Willis
8 days ago
Every single democratic senator voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. Every single one. Not one “no” vote.
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Ron Filipkowski
4 days ago
I’m sure this will be popular. 5 million people are in default right now. The Dept of Ed estimates as many as 10 million by end of next year because of job market.
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The New York Times
4 days ago
After Bari Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, abruptly postponed a segment of “60 Minutes” that was critical of the Trump administration, several veteran correspondents questioned how she had handled the segment after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.
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Mark Jacob
4 days ago
Doug Burgum isn’t this stupid. He just hopes you are.
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Charles Ornstein
5 days ago
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-trump-families-video
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southpaw
4 days ago
a suicide note whose existence and content federal authorities appear to have concealed for years while conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death in their custody raged out of control
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Philip Bump
4 days ago
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
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Forbes
5 days ago
The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.
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China Alleges Violation Of International Law As U.S. Pursues Another Venezuelan Tanker
The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly attempting to seize a third Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, escalating its pressure campaign against the Nicholas Maduro regime.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/12/22/china-alleges-violation-of-international-law-as-us-pursues-another-venezuelan-tanker/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Kat Abughazaleh
4 days ago
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas. It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7acXx4E8
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CNN
5 days ago
A dangerous sequence of storms from the Pacific Ocean is sweeping through Northern California and the Sierra Nevada Mountains –– prompting heavy flooding and road closures across parts of the region during the busy holiday travel season.
https://cnn.it/49arCLr
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Imani Gandy Cane 🎅🏾
18 days ago
hard to overstate how bad this is for discrimination against everyone but white people. I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people. Let me explain:
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Matt Novak
18 days ago
They're just taking an ax to the Civil Rights Act
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Department of Justice Rule Restores Equal Protection for All in Civil Rights Enforcement
Today, the Justice Department issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964. This rule ensures that our nation’s federal civil rights laws are firmly grounded...
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-rule-restores-equal-protection-all-civil-rights-enforcement
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Team Talarico
5 days ago
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
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Anna Bower
5 days ago
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Tim Carvell
5 days ago
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5h9xjrqc
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Ron Filipkowski
5 days ago
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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Robert Reich
6 days ago
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
5 days ago
What changed between now & Friday’s press release about this now delayed (or actually canceled?)
@60minutes.bsky.social
segment on the CECOT torture prison? Seems very odd. Anyone know if 60 Minutes has ever delayed a piece at the last minute before?
www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
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Rachel Maddow
5 days ago
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Outspoken™️
6 days ago
MAGA: “We’re making a list of all who mock Charlie Kirk’s death” Also MAGA: “We’re gonna reenact Charlie Kirk’s assassination soon”
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Aaron Rupar
6 days ago
WELKER: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved just days after you interviewed her? BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it? BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
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Mark Jacob
6 days ago
For months I’ve been pleading with major media to say TRUMP IS BUILDING A DICTATORSHIP But instead we get soft-serve headlines like this one in the New York Times. 1/4 🧵🧵🧵🧵
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Schooley
6 days ago
And may every day be another wonderful secret.
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Scott Horton
7 days ago
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/19/childhood-vaccine-schedule-denmark-revisions/
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Jon Keegan
7 days ago
Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
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Aaron Rupar
7 days ago
Trump hypes his new healthcare plan of asking healthcare companies to lower prices
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Kyle Griffin
7 days ago
In the Epstein files: Maria Farmer reported Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's activities to the FBI in 1996. Read the FBI report:
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Aaron Rupar
7 days ago
Trump’s rant against the Somali community in Minnesota is disgraceful Nazi incitement and then he pivots to endorsing Mike Lindell for governor
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Mueller, She Wrote
7 days ago
Hey! Remember when Barr (Bondi) withheld the Mueller (Epstein) documents for weeks so he (she) could mischaracterize what was in the Mueller (Epstein) Report and spin the findings for three weeks and then over-redact them? I sure do!
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Justin Hendrix
7 days ago
"Beachside luxury resorts. High-speed rail. AI-optimized smart grids. Welcome to 'Project Sunrise,' the Trump admiistration’s pitch to foreign governments and investors to turn Gaza’s rubble into a futuristic coastal destination."
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Exclusive | U.S. Pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis
The Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff drafted blueprint could see the U.S. commit to roughly 20% of some reconstruction costs over 10 years.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-pitches-project-sunrise-plan-to-turn-gaza-into-high-tech-metropolis-ebbd96ae
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ElieNYC
8 days ago
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office. And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
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Sean O’Kane
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praying mantis
7 days ago
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Here’s one that matters, a lot, to
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. Her complaint, filed in Sep ‘96, was designed to protect her sister & other girls, & was both largely delayed & minimized by the FBI. Ms Farmer cried when NYT contacted her about this: “I’ve waited 30 years.”
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1996!!! Such an indictment of our justice system that it failed to protect all the victims who came after Maria. I’m in awe of their courage & I hope they will receive some type of justice one day!
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