‘Seven Nation Army’ ~ Jack White (Live) youtu.be/3ehxW9MKRH0?...

A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...

Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively entrapping angry poor people into pretending they were engaging in a terrorist plot and then "stopping" the plot that never had any chance of being carried out. This is almost certainly another such case. www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/

Wow: Harris County Democratic officials voted Sunday 186 to 80 to bar Houston Mayor John Whitmire from seeking the party's endorsement over his handling of ICE and appearing at a fundraiser for Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tx) Story by @fbugenhagen.bsky.social: www.chron.com/politics/art...

State Dept. source speculated to me in March that the purpose of making fentanyl a WMD "is a combination of designating fentanyl cartels as terrorist organizations and creating justification for conducting military operations in Mexico and Canada" and "deporting drug users who are not citizens."

“We rushed to the internet, thinking of the democratization of knowledge and communication. But what we ran to with open arms has actually become a surveillance prison with no bars or guards, but also no exit, no escape.”

Jared Kushner ditches his Trump-branded tower scheme in Belgrade, scarred by NATO bombs, after protests erupt and indictments snag a cabinet minister plus three officials in this two-year corruption feast. Greed's gilded snake recoils fast. #Serbia

‘Shots’ · Neil Young & Crazy Horse youtu.be/JY1Jk08kD9A?...

Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive: 2015: 332 2016: 383 2017: 347 2018: 335 2019: 414 2020: 611 2021: 689 2022: 644 2023: 659 2024: 503 So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days. We do not have to keep living like this.

Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Here's how lawyers can push back: bit.ly/48MyFJV

weird how ny times live blog of rob reiner case doesnt seem to mention the insanity from the president. weird. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

This x 1,000!!!

Public records released via an environmental group's Freedom of Information Act request show few residents took the initiative to respond, and those who did were critical and "embarrassed" by the Trump administration's effort.

No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...

More Americans got measles this week than Olivia Nuzzi’s book. Guess which got more press coverage.

NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid. We went to S. Sudan to see the effects. Rubio says no one has died from the cuts. Spoiler: That's not true. @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy: www.propublica.org/article/usai...

No one was saying—or even imagining—that Trump had Rob and Michele Reiner murdered. But this morning, Trump showed up to tell us all that Trump thinks Trump had Rob and Michele Reiner murdered.

New: Trump has never been an ally to Native tribes. But there's one he's been praising all year: the Lumbee Tribe of N.C. Why? They backed him in 2024. Now they're about to get full federal recognition -- infuriating other tribes who question their legitimacy. www.huffpost.com/entry/lumbee...

'The Lark Ascending' (Ralph Vaughan Williams) · Iona Brown · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Sir Neville Marriner www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyw6...

im pretty tired of living with a psychopath for a president

'Carol of the Bells' (Mykola Leontovich; Peter Wilhousky, arr.) ~ George Winston www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCf3...

On December 13, we honor Mykola Leontovych, the Ukrainian composer who gave the world “Carol of the Bells.” 🧵 1/8 ⬇️

BREAKING: In Minden, NV, striking baristas are now arriving at Starbucks's distribution center for western states! From PA to NV, we're showing the world how urgent it is for Starbucks to listen to their workers. It's time for a fair first contract and for Starbucks to resolve ULPs NOW.

This linked article is an excellent analysis of why we need to think about social media, and change how to think about algorithm-ization of platforms of speech.

I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury

A former LA County district attorney who was put on administrative leave in 2022 after he based a prosecution around tips from a right-wing group that has promoted election fraud conspiracy theories is now the top voting rights official at the Justice Department.

Good morning from Milwaukee. The trial of Judge Hannah Dugan is scheduled to kick off today at 9 a.m. Central Time. Look out for coverage throughout the week on All Rise News. www.allrisenews.com/p/hannah-dug...

The impacts of the Trump Administration's "let them eat cake" foreign policy outlined in grim detail www.propublica.org/article/usai...

This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants

Holiday gathering reminder 🎁 If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%! This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍

"Every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable." Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.

Final article of the year: sharing my latest with @drpowell.bsky.social at @us.theconversation.com We’ve written before on Africa’s post-2020 coup wave and the question of contagion. This time, we explore how would-be plotters watch, learn, and act. theconversation.com/coup-contagi...

Look, there’s a simple solution to private equity buying up and enshittifying the software that keeps us safe: a handful of municipal fire/rescue departments should team up, collaboratively build and share better software, and release it into the public domain. This is a common pattern!

Rob Reiner religion note: One of his last film projects was “God & Country,” a documentary released last year based on Katherine Stewart’s book. The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism. Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power, weaken long-standing rights and protections, and entrench inequality. It’s crucial that lawyers push back. Our new guide shows you how.  bit.ly/4iQ1v0B

The Second Amendment doesn’t say what Republicans say it says

🚨 Social divisions, conspiracy theories and populist politics are rife in the democratic world. Russia and other hostile states have deliberately stoked internal dissent, weakening their opponents overseas. @mattrosswrites.bsky.social 👇 www.globalgovernmentforum.com/organised-ch...

Not 1 cent of this Imaginery $18T has been used to pay back $38.5T US National Debt🥴 www.usdebtclock.org

Using AI to monitor schools for thoughtcrime bsky.app/profile/chad...

Are you in Mesa County, Colorado? Your public library board is about to be overtaken with extremists. Get to the board meeting TOMORROW to speak up and out about what's going to come if these two get appointed. annelandmanblog.com/2025/12/maga...

What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans

Genuinely think if you tried to explain a conservarion easement to Trump he'd start talking about golf courses and sand traps in three sentences.

"The lunatics are running the asylum."

Remembering a brilliant stand-up comedian & satirist - born 64yrs ago today and who left us aged just 32 BILL HICKS

"Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill told police unions during her victorious campaign that she opposed giving civilian boards subpoena powers, a stance that, if maintained, could doom the chances of statewide reform. " Time to put the screws to @mikiesherrill.bsky.social over this.

🧊✈️. HONDURAS ⛓️😲 👉 A GlobalX jet (tail: N966AD) departs Louisiana to transport humans in chains to San Pedro Sula 🇭🇳

U.S. regulators have signaled interest in leasing seabed minerals near the Northern Mariana Islands, opening the door to deep-sea mining. Critics say the move was rushed & opaque, with little consultation, & warn it could cause irreversible marine harm & echo colonial exploitation in the Pacific.

I only needed to read the headline to know @sulliview.bsky.social was dead on. When she called the coverage of Trump “stenography” I said to myself “yep.” And I applauded when she outlined 3 changes on how to respond to Trump. Follow them please, journalists. open.substack.com/pub/margaret...