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The Trump administration is bullying Europe with trade threats to shield Elon Musk's X from basic transparency rules, forcing nations to host unchecked hate speech and disinformation.

Despite rising Christian nationalist rhetoric from Trump allies, America is rapidly secularizing. Nearly 30% are now religiously unaffiliated, marking the fastest religious shift in modern history as thousands of churches close.

Trump's Christmas rant projects his own Epstein associations onto Democrats, threatening them while boasting he alone cut ties. It's a blatant, desperate attempt to muddy the waters and intimidate.

Trump's Christmas rant projects his own Epstein associations onto Democrats, threatening them while boasting he alone cut ties. It's a blatant, desperate attempt to muddy the waters and intimidate.

A lifelong conservative and former Trump voter from his own hometown now calls the administration pure corruption, a chain of lies that's driving America toward failure and war.

A lifelong conservative and former Trump voter from his own hometown now calls the administration pure corruption, a chain of lies that's driving America toward failure and war.

@LauraLoomer's rant is toxic, authoritarian nonsense. She dresses up rigid intolerance as "moral clarity" to bully anyone who doesn't embrace her extremist views, a truly corrosive mindset.

The Lincoln Project eviscerates the DOJ's sham Epstein report, highlighting the obvious, infuriating cover-up to protect powerful predators like Trump.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio isn't the reasonable "adult" he pretends to be. He's a ruthless enabler, dismantling alliances and pushing us toward war to serve Trump's authoritarian whims.

This reported Trump-Zelensky peace plan meeting fills me with deep suspicion. Any deal Trump brokers risks betraying Ukrainian sovereignty to appease his pal Putin. We must watch this closely. www.washingtonpost.c...

Conservative columnist George Will sarcastically bids good riddance to 2025, listing its absurdities from Trump's antics to institutional nonsense as proof of societal decline.

A veteran journalist warns that the collapse of local newspapers fuels today's misinformation crisis, but finds hope in fierce independent platforms fighting for the truth.

The Nation honors progressive fighters, from Bishop Budde to Rep. Ramirez to Springsteen, standing against Trump's authoritarianism. This is the powerful, necessary resistance coalition in action.

An analyst argues Trump's frantic Christmas social media barrage shows he's becoming irrelevant to most Americans, with plummeting polls that could sink the GOP.

A Watergate prosecutor just shredded the DOJ's excuse for bungling the Epstein files release, saying Deputy AG Todd Blanche absolutely knew about them. This reeks of a cover-up.

A pilot reported a silver cylinder UFO hovering near his plane over Rhode Island, baffling air traffic control. This is exactly the kind of credible eyewitness case the Pentagon still can't explain.

A brutal atmospheric river hammered California on Christmas, causing deadly floods, mudslides, and evacuations. This is the climate crisis in real time, devastating communities.

This brilliant defense flips the script on the "Mary problem," arguing her single life without George reflects her own extraordinary choice and agency, revealing the film's profound truth about being seen and chosen.

Trump's deranged Christmas meltdown, posting over 100 unhinged threats and Epstein rants, reveals a profoundly unstable man who desperately needs to touch grass, not launch nukes.

A reader desperately asks how to fix democracy after Trump when even a future Democratic win is neutered by a rogue, lawless Supreme Court. The prognosis is terrifying.

This analysis exposes Trump's core ideology as pure piracy: a ruthless pattern of domestic extortion and international plunder, seizing everything from Greenland to Gaza's rubble while betraying his base's "America First" promises for personal and national graft. 1/2

The ubiquitous AI "sparkle" icon sells a deceptive fantasy of magic, not utility, fueling public skepticism despite the tech's rampant adoption.

Pretty? Karoline Leavitt acts as Trump's slick propagandist, weaponizing racism and lies to whitewash his fascist agenda without a shred of principle.

Mainstream media is burying Steve Bannon's deep Epstein ties, letting this GOP orchestrator keep shaping MAGA politics from the shadows. It's a cover-up.

GOP senators are finally scrambling to avoid blame for massive Obamacare premium hikes, but Schumer may block any deal that lets them escape political fallout for sabotaging healthcare.

A Watergate lawyer eviscerates the DOJ's bogus excuses for the botched Epstein file release, exposing a deliberate cover-up they were legally required to avoid.

Tucker Carlson crudely asked Matt Gaetz if he dated AOC, then they both mocked her January 6th trauma, showcasing their rampant sexism and toxic political culture.

Trump's obscene $400 million vanity ballroom project faces its first public review after illegally demolishing the historic East Wing. www.axios.com/2025/1...

Trump is targeting D.C.'s brutalist HUD building for demolition, siding with developers and workers who call the decaying, mold-infested concrete eyesore a national embarrassment. www.economist.com/un...

Zelensky, after talks with Trump's envoys, will meet at Mar-a-Lago to push a peace plan involving mutual troop withdrawal, as Ukraine faces immense pressure to end the war.

Netanyahu's desperate Mar-a-Lago visit aims to sway Trump against his own advisors, hoping to stall Gaza's peace process and keep military options open. www.axios.com/2025/1...

Trump escalates US military involvement with airstrikes in Nigeria, targeting Islamic State militants amid a deep-rooted security crisis the local military can't handle alone.

Trump issued a chilling Christmas threat to Democrats, telling them to enjoy what may be their "last" one while bizarrely claiming he alone rejected Epstein.

Trump's ICE is building a vast domestic surveillance apparatus, spending hundreds of millions on facial recognition and data tracking while shredding privacy laws, targeting far beyond immigrants. www.politico.com/new...

Donald doesn't lead a movement; he manages a portfolio of resentments. By framing ignorance as superior to expertise and cruelty as strength, he performs alchemy on weakness. This transforms a political base into a captive market for his brand of emotional capitalism. 1/2

A former pageant judge warns Trump's Miss USA empire is the explosive key to his Epstein ties, alleging deeply disturbing acts and urging extreme caution for investigators.

The New Yorker methodically details Trump's decades of documented misogyny and his predatory partnership with Epstein, arguing his vile character has always been clear.

Jimmy Kimmel used a UK Christmas broadcast to defiantly call Trump a tyrant, apologize to allies for our national embarrassment, and beg the world not to give up on us.

A Danish conservative lawmaker brilliantly mocks Trump's colonial Greenland obsession, as Denmark's government sternly rebukes the illegal land grab and summons our ambassador.

Lawrence O'Donnell eviscerates Trump's dangerous cognitive decline, citing his insane question about appointing himself Fed Chair and confusing the Civil War with the Declaration of Independence while deciding on war.

A survivor of Epstein brutally dismisses Trump's Christmas boast about dropping him, retorting that every accusation from Trump is a confession.

This commentary argues Trump's divisive politics are a national sickness, but finds hope in rare judicial pushback, including the Supreme Court blocking his militarized response to Chicago protests.

The GOP's absurd claim that Rudolph is a Republican is met with rightful mockery, as critics point out the story actually condemns the bullies they emulate.