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Israeli settlers vandalise mosque and block roads in West Bank town -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-vandalise-mosque-and-block-roads-west-bank-town
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Israeli settlers vandalise mosque and block roads in West Bank town
<article data-history-node-id="433363" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-vandalise-mosque-and-block-roads-west-bank-town" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-vandalise-mosque-and-block-roads-west-bank-town" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers vandalise mosque and block roads in West Bank town</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="81" data-start="0">Israeli settlers stormed a mosque in the town of Deir Ballut, west of Salfit, on Friday, as attacks on Palestinian communities and places of worship continue to escalate under Israeli occupation in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p data-end="509" data-start="319">Local sources told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that settlers broke into the Al-Salam Mosque, vandalised its interior and disrupted daily life by blocking roads and preventing vehicles from reaching the town’s main junction.</p> <p data-end="757" data-start="511">Residents said the assault fits a wider pattern of settler violence across Salfit governorate, where attacks on Palestinian property and religious sites have intensified, often carried out with impunity and under the protection of Israeli forces.</p> <p data-end="1076" data-start="759">In a related incident, groups of settlers also spread out around Palestinian homes and agricultural land in the village of Farkha, south of Salfit. While no physical assaults were reported there, residents described the move as an act of intimidation designed to instil fear and tighten control over Palestinian land.</p> <p data-end="1236" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1078">Settler violence remains a central pillar of Israel’s occupation, used to pressure communities and entrench illegal settlement expansion across the West Bank.</p> </div> </div> </article>
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-vandalise-mosque-and-block-roads-west-bank-town
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
about 10 hours ago
Israeli settlers assault Palestinian family as army carries out arrests near Jericho -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-assault-palestinian-family-army-carries-out-arrests
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Israeli settlers assault Palestinian family as army carries out arrests near Jericho
<article data-history-node-id="433364" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-assault-palestinian-family-army-carries-out-arrests" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-assault-palestinian-family-army-carries-out-arrests" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers assault Palestinian family as army carries out arrests near Jericho</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="92" data-start="0">Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents in the Tel Samadi area of Jiftlik, north of Jericho, on Friday, in another incident of settler violence across the occupied Jordan Valley.</p> <p data-end="673" data-start="321">Eid Brahmeh, director of the Prisoner Club in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, told Wafa that settlers assaulted members of the Kaabneh family, severely beating them before Israeli occupation forces moved into the area. Soldiers then arrested Hassan Salem Kaabneh and Musa Awda Kaabneh, targeting the victims rather than those who carried out the attack.</p> <p data-end="900" data-start="675">Separately, Israeli forces issued demolition notices to residents in Jiftlik, signalling further displacement. Those notified include Amer Muhammad Hassan Jahalin, Bahaa Hassan Muhammad Jahalin and Bassam Mahmoud Ali Masa’id.</p> <p data-end="1139" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="902">The combined use of settler violence, military arrests and home demolitions reflects Israel’s entrenched policy of coercion in the Jordan Valley, aimed at forcing Palestinians from their land and entrenching illegal settlement expansion.</p> </div> </div> </article>
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-assault-palestinian-family-army-carries-out-arrests
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
about 10 hours ago
Gaza genocide: By halting aid, Israel escalates its war on survival -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-genocide-halting-aid-israel-escalates-its-war-survival
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Gaza genocide: By halting aid, Israel escalates its war on survival
New regulations mandate political conformity from groups trying to deliver humanitarian assistance to besieged Palestinians
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-genocide-halting-aid-israel-escalates-its-war-survival
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
about 13 hours ago
Israel seizes planning powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinians -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-seizes-planning-powers-over-hebrons-ibrahimi-mosque-palestinians
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Israel seizes planning powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinians
<article data-history-node-id="433358" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-seizes-planning-powers-over-hebrons-ibrahimi-mosque-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-seizes-planning-powers-over-hebrons-ibrahimi-mosque-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel seizes planning powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> military has seized municipal powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> in a move widely seen as undermining Islamic administration of the site.</p> <p>On Wednesday, the Israeli Civil Administration, a military body overseeing the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/occupation" target="_blank">occupied</a> West Bank, announced it had transferred planning powers from the Palestinian Authority-run Hebron Municipality to its own Supreme Planning Council. </p> <p>The move was followed by the granting of permission to construct a roof over the mosque's internal courtyard, despite fierce Palestinian opposition.</p> <p>Hebron Municipality <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Hebron.Municipality/posts/pfbid0UQhXgATLw5odUqJqbq9qrSeFPsCq78KduDg3BNkUbdzNFivdZGyprDEWP2Xw6MVXl?__cft__[0]=AZbeqRVMsc_I0WR-hDBrfiVH900CxkFJQ4MtdtT2fhy_XpVnMaG33MPikn0PTpUnaQAay2h0AM9dqqDp5_0rp7fR1AAQ7vWmp9jgmgBOLeiLib9ooSNW0IvL39kNvK-wMNyZSsEeG-k56OzJhdyoL4FEhAyJFiOvJU5j3wNCbrz5I228gjnJ1VdH7h0TXzx3NhE&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank">condemned</a> the decision, calling it a "serious and illegal violation" and part of a systemic attack on the status quo at the mosque and the powers of Palestinian authorities tasked with its management.</p> <p>“This is a clear violation of international law and existing agreements,” the municipality said, accusing Israel of stripping Palestinian institutions of their planning and construction rights in favour of the Israeli Civil Administration.</p> <h3>Read more: <a aria-label="Israel seizes planning powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinians" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-seizes-administrative-powers-hebrons-ibrahimi-mosque-palestinians">Israel seizes planning powers over Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinians</a></h3> <p><img alt="An Israeli flag flies in a street in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on 26 May 2022 (AFP/Hazem Bader)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/000_32B72XQ%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=3ErDcJAB"></p> </div> </div> </article>
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-seizes-planning-powers-over-hebrons-ibrahimi-mosque-palestinians
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Ole Miss is 3-0 in this game.
#SugarBowl
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#Georgia
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Carl Quintanilla
about 20 hours ago
Comical,
@wsj.com
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Phil Free
about 22 hours ago
Seized from a Gaza hospital, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya still held by Israel a year on
www.middleeasteye.net/news/seized-...
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Seized from a Gaza hospital, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya still held by Israel a year on
Rights groups demand freedom for Abu Safiya, held by Israel without charge and subjected to torture
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/seized-gaza-hospital-dr-hussam-abu-safia-still-held-israel-year
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Acyn
1 day ago
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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emptywheel
about 19 hours ago
Bloomberg has a really good story on how scandalous Trump's pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández is. This is just the first ¶ of 3-¶¶ on sources, but gives a sense of who would want to tell similar stories.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Harms Committed
2 days ago
"AIPAC knows their brand is toxic." "AIPAC donors have supported its picks by giving to other dark-money groups." "The candidates can say they received money from donors, not AIPAC, to avoid association."
#California
#USA
#Gaza
#Palestine
#Israel
#Genocide
#Military
#Weapons
#Voting
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AIPAC Is Retreating From Endorsements and Election Spending. It Won't Give Up Its Influence.
The lobbying group is taking a quieter approach this midterms cycle, but it's still seeking to keep Congress in Israel's pocket.
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/30/aipac-campaigns-elections-israel-congress/
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Barron W. Tramp
about 19 hours ago
Not ONE JOURNALIST has asked VD Vance when he was asked to apologize for being white None. Zero. Not One. My news friends- if you want us to take you seriously then you have to follow up on the crazy bullshit they say. NON-NEGOTIABLE!
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Molly Knight
about 21 hours ago
Special prosecutors on day 1. Everyone in this administration who broke laws— including every ICE agent who ever kidnapped anyone— must go to prison. All of Epstein’s buddies prosecuted too, Democrat or Republican doesn’t matter. Has to be this way or this country won’t survive.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD
about 19 hours ago
The people of Iran are risking their lives in the streets, chanting death to the dictator and death to the Islamic Republic. May 2026 finally be the year they break free from the terrorists who have been holding them hostage for 46 years ❤️🤍💚🦁
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D. Earl Stephens
1 day ago
🇺🇸 You are patriots, and while none of us picked this fight, we won’t be getting pushed around, either. 🇺🇸 So let me tell you this with precision and a mountain of resolve as we shed the ghastly 2025, and march heads held high into 2026: WE WILL HAVE OUR DAY. 🇺🇸 Happy New Year! ✊🏼
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
The march to save our Democracy will bury anti-American Republicans in 2026 ...
https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/happy-new-year-872
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Steve Liesman
about 21 hours ago
WSJ editorial on the latest of the hundreds of tariff walkbacks by trump (this one for furniture): “Rarely has a President worked so hard to cover the damage from his policies without admitting it.”
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Angus Johnston
about 22 hours ago
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
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Bill Kristol
about 24 hours ago
It is terrible that Trump and Hegseth are ordering the wanton and unjustified killings of civilians, and doing so in our name. It is terrible that Republicans in Congress are unwilling to stop or even investigate them.
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Christiaan Triebert
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A scorched boat washed ashore on a remote beach in Colombia. Then mangled bodies. And then empty packets, a few with marijuana traces. We matched the physical and digital evidence to a U.S. airstrike — and found a fishing community terrified to go to sea.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/americas/trump-boat-strikes-gulf-of-venezuela-wreckage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVA.1IKj.Zs7We_PwLjpT
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Nicole DeWitt
about 19 hours ago
there has not been nearly enough coverage of how anti-trans activists cloaked in the guise of journalism are responsible for undermining public faith in scientific expertise. singal is emblematic of a now dominant strain of science journalism that has nothing but contempt for science and scientists
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Project 2025 Expert ⚖️🇺🇸
about 23 hours ago
White America voted to install the Christian White Nationalist policy overhaul, Project 2025; the 900-pg doc is proudly anti-science and anti-research. The funding for a potential ✨breast cancer cure✨ has been eliminated b/c White America wouldn’t support the sitting Vice President—b/c she’s Black.
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Acyn
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Mamdani: I promise you this. If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree, I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn alongside you, and never, not for a second, hide from you
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Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.” Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
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Congratulations procrastinators! You haven’t done **** all year!
#HappyNewYear
#2026
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Lexi asked us to post this message.
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Dag.
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This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
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@support.bsky.team
Free Lexi Alexander, one of the most important voices on this platform.
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Ketan Joshi
1 day ago
just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism. Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
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Costa Samaras
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Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
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The Israeli government sinks even lower.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Israel says it will bar dozens of aid groups from operating in Gaza
Israel, citing security needs, has imposed strict new conditions on international NGOs that the U.N. and aid groups say could cripple the relief effort in Gaza.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/31/israel-suspends-gaza-aid-groups/
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Israel’s government says it will suspend the licenses of dozens of humanitarian groups operating in Gaza beginning Thursday, which relief workers say will lead to deeper suffering and difficulty receiving medicine.
https://wapo.st/4qxbFWC
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“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”
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NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html?smid=url-share
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The Tennessee Holler
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JACK SMITH’S ATTORNEY: “The most powerful person in the world (Trump) has said Mr. Smith should be in jail because of his work as special counsel… in the face of those threats Mr. Smith appears today undaunted.”
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Dean Obeidallah
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Jack Smith Testimony released today: “President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol…does not happen without him”
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Shannon Drake 🌒🌕🌘🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧪🔬⚖️🐸
2 days ago
They think that they can check your kid’s genitals in case they’re trans. They’re not going to stop. These are domestic terrorists who support pedophiles. A lot of the time, they ARE pedophiles themselves. Don’t let them into daycares and schools (duh).
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Acyn
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
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Peter Gleick
2 days ago
Imagine scientists could invent an effective, safe, cheap way to prevent a wide range of terrible diseases and the people in charge of the nation's health system worked hard to stop people from using them. That would be crazy. Criminal. Immoral. Inexcusable.
#impeachRFKJr
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Caitlin Gilbert
2 days ago
The share of counties where 95% or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50% before the pandemic to 28%, according to our analysis of public records from 44 states and the District of Columbia. At least 19,000 schools are now more vulnerable to outbreaks.
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Joyce White Vance
3 days ago
This opinion is bad news for the Trump administration, which is going to have to defend itself against Abrego Garcia’s claim he’s being vindictively prosecuted. But that claim is supported by some of the government’s own emails. Read the details here:
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Unsealed: Abrego Garcia
The sealed order in the Abrego Garcia case that I wrote about in Sunday night’s “The Week Ahead” column was unsealed today.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/unsealed-abrego-garcia?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Erin Maye Quade
3 days ago
MN GOP openly admitted today that they conspired with the racist YouTuber who ginned up these racist attacks
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Police investigating overnight burglary of Somali day care in south Minneapolis
The break-in comes in the aftermath of a viral video alleging fraud by several Somali child care centers.
https://www.startribune.com/police-investigating-overnight-burglary-of-somali-day-care-in-south-minneapolis/601554851
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Gil Durán
27 days ago
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
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Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
https://www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale-calls-for-public-hangings/
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@durbin.senate.gov
@fetterman.senate.gov
@hassan.senate.gov
@kaine.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@rosen.senate.gov
@senangusking.bsky.social
I donated to your campaigns. I regret it. People will lose insurance and die or go bankrupt because of your complicity + incompetence.
3 days ago
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Carl Quintanilla
3 days ago
#DOGE
🤡
@nytimes.com
@sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Ron Filipkowski
3 days ago
He donated $1.8 million to Trump and hired Pam Bondi’s brother as his pardon attorney. Defrauded hundreds of millions from people. Walked away free. Not Somali.
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Andrea Devon
3 days ago
Eight Democrats took a GOP handshake instead of locking in ACA protections. Now the ACA subsidies are set to expire. Families are bracing for higher premiums. And the senators responsible are nowhere to be found.
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MeidasTouch
3 days ago
The first physical evidence of Trump’s airstrikes on boats has now been examined by the NYT. No fentanyl. No cocaine. Just burned packets with traces of marijuana.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
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Audrey
3 days ago
He donated $1.8 million to Trump and hired Pam Bondi’s brother as his pardon attorney. Defrauded hundreds of millions from people. Walked away free. Not Somali. -Ron Filipkowski
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Miranda Yaver
3 days ago
It is irresponsible and dangerous for the CMS Administrator (a physician who knows better) to downplay the importance of getting the flu vaccine. Reminder: The US had ~38,000 flu deaths in the 2024-25 season.
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Chris Geidner
3 days ago
BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejects OLC and Russell Vought's effort "to starve the CFPB of funding." Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
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ACLU
3 days ago
The president doesn't have the authority to act as judge, jury, and executioner. Congress must stop these illegal and immoral strikes, and officials who carried them out must be held accountable.
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US military carries out 30th strike on alleged drug boat
The U.S. military says it has conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people.
https://apnews.com/article/boat-strikes-drug-trafficking-trump-venezuela-4c21181026cf564fc79ae96d0b931f8d
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