A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that the journey of the raindrop downhill might have an even bigger impact on erosion than the initial splash. phys.org/news/2025-12...

Two foreigners, who police said had been picked up in a medical evacuation, were among those killed. A local doctor, a tour guide and a pilot were also killed in the crash. abcnews.go.com/amp/Internat...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that his country is in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and Europe ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump. apnews.com/article/iran...

BREAKING: Donald Trump has announced that the United States military has conducted strikes in Nigeria against ISIS targets. www.threads.com/@aaronparnas...

Winds gusting up to 114 mph tore through the skies on Christmas, tearing off half the shutter on a dome atop Lick Observatory, according to the University of California at Santa Cruz. www.ktvu.com/news/114-mph...

The numbers are in. More people watched the bootlegged 60 Minutes CECOT segment than watched Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.

More than a dozen staff members at the influential conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation are leaving the organization to join a group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence. www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...

Why does this ridiculous, stupid, coke-addled nepo-baby of a nepo-baby brat have any say in U.S. foreign policy? What foolish, horrifying times we live in.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) for a second day in a row is hitting the Trump administration hard over its partial release of files related to the disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, arguing the Department of Justice is “flaunting” the law as passed by Congress this fall. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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

"Continuity of housing and stability for vulnerable populations is clearly in the public interest," said McElroy, ordering HUD to maintain its previous funding formula. www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...

"The House operates from the leadership position top-down rather than from subcommittees moving up to full committees, where you have more bipartisanship," said Fred Upton. www.npr.org/2025/12/21/g...

Pam Bondi is now facing the first bipartisan impeachment effort in Congress. No member of Congress is going to protect her while she hides the Epstein files.

NEW: After months of the government telling the court under penalty of perjury that the US Attorney alone made the decision to charge Kilmar Abrego with a crime, there is now EVIDENCE tying Todd Blanche to the decision. More to come on Substack... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Stefanik’s announcement came shortly after Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a fellow ally of President Trump, jumped into the primary. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

Do it

After 33 years the Flaming Lips are “done” with Steven Drozd, he says

The charges weren’t about her, “a little Black girl from the city of Newark”: “It was about using me as an example. He hoped that what he’s doing to me… that it would scare other members of Congress from doing their job, from having oversight.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump’s immigration crackdown. In a recent statement, Pam Bondi pledged that offenders will face “severe consequences.” Dozens of cases have crumbled. apnews.com/article/ice-...

The 216-211 vote all but assures that out-of-pocket premiums will more than double on average for roughly 20 million ACA enrollees when the enhanced subsidies expire Jan. 1. www.axios.com/2025/12/17/h...

Industries that rely on manual labor are cutting jobs, not adding them. The latest jobs report from the BLS shows that most sectors traditionally considered blue collar have been shrinking headcount. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/e...

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) — one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol — announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2026. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Trump says projected White House ballroom cost doubled to $400 million Trump's announcement came after the president ridiculed the rising costs of other projects such as Barack Obama's presidential library and the Federal Reserve headquarters. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

COLLINS: Do you disagree with Trump's pardon of the former Honduran leader who was also indicted and convicted? RICK SCOTT: I don't -- I never -- I never met the guy and I don't know anything about it www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar...

"Led by an erratic president who is failing at his only real skill — messaging — the Trump administration is losing a multifront political war, and things are likely to get worse for them before they get better." www.publicnotice.co/p/2025-polit...

“Oil… oil… oil… oil… oil… oil…” TLDR: It was never about drugs

The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.

Two members of the Heritage Foundation’s governing board resigned, in a sign of deepening turmoil at the conservative think tank, after its president took the side of podcast host Tucker Carlson during a controversy over his friendly interview with an antisemite. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

This is now the largest serial killer spree in US history

AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.