“Trump learned in the final days of his first term that the Constitution is riddled with ambiguities, loopholes and untested limits. And in the years since, he learned it’s nearly impossible to punish a president who decides to test them.“

“Between 2022 and 2024, covid-19 killed roughly 100,000 Americans annually, new research by CDC scientists shows.”

“Several officers who fought the rioters told The Associated Press that the hardest thing to deal with has been the effort by many to play down the violence, despite a massive trove of video and photographic evidence documenting the carnage.”

“The action against Venezuela is manifestly illegal under international law, and cannot plausibly or by any reasonable standard be characterized as a law enforcement action,”

Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Could Change the World. Here’s How. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Trump's unauthorized Venezuela attack won't help Americans | Opinion www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

So, the President terminated a 50-year lease only 5 years in so he can take over the golf courses and make them his own. It's criminal what we let this man get away with right in front of our eyes.

“Yet the biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen. Trump has always been a mirror for other people’s souls, an X-ray revealing America’s dysfunction. If this was a test, there were more failing grades than we could have imagined.”

“The Trump administration has given us precious little to be thankful for this year. As 2025 draws to a close, history will remember it as a year scarred by the chaos of a White House that seemed intent on breaking the back of our democracy once and for all.”

Something else directly from Project 2025 The government rolled back progress on the environment in at least 180 ways in 2025, and it’s just getting started. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Neither can the U.S. Health minister says Canada can’t rely on U.S. health institutions anymore www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

"RFK Jr. has wreaked steady havoc on the nation’s vaccination policies and programs. He canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in federal investment for mRNA vaccines. He chased away doctors and scientists at the FDA and the C.D.C. who oversaw federal vaccine policy for decades." #MAHA

While it's apparent this 2nd-year student's view of higher education had been greatly informed by the online discourse of "wokeism", it's still an interesting look at how, from a student's perspective, there's a view that the "free inquiry" that was promised is really just conservative ideology.

Some useful context in this piece. Here’s what to know about a viral YouTube video about fraud in Minnesota www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

“What happened here for more than two months is unlike anything in recent American history: the federal government sending agents dressed for war into neighborhoods of the country’s third-largest city to arrest mostly people who look Latino and to ask questions later.” #ICE

“Firms that went bust pointed to inflation, interest rates and Trump’s trade policies — which have hampered supply chains and increased costs — as drivers of their financial troubles.”

Call Rep Tom Kean Jr (Trump Party #NJ07) and tell him we don't want people kidnapped off the street and warehoused anywhere, especially not in our community! www.newjerseyhills.com/west_morris_...

“For the first time in nearly two decades of Pew Research Center’s surveys of Hispanics, most say they think the situation of U.S. Hispanics has worsened in the last year.”

It appears my town may be hosting an ICE processing facility. Since we’re one of the more MAGA towns in Morris County, it will probably get less resistance. Washington Post report: ICE plans detainee processing facility in Roxbury www.newjerseyhills.com/west_morris_...

“Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it.” The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won. - The Atlantic

“The EEOC’s inquiries will intensify in 2026 with all the tools the agency plans to employ, including expanded web-archive searches to target companies that have only changed how they’ve talked about DEI.”

While MAHA has everyone’s attention on Big Pharma, Big Wellness is getting a pass. FDA says it may relax warning label rule for dietary supplements

This guy gets even more narcissistic by the hour.

“Perhaps Trump wants his base to confuse him for their doddering grandfathers. History suggests the MAGA base doesn’t expect the man who leads them to have any redeeming qualities to earn their loyalty, so they won’t be disillusioned by a president who doesn’t know anything and won’t even try.”

“Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that ‘people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,’ one attorney said.”

"Miller has outlined something more comprehensive and sinister—an elaborate worldview that has escaped notice in the mainstream media. It centers immigrants as a threat to 'civilization' in terms that echo the rhetoric of those determined to exclude people like his ancestors."

“More than 10 separate ongoing projects to strengthen instruction and school-based social services in low-income communities will come to a halt after the federal government abruptly canceled tens of millions of dollars in grants just two weeks before their next round of funding was set to arrive.”

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

“The majority of college-bound high school seniors — 80% — either strongly or somewhat want to attend a college that ‘supports students of all races and ethnicities,’”

When all else fails, Republicans turn to the fact that peoples’ hate for others supersedes their own self interests. Republicans are trying to change the subject on health care affordability — to transgender care

Trump claims credit for military bonus that Congress already approved: The White House’s plans for a “warrior dividend” to reward troops this holiday season are actually housing assistance funds approved this summer.

Once again, Rep Kean has failed to represent our district in favor of serving MAGA. He talks a big game about bipartisanship and independence, but he's proven to be nothing more than a MAGA acolyte. #NJ07 needs a representative who represents their constituents.

“The COVID vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room or urgent care visits by 76 percent in children aged nine months through four years and by 56 percent in those aged five through 17 compared with children who didn’t receive a vaccine”

Every time I see that Trump’s approval is declining because of the economy, I’m saddened by the reminder of how many people would be fine with everything else if the economy was better.

A blockade is considered an act of war by international law. Doesn’t seem like something a peace prize winner should do. Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro

"Though long tied to the American Revolution, the banner in more recent years has been adopted primarily by evangelical Christian nationalist groups, as well as the Proud Boys and certain neo-Nazi groups"

Actually, you did vote for this. It wasn’t a buffet where you just got the parts you liked. Of course, we have the other extreme where people don’t like one of the items at the buffet and they decide not to eat anything at all.

“The return of measles, weakening vaccines, and the complete destruction of the CDC are just a few of Kennedy's ignoble accomplishments in 2025.” The Worst Ways RFK Jr. Has Harmed Public Health This Year

“Having dispensed entirely with the dreary rituals of acting Presidential, Trump now talks in public the way he does in private—swearing, rambling, sexist, racist. “

“Given the harsh, even hateful rhetoric and aggressive immigration actions of the Trump administration, the effect on students and schools should not be surprising to anyone. But the widespread nature of harmful impact and deep level of concern are alarming.”

Well, yeah, because many of the immigrants that are being targeted don’t have the jobs Gen Z wants, so they aren’t a threat. But they may realize too late this is the plan - have AI do those jobs and force them to do the work vacated by the people who have been deported.

Another instance of hate overruling common sense. There’s already a shortage of people with CDL’s. Tariffs are driving up costs, and now we’ll choke off a key part of our supply chain.

The Hidden Cost of Children’s Book Bans

His infamous “weave” often involves focusing on grievance, which feeds his base and gets them to forget that he has never had any actual policies or plans that benefit most people. Trump's speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants : NPR

“Shipping off ED programs to other federal agencies will all but guarantee that states, colleges and universities lose the federal expertise and capacity they count on to address student needs, continue critical research, share best practices and receive key funding on time.”

“Insurers have also canceled at least 1.4 million policies since 2021, says advocacy group Climate Power—and now Trump tariffs could make prices rise 38% faster.”

This is why I'm always skeptical of headlines such as "MAGA is splintering" - they look for any reason to love him. He hasn't actually announced any specific plan other than redistributing some of our tariffs to the farmers. It's still all concepts of plans...

“Since 1961, groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics have recommended that all newborns be given a single dose of vitamin K at birth. And this measure has all but eliminated the risk of vitamin K deficiency and VKDB among babies in the U.S.”

Funny how Republicans are all “leave it to the states; less federal control”… Until they’re not. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something,”