Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting apnews.com/article/brow...

A JetBlue flight from Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker. The pilot blames the military plane for crossing his path. www.stripes.com/theaters/ame...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has long been surrounded by a chorus of supportive voices, but over the past 25 years of his rule, the range of views reaching him has narrowed dramatically.

Minority voters that powered Donald Trump to a second term in the White House are slipping away, according to an average of eight nationwide polls compiled by The Washington Post. https://wapo.st/4aNcshz

Breaking News from @theathletic.com: Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Indiana player to win college football’s most prestigious award.

Navy has beaten Army for a second straight season. Blake Horvath threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Eli Heidenreich with 6:32 remaining — on fourth-and-goal — and the 22nd-ranked Midshipmen rallied for a 17-16 win.

FUCK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE OK WITH THIS. I personally know two students there. One survived getting shot at a California high school shooting and the other a PParkland survivor. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THIS WAY!!! share.google/OZelqoxsw8Bs...

Probe launched after 3 US Air Force F-16 pilots at Germany base complain of laser incidents www.stripes.com/branches/air...

2 US service members and one American civilian killed in ambush in Syria, US Central Command says apnews.com/article/syri...

The secret file supposedly claims Trump intends to pull Austria, Italy, Hungary and Poland away from the EU and closer in to Washington's circle of influence x.com/dailymail/st...

AP: “Only 31% of U.S. adults now approve of how Trump is handling the economy, the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center …finds. That is down from 40% in March & marks the lowest economic approval he’s registered in an AP-NORC poll in his first or second term.” apnews.com/article/trum...

Schau an. Von offizieller Stelle würde so was derzeit wohl kaum veröffentlicht. Dabei haben diese jungen Journalisten nur öffentlich zugängliche Informationen ausgewertet. #Drohnen

Trump’s redistricting effort fails in Indiana as GOP lawmakers deliver rare rebuke. Republicans hold a 40-10 advantage in the state Senate but still rejected Trump’s pressure. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

House passes Pentagon bill pressuring Hegseth to release boat strike evidence www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Die USA haben vor der Küste Venezuelas einen Tanker unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. Seit Wochen erhöhen die USA den Druck auf Venezuela und verlegen Seestreitkräfte in die Region. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...

The US is now just the drunk crank at the end of the bar waving a gun around

U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says. No surprise the legal authority for the seizure was not clear. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

BREAKING: Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the Maduro government.

Congress is set to pass its $901 billion defense bill without including insurance coverage for families to get fertility treatment. Lawmakers and advocates supporting the provision said House Speaker Johnson axed it based on objections to IVF.

Canada will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w... via @NYTimes

Another rebuke to Trump. Democrat wins Miami mayoral race for first time in 30 years www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Senator Amy Klobuchar writes: “Congress urgently needs to stop delaying the passage of mutually agreed upon federal A.I. standards. But it remains paramount that states be able to protect people right now, before such rules are enacted."

So the president who unleashes the US military on alleged drug boats has pardoned about 100 people convicted of drug related crimes! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with: - Lifetime terms for high court judges - An electoral college for choosing an executive - A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities - 75% requirements for constitutional amendments

Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that

The Supreme Court is an unelected group of Republican political operatives who say they get to decide what the constitution means—and what our government can do. They do not have any popular legitimacy. They don’t get to tell us what the constitution means, or decide what OUR government can do.

The Supreme Court has long claimed the sole authority to interpret the Constitution (which, ironically, is not in the constitution). The Roberts Court has so delegitimized the institution that we can’t give future courts the power to decide what the our government can do.

Political reforms which would set us on a path towards a new system which don’t require a constitutional amendment: - Proportional representation in the House with RCV in the Senate - Expanding the Supreme Court and limiting its power - Abolishing the filibuster - Adding DC and PR as states

The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed. Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it. When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.

This, from my colleague at Steady State. Remember: NATO is one of the great accomplishments of the post-war era, and as we have protected and supported it, it has done the same for us. Destroying NATO or undermining it puts our security-and our future-at risk. And it’s just what Putin wants.

A Dangerous Strategy that Distances NATO and Puts Our Security at Risk open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... NATO is an Alliance of Democracies based on shared values and interests. Sadly, Trump has undermined many of those values, including the rule of law, free elections, and free speech."

It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

Crossing the border without authorization is a MISDEMEANOR. Being in the US without permission is not a crime.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met their Australian counterparts Monday in Washington for annual talks focused on Indo-Pacific security and countering China's increasing assertiveness in the region, including in the South China Sea and directed at Taiwan.

Donald Trump on Monday justified the U.S. military's decision to fire a second missile in a heavily scrutinized attack on a boat in the Caribbean by claiming that two suspected drug smugglers were trying to right the vessel after it had capsized in the initial strike.

Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...

The former court clerk who helped manage the trial of Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted of murdering his wife and son, pleaded guilty on Monday to two counts of misconduct in office and one count each of obstruction of justice and perjury, according to her lawyer.

President Trump said he’ll let Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decide whether to release the full video of a controversial strike on alleged drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela, reversing his earlier claim to release any Pentagon footage.

John Noble Wilford, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter who covered America’s first moon landing, has died at 92.

Trump Insists Tariffs Will Buoy the Economy. For Now, He’s on Damage Control. Trump rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u... via @NYTimes

Goodbye Wagner Group. Hello Africa Corps. Interesting name choice. apnews.com/article/mali...

Of course it will - law or no law: The Supreme Court seems likely to back Trump's power to fire independent agency board members apnews.com/article/supr...

I thought Ron Klain was supposed to be a political genius but this piece and others make him look like the out-of-touch Klutz who sank the Biden Admin - and America www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u... via @NYTimes

Only 12 survivors of the Dec. 7 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are still alive — all centenarians — and this year none were able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event Sunday. www.stripes.com/theaters/asi... Source - Stars and Stripes

Juan Orlando Hernández, indultado por Trump, insiste que fue víctima de una conspiración www.univision.com/noticias/pol...

Trump national security strategy says US should stop "hectoring" repressive nations in the Middle East about human rights then goes on to hector democratically elected European nations about their domestic policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The recent shooting in Washington, D.C., “was horrific, and the perpetrator should be punished to the full extent of the law,” Amanda Frost writes in a guest essay. “But collective punishment is just the sort of bigotry that the nation rejected decades ago.”

John Roberts and his court are “all in” with whatever Donald Trump wants www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u... via @NYTimes