Great gym day, started by sleeping over 7 hrs last night! 🎉 61k, push pull lots of volume, BW 195. 4 PRs. Party at a cabin tonight, no guilt. Have a great weekend everyone! #Gymsky #FitnessSky

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Did a descending ladder of deadlifts and pull-ups. Off program. Failed @ 320 for 3. Needed food. Also walked 30 min prior (mistake) needed food. #GymSky #FitnessSky

ICYMI: “TikTok signs deal to spin-off U.S. operations to a group controlled by mostly 🇺🇸 investors, including software giant Oracle — run by billionaire Trump ally Larry Ellison.” The Ellisons/Trump allies gobbling up everything, to control what we see. www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...

Hypertrophy bench day, walked 10 min @3deg angle 3.5 mph, 5 min backwards @15 deg angle. Workout took about 1.5 hours. Recorded close grip bench 1x12 @ 175 lbs to a 1” block. Got to the gym so very late, started at 20:30. We shall see how sleep goes. #GymSky #FitnessSky

The U.S. FDA has sent warning letters to four major retailers for continuing to sell baby formula linked to a nationwide outbreak of bacterial illness in infants, even after the products were recalled, the health regulator’s website shows.

was under siege — investigated by President Joe Biden's administration and told enforcement action was likely. Then Donald Trump won the 2024 election, and the company’s legal peril dissipated.

JUST IN: U.S. economy adds 64,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate at 4-year high

For two years, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson oversaw work on a documentary about a hip-hop rival he has personally trolled on the internet for even longer. His efforts paid off: “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” has been perched at No. 1 on Netflix. on.wsj.com/4oXw1qS

OPINION: The Trump FBI is drawing up an enemies list that could encompass well over half the US public: Do you "advance ... opposition to law and immigration enforcement"?

None of us are safe.....

Stop accepting the cynical notion that “nothing can be done” about guns, or anything else for that matter. Every time you give up hope, the emperor has already won.

SYRIA: “Two U.S. Army soldiers and one civilian interpreter killed, 3 others were injured, ambushed in an attack… soldiers were conducting a “key leader engagement” as part of a counter-terrorism operation, Pentagon said… A lone ISIS gunman…” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

Go Navy Beat Army!! #ArmyNavy. #BeatArmy #GoNavy

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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.

Woody Allen appears in latest batch of Epstein estate photos released by House Dems

There is, obviously, no “Presidential Immunity Clause” in the Constitution. The conservative justices’ un-originalist efforts to imagine one into it cannot be supported by text or history. trib.al/0kIZdOu

The vast majority of U.S. adults say they’ve noticed higher than usual prices for groceries, electricity and holiday gifts in recent months, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. https://to.pbs.org/48Q4cL0

A video of the incident published by the Sahan Journal shows a federal agent putting Mubashir in a headlock while handcuffed, bringing him to his knees in the snow, and forcefully placing him in the back of a vehicle before driving off.

NEW: The FDA rarely uses its authority to recall dangerous medical devices and is so poorly staffed that it’s sometimes unable to make sure companies are taking critical steps to protect patients during health emergencies, according to a new GAO report.

US invalidates union contract covering 47,000 TSA officers, AFGE vows to challenge reut.rs/3MrRnPQ

More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.

The Department of Justice has sued four more states as part of the Trump administration's far-reaching attempt to access sensitive voter data. The DOJ is also suing Fulton County in Georgia. n.pr/4oUJjnX

Nearly a year into his second term, President Trump is facing growing skepticism as Americans feel persistent cost-of-living pressures despite his efforts to defend the strength of the economy. n.pr/48B7WBv

Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether.

President Donald Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress. https://to.pbs.org/3KFz5Kn

Over fifty years ago, the Justice Department was investigating the Trump family for discriminating against Black people in their real estate business. Now, the president's administration is accusing the city of Boston of housing discrimination against white people.

“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.” By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Bill Gates has become the world’s leading global health philanthropist, but his overture to Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt him.

For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025, the leaders and vanguards on the 2025 Forbes Power Women list stood as examples of resilience in turbulent times.

NEW: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.” (Published Oct.)

Costco is the most prominent US company willing to publicly oppose President Donald Trump. And so far, it has paid no obvious price for its refusal to submit.

A British mother holding an infant. A Ukrainian refugee The wife of a Navy veteran. A German man about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. These are some of the spouses of U.S. citizens who were detained by ICE at what they thought were going to be routine green card interviews.

“These policies don’t just disrupt paperwork. They derail lives.”

The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block President Trump’s construction of a large new ballroom on White House grounds, arguing that he violated at least four laws in bypassing any review process.

Breaking News: The Trump administration is sharing all air travelers’ names with ICE officials to find people with deportation orders.

Hyp W2D2 Deadlift day. Lifted 30k lbs. Did 30 min uphill walking, last 10 min backwards uphill. Everything moving well. Recorded my no touch deadlifts set of 11@ 185 in comments. #GONAVYBEATARMY, #gymsky #fitnesssky.

What are we even doing, the level of cruelty here in America is absolutely deplorable. Do better states, counties, and cities!

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.

🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world. Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein pictured with Trump, Clinton in new photos released by Dems

51 babies with botulism--and finally all ByHeart products recalled. The company has been harming infants since launching in 2022. Despite multiple bad inspection results, it still sold 200,000 cans a month. Needless to say, parents are suing. #HealthSky #FitnessSky #MedSky apnews.com/article/byhe...

NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

At the launch of a speaking tour intended to connect with Americans struggling with higher prices and stagnant wages, President Trump mocked the word “affordability” and touted how high the stock market had risen.

The Trump administration jettisoned a plan to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and the civil-rights movement on quarters for the nation’s 250th birthday.

Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak. n.pr/48I1reS