Officer battling kidney failure terminated 6 months before retirement, losing benefits

US military strikes another alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 4

NSW police unlawfully arrested and choked man then tried to delete footage, watchdog finds

Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...

Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward. When he feels humiliated, he lashes out. Every authoritarian action he is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity. He feigns strength, but he's operating from a place of weakness.

A new investigation revealed that school districts and local governments are reportedly overpaying for supplies because of Amazon contracts that bind them to dynamic pricing. Rather than allow for competitive bidding, the deals “covertly raise prices and inflate costs for governments.”

bsky.app/profile/altn... Comments overwhelmingly insist on private Trump money being used to rebuild the East Wing.

Trump should personally pay to build it back up!

I certainly hope the cost to put it back to its original structure eats the ballroom funds.

Actually, it can be rebuilt. The private White House Historical Association did laser documentation of the interior and, I guess, probably the exterior before the wing was razed. This technology was critical with the reconstruction of the portions Notre Dame Cathedral destroyed in the fire.

I would love to see a court force trump to use the donated ballroom funds to rebuild the East Wing brick for brick

That’s what usually happens when big operators do this - oil pipelines are notorious for it. One project in North Dakota plowed through some designated tribal sacred areas and the Forest Service made the operators rip it out and redesign the whole project.

I think they should be required to rebuild the East Wing.

In other words, they broke the law first and then claimed it was too late to challenge it. They further asserted that the White House ballroom project must continue for reasons of “national security”.

In its response to a federal lawsuit filed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (seeking to halt construction of Trump’s planned new ballroom) the DOJ argued that objections to the demolition of the East Wing are “moot because the demolition has already occurred and cannot be undone.”

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has sued Trump for demolishing the White House's East Wing. His plans to replace it with a billionaire-funded ballroom could be the most corrupt thing a president has ever done. https://youtu.be/Nbf6BJzpk1E?si=23K1iK7U-fxZWeVY

How Kash Patel Wrecked FBI’s Ability to Stop an Espionage Attack newrepublic.com/post/204442/... via @newrepublic.com

Southlake Texas Apple Store this weekend -- sound on...

www.politico.com/news/2025/12.... Women Judges are being fired preferentially.The seven judges terminated in New York on Dec. 1 are all women: Khan, Lisa Ehrens, Maria Lurye, Alice Segal, Evalyn Douchy, Theodora Kouris and Lori Adams, five judges and court observers told POLITICO.

The seven judges terminated in New York on Dec. 1 are all women: Khan, Lisa Ehrens, Maria Lurye, Alice Segal, Evalyn Douchy, Theodora Kouris and Lori Adams, five judges and court observers told POLITICO. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

OPINION: The Supreme Court says it will determine whether the Trump regime can "end birthright citizenship."

NEWS: Donald Trump Revels in the Horrific Murder of Rob and Michele Reiner. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar... Great Reporting. Call lawmakers to stop the land grab in DC.

New School professors worry that cuts to the progressive institution dovetail too neatly with the country’s anti-intellectual, anti-leftist turn. https://chroni.cl/451hh37

A family of indigenous artists depicts healing ceremony in fascinating show at Union Hall trib.al/pEbNs4Y

Trump’s comment on Rob Reiner’s stabbing triggers outcry from MTG

The president's statement was swiftly condemned by some users and supporters on Truth Social.

Investigators say the four suspects were members of a radical faction of a left-wing group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front.

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, was among those killed in the Bondi Beach shooting. Rabbi Levi Wolff of Sydney’s Central Synagogue said “his light will continue through the community.” Read more: https://wapo.st/4rVr9Fo

Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator from Monticello, Mississippi, who rolled out the nation's landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday.

Doctors in England to strike after they reject government's offer reut.rs/4pEn86T

Abortion patients most often rely on independent clinics, but more closed in 2025, report shows. This story was originally reported by @statesnewsroom.com

Donald Trump is the most vile human being. He is celebrating Rob Reiner's death. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Rob Reiner was a creative genius and a lovely man, with such passion and principle, including on politics. I had the privilege of interviewing him once. And of course A Few Good Men is one of my favorite movies of all time. Rest in power, Rob.

Another Spencer Cox 2028 trial balloon sighting...

This is all John Roberts’ fault www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Mother Jones has an amazing cover article. We need to promote this on social media. PLEASE DO IT. "Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution ... We are watching a rigged game, and Roberts set it up."

This marks the administration’s second effort this year to undo the contract, after a judge stopped a previous attempt in June.

The Trump administration said it plans to cancel the union contract that applies to about 47,000 Transportation Security Administration employees, claiming the agreement interferes with the agency’s security responsibilities.

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

Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom reut.rs/4iUt8pv

"Countries with more independent central banks tend to have much better (i.e., lower) inflation outcomes." Gee, that's interesting. lnk.thebulwark.com/4iTaf6l

Remember when the Senate was supposed to be jealous of its position as a part of the legislative branch, instead of an extension of the (Trump) presidency?

Republicans currently hold 220 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. But 39 of those 220 seats are in states that Trump lost last year. And another 43 of those 220 seats are in states that Trump only narrowly won.

Trump is getting immigration progressives into politics. lnk.thebulwark.com/4p29J7G

President Trump has been racing to rack up peace deals — but keeping them intact is proving far more difficult. n.pr/4qawvLv

Kaiser and Sutter: that sounds...expensive. Cutting services to a handful of kids costs practically nothing.

REALITY: YOU CAN TAKE THE TRUMP ADMIN TO COURT AND WIN IF YOU TRY!!!! OUR LIBERAL INSTITUTIONS, BROADLY: so cave en masse, got it boss

And, here's a September 24 order allowing the sealed Sept. 3 order to be shared with the E.D. Pa. court: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...