Azi Paybarah
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Reporter @ WaPo 🛜 Signal: Azi.99 🇮🇷🇧🇪🇺🇸 He/Him
The Department of Homeland Security posted three messages on social media Thursday and Friday, twice declaring, “Christ is Born!” and once stating, “We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior.”
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Trump aides’ official religious messages for Christmas draw objections
Explicitly sectarian religious messages for Christmas on official government social media accounts drew complaints from advocates for church-state separation.
https://wapo.st/4pYXQR9
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U.S. strikes ISIS in Nigeria after Trump warnings on Christian killings
The U.S. military said it attacked ISIS militants at the request of Nigerian authorities. The number of casualties is unknown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/25/trump-bombing-nigeria-isis/
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Freedom Writers Collaborative
9 days ago
Despite anti-media rhetoric, the government is still reading the news
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Despite anti-media rhetoric, the government is still reading the news
The Trump administration is spending tens of thousands of dollars on paywalled news sites, including Politico and Bloomberg, despite earlier criticism of media outlets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/24/paywalled-news-sites-trump-administration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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Despite anti-media rhetoric, the government is still reading the news
The Trump administration is spending tens of thousands of dollars on paywalled news sites, including Politico and Bloomberg, despite earlier criticism of media outlets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/24/paywalled-news-sites-trump-administration/
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Smart convo about gift inequality for your kids
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Counting Presents & Big Feelings
Podcast Episode · Rolin Forward · S1 Bonus · 19m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rolin-forward/id1779308024?i=1000742587934
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A day after
@washingtonpost.com
asked the White House about the purchase …
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Mary Harris
10 days ago
It’s always nice when the rebroadcasts still slap
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Prof. Mark Bray: "... But that's like a preventative anti-fascism that no longer pertains to the American situation."
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: "You mean this has escaped the lab, kind of thing?" Prof. Bray: "Yes, exactly."
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He Wrote About Anti-Fascism—Then Fled the Country | 2025 in Review
Podcast Episode · What Next | Daily News and Analysis · 12/23/2025 · 34m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-next-daily-news-and-analysis/id1438906889?i=1000741053052
10 days ago
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Four takeaways from the latest release of Epstein files, via
@merylkornfield.bsky.social
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Jeff Alworth
15 days ago
This is an absolutely riveting portrait of Katie Miller, and answers some of the questions I had about how she ended up married to Stephen. Fantastic reporting and storytelling by
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She’s Married to the Architect of Trump’s Darkest Policies. She Wants America to Love Her. It’s Not Going Well.
I spent a month in her head. I was surprised by what I found.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/12/donald-trump-stephen-miller-wife-katie-news.html
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The exchange between Stephen Miller and Vanity Fair photographer Christopher Anderson, via
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😷 South Carolina has had 123 reported cases of
#measles
so far this year, according to health officials, who have described the outbreak there as “accelerating.” Last year, the state had only 1 case.
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Carl Quintanilla
22 days ago
Eight months ago vs today. 🤡
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Catherine Rampell
23 days ago
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs. Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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“According to CBP, the proposal is open for a 60-day public comment period.”
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Key detail “Hegseth declined to be interviewed by the inspector general or turn over his personal cellphone as part of its review, the report said.”
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 1 month ago
How it started / How it’s going
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"The boat in the first strike was hit a total of four times, twice to kill the crew and twice more to sink it, four people familiar with the operation said."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/
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Steve Merelman
about 1 month ago
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/
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Ellen Nakashima
about 1 month ago
SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off.
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/
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Ariel J. Blocker
about 1 month ago
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/
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about 1 month ago
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/
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Brandon Spring 🇺🇦 🇩🇰
about 1 month ago
"As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/
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Aaron Rupar
about 1 month ago
Bessent: "If something happens down in Venezuela, we could really see oil prices go down even more."
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A reporter asked the White House press secretary if President Donald Trump wants any members of Congress to be executed. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said no, and later added, "Why aren't you talking about what these members of Congress are doing?"
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about 1 month ago
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"Trump addressed [Jensen] Huang [CEO of Nvidia] directly when he took an even deeper swipe at the U.S. workforce: 'I don’t think you can do that with people that don’t even know what a chip looks like.'" via Natalie Allison &
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about 1 month ago
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"President Donald Trump’s plan to shore up Republicans’ House majority in the 2026 midterm elections by redrawing congressional maps is backfiring, at least for now." Link:
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about 1 month ago
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"The Washington Post asked representatives of more than 20 prominent guests about their decision to attend the dinner. They all declined to comment or did not respond." via
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about 1 month ago
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Eliot Higgins
about 1 month ago
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
How many people does it take to fill Representative Jerrold Nadler’s shoes? Technically one, but the number of Democrats fighting to succeed him is far higher. Here's a look at the 10 contenders seeking the coveted House seat in Manhattan.
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AG Pam Bondi says "new information" about Epstein is the reason why the DOJ has opened another case about him, months after saying there were no other 3rd parties connected to his crimes.
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about 2 months ago
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217 minutes ... Link:
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about 2 months ago
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Trump defends Tucker Carlson for interviewing Nick Fuentes
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
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CNN
about 2 months ago
A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state challenging his past.
https://cnn.it/48iwvTi
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Mary Harris
about 2 months ago
They are not equivalent, but I do think every now and again about how the energy in both parties can be summed up as "fight fight fight" Perhaps we'll just age out of the middle school cafeteria
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about 2 months ago
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Andrew Cuomo, on Trump endorsing him for NYC mayor last night. "It’s an important message … that could be very helpful”
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"Um, they've got to have a plan somewhere because the construction companies have to follow it. So, for people just to say 'he's willy nilly taking down walls,' I'm like well, there's probably a blueprint somewhere."
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LEAKED audio of Peter Thiel's private lectures: "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It’s someone like Greta or Eliezer" That would be Greta Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry’s approach to AI.
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President Trump’s been in office for 9 months and already has had 7 different people run the I.R.S. Here’s how we got there. WAPO:
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3 months ago
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memeorandum
3 months ago
David Hogg makes first midterms endorsement against an incumbent Democrat (Dylan Wells/Washington Post)
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One Eyed Alien ☝️👁👽is👑
3 months ago
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David Hogg makes first midterms endorsement against an incumbent Democrat
Hogg, who gave up his position in party leadership, but had yet to make good on his promise to challenge incumbents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/06/hogg-democrat-incumbent-michigan/
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