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Southern Poverty Law Center
about 6 hours ago
President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act gutted $187 billion in federal funding for SNAP through 2034, putting millions of people at risk of food insecurity. The effects of this bill on food assistance in Florida are even more grim. Read the latest from Hopewatch:
https://bit.ly/3L3oN6Y
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Exclusive: Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles at former airbase in Belarus, researchers find -
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Putin’s really testing the NATO alliance.
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Exclusive: Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles at former airbase in Belarus, researchers find
Moscow is likely stationing new nuclear-capable hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a development that could bolster Russia’s ability to deliver missiles across Europ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-researchers-identify-likely-belarus-site-new-russian-nuclear-capable-missile-2025-12-26/
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The Onion
about 11 hours ago
Jealous Trump Boys Try To Convince Father That Barron A DEI
https://theonion.com/jealous-trump-boys-try-to-convince-father-that-barron-a-dei/
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The New York Times
about 10 hours ago
Daniel DiDonato, a college freshman who had been following a legal fight over redistricting in Alabama since he was 14, pulled an all-nighter to make a new legislative map for the state. Now it's likely to be used in next year’s election.
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A College Freshman Is the Unlikely Source of Alabama’s New Political Maps
Daniel DiDonato, 19, has loved elections since he was in fourth grade. He also loves maps.
https://nyti.ms/48WjTSs
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Mr News Media (@mrnewsmedia)
https://substack.com/profile/214669987-mr-news-media/note/c-189537500?r=e1gyn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Governor Gavin Newsom
about 11 hours ago
As families come together to light the kinara, Jen and I wish all those celebrating a joyful Kwanzaa. May the seven principles of Kwanzaa, in particular community, purpose, and unity, guide our way toward a better future. Happy Kwanzaa, California!
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Shouting, Ranting, Insulting: Trump’s Uninhibited Second Term
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Trump’s using taxpayer funds for his insanity.
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Shouting, Ranting, Insulting: Trump’s Uninhibited Second Term
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/trump-insults-second-term.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Now Trump’s fighting in Nigeria.
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Nigeria provided US with intelligence for strikes on Islamist militants, says foreign minister – US politics live
Yusuf Tuggar says strikes against group accused by Donald Trump of attacking Christian communities will be an ‘ongoing process’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/26/us-nigeria-strikes-militants-donald-trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-epstein-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 14 hours ago
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Justin Wolfers
about 14 hours ago
A smarter model for paying for college: income-based repayment. You start paying your student loans only once you earn enough to comfortably get by. That turns higher ed debt into something more like a tax surcharge on success, not a choke collar on people who are struggling.
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David Atkins
about 18 hours ago
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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Anne Applebaum
2 days ago
Putin claimed to have conquered Kupyansk
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The Associated Press
2 days ago
Saudi Arabia formally called on Emirati-backed separatists in Yemen to withdraw from two governorates their forces now control in the country, a move that threatens sparking a confrontation within a fragile coalition battling the Houthi rebels.
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Saudi Arabia calls on Yemen separatists to leave 2 governorates as anti-Houthi coalition strains
Saudi Arabia has called on separatists in Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now hold. This move could spark tensions within the coalition fighting the Houthi rebels.
https://bit.ly/3YckQzJ
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The New York Times
1 day ago
Pope Leo XIV surprised the rain-soaked faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday night with an apology, delivered in both English and Italian, to those who were unable to get inside the basilica for the pontiff’s first Christmas Eve Mass.
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Pope Leo Surprises St. Peter’s Crowd Before Christmas Eve Mass
Pope Leo XIV greeted the soggy faithful in St. Peter’s Square in both English and Italian and apologized that there wasn’t enough room in the basilica for them all.
https://nyti.ms/4b3VPhI
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Autobot Proudfellow 💍
2 days ago
PSA: any artists still using Twt… Now anyone can edit your art with Grok and claim it as theirs. Merry Christmas and Please Leave that Cesspit.
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Justin Wolfers
2 days ago
“Look around you. Read a newspaper. Watch TV. It’s chaos over here.” My guess is that sentence is more relevant to our economic future than a single GDP print.
youtu.be/HdgUPqNumDs?...
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GDP Is Up, Jobs Are Stalling: What’s Really Going On, According to Justin Wolfers
How can GDP be up, jobs be stalling, and consumer confidence at rock bottom—all at the same time? In this interview, economist Justin Wolfers breaks down the latest GDP report—and explains why one…
https://youtu.be/HdgUPqNumDs?si=TnYzr5KfiSYKnQE9
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Trump’s insane.
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Trump promises to guard against "bad Santa" and touts "clean, beautiful coal" in Christmas Eve calls with kids
=President Trump spent part of Christmas Eve bantering with kids, updating families on NORAD's Santa tracker and reminding one child that the big guy has a "serious appetite."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-norad-santa-tracker-calls-bad-santa-clean-coal-christmas-eve/
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This is a joyous Christmas miracle. Congratulations to the Lopez Family. Ryu is beautiful.
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Veteran Fighting Fascist
3 days ago
The FBI Director lied to Congress by stating there were no co-conspirators working with Epstein to sex-traffic little girls. In the latest drop of Epstein files, the FBI states there were 10 co-conspirators. One of them could very well have been Trump it looks like. Trump's BFF was Epstein FFS!!
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Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say
Critics compare offensive to Iraq war, citing familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric, security pretexts and oil interests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/24/trump-venezuela-oil-resource-imperialism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Ivanka is preparing the humiliating and disgraceful UFC fight at the White House on Daddy’s birthday.
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The Associated Press
2 days ago
A federal judge is halting the enforcement of a March presidential memorandum that revoked the security clearance of a Washington attorney who has represented a number of prominent government whistleblowers.
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Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers
A federal judge is halting the enforcement of a March presidential memorandum that revoked the security clearance of a prominent Washington attorney.
https://bit.ly/4pbbVK4
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MeidasTouch
2 days ago
JUST IN: CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.
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Robert Reich
2 days ago
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's. Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1. Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
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The New York Times
2 days ago
Recent U.S. actions against ships near Venezuela may embolden other countries to use similar tactics when it suits them, legal experts say. If such seizures and detentions become more common, that could hurt the shipping industry and international trade.
nyti.ms/492VFGh
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Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs
Recent U.S. actions against ships near Venezuela may embolden other countries to seize or detain ships, legal experts said.
https://nyti.ms/492VFGh
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Marc Elias
2 days ago
Here is a list of Supreme Court cases we here at Democracy Docket will be keeping our gimlet eyes peeled for in 2026 — those with the greatest potential for reshaping American democracy and our nation’s constitutional order in the coming year, whether for good or for ill (mostly for ill).
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Supremacy Claus — Democracy Docket’s List of (Mostly Naughty) Supreme Court Cases Coming in 2026
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/supremacy-claus-democracy-dockets-list-of-mostly-naughty-supreme-court-cases-coming-in-2026/
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The Kyiv Independent
2 days ago
The Kyiv Independent’s Myroslava Chauin speaks with Kateryna Rashevska, a legal expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights and a children’s rights activist, about evidence that Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied territories were transferred to a children’s camp in North Korea.
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Why Russia sent Ukrainian children to North Korea, explained
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRLN1y5Hprg
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paulpro
2 days ago
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
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The Bulwark
2 days ago
"Across the Atlantic world, Puritan clergymen and pamphleteers railed against Christmas as another 'popish' and 'pagan' error that true Christians need to do away with." Daniel Gullotta from the archives:
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When Christmas Was Really Under Attack
The Puritans and the original “war on Christmas.”
https://lnk.thebulwark.com/3YHzsat
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Robert Reich
2 days ago
A federal judge has ruled the Trump regime broke the law when it deported over 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador's CECOT without due process in March. Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
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What is Due Process?
Robert Reich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=metN4EiDtmQ
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Marc Elias
2 days ago
The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
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“60 Minutes” Obeyed in Advance
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-minutes-obeyed-in-advance/
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The Onion
2 days ago
Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s
https://theonion.com/jealous-trump-throws-own-state-funeral-to-upstage-carters/
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The Daily Show
2 days ago
Merry Christmas to all, and to Donald Trump, good night
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Elizabeth Warren
2 days ago
One CEO shouldn’t control the entire entertainment industry — we have anti-monopoly laws to stop that from happening. The Trump Administration needs to follow the law, and block Netflix or Paramount from buying Warner Bros.
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Bari Weiss Declares CBS Will Have Zero Tolerance for News
“Someone tried to slip some news into this past Sunday’s episode of ‘60 Minutes,’” Weiss said. “Fortunately, I was able to catch it in time.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/bari-weiss-declares-cbs-will-have?r=e1gyn&utm_medium=ios
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variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Congratulations Stephen Colbert. You are the gift that keeps on giving. You really pissed off the thin-skinned blotchy Trump and getting under that disgusting shell of a man/child. Keep up your creative work. You bring joy to my heart. 🩵
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Donald Trump Rages Over ‘Pathetic Trainwreck’ Stephen Colbert, Says CBS Should Cancel His Show Now: ‘Put Him to Sleep’
Donald Trump urged CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert's show 'NOW,' responding to a Dec. 8 rerun in which Colbert mocked his Kennedy Center takeover.
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/donald-trump-attacks-stephen-colbert-cbs-cancel-late-show-1236617088/
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Blue Wave
3 days ago
Good Morning ❤️ Merry Christmas Eve ❤️🎄❤️
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The Borowitz Report
3 days ago
“Someone tried to slip some news into this past Sunday’s episode of ‘60 Minutes,’” a visibly angry Weiss told the CBS newsroom. “Fortunately, I was able to catch it in time.”
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Bari Weiss Declares CBS Will Have Zero Tolerance for News
“Someone tried to slip some news into this past Sunday’s episode of ‘60 Minutes,’” Weiss said. “Fortunately, I was able to catch it in time.”
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/bari-weiss-declares-cbs-will-have
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
3 days ago
Finally a ruling from this Supreme Court that makes clear what all patriotic Americans know: No Kings.
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Supreme Court hands Trump a major defeat on National Guard deployment
The Supreme Court holds that the president’s authority to deploy the National Guard for law enforcement purposes likely only applies in “exceptional” circumstances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/23/supreme-court-chicago-illinois-troops-trump/
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Ernie Smith
3 days ago
LOL at Cory Booker putting the 60 Minutes story up on his YouTube channel. Paramount won't dare take it down
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
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The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
YouTube video by Cory Booker
https://youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?si=SoGvGh50kUbPisuH
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The Daily Beast
3 days ago
Donald Trump has been accused of holding a party for prostitutes at his Mar-a-Lago resort in yet another FBI file relating to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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Epstein Files Dump Reveals Tip on Trump 'Prostitute Party'
The documents released so far have raised fresh questions about the president’s ties to the late sex predator.
https://trib.al/PK2wmJW
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Kavanaugh should have never been appointed. He’s a liar, a cheat and a drunk.
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The Epstein Files Only Get Worse
America is in for a confusing, troubling holiday.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/holiday-epstein-purgatory/685435/?gift=o_ZT9Z7WJpqfkEphQZSCKPdcJy0X9Uc87AmkaPj_nzU
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The Bulwark
3 days ago
"No parent can control fate. Or biology. Or personality. No parent can control addiction, or mental illness. All parents learn this."
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How Rob Reiner Made Children His Issue
Pushing for greater investments in early childhood development, he improved the lives of countless kids.
https://lnk.thebulwark.com/3YFWH4H
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑
3 days ago
TW: This is an allegation of a conspiracy to murder a Trump rape victim & cover it up. In the Epstein files, a former DFW Limo driver relays info about his experiences driving Trump, who was speaking about “Jeffrey” & “abusing some girl,” & him telling a Trump/Epstein victim to report their abuse.
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Southern Poverty Law Center
3 days ago
Today, the SPLC, the ACLU National Voting Rights Project and the ACLU of Georgia filed a motion to intervene on behalf of Common Cause and its Georgia executive director in U.S. v. Raffensperger to prevent the Department of Justice from obtaining Georgia voters’ personal data.
https://bit.ly/3L60ntw
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Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
apnews.com/article/supr...
For gods sakes just make a final ruling and end this painful and humiliating chapter in US history. Let these National Guardspeople go home to their lives and restore their dignity.
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Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
The Supreme Court has refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-national-guard-97192a48f01dd4954f1ba505628b5f21?utm_source=onesignal
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Scientific American
3 days ago
Join us on a journey to save the last southern resident killer whales, in whatever format you prefer 📝 text
www.scientificamerican.com/article/thes...
🎥 video
www.scientificamerican.com/video/the-pr...
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLK...
🎧 audio
www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
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These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them
Inside the desperate rush to save the southern resident killer whales
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-orcas-are-on-the-brink-and-so-is-the-science-that-could-save-them/
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Robert Reich
3 days ago
346 donors have each shelled out at least $250,000 to Trump-aligned organizations and projects. At least half have benefited from his policies or actions — including pardons. Here's what you need to know about Trump's pay-to-pardon scheme.
https://youtu.be/NflcWXdV-B0?si=-IZPsTPWFeqOrZIB
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Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Robert Reich
https://youtu.be/NflcWXdV-B0?si=-IZPsTPWFeqOrZIB
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Robert Reich
3 days ago
Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite. But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite. Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
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