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Jon Von
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Human Toys guitar player
Wow ! This great rockumentary about the Tokyo garage scene is now free on YouTube !!!

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Garage Rockin' Craze , the story of Tokyo Garage Punk. A film by Mario Cuzic and B.B. Clarke
YouTube video by Mario Cuzic
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December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The grifter in-chief tries to keep the military happy by shifting money from one pocket to the other and calling it a gift.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trump’s $1,776 ‘warrior dividend’ repurposed from military housing aid
President claims bonus the result of tariff revenue but stipend had already been approved in tax-and-spend bill
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump responds to xmas speech
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Trump defends tariffs: American kids 'don't need to have 30 dolls'
YouTube video by NBC News
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December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Trump xmas tips : “You don’t need 37 dolls for your daughter. Two or three is nice. You don’t need 37 dolls... You can give up certain products. You can give up pencils … Every child can get 37 pencils. [sic] They only need one or two”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Behold, it’s the Trump who stole Christmas | Robert Reich
The president continues to preach austerity and hate to people struggling to make ends meet. No wonder voters are turning on him
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Kleptocracy : In Eric Trump’s words, there is a “huge wall” between this moneymaking and their father’s position. “Nothing I do has anything to do with the White House,” Eric told CNN recently.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. Coincidence ?

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump is ramping up efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans if they committed fraud while applying for citizenship, or in a few other narrow circumstances. By the way, green card holders are being targeted in separate actions.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale):"[with] the greatest democracy of modern times turning away from these ideals, the ideals are looking better as aspirations than they have for a while.What will we do and who will we be without them? Are we about to find out?"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
‘If I was American, I’d be worried about my country’: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more
Democracy, birds and hangover cures – famous fans put their questions to the visionary author
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
No thanks to Musk's DOGE : "It is July 8. Rose ran out of food less than three weeks ago after the World Food Program cut rations across the camp."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No money for Blue states : The Trump administration claims it is legal to distribute federal money only to Republican-dominated states, withholding it from Democratic-dominated states.
Energy Department watchdog will audit Trump's cuts of nearly $8B in clean energy grants
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for clean energy projects across several states that voted f...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Smith said he had “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
A White House spokesperson said that “Jack Smith is a lying hack who willingly weaponized the justice system..."
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition
The former special counsel said the president is responsible for his own actions.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Musk himself.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Texas residents can now sue people whom they suspect of making, distributing or mailing abortion pills in or out of the state.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Texas law allows residents to sue those suspected of providing access to abortion pills
Abortion providers, and even manufacturers, will be liable for penalties over pills mailed into the state
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Although the particulars of the dismissed crypto lawsuits differed, many of these firms had something in common: financial ties to Trump, the self-described crypto president.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
No more free national park entrance on MLK Day and Juneteenth, visitors will instead get free entry on Dear Leader's birthday, which coincides with Flag Day.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
National Parks Drop Free Entrance on M.L.K. Day and Juneteenth
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Dear Leader has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself. He previously fired most of its employees.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz” were shackled inside a 2ft high metal cage and left outside without water for up to a day at a time, a shocking report published on Thursday by Amnesty International alleges.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Treasury Department introduced coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, omitting planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump pardoned a politician facing bribery charges, and Hakeem Jeffries supported the pardon. BAD MOVE HAKEEM ! 👎
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/o...
Opinion | The Pardon That Represents the New Era of Corruption
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bennie Thompson on duty ! Watch to the end, kids ! It will make your day ! 😁😁

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Bennie Thompson DESTROYS FBI Official on ANTIFA CLAIM: ‘Where Is Antifa Headquartered?'
YouTube video by Diario AS
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December 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Former judge advocate generals (JAG) unanimously “consider both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both,” and “anyone who issues or follows such orders [to] be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Dishonorable Strikes on Venezuelan Boats
New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.
www.newyorker.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Grifter-in-Chief strikes again. Money is everything.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump launches $1m ‘gold card’ visa scheme amid immigration crackdown
Wealthy immigrants will be able to buy residency, and $5m ‘platinum card’ will exempt holders from some US taxes
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Trump : under Biden, “100 % of new jobs were going to migrants,” but “since I took office, 100 % of all net job creation has gone to American citizens.” and every boat full of suspected drug-runners struck off the coast of Venezuela saves 25,000 lives in the US.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM:We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
Noem abruptly left, saying she had a FEMA meeting, even though it was canceled and apparently she knew it
www.nbcnews.com/video/congre...
Congressman confronts Noem with deported military veteran on Zoom
During a House hearing, Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about U.S. military veterans being deported under the current administration. When Noem said non...
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The obscenity of forcing poor people in Mexico* to pay higher prices to support Trump's tarif farce, violating Mexican sovereignty. Mexico approved these tariffs on Chinese imports after U.S. pressure. The highest rate will be 50 percent.
*And in the USA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
Mexico Approves 50% Tariffs on Many Chinese Imports
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM