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Mecklenburg County Democratic Committee is a member of the 5th Congressional District of Virginia. To learn more, visit https://mecklenburgcountydemsva.org
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Saturday December 13th Call to Caucus Reorganization meeting. Mecklenburg County Democratic Committee of Virginia
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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.
Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025
Here are the most powerful and influential women in the world. These remarkable leaders are shaping industries, economies, and communities--across commerce, education, and artificial intelligence.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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.
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President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he has issued a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state sentence — even though presidents have no constitutional authority to pardon state-level crimes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Grants Tina Peters a Legally Meaningless 'Pardon'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he has issued a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a nine-year state sentence — even though presidents have no constitutional authority to pardon state-level crimes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Wild story. Hegseth says that Geressy is his “best mentor.”https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/eric-geressy-goodreads-pentagon-dod-pete-hegseth-jack-posobiec-threat/
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Wild story. Hegseth says that Geressy is his “best mentor.”https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/eric-geressy-goodreads-pentagon-dod-pete-hegseth-jack-posobiec-threat/
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
Dear Billionaires: There’s something even better than an over-priced hole in the ground
An open letter, written as billionaire wealth increased by $2 trillion this year -- and the new “must have" is a luxury bunker
howwerise.substack.com/p/dear-billi...
An open letter, written as billionaire wealth increased by $2 trillion this year -- and the new “must have" is a luxury bunker
howwerise.substack.com/p/dear-billi...
Dear Billionaires: There’s something even better than an over-priced hole in the ground
An open letter, written as billionaire wealth increased by $2 trillion this year -- and the new “must have" is a luxury bunker
howwerise.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dear Billionaires: There’s something even better than an over-priced hole in the ground
An open letter, written as billionaire wealth increased by $2 trillion this year -- and the new “must have" is a luxury bunker
howwerise.substack.com/p/dear-billi...
An open letter, written as billionaire wealth increased by $2 trillion this year -- and the new “must have" is a luxury bunker
howwerise.substack.com/p/dear-billi...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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Joseph Schwartz, who ran a nationwide nursing home empire out of an office above a New Jersey pizzeria, was released from federal prison last month after President Donald Trump pardoned him just 90 days into a three-year sentence for Medicaid and tax fraud.
It could be a short respite.
It could be a short respite.
Trump pardoned him after just 90 days in prison for a $38M fraud scheme. Now Arkansas wants him.
Arkansas officials seek to have Joseph Schwartz serve remaining 31 days on state charges after Trump pardoned him in federal case.
www.nj.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Joseph Schwartz, who ran a nationwide nursing home empire out of an office above a New Jersey pizzeria, was released from federal prison last month after President Donald Trump pardoned him just 90 days into a three-year sentence for Medicaid and tax fraud.
It could be a short respite.
It could be a short respite.
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Senate Deadlocks on Health Care, Leaving Subsidies to Expire
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. As Adam Klasfeld and I posited: if there’s no order for his removal, there’s no justification for detention. We will go LIVE on substack in ONE HOUR to discuss. Muellershewrote.com
The Breakdown | Allison Gill | Substack
Speaking Truth to Power. Click to read The Breakdown, by Allison Gill, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. As Adam Klasfeld and I posited: if there’s no order for his removal, there’s no justification for detention. We will go LIVE on substack in ONE HOUR to discuss. Muellershewrote.com
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BREAKING
Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be immediately RELEASED from immigration custody, a federal judge rules.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be immediately RELEASED from immigration custody, a federal judge rules.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
BREAKING
Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be immediately RELEASED from immigration custody, a federal judge rules.
Story soon on All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/subscribe
Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be immediately RELEASED from immigration custody, a federal judge rules.
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Common Power, my law firm has filed to intervene against DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to compel Washington to provide its complete voter registration lists.
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
🚨 United States of America v. Hobbs
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Common Power, my law firm has filed to intervene against DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to compel Washington to provide its complete voter registration lists.
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
We are now defending voters in 10 states against DOJ scheme to access voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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A discharge petition has been filed by a collection of Democrat and Republican representatives to try and force a vote on enhancing ObamaCare subsidies.
'No time for BS': GOP scramble to get healthcare plan over the line before end of year
A discharge petition has been filed by a collection of Democrat and Republican representatives to try and force a vote on enhancing ObamaCare subsidies. The GOP has been scrambling to piece together a new healthcare plan before the end of the year but seem to be coming up short. Inaction has pushed ...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A discharge petition has been filed by a collection of Democrat and Republican representatives to try and force a vote on enhancing ObamaCare subsidies.
We posted yesterday on Youngkin supporting big pharma in #virginia from Dwayne Yancy in Cardinal News. This article states pharma jobs are easily replaced by AI.
www.businessinsider.com/openai-exec-...
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OpenAI exec identifies 3 jobs that are not AI proof
"My bet is often on life sciences, pharma companies," Olivier Godement said.
www.businessinsider.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We posted yesterday on Youngkin supporting big pharma in #virginia from Dwayne Yancy in Cardinal News. This article states pharma jobs are easily replaced by AI.
www.businessinsider.com/openai-exec-...
www.businessinsider.com/openai-exec-...
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The hack comes after Paramount CEO David Ellison reportedly told Trump administration officials that “sweeping changes” would be made at CNN if Paramount acquired Warner Bros. instead of Netflix.
Paramount X Account Reportedly Hacked Amid Warner Bros. Bidding War
The hack comes after Paramount CEO David Ellison reportedly told Trump administration officials that “sweeping changes” would be made at CNN if Paramount acquired Warner Bros. instead of Netflix.
www.forbes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The hack comes after Paramount CEO David Ellison reportedly told Trump administration officials that “sweeping changes” would be made at CNN if Paramount acquired Warner Bros. instead of Netflix.
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More wag the dog.
We deployed Growlers to the region too.
A lot of new signs pointing towards escalation.
We deployed Growlers to the region too.
A lot of new signs pointing towards escalation.
BREAKING: The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a major escalation between the two countries (Bloomberg)
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More wag the dog.
We deployed Growlers to the region too.
A lot of new signs pointing towards escalation.
We deployed Growlers to the region too.
A lot of new signs pointing towards escalation.
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BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
A pharmaceutical manufacturing cluster is rising in Virginia. Here's what that means. cardinalnews.org/2025/12/10/a...
A pharmaceutical manufacturing cluster is rising in Virginia. Here’s what that means.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the three big jobs announcements by pharmaceutical companies represent a “gravity pull” that can reshape the Virginia economy. Industry observers agree.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A pharmaceutical manufacturing cluster is rising in Virginia. Here's what that means. cardinalnews.org/2025/12/10/a...