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NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
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$83 billion over 10 years = amount Republicans refused to spend on subsidies to keep millions of Americans on their health insurance
$170 billion over 4 years = amount Republicans allocated in their budget for Trump’s mass deportation efforts, so Noem can keep deporting veterans and lying about it
$170 billion over 4 years = amount Republicans allocated in their budget for Trump’s mass deportation efforts, so Noem can keep deporting veterans and lying about it
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
$83 billion over 10 years = amount Republicans refused to spend on subsidies to keep millions of Americans on their health insurance
$170 billion over 4 years = amount Republicans allocated in their budget for Trump’s mass deportation efforts, so Noem can keep deporting veterans and lying about it
$170 billion over 4 years = amount Republicans allocated in their budget for Trump’s mass deportation efforts, so Noem can keep deporting veterans and lying about it
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They hate on our Black queens because they can’t handle their greatness.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
They hate on our Black queens because they can’t handle their greatness.
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this is the cringiest shit I've ever seen
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
this is the cringiest shit I've ever seen
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All those private meetings between Witkoff and Putin are really paying off for the Kremlin.
December 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
All those private meetings between Witkoff and Putin are really paying off for the Kremlin.
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New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland
New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland
Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Israeli settlers
The death knell for the Palestinian village of Atouf, on the western slopes of the Jordan valley, arrived in the form of a trail of paper, a series of eviction notices taped to homes, greenhouses and wells, marking a straight line across the open fields.
The notices, which appeared overnight, informed the local farmers that their land would be confiscated and that they had seven days from the date of their delivery, 4 December, to vacate their properties. A military road and accompanying barrier was to be built by Israel right through the area. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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"Pedophiles, I am so proud to be your president,” reads another email from Trump’s campaign to Epstein, dated Sept. 14, 2020, and signed by Trump."
Trump team email to Epstein: 'Pedophiles, I want you to know how important you are to me' - Raw Story share.google/0fpBb5pNEnV2...
Trump team email to Epstein: 'Pedophiles, I want you to know how important you are to me' - Raw Story share.google/0fpBb5pNEnV2...
Trump team email to Epstein: 'Pedophiles, I want you to know how important you are to me'
An email account belonging to Jeffrey Epstein regularly received alerts from Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign and, after Epstein’s death, was addressed under a shocking new name, newly released records sh...
share.google
December 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"Pedophiles, I am so proud to be your president,” reads another email from Trump’s campaign to Epstein, dated Sept. 14, 2020, and signed by Trump."
Trump team email to Epstein: 'Pedophiles, I want you to know how important you are to me' - Raw Story share.google/0fpBb5pNEnV2...
Trump team email to Epstein: 'Pedophiles, I want you to know how important you are to me' - Raw Story share.google/0fpBb5pNEnV2...
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Suffering of people in Gaza manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid, not weather, Oxfam says.
‘Result of aid obstruction': Gaza storm passes, misery remains as 14 killed
Suffering of people in Gaza manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid, not weather, Oxfam says.
www.aljazeera.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Suffering of people in Gaza manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid, not weather, Oxfam says.
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Henry Ford HATED Jazz because too many Jewish & Black Folks were a part of it. He pushed the Department of Education to make square dance part of the curriculum to counter Jazz.
December 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Henry Ford HATED Jazz because too many Jewish & Black Folks were a part of it. He pushed the Department of Education to make square dance part of the curriculum to counter Jazz.
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WTF
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
WTF
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Excellent read!!! John Roberts efforts to destroy our democracy as we know it!
John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and misquote.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Excellent read!!! John Roberts efforts to destroy our democracy as we know it!
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A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could not unilaterally cancel a FEMA grant program that states used for disaster preparation.
Federal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants
A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program without Congress.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could not unilaterally cancel a FEMA grant program that states used for disaster preparation.
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NATO SEC GEN: “.. We are Russia’s next target. And we are already in harm’s way.”
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
NATO SEC GEN: “.. We are Russia’s next target. And we are already in harm’s way.”
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
@the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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Over the last year, Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of many wealthy business executives with ties to his regime, businesses, or campaign.
If you’re rich, well-connected, or have something to offer Trump, a presidential pardon is a possibility. The White House is now a pay-to-play.
If you’re rich, well-connected, or have something to offer Trump, a presidential pardon is a possibility. The White House is now a pay-to-play.
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Over the last year, Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of many wealthy business executives with ties to his regime, businesses, or campaign.
If you’re rich, well-connected, or have something to offer Trump, a presidential pardon is a possibility. The White House is now a pay-to-play.
If you’re rich, well-connected, or have something to offer Trump, a presidential pardon is a possibility. The White House is now a pay-to-play.
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If there were any doubt that Donald and his organized crime syndicate would profit off of AI and/or that they plan to use it for nefarious purposes as they seek to drive the final nails into democracy’s coffin, may this move alone dispel that notion.
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
If there were any doubt that Donald and his organized crime syndicate would profit off of AI and/or that they plan to use it for nefarious purposes as they seek to drive the final nails into democracy’s coffin, may this move alone dispel that notion.
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I’m not a psychologist or a sociologist so all this is amateur but I’m still amazed at the lack of pride these people have. It’s been about ten years of watching people first indulge, then debase, then dedicate themselves to a clown. It still blows my mind.
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I’m not a psychologist or a sociologist so all this is amateur but I’m still amazed at the lack of pride these people have. It’s been about ten years of watching people first indulge, then debase, then dedicate themselves to a clown. It still blows my mind.
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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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📉 Oracle's stock took a big, double-digit slide yesterday. Is there more tech pessimism coming? More on today's Morning Bid podcast reut.rs/496hTH4
Mickey Mouse meets the machines
In a watershed moment for Hollywood, Walt Disney is letting OpenAI use its iconic characters
reut.rs
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📉 Oracle's stock took a big, double-digit slide yesterday. Is there more tech pessimism coming? More on today's Morning Bid podcast reut.rs/496hTH4
What happened to Charlie Kirk's killer?
See how quickly that left the news?
And, what if we find out the Afghan killer of the national guard was basically in despair / mental crisis about not being able to make ends meet and take care of his family ?
That "American story" is silent as well
See how quickly that left the news?
And, what if we find out the Afghan killer of the national guard was basically in despair / mental crisis about not being able to make ends meet and take care of his family ?
That "American story" is silent as well
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What happened to Charlie Kirk's killer?
See how quickly that left the news?
And, what if we find out the Afghan killer of the national guard was basically in despair / mental crisis about not being able to make ends meet and take care of his family ?
That "American story" is silent as well
See how quickly that left the news?
And, what if we find out the Afghan killer of the national guard was basically in despair / mental crisis about not being able to make ends meet and take care of his family ?
That "American story" is silent as well
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pretending it’s impossible when we already run the biggest single-payer system in the world (Medicare) is just avoiding the conversation.
The same way we got Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, the VA, employer insurance, and ACA: incrementally.
The same way we got Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, the VA, employer insurance, and ACA: incrementally.
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
pretending it’s impossible when we already run the biggest single-payer system in the world (Medicare) is just avoiding the conversation.
The same way we got Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, the VA, employer insurance, and ACA: incrementally.
The same way we got Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, the VA, employer insurance, and ACA: incrementally.
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25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.