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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
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NEW — Trump has signed an executive order "designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction (WMD)." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
As a reminder, The Handbasket had the scoop that this was coming back in MARCH:
As a reminder, The Handbasket had the scoop that this was coming back in MARCH:
Trump to declare 'illicit' fentanyl 'Weapon of Mass Destruction,' per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
NEW — Trump has signed an executive order "designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction (WMD)." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
As a reminder, The Handbasket had the scoop that this was coming back in MARCH:
As a reminder, The Handbasket had the scoop that this was coming back in MARCH:
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After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
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There is so much for which to remember Rob Reiner. In my family, we have long treasured this one bit he did with Carroll O'Connor on "All in the Family." It has always made me laugh, no matter how many times I've watched it. And we all could use a good laugh these days
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is so much for which to remember Rob Reiner. In my family, we have long treasured this one bit he did with Carroll O'Connor on "All in the Family." It has always made me laugh, no matter how many times I've watched it. And we all could use a good laugh these days
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"Detainees were forced to eat while shackled with their hands behind their backs. 'We had to bend over and eat off the chairs with our mouths, like dogs,' said Chauhan, a British entrepreneur who had been detained by ICE at a regular immigration appointment. "
@hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
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US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites
The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human ...
www.hrw.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"Detainees were forced to eat while shackled with their hands behind their backs. 'We had to bend over and eat off the chairs with our mouths, like dogs,' said Chauhan, a British entrepreneur who had been detained by ICE at a regular immigration appointment. "
@hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
@hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
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Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
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“The export of chaos is a feature, not a bug, in the Russian approach to international engagement,” the agency’s first female chief will argue, and “until Putin is forced to change his calculus” it is expected to continue. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“The export of chaos is a feature, not a bug, in the Russian approach to international engagement,” the agency’s first female chief will argue, and “until Putin is forced to change his calculus” it is expected to continue. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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"Since Judge Dugan’s arrest, protesters have frequently gathered in downtown Milwaukee to show their support for her, including during jury selection last week. Demonstrations are expected to continue in downtown Milwaukee throughout the trial..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Trial Starts for Judge Accused of Helping Undocumented Immigrant Evade Agents
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Since Judge Dugan’s arrest, protesters have frequently gathered in downtown Milwaukee to show their support for her, including during jury selection last week. Demonstrations are expected to continue in downtown Milwaukee throughout the trial..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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Jack, seems like your president may disagree with you. Sick.
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Jack, seems like your president may disagree with you. Sick.
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CDC folks -- nothing says “secure, well-managed IT” like waking up to hundreds of “Email Security – Quarantine Notification” emails. 📧🔥
Totally normal. Fully explained somewhere. Leadership will be transparent and helpful, as always. 🙃
Totally normal. Fully explained somewhere. Leadership will be transparent and helpful, as always. 🙃
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
CDC folks -- nothing says “secure, well-managed IT” like waking up to hundreds of “Email Security – Quarantine Notification” emails. 📧🔥
Totally normal. Fully explained somewhere. Leadership will be transparent and helpful, as always. 🙃
Totally normal. Fully explained somewhere. Leadership will be transparent and helpful, as always. 🙃
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Trump is terrified of what is in the Epstein files. Epstein kept troves of pictures for blackmail only. Let’s not forget that Putin has the those files and is blackmailing Trump. Release those files and Trump will need to resign.
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Trump is terrified of what is in the Epstein files. Epstein kept troves of pictures for blackmail only. Let’s not forget that Putin has the those files and is blackmailing Trump. Release those files and Trump will need to resign.
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
#ReleasetheEpsteinFiles
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Wow!
Looking back.... you can see the beginnings Project 2025
It’s this kind of immediate, well researched, dismantling of a lie, and calling it a lie, that we need so desperately right now
So grateful to Rob Reiner for knowing who to call & funding them
Looking back.... you can see the beginnings Project 2025
It’s this kind of immediate, well researched, dismantling of a lie, and calling it a lie, that we need so desperately right now
So grateful to Rob Reiner for knowing who to call & funding them
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Wow!
Looking back.... you can see the beginnings Project 2025
It’s this kind of immediate, well researched, dismantling of a lie, and calling it a lie, that we need so desperately right now
So grateful to Rob Reiner for knowing who to call & funding them
Looking back.... you can see the beginnings Project 2025
It’s this kind of immediate, well researched, dismantling of a lie, and calling it a lie, that we need so desperately right now
So grateful to Rob Reiner for knowing who to call & funding them
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This is also an excuse to post one of my fave news clips of all time. Right after the decision was handed down, David Boies (one of the lawyers who won) went on CBS news with a prominent bigot and ripped him to shreds. “The witness stand is a lonely place to lie.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpNs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpNs...
Prop 8 Attorney David Boies Vs. Tony Perkins Of Family Research Council
YouTube video by SuchIsLifeVideos
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is also an excuse to post one of my fave news clips of all time. Right after the decision was handed down, David Boies (one of the lawyers who won) went on CBS news with a prominent bigot and ripped him to shreds. “The witness stand is a lonely place to lie.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpNs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpNs...
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The lawsuit he funded, filed by the two superstar lawyers he recruited on behalf of plaintiffs he found, led to (IMHO) the best, most well grounded and irrefutable legal opinion justifying marriage equality: Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision in the case ultimately known as “Hollingsworth v Perry.”
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The lawsuit he funded, filed by the two superstar lawyers he recruited on behalf of plaintiffs he found, led to (IMHO) the best, most well grounded and irrefutable legal opinion justifying marriage equality: Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision in the case ultimately known as “Hollingsworth v Perry.”
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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This one was my favorite. I think of it every day. youtu.be/prRtcQz8Uqk?...
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This one was my favorite. I think of it every day. youtu.be/prRtcQz8Uqk?...
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We don’t have to live like this.
It’s a choice.
Every day we do nothing to restrict guns. Every day we claim it’s mental illness and not access. Every day we let them change the subject.
We don’t have to live like this.
It’s a choice.
Every day we do nothing to restrict guns. Every day we claim it’s mental illness and not access. Every day we let them change the subject.
We don’t have to live like this.
It has been 13 years since the lives of 20 children and six educators were taken in minutes by a gunman armed with a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle and high-capacity magazines at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut. Two other people were wounded. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We don’t have to live like this.
It’s a choice.
Every day we do nothing to restrict guns. Every day we claim it’s mental illness and not access. Every day we let them change the subject.
We don’t have to live like this.
It’s a choice.
Every day we do nothing to restrict guns. Every day we claim it’s mental illness and not access. Every day we let them change the subject.
We don’t have to live like this.
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👇 Many Congress members are too old to have children exposed to lockdown drills and shootings. We must vote out anyone unwilling to value our children over our guns.
"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
What Are We Doing to Our Children?
We taught kids to read, write, and dream; then trained them to hide, barricade, and bleed quietly while adults chose guns, cowardice, and silence over their future.
www.meidasplus.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
👇 Many Congress members are too old to have children exposed to lockdown drills and shootings. We must vote out anyone unwilling to value our children over our guns.
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Poland states the obvious: EU and NATO member state Hungary is an ally of Putin’s Russia Russia
December 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Poland states the obvious: EU and NATO member state Hungary is an ally of Putin’s Russia Russia
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Poland states the obvious: EU and NATO member state Hungary is an ally of Putin’s Russia
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Poland states the obvious: EU and NATO member state Hungary is an ally of Putin’s Russia
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After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
After our last post, MAGA voices rushed to claim that Trump had nothing to do with the traffic stop involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, where federal agents demanded proof of his citizenship. Let’s be clear about why this is not a coincidence.
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US opens door for Russia to rejoin G20, ending diplomatic isolation: "The Russian delegation has arrived in Washington for the first G20 Sherpa meeting under US leadership following a long period of diplomatic isolation, according to Russian media." RBC News 15 Dec
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US opens door for Russia to rejoin G20, ending diplomatic isolation
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December 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
US opens door for Russia to rejoin G20, ending diplomatic isolation: "The Russian delegation has arrived in Washington for the first G20 Sherpa meeting under US leadership following a long period of diplomatic isolation, according to Russian media." RBC News 15 Dec
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