Tim Dickinson
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I'm assuming this read better in the original Cyrillic
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm assuming this read better in the original Cyrillic
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NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Ds will be able to remind voters they had a plan to stop ACA premiums from skyrocketing and also opposed devastating Medicaid cuts. Unless political reality dawns on Rs, they will have no cogent response. And that has all the makings of a political disaster open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Republicans are ‘Nowhere on Healthcare’
Political disaster looms for MAGA
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ds will be able to remind voters they had a plan to stop ACA premiums from skyrocketing and also opposed devastating Medicaid cuts. Unless political reality dawns on Rs, they will have no cogent response. And that has all the makings of a political disaster open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Does someone have a list of the attendees here?
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Does someone have a list of the attendees here?
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I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
It's like the Archie Bunker presidency
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's like the Archie Bunker presidency
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
well, this is racist as hell
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
well, this is racist as hell
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A University of Oklahoma student failed an assessment and seemingly blamed it on her professor being a trans woman.
Now that professor has been put on leave.
Now that professor has been put on leave.
The First Amendment Can’t Get You Out of Following Class Instructions
A failing grade for not understanding the assignment isn't a constitutional crisis.
contrarian.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A University of Oklahoma student failed an assessment and seemingly blamed it on her professor being a trans woman.
Now that professor has been put on leave.
Now that professor has been put on leave.
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Ex-DEA agent who worked on the case against former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez calls his release "devastating":
“It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
“It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Former Honduras president, convicted of trafficking, freed on Trump pardon
A former DEA agent called the release “devastating”: “It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ex-DEA agent who worked on the case against former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez calls his release "devastating":
“It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
“It means any attempt to work your investigations to the highest levels is meaningless”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED! We're giving you an extra few days to apply for up to $5,000 to cover climate and environmental stories in rural communities. Apply by **Dec. 8** https://grist.org/updates/grist-opens-applications-for-new-rural-reporting-grants-on-climate-and-environmental-justice/
Energy Dominance at work
The Trump administration will announce a rollback of fuel efficiency rules for cars and trucks.
With weaker rules, car companies will “make more gas guzzlers,” said Dan Becker of the Center for Biological Diversity.
With weaker rules, car companies will “make more gas guzzlers,” said Dan Becker of the Center for Biological Diversity.
Trump plans to weaken fuel efficiency rules for cars and trucks
Executives from Ford, GM and Stellantis will be at the White House Wednesday as Trump rolls back rules pushing automakers to sell more electric cars.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Energy Dominance at work
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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New research shows that the farther people feel from politics, the more likely they are to believe conspiracy theories. But the study also found that when people imagine a better politics—one that is transparent, relatable, and connected to daily life—their conspiratorial thinking goes down.
When Politics Feels Distant, Conspiracies Rise
A new study uncovers how psychological distance fuels conspiracy beliefs and how bringing politics closer can help rebuild trust.
www.psychologytoday.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New research shows that the farther people feel from politics, the more likely they are to believe conspiracy theories. But the study also found that when people imagine a better politics—one that is transparent, relatable, and connected to daily life—their conspiratorial thinking goes down.
I'm sorry, wut?
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm sorry, wut?
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"OPB interviewed more than a dozen people who were arrested at the ICE protests between June and October. What they described was an apparent lack of standard operating procedures as various federal law enforcement agencies cycled through the facility."
Those arrested at Portland ICE protests recount disparate, confusing treatment by federal officers
OPB interviewed more than a dozen people who were arrested at the ICE protests between June and October. What they described was an apparent lack of standard operating procedures as various federal la...
www.opb.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"OPB interviewed more than a dozen people who were arrested at the ICE protests between June and October. What they described was an apparent lack of standard operating procedures as various federal law enforcement agencies cycled through the facility."
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Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Tell me you're a racist without telling me you're a racist....
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Tell me you're a racist without telling me you're a racist....
Who among us doesn't want coal-fired AI? 🏭
Or to be hooked on gasoline as China powers the future? ☀️
Gimme 90 seconds, and I'll break down the lunacy of Trump's agenda for 'Energy Dominance.'
Or to be hooked on gasoline as China powers the future? ☀️
Gimme 90 seconds, and I'll break down the lunacy of Trump's agenda for 'Energy Dominance.'
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Who among us doesn't want coal-fired AI? 🏭
Or to be hooked on gasoline as China powers the future? ☀️
Gimme 90 seconds, and I'll break down the lunacy of Trump's agenda for 'Energy Dominance.'
Or to be hooked on gasoline as China powers the future? ☀️
Gimme 90 seconds, and I'll break down the lunacy of Trump's agenda for 'Energy Dominance.'
But Sleepy Joe 😴, amirite?
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
But Sleepy Joe 😴, amirite?
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The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.
On Trump's 'Energy Dominance' agenda:
"Trump is giving fossil-fuel producers a license to dominate American consumers, leaving them with less choice, higher energy bills, and an overheating climate --even as it clears a path for China to dominate the next generation of energy production."
"Trump is giving fossil-fuel producers a license to dominate American consumers, leaving them with less choice, higher energy bills, and an overheating climate --even as it clears a path for China to dominate the next generation of energy production."
How Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Is Dominating You With Dirty Energy
Raising costs, killing the climate, helping China — it’s a Trump trifecta
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On Trump's 'Energy Dominance' agenda:
"Trump is giving fossil-fuel producers a license to dominate American consumers, leaving them with less choice, higher energy bills, and an overheating climate --even as it clears a path for China to dominate the next generation of energy production."
"Trump is giving fossil-fuel producers a license to dominate American consumers, leaving them with less choice, higher energy bills, and an overheating climate --even as it clears a path for China to dominate the next generation of energy production."
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Nearly 2k affordable apartment units sit empty in Portland, according to data crunched by the O.
A chief reason: Rising rents have closed the gap between market rate & so-called "affordable" housing, keeping subsidized units out of reach for low-income renters.
A chief reason: Rising rents have closed the gap between market rate & so-called "affordable" housing, keeping subsidized units out of reach for low-income renters.
Nearly 1,900 affordable Portland apartments sit empty while thousands need homes
“Even affordable rents are too high,” one affordable housing provider told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
www.oregonlive.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Nearly 2k affordable apartment units sit empty in Portland, according to data crunched by the O.
A chief reason: Rising rents have closed the gap between market rate & so-called "affordable" housing, keeping subsidized units out of reach for low-income renters.
A chief reason: Rising rents have closed the gap between market rate & so-called "affordable" housing, keeping subsidized units out of reach for low-income renters.
