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I'm in a crab bucket on a sandbar.
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NEW: A gay Houston immigrant was arrested by ICE when he showed up to his asylum interview on Nov. 4th despite having no criminal history. He's been in ICE detention since then. His husband, a U.S. citizen, says ICE laid "a trap," and is now working for his release.

www.chron.com/culture/arti...
'A trap': Houston man speaks out after ICE detains husband
Hernandez fled Honduras in 2016 after he recieved death threats for being gay.
www.chron.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Fifty different problems in the world just locked into one big uniform piece like a Rubik's cube in my head.
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Then Aretha went on the Tonight Show (Dave was filling in for Johnny Carson!) and ripped it up with a live performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Je...
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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The only conclusion I can draw from this is that there is something physically wrong and cognitively wrong with Trump, he knows it, and he's angry and frightened.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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People are going to die because of the pending insurance premium hikes. I know the terrain of discourse is inconsistent and goes through a tumble cycle every 24 hours, but I really think we need to hone in on this reality and drive it home for people.
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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James Comey's former lawyer Daniel Richman points out that Trump's DOJ "does not seriously argue" that it didn't violate his rights with a bad searches.

Feds just say they need the fruits of that search to try prosecuting Comey.

Full reply here storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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i just reposted this but I really just want to say that the $8/mo I spend on the Handbasket is one of the best investments I've made in indie journalism ever
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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December 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The Venezuela boat murders are meant to be a gateway drug to domestic murders. The “you can’t let this MAGA regime out of power now because you military are going to jail if we leave” is a powerful cooption technique but not atypical for authoritarian regimes
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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After the U.S. imposed sanctions, YouTube took down over 700 videos from prominent Palestinian human rights groups. Rights advocates say this censorship goes beyond Palestine and affects the future of international justice and accountability.

mondoweiss.net/2025/12/yout...

#Palestine #Israel
YouTube and big tech censorship threatens global accountability, Palestinian rights groups say
After the U.S. imposed sanctions, YouTube took down over 700 videos from prominent Palestinian human rights groups. Rights advocates say this censorship goes beyond Palestine and affects the future of...
mondoweiss.net
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Clinic Closures Force More Rural Americans To Rely On Horse Who Stomps Twice When Patient Has Cancer https://theonion.com/clinic-closures-force-more-rural-americans-to-rely-on-horse-who-stomps-twice-when-patient-has-cancer/
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Trump Appears To Doze During Stroke
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls occupied Quneitra, a province capital of Syria, part of the territory of the Israeli state
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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NEW — Despite a last-minute effort to extend time for occupants to find other housing and receive housing assistance, residents of the South Shore apartment building raided by ICE must move out by Friday.

thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Democratic Senator Murray Condemns ICE After Agents Release Attack Dog on Constituent
Democratic Senator Murray Condemns ICE After Agents Release Attack Dog on Constituent
In Washington state, Democratic Senator Patty Murray is condemning an incident where ICE agents released an attack dog on one of her constituents last month in Vancouver.
www.democracynow.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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If you are near Philadelphia, have 123 dollars, and roughly 28 cubic feet of space to store 1,600 VHS tapes in reasonably climate controlled conditions until I can get up there, I will retrieve this collection of almost guaranteed vital archival value and digitize its entirety.
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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ICYMI: Social Security is a lifesaver for families who experience the death of a parent.

Not everyone knows that the program offers life insurance benefits to minor children, disabled adult children & working-age widow(er)s.

Be like Heather: spread the word!

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
The Social Security safety net protects children, not just retirees
Survivor benefits include the young children of deceased workers.
www.marketplace.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Did you know that Aretha did her own version of What a Fool Believes back in 1980? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSw5...
What a Fool Believes
YouTube video by Aretha Franklin - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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“Movie Intros in 2026” 🤣
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.

Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.

Corruption on display.
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Another war Trump claims he ended where fighting continues.
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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One theory I have is that competence, self-control, responsibility, and expertise have all been feminized, leaving “masculinity” with the realm of impulsivity and petulance. So the divide is not really between “femininity” and “masculinity” so much as between adulthood and childishness.
Everything else aside, the idea that this is a model for many men of *masculinity* is so wild. This? This is "manly"? This is how people think it's cool to act?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-wG...
Dave Portnoy Demands NFL Investigate Pete Carroll & Raiders For Rigging
YouTube video by Clasher Sports
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM