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The Bible isn't exactly a human rights handbook (see slavery, genocide, etc), but it's funny to watch MAGA Christians lose their minds when confronted with the kinder verses in scripture.
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'An Utter Lack Of Biblical Literacy Skills': Bible Scholars Share The Real Reason MAGA Christians Are So Mad At Those Nativity Displays
MAGA Christians were quick to attack the recent protest Nativity displays as "sacrilege" — however, Christian scholars have a very different take.
sbee.link
December 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The Bible isn't exactly a human rights handbook (see slavery, genocide, etc), but it's funny to watch MAGA Christians lose their minds when confronted with the kinder verses in scripture.
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As a former Chief Justice noted,
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As a former Chief Justice noted,
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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“Coal mining companies only pay 2% royalties to the Government and the taxpayers are left with the toxic tab. Coal mining is the Christmas gift that keeps on taking.”
“You can’t fast-track your way out of acid mine drainage. Someone always pays and it’s always the taxpayer.”
#nzpol
“You can’t fast-track your way out of acid mine drainage. Someone always pays and it’s always the taxpayer.”
#nzpol
Govt's whopping $256m clean up bill for one coalmine
The Government will have to fork out $256m to clean up Stockton coal mine on the West Coast - more than triple earlier estimates.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“Coal mining companies only pay 2% royalties to the Government and the taxpayers are left with the toxic tab. Coal mining is the Christmas gift that keeps on taking.”
“You can’t fast-track your way out of acid mine drainage. Someone always pays and it’s always the taxpayer.”
#nzpol
“You can’t fast-track your way out of acid mine drainage. Someone always pays and it’s always the taxpayer.”
#nzpol
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
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If insane demands are the new trend, Finland should demand a 500 km buffer zone inside Russia, free of any Russian presence, to guarantee our security
December 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
If insane demands are the new trend, Finland should demand a 500 km buffer zone inside Russia, free of any Russian presence, to guarantee our security
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ICE snatched a human rights hero.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
hrichina.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ICE snatched a human rights hero.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices.
On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.
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And the final thing to note is that we're a rich country. If a NZ adult has wealth over ~NZ$380k (40% of us) they are among the wealthiest 10% of adults globally. #nzpol
From their database: NZ adults individual wealth in $NZ
11% have negative wealth
Quarter less than $62k
One third less than $115k
Half less than $260k
One third have more than $488k
One quarter more than $684k
20% have more than$852k
10% more than $1.5M
1% more than $6.8M
0.1% more than $24M
#nzpol
11% have negative wealth
Quarter less than $62k
One third less than $115k
Half less than $260k
One third have more than $488k
One quarter more than $684k
20% have more than$852k
10% more than $1.5M
1% more than $6.8M
0.1% more than $24M
#nzpol
December 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
And the final thing to note is that we're a rich country. If a NZ adult has wealth over ~NZ$380k (40% of us) they are among the wealthiest 10% of adults globally. #nzpol
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Not only does Musk demonstrate unfamiliarity with hysterectomies -- and 600,000 of these procedures are performed each year in the US alone -- but it really illustrates how he sees women: not as fully equal human beings, as tools for (his) reproduction
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Not only does Musk demonstrate unfamiliarity with hysterectomies -- and 600,000 of these procedures are performed each year in the US alone -- but it really illustrates how he sees women: not as fully equal human beings, as tools for (his) reproduction
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The funny thing is there are absolutely traits skills and characteristics that financially super successful people have and they are:
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The funny thing is there are absolutely traits skills and characteristics that financially super successful people have and they are:
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
money
being born into money
knowing other people with money
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
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Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Fox News’ Chief National Security Correspondent. We are about to go to war for oil, while citing a lie as justification. Again.
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Everything I’ve ever seen about this guy screams professional troll, sort of like a slightly less overt Valentina Gomez.
INBOX: James Fishback, a Republican candidate for Florida Governor who is accused by his competitor Rep. Byron Donald of statutory rape, released a campaign video today pledging "to make the trains run on time," a direct reference to the Fascist dictator of Italy Benito Mussolini
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Everything I’ve ever seen about this guy screams professional troll, sort of like a slightly less overt Valentina Gomez.
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On Instagram about 15 hours ago, Eric Trump accidentally leaked a draft Truth Social post from Trump about the flooding in Washington State that destroyed countless homes.
Trump still hasn’t posted about the flooding, but had time to post about tariffs, attack migrants, and threaten Republicans.
Trump still hasn’t posted about the flooding, but had time to post about tariffs, attack migrants, and threaten Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
On Instagram about 15 hours ago, Eric Trump accidentally leaked a draft Truth Social post from Trump about the flooding in Washington State that destroyed countless homes.
Trump still hasn’t posted about the flooding, but had time to post about tariffs, attack migrants, and threaten Republicans.
Trump still hasn’t posted about the flooding, but had time to post about tariffs, attack migrants, and threaten Republicans.
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We’ve reached the point where Fox is telling viewers to buy artificial Christmas trees so the farms can be turned into data centers. “Everyone needs to get on board.”
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We’ve reached the point where Fox is telling viewers to buy artificial Christmas trees so the farms can be turned into data centers. “Everyone needs to get on board.”
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“Only by embracing the deliberate inconveniences of real interdependence can belonging flourish”
The price of belonging is inconvenience. Are we still willing to pay it?
Every time we choose people over convenience, we invest in community. The real question in our homes, workplaces and democracies is whether we are willing to pay that price.
theconversation.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“Only by embracing the deliberate inconveniences of real interdependence can belonging flourish”
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Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the country is now at risk of losing its disease-elimination status. Infectious disease experts say this is directly tied to Trump appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS. Are we great yet?
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the country is now at risk of losing its disease-elimination status. Infectious disease experts say this is directly tied to Trump appointing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS. Are we great yet?
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What in the world??
US forces raided ship headed to Iran from China in Indian Ocean, WSJ says reut.rs/3XURCoX
US forces raided ship headed to Iran from China in Indian Ocean, WSJ says
A U.S. special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing U.S. officials.
reut.rs
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What in the world??
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Dan Richman is a professor at Columbia Law School and a leading authority on criminal procedure—not exactly an ideal target for Fourth Amendment violations.
I’d love to see what his Crim Pro exam looks like this year.
I’d love to see what his Crim Pro exam looks like this year.
NEWS: Dan Richman — key figure in now-dismissed Comey case — wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
![Richman's [l] Motion for Return of Property and ORDER the Government to return to
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ichman the image of his computer that was made in 2017; any files obtained from his
vomo University email accounts) or his Apple iCloud accounts) in 2019 or 2020 that are in
the Government's possession; any copies of the image or files obtained from Petitioner
Richman's email or iCloud accounts that are in the Government's possession; and any materials
directly
obtained or extracted from those files that are in the Government's possession
(collectively, the "covered materials").
In order to "protect access to" the files at issue and preserve their availability for lawful
"use in later proceedings," see Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(g), and as an exercise of the Court's equitable
discretion to fashion a remedy that is appropriate under all the circumstances, the Court shall
further ORDER that, before returning the covered materials to Petitioner Richman, the
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Government may create one complete electronic copy of those materials and deposit that copy,
under seal, with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which shall have
supervisory authority over access to this material, for future access pursuant to a lawful search
warrant and judicial order. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia may then
exercise its discretion to decide whether to allow Petitioner Richman an opportunity to move to
quash any such warrant before it is executed.
The Court shall further ORDER the Attorney General of the United States or her
designee to certify, no later than 4:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 15, 2025, that the Government has (1) returned the covered materials to Petitioner Richman; (2) not retained any
additional copy or copies of the covered materials; (3) not provided any copy or copies of the
covered materials to any other person, except for one copy that may be filed, under seal, in the
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December 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Dan Richman is a professor at Columbia Law School and a leading authority on criminal procedure—not exactly an ideal target for Fourth Amendment violations.
I’d love to see what his Crim Pro exam looks like this year.
I’d love to see what his Crim Pro exam looks like this year.
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This heading is missing the words ILLEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW. 🧐
Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation push https://aje.io/7xi4oe
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This heading is missing the words ILLEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW. 🧐
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified