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Grant Showalter-Swanson
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Educator-Minister. Queer Activist. Poet. UMC Deacon. Traveler. Theology PhD Student. Gay & Married. https://linktr.ee/gtswanson88
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Refuses to Allow National Guard Deployment in Chicago www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Refuses to Allow National Guard Deployment in Chicago
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December 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Student Loan Borrowers in Default Could See Wages Garnished in Early 2026
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December 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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A Green Light for Anti-Islam Bigotry for Trump’s GOP
Congressional Republicans are openly attacking Muslim Americans.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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No Room: How Hospitality Enriches a Nation
There was no room at the inn.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Ben Sasse Says He Has Terminal Pancreatic Cancer
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December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Rollback of Federal Investment in Research and Data Collection Jeopardizes Public Safety
The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I Fell For the Scam Again This Year
Why Christmas still comes even when we’re unprepared, distracted, and unfinished.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Inside ICE’s Plans For A Bounty Hunter Army
Military contractors called for — and are now getting — contracts to help carry out Trump’s mass deportations, with a bounty for every immigrant they track down.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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‘Jets Jake’ is the ring-searching, match-making (sort of) man behind the Kelce brothers
Jake Chatzky's life became surreal after he joined Travis and Jason Kelce's "New Heights" podcast.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Russell Brand Is Charged With Additional Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault
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December 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Straight Panic, Gay Excellence
Podcast Episode · I've Had It · 12/23/2025 · 1h 7m
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December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Epstein Files Live Updates: Trump Referenced in Some Newly Released Documents
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December 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The U.S. Is Paying for Torture: The Suppressed '60 Minutes' CECOT Investigation Video
A suppressed 60 Minutes report exposes U.S.-funded torture abroad. We must not look away.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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All nativity scenes are political
The anti-ICE and “Christ in the rubble” nativity scenes are also theologically profound—and fully in keeping with the best Christmas...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Trump’s First-Term Trust Buster Is Now Working to Get Paramount Its Deal
Former Justice Department antitrust chief Makan Delrahim is at the center of Paramount’s bid to wrestle Warner Bros. from Netflix.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat
Conway, a sharp critic of President Donald Trump, has filed to run as a Democrat.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Our Nazi-Agnostic Vice President
Can’t the hard-core antisemites, the Christian Zionists, and the right-wing Jews all get along?
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December 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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MOXIE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
MOXIE definition: courageous spirit and determination; perseverance. See examples of moxie used in a sentence.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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December 22, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Trump-Class Battleships Are the Navy’s Trump Ballroom
Trump Steaks. Trump University. Trump Coins. Why not? Let’s do this and be legends.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Mayor Brandon Johnson surrenders budget fight, will not veto opponents’ package
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday he will not veto the 2026 budget passed by aldermen, conceding a historic struggle that reached the brink of a government shutdown.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Inauguration Day, 2025
The snow had buried Monument / * / Where the Teslas spun their burnished wheels
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December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Updated NFL Power Rankings: New 1-32 poll, plus each team's rookie of the year
Let's update our NFL Power Rankings ahead of Week 17. We also looked at the best rookies from all 32 teams.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Jim Beam Halts Production, as Whiskey Market Struggles
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December 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM