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"Read and share sources of news that are positive and in the fight. Don’t engage in doom, gloom, or be tempted into being dupes for the regime." www.liberalcurrents.com/a-new-season...
A New Season of Hope
Looking back on this year's battlegrounds, looking ahead to 2026 and beyond.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Read and share sources of news that are positive and in the fight. Don’t engage in doom, gloom, or be tempted into being dupes for the regime." www.liberalcurrents.com/a-new-season...
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Very unlikely that this would happen, but homeowners may not see unearned capital gains of 50% in 5 years, as has happened recently in Princeton.
Trump: If we build more housing, the price of homes will go down, and homeowners will lose their wealth.
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Very unlikely that this would happen, but homeowners may not see unearned capital gains of 50% in 5 years, as has happened recently in Princeton.
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Who knows what Eric Adams will do next but don't rule out him shilling for a company that makes nutritional supplements.
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Who knows what Eric Adams will do next but don't rule out him shilling for a company that makes nutritional supplements.
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A functional cure and a virtually foolproof means of prevention and yet the state of the HIV pandemic is a stunning success of science and a massive failure of politics, economics, and public health
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A functional cure and a virtually foolproof means of prevention and yet the state of the HIV pandemic is a stunning success of science and a massive failure of politics, economics, and public health
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Remains absolutely wild to me we have a functional cure for HIV/AIDS.
Over 91% of Clients in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reach Undetectable Status www.poz.com/article/91-c...
Over 91% of Clients in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reach Undetectable Status
New data confirm Ryan White’s success—undetectable equals untransmittable (and healthier)—but GOP leaders want to slash these HIV funds.
www.poz.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Remains absolutely wild to me we have a functional cure for HIV/AIDS.
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the ICE ads during this football game are driving me up the wall
December 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
the ICE ads during this football game are driving me up the wall
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A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
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We actually are starting to see rents come down a bit, but that probably has more to do with homebuilding picking up in a lot of cities, not the Trump administration's predilection for terrorizing day laborers. www.realtor.com/research/nov...
December 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We actually are starting to see rents come down a bit, but that probably has more to do with homebuilding picking up in a lot of cities, not the Trump administration's predilection for terrorizing day laborers. www.realtor.com/research/nov...
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coming in as less reliable than jeep is certainly an accomplishment, albeit of the ignoble variety
please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
December 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
coming in as less reliable than jeep is certainly an accomplishment, albeit of the ignoble variety
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we found the worst man on earth and made him the most powerful person in the world. twice.
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
we found the worst man on earth and made him the most powerful person in the world. twice.
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he might actually be the worst person in the entire country
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
he might actually be the worst person in the entire country
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Looks like Nextdoor now has AI-generated posts trying to rile up NIMBYs... 😬
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Looks like Nextdoor now has AI-generated posts trying to rile up NIMBYs... 😬
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It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.
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We just cancelled <all> federal area studies/foreign language funding at universities nationwide to ostensibly “save” $86M. How much of that did we waste on this one authoritarian farce alone?
Extraordinary to think how much time, effort, and taxpayer money has been spent pursuing this one guy (who has a US citizen as a wife and a US citizen as a child).
And for basically no reason. Capricious, personalistic, unjust, wasteful.
And for basically no reason. Capricious, personalistic, unjust, wasteful.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We just cancelled <all> federal area studies/foreign language funding at universities nationwide to ostensibly “save” $86M. How much of that did we waste on this one authoritarian farce alone?
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Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
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This is 100% the correct (and obvious) move by Dems and they need to do it Every. Single. Time: counter Republicans strongarming companies/schools by openly and directly saying "we will be in charge in like a year and will absolutely make this cost you."
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
Democrats warn their party may try to unravel any Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal
A new letter from Reps. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., also raised concerns about foreign investors’ involvement.
www.semafor.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is 100% the correct (and obvious) move by Dems and they need to do it Every. Single. Time: counter Republicans strongarming companies/schools by openly and directly saying "we will be in charge in like a year and will absolutely make this cost you."
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
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This is more or less how the right wing justices reach decisions bsky.app/profile/righ...
Oh good, Glenn Beck has created an AI George Washington. You will be shocked to learn that the AI George Washington created by Glenn Beck sounds exactly like what would happen if Glenn Beck built an AI George Washington to sound exactly like Glenn Beck.
December 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is more or less how the right wing justices reach decisions bsky.app/profile/righ...
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If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
Stephen Miller: "If Somalia keeps failing, if these societies all over the world continue to fail, you have to ask yourself if you bring those societies into our country & then give them unlimited free welfare, what do we think is going to happen? You're going to replicate the conditions they left"
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
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every time I think about the Trump administration, my only reaction is rage and desire for justice against the leaders of this despicable movement
a house held by the democratic party may not be able to legally order people to go to prison, but they can sure run wall to wall hearings every day of 2027 demonstrating why these people *should* go to prison
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
every time I think about the Trump administration, my only reaction is rage and desire for justice against the leaders of this despicable movement
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this fills me with so much shame and embarrassment
North Korea speedrun
North Korea speedrun
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
this fills me with so much shame and embarrassment
North Korea speedrun
North Korea speedrun
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Have to admit it. "Alcoholic Fox News host uses US Navy to kill people at random on boats in the Caribbean because an extremist podcast producer asked him to, while Trump pardons drug dealer kingpins because a tech guy asked" is rather a lot darker than anything I imagined when he was reelected.
Sadism is the lifeblood of MAGA politics. Hard to overstate how disgusting and embarrassing for our country it is for the US Secretary of Defense to be doing this:
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Have to admit it. "Alcoholic Fox News host uses US Navy to kill people at random on boats in the Caribbean because an extremist podcast producer asked him to, while Trump pardons drug dealer kingpins because a tech guy asked" is rather a lot darker than anything I imagined when he was reelected.
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in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company