Keith LaROCHELLE
@larochellekr.bsky.social
Vigilia Pretium Libertatis -- Animus in Consulendo Liber
Bio > https://www.linkedin.com/in/larochellekr/
Bio > https://www.linkedin.com/in/larochellekr/
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The corruption is absolutely staggering. One big money donor after another receiving direct benefits in return. Trump didn’t drain any swamps, he created a giant sewer to roll around in daily. Great reporting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The corruption is absolutely staggering. One big money donor after another receiving direct benefits in return. Trump didn’t drain any swamps, he created a giant sewer to roll around in daily. Great reporting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
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Not only does Bari Weiss have no experience in news, but I am starting to think she has never watched a broadcast network news show.
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Not only does Bari Weiss have no experience in news, but I am starting to think she has never watched a broadcast network news show.
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Trying to imagine what it’d be like for an experienced 60 Minutes producer or reporter, who’d spent many weeks preparing a detailed investigation of a notorious El Salvador prison, to be getting input from Bari Weiss or one of acolytes, just hours before airtime.
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Trying to imagine what it’d be like for an experienced 60 Minutes producer or reporter, who’d spent many weeks preparing a detailed investigation of a notorious El Salvador prison, to be getting input from Bari Weiss or one of acolytes, just hours before airtime.
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HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that?
HASSETT: Uhh --
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Sharyn Alfonsi is an award-winning journalist who has worked for 60 Minutes for 20 years. Before that she reported for ABC, CBS & local news outlets. If Alfonsi says her story was spiked by Bari Weiss political reasons, that’s exactly what happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sharyn Alfonsi is an award-winning journalist who has worked for 60 Minutes for 20 years. Before that she reported for ABC, CBS & local news outlets. If Alfonsi says her story was spiked by Bari Weiss political reasons, that’s exactly what happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Trump's idiotic saber-rattling on Greenland is...well, idiotic. But I wouldn't start hardening the defense of Nuuk just yet. This looks like TACO territory. Remember, Trump's foreign policy menu is TACO, TACO, TACO. Threatens to get tough on Russia, doesn't. Threatens to get tough on China, doesn't.
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Trump's idiotic saber-rattling on Greenland is...well, idiotic. But I wouldn't start hardening the defense of Nuuk just yet. This looks like TACO territory. Remember, Trump's foreign policy menu is TACO, TACO, TACO. Threatens to get tough on Russia, doesn't. Threatens to get tough on China, doesn't.
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Stephen Miller erupted after a tow truck driver who hauled off a federal vehicle during an immigration arrest was found not guilty.
Stephen Miller Melts Down as ‘Leftist’ Jury Acquits Man Who Towed ICE Truck Away
The senior Trump aide erupted after a tow truck driver who hauled off a federal vehicle during an immigration arrest was found not guilty.
trib.al
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Stephen Miller erupted after a tow truck driver who hauled off a federal vehicle during an immigration arrest was found not guilty.
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“What more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.”
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief
Opinion: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
www.sltrib.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“What more is there to say about the character of this petty, hollow, squalid, overstuffed man? — sometimes the point bears stressing: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.”
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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The government in Copenhagen has insisted on respect for its country's territorial integrity on Monday, after the US president appointed the Louisiana governor as an envoy to bring Greenland under US control.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/HER9
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December 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The government in Copenhagen has insisted on respect for its country's territorial integrity on Monday, after the US president appointed the Louisiana governor as an envoy to bring Greenland under US control.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/HER9
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/HER9
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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This is a very astute observation. I hadn't thought about Keith Kellogg, he just disappeared from the scene. It makes perfect sense that Putin would want to fainthearted guy like Witkoff doing the negotiations. 🗽
December 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is a very astute observation. I hadn't thought about Keith Kellogg, he just disappeared from the scene. It makes perfect sense that Putin would want to fainthearted guy like Witkoff doing the negotiations. 🗽
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Jeff Landry is a moron with zero foreign policy experience, knowledge, or qualifications. ZERO. Nothing. More insanity.
December 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Jeff Landry is a moron with zero foreign policy experience, knowledge, or qualifications. ZERO. Nothing. More insanity.
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The UK government has set out an assessment of the war in Ukraine, with Defence Minister Luke Pollard saying Russian battlefield claims repeatedly fail against intelligence and operational reality.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-says-russ...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-says-russ...
UK says Russian advances mask heavy losses and weak gains
The UK government has set out an assessment of the war in Ukraine, with Defence Minister Luke Pollard saying Russian battlefield claims repeatedly fail against intelligence and operational reality.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The UK government has set out an assessment of the war in Ukraine, with Defence Minister Luke Pollard saying Russian battlefield claims repeatedly fail against intelligence and operational reality.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-says-russ...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-says-russ...
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Viktor Orbán’s Era Could End in 2026: What Factors Will Decide the Hungarian Election?
Viktor Orbán’s Era Could End in 2026: What Factors Will Decide the Hungarian Election?
Which voter groups form the pillars of Fidesz’s power? What parallels can be drawn with the 2022 election that ended in a landslide victory for Orbán? And how could local hairdressers and independent mayors tip the scales? Euronews spoke with Andrea Szabó, a prominent researcher in Social Sciences.
l.euronews.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Viktor Orbán’s Era Could End in 2026: What Factors Will Decide the Hungarian Election?
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This is important because Abrego prosecutor, US Atty McGuire, has been arguing that any vindictiveness by Trump or his political apptees, like DAG Blanche, doesn't matter, because McGuire alone made the decision to prosecute & McGuire was not vindictive. Judge Crenshaw doesn't seem to be buying it.
In sealed order issued 12/3, Judge Crenshaw found that @DAGToddBlanche's deputy, Aakash Singh, played a “leading role in the govt’s decision to prosecute” Abrego Garcia. Abrego’s attys’ failed to redact that language in a brief, correcting the error shortly thereafter...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This is important because Abrego prosecutor, US Atty McGuire, has been arguing that any vindictiveness by Trump or his political apptees, like DAG Blanche, doesn't matter, because McGuire alone made the decision to prosecute & McGuire was not vindictive. Judge Crenshaw doesn't seem to be buying it.
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The sentiment has shifted ... "‘Teach your daughter to speak Polish’: Ukrainians in Poland face growing resentment. Change in attitudes has been stoked by disinformation, viral videos and the election of a right-wing populist president" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Teach your daughter to speak Polish’: Ukrainians in Poland face growing resentment
Change in attitudes has been stoked by disinformation, viral videos and the election of rightwing populist president
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The sentiment has shifted ... "‘Teach your daughter to speak Polish’: Ukrainians in Poland face growing resentment. Change in attitudes has been stoked by disinformation, viral videos and the election of a right-wing populist president" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Vice President JD Vance made some startlingly racist remarks Sunday during a speech at a conservative conference in Arizona.
'Right out loud': JD Vance denounced as a 'klansman' for 'openly racist' speech
Vice President JD Vance made some startlingly racist remarks Sunday during a speech at a conservative conference in Arizona.The 41-year-old vice president spoke Turning Point USA conference, where the slain organization founder Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk endorsed him for the 2028 Republican pre...
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Vice President JD Vance made some startlingly racist remarks Sunday during a speech at a conservative conference in Arizona.
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If Russians abandon maximalism over Ukrainian sovereignty the EU/UK will move quickly to talks that will involve de facto concessions on Ukraine's borders
But that depends on whether Putin is willing to compromise, and there is no sign he's stopped having fun being chief warlord
But that depends on whether Putin is willing to compromise, and there is no sign he's stopped having fun being chief warlord
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
If Russians abandon maximalism over Ukrainian sovereignty the EU/UK will move quickly to talks that will involve de facto concessions on Ukraine's borders
But that depends on whether Putin is willing to compromise, and there is no sign he's stopped having fun being chief warlord
But that depends on whether Putin is willing to compromise, and there is no sign he's stopped having fun being chief warlord
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The EU has imposed new sanctions targeting Russian hybrid and FIMI operations. Among those listed is Diana Panchenko, a media figure identified by the EU as a pro-Kremlin propagandist who disguises political influence operations as independent journalism.
More here:
euvsdisinfo.eu/from-journal...
More here:
euvsdisinfo.eu/from-journal...
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The EU has imposed new sanctions targeting Russian hybrid and FIMI operations. Among those listed is Diana Panchenko, a media figure identified by the EU as a pro-Kremlin propagandist who disguises political influence operations as independent journalism.
More here:
euvsdisinfo.eu/from-journal...
More here:
euvsdisinfo.eu/from-journal...
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🇦🇺 The two suspects in a deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach carried out "tactical" training in the countryside, police have alleged, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised to the country's Jewish community and vowed tougher laws against extremism.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇦🇺 The two suspects in a deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach carried out "tactical" training in the countryside, police have alleged, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised to the country's Jewish community and vowed tougher laws against extremism.
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France to build new nuclear carrier replacing Charles de Gaulle
France to build new nuclear carrier replacing Charles de Gaulle
France's president confirmed the construction of a 78,000-tonne nuclear carrier capable of carrying 30 jets, with delivery projected for 2038. The PA-NG will cost €10bn and be Europe's largest warship, backed by 800 firms.
l.euronews.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
France to build new nuclear carrier replacing Charles de Gaulle
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In other words, National Socialism.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In other words, National Socialism.