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December 15, 2025
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December 15, 2025
“For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
December 15, 2025
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The Hero We Need Now
“Exciting day for old ladies, I was arrested in front of the ICE building in Portland Oregon. The charge was obstructing access to a federal facility. Great optics a 75 year old white woman, 5’2”, 120 lbs., being dragged off by armed DHS officers."
“Exciting day for old ladies, I was arrested in front of the ICE building in Portland Oregon. The charge was obstructing access to a federal facility. Great optics a 75 year old white woman, 5’2”, 120 lbs., being dragged off by armed DHS officers."
The Hero We Need Now
How a tiny 75-year-old woman stood up to Kristi Noem’s goons.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Hero We Need Now
“Exciting day for old ladies, I was arrested in front of the ICE building in Portland Oregon. The charge was obstructing access to a federal facility. Great optics a 75 year old white woman, 5’2”, 120 lbs., being dragged off by armed DHS officers."
“Exciting day for old ladies, I was arrested in front of the ICE building in Portland Oregon. The charge was obstructing access to a federal facility. Great optics a 75 year old white woman, 5’2”, 120 lbs., being dragged off by armed DHS officers."
Republicans Finally Unveil Healthcare Plan: ‘Americans Must Move to Canada’
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Republicans Finally Unveil Healthcare Plan: ‘Americans Must Move to Canada’
“Under this plan, the American people will receive full access to the doctors, hospitals, and medications they deserve,” House Speaker Mike Johnson declared.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Republicans Finally Unveil Healthcare Plan: ‘Americans Must Move to Canada’
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Is the Morbidly Rich’s “Brilliance” Just a Threat to the Republic?
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Is the Morbidly Rich’s “Brilliance” Just a Threat to the Republic?
In 11 months, we’ll have an opportunity to retrieve our democracy from the clutches of the morbidly rich, the ideologues who deify them (and have for millennia), & their bought-&-paid-for politicians…
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December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Is the Morbidly Rich’s “Brilliance” Just a Threat to the Republic?
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December 14, 2025
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December 14, 2025
Last Sunday, on December 7, Mydelle Wright, a well-regarded preservationist, filed a declaration before a court, saying that President Donald J.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
December 14, 2025
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RIP Rob and Michelle Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
RIP Rob and Michelle Reiner.
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Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Art by Dave Granlund
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Happy 100th birthday Dick Van Dyke!
a man in a hat is dancing in a crowd of people
ALT: a man in a hat is dancing in a crowd of people
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December 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Happy 100th birthday Dick Van Dyke!
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If this would have happened, none of the bad shit today would be.
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If this would have happened, none of the bad shit today would be.
The philosophy of Tikun (or Tikkun Olam):
The world is broken, the thinking goes, so human beings must repair it by committing to social justice, political activism, or, in the broadest sense, ethical behavior.
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The world is broken, the thinking goes, so human beings must repair it by committing to social justice, political activism, or, in the broadest sense, ethical behavior.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The philosophy of Tikun (or Tikkun Olam):
The world is broken, the thinking goes, so human beings must repair it by committing to social justice, political activism, or, in the broadest sense, ethical behavior.
www.brandeis.edu/jewish-exper...
The world is broken, the thinking goes, so human beings must repair it by committing to social justice, political activism, or, in the broadest sense, ethical behavior.
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A Pardon for Loyalty, Not Justice
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Ha,ha! This pardon is meaningless. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes. Peters’ convictions are under Colorado state law.
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Ha,ha! This pardon is meaningless. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes. Peters’ convictions are under Colorado state law.
A Pardon for Loyalty, Not Justice
There are pardons that make history, and pardons that make a mockery of it.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A Pardon for Loyalty, Not Justice
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Ha,ha! This pardon is meaningless. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes. Peters’ convictions are under Colorado state law.
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Ha,ha! This pardon is meaningless. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes. Peters’ convictions are under Colorado state law.
December 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
On the evening of December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, George Washington passed away of a throat infection. He was buried four days later, at his special order, within the family vault at Mount Vernon.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
On the evening of December 14, 1799, at Mount Vernon, George Washington passed away of a throat infection. He was buried four days later, at his special order, within the family vault at Mount Vernon.
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 12, 2025
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December 12, 2025
Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
December 12, 2025
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December 11, 2025
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December 11, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald J.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
December 11, 2025
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December 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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"TV Frankenstein." Cy Hungerford on the menacing TV presence of Joe McCarthy and his televised anti-communist crusade. On the antenna sits McCarthy's chief counsel and future Trump mentor, Roy Cohn. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/13/1954.
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"TV Frankenstein." Cy Hungerford on the menacing TV presence of Joe McCarthy and his televised anti-communist crusade. On the antenna sits McCarthy's chief counsel and future Trump mentor, Roy Cohn. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/13/1954.