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Weekend Update #164: Ukraine Is Winning The War At Sea
Europe: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?; Is The Trump Administration Quietly Unwinding Sanctions On Russia?
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December 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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December 20, 2025
On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefings aren’t just spin – they reflect what George Orwell warned about: lies divorced from reality, and the use of “doublethink” to have a word (like “transparency”) mean just the opposite. A historian who studies Orwell explains:

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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’
A historian analyzes how White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s claims about her boss and his administration are ‘doublespeak’ straight out of the pages of George Orwell’s ‘1984.’
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December 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Will Trump Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell? What His 10 Worst Pardons Teach Us
Publisher's Roundup 48
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December 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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December 19, 2025
This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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With human costs of gambling mounting in Ohio, more are seeking help
By Marty Schladen for� Ohio Capital Journal Since online sports gambling became legal in Ohio in 2023, sports scandals have been mounting. Getting less attention is the human toll, which has grown ....
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December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Undaunted in Faith
Three religious leaders provide inspiration: Pope Leo XIV; Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde; and Pastor Jamal Bryant
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December 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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In The World Of The Strategic Blind; The One-Eyed Dictator Is King
Sometimes its better to be lucky than good
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December 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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December 18, 2025
“These are the times that try men’s souls.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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The "Powerful" who Cowered in 2025
It’s time for the lists!
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December 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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December 17, 2025
This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Yelling, lying; yelling, lying; yelling, lying. So inspiring.
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Trump tonight:

Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Two Countries
Two responses to gun massacres
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December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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December 16, 2025
While President Donald J.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Trump Knows
The Scary Meaning of the Most Important Story of the Trump Administration So Far
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December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The DOJ has until Friday to FOLLOW THE LAW and release the Epstein Files.

We need justice for victims and transparency for the American people.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Enemy Aliens and (Freudian) Displacement
One way to think about billionaires and borders
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December 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Words & Phrases That Have Lost All Meaning
The year a political party vanished
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December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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What The US Is Doing To Ukraine Is Far Worse Than Yalta
How the great GOP bugbear of the past puts Trump to shame.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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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 1:06 PM
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What a terrible thing it is
Mass shootings as regime change
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December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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A key difference between the U.S. now and 25 years ago is that if you accused a person back then of being racist, they'd be offended. Now, they're more likely to say, "Yeah, so?"
The Republicans did this.
December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM