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Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect prospect.org/2025/12/19/j...
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban - The American Prospect
A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent consensus.
prospect.org
December 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
How Wall Street Billionaires Avoid Paying Medicare Taxes — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/medi...
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
U.S. Government Loses To Yellowstone National Park As Judge Rules Against "Illegal" Threat www.thetravel.com/us-governmen...
U.S. Government Loses To Yellowstone National Park As Judge Rules Against "Illegal" Threat
Conservation groups celebrated the court ruling as it will protect the wildlife in Yellowstone.
www.thetravel.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
She wants to be deported before Christmas. ICE hasn't let her go. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
All she wants for Christmas is to be deported. ICE won't let her go.
An American man fell in love with a woman from Lithuania. ICE detained her. The couple thought she'd be deported right away. They were wrong.
www.usatoday.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump appointee was trying to access secret info.
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.
www.politico.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein apnews.com/article/rele...
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
apnews.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
WATCH| Camel knocks out woman during Texas Megachurch Christmas celebration www.wionews.com/trending/cam...
WATCH| Camel knocks out women during Texas Megachurch Christmas celebration
A camel kicked a woman unconscious during a Christmas nativity show at a Texas megachurch in Houston. The viral video has crossed a million views online.
www.wionews.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
The Mysterious Death of a Teen at a Hog Farm
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Geressy’s email address was linked to a public Goodreads page with a “currently reading” list that included various books featuring stories about “Asian wife sharing.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We’re All So F’d | NVIDIA x Palantir, Global Surveillance, "Pre-Crime" Arrests, & AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lYs...
We’re All So F’d | NVIDIA x Palantir, Global Surveillance, "Pre-Crime" Arrests, & AI
YouTube video by GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer Advocacy
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December 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
www.propublica.org
December 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein including a photograph showing President Donald Trump -- less than a day after they were posted apnews.com/article/rele...
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
apnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
California woman gets 30 years in prison for leading ‘transnational 'Terrorgram’ group from her home | Just The News justthenews.com/government/c...
California woman gets 30 years in prison for leading ‘transnational 'Terrorgram’ group from her home
The Justice Department said 35-year-old Dallas Humber served as a leader of the white supremacist transnational terrorist group from July 2022 to September 2024.
justthenews.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I wonder if most Americans know that the abortion rate has only gone up since Roe ended with all kinds of misery and mortality. One of the most clarifying moments in my life was a 2012 study that found abortion is MORE common where it’s illegal, and more deadly.
The abortion rate in the US hasn’t gone down at all. It’s a surprising stat when you consider the number of attacks and the sheer suffering being caused by anti-abortion politicians. Why is that? I di...
TikTok video by Jessica Valenti
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December 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Prisoners freed by Belarus say their passports are taken away in a final 'dirty trick' by officials
Prisoners freed by Belarus say their passports are taken away in a final 'dirty trick' by officials
Prisoners freed by Belarus say their passports are taken away in a final 'dirty trick' by officials
www.independent.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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one of four in a week

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
made an epstein file viewer because the governments website sucks

hosted for free at:
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December 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Military lawyer swiftly fired from immigration bench after defying Trump deportation push apnews.com/article/immi...
Military lawyer swiftly fired from immigration bench after defying Trump deportation push
A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass depo...
apnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Newark could have a data center near downtown in the future www.delawareonline.com/story/news/l...
Data center project files first paperwork for land near Newark
Another data center application was sent to New Castle County earlier this month.
www.delawareonline.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump-appointed judge rebukes ICE, threatens contempt for 'transgressions' in 'disturbing' case lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
Trump-appointed judge rebukes ICE, threatens contempt for 'transgressions' in 'disturbing' case
A judge used the words "disturbing" and "horrific" to describe the conditions a Jamaican man was subjected to for days in a "hold room" at a federal courthouse.
lawandcrime.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order | CNN Politics www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...
Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order | CNN Politics
How should a military commander respond if they determine they have received an unlawful order?
www.cnn.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM