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Laura Chapin

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Bari Weiss and RFK Jr are exactly who we said they were.

December 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM

Aunt Teefa

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A monthly budget in Trump's unaffordable America
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A monthly budget in Trump's unaffordable America

Breaking down what a typical full-time worker might experience under Trump

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December 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM

Aunt Teefa

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A former Biden-era financial regulator accused of going easy on banking supervision has a new job as a venture capitalist.
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Bank’s Favorite Regulator Goes Venture Capital

A former Biden-era financial regulator accused of going easy on banking supervision has a new job as a venture capitalist.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Aunt Teefa

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When Vaccine Research Raises the Wrong Questions
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When Vaccine Research Raises the Wrong Questions

How the CDC quietly announced funding a study for global vaccine research that has questionable ethical considerations

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December 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Aunt Teefa

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Why Trump's targeting of naturalized citizens will fail
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Why Trump's targeting of naturalized citizens will fail

Racist flailing is so gross

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December 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM

Aunt Teefa

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WM just announced “outsized shareholder returns” after admitting its higher prices may be driving customers away.
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This Is The Garbage Economy

WM just announced “outsized shareholder returns” after admitting its higher prices may be driving customers away.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM

Aunt Teefa

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Are Bankers Really Shorting AI? www.levernews.com/are-bankers-...

LEVERMIND QUIZ: Are Bankers Really Shorting AI?

Test your knowledge of meatpacker price-fixing, revolutionary political philosophy, and other issues that really matter.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM

Aunt Teefa

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I spotted a pattern. And it's giving...
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I spotted a pattern. And it's giving...

...incompetence

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December 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Aunt Teefa

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HHS Is Quietly Dismantling the U.S. Vaccine Schedule
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HHS Is Quietly Dismantling the U.S. Vaccine Schedule

The Antivaxer playbook that is winning

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December 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM

Aunt Teefa

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You love to see it! One of the most restrictive labor laws in the country is overturned, a predatory rideshare billing scheme could be nixed, lawmakers take on personalized pricing, and a state gets serious about bottled water.
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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Bottled Water Gets Squeezed

Collective bargaining is unbanned, a rideshare giant gets sued, a new player takes on surveillance pricing, and water runs free.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM

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Hottest New OnlyFans Porn Star Is 74-Year-Old Man Tangled Up In Garden Hose
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Hottest New OnlyFans Porn Star Is 74-Year-Old Man Tangled Up In Garden Hose

Thanks for reading Big News Now!!

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December 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM

Aunt Teefa

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MAHA at One Year: Optics, Outcomes, and the Disappearing Evidence
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MAHA at One Year: Optics, Outcomes, and the Disappearing Evidence

How policy shifts are being sold as scientific breakthroughs

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December 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM

Aunt Teefa

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Despite controversies and safety concerns, biotech firm Humacyte is pushing its cutting-edge lab-grown blood vessels for uses far beyond what regulators have allowed.
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Regulatory Ruptures For A Lab-Grown Blood Vessel

Despite controversies and safety concerns, biotech firm Humacyte is pushing its cutting-edge lab-grown blood vessels for uses far beyond what regulators have allowed.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM

Aunt Teefa

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We knew “Project Sunrise” was coming
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We knew “Project Sunrise” was coming

We knew this was coming.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM

Aunt Teefa

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Turning Point USA Should Terrify All Of Us
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Turning Point USA Should Terrify All Of Us

The memes are funny but they're masking the big picture.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM

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Nick Kristof

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Heartbreaking story about women and girls raped in Eastern Congo who can no longer get medication to prevent HIV transmission, because of Trump administration's USAID cuts: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... Careless men in DC make decisions, and Congolese girls suffer.

Congolese rape survivors search in vain for medicine after USAID cuts

In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for PEP kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.

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December 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM

Aunt Teefa

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Crushing Tucker Carlson’s racist lie
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Crushing Tucker Carlson’s racist lie

I have to say, after a decade of listening to Tucker Carlson‘s bullshit, I’ve become pretty numb to it.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM

Aunt Teefa

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Echoing a young Brett Kavanaugh, Trump workplace regulators say jobs in entertainment, sports, and other fields are too dangerous to be covered by safety protections.
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OSHA Wants Spectacle To Trump Safety Protections

Echoing a young Brett Kavanaugh, Trump workplace regulators say jobs in entertainment, sports, and other fields are too dangerous to be covered by safety protections.

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December 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM

Aunt Teefa

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As the next financial crisis looms, Trump has ordered banking regulators to recite a “humility pledge.”
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Humiliation At The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

As the next financial crisis looms, Trump has ordered banking regulators to recite a “humility pledge.”

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December 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Aunt Teefa

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Disclosure documents show Google treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.

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Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers

Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.

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December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Aunt Teefa

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You love to see it! A senator takes on his own party’s corruption, a major retailer wants its tariffs back, a state moves to protect child workers, and an unexpected company goes after Big Pharma.
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