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Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab. A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...

The U.S. government’s grazing program was established a century ago to prevent abuse of public lands.

It’s grown into a massive subsidy program that benefits wealthy ranchers and corporations.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car license plate revoked after immigration agents illegally swapped it out, records show Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias warned federal agents against swapping out license plates. Records show it happened anyway.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car license plate revoked after immigration agents illegally swapped it out. This follows our reporting on an encounter where a federal agent told a woman, “You can record all you want. We change the plates out every day.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/i...

These text scammers just don’t get it

Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself

hey @nytimes.com i had the scoop on this story hours ago. add a reference in your story to my name and outlet. thanks.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.

Literally cannot stop laughing.

Ukraine Is Winning — So Why Is America Ready to Force a Surrender? The Hidden Agenda Behind Trump’s “Peace Plan”

Russia failed to conquer Ukraine. So Trump is handing Putin what he couldn’t win on the battlefield. Territory. Limits on Ukraine’s military. And $300B in assets. Shameful. Dangerous. Unacceptable.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

On further reflection everyone needs to be appreciating the lawn of the RadCam a lot more

MAGA isn't distinguished by differences of opinion, it is marked by its cruelty.

Out of the way mom, there's treats to be eaten!

I want to watch them mow that! 🤓

These people are operating outside the State Department, rather like the “Three Amigos” of Trump’s first term.

Great way to start the morning!

David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."

In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.

What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare practiced by Japanese forces in brutally attacking helpless survivors of a torpedoed vessel and demands effective assurances from the Japanese Government that such criminal acts, which are contrary to all standards of civilized conduct, will not be repeated in the future. It is expected that the Japanese Government will at the same time punish those persons who with premeditation and full knowledge of their actions have so flagrantly violated the primary humanitarian concept of maritime warfare.” Request Swiss Minister Tokyo51 to telegraph date of delivery to Japanese Government

Worth remembering now

Protest by the United States Against Attacks by Japanese Naval Forces on Survivors of Torpedoed American Merchant Vessels June 1944

"The United States Government protests most emphatically against this inhuman form of warfare ..."

But this isn't good: "In all, 14 of the high school teams came from the U.S......There were 120 teams there from Asia."

The Trump administration's corruption has extended to selling out Ukraine—and America's interests—to Russia so that the Trump family and their friends can make a few bucks.

Must-read reporting from @wsj.com this weekend. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

Exhibit 926 in criminal contempt proceedings. Noem’s declaration is due Friday to Judge Boasberg.

Insulting to have to point this out, but if you have spent even 30 minutes reading US history, you realize that every decade has been dominated by racist hysteria that the "new" people won't ever fit in.

This exact prejudice would have been applied to Miller's forebears, when they fled pogroms.

How the Supreme Court Rejected Denaturalization as a Political Weapon Long Ago New threats to strip opponents of citizenship recall a dark history.

The Trump administration and its supporters have made numerous threats to revoke the citizenship of political foes who are naturalized citizens — but if the government tries to follow through, it will have an uphill legal battle. bit.ly/4rh6WJT

I'd go for that as a holiday meal. Simple is good.

THIS 👉👉👉

More than three months have passed since this Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order on August 12, 2025 requiring Defendants to implement specific and detailed policies to rectify their unconstitutional practices, which were later incorporated into a Preliminary Injunction issued on September 17, 2025. In contravention of these orders, however, Defendants appear never to have implemented many of the required procedures, particularly those regarding attorney access, hygiene, and the provision of the Notice of Rights to all detained individuals. Plaintiffs have conferred with Defendants on multiple occasions, but attempts to obtain assurances that Defendants will comply with this Court’s orders remain futile. Defendants provided a wholly insufficient response to Plaintiffs’ first letter regarding these issues and have not responded substantively to Plaintiffs’ second letter. Meanwhile, testimony from detained individuals and the attorneys who have tried in vain to speak with them continues to accumulate, showing that more than three months after this Court ordered immediate changes to their practices, Defendants continue to ignore these directives. Plaintiffs now seek the Court’s assistance. Defendants’ ongoing, intentional violations of Court orders merit a finding of contempt and the imposition of sanctions. The Court’s orders are clear and unambiguous, the proof of noncompliance is clear and convincing, and the evidence shows that Defendants have been far from diligent in any attempts to reasonably comply with the Court’s orders. As such, a finding of contempt with associated fines and sanctions, including attorneys’ fees, is appropriate.

Back in August, Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered DHS to start treating people humanely at 26 Fed. Plaintiffs says DHS has fixed none of the problems there and are asking for sanctions.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.

Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks

So petty

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

In the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...