U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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From President Zelensky's official telegram account.
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We need more of this.
More elected officials who will stand up for the will of the people and our democracy. Not cave to the bullying of this president.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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What Happens When a Bonkers President Takes Over the Private Sector
We need independent regulatory agencies to contain him
π½Robert Reich
Dec 12, 2025
Let me make it clear Iβm against Netflix acquiring Warner Bros Discovery. That would concentrate corporate power in ways that harm consumers and distort American politics. But Paramountβs acquisition of Warner Bros would be worse.
robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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YouTube video by More Perfect Union
We Investigated the 5 Most Corrupt Presidential Pardons
youtube.com/shorts/bzErx... just the tip of the icebergβ¦β¦.
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Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
β'This isnβt about managing scarcity or efficient marketsβ¦. Itβs about 'pushing to figure out the maximum amount you are willing to pay and squeeze it out of you.'"
Americans need affordable groceries, not algorithms that squeeze the maximum price out of them.Β
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
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We just assisted officials in rescuing over 80 dogs from three locations in northern Florida connected to suspected dogfighting.
Their lives change today. With your support, theyβll finally know safety, comfort and kindness. Give now to support this and all our lifesaving work: hwfa.link/bs121125
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorneyβs office.
Democratic leadership didnβt want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didnβt want him even referred to as a βMaryland man.β Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
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The US voted with Russia, China and N. Korea against most of the civilized world. This is where we are at.
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He really wants admiration, recognition, and validation.
Itβs all grandiosity and self-magnification. He has this desire to build legitimacy, itβs rooted in needing to demonstrate competence rather than simply experience it.
Itβs shows he is hypersensitive to criticism or perceived
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FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of βAntifaβ
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifaβs designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of βAntifaβ
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifaβs designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
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A screenshot of an Embraer 145 from ICE flight contractor Key Lime Air/Denver Air Connection on a tarmac with with guards and detainees . In the lower right hand corner is a contraption with a bunch of nylon straps and metal fasteners.
A closeup of the contraption
Iβve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat β βdo what we say or youβre getting the WRAP on the whole flight.β
And hereβs proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
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Tesla sees U.S. sales fall sharply in November as highly anticipated after the EV tax credit expiration
Tesla U.S. sales hit a three-year low after EV tax credit expiration.
Tesla U.S. sales dropped to a near three-year low in November to 39,800 vehicles, according to data from Cox Automotive. The development was highly anticipated after the expiration of the electric vehicle tax credit on September 30 pulled many EV sales forward on the calendar.
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Yeah, this happened.
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Check out these important points re trumpβs racist regime. Before someone complains that weβre making it all about race, remember that trump is the one who has done just that.
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
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Spc. Sarah Beckstrom laid to rest with full military honors at W.Va. National Cemetery
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom was laid to rest with full military honors Tuesday in Grafton.
Yesterday, Spc Sarah Becstrom was laid to rest in West Virginia at a VA National Cemetery.
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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That's not how executive orders, the constitution, or states rights work.
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Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new lowβ¦even for us.
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