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Look who is KISSing Trump’s ass

JFC. What's with this MAGA daddy fixation?

Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' with new military strategy The Defense secretary, speaking at the Reagan Defense Forum, outlined defense priorities that focus on the Western Hemisphere and reevaluate the U.S. relationship with Europe.

Russian asset Hegseth declares end of US 'utopian idealism' w/new military strategy. Defense secretary, speaking at the Reagan Defense Forum, outlined defense priorities that focus on the Western Hemisphere & reevaluate the U.S. relationship with Europe. < who stands to gain by this. Putin dues.

I am grateful to this young man for his courage, willingness to speak out and for helping us connect the dots with respect to the abuse of young men and women and their high profile abusers.

Men and boys have also always been victims of — Epstein Files

But Elon Musk said it would be easy to fix it if they went too far. Can't imagine why people are rushing back.

Sad that Ukraine is having to negotiate with Russia AND Russian stooges. They deserve so much better from the US.

On the scale of 1 to 1,000.. how tired are you? Don’t forget to recharge your batteries this weekend. 😆

I’ve been at 1000 since 2016. My adrenal glands are the tell.

Trump Accidentally Lets Slip Plan to Rename Kennedy Center Donald Trump wants to rename the Kennedy Center after himself after doing everything he could to destroy it.

And in today’s dictator stuff from Dear Leader’s regime:

Trump Accidentally Lets Slip Plan to Rename Kennedy Center

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I’m old enough to remember when he and his Klan father put the letter “C” on housing applications and was fined by the Feds. That was decades ago, yet here we are. #TrumpIsARacist

Mockler: Donald Trump's tariffs are disproportionately harming low income families.

Lambert: No, they’re not. You’re wrong.

Phillip: I don’t think he’s wrong

Syria interim president accuses Israel of fighting ‘ghosts’ and exporting crises Ahmed al-Sharaa says Israel justifies aggression in the name of security amid airstrikes on southern Syria

Syria interim president accuses Israel of fighting ‘ghosts’ and exporting crises www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

I don’t think it’s caffeine.

Used by these two men, that word is simply projection on their part.

Exodus From State Department Legal Office Could Heighten Risk Of Trump Admin Breaking The Law The office tackles global issues such as the administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean, which lawmakers and experts say could involve war crimes. Dozens of officials have left this year.

The Trump administration has spurred a professional exodus at the State Department office focused on international law, which could make it harder for the government to assess if the administration is breaking the law or committing war crimes.

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This is, straightforwardly, the threat of disparate treatment to stifle dissent. The DOJ's Deputy Attorney General is telling lawyers critical of administration policies that their clients will be singled out for harsher treatment.
Rule by law, not rule of law. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Trump’s favorite adjectives for female reporters.

Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders “This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”

“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”

The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.

It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.

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I've been doing a lot of TV lately, but easily my favorite thing is "The Professor Is In," a segment in which we step back from the news cycle and teach economics. That's my true love. With news that Trump might be about to appoint a new Fed chair, we explain: What does the Fed Chair do?

Farage attempts to campaign in Scotland:

"I've got a friend of mine, by the way, who's got a Scottish mum."

Even the Reform UK audience couldn't help laughing at his desperation.

Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’

I, for one, am not cool with supporting a white-nationalist America that is an enemy of Europe and a friend of the Kremlin.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...

Meet Jared Kushner’s New AI Startup, Brain Co Kushner teamed up with prolific solo investor Elad Gil and Luis Videgaray, the former Mexican foreign minister, to launch Brain Co., which helps businesses and governments apply AI to their operations...

ICYMI: Thrive Capital’s Josh Kushner has emerged as one of the most active investors in AI, making billion-dollar bets on startups like OpenAI, Databricks & Anduril.

Now his brother, and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner is getting in on the act by cofounding his own AI startup.

‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’

Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right. Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’ | The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy

Gift Article

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

🇪🇺 Kallas: Europe has been underestimating its own power, especially towards Russia. We should be more self confident.

The United States is still our biggest ally. And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.

Since the days of Hugo Chávez, Russia's policy toward Venezuela has been to use it as a tool against the US, IF and when necessary. Putin's personal messages to Chávez were not conveyed through diplomatic channels, but by representatives of Russian intelligence, delivered personally to Chávez.

Next week, the court will hear the most important campaign finance case since Citizens United. Here’s what you need to know, from one of the lawyers who’s been working on the case. substack.com/home/post/p-...