We need hard truths and tough reporting, not 'both-sides-equal' trash The CBS anchor again embarrasses the network’s legacy. Plus: some examples of journalists who are doing it right

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December 21, 2025 Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.

December 21, 2025

This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'

"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."

The 500 richest people in the world added $304B to their combined net worth yesterday after Trump's tariff pause.

And what did Republicans in the House do today?

They passed a budget resolution that paves the way for more tax cuts for the rich.

"Party of the working class."

Trying to figure out this bluesky, yes on the Dead Milkmen , and may you get to do this ride in a Bitchin Camaro.

Cognitive dissonance is a form of self harm. #CriticalThinking

I have my doubts on some deeper issues, but basic human rights isn’t one of them. #PragmaticHumanism

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name “Despite what dictionaries would have us believe, this world is still mostly undefined.”

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