* Many items are from earlier in December.
* "Israeli military says it struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon:"
https://archive.ph/vFr3l* "Lebanon-Israel truce committee talks widen as Hezbollah disarmament deadline nears:"
https://archive.ph/mi1k6* "Israeli attack on school shelter in Gaza City kills 5 Palestinians, hospital chief says:"
https://archive.ph/NSY7tHow to Help:
Revive Gaza's farmland:
https://apnature.org/en/gazaPCRF:
https://www.pcrf.net/HEAL Palestine:
https://www.healpalestine.org/The Sameer Project:
https://linktr.ee/thesameerprojectGaza Soup Kitchen:
https://gazasoupkitchen.org/******
* "Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder:"
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/pete-hegseth-should-be-charged-with-murder/* "Pete Hegseth Is Seriously Testing Trump’s ‘No Scalps’ Rule:"
https://archive.ph/mPrvA* "Advocacy groups sue Trump administration seeking release of legal memo justifying boat strikes:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/advocacy-groups-sue-trump-administration-seeking-release-legal-memo-ju-rcna247649* "Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/ndaa-boat-strikes-congress-hegseth-without-funds-00680679* We are a pirate nation now. "US preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuela's coast after first ship taken, sources say:"
https://archive.ph/tsxcF* This is a second vessel: "US interdicting, seizing vessel off Venezuelan coast, officials say:"
https://archive.ph/EImMQ* "Tanker Blockade Spurs New Legal Questions on Venezuela Campaign:"
https://archive.ph/hbr8e* "Two US fighter jets circle Gulf of Venezuela in escalation of hostilities:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/us-fighter-jets-gulf-of-venezuela* "US sanctions Venezuelan President Maduro’s 3 nephews as pressure campaign ratchets up:"
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-state-department-sanctions-trump-venezuela-a542e7d3f01fe6b9d8ae8ff3cad6f792* "How Not to Plan for War:"
https://archive.ph/yX3Jy* "'An act of war': Trump escalates conflict with Venezuela with new blockade:"
( Embed: )* "‘Who’s driving this?’: Trump clueless as U.S. drifts toward war with Venezuela:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/who-s-driving-this-trump-clueless-as-u-s-drifts-toward-war-with-venezuela-2474662979708* "2 US soldiers and 1 civilian interpreter killed in ambush in Syria:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/13/syria-pentagon-troops-00689972* "US hits ISIS in Syria with large retaliatory strikes, officials say:"
https://archive.ph/TzlJu******
* "US intelligence indicates Putin's war aims in Ukraine are unchanged:"
https://archive.ph/2hkAU#selection-1070.0-1070.1* "Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's view:"
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/kremlin-says-new-us-security-strategy-accords-largely-with-russias-view-2025-12-07/* "Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/07/donald-trump-jr-ukraine-qatar-00679809* "Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/zelenskyy-ukraine-territory-russia-00681497* "Trump thrashes European leaders in wide-ranging interview: ‘I think they’re weak’:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/trump-dasha-burns-interview-europe-immigration-ukraine-00682016?nid=0000018f-3124-de07-a98f-3be4d1400000&nname=politico-toplines&nrid=e0d83e10-9c05-48a6-89d1-a78490b620e0&source=email* "the united states declares strategic war on the EU:"
https://solarbird.dreamwidth.org/2053106.html* "Russia's top general says army is advancing in Ukraine and targeting Myrnohrad:"
https://archive.ph/A2mLt* "Russian strike on Odesa kills 8 as US hosts a Kremlin envoy for talks on peace plan:"
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-attack-strike-odesa-dead-injured-94fb98e6e49a14ec2d067f7c42186d8e* "2 killed as Russian overnight attack hits infrastructure in Ukraine, officials say:"
https://abcnews.go.com/International/2-killed-russian-overnight-attack-hits-infrastructure-ukraine/story?id=128183253* "With Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russia’s War Financing:"
https://archive.ph/XRzDr******
* "M23 rebels entrench their rule in east Congo even as Trump claims peace:"
https://archive.ph/L7jhp#selection-1077.1-1077.71* "Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia:"
https://archive.ph/cY48Q* "A year after Assad's fall, families of missing detainees languish without answers:"
https://archive.ph/CPFuc
* "A Bolsonaro on the ballot not enough to unite Brazil's right in 2026:"
https://archive.ph/dM4Xk* "Hate crime unit investigating removal of Jewish prayer scrolls from North York doorways:"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-hate-crime-unit-jewish-prayer-scrolls-removed-9.7006706* "Malala Yousafzai - “Finding My Way,” Education Activism & Dreaming for Herself | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )
* "US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump:"
https://archive.ph/7gYdi* "Nigeria, "Christian Genocide" and the Right Wing Attempt To Create More War:"
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/nigeria-christian-genocide-and-the* "US announces $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, largest ever:"
https://archive.ph/o5X67* "US to allow powerful AI chip sales to China, Trump says:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/u-s-to-allow-nvidias-h200-sales-in-china-trump-confirms-00681619* CW: Rape, Sex Trafficking. "How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed:"
https://archive.ph/1YkkJ* CW: Rape, Sex Trafficking. "Barron Trump’s ties to accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate exposed in NYT report:"
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/barron-trump-s-ties-to-accused-sex-trafficker-andrew-tate-exposed-in-nyt-report-2474968643583* "Trump is giving farmers $12B in aid. They’ve been hit hard by his trade war with China:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-farmers-aid-07328f260d1ebf26c2bfde79b426230e* "Here Are the Key Takeaways From the Monthly US Jobs Report:"
https://archive.ph/3Bz3d* "Jobless rate rises, adding to Trump's economic messaging woes:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/16/jobs-report-trump-employment-economy-00692500* "Trump’s Reckless Energy Policies Are Driving Up Costs and Leaving Families in the Cold :"
https://climatepower.us/news/new-trumps-reckless-energy-policies-are-driving-up-costs-and-leaving-families-in-the-cold/* "Andrew Ross Sorkin On Affordability, What Happens If The AI Bubble Bursts, And Paramount vs. Netflix:"
( Embed: )* "Beshear blasts Trump for ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to the economy; cites lasting damage concerns:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/beshear-blasts-trump-for-taking-a-sledgehammer-to-the-economy-cites-lasting-damage-concerns-2474331715968* " A split Fed cuts interest rates but signals it's likely to pause:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/federal-reserve-interest-rates-cut-00684371* "The case for more Fed rate cuts could rest on a ‘systematic overcount’ of jobs numbers:"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/case-for-more-fed-rate-cuts-could-rest-on-systemic-overcount-of-jobs.html* "Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for looser regulations for the U.S. financial system:"
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-scott-bessent-financial-stability-f7bd96bb99824fd10c7e3ca239830bffReminder: Financial Deregulation caused the Bush Recession that permanently destroyed prospects for Gen X and Millennials, but billionaires made a killing which is why billionaires want Trump to do everything in his power to crash the US economy.
*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News ***
* "Applicants for Trump’s Tacky Gold Card Warned of Million-Dollar Problem:"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/applicants-for-donald-trumps-tacky-gold-card-warned-of-million-dollar-problem/* "Trump finally confirms using vulgar slur about several countries in 2018:"
https://archive.ph/ucWZ7* "Maddow: Trump’s attacks on immigrants serve a more sinister purpose:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/maddow-trump-s-attacks-on-immigrants-serve-a-more-sinister-purpose-2474671171666* He was just waiting for a pretext. "Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US:"
https://apnews.com/article/brown-mit-shooting-suspect-green-card-1d6c1d83bc1237a21d0ca65d39981fa8* "Foreigners allowed to travel to the US without a visa could soon face new social media screening:"
https://apnews.com/article/esta-visa-waiver-social-media-travel-foreigners-9a1daaba39ffbb7bf24f0f411c2a0275* "State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship':"
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-5633444/trump-content-moderation-visas-censorship?
* "Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It:"
https://www.404media.co/man-charged-for-wiping-phone-before-cbp-could-search-it/* "CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/cbs-pulls-60-minutes-el-salvador-prison-00702617* "All about the infamous CECOT prison — on which CBS's Bari Weiss pulled a story :"
https://www.advocate.com/news/cecot-story-bari-weiss-spiked* "ICE Suffers Legal Blow Over Blocking Detention Center Visits:"
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-legal-blow-blocking-detention-center-visits-11234552* "Homeland Security Dept. buying Boeing 737s for ICE deportations:"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/homeland-security-boeing-737-ice-deportations.htmlI think we've found more government waste.
* "Noem defiant as Democrats decry Trump administration treatment of migrants:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/noem-defiant-as-democrats-decry-trump-administration-treatment-of-migrants-00687101* "Noem Gets Most Awkward Fact-Check of Her Life on Deported Veterans:"
https://newrepublic.com/post/204301/kristi-noem-fact-check-deported-veterans* "Protesters gather as DHS Sec. Kristi Noem attends Navy Pier's annual 'Christmas Tree Ship':"
https://abc7chicago.com/post/christmas-tree-ship-chicago-news-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-expected-attend-navy-pier-event/18257200/* "DHS changing immigration enforcement tactics amid negative polling:"
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5647146-immigration-enforcement-tactics-change/amp/* "Inside the Ad Campaign to Convince Trump’s ICE Thugs to ‘Walk Away’:"
https://zeteo.com/p/ad-campaign-trump-ice-immigration-womens-march* "Judge Calls Trump’s Border Commander A Lying Liar:"
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/judge-calls-trumps-border-commander-a-lying-liar/* "Migrants held at Fort Bliss suffering physical abuse, unsafe conditions, human rights groups claim:"
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/10/texas-migrant-detention-fort-bliss-abuse-allegations-aclu-report/* "Group protests conditions at Fort Bliss migrant center:"
https://www.ktsm.com/news/group-protests-conditions-at-fort-bliss-migrant-center/* "How does a 3-year-old hire an immigration attorney?:"
https://archive.ph/8k2WP* "US citizens from SoCal testify in Washington as new report denounces 'unconstitutional detentions':"
https://abc7.com/post/us-citizens-socal-testify-washington-new-report-denounces-unconstitutional-detentions/18269743/* "I’m a citizen. ICE wrongfully detained me. So why can’t I sue? | Opinion:"
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/i-m-citizen-ice-wrongfully-detained-me-21244415.php* "Lesbian federal worker pleads for answers about wife trapped in immigration detention limbo:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/married-lesbian-immigration-limbo* "He Made an Epic Journey to the U.S. to Share Evidence of a Genocide. We’re Deporting Him Anyway.:"
https://www.jezebel.com/heng-guan-deportation-us-china-uyghurs-genocide-video-evidence-camps-uganda-asylum* "Federal judge issues order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia:"
https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportation-f6d3df5d2315375dea83492858dc91f5* "Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt:"
https://apnews.com/article/karoline-leavitt-ice-immigrant-detained-50575c83c36dac62f629f396593c0bc8* "Rescue helicopter will return, remain in Newport, Oregon’s US senators say:"
https://theworldlink.com/news/rescue-helicopter-will-return-remain-in-newport-oregon-s-us-senators-say/article_c6060e55-0f6f-41f6-a97e-eba502155197.htmlThey need the helicopter for the fishing fleet; I.C.E. wanted to steal it to hunt humans for pleasure on the US-Mexico Border.
* "Here’s how immigration enforcement is affecting school enrollment in some districts:"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/heres-immigration-enforcement-affecting-school-enrollment-districts/story?id=128057477* CW: sex trafficking. "ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say:"
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/bloomington-sex-trafficking-sting/If we must have ICE we need better vetting. Why not use the same standards as for immigrants?
* "Feds Dismiss Charges Against Woman Shot by Border Patrol Agent in Brighton Park:"
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/20/feds-dismiss-charges-against-woman-shot-border-patrol-agent-brighton-park * "Protests against ICE, Border Patrol take place in several capital area cities Saturday:"
https://www.wbrz.com/news/protests-against-ice-border-patrol-take-place-in-several-capital-area-cities-saturday/* "Trump suffers frequent failures as Americans push back at every turn:"
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-suffers-frequent-failures-as-americans-push-back-at-every-turn-2474012739821* "National Guard deployment controversy still rages in these 5 cities:"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/11/national-guard-deployments-legal-limbo/87700131007/* "Nebraska lawmaker was twice denied entry to McCook ICE jail, calls it law violation:"
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/12/08/nebraska-lawmaker-was-twice-denied-entry-to-mccook-ice-jail-calls-it-law-violation/* "Judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in LA with sharp rebuke:"
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/10/nx-s1-5639822/national-guard-la-court-judge-trump* "National Guard troops under Trump’s command leave L.A before court’s deadline:"
https://archive.ph/Y6WnW* "A federal jury finds Milwaukee judge guilty of obstructing immigration agents:"
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5648584/judge-hannah-dugan-guilty-obstruction-ice* "Bulgarian-born Chicagoan dies in ICE custody at Michigan detention facility:"
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/20/chicago-man-dies-ice-custody-michigan-nenko-gantchev* "Authorities monitor online criticism of New Orleans immigration crackdown:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/new-orleans-immigration-online-criticism-tracking* "Court Blocks Release of Hundreds of Immigrants Arrested in Chicago-Area Operations:"
https://news.wttw.com/2025/12/12/court-blocks-release-hundreds-immigrants-arrested-chicago-area-operations* "How a garden store worker became part of the ‘Broadview Six’:"
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/broadview-six-protest-ice-charges/* "'Pins on a Map': How Chicago students are tracking ICE raids:"
https://archive.ph/SP9SV* "Ordinary Americans are fighting back against ICE: ‘We’re going to outlast them’:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/ice-raids-fighting-back* "‘No Sleep for ICE’: Inside the Protest Movement Keeping Immigration Agents Awake at Night:"
https://time.com/7341833/no-sleep-for-ice-protests-hotels/* "Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block:"
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/09/federal-agents-arrest-citizen-observer-watching-ice-north-minneapolis* "Thousands attend march to protest ICE in south Minneapolis:"
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426* "ICE meets snow as midwesterners fight back against Trump immigration raids:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/snow-midwest-ice-raids-trump* "Over a hundred people rally against ICE flights outside MSP:"
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/03/over-a-hundred-people-rally-against-ice-flights-outside-msp/* "Hundreds rally in Lewiston in solidarity with Somali community:"
https://www.mainepublic.org/immigration/2025-12-14/hundreds-rally-in-lewiston-in-solidarity-with-somali-community* "In Press Herald Op-Ed, Governor Mills Announces LD 1971 to Become Law:"
https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/press-herald-op-ed-governor-mills-announces-ld-1971-become-law-2025-12-15* "The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court:"
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-york-immigration-court-ice-undocumented-underground* "Democrats’ Proposal Would Halt Courthouse Arrests of Migrants:"
https://archive.ph/uG04y* "Hundreds in NYC rally to support 6-year-old separated from dad after ICE check-in :"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hundreds-nyc-rally-support-6-year-old-separated-dad-ice-check-rcna248027* "Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE:"
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/zohran-mamdani-tells-immigrant-new-yorkers-comply-ice-128194280* "Protesters Rally at Police Station Against ICE Support:"
https://huntingtonnow.com/protesters-rally-at-police-station-against-ice-support/* "Truckers Who Fail English Tests Get Pulled Off Roads in Trump Crackdown:"
https://archive.ph/p7ck8This is another Republican attack on the US Economy and against workers.
* "WATCH: Duffy threatens to withhold millions in highway funds from New York over flaws in immigrant commercial driver’s license system:"
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-duffy-threatens-to-withhold-millions-in-highway-funds-from-new-york-over-flaws-in-immigrant-commercial-drivers-license-system* "Judge pauses Trump administration’s noise restrictions against Eugene protesters:"
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/14/judge-pauses-trump-administration-noise-restrictions-against-eugene-protestors/* "A leased ICE detention center wears out its welcome in Portland, Oregon:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/04/a-leased-ice-detention-center-wears-out-its-welcome-in-portland-oregon-00677961* "ICEBlock Was Purged From the App Store. Now Its Creator Is Suing the Trump Administration.:"
https://slate.com/technology/2025/12/iceblock-app-lawsuit-pam-bondi-trump-joshua-aaron-ice.html* "Portlanders demand return of ICE-tracking app outside downtown Apple store:"
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/12/portlanders-demand-return-of-ice-tracking-app-outside-downtown-apple-store.html* "Portland faith leaders hold Blue Christmas vigil outside ICE facility :"
https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/12/portland-faith-leaders-hold-blue-christmas-vigil-outside-ice-facility.html* "Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE:"
https://religionnews.com/2025/11/13/why-clergy-should-be-willing-to-be-assaulted-by-ice/* "Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship:"
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article312932422.html* "ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations:"
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/05/ice-nativity-scenes-churches-reimagine-christmas-story-amid-deportations/* "Boston Archdiocese wants ICE message gone from parish's outdoor Nativity scene:"
https://www.ncronline.org/news/boston-archdiocese-wants-ice-message-gone-parishs-outdoor-nativity-scene* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:
Immigrant Defenders:
https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkoutThe Bail Project:
https://bailproject.org/National Bail Fund Network:
https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directoryAmnesty International: protect asylum-seekers:
https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights:
https://www.theyoungcenter.org/CHIRLA:
https://www.chirla.org/AL Otro Lado:
https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fundMid-South Immigration Advocates:
https://miamemphis.org/"Know Your Rights:"
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights"Disappeared In America:"
https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/
* "Sleepy. Divisive. A fan of young Trump: A look at the new plaques on the Presidential Walk of Fame:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-plaques-presidential-walk-fame-e6b496f68862f4b678bbe608a0efde95* "Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security:"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-ballroom-national-security-de9756118bbfca8f40af9cf89db6af5bWouldn't they have known about this if they'd followed procedures for review instead of tearing down an historic building belonging to the American people?
* "Judge lets Trump’s ballroom construction proceed:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/16/white-house-ballroom-construction-ruling-00694019* "Trump touts accomplishments, attacks Democrats amid persistent concerns over economy:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/trump-touts-accomplishments-attacks-democrats-amid-persistent-concerns-over-economy-00697143* "Six key takeaways from Trump's speech to the nation, including 'transgender for everybody':"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-fact-challenged-speech* "‘Desperate’: Hayes says unpopular Trump can’t ‘talk his way out of' this:"
( Embed: )* "Senator Kelly tears through Trump's address to the nation:"
( Embed: )* "Trump learns Politics 101: Do unpopular things, become unpopular, lose political power:"
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-learns-politics-101-do-unpopular-things-become-unpopular-lose-political-power-2476176963768* "'Bad, fast-talking infomercial': Psaki fact-checks Trump's address:"
( Embed: )* "Trump rants nonsense about transgender people instead of fixing affordability crisis at Pennsylvania rally:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-pa-affordability-transgender* "Trump Derails His Christmas Speech to Ramble About Snakes:"
https://newrepublic.com/post/204417/donald-trump-christmas-speech-snakes* "Trump Suggests It’s “Treasonous” to Talk About His Mental Decline:"
https://newrepublic.com/post/204222/donald-trump-dementia-tests-cognitive-decline-treason* "Cognitive Tests Are Good. The Way Trump Talks About Them Is Bad. :"
https://newrepublic.com/article/204369/cognitive-tests-decline-trump* "Trump claims credit for military bonus that Congress already approved:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/18/trump-warrior-dividend-troops-congress-00697375* "Trump sours on Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar after issuing pardon:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/07/trump-critizes-henry-cuellar-pardon-00679921* "Trump attacks on political opponents spur a surge of threats, NBC News review finds:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-attacks-political-opponents-spur-surge-threats-nbc-news-review-f-rcna247201* "Not a ‘game changer’: What to know about Trump’s nuclear fusion deal:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/18/trump-media-takes-on-fusion-but-is-tech-ready-00697600?force_isolation=true* "Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion offer by Netflix:"
https://apnews.com/article/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-netflix-trump-347540ae7a4f83fced833fe882f25680* "Trump says Netflix, WBD deal could be ‘problem’ as son-in-law Kushner backs Paramount bid:"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/trump-netflix-wbd-paramount.html* "A Year Later, Donors to Trump’s Transition Come to Light:"
https://archive.ph/L3e68* "Trump officials sue Georgia county to force release of 2020 voting records:"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7733m2rmz5o* "Trump Must Go Now Rally In Front Of The White House, In Washington, District Of Columbia, USA, Washington Dc, Virginia.:"
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/trump-must-go-now-rally-in-front-of-the-white-house-in-washington-district-of-columbia-usa-washington-dc-virginia-13-december-2025/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjU6bmV3c21sX01UMVpVTUEwMDAzWFgwRFQ* "Protesters Gather Outside Army–Navy Game During Trump Appearan:"
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/protesters-gather-outside-armynavy-game-during-trump-appearan/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjU6bmV3c21sX01UMVNJUEEwMDBLUE4wN0E* "Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House Chief of Staff on Trump’s Second Term:"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-1* "Susie Wiles Talks Epstein Files, Pete Hegseth’s War Tactics, Retribution, and More:"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-2* "Trump chief of staff makes disastrous miscalculation in talks with reporter:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-chief-of-staff-makes-disastrous-miscalculation-in-talks-with-reporter-2476501059975* "Your Private Data Is Building Trump’s Voter Purge Machine:"
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/your-private-data-is-building-trumps-voter-purge-machine/?
* "The Trump administration takes a wrecking ball to rulemaking:"
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/the-administration/5621859-federal-rules-without-public-process/* "FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau’s No 2 official:"
https://apnews.com/article/bongino-fbi-trump-patel-3f388cb8ccd9124eff3a7c7aec32c1b3* "U.S. Veterans Affairs agency plans as many as 35,000 health-care job cuts this month, Washington Post reports:"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/13/trump-us-veterans-affairs-plans-job-cuts-washington-post.html* "VA Warned of ‘Problematic’ Changes to Veterans’ Health Records:"
https://www.newsweek.com/va-warned-of-problematic-changes-to-veterans-health-records-11252472* "Appeals court mulls upholding ruling that struck down Pentagon’s HIV enlistment ban:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/lambda-legal-hiv-military-ban* "Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command:"
https://archive.ph/K7rN4* "Kennedy vaccine advisers 'turned back the clock,' experts say:"
https://archive.ph/585e4* "Fact-checking the CDC panel’s reasons for dropping universal newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendation:"
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/fact-checking-the-cdc-panels-reasons-for-dropping-universal-newborn-hepatitis-b-vaccine-recommendation* "American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/american-academy-pediatrics-funding-rfk* "We’re autistic mothers with children on the spectrum. Trump and RFK Jr. are trying to blame Tylenol and us:"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-autism-mothers-tylenol-rfk-jr-b2835934.html* "Maddow: Trump risks shattering U.S. as states seek alternative to decimated federal health expertise:"
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-risks-shattering-u-s-as-states-seek-alternative-to-decimated-federal-health-expertise-2474004035670* "Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers:"
https://stateline.org/2025/12/04/medicares-new-ai-experiment-sparks-alarm-among-doctors-lawmakers/Just as revoking vaccine mandates for babies is a eugenicist and classist attack against the children of the poor, AI medicare denials are a eugenicist and ableist attack on the elderly and disabled.
It's about killing people RFK Jr. and the republicans at large hate.
"AI-powered prior authorization in Medicare Advantage and private insurance has attracted intense criticism, legislative action by state and federal lawmakers, federal investigations and class-action lawsuits. It’s been linked to bad health outcomes. Dozens of states have passed legislation in recent years to regulate the practice."
* "Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less:"
https://www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-tells-employees-to-eat-less/* "Maddow: Trump loses on public health leadership as states leave his ‘flock of quacks’ behind:"
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-loses-on-public-health-leadership-as-states-leave-his-flock-of-quacks-behind-2476165187616
* "The Republicans who voted against making gender-affirming care a crime and the Dems who voted for it :"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/republicans-democrats-transgender-bill* "Sarah McBride knew some Democrats would betray trans people, so she lobbied Republicans:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-lobbies-republicans
*
Our job for the next year and a half is to survive, to build grassroots resistance, to do all in our power to slow the republican Christo-fascist agenda, and to prepare for 2026 in case there is still Democracy.
We are trying to build a good list of resistance resources.
Please add more below if you have them.* "Take action with Indivisible:"
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/* Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.
https://indivisible.org/resource/guide* "Democracy 2025:"
https://www.democracy2025.org/?utm_source=df-ad&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=21912407002&utm_content=721373734297&source=df-ad-gs&gad_source=1* If you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:
Five Calls to your critters:
https://5calls.org/Here is one that will send your reps a fax:
https://resist.bot/And another:
https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.phpSnail Mail Campaigns:
https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html"Congress. gov:"
https://www.congress.gov/White house (Possibly Dangerous):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ACLU advice for writing to your Critters:
https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representativesThis tracks legislation:
https://www.govtrack.us/"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):"
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=shareRun for Something:
https://runforsomething.net/"Vote Smart:"
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/Useful organizing links and resources:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=shareProtests: "50501 Events:"
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events"ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:"
https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:"
https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/
* "Vance tries to weather the MAGA storm at Turning Point:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/21/vance-maga-infighting-turning-point-usa-00702396* "Charlie Kirk's accused killer, Tyler Robinson, on LGBTQ+ issues: It's complicated:"
https://www.advocate.com/crime/charlie-kirk-suspect-lgbtq-issues* CW: Suicide. "Brown University shooting: Suspect in Brown and MIT shootings found dead as motive remains unclear:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/brown-university-shooting-live-updates-suspect-also-accused-mit-profes-rcna250040* "'Both were brilliant and beloved': Brown University students identified as victims in campus shooting:"
https://abcnews.go.com/US/bright-light-brown-university-student-identified-shooting-victim/story?id=128403441* "A Reddit post helped find MIT and Brown shooting suspect. Here's what we know:"
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/19/nx-s1-5649528/brown-mit-shooter-what-we-know* "Sacramento man still in coma six weeks after suspected anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime:"
https://www.advocate.com/crime/sacramento-lgbtq-hate-crime-coma
* "Firefox is adding an AI kill switch:"
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/firefox-is-adding-an-ai-kill-switch/* "A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving:"
https://disconnect.blog/a-tech-critics-guide-to-holiday-gift-giving/* " Warnings From Weimar: Why Bargaining With Authoritarians Fails:"
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitler-warnings-weimar-democracy-daniel-ziblatt* I keep having to stay up to do things every day this week, which inevitably messes with my sleep cycle, but I don't see a lot of choice here.
I went in to give Livia a pet before I went to go pick up my ILLs, a thing I wanted to do before bed and discovered I'd been challenged to a particularly difficult game of "What's That Smell?" This is a game where no one wins. If you "win" you must clean up whatever mess is making that smell, and if you loose everyone has to live with that smell until someone "Wins." It was a toughie too. It was diffuse enough that I could not pin down a source,m nor did I at bed time. Luckily whatever it was was not something I could smell from the head of the bed. I had wanted to go to bed three or four hours previous, but there were Action Items to post and the library doesn't open until 10AM.
I did solve it on waking Thursday night, and it was best case on cleaning up which is as close to winning as anyone gets in a game of what's that smell.
There are so many things I need to do, but the pain and the low spoon count render everything impossible. I had to change my bed by myself again and needed a two hour nap after and that was it for anything else productive happening around the house Wednesday.
And Fridays I always need to stay up for forage delivery, plus I forgot entirely to do yet another time dependent errand when I did the Thursday Library run. Sigh. So tired.
* Squirrel got an Award:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/803502217681371137/so-squirrel-coms-home-late-from-work-friday-and?source=share* A few days ago, a friend gave Livia some new toys. I was having a hard time getting her to do feather time as she remains sad, but the big strong smelling catnip rainbows perked her up some. Friday night she came out and had naps on the pettin throne between pets, which is progress. Sunday evening she slept in her desk box for a couple of hours for the first time since Tavy died, but she won't do it when I'm at the desk just yet, but small steps.
* Sunday I was having one of those nights when everything is extra difficult. I was planning to do solstice stuff after New Millennial left, but I managed to spill a whole pot sized mug of tea everywhere just before they left. Miraculously I think the lap tops are okay. Lemon Lenovo was closed, and I snatched it up out of the danger zone pretty fast. I still had to clean the exterior and replace one of my useful phone numbers post it's and the paper camera cover, but it's fine. The Refurbished was not quite as lucky. It got basically the same exterior mess, but also some got in the space bar crack. It spent hours with the usual tactics to solve that and he seems to be functioning normally, so it is likely all right.
Bonus: It was milky Russian caravan with a bit of praline syrup, which is both extra sticky and strongly scented. I love it when I'm drinking it, but it's a strong scent and once I'm not, I don't want it lingering. I was wearing it. My chair and the pillow on the leg prop ottoman got soaked, along with a bunch of smaller desk things. I cleaned and cleaned. I took a bath and rewashed my hair, which was not ideal as I'd also washed it before bed and my hair is more delicate with age, but it was in my hair, so... I ran laundry. I cleaned and I cleaned, but I still kept smelling it and finding tiny sticky spots.
In all I lost about 2-2 1/2 hours, which is why the aggregate didn't make it out. Sigh.
I keep dropping things and my hips don't want to bend in this weather.
Plus I had to go back to the library for a third time this week because I got a notice Saturday that they were about to return a book to stacks. I was there... was it Thursday or Friday? And got everything. Double checked even. Sigh. It was raining of course, because it is the PNW in December. On the way back it started to sporadically flurry. They were tiny and melted almost immediately after hitting the wind shield. The clouds would part and it would stop until the clouds gathered again a few minutes later. It was beautiful.
Poor Livia started sneezing a little Sunday and in the wee hours her cold got noticeably worse, but there is no determinable fever and she is eating. By Monday evening she was a bit better, so no vet yet. Still, I worry. She's a touch dehydrated and her urinary system is fragile.
* The horror movie Tournament poll is close to the end:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydpolls/tagged/Horror%20Movies* "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "Trump Voters Blame Him For The High Cost Of Living | Farwell, Metaverse | Rubio vs. Calibri:"
( Embed: )* "What You Get With The Trump Gold Card | Why Did The U.S. Seize An Oil Tanker? | AI Product Placement:"
( Embed: )* "Susie Wiles Dishes On Trump & Top Officials | The Ballroom Bunker | Cockroach Spies:"
( Embed: )* "Trump Interrupts "Survivor" Finale | Explaining Hanukkah | Venezuela Watch | Farewell, Mayor Adams:"
( Embed: )* "FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "The Frankenstein Discourse Is Bad. Let’s Talk About It:"
( Embed: )I knew going in it likely was going to be an inspired by instead of an adaptation because I’d heard some things in the run up to release that prepared me. I think being prepared made it easier for me to divorce movie from book, and I did like it, but I’d have much rather had the queerness from the 1818 text instead of the OC and I missed the more complex characters.
I can like the movie for what it is, basically, but mourn that it’s yet another time we didn’t get a real adaptation that Went There.
* "The Time Christmas Was Cancelled and Riots Ensued:"
( Embed: )* "Trump Air Force One Press Conference Cold Open - SNL:"
( Embed: )* "Wizard of Oz Deleted Footage - SNL:"
( Embed: )* "Characters on Characters - SNL:"
( Embed: )* "Donald Trump Gets His Very Own Lawn Mower:"
( Embed: )* "Trump Platinum Card:"
( Embed: )* "Trump Christmas Address Cold Open - SNL:"
( Embed: )* "Elf on the Shelf Support Group - SNL:"
( Embed: )* I don't like the mocking of his body and a few other things, but I've decided to post it anyway as it's the last Christmas special they will ever make. "Colbert's Canceled Christmas: The Last Noel:"
( Embed: )* "Hugh Jackman Reinterprets "Sweet Caroline" To Honor Stephen Colbert:"
( Embed: )* ""Young Americans" - St. Vincent Takes David Bowie UNDER THE COVERS:"
( Embed: )* ""Cold at Night" - The Mountain Goats ft. Tommy Stinson (LIVE on The Late Show):"
( Embed: )* ""Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" - Tiler Peck From George Balanchine's "The Nutcracker":"
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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
The help links are at the bottom under the cut.
* CW: Suicide "These hotlines are still available for LGBTQ+ youth after Trump kills 988 services:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-youth-hotlines-still-available* "Hospital Crisis Watch:"
https://www.protectourcare.org/hospital-crisis-watch/( More )![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
james_davis_nicoll at 09:02am on 23/12/2025 under review, what's the worst that could happen?
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scalziwhatever_feed at 03:09am on 23/12/2025
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