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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.


Amateur hackers are using Photoshop to undo redactions in files released by the Department of Justice in the Jeffrey Epstein case. "So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions," X user Liam Nissan shared in a post viewed 6.8 million times as of publication. Read more


the DOJ is already playing games with the Dead Pedo Bestie files sleazy photos of Preznit Fuckwit are mysteriously disappearing from the Epstein website


Last-Minute Holiday Gifts For The Christian Nationalist In Your Life! Whether you're shopping for an authoritarian fundamentalist, or that uncle who thinks vaccines make you gay, these gifts are sure to spread the true meaning of the season. John Fugelsang


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The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a ruling by a federal judge in Chicago that bars the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois. In a three-page unsigned order, the justices turned down the government's request to put the temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge April Perry on Oct. 9 on hold while litigation continues in the lower courts.

"At this preliminary stage," the court said, "the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois."


Cleaning up my computer a bit, I just came across this link that I had saved from May of last year. To many, I'm sure it sounded alarmist. But 18 months later, the predictions within were startlingly accurate. Even as it was all laid out in front of them, the Dems seemed powerless to stop most of it.


The United States has seen a dramatic increase in violence against journalists since Donald Trump again took office.


Russell Brand has been charged with two further offences including one count of rape, the Metropolitan Police has said. In a new statement, the police force said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised an additional charge of rape and a charge of sexual assault relating to two further women. The broadcaster, comedian and actor previously pleaded not guilty to five charges including two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault in relation to four women.


The U.S. economy grew at a rapid rate of 4.3% in the third quarter of this year, according to an estimate released Tuesday by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis. The estimate, which had been delayed by the government shutdown, shows that the economy remained resilient over a three-month period that saw fewer new tariffs announced and consumers shopping for back-to-school goods.


The FBI received a tip in October 2020 that appears to be from an unidentified female who said she had information about a "Jeffrey Epstein party" in 2000. The person's information is redacted in the FBI's summary of the tip, which is included in the new files.

The woman alleged that someone named Ghislaine Lisa Villeneuve brought her to the party. Later, someone said that Donald Trump had invited everyone to Mar-A-Lago, according to the tipster. The tipster "told Villeneuve she wanted to go, but Villeneuve told [the tipster] it wasn't that kind of party, it was for prostitutes," the document says.


The Department of Homeland Security has taken its holiday-themed campaign for mass deportations to new lows with a video that turns Santa Claus into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

Under the direction of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the department has attempted to glamorize its raids by creating glossy videos, which have sometimes earned the ire of musicians whose work is used as soundtracks. Even a former DHS chief of staff under Trump has called them "creepy," "stupid," and "wildly irresponsible."


The Department of Justice has published thousands more files relating to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, with the latest release including an email which says President Donald Trump traveled on the convicted sex offender's private jet "many more times than previously has been reported".


The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it would ban new foreign-made drones, a move that will keep new Chinese-made drones DJI and Autel out of the US market.


The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the US diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of President Donald Trump's "America First" priorities.


At least 15 nonprofit institutions announced closures amid a difficult year for higher education as the sector navigated rising operating costs and political minefields associated with a Donald Trump presidency.


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