@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-19 17:51:00
Democrats' last-minute move to block GOP funding plan sends lawmakers home early (Alex Miller/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-last-minute-move-block-gop-funding-plan-sends-lawmakers-home-early
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p59#a251219p59
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-19 00:01:37
Our Panic World episode about ICE’s invasion of Minneapolis is out.
You can watch the video version by clicking the embed and you can listen to an audio version anywhere you get your podcasts.
The situation in Minneapolis is escalating rapidly.
Last night, the Department of Homeland Security said they arrested eight “rioters,”
after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers tried to clear out protesters camped out at the Whipple Federal Building,
ICE’s de f…
@catsalad@infosec.exchange2025-12-19 10:26:17
This tree ornament sure is hard to photograph
@servelan@newsie.social2025-12-18 01:45:42
"Republicans are supposed to deflect attention away from any mentions of Trump and instead focus on Democrats’ handling of the Epstein probe.”
Leaked Republican memo reveals GOP's strategy ahead of Epstein files release: CNN - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/republican-memo-trump-epstein/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-12-18 18:35:56
David Brooks, who wrote a NYT column last month decrying popular fixation on the Epstein story, appears in newly released photos of a 2011 event with Epstein (Anna Betts/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/jeffrey-epstein-estate-f…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-19 13:54:47
Matchup rankings: Upgrade Tetairoa McMillan, downgrade Dak Prescott https://www.espn.com/fantasy/football/story/_/id/47012514/fantasy-football-rankings-tips-nfl-week-12-matchups-qb-rb-wr-te
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-19 18:16:01
Dems threaten lawsuit as DOJ says it will miss Epstein files deadline (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/19/jeffrey-epstein-files-deadline-doj-democrats
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p61#a251219p61
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-18 01:46:53
Trump’s threat to impose fresh tariffs on eight European countries
– UK, Norway and six EU member states
– is a wrecking ball to the carefully stitched deals he concluded with those countries last summer.
The two biggest voting blocs in the European parliament,
🔸the European People’s Party (EPP) and
🔸the Socialists & Democrats (S&Ds),
said on Saturday night the deal with the EU cannot be approved in the present circumstances.
Trump’s threat a…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-11-20 00:20:58
The White House sends out a press release calling ABC News "a Democrat spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network" and cataloging perceived offenses (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/trump-abc-mary-bruce-attack-1236623924/
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-19 16:24:48
Suddenly, Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 midterms with corrupt gerrymanders appears in trouble.
A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats.
In Indiana, Republicans currently lack the votes to redraw their congressional map.
Trump is angry about all this.
He lashed out at Indiana Republicans, threatening primaries and calling one opponent “weak” and “pathetic.”
So is the scheme dead?
-- No.
Several as…
