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NFL Delivers Harsh Punishment for Hit That Injured Cowboys WR https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/nfl-delivers-harsh-punishment-ryan-flournoy/

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…

"Tire rubber decays into a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail, research shows"
#Cars #Vehicles #Pollution

Tire rubber decays into a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail, research shows
The small, spongy black beads used as fill material in most artificial turf fields are called crumb rubber, which has long been touted as a major win for recycling. However, conflicting studies have alternately identified crumb rubber as either safe for people to play atop or dangerous to human health.

🇺🇸 In seinem Tagesanbruch zeigt Florian Harms, wie ICE unter Trump zu mehr als einer Einwanderungspolizei wird – paramilitärisch, martialisch, ein Machtinstrument des Präsidenten, das Angst verbreitet statt rechtsstaatlich zu handeln. Eine Demokratie braucht keine Schlagtruppen zur politischen Durchsetzung. #Trump #ICE

Trumps ICE-Truppe: USA befinden sich auf dem Weg in den Polizeistaat
Trumps ICE-Trupps entwickeln sich zu paramilitärischer Armee.

How a single meme can jeopardise your trip https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20251217-how-a-single-meme-can-jeopardise-your-trip

How a single meme can jeopardise your trip
Social media posts deemed dangerous or offensive can increasingly lead to visa denial or online backlash. Here's what global travellers need to know.

I’ve seen posts about how Democratic politicians have to be “punished” and then they’ll shape up — even one horrifying post basically arguing that we need a couple more years for fascism to fully materialize in order to reform our political system.
My dude…this “people will wake up when it’s bad enough” trope doesn’t work. It’s never worked. It’s been failing spectacularly my whole life — and if one Trump term didn’t do it…what will? And how many people’s lives will be destroyed along the way?
That thinking will kill us all.
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R. Bruce Dold, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune, where he became editor-in-chief and publisher, is dead at 70 (Trip Gabriel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/bruce-dold-dead.html

R. Bruce Dold, Chicago Tribune Publisher and Pulitzer Winner, Dies at 70
As head of the editorial page, he encouraged The Tribune’s support of Barack Obama, resulting in the paper’s first endorsement of a Democrat running for the White House.

"Under the banner of democracy, freedom and human rights, the United States has thereby extended its domination over large swathes of the world, presenting itself as a benevolent benefactor rather than a domineering despot. It has, in this way, perfected the use of empire denial as the best cover for the construction of its imperium."
Gabriel Rockill
True, but the current regime is taking the huge risk of ending that pretence. Let's hope that heralds its fall.

#Epstein emails released by #Democrats from trove of 23,000 documents provided by Epstein’s estate to the House Oversight Committee. say not only did #Drumpf 'knew about the girls' but also spent time with a specific victim …

Epstein email says Trump 'knew about the girls'
The White House is accusing Democrats of selectively leaking emails from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to “create a fake narrative" to smear President Donald Trump. Epstein wrote in a 2011 email Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later Trump “knew about the girls." The emails made public by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday add to the questions about Trump’s friendship with Epst…

"MTS:n (Maanpuolustustiedotuksen neuvottelukunta) mukaan vain 39 prosenttia suomalaisista arvioi Yhdysvaltojen olevan valmis puolustamaan Suomea ja muita Euroopan Nato-maita. Miehet ovat
naisia luottavaisempia, sillä puolet miehistä uskoo Yhdysvaltojen apuun.
Perussuomalaisten kokoomuksen kannattajat ja luottavat Yhdysvaltoihin lujemmin kuin muiden puolueiden kannattajat." HS 10.12.25
#turpo

Yhdysvallat tukee nyt avoimesti Euroopan Venäjä-mielisiä
Vastikään julkaistu Yhdysvaltojen turvallisuusstrategia ryöpyttää liberaaliin demokratiaan uskovaa Eurooppaa. Sen ei pitäisi olla suuri yllätys, sillä Trumpin hallinto on tukenut Euroopan laitaoikeistoa läpi vuoden.