Nathaniel Wice

Vance Endorsed Slashing Civil Liberties Protections During Minneapolis Visit If you read mainstream coverage of Vice President JD Vance’s trip to...

Vance Endorsed Slashing Civil Liberties Protections During Minneapolis Visit talkingpointsmemo.com/news/vance-e...

Truth Social Parent to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal

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+ Thursday 12/18/25 Trump personal fusion-hype www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...

+ Mon 12/22/25 Trump public attack on wind power www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.

1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game

Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.

It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing

ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI

Lutnick’s sons make NYT top of the fold.

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Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.

After 20 years in the Navy, Buzz Grambo thought he'd spend his retirement playing video games and watching baseball. Instead, he patrols the streets of Baltimore to protect his neighbors from ICE. He even upgraded his scooter to a Segway that reaches 26 mph to keep up with the agents. My latest:

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.

The Trump admin just can’t quit Paul Ingrassia of “Nazi streak” fame. The far-right extremist was appointed to yet another role, at the GSA: jewishinsider.com/2025/11/paul...

Because in this admin, hate is definitely not a dealbreaker: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u... @katierogersnyt.bsky.social

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.

We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.

www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Too broad a brush. bsky.app/profile/hake...

"President Trump has repeatedly labeled Jews who do not vote his way as 'disloyal,' 'stupid,' or worse," Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, told Axios in an emailed statement. She said that the president often divides the Jewish community into "'good' and 'bad' camps ... normalizing antisemitic attacks on those deemed 'bad.'" "Treating Jews as political footballs only makes Jews – and all communities – less safe. This is not about partisan politics — it's about the fundamental safety of our communities."

No matter who you vote for, Trump’s continued scapegoating of Jews is dangerous. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 272

I know this week’s Repping the Rep is going to come as a shock to many, but this is what having a big tent means, and I think we’ll find that maybe there’s a reason his constituents keep voting for him,
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GOP Rep. Mike Lawler raises money for radical anti-abortion group Lawler promised to defend contraception access, but is aligned with groups working to restrict it.

Mike Lawler may pretend to be a moderate in public, but he likes to raise money for anti-abortion groups in private.

Don’t fall for his act, #NY17.

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People aren’t outraged because of the “establishment.” We’re outraged because Platner had a Nazi tattoo.

Take clear responsibility and acknowledge the harm without all these caveats. But this isn’t it.

Opinion | They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work

My new NYT essay is about the essence of Trumpism: Bailing out farmers who can’t sell soybeans to China because of his tariffs, while bailing out Argentina so it can sell more soybeans to China. It’s the economic equivalent of pardoning pals and prosecuting enemies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...

NO KINGS Brewster, New York · Mobilize **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** The NO KINGS movement is only getting bigger and stronger. NO KINGS is more than just a slogan - it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. ...

Where in #NY-17 will you be protesting on Sat., 10/18?

Brewster: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Rockland: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Ossining: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Mt. Kisco: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

#MAGAMike #Lawler: We call BS on you and your #MAGA bosses!

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

By Andy Newman

At Civic Hall in Union Square, a man with a gun walked onto the stage at a Wikipedia conference.

Richard Knipel, CUNY's Wikimedian-in-Residence, jumped the gunman and, with others' help, saved the day. Gift link

Trump Boat Bombings Take Darker Turn as Top Official Suddenly Resigns As the head of the military’s Southern Command steps down, Adam Smith, the top Armed Services Committee Democrat, sheds new light on the departure—and on Trump’s appalling secrecy about the bombings.

News on Trump boat bombings --> Now that SouthCom Commander Alvin Holsey has resigned, likely over the bombings, ranking Armed Services Dem Adam Smith tells me committee Ds will demand Holsey's sworn testimony and press Rs to join them.

Smith spoke to us on the pod:
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Why a Pennsylvania Court Election This November Could Matter in 2028 Voters will decide whether three Democratic State Supreme Court justices will keep their seats in a swing state that will be crucial to the next presidential election.

What’s at stake in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court races this November? The future of abortion access, fair maps, and voting rights.

This race could even impact the outcomes of the 2026 and 2028 elections in this important swing state.

Read why:

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

This is not happening in a vacuum. Increasingly normalized antisemitic hate leads to real world violence - Tree of Life, the Capital Jewish Museum, Boulder, and sadly so much more. And it threatens not only Jews but all communities and the fabric of our society.

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building YouTube video by MSNBC

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

Let’s also applaud the ADL’s long-standing commitment to calling out right-wing extremism (e.g. olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/D...) G’Mar chatima tova !

Manchester synagogue: Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack, with suspect also believed to have been killed - police The suspect was shot by police, who say his condition cannot be confirmed due to

Two people were murdered at a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...

We’re facing a global crisis of antisemitism. Too many of us have feared news like this, especially on the High Holidays - it’s felt almost inevitable.

That is just plainly not true. Your budget slashed help for people who buy Affordable Care Act plans. That's 22 million Americans whose premiums are going up - RIGHT NOW - by double digits directly because of a policy you passed.

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Enters into Definitive Agreement To Acquire TEGNA Inc. for $6.2 Billion in Accretive Transaction | Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Enhances Nexstar’s Position as a Leading Local Media Company Preserves High-Quality Local Journalism and Diversity of Opinion Strengthens Ability to

After Trump’s FCC chair, demanded ABC take action against against Kimmel for his comments on Kirk, Nexstar, the largest operator of ABC affiliates announced it would pull Kimmel from its stations

Then ABC said it was taking Kimmel off the air

Nexstar is seeking FCC approval for a $6.2B merger

Suspect in Evergreen school shooting was ‘radicalized’ by ‘extremist network,’ investigators say | Colorado Newsline The suspect who shot and injured two people at Evergreen High School was “radicalized by some extremist network."

The Evergreen school shooter’s social media was “filled with white supremacist content, posts exhibiting a fascination with mass shootings, and reposted videos that ‘were explicitly antisemitic or depicted people in Nazi uniforms.’” coloradonewsline.com/briefs/everg...

Harvard Secures a Court Victory in Its Fight With Trump

Cutting billions in research funds does nothing to keep Jews - or anyone - safe. It only exploits legitimate concerns about antisemitism to undermine academic institutions and our democracy. This is good news ⬇️⬇️

Harvard Secures a Court Victory in Its Fight With Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...