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404 Media: How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech<\/a><\/h2>\nJesus Guti\u00e9rrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
\n…<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society,\u201d said Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy project director for the American Civil Liberties Union\u2019s (ACLU) Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. \u201cImmigration agents have no business scanning our faces with this glitchy, privacy-destroying technology\u2014especially after often stopping people based on nothing more than the color of their skin or the neighborhood they live in.\u201d
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\n(404 Media more…)<\/a><\/p>\nOwlMedia, Jose Mejia, and Rook T. Winchester: Alligator Alcatraz didn\u2019t survive by accident<\/a><\/h2>\nAlligator Alcatraz is still operating because the courts made a decision and then hid that decision behind procedure. This was not drift. It was permission.<\/p>\n
\n\n![\"Tor](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tor-Top.webp\" "\\"Tor")
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ProPublica: Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- Early Warnings<\/em>: Trump officials were told that cutting aid to South Sudan would exacerbate a deadly cholera epidemic. They did so anyway.\n
- Aid Charade<\/em>: Even as lifesaving programs closed in South Sudan, Rubio and other officials maintained they were still active and that no one had died. We found that wasn\u2019t true.\n
- A Surging Outbreak<\/em>: After the funding cuts, cases in South Sudan spiked. It\u2019s the worst cholera epidemic in the country\u2019s history.\n<\/ul>\n
(ProPublica more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
![\"Dusk](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LumbertonNC.avif\" "\\"Dusk")
<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
Conversation: 6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- Rural America is disappearing due to depopulation\n
- Most rural Americans live on farms\n
- Only white people live in rural America\n
- Rural America is healthier than urban America\n
- Rural families are more traditional than urban families\n
- A new \u2018rural revolt\u2019 gave Donald Trump his presidential victories\n<\/ol>\n
(Conversation more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
James Eagle: China\u2019s trade engine is shifting not slowing<\/a><\/h2>\nIt is easy to assume China\u2019s export machine is fading. Headlines focus on weaker shipments to the US and a softer global economy. But these charts tell a very different story. China\u2019s overall trade surplus has pushed past $1 trillion which is the highest level on record. So what\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n
What has changed is where the surplus comes from. Exports to the US have fallen yet exports to everywhere else, especially other Asian countries, has climbed sharply. China has rerouted its trade rather than reduced it. Much of this reflects supply chain rewiring. China ships more components to neighbours who then assemble and re-export their finished goods. Some of it reflects new areas of dominance such as electric vehicles, machinery and low cost consumer electronics. The result is a surplus that keeps expanding even as one of its core markets shrinks.
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\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
truthout: US Relied on Illegal Sanctions to Seize Venezuelan Oil Tanker<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nWhen a country takes it upon itself to impose sanctions without Security Council approval, they are called unilateral coercive measures, which violate the UN Charter.
\n(truthout more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
NY Times: Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader<\/a><\/h2>\nKash Patel\u2019s impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
NewsBreak: Trump\u2019s Econ Goon Lets Slip That President Is Fed Flattering Numbers<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Mary Geddry: When the Adults in the World Leave the Room<\/a><\/h2>\nAustralia governs, Europe braces, Ukraine resists, and America, under Trump, forgets how to think, act, or protect its own.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
WSJ: The White House Misreads U.S. Interests in Europe<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Michael Thomas: Explore thousands of solar, wind, battery, and data center projects across the US\u2014for free<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – December 15, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\u201cFor the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character. And although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I\u2019ve been here three years and three days. And I can tell you, without hesitation, being president of this country is entirely about character.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 1995 the late Rob Reiner\u2014 who, along with his wife Michele Singer Reiner, lost his life yesterday\u2014 directed The American President<\/em>, written by Aaron Sorkin. In the film, President Andrew Shepherd, a widower, is facing a challenge from Republican presidential hopeful Senator Bob Rumson, who attacks Shepherd by focusing on the activist past of the woman he is dating, lawyer and lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade.<\/p>\nThe final scene of the film is a speech by the president rejecting the pretended patriotism of his partisan attacker, who is cynically manipulating voters to gain power. It is a meditation on what it means to be the president of the United States.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSarah Jones: Facts Matter: Rob Reiner Condemned the Murder of Charlie Kirk and Praised His Widow<\/a><\/h2>\nMAGA are attacking Rob Reiner to justify Donald Trump’s unpresidential comments about the beloved filmmaker after his murder, but Reiner condemned the murder of Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n
John Pavlovitz: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. He and His Supporters Have It.<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThe truth is, if Trump\u2019s words were coming from their child\u2019s school principal, MAGAs would demand his resignation.
\nIf he were on staff at their church, they\u2019d have him removed in seconds.
\nIf he were someone in their employ, he\u2019d be swiftly terminated.
\nIf he were any adult other than the Republican President they\u2019ve sworn their faithfulness to, they\u2019d be deeply concerned about having proximity to them or their children.
\n(John Pavlovitz more …)<\/a><\/p>\nJoyce Vance: The Absence of Decency<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n![\"Brian](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brian-Allen-tweet-Kirk-Trump-Reiner-TDS.jpeg\" "\\"Brian")
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\n![\"swap](\"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/swap-Trump-coins-for-50-year-mortgage-to-afford-health-insurance.jpg\" "\\"swap")
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
\nGriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"curated news excerpts & citations 404 Media: How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech Jesus Guti\u00e9rrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go. … \u201cThis is a flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society,\u201d said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7426"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7462,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions\/7462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n…<\/p>\n
\n
\n(404 Media more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
OwlMedia, Jose Mejia, and Rook T. Winchester: Alligator Alcatraz didn\u2019t survive by accident<\/a><\/h2>\nAlligator Alcatraz is still operating because the courts made a decision and then hid that decision behind procedure. This was not drift. It was permission.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
ProPublica: Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- Early Warnings<\/em>: Trump officials were told that cutting aid to South Sudan would exacerbate a deadly cholera epidemic. They did so anyway.\n
- Aid Charade<\/em>: Even as lifesaving programs closed in South Sudan, Rubio and other officials maintained they were still active and that no one had died. We found that wasn\u2019t true.\n
- A Surging Outbreak<\/em>: After the funding cuts, cases in South Sudan spiked. It\u2019s the worst cholera epidemic in the country\u2019s history.\n<\/ul>\n
(ProPublica more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
Conversation: 6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- Rural America is disappearing due to depopulation\n
- Most rural Americans live on farms\n
- Only white people live in rural America\n
- Rural America is healthier than urban America\n
- Rural families are more traditional than urban families\n
- A new \u2018rural revolt\u2019 gave Donald Trump his presidential victories\n<\/ol>\n
(Conversation more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
James Eagle: China\u2019s trade engine is shifting not slowing<\/a><\/h2>\nIt is easy to assume China\u2019s export machine is fading. Headlines focus on weaker shipments to the US and a softer global economy. But these charts tell a very different story. China\u2019s overall trade surplus has pushed past $1 trillion which is the highest level on record. So what\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n
What has changed is where the surplus comes from. Exports to the US have fallen yet exports to everywhere else, especially other Asian countries, has climbed sharply. China has rerouted its trade rather than reduced it. Much of this reflects supply chain rewiring. China ships more components to neighbours who then assemble and re-export their finished goods. Some of it reflects new areas of dominance such as electric vehicles, machinery and low cost consumer electronics. The result is a surplus that keeps expanding even as one of its core markets shrinks.
\n
\n<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
truthout: US Relied on Illegal Sanctions to Seize Venezuelan Oil Tanker<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nWhen a country takes it upon itself to impose sanctions without Security Council approval, they are called unilateral coercive measures, which violate the UN Charter.
\n(truthout more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
NY Times: Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader<\/a><\/h2>\nKash Patel\u2019s impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
NewsBreak: Trump\u2019s Econ Goon Lets Slip That President Is Fed Flattering Numbers<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Mary Geddry: When the Adults in the World Leave the Room<\/a><\/h2>\nAustralia governs, Europe braces, Ukraine resists, and America, under Trump, forgets how to think, act, or protect its own.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
WSJ: The White House Misreads U.S. Interests in Europe<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Michael Thomas: Explore thousands of solar, wind, battery, and data center projects across the US\u2014for free<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – December 15, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\u201cFor the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character. And although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I\u2019ve been here three years and three days. And I can tell you, without hesitation, being president of this country is entirely about character.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 1995 the late Rob Reiner\u2014 who, along with his wife Michele Singer Reiner, lost his life yesterday\u2014 directed The American President<\/em>, written by Aaron Sorkin. In the film, President Andrew Shepherd, a widower, is facing a challenge from Republican presidential hopeful Senator Bob Rumson, who attacks Shepherd by focusing on the activist past of the woman he is dating, lawyer and lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade.<\/p>\nThe final scene of the film is a speech by the president rejecting the pretended patriotism of his partisan attacker, who is cynically manipulating voters to gain power. It is a meditation on what it means to be the president of the United States.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSarah Jones: Facts Matter: Rob Reiner Condemned the Murder of Charlie Kirk and Praised His Widow<\/a><\/h2>\nMAGA are attacking Rob Reiner to justify Donald Trump’s unpresidential comments about the beloved filmmaker after his murder, but Reiner condemned the murder of Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n
John Pavlovitz: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. He and His Supporters Have It.<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThe truth is, if Trump\u2019s words were coming from their child\u2019s school principal, MAGAs would demand his resignation.
\nIf he were on staff at their church, they\u2019d have him removed in seconds.
\nIf he were someone in their employ, he\u2019d be swiftly terminated.
\nIf he were any adult other than the Republican President they\u2019ve sworn their faithfulness to, they\u2019d be deeply concerned about having proximity to them or their children.
\n(John Pavlovitz more …)<\/a><\/p>\nJoyce Vance: The Absence of Decency<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
\nGriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"curated news excerpts & citations 404 Media: How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech Jesus Guti\u00e9rrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go. … \u201cThis is a flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society,\u201d said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7426"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7462,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions\/7462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a><\/p>\nProPublica: Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- Early Warnings<\/em>: Trump officials were told that cutting aid to South Sudan would exacerbate a deadly cholera epidemic. They did so anyway.\n
- Aid Charade<\/em>: Even as lifesaving programs closed in South Sudan, Rubio and other officials maintained they were still active and that no one had died. We found that wasn\u2019t true.\n
- A Surging Outbreak<\/em>: After the funding cuts, cases in South Sudan spiked. It\u2019s the worst cholera epidemic in the country\u2019s history.\n<\/ul>\n
(ProPublica more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
Conversation: 6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- Rural America is disappearing due to depopulation\n
- Most rural Americans live on farms\n
- Only white people live in rural America\n
- Rural America is healthier than urban America\n
- Rural families are more traditional than urban families\n
- A new \u2018rural revolt\u2019 gave Donald Trump his presidential victories\n<\/ol>\n
(Conversation more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
James Eagle: China\u2019s trade engine is shifting not slowing<\/a><\/h2>\nIt is easy to assume China\u2019s export machine is fading. Headlines focus on weaker shipments to the US and a softer global economy. But these charts tell a very different story. China\u2019s overall trade surplus has pushed past $1 trillion which is the highest level on record. So what\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n
What has changed is where the surplus comes from. Exports to the US have fallen yet exports to everywhere else, especially other Asian countries, has climbed sharply. China has rerouted its trade rather than reduced it. Much of this reflects supply chain rewiring. China ships more components to neighbours who then assemble and re-export their finished goods. Some of it reflects new areas of dominance such as electric vehicles, machinery and low cost consumer electronics. The result is a surplus that keeps expanding even as one of its core markets shrinks.
\n
\n<\/a>
\n<\/center>
\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
truthout: US Relied on Illegal Sanctions to Seize Venezuelan Oil Tanker<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nWhen a country takes it upon itself to impose sanctions without Security Council approval, they are called unilateral coercive measures, which violate the UN Charter.
\n(truthout more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
NY Times: Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader<\/a><\/h2>\nKash Patel\u2019s impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
NewsBreak: Trump\u2019s Econ Goon Lets Slip That President Is Fed Flattering Numbers<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Mary Geddry: When the Adults in the World Leave the Room<\/a><\/h2>\nAustralia governs, Europe braces, Ukraine resists, and America, under Trump, forgets how to think, act, or protect its own.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
WSJ: The White House Misreads U.S. Interests in Europe<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Michael Thomas: Explore thousands of solar, wind, battery, and data center projects across the US\u2014for free<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – December 15, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n\u201cFor the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character. And although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I\u2019ve been here three years and three days. And I can tell you, without hesitation, being president of this country is entirely about character.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 1995 the late Rob Reiner\u2014 who, along with his wife Michele Singer Reiner, lost his life yesterday\u2014 directed The American President<\/em>, written by Aaron Sorkin. In the film, President Andrew Shepherd, a widower, is facing a challenge from Republican presidential hopeful Senator Bob Rumson, who attacks Shepherd by focusing on the activist past of the woman he is dating, lawyer and lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade.<\/p>\nThe final scene of the film is a speech by the president rejecting the pretended patriotism of his partisan attacker, who is cynically manipulating voters to gain power. It is a meditation on what it means to be the president of the United States.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSarah Jones: Facts Matter: Rob Reiner Condemned the Murder of Charlie Kirk and Praised His Widow<\/a><\/h2>\nMAGA are attacking Rob Reiner to justify Donald Trump’s unpresidential comments about the beloved filmmaker after his murder, but Reiner condemned the murder of Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n
John Pavlovitz: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. He and His Supporters Have It.<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThe truth is, if Trump\u2019s words were coming from their child\u2019s school principal, MAGAs would demand his resignation.
\nIf he were on staff at their church, they\u2019d have him removed in seconds.
\nIf he were someone in their employ, he\u2019d be swiftly terminated.
\nIf he were any adult other than the Republican President they\u2019ve sworn their faithfulness to, they\u2019d be deeply concerned about having proximity to them or their children.
\n(John Pavlovitz more …)<\/a><\/p>\nJoyce Vance: The Absence of Decency<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
\nGriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
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(ProPublica more…)<\/a><\/p>\n (Conversation more…)<\/a><\/p>\n It is easy to assume China\u2019s export machine is fading. Headlines focus on weaker shipments to the US and a softer global economy. But these charts tell a very different story. China\u2019s overall trade surplus has pushed past $1 trillion which is the highest level on record. So what\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n What has changed is where the surplus comes from. Exports to the US have fallen yet exports to everywhere else, especially other Asian countries, has climbed sharply. China has rerouted its trade rather than reduced it. Much of this reflects supply chain rewiring. China ships more components to neighbours who then assemble and re-export their finished goods. Some of it reflects new areas of dominance such as electric vehicles, machinery and low cost consumer electronics. The result is a surplus that keeps expanding even as one of its core markets shrinks. … Kash Patel\u2019s impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.<\/p>\n Australia governs, Europe braces, Ukraine resists, and America, under Trump, forgets how to think, act, or protect its own.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character. And although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me, I\u2019ve been here three years and three days. And I can tell you, without hesitation, being president of this country is entirely about character.\u201d<\/p>\n In 1995 the late Rob Reiner\u2014 who, along with his wife Michele Singer Reiner, lost his life yesterday\u2014 directed The American President<\/em>, written by Aaron Sorkin. In the film, President Andrew Shepherd, a widower, is facing a challenge from Republican presidential hopeful Senator Bob Rumson, who attacks Shepherd by focusing on the activist past of the woman he is dating, lawyer and lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade.<\/p>\n The final scene of the film is a speech by the president rejecting the pretended patriotism of his partisan attacker, who is cynically manipulating voters to gain power. It is a meditation on what it means to be the president of the United States. MAGA are attacking Rob Reiner to justify Donald Trump’s unpresidential comments about the beloved filmmaker after his murder, but Reiner condemned the murder of Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n … <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" curated news excerpts & citations 404 Media: How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech Jesus Guti\u00e9rrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go. … \u201cThis is a flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society,\u201d said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7426"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7462,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7426\/revisions\/7462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\nConversation: 6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nJames Eagle: China\u2019s trade engine is shifting not slowing<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\ntruthout: US Relied on Illegal Sanctions to Seize Venezuelan Oil Tanker<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nWhen a country takes it upon itself to impose sanctions without Security Council approval, they are called unilateral coercive measures, which violate the UN Charter.
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\nNY Times: Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nNewsBreak: Trump\u2019s Econ Goon Lets Slip That President Is Fed Flattering Numbers<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nMary Geddry: When the Adults in the World Leave the Room<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nWSJ: The White House Misreads U.S. Interests in Europe<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nMichael Thomas: Explore thousands of solar, wind, battery, and data center projects across the US\u2014for free<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – December 15, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSarah Jones: Facts Matter: Rob Reiner Condemned the Murder of Charlie Kirk and Praised His Widow<\/a><\/h2>\n
John Pavlovitz: Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. He and His Supporters Have It.<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThe truth is, if Trump\u2019s words were coming from their child\u2019s school principal, MAGAs would demand his resignation.
\nIf he were on staff at their church, they\u2019d have him removed in seconds.
\nIf he were someone in their employ, he\u2019d be swiftly terminated.
\nIf he were any adult other than the Republican President they\u2019ve sworn their faithfulness to, they\u2019d be deeply concerned about having proximity to them or their children.
\n(John Pavlovitz more …)<\/a><\/p>\nJoyce Vance: The Absence of Decency<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nGriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\n
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\n
Project 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
DOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
ProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\n
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n
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