Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Today, Jack Smith testified behind closed doors before the House Judiciary Committee; House Republicans jam through their stupid health care plan without extending ACA subsidies, but Hakeem Jeffries got 218 members to sign a discharge petition for a clean 3 year extension of subsidies; Dan Bongino is gonna quit the FBI on the same day the Epstein Files are due; the Coast Guard goes back to designating nooses and swastikas as divisive rather than symbols of hate; a judge has blocked Trump’s limits on lawmakers access to inspect ICE facilities; measles outbreaks worsen in multiple states; the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly fire tens of thousands of health care jobs; Warner Bros. plans to reject the Paramount bid backed by Saudi money; an appeals court clears the way for Trump to keep National Guard troops on the streets in DC; DHS fast tracked a one billion dollar contract to a Trump donor; the Senate passes the National Defense Authorization Act that pushes Kegseth to release the boat strike video; Ghislaine Maxwell files a habeas petition challenging her incarceration; and Allison delivers and your Good News.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/17/house-republicans-aca-subsidies-vote/

https://apnews.com/article/defense-bill-boat-strikes-hegseth-a0886906eb50432c38a4d5bf08e6a719

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/17/coast-guard-swastika-kevin-lunday/

https://apnews.com/article/jack-smith-congress-justice-department-d35557d525fcfe51a20d08c6abb7f71d

https://www.ms.now/news/bongino-fbi-leaving

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/measles-outbreaks-worsen-south-carolina-arizona-utah/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/va-veterans-affairs-job-cuts-trump/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/17/dhs-contract-trump-donor/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/ice-lawmaker-visits-policy-ruling-00695801

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/trump-national-guard-washington-dc-court-ruling-00694754

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/business/media/warner-bros-paramount-takeover-netflix.html

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Indivisible Groups, Colorado Partnership Teams, Aurora Unidos CSO and many other community organizations and individuals are protesting on Dec 20 against Key Lime Air's contract with ICE to transport detainees and with their contract with the University of Colorado to transport their athletic teams. Denver Air Connection is a subsidiary of Key Lime Air and we are protesting at numerous airports which serve Denver Air Connection. Y'all covered our efforts with Denver's City Council members voting down an expansion of Key Lime at Denver International Airport. 

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