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12+ min ago (277+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump looks on before departing for the Army/Navy football game in Baltimore, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 13, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz President Donald Trump's devoted MAGA loyalists aren't shy about trying to get his image into as many places as possible, from silver Trump coins to proposing that his image be added to Mt. Rushmore alongside famous images of Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that America the Beautiful passes for national parks would include a Trump image. But according to SFGate report Sam Mauhay-Moore, Colorado-based watercolor artist Jenny McCarty found a way to cover Trump's face on the passes. In an article published on December 14, Mauhay-Moore reports that McCarthy announced she is "selling stickers that cover up the controversial and allegedly…...

24+ min ago (1057+ words) The trade: House Republican leadership made several deals with hardline Republican members to get their votes for the military appropriations bill this week, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) says that one of the promises made was to hold a vote on her bill to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors, something she has been pushing for years without much success. Why it matters: Families of trans kids have been fleeing red states for years as they enact tougher policies attacking their rights. If this bill passes, doctors could be thrown in prison for providing safe and effective health care no matter what state they practice in. Why some Republicans are complaining: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was outraged that some of the anti-trans riders in the 2026 NDAA were removed in order to get it passed by both the House and…...

32+ min ago (390+ words) Andrea Vitello " nato nel 1992 a Empoli in provincia di Firenze, dove vive. Si " laureato in filosofia e in scienze storiche all'Universit" di Firenze. Ambientalista e pacifista da sempre. Segue e si interessa di politica da molto tempo con particolare attenzione ai diritti umani. E' stato capo ufficio stampa del Filosofestival, il festival della filosofia di Firenze. Ha contribuito a l'Enciclopedia dei Giusti di Gariwo la foresta dei Giusti, fondazione con la quale collabora. A febbraio 2022 " uscito il suo libro "Il nazista che salv" gli ebrei. Storie di coraggio e solidariet" in Danimarca" (Le lettere, Firenze). Il libro ha la prefazione di Moni Ovadia e la postfazione di Gabriele Nissim, Presidente di Gariwo. Scrive su Ecologica.online e Pressenza. Yesterday morning, Saturday 13 December, at the Palestinian Embassy in Rome, Moni Ovadia, the well-known actor and activist, received honorary Palestinian citizenship from…...

38+ min ago (423+ words) Conservative commentator and U.S. Army veteran Jim Hanson took to Fox News Sunday to lay blame for the deadly mass shooting in Australia targeting its Jewish community on critics of Israel's military siege on Gaza. On Sunday, at least 11 people were killed and at least 29 injured after two gunmen opened fire at an event on Bondi Beach celebrating the start of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, according to BBC. Hanson, the chief strategist at the U.S.-based conservative think tank Middle East Forum, blamed the attack, in part, on "groups" that he accused of spreading "lies" about Israel's siege on Gaza, which has killed at least 70,000 people, the majority of them women and children, though other analyses suggest the death toll to be much higher. "The idea you can secure any large group of people in a country like Australia, the United States…...

54+ min ago (870+ words) You were told you'd change the world. But there's a better way to think about your potential. Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It's based on value pluralism " the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this anonymous form. Here's this week's question from a reader, condensed and edited for clarity: I've worked in communications for the past decade helping get important ideas out to the public. I'm good at what I do and I think it's useful, but I don't really feel like I'm having a grand impact on the world. Meanwhile, some of my friends have built their entire careers around the goal of having the biggest…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (827+ words) The truce did not address the root cause of the conflict. A new initiative with a clear enforcement mechanism is needed. By Ronny P Sasmita Yet that promise evaporated almost as soon as the delegations returned home. Bangkok's air strikes on Cambodian positions in contested border pockets triggered immediate evacuations. What this sequence reveals is painfully familiar. Ceasefires in this dispute have rarely been more than pauses in a long cycle of distrust. Agreements are signed in conference halls, but the frontier itself has its own rhythm " one shaped by longstanding grievances, competing national narratives and the difficulties of managing heavily armed forces operating in ambiguous terrain. The ceasefire endorsed at the ASEAN summit was constructed as the foundation for a broader roadmap. It committed both sides to cease hostilities, halt troop movements and gradually scale down the deployment of…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago (89+ words) A megachurch in 2013 (Wikimedia Creative Commons) But during Donald Trump's second presidency, Wilson has become increasingly visible. Trump's allies, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, openly embrace Christ Church. Religion News Service (RNS) reporter Tracy Simmons examines Wilson's growing prominence in the MAGA movement in an article published on December 12. Wilson, who believes that Christ Church is now "punching about our weight," started out as a Baptist but later moved to a severe form of Calvinism. Read Tracy Simmons' full Religion News Service (RNS) article at this link....

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (649+ words) It's not a glass ceiling, it's a marble ceiling." " Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), in an interview with USA Today, on a woman becoming president. CNN: Democrats beat Trump's 2024 results in five US House districts with special elections this year by at least 13 points. Over-performance at that level next year would flip three" Eric Trump sounded triumphant after Florida officials recently approved giving away a prized piece of Miami real estate for his father's presidential library," the Washington Post reports. Said Trump: I" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with the help of his European allies, has carefully crafted a response to President Trump's peace plan that essentially boils down to: Yes, but"," the Wall" James Carville lamented in a video that he and the Democratic Party have made some faulty assumptions about young people, the New York Post reports. Said Carville:…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (487+ words) This should be a warning to all women: Woman becomes a stay-at-home mom for 10 years. Then her husband tells her something shocking Cortney (@cortneygetsfit) and her recent life update have the internet in shambles. Her minute-and-a-half clip has racked up 9.9 million views and almost 40,000 comments. Meaning her TikTok hit a nerve. The clip begins with Cortney saying, "So yall wanna know the scariest thing, and its happening to me now, is being a female married." She goes on to say she has two kids, aged five and seven, and that shes been a SAHM for the past 10+ years. She then says, "I have no income. I have no money. I use my husbands credit card and I use my husbands money." Cortney then looks at the camera and scoffs while saying, "What card? I dont have a card. That is…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (297+ words) My 3-year-old son is going through a phase where all he wants to eat is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I'm willing to indulge him until it passes, but my husband is becoming impatient and wants to give him the choice of either eating what's in front of him at mealtimes or going without. His rationale is "he'll eat when he gets hungry." Who's right? I'm with you. It's a phase; it'll pass. What's the hurry? Indeed, "impatient is an interesting word to describe how your husband is feeling about your child's eating. I am pretty sure he knows that eventually PB&J will lose its appeal (especially if your 3-year-old eats it at every meal for weeks on end) and your son will want to expand his culinary palate. "Don't Want a Screen-Time Standoff Our columnists want to hear…...