Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
Today, Trump plans a $12B bailout for farmers after the fallout from his failed trade war; the DC Circuit Court of Appeals sides with Kegseth on the transgender military ban; detainees at the Everglades concentration camp were tortured according to a new report from Amnesty International; Hondurans issue an arrest warrant for their drug trafficking ex-president that Trump pardoned; Congress is going to withhold Kegseth’s travel budget until he releases the full September 2nd video; criminal contempt proceedings are underway in Boasberg’s courtroom after he orders both Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign to testify; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.
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Supreme Court upholds Trump's ban on transgender military members while appeals continue|NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5388507/supreme-court-transgender-military
Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump|NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/world/americas/honduras-hernandez-arrest-warrant.html
Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War|NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/politics/trump-farmers-aid-bailout.html
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human rights violations’| The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/alligator-alcatraz-human-right-violations-amnesty-report
Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo|CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-alien-enemies-act-1798-deportations-guantanamo/
Judge orders top DOJ attorney to testify about Alien Enemies Act deportations|ABC
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-orders-top-doj-attorney-testify-alien-enemies/story?id=128222048
Justice Department faces call for internal probe into legal opinion on Venezuelan boat strikes|CBS nes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-venezuela-boat-strikes-office-of-legal-counsel/
Good Trouble - https://near.tl/sm/ik-ZushRa
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/massachusetts-church-ice-nativity-scene.html
If the Leguminati are so inclined, I bet we could remind the Archbishop what Jesus would do. Here is the link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/massachusetts-church-ice-nativity-scene.html
https://www.bostoncatholic.org/contact-us
From The Good News
https://x.com/PhilNvestigates/status/1998242469985615955?s=20
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/allegheny/recreation/jakes-rocks-overlook
https://www.tigerlilytherapy.org/
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