ICYMI: December 10, 2025

Below are some headlines we may have missed. Please feel free to share your finds as long as they are not from some Fake News cesspool.

Happy Belated Birthday!:

(Something I totally forgot to include in yesterday’s blog):

‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Hits 60-Year Milestone — And Remains Iconic Today

Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends are now available to watch on Apple TV.

Enjoy the Jazz–relax–sip tea; forget about the Orange Ass; forget you might soon be eating dented canned food or shop and the expired food stores; zen out!

Breaking News:

Trump is actually bragging about the size of the oil tanker he pirated.

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— @GottaLaff (@gottalaff.bsky.social) December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM

US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela

The seizure comes after the U.S. has built up military forces around Venezuela for months in a pressure campaign by the Trump administration to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid a monthslong buildup of military forces surrounding the country, according to news reports and a person familiar with the matter.

The vessel was under U.S. sanctions, according to Bloomberg and people with knowledge of the matter.

It comes after the U.S. has built up military forces around Venezuela for months in a pressure campaign by the Trump administration to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Updates:

BREAKINGJeffrey Epstein's grand jury records from the 2019 prosecution must be released, a federal judge ruled. That means all three will come to light. Victims' privacy must be shielded, and feds can't use protective orders to block release of other files, Judge Berman rules.

Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) 2025-12-10T15:04:32.982Z

BREAKING: Judge Breyer GRANTS Newsom’s motion for a preliminary injunction BLOCKING Trump from deploying the California National Guard and returning control of the guard to the governor. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us…

Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-12-10T14:35:48.512Z

Federal Reserve lowers interest rates for the third time in a row, marking a continued effort to keep the labor market intact https://cnn.it/3MT6pOv

CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-12-10T19:10:34.206770251Z

For Those Who Do Not Know How Things Work:

Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) December 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Garbage People Spewing Garbage Things:

For Those Who Do Not Know How Things Work:

PSA: When Trump says Biden had high inflation, he leaves out that it had come down by the time he left, and was among the lowest in the world when Trump took over — and that the inflation was a global issue everyone experienced post-COVID.

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T13:16:29.205Z

CBS All In for a Dead Nazi:

In case it wasn’t already clear – cbs is fox now under Bari Weiss

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM

The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:

Jews for Hitler:

Stephen Miller makes it clear this has never just been about illegal immigration

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) December 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM

The DUI Hire:

NYT: “Behind that policy was a quieter goal: to ensure survivors did not end up in the judicial system, forcing them to show evidence justifying Trump’s military campaign.” 🧐https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/pentagon-boat-strike-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T14:57:58.771Z

Uncle Scott:

Houses are expensive because billionaires gobble up homes and fix the rent or turn them into Airbnbs. The billionaires want you to think immigrants are buying up all the property.

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— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) December 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM

Orwellian Speak:

Treasury Secretary Claims Rent ‘Down Significantly’ Under TrumpScott Bessent’s claim at Trump’s rally draws strong reactionmeidasnews.com/news/treasur…

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T19:10:08.880Z

Craven Assholes:

Typical Fundie Freak–Creepy, Indeed:

Creepy

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) December 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM

State News:

Miami will have its first Democratic mayor in 30 years

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T01:46:14.936Z

Eileen Higgins just became the first Democrat elected mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T00:38:42.902Z