Friday, December 26, 2025

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Styrofoam Collection Event

January 10, 2026 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Middleborough DPW Facility
65 Sachem Street

Are you overrun with Styrofoam from holiday packages? We’ve got the answer! Bring your Styrofoam on Saturday, January 10, 2026, to the Department of Public Works at 65 Sachem Street, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All the Styrofoam collected will be sorted and bagged and then delivered by DPW to Insulation Technologies, Inc. in Bridgewater who uses the material to make commercial and industrial products.

This collection event is being cosponsored by the Department of Public Works and our Green Sanctuary 2030 team along with Sustainable Middleborough. 

The DPW will accept polystyrene foam that “snaps”. That includes packing materials, foam peanuts, coolers, cups, meat trays, egg & takeout containers and other food cartons. ALL Styrofoam MUST be clean and dry; with no tape, labels, staples, cardboard, foil backing, or other material attached; and in clear or white bags if possible. The collected material can be recycled into new products like surfboards, helmets, park benches, insulation, road beds, construction materials, and more. 

You can help in two ways. Donate all your Styrofoam that day. And secondly, sign up to be a volunteer to help sort and bag the collected items. We will need folks for one or two hour shifts from 9 a.m. until about 2 p.m.There is a signup sheet on the table in the Parlor.  

Styrofoam can’t be put in curbside recycling so it ends up in the landfill, thrown out after only one use. But we can give it a second life by recycling it through this collection event. By recycling Styrofoam into longer-use products, we can keep it out of our landfill, roadsides, ocean, and waterways, where it never breaks down. 

Let’s all do our part to protect our Mother Earth. Donate your Styrofoam that day. Sign up to volunteer for a shift to help sort and bag the collections. Spread the word about the event to neighbors and friends.

If you have questions, contact Sandy Smiley. 



Friday Afternoon News Updates - 12/26/25

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Friday Afternoon News Updates - 12/26/25

It may be a holiday weekend, but the news rages on...


By Ben Meiselas

It has been a catastrophic Friday morning for Donald Trump, and not because of anything unexpected. It is catastrophic because his usual playbook is no longer working. Trump believed that launching military strikes in Nigeria would distract the public from covering up the full scope of the Epstein files. That distraction failed immediately. The American people are not confused. They are not looking away. They know a whole lot is being hidden.

Before I dive deeper, I want to give you a huge shoutout. You are too smart for Trump’s feeble-minded distraction attempts. You have stayed laser focused on the most important issues. And truly, that’s Trump’s biggest fear.

The Trump administration has admitted, implicitly and explicitly, that there may be millions of additional Epstein-related documents that were never disclosed, despite a legal requirement that they be released. The Epstein Files Transparency Act mandated full disclosure by December 19. That deadline passed. Now the administration claims it is “finding” massive quantities of new material. Sure.

Instead of complying with the law, Trump responded by posting an image of former President Bill Clinton and claimed that the push for Epstein transparency “boomeranged” on Democrats. That framing is cynical and dishonest, per usual. This is not about Republicans or Democrats. This is about releasing the files, all of them, as required by law. This is not about a political party. This is not a “hoax.” This is about justice for the survivors, and I promise that our reporting will always put survivors first.

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People are not asking for spin. They are asking for documents. They are asking why a president who claims innocence would be fighting disclosure so aggressively. Everyone can draw their own conclusions about motive, but the existence of a cover-up is no longer in dispute. It appears even many of the most die-hard MAGA supporters are taking note.

Trump’s spent years socializing with Jeffrey Epstein. There are photos, videos, and contemporaneous statements. He once described Epstein as a “terrific guy” who liked women “on the younger side.” Trump has since been found civilly liable for sexual assault. Mar-a-Lago itself was identified as a location where sex trafficking occurred. Virginia Giuffre, who later died by suicide, was trafficked from Mar-a-Lago by Ghislaine Maxwell. Those are facts.

Yet even as the Epstein scandal deepens, Trump’s posts spiral outward into a broader authoritarian tantrum. On the same morning, he bragged about sanctioning European officials for enforcing basic digital consumer protection laws. The European Union’s regulations are designed to limit fraud, bots, and disinformation. Instead of supporting democratic guardrails, the Trump administration is attacking Europe while simultaneously easing pressure on Russia. Remember my warnings a few weeks back about Trump’s plot to destabilize Europe? Well, we are seeing that in full effect right now.

The hypocrisy is worth pointing out. The United States is not sanctioning Saudi Arabia, where free speech does not exist. It is not sanctioning China. It is sanctioning Europe for attempting to protect democratic discourse. That is not a coincidence. It aligns perfectly with Vladimir Putin’s talking points, even as Russia bans platforms like X (formerly Twitter) outright.

This foreign policy inversion is happening alongside domestic collapse. Trump’s approval rating is in the 30s, the lowest of any president at this stage. Democrats are leading generic congressional and Senate ballots. Democratic Senate candidates are outraising Republicans by tens of millions of dollars. The public is rejecting what it is seeing.

Trump’s response has been to escalate disinformation. He continues to repost conspiracy theories about the 2020 election he lost decisively. He is still tortured by the fact that Joe Biden “beat him like a drum.” He posts images depicting senators as zombies while railing against the filibuster. It all reeks of desperation and weakness.

Perhaps the most revealing brag of all came when Trump celebrated the reduction of federal employment, boasting that hundreds of thousands of jobs have been eliminated since he took office. These were not “deep state” positions. These were skilled civil service jobs that support emergency management, data collection, manufacturing planning, and public health. Those workers are now gone, unemployment has risen, and national debt has exploded by $2.2 trillion in less than a year. Jobs down. Spending up. Debt soaring. Heckuva job, Donald!

The consequences of Trump’s sabotage are showing up in the justice system as well. In the failed prosecution of James Comey, the case collapsed under the weight of unlawful conduct. A key witness’s attorney-client communications were improperly seized by the government. A federal judge ruled that the search was unlawful and ordered the materials returned. The Department of Justice missed the deadline and filed an emergency motion for more time, citing staffing shortages over the holidays.

Who signed that filing? The same U.S. attorney who had already been disqualified from the case. Lindsey Halligan.

Incompetence. Corruption. Grievance politics. It’s just another day in Trump’s America.

Trump can post all he wants. He can launch distractions. He can smear and deflect. But the truth is catching up to him. The Epstein files are not going away. The courts are pushing back. The public is paying attention. And no amount of chaos can hide the truth.

Just like Russia thought it would take Kyiv in 24 hours, Trump thought the American people would give into his authoritarian regime fast. But it’s communities like this one that have proved Trump wrong. You held the line. And now, Trump is more desperate than ever.

Watch my report above, and let’s all continue to hold the line as we head into 2026. I am so grateful for your support.


TRUMP'S DOJ BOOBS! 

FOX JEANINE PIRRO...HUH? 

LINDSEY HALLIGAN...BEAUTY QUEEN? Or was she the real estate attorney? No one cares!

PARKING LOT ATTORNEY ALINA HABBA would rather be pretty than smart & proved it - failed at both! (There were videos of her chopping vegetables & avocadoes.)  

DOJ Tried to convict the SUBWAY WILTY SALAMI sub ATTACKER of a FELONY! A FELONY for throwing a WILTY SUBWAY SANDWICH at a WELL PADDED AGENT? 

Did you see the girth on the guy? 

Even the JURY didn't buy a FELONY! 

Then the CLOWNS tried to convict on a MISDEMEANER! 

SERIOUSLY - how stupid do you have to be? The next JURY didn't buy that either! 

WASTED TIME FOR JUDICIAL INCOMPETENCE & STUPIDITY that discredits the WARPED DOJ!

Remember: someone commented that MAGA stands for MAKE ATTORNEYS GET ATTORNEYS! 

Many of TRUMP's incompetent interim appointments are gone, judicial complaints have been filed by others to support and protect the legal ethics....

PLEASE REMEMBER as well that the ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES proposed need to be opposed to PROTECT ALL PEOPLE - we can't sacrifice our ENVIRONMENT, the AIR WE BREATH, WATER we drink,  WILDLIFE we share our planet with to these critters..... 

Simplify your political stance: OUR POLITICAL SUPPORT has always been:

1. WOMEN'S RIGHTS 

2. THE ENVIRONMENT

Never mind the clutter!


 


Trump Is Failing Miserably As A Judge Blocks His Illegal Funding Cuts, Artists Cancel Shows To Protest His Kennedy…

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Trump Is Failing Miserably As A Judge Blocks His Illegal Funding Cuts, Artists Cancel Shows To Protest His Kennedy Center Ego Trip, and His Compromised DOJ Resorts To Petty Name-Calling

The resistance is rising on every front


Corporate media is too busy trying to please their advertisers and billionaire bosses to tell the truth about Trump’s chaos—we aren’t.

We exist to cut through their sanewashing while holding the regime accountable. And everything we do is fueled by readers like you. Your support funds every investigation, every pressure campaign, and every report we deliver to counter maga propaganda. So I hope you’ll upgrade to a paid subscription today:

Thanks for being here. Let’s dive in.

A CAROLING PROTEST

Recently, in Naples, Florida, a group of protesters gathered outside The Home Depot—singing holiday songs with altered lyrics that slammed the Trump regime’s immigration abuses.

Mary Kathleen Wright, who attended the event, said: “We’re all immigrants here … I think it’s so unfair for people who are trying to better their lives to get a slap in the face instead of a welcome.”

MONEY WELL SPENT

Folks across America are making a big difference in some children’s lives by donating money to pay off school meal debts. DARCARS Automotive Group donated $230,000 to cover more than 80,000 meals for kids in Montgomery County, Maryland. And a family-owned business in Kansas City, Missouri, has been paying off account balances at one elementary school for years.

Their generosity is heartwarming, but school lunch debt shouldn’t exist at all. Minnesota proved it doesn’t have to. Pictured above is Gov. Tim Walz signing the law that guaranteed free breakfast and lunch for every student. This needs to be the case everywhere.

JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP

In a major blow to Trump, a judge blocked the regime from cutting Homeland Security funds from Democratic-run states that are refusing to go along with his unhinged immigration abuses.

The judge wrote: “To hold hostage funding for programs like [security] based solely on what appear to be defendants’ political whims is unconscionable and, at least here, unlawful.”

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell applauded the victory, saying the regime “cannot punish states that refuse to help carry out its cruel immigration agenda, particularly by denying them lifesaving funding that helps prepare for and respond to disasters and emergencies.”

FIGHTING FOR THE KENNEDY CENTER

Ever since Trump added his name to the Kennedy Center, there have been several cancellations. Folk singer Kristy Lee said she called off her show because Trump’s “personal promotion diminishes [the center’s] meaning and erodes the dignity owed to the legacy of a fallen president.”

On top of that, jazz musician Chuck Redd refused to do his annual Christmas Eve performance, stating: “When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert.”

Now, Dem Rep. Joyce Beatty has filed a lawsuit to undo the name change. And a group of over 70 Dem Reps. have banded together, demanding the “illegal Kennedy Center renaming effort be reversed.” No matter what, Trump’s name will be ripped off the building eventually.

THE DOJ’S RESPONSE SAYS IT ALL

Trump’s DOJ made a complete embarrassment out of itself this week. Longtime journalist Jamie Dupree had offered a simple question about why the Trump regime would release a fake letter from Jeffrey Epstein.

The DOJ responded, saying: “Because the law requires us to release all documents related to Jeffrey Epstein in our possession so that’s what we are doing, you dope. Are you suggesting we break the law?” This shows just how compromised the DOJ is, but Dupree took the insult in stride, calling it “a badge of honor.”

The irony, of course, is that this DOJ is already breaking the law by not releasing all of the Epstein files. And the entire release process has been a complete disaster.

In fact, the DOJ’s Southern District of New York and the FBI said they just found “over a million” more files “potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.” That’s an absolutely staggering amount of evidence to have sitting around gathering dust while they’re “busy” trying to gaslight and bully reporters.

Let me be clear: I’ve investigated Trump’s Epstein ties for a decade now—tracking the connections, cover-ups, and lies. There’s no way I’m stopping now.

While they try to bury the reality of Trump’s involvement, we are working around the clock to expose it. And we don’t just report the news—we mobilize the resistance. We proudly run one of the largest anti-maga social media operations ever, and have already contacted members of Congress 560,000 times over dozens of issues in the last year alone.

We do it all with no billionaires, no advertisers, and no nonsense. So if you want to support independent journalists that fight back, please upgrade to become a paid subscriber today:

Scott


Like this post and re-stack using the ♻️ button below to help this news break through the noise!

I have two questions for you today.

Do you think that all kids should have free meals at school?

What are your thoughts about the DOJ’s childish response to a simple question?


For all contact Congress links, or to volunteer, you can go here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-the-watchdog-coalition


Our main focuses today:

NEW: Demand AG Bondi release ALL of the Epstein files now: https://tinyurl.com/yzm32ams

Demand Congress vote on ACA subsidies: https://tinyurl.com/sv7ddnm3

And these 4 other actions:

Stand with Ukraine over Russia: https://tinyurl.com/2khn59cr

Pass bill on unmasking ICE and displaying clear ID: https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82

Demand answers about Trump’s visibly deteriorating health: https://tinyurl.com/sk9xm38v

Help us push for an investigation into Trump's Epstein coverup: https://tinyurl.com/4pfh2p4f

My interview with Rep. Swalwell: https://tinyurl.com/yccsbsvw



COMMENTS: 

Free lunches and breakfasts provide a healthier learning environment. It’s been proven that hungry kids do not perform well so free meals will help children to learn and think which will lead to smarter adults. “Make America SmartAgain”

The DOJ is a stain on our history. They lie, they TRY to beat down trumpys adversaries and they steal from out taxpayer money. Think Kash Patel dates, JDs vacations and Hegseth’s illegal war plans.


Of course school meals should be free, food during the school day is as essential as paper and pencils, art supplies ... This can easily be done, by reversing public funding for charter and private schools! Schools that are not required to abide by the rules and regulations of the public school districts should not have access to taxpayer support. If you choose to have your child(ren) attend a religious day school or some other type of non public school that should be your expense in addition to the taxes you pay to support Public Education which is a societal benefit whether or not your child(ren) attend or you are childless. The more educated a person is the less likely they are to be incarcerated as an adult. The ROI on Education and in particular early childhood education Head Start and other preschool is well over 100%. Not only does Education effect incarceration rates, but it also creates greater future incomes and therefore greater future tax revenues!


This ⬆️ Don’t let your states become like Florida where vouchers may be used to purchase wide screen TV’s ,stand-up paddle boards and theme park tickets.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/632365-expanded-education-voucher-pays-for-theme-park-tickets-big-screen-tvs-paddleboards-and-more/

https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/florida-audit-shows-lack-of-accountability-on-funds-paid-for-school-vouchers/


Our DOJ, SCOTUS and entire executive branch are so unqualified, unprofessional and corrupt that the entire world leadership has lost all faith and respect for the USA.


100% yes to free national school lunches. It's moral and frankly you can't learn when you are hungry. The DOJ is bonkers.


Congratulations to Minnesota and Gov. Walz for setting a prime example of care and decency. More like that, please. The Regime’s abusive & self-promoting lies/rhetoric are way past their sell-by date, so kudos to our team, that supports and assists all Americans of every age, color, lifestyle & belief.


A toast to the Regime’s last Christmas. 🍺


I believe absolutely every single school child should have a free breakfast (and breakfast club to practice learning for the day?) and a free school lunch. Attendance will rise. Concentration will improve.

A sense of inherent equality will be fostered.


Wait. The DOJ called Jaime Dupree a dope? I CANT WAIT TO BE DONE WITH THESE SHITHEAD PEOPLE!!!!! Unconscionable. But Tim Walz warms my heart! ❤️


If our education system was more properly run, every kid could get breakfast and lunch. Unfortunately we have a woman at the helm who wants to get rid of the Department of Education completely. As far as Bondi's response to a reporter, calling him a dope, that is just disgusting. All of the despicable cretins in TRump's entire Clown Car Cabinet are grotesque. They need to grow up.


Bondi’s Law License should be revoked due to every lie and illegality she has produced just like Rudy Guiliani! Also who the hell in the FBI would redact and coverup for all of the victims suffering decades because of Epstein/Griswald?


I read (somewhere, on Substack) that the White House has taken control of the DOJ's press office. That response probably came from DJT, who spends his time tweeting.


Help us see the files that are being unredacted by certain people or groups outside the DOJ


Not only should childhood nutrition be the responsiibility of the government (that is, we the people), so too should education in the form of tuitionless institutions of education.


And Healthcare. It is doable. Priorities need adjustment that’s all. If the rich have to pay taxes they won’t starve. Or lack the finest Healthcare. Or go uneducated. You get the picture.


No child in America should have to go without breakfast and lunch. It should be free and nutritious.

What Bondi is doing is criminal! She is altering the facts to protect a pedophile who is currently in meltdown mode. He knows the end if his reign is coming sooner than later, and I am here for it. The entire cabinet and his staff are all corrupt and complicit in his crimes.


The DOJ’s attitude is nothing more substantial than supreme arrogance. Arrogance has always been the weapon of the unprepared, the untruthful, the fearful.

Slap a subpoena on them. Have them swear under oath.

Have the guts to tell them to shut up when they try their windup, distracting, non-answer answers. Democrats’ endless politeness is really making me angry.

RIGHT ON! 


MAGA MAGGOTS 'testify' in public and the best that can do is regurgitate ATTACKS...NEVER ANSWER A QUESTION!  


The ORANGE TURD taught them well! 


I am no fan of the Democrats' timidity. But I am sure they also consider whether they have the power to carry through on a move. Politicians will say politics is the art of the possible. Are they in position to slap a subpoena on anyone? After the midterms, I sure hope so! And we all have got to put in every effort to make that happen.


Timidity? WRONG! 


Why should Democrats attack when the public testimony is damning? 

One could make a good argument that you are conspicuously uninformed. 

Democrats have been all over public forums - you haven't noticed? 

What's the point of arguing in Congress? 

Who are they going to SUBPOENA? 

Suggest that you review what happened with SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH! 

He was willing to testify in PUBLIC! 

You gotta play the PR GAME the GOP MAGGOTS are playing! 

They're panicked because JACK SMITH was right and POLITICAL HACK BILL BARR re-wrote SMITH'S REPORT, just as the EASTMAN REPORT is nothing more than toilet paper. 

Just like the BOGUS COMEY BIDEN IMPEACHMENT - couldn't find a SPY who fled the country, interviewed a RUSSIAN SPY, a CHINESE SPY, & the CLOWN INCARCERATED FOR HIS LIES...COMEY knew what nonsense his IMPEACHMENT CLAIMS were when DEMOCRATS called him out & told him to submit his ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.


DEMOCRATS are giving INTERVIEWS that are posted instead of wasting time in a shouting match with MAGGOTS. 

Q1: Yes. Then it's an equal playing field. Poor kids won't feel inferior when they get a free meal and the other kids are paying. That setup is asking for bullying and divisiveness.

Q2: No surprise coming from Bondi's DOJ. Childish behavior exudes because they know they are not competent and are breaking laws.


Is it really a "FAKE LETTER"? 

I'm torn! 

Joyce Vance explained in detail that as a Federal Prosecutor, she was aware that the envelope needed to contain the prisoner's ID, would then go to a sorting location for review before being forwarded - that would delay it for at least several days. 

It is unclear who returned the letter - not received until after EPSTEIN's death. 

Was it returned because it failed to include his prisoner number? 

Who would send a FAKE LETTER like that? Addressed to NASSAR? 

There is no indication of any dates on the letter. 

This may sound like trivia, but all of the failures and omissions in the releases are TRIVIA! 

BONDI ET AL released REDACTED PAGES and provided just enough for a reader to question where the rest of the information was - interviews with CO-CONSPIRATORS? MAUREEN COMEY'S investigtion? The FLORIDA MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION? 

Using ADOBE defines INCOMPETENCE! 

Non-functioning SEARCH defines INCOMPETENCE! 

DELETING entries published defines OBSTRUCTION! Ya gotta be pretty stupid not to realize that SAVVY FOLKS downloaded the original public release and would notice. 

The FBI cleaned out EPSTEIN'S ISLAND to sell it. Where's the INVENTORY? 

The FBI cleaned out EPSTEIN'S MANHATTAN APARTMENT. Where's the INVENTORY? 


NEVER STOP ASKING QUESTONS!


WHEN KRUSCHEV WAS ASKED WHY HE NEVER SPOKE UP TO STALIN

Robert Atkins, a member of the British Parliament, shared the following true story:

Kruschev was discoursing in an auditorium in Russia at great length over the iniquities of Stalin, when a voice in the audience yelled “As one of his colleagues why didn’t you stop him?”

Unbearable silence ensued, after which Kruschev thundered:” WHO SAID THAT ?”

After a long silence, Kruschev said “ Now you know why.”

Ring a bell?


Love the onslaught of bad news for this regime of misfits and morons. I just keep counting the days to the mid-terms. I know they are going to try and rig the outcome, but I think they are going to be rejected at a level that will make it impossible to hold on to Congress, and I'm hoping they can flip 4-6 senate seats. I would love to see Texas with a Democratic senator. Hopefully Maine, North Carolina and Ohio can flip as well. I know the odds are low, but these guys are so incompetent and the Epstein scandal just keeps getting worse for them. They just keep trying to gaslight people and I think people know they are just a band of liars. Wishing everyone at the Dworkin Report a healthy, happy and prosperous 2026. Thanks Scott for staying in the fight every day for this terrible time in our nation's history.


MAGA MAGGOTS across the nation are destroying as much as possible....no sane person can keep up with their destruction which is as it was intended, but look at the RED STATES' DESTRUCTION OF EDUCATION: 

Who stole your children’s future? Mapping the public schools that could be shut to pay for Republican tax cuts for billionaires.

The Republican “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA) Fails Students and Our Education System — New America

“… Ohio has cut its share of funding for public schools, siphoned off money for private school vouchers, overridden the governor’s efforts to protect school funding, and is now proposing easing property tax burdens on Ohioans by shifting the pain to public schools – retroactively.” — Big Independent Media


See how Republican tax cuts stole your children’s future Explore this map Watch on YouTube Republicans sacrifice your kids for their billionaire donors Great public education isn’t cheap, but Ohio spends far more on tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations — Policy Matters Every child deserves a supportive, well-resourced learning environment where they can thrive. In Ohio, access to high-quality education too often depends on where a child lives, their race, or how much money their family has in the bank. The Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP) was designed to fix that decades-old, unconstitutional disparity. This year, Ohio’s legislature abandoned it. Learn how the state budget could impact your district.

TakeAway: Call your MAGA rep: Stop gutting public schools to pay for tax cuts for their Epstein class billionaire donors.


https://thedemlabs.org/2025/12/26/public-schools-obba-republican-tax-cuts-epstein-class-billionaires/

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