NEW - UK’s second largest supermarket chain, Sainsbury's, to remove Grinch Christmas card after it was called "transphobic" and that it "invalidated the lived experiences of trans people" — Daily Mail https://hell.twtr.plus/media/326d425a294f1cc518cedf869ef559cd317ec37c403418f68705cbccd21691cb.file

JUST IN - Bank of England cuts interest rate to 3.75% — Sky https://hell.twtr.plus/media/12aedf0d177c55b5cd54b922bc0c14985c28fe58f18ca25ce698d2d246fb4b64.file

JUST IN - Trump admin announces massive $10 billion arms package to Taiwan, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones — AP

NOW - Trump: "To each and every one of you: Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year, God bless you all!" https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3c6d67b5250714287e45fa2cb4edf54ba27201c5d17ef9bdd1dcff44b66f7b23.file

JUST IN - Trump announces that 1,450,000 U.S. military members will receive a special "warrior dividend" of $1,776 before Christmas. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3229d6e1d76284d43ecb59d8cc10f7a4d30f68e61bf0b942874285d7addb90c0.file

ICYMI - Caroline Ellison was "quietly moved" from federal prison to "community confinement," after serving 11 months of her two year sentence, with online prison records listing an early release for Feb 2026 — BI https://hell.twtr.plus/media/df3d87edc88e77f31d4ca86b999df320cb3f63b99e3f8a6af2523907258817cf.file

JUST IN - Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino formally announces his resignation, he will step down in January. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/829921513223484a0984df10c12a9133b7837903914384070a92b2f31e89a4b1.file

NEW - Israel claims possibility Iran involved in murder of MIT nuclear scientist in Boston. The assessment has not yet been verified and is not supported at this stage by official findings — JPost https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d11b22636da0af7d18749fc0fc18a19a3d68856592c3b8a470c658f3eb68fbe5.file

JUST IN - U.S. and Russian officials are expected to meet in Miami this weekend to discuss Ukraine. Witkoff and Kushner are expected to represent the U.S. side — Politico https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8ae92c6ce677e8f635581646dff23920ec449299c4e085293ea18fd4fdc9728b.file

NEW - U.S. has notified EU countries it would like to use frozen Russian assets as part of a Ukrainian crisis settlement — WaPo