Last Mile
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💙 PNW...🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸 age: 76. pub’d 3 poetry bks. The last: https://www.rootstockpublishing.com/rootstock-books/p/lifting-stones
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to”.
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Graham is, rightfully, bent out of shape over this violation of his civil liberties. But if Graham is looking for someone to blame for the broad, effectively limitless surveillance powers that federal law enforcement possesses, he might start by checking a mirror.
Lindsey Graham is outraged about federal surveillance powers that Lindsey Graham helped create and expand
The government can look at your phone records whenever it wants, but it's a different story when we're talking about Graham's metadata.
reason.pub
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Graham is, rightfully, bent out of shape over this violation of his civil liberties. But if Graham is looking for someone to blame for the broad, effectively limitless surveillance powers that federal law enforcement possesses, he might start by checking a mirror.
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The Supreme Court's John Roberts' 'corrupt bargain' reveals what led to President Donald Trump's "abusive reign," a new analysis found.
John Roberts' 'corrupt bargain' exposed in eye-popping new analysis
The Supreme Court’s John Roberts' ‘corrupt bargain’ reveals what led to President Donald Trump's "abusive reign," a new analysis found.Roberts and the high court are in a "love triangle" with Republicans and billionaires, Mother Jones wrote Wednesday. "Trump needed Roberts to win, and Trump’s victor...
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Supreme Court's John Roberts' 'corrupt bargain' reveals what led to President Donald Trump's "abusive reign," a new analysis found.
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Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent trade plummeting in August, with imports dropping 5.1%, new data shows.
Trump’s Tariffs Sent Trade Plummeting in August
The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent trade plummeting in August, with imports dropping 5.1%, new data shows.
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Gosh they must have used so much tipex on the Epstein Files.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Gosh they must have used so much tipex on the Epstein Files.
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Durham NC woman yells at ICE in her neighborhood, tells them to go back and beat your wife’s
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Durham NC woman yells at ICE in her neighborhood, tells them to go back and beat your wife’s
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Preference for China as the world’s leading power has risen in every place sampled in our new poll. Perhaps most surprisingly, that includes America
China’s growing global fan club
Our new poll shows global opinion is swinging its way
econ.st
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Preference for China as the world’s leading power has risen in every place sampled in our new poll. Perhaps most surprisingly, that includes America
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Listen…If y’all want to talk honesty, then let’s be honest about all of it.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Listen…If y’all want to talk honesty, then let’s be honest about all of it.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
The promises, the hypocrisy, the receipts.
Because what you campaigned on and what you’re doing? Two very different things.
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California trying to protect the kiddies, are being sued by META and YouTube.
I am over the tech bro's and their right wing insanity. They are not nearly as special as they think they are.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
I am over the tech bro's and their right wing insanity. They are not nearly as special as they think they are.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Calif. says the new law is about protecting kids. Tech companies hate it.
Newsom is on one side; Meta, TikTok and YouTube are on the other.
www.sfgate.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
California trying to protect the kiddies, are being sued by META and YouTube.
I am over the tech bro's and their right wing insanity. They are not nearly as special as they think they are.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
I am over the tech bro's and their right wing insanity. They are not nearly as special as they think they are.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
"...an epidemic of cowardly, immoral and unprincipled decisions by leaders across the political spectrum. ... This epidemic of moral cowardice is right in everybody’s face and it’s eating away at the civic bonds that hold societies together.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
"...an epidemic of cowardly, immoral and unprincipled decisions by leaders across the political spectrum. ... This epidemic of moral cowardice is right in everybody’s face and it’s eating away at the civic bonds that hold societies together.
Opinion | On Republican Neo-Nazism, Hamas and Israel: An Epidemic of Moral Cowardice
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
"...an epidemic of cowardly, immoral and unprincipled decisions by leaders across the political spectrum. ... This epidemic of moral cowardice is right in everybody’s face and it’s eating away at the civic bonds that hold societies together.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/o...
"...an epidemic of cowardly, immoral and unprincipled decisions by leaders across the political spectrum. ... This epidemic of moral cowardice is right in everybody’s face and it’s eating away at the civic bonds that hold societies together.
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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China’s loan book is now worth $2.1trn, which is far larger than previously published estimates. But the “really striking” discovery is how much goes to rich countries, argues Bradley Parks
China’s financial tentacles run deeper through America than previously thought
As well as relying more on the Chinese state for credit, rich countries are emulating its style of lending, writes Bradley Parks
econ.st
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
China’s loan book is now worth $2.1trn, which is far larger than previously published estimates. But the “really striking” discovery is how much goes to rich countries, argues Bradley Parks
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Read the full report here: www.levernews.com/wall-street-...
Wall Street Is Paywalling Your Kids’ Sports
Private equity-owned Black Bear Sports Group is buying up youth hockey — and icing out parents who want to record their kids’ games.
www.levernews.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Read the full report here: www.levernews.com/wall-street-...
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“…they must finally accept that Trump, an inveterate disruptor, displaced the fading conflict between “liberalism” and “conservatism” by co-opting the issues and resentments that mainstream leaders from both parties had neglected for years.”
“…they must finally accept that Trump, an inveterate disruptor, displaced the fading conflict between “liberalism” and “conservatism” by co-opting the issues and resentments that mainstream leaders from both parties had neglected for years.”
Liberalism Failed to Stop the Trump Realignment. Is There A Way Back?
It is a common assumption of the Trump era that America is undergoing a turbulent and protracted political realignment that could reverberate for decades.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
open.substack.com/pub/theliber...
“…they must finally accept that Trump, an inveterate disruptor, displaced the fading conflict between “liberalism” and “conservatism” by co-opting the issues and resentments that mainstream leaders from both parties had neglected for years.”
“…they must finally accept that Trump, an inveterate disruptor, displaced the fading conflict between “liberalism” and “conservatism” by co-opting the issues and resentments that mainstream leaders from both parties had neglected for years.”
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Federal Border Patrol agents are expected to expand their operations in North Carolina on Tuesday to include Raleigh, the state capital, local officials said. It's the latest escalation of President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, which has targeted Democratic-run cities.
Border Patrol Expands North Carolina Operations to More Liberal Cities
Agents are expected to be active in the Raleigh area on Tuesday, though the scope of the immigration crackdown in the state’s Research Triangle region was not immediately clear.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Federal Border Patrol agents are expected to expand their operations in North Carolina on Tuesday to include Raleigh, the state capital, local officials said. It's the latest escalation of President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, which has targeted Democratic-run cities.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“…Like critical race theory and “wokeness,” “gender ideology” is both a bogeyman for the right and a reactionary backlash to social progress.
“…Like critical race theory and “wokeness,” “gender ideology” is both a bogeyman for the right and a reactionary backlash to social progress.
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“…Like critical race theory and “wokeness,” “gender ideology” is both a bogeyman for the right and a reactionary backlash to social progress.
“…Like critical race theory and “wokeness,” “gender ideology” is both a bogeyman for the right and a reactionary backlash to social progress.
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Steve Bannon, MAGA influencer and former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, promised to shield Jeffrey Epstein from prosecution just months before his death in prison, newly unearthed text messages suggested Monday.
Texts reveal Trump's right-hand man promised protection for Epstein: 'Don't have to worry'
Steve Bannon, MAGA influencer and former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, promised to shield Jeffrey Epstein from prosecution just months before his death in prison, newly unearth...
www.rawstory.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Steve Bannon, MAGA influencer and former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, promised to shield Jeffrey Epstein from prosecution just months before his death in prison, newly unearthed text messages suggested Monday.
Well, duh
Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal a disdain for morality among the elite | Moira Donegan
Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal a disdain for morality among the elite | Moira Donegan
Epstein paints Trump as someone he knew intimately. But the documents also reveal how many powerful men confided in him
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Well, duh
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Richardson spent “limited time in daily operations meetings and shrank away from his role,” according to The Washington Post.
FEMA Head David Richardson Steps Down From Role After Six Months, Criticism Over Texas Floods
Richardson spent “limited time in daily operations meetings and shrank away from his role,” according to The Washington Post.
www.forbes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Richardson spent “limited time in daily operations meetings and shrank away from his role,” according to The Washington Post.
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BREAKING: A judge says “government misconduct” may have tainted the criminal case against James Comey, describing apparent errors by prosecutor Lindsey Halligan.
Judge says possible errors by Lindsey Halligan could imperil Comey case
In a rare move, the judge ordered prosecutors to hand over records of the grand jury proceeding to the former FBI director’s lawyers.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BREAKING: A judge says “government misconduct” may have tainted the criminal case against James Comey, describing apparent errors by prosecutor Lindsey Halligan.