TingTime
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40 year of IT drudgery, now retired to the beach. Garden, play tennis, SCUBA, travel, and becoming an historian of Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in China.
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Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department.
finance.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?
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This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
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"On their walk home [from school], Pérez's [8-year-old] daughter leaned over her [6-year-old] brother and chided him for speaking Spanish in public. ... [H]er teacher had warned her that federal agents might be listening."
Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
(Published October 2025)
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
(Published October 2025)
“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"On their walk home [from school], Pérez's [8-year-old] daughter leaned over her [6-year-old] brother and chided him for speaking Spanish in public. ... [H]er teacher had warned her that federal agents might be listening."
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Good question.
Here’s one for Tom. Mexican gangs import guns from the US to terrorize Mexicans. Is it okay for Mexico to send drones in to destroy gun stores in Texas and kill the “gun dealers?"
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Good question.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
This.
842,000 Americans died from overdoses in the last 25 years, 500,000 from opioids. If we’re hunting narco-terrorists we can probably stop blowing up fishing boats and start blowing up boardrooms.
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This.
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#OtD 25 Nov 1865 Mississippi passed a Black Code to reintroduce slavery post-civil war. They prevented Black people from renting land, required them to work for whites and barred them from changing jobs. Violators could be jailed & enslaved legally stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9774...
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#OtD 25 Nov 1865 Mississippi passed a Black Code to reintroduce slavery post-civil war. They prevented Black people from renting land, required them to work for whites and barred them from changing jobs. Violators could be jailed & enslaved legally stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9774...
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The Repayment Assistance Plan removed many professions from the designation of professional when reviewing lending caps.
Nursing, PA, PT, & audiology are excluded from the updated list. Others not considered professional include architecture, accounting, & mental health.
Still included? Theology.
Nursing, PA, PT, & audiology are excluded from the updated list. Others not considered professional include architecture, accounting, & mental health.
Still included? Theology.
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Repayment Assistance Plan removed many professions from the designation of professional when reviewing lending caps.
Nursing, PA, PT, & audiology are excluded from the updated list. Others not considered professional include architecture, accounting, & mental health.
Still included? Theology.
Nursing, PA, PT, & audiology are excluded from the updated list. Others not considered professional include architecture, accounting, & mental health.
Still included? Theology.
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The White House dinner last night for MBS was a coterie of corruption & back channel access that has become synonymous with the #Trump regime—
Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..
Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The White House dinner last night for MBS was a coterie of corruption & back channel access that has become synonymous with the #Trump regime—
Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..
Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..
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The Saudi Crown Prince had Khashoggi dismembered in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul.
Dismembered while still alive.
But Khashoggi gave his phone to his fiancee and went in with his Apple Watch recording.
His watch was connected to his phone.
It captured the gruesome audio of his brutal killing.
Dismembered while still alive.
But Khashoggi gave his phone to his fiancee and went in with his Apple Watch recording.
His watch was connected to his phone.
It captured the gruesome audio of his brutal killing.
www.news.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The Saudi Crown Prince had Khashoggi dismembered in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul.
Dismembered while still alive.
But Khashoggi gave his phone to his fiancee and went in with his Apple Watch recording.
His watch was connected to his phone.
It captured the gruesome audio of his brutal killing.
Dismembered while still alive.
But Khashoggi gave his phone to his fiancee and went in with his Apple Watch recording.
His watch was connected to his phone.
It captured the gruesome audio of his brutal killing.
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The federal court that struck down Texas' redistricting plan says the letter from a Trump DOJ appointee that kicked off the whole thing is "challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors. "
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The federal court that struck down Texas' redistricting plan says the letter from a Trump DOJ appointee that kicked off the whole thing is "challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors. "
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This. The non reaction of the reporters to “quiet, piggy” tells everything. Someone only needed to say “everyone should be respectful and civil.”
Miss Universe contestants walked out en masse when one of their colleagues was treated like garbage. Would that these reporters had the same sense of decency.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This. The non reaction of the reporters to “quiet, piggy” tells everything. Someone only needed to say “everyone should be respectful and civil.”
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Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
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Reuters: Senior Fannie Mae fraud investigators, including the head of the entire division, found no evidence of that Leticia James ever committed mortgage fraud. And it appears Bill Pulte illegally provided Lindsay Halligan with James’ private loan data, and pushed James’ indictment.
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reuters: Senior Fannie Mae fraud investigators, including the head of the entire division, found no evidence of that Leticia James ever committed mortgage fraud. And it appears Bill Pulte illegally provided Lindsay Halligan with James’ private loan data, and pushed James’ indictment.
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MSNow: Former AZ lawmaker and Charlie Kirk ally Austin Smith, who was director of Turning Point Action in Kirk’s “stolen 2020 election” sedition bullshit, pleads guilty to forging signatures on his own re-election petition. He still works at Turning Point. Oh, the bitter irony.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
MSNow: Former AZ lawmaker and Charlie Kirk ally Austin Smith, who was director of Turning Point Action in Kirk’s “stolen 2020 election” sedition bullshit, pleads guilty to forging signatures on his own re-election petition. He still works at Turning Point. Oh, the bitter irony.
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This was one of Trump's very worst moments. And that is saying something.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This was one of Trump's very worst moments. And that is saying something.
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Here Are the “Fake Electors” and Other Allies Trump Just Pardoned
truthout.org
Here Are the “Fake Electors” and Other Allies Trump Just Pardoned
twp.ai
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Here Are the “Fake Electors” and Other Allies Trump Just Pardoned
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Here’s your daily reminder that, about a week ago, the president straight-up admitted he had no idea who he was pardoning—only did it because his sons told him to.
There’s a lot going on, but I still think that’s one of the biggest scandals in the country right now—and the media is just silent.
There’s a lot going on, but I still think that’s one of the biggest scandals in the country right now—and the media is just silent.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Here’s your daily reminder that, about a week ago, the president straight-up admitted he had no idea who he was pardoning—only did it because his sons told him to.
There’s a lot going on, but I still think that’s one of the biggest scandals in the country right now—and the media is just silent.
There’s a lot going on, but I still think that’s one of the biggest scandals in the country right now—and the media is just silent.
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The administration is “giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers and a variety of multinational corporations.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The administration is “giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers and a variety of multinational corporations.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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I keep wondering if they're really this tone deaf or they're rubbing our noses in it because it makes them feel important.
A jewelry auction at Mar-a-Lago as Trump’s White House fights in the courts to deny food to poor families
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I keep wondering if they're really this tone deaf or they're rubbing our noses in it because it makes them feel important.
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Oh look, the party that protects sexual predators is also hiring them.
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has appointed registered sex offender and Detroit-area businessman Mark Zarkin.
Zarkin pled guilty to felony sex with a mentally incapacitated person.
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has appointed registered sex offender and Detroit-area businessman Mark Zarkin.
Zarkin pled guilty to felony sex with a mentally incapacitated person.
Scandal Unveiled: Sex Offender Appointed as Federal Housing Consultant | Politics
Mark Zarkin, a known Trump supporter and previously convicted sex offender, was appointed as a consultant to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. T...
www.devdiscourse.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Oh look, the party that protects sexual predators is also hiring them.
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has appointed registered sex offender and Detroit-area businessman Mark Zarkin.
Zarkin pled guilty to felony sex with a mentally incapacitated person.
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has appointed registered sex offender and Detroit-area businessman Mark Zarkin.
Zarkin pled guilty to felony sex with a mentally incapacitated person.