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· Feb 12
A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick
Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips and donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office.
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Juan Hernández, a former president of Honduras, was found guilty by a US jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine, via one of "most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world"
Trump intends to pardon him.
By Shawn McCreesh, Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst
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Trump intends to pardon him.
By Shawn McCreesh, Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst
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Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
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November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Juan Hernández, a former president of Honduras, was found guilty by a US jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine, via one of "most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world"
Trump intends to pardon him.
By Shawn McCreesh, Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst
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Trump intends to pardon him.
By Shawn McCreesh, Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst
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The standoff over the B.Q.E. has become, more broadly, a symbol of the power that local communities wield over critical infrastructure projects around the nation.
New York’s BQE Is Falling Apart. The City Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. (Gift Article)
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The standoff over the B.Q.E. has become, more broadly, a symbol of the power that local communities wield over critical infrastructure projects around the nation.
WASHPOST: Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
(Vital reporting here by Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima from WashPost)
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
WASHPOST: Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
(Vital reporting here by Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima from WashPost)
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Trump asserts he can reverse/void hundreds of executive actions by Biden, which may include pardons.
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Trump asserts he can reverse/void hundreds of executive actions by Biden, which may include pardons.
Read here the language Trump is using to describe whole classes of people based on the action of one disturbed/violent person.
Thanks for our colleague, Shawn McCreesh, for writing this piece and documenting the words of POTUS.
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Trump’s Response to Shooting Shows Intensified Anti-Migrant Stance
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November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Read here the language Trump is using to describe whole classes of people based on the action of one disturbed/violent person.
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Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, who as Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and who has called Covid vaccines “dangerous,” has been named the second in command at the CDC.
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C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
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November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, who as Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and who has called Covid vaccines “dangerous,” has been named the second in command at the CDC.
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Tremendous and important reporting by NYT Visual Investigations team shows that Trump administration made false or misleading statements to US Supreme Court as it attempted to federal justify intervention in Chicago. Accountability matters. (Free link)
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Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
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November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Tremendous and important reporting by NYT Visual Investigations team shows that Trump administration made false or misleading statements to US Supreme Court as it attempted to federal justify intervention in Chicago. Accountability matters. (Free link)
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Tom Friedman NYT column offers to Trump the “Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize” — awarded by history to the leader of the country that most flagrantly sells out its allies and its values to an aggressive dictator.
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Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
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November 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Tom Friedman NYT column offers to Trump the “Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize” — awarded by history to the leader of the country that most flagrantly sells out its allies and its values to an aggressive dictator.
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Just not that into Pluribus. Have tried for a few weeks now. Severance far better constructed. Sort of a dead end of a construct. And really only one human character. How can you have character development? There you go. Armchair critic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Just not that into Pluribus. Have tried for a few weeks now. Severance far better constructed. Sort of a dead end of a construct. And really only one human character. How can you have character development? There you go. Armchair critic.
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A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick
Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips and donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office.
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February 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
All three of my school-age daughters are determined to see ‘Wicked: For Good’ this weekend. I asked at breakfast what that was. Clearly not up to date. But seems like a good indicator that Universal Pictures/Comcast has a hit on their hands.
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
All three of my school-age daughters are determined to see ‘Wicked: For Good’ this weekend. I asked at breakfast what that was. Clearly not up to date. But seems like a good indicator that Universal Pictures/Comcast has a hit on their hands.
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
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Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
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The commerce secretary Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family’s companies are profiting from them.
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The commerce secretary Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family’s companies are profiting from them.
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Howard Lutnick has reportedly promoted projects as commerce secretary that his kids are benefitting from in business.
Strong story by @ericlipton.nytimes.com, @mrothfeld.bsky.social, David Yaffe-Bellany and @anaswanson.bsky.social.
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Strong story by @ericlipton.nytimes.com, @mrothfeld.bsky.social, David Yaffe-Bellany and @anaswanson.bsky.social.
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Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
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November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Howard Lutnick has reportedly promoted projects as commerce secretary that his kids are benefitting from in business.
Strong story by @ericlipton.nytimes.com, @mrothfeld.bsky.social, David Yaffe-Bellany and @anaswanson.bsky.social.
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Strong story by @ericlipton.nytimes.com, @mrothfeld.bsky.social, David Yaffe-Bellany and @anaswanson.bsky.social.
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
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Good morning from Camp Justice at Guantánamo Bay, where the flags are at half-mast across the installation for Dick Cheney. At the war court today we expect testimony related to prosecution efforts to use double hearsay at the eventual USS Cole trial.
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good morning from Camp Justice at Guantánamo Bay, where the flags are at half-mast across the installation for Dick Cheney. At the war court today we expect testimony related to prosecution efforts to use double hearsay at the eventual USS Cole trial.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
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Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
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When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
AP: Trump has been an outspoken critic of Biden’s use of the autopen. But Trump White House released pardons with identical Trump signatures. Investigation of Biden continues. Trump White House scolds reporters who ask about this calling it "non story" apnews.com/article/trum...
Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
AP: Trump has been an outspoken critic of Biden’s use of the autopen. But Trump White House released pardons with identical Trump signatures. Investigation of Biden continues. Trump White House scolds reporters who ask about this calling it "non story" apnews.com/article/trum...
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
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It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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How sports betting is affecting NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL players
Players across sports leagues dish on threatening messages from fans, prop-bet worries and league education
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November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
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Streets have been renamed, Ukrainian monuments removed, and murals painted over. Bellingcat investigates how apartment blocks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been demolished to make way for a new Russian suburban utopia… www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...
Building on Ruins: The Russification of Mariupol, One Apartment Block at a Time - bellingcat
Bellingcat has identified 23 multi-storey housing complexes being built in occupied Mariupol and advertised for sale to Russian citizens.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Streets have been renamed, Ukrainian monuments removed, and murals painted over. Bellingcat investigates how apartment blocks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been demolished to make way for a new Russian suburban utopia… www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...