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Roughly 320 million pounds of food will be wasted at Thanksgiving this year, according to ReFED, a nonprofit that tracks food waste. https://to.pbs.org/4ofRTNV
How to shop smarter to avoid wasting food this Thanksgiving
A major highlight of Thanksgiving is the menu, but the big meal can come with a lot of wasted food.
www.pbs.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Trump is going to make the US treasury a piggy bank for himself and his buddies. We are all going to be paying to make them richer than they already are.

thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Fears grow of DOJ becoming ‘piggy bank’ for Trump as allies seek lucrative settlements
Legal experts and White House critics are worried the Justice Department (DOJ) could become a piggy bank for those with grievances as President Trump and a number of his allies pursue million-dolla…
thehill.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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For patients and families who are starting to ask, “Is it time to talk about hospice or palliative care?”

CaringInfo: www.caringinfo.org

Hospice Foundation of America: hospicefoundation.or...

GetPalliativeCare.org: getpalliativecare.org
CaringInfo: Resources for Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care
CaringInfo is a National Alliance for Care at Home resource to help patients and caregivers understand topics like advance directives, end-of-life care, and related issues.
www.caringinfo.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:

-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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As Operation Midway Blitz’s trail bled from Illinois into Northwest Indiana neighborhoods, Francisco Cuadra, owner of Santa Maria’s Bakery in Hammond, said some of his customers became too afraid to go out and get bread and basic necessities, regardless of their citizenship status.
‘Are we going to lose what we have built?’: Residents blow whistle on ICE in NWI
As Operation Midway Blitz’s trail bled from Illinois into Northwest Indiana neighborhoods, Francisco Cuadra said some of his customers became too afraid to go out.
trib.al
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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More than 1/3 of our food is wasted. For Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays, consider ways you can reduce food waste (and also try to reduce meat consumption):
www.thegreenspotlight.com/2023/11/how-...

#Thanksgiving #foodwaste #leftovers #plantbased

P.S. Avian flu is spreading in turkeys!
Waste Not, Want Not: How to Reduce Food Waste (plus Reduce Emissions, Boost Food Security, and Save Money) — The Green Spotlight
Did you know that at least one-third of food is wasted, somewhere between the farm and the plate?  This is not only inefficient—it’s immoral, as 1 in 10 people in the world are malnourished (suffering...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Yesterday, “Grok did assert, in response to a question from an X user, that ‘Musk edges out’ Jesus Christ, son of God, as a role model for society.” 11/21/25 Gift link … 1/
Elon Musk Is Trying to Rewrite History
Why did Grok say he’s better than Jesus?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos. His success could have dire consequences for American democracy, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
The Coming Election Mayhem
Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Donald Trump’s crypto legislation promises to make stablecoins the basis of the next financial catastrophe, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
How Crypto Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis
The danger of stablecoins lies in the ways they are meant to be safe.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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We cannot lose sight of how f*cked up it is that Donald Trump threatened members of another political party with death. Now these Members need around-the-clock security. People treated his words as a call for violence, not routine political talk.
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
More than 1/3 of our food is wasted. For Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays, consider ways you can reduce food waste (and also try to reduce meat consumption):
www.thegreenspotlight.com/2023/11/how-...

#Thanksgiving #foodwaste #leftovers #plantbased

P.S. Avian flu is spreading in turkeys!
Waste Not, Want Not: How to Reduce Food Waste (plus Reduce Emissions, Boost Food Security, and Save Money) — The Green Spotlight
Did you know that at least one-third of food is wasted, somewhere between the farm and the plate?  This is not only inefficient—it’s immoral, as 1 in 10 people in the world are malnourished (suffering...
www.thegreenspotlight.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Must be a total coincidence this announcement came the day after these guys were seen at Trump’s ritzy dinner party.

Trump doesn’t have this authority. States are filling the void left by the federal govt’s failure to create an accountability structure for AI companies.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Long COVID can follow one of eight different symptom paths, as patients suffer for months past their initial infection, a new study reports.
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Experts identify eight distinct symptom paths for long COVID - UPI.com
Long COVID can follow one of eight different symptom paths, as patients suffer for months past their initial infection, a new study reports.
www.upi.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.

Experts say the changes will cost lives.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Epstein’s War
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Support baristas by signing our No Contract No Coffee pledge! nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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NEW: Cryptocurrencies have lost >$1 TRILLION in market value since Oct. 6.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Crypto World Wipes Out $1 Trillion as Bitcoin Plunges Anew
The great crypto crash of 2025 entered a new phase on Wednesday, as Bitcoin plunged to its lowest level in seven months, extending the more than $1 trillion wipeout across the digital‑asset world.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Elon Musk’s new pay package could amount to $100B per year.

That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.

It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.

It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.

Billionaire greed is out of control.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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What do these corporations all have in common?

-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile

They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Covid remains a serious, potentially deadly health risk, listed as the primary cause of death on 31,400 death certificates last year. By comparison, flu killed about 6,500 people and pneumonia, a common complication of the flu, killed an additional 41,600.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Conflicting Advice on Covid Shots Likely To Ding Already Low Vaccine Rates, Experts Warn - KFF Health News
About 1 in 4 American adults got a covid vaccine shot during the 2024-25 virus season, a fraction health care experts warn could be smaller this year as millions wrestle with conflicting advice from t...
kffhealthnews.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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At least 30 individual or corporations who have given over $116M to Trump and his super PAC have received regulatory favors from the Trump White House.

That includes Big Tobacco companies, Pharma giants, and crypto moguls like the Winklevoss twins.

Pay-to-play corruption.
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein's brother is warning that Republicans are "scrubbing the files" and "sabotaging" the full release, according to reports.

www.rawstory.com/republicans-...
'Scrubbing the files!' Epstein brother makes stunning claim GOP 'sabotaging' full release
Jeffrey Epstein's brother is warning that Republicans are "scrubbing the files" and "sabotaging" the full release, according to reports.Mark Epstein said Tuesday in an interview with NewsNation that P...
www.rawstory.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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...through shame, intimidation, threats, discrediting, the obscene legal instrument known as a nondisclosure agreement and a system too often run by men for men at the expense of women and children.
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM