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In the 2011 email, the disgraced financier wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by police. wapo.st/43rVKQr
House Democrats release Epstein email that claimed Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
In the 2011 email, the disgraced financier wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by polic...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In the 2011 email, the disgraced financier wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by police. wapo.st/43rVKQr
How the Heavy-Metal Fall of a Dictator Shapes Trump’s Venezuela Plans
Seizing Panama’s leader was relatively easy. But the similarities between Panama and Venezuela are dangerously misleading, some analysts warn. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Seizing Panama’s leader was relatively easy. But the similarities between Panama and Venezuela are dangerously misleading, some analysts warn. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
How the Heavy-Metal Fall of a Dictator Shapes Trump’s Venezuela Plans
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November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
How the Heavy-Metal Fall of a Dictator Shapes Trump’s Venezuela Plans
Seizing Panama’s leader was relatively easy. But the similarities between Panama and Venezuela are dangerously misleading, some analysts warn. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Seizing Panama’s leader was relatively easy. But the similarities between Panama and Venezuela are dangerously misleading, some analysts warn. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
he uptick in whooping cough, which is especially contagious in children, has coincided with a decline in vaccination rates for the illness, according to disease experts who urge the best way to control the spread is to get vaccinated. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
Whooping cough cases in Texas reach an 11-year high
The state has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
he uptick in whooping cough, which is especially contagious in children, has coincided with a decline in vaccination rates for the illness, according to disease experts who urge the best way to control the spread is to get vaccinated. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/t...
Why the Democrats Finally Folded
This is how the government shutdown was always going to end. The Democrats who flipped their votes concluded that the shutdown wasn’t worth the damage it was causing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
This is how the government shutdown was always going to end. The Democrats who flipped their votes concluded that the shutdown wasn’t worth the damage it was causing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Why the Democrats Finally Folded
This is how the government shutdown was always going to end.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Why the Democrats Finally Folded
This is how the government shutdown was always going to end. The Democrats who flipped their votes concluded that the shutdown wasn’t worth the damage it was causing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
This is how the government shutdown was always going to end. The Democrats who flipped their votes concluded that the shutdown wasn’t worth the damage it was causing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
@nicollewallace.bsky.social Kudos to Judge Michael Wolf for resigning and spilling the beans on the Trump Admin, and Kudos to you for having him on your show. We need many more truth tellers to check the blight wrecking this country.
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@nicollewallace.bsky.social Kudos to Judge Michael Wolf for resigning and spilling the beans on the Trump Admin, and Kudos to you for having him on your show. We need many more truth tellers to check the blight wrecking this country.
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and all others involved in fake elector scheme [opening the doors for a repeat w/o consequence www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and over 75 others involved in fake elector scheme
Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s disbarred and disgraced former attorney, joins other Trumpworld loyalists in receiving an unconditional pardon
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and all others involved in fake elector scheme [opening the doors for a repeat w/o consequence www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The high court rejected an appeal from Kim Davis, the former county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Davis asked the court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Supreme Court rejects challenge to landmark same-sex marriage decision
Kim Davis asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges appealing damages she owed a gay couple after she denied them a marriage license.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The high court rejected an appeal from Kim Davis, the former county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Davis asked the court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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A U.S. appeals court denied the Trump administration’s efforts to stop the release of full funding for November’s SNAP payments as ordered by a lower court judge.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision.
Appeals court denies Trump effort to halt full SNAP benefits for November
Back-and-forth court rulings have led to confusion and frustration over SNAP subsidies that help 42 million recipients pay for groceries.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A U.S. appeals court denied the Trump administration’s efforts to stop the release of full funding for November’s SNAP payments as ordered by a lower court judge.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision.
The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision.
The Bombshell Inside Trump’s $1.3 Billion Pardon Market
The Pardon for Pay President medium.com/@carmitage/t...
The Pardon for Pay President medium.com/@carmitage/t...
The Bombshell Inside Trump’s $1.3 Billion Pardon Market
The Pardon for Pay President
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November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The Bombshell Inside Trump’s $1.3 Billion Pardon Market
The Pardon for Pay President medium.com/@carmitage/t...
The Pardon for Pay President medium.com/@carmitage/t...
Trump’s ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat to Nigeria shocked key players, aides
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Trump’s ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat to Nigeria shocked key players, aides
President Trump’s threat to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria concerned U.S. military officials in Africa and surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Trump’s ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat to Nigeria shocked key players, aides
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At least some people’s lives have improved in Donald Trump’s America.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At least some people’s lives have improved in Donald Trump’s America.
The judge, who was appointed by Trump, said the attempted deployment in Portland exceeded the president’s authority. wapo.st/494Yc33
Judge blocks Trump from deploying National Guard in Oregon
The judge, who was appointed by Trump, said the attempted deployment in Portland exceeded the president’s authority.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The judge, who was appointed by Trump, said the attempted deployment in Portland exceeded the president’s authority. wapo.st/494Yc33
The White House denied that Trump was dozing during the Oval Office event and suggested the question was inappropriate. wapo.st/4oTia5k
A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
wapo.st
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The White House denied that Trump was dozing during the Oval Office event and suggested the question was inappropriate. wapo.st/4oTia5k
FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail newrepublic.com/post/202897/...
FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail
Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to six years in jail.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail newrepublic.com/post/202897/...
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The most corrupt America Last President in history. Every day a new pardon worse than one the day before.
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The most corrupt America Last President in history. Every day a new pardon worse than one the day before.
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social The sad thing about Speaker Mike Johnson is that, as inept as he is, his constituents will most likely return him to Congress in 2026
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social The sad thing about Speaker Mike Johnson is that, as inept as he is, his constituents will most likely return him to Congress in 2026
Every Angle of Dozy Don Failing Asleep at a Press Conference. www.thedailybeast.com/every-angle-...
See Every Angle of President Trump, 79, Falling Asleep During Press Conference
The aging president just couldn’t stay awake during a press conference about drug prices.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Every Angle of Dozy Don Failing Asleep at a Press Conference. www.thedailybeast.com/every-angle-...
Why is Trump defunding public safety efforts proven to work—especially given his apparent obsession with reducing crime? link.motherjones.com/view/5f43a2c...
November 7, 2025
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November 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Why is Trump defunding public safety efforts proven to work—especially given his apparent obsession with reducing crime? link.motherjones.com/view/5f43a2c...
his is the CEO of JPMorgan Chase being asked by CNN why they DIDN'T contribute to Trump's ballroom and the answer is basically that it's a bribe and they don't want to get prosecuted in the future. thehill.com/business/559...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
his is the CEO of JPMorgan Chase being asked by CNN why they DIDN'T contribute to Trump's ballroom and the answer is basically that it's a bribe and they don't want to get prosecuted in the future. thehill.com/business/559...
What a Small Man
Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
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Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
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Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote. Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Joh...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What a Small Man
Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
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Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret
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Bannon Tells GOP: ‘Seize the Institutions’ of Government Now or We’re ‘Going to Prison’ After 2028 www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-...
Bannon Tells GOP: 'Seize the Institutions' of Government Now or We're 'Going to Prison' After 2028 | Common Dreams
"Steve Bannon motivating Democratic voters," said one historian in response to comments by the former Trump White House advisor.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Bannon Tells GOP: ‘Seize the Institutions’ of Government Now or We’re ‘Going to Prison’ After 2028 www.commondreams.org/news/bannon-...
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"Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package Thursday.
The proposal, which requires Musk to grow the EV giant’s valuation and hit certain production goals like vehicle deliveries, overwhelmingly passed despite an unusual amount of resistance."
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
The proposal, which requires Musk to grow the EV giant’s valuation and hit certain production goals like vehicle deliveries, overwhelmingly passed despite an unusual amount of resistance."
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Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk's trillion-dollar pay package
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package for Elon Musk that could allow him to earn an unprecedented one trillion dollars' worth of stock.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package Thursday.
The proposal, which requires Musk to grow the EV giant’s valuation and hit certain production goals like vehicle deliveries, overwhelmingly passed despite an unusual amount of resistance."
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
The proposal, which requires Musk to grow the EV giant’s valuation and hit certain production goals like vehicle deliveries, overwhelmingly passed despite an unusual amount of resistance."
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It newrepublic.com/article/2026... via @newrepublic.com
Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns
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Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns
Big-name companies are donating to a powerful political group using the legal system to expand abortion restrictions nationwide.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns
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