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NEW: Adelita Grijalva is sworn in as a member of the 119th Congress, more than seven weeks after her special election victory.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
NEW: Adelita Grijalva is sworn in as a member of the 119th Congress, more than seven weeks after her special election victory.
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New emails suggest Trump knew about conduct of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
New emails suggest Trump knew about conduct of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
In messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote Trump ‘spent hours at my house’ in the company of one of his sex-trafficked victims
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Damning new emails that suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Wednesday, in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls” and which are likely to add pressure on the White House to release the so-called Epstein files.
In one of several messages released by Democrats on the House oversight committee and not publicly seen before, Epstein wrote to a contact in 2011 that Trump “spent hours at my house” in the company of one of the disgraced financier’s sex-trafficked victims. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New emails suggest Trump knew about conduct of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
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Some simple shutdown math: $7–$15 billion per week sounds huge. In context, the U.S. produces ~ $538 billion per week. So the hit is roughly a couple of percentage points of a week’s output, or a few hundredths of a percent of annual GDP. Painful waste, yes. Economic catastrophe, no.
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Some simple shutdown math: $7–$15 billion per week sounds huge. In context, the U.S. produces ~ $538 billion per week. So the hit is roughly a couple of percentage points of a week’s output, or a few hundredths of a percent of annual GDP. Painful waste, yes. Economic catastrophe, no.
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People marvel at this, but this is what it’s all about for Trump. He needs this constant lavish praise as deeply and profoundly as you and I need air.
But also: Imagine what a basket case you would have to be psychologically to need this all the time.
But also: Imagine what a basket case you would have to be psychologically to need this all the time.
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
People marvel at this, but this is what it’s all about for Trump. He needs this constant lavish praise as deeply and profoundly as you and I need air.
But also: Imagine what a basket case you would have to be psychologically to need this all the time.
But also: Imagine what a basket case you would have to be psychologically to need this all the time.
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JAKE TAPPER WHERE ARE YOU
Trump: "You have people in Chicago, beautiful Black women wearing a MAGA hat, red MAGA hat -- 'please come Mr Trump, president' -- they call me president, they call me mister, they can call me whatever they want. 'Please come President Trump, please come.' They're begging us to come."
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
JAKE TAPPER WHERE ARE YOU
Je zult de media er hier met geen woord over horen, maar dit soort waanzin wordt door Trump en Fox de wereld in geslingerd.
INGRAHAM: Is affordability a voter perception issue of the economy, or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans?
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Je zult de media er hier met geen woord over horen, maar dit soort waanzin wordt door Trump en Fox de wereld in geslingerd.
The BBC is becoming a joke.
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The BBC is becoming a joke.
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It can be hard to do math in your head, while standing up, on national television. Nerve-wracking, too. But even so, in twenty seconds on the air, I did a better job than the President in costing his latest idea and figuring out whether his new idea of a $2,000 rebate check will work. (It won't.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It can be hard to do math in your head, while standing up, on national television. Nerve-wracking, too. But even so, in twenty seconds on the air, I did a better job than the President in costing his latest idea and figuring out whether his new idea of a $2,000 rebate check will work. (It won't.)
Yesilgöz geniet van haar positie: een sleutelrol, aandacht, politiek overleven en lekker dwarsliggen. Verantwoordelijkheid nemen hoort niet bij haar kleinzieligheid.
nos.nl/liveblog/258...
nos.nl/liveblog/258...
VVD-leider Yesilgöz: er is geen probleem • Bontenbal (CDA): probleem ligt niet bij mij
In dit liveblog lees je het laatste nieuws over de start van de formatie van een nieuw kabinet.
nos.nl
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yesilgöz geniet van haar positie: een sleutelrol, aandacht, politiek overleven en lekker dwarsliggen. Verantwoordelijkheid nemen hoort niet bij haar kleinzieligheid.
nos.nl/liveblog/258...
nos.nl/liveblog/258...
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
The Netherlands just elected a young, upbeat, openly gay prime minister who’s talking optimism, growth, and even building new cities, and somehow, it’s working!
@stanveuger.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to talk it
@stanveuger.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social to talk it
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
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During an event on Thursday, Donald Trump seemed to repeatedly struggle to keep his eyes open.
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.
New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.
New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
During an event on Thursday, Donald Trump seemed to repeatedly struggle to keep his eyes open.
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.
New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent roughly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open.
New video w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It baffles me that this imbecile is allowed to be President of the United States, still. #Trump
Trump: "I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE."
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It baffles me that this imbecile is allowed to be President of the United States, still. #Trump
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In the 1930s Martin Heidegger said this to his students: “The Führer himself and he alone is the German reality, present and future, and its law."
Today, American universities are not standing up against Trump. #Cornell
Today, American universities are not standing up against Trump. #Cornell
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In the 1930s Martin Heidegger said this to his students: “The Führer himself and he alone is the German reality, present and future, and its law."
Today, American universities are not standing up against Trump. #Cornell
Today, American universities are not standing up against Trump. #Cornell
The Trump regime is attacking freedom of inquiry and expression and it probably won't end there. Famous scientists fled the Nazis in the 1930s. What would they do today? #Cornell
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The Trump regime is attacking freedom of inquiry and expression and it probably won't end there. Famous scientists fled the Nazis in the 1930s. What would they do today? #Cornell
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Trump looks exhausted and disheveled
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Trump looks exhausted and disheveled
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The press lost its shit for weeks at the mere thought of referring to Trump and his political movement as "fascist."
Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.
Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.
Ted Cruz: "The heart of the Democratic Party today is communist and jihadist and extremist."
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The press lost its shit for weeks at the mere thought of referring to Trump and his political movement as "fascist."
Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.
Republicans meanwhile use every -ist epithet they can muster against Democrats of any stripe and the press doesn't say a word.
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Shaking down a corporation in the Oval Office on live television and no one gives a shit. We’ve completely given up.
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Shaking down a corporation in the Oval Office on live television and no one gives a shit. We’ve completely given up.
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The guy who kept calling Joe Biden ‘Sleepy Joe’ was in another coma yesterday during his pharmaceutical meeting in the Oval Office.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The guy who kept calling Joe Biden ‘Sleepy Joe’ was in another coma yesterday during his pharmaceutical meeting in the Oval Office.
Trump is worse than Biden ever was, can't keep his eyes open anymore. The guy has one foot in the grave.
Dr. Oz says Americans will lose an average of 397 pounds per person by the midterm elections. So you better get busy!
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trump is worse than Biden ever was, can't keep his eyes open anymore. The guy has one foot in the grave.