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Trump bought Boeing bonds while rewarding the company billions in federal contracts.
He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.
He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.
Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.
He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.
He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.
Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.
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"Trump isn’t Governing
He’s CASHING IN"
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"Trump isn’t Governing
He’s CASHING IN"
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Big Tech is plotting a multi-million dollar lobbying blitz to oppose AI regulation at the state and federal level.
Now, Trump and some Republicans are reportedly looking to resurrect a ban on all state-level AI regulation.
Always follow the money. youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?...
Now, Trump and some Republicans are reportedly looking to resurrect a ban on all state-level AI regulation.
Always follow the money. youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?...
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Big Tech is plotting a multi-million dollar lobbying blitz to oppose AI regulation at the state and federal level.
Now, Trump and some Republicans are reportedly looking to resurrect a ban on all state-level AI regulation.
Always follow the money. youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?...
Now, Trump and some Republicans are reportedly looking to resurrect a ban on all state-level AI regulation.
Always follow the money. youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?...
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I stand with the 200 CNH Industrial @uaw.org workers in Burlington, Iowa, fighting against corporate greed to protect their jobs.
CNH raked in $1.3 billion in profit and paid its CEO nearly $20 million last year alone.
CNH can afford to respect its workers and protect these jobs.
CNH raked in $1.3 billion in profit and paid its CEO nearly $20 million last year alone.
CNH can afford to respect its workers and protect these jobs.
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I stand with the 200 CNH Industrial @uaw.org workers in Burlington, Iowa, fighting against corporate greed to protect their jobs.
CNH raked in $1.3 billion in profit and paid its CEO nearly $20 million last year alone.
CNH can afford to respect its workers and protect these jobs.
CNH raked in $1.3 billion in profit and paid its CEO nearly $20 million last year alone.
CNH can afford to respect its workers and protect these jobs.
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Watch our full conversation here: youtu.be/6fXGbz9V7tg?...
Trump Pigs Out | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Watch our full conversation here: youtu.be/6fXGbz9V7tg?...
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US peace plan: What could Ukraine compromise on? We look at issues where differences will be extremely difficult to bridge and others where compromise may prove less hard to find. www.ft.com/content/c24e... via @FT
US peace plan: What could Ukraine compromise on?
Turning the document into something acceptable for Kyiv and its European allies will be a mammoth diplomatic undertaking
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
US peace plan: What could Ukraine compromise on? We look at issues where differences will be extremely difficult to bridge and others where compromise may prove less hard to find. www.ft.com/content/c24e... via @FT
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Donald Trump hit out at European and Ukrainian leaders on Sunday as they held talks about a US plan to end the war with Russia, amid confusion about Washington’s position.
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
Trump hits out at Ukraine and Europe as confusion over US position mounts
US, European and Ukrainian representatives meet in Geneva to discuss 28-point plan to end war with Russia
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Donald Trump hit out at European and Ukrainian leaders on Sunday as they held talks about a US plan to end the war with Russia, amid confusion about Washington’s position.
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
www.ft.com/content/9e11...
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"The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high, job openings are at a four-year low, and leading members of Trump’s own economic team have gone so far as to concede in recent weeks that parts of the U.S. economy are already in recession..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The White House’s celebration of the weak job market makes no sense
Job growth in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term is on pace to be the worst since the Great Recession. So why is his team bragging?
www.ms.now
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"The unemployment rate has reached a four-year high, job openings are at a four-year low, and leading members of Trump’s own economic team have gone so far as to concede in recent weeks that parts of the U.S. economy are already in recession..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Our health care system is badly broken, but Republicans’ “concepts of a plan” to crush the Affordable Care Act for the umpteenth time just is not going to work.
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Our health care system is badly broken, but Republicans’ “concepts of a plan” to crush the Affordable Care Act for the umpteenth time just is not going to work.
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The 20 biggest political donors on the Forbes billionaires list have collectively given nearly $5 billion between 2015 and 2024.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The 20 biggest political donors on the Forbes billionaires list have collectively given nearly $5 billion between 2015 and 2024.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
We must get Big Money out of politics.
No one from either party should be able to buy an election.
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"The operation has prompted reflection from residents across the political spectrum, who wonder whether the aggressive tactics were worth it...."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"The operation has prompted reflection from residents across the political spectrum, who wonder whether the aggressive tactics were worth it...."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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"Many residents have yelled profanities at them, and honked their horns at agents when their unmarked vehicles are spotted..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
In North Carolina, the Border Patrol’s Presence Divides a Swing State
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Many residents have yelled profanities at them, and honked their horns at agents when their unmarked vehicles are spotted..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
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New threats from Trump:
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
New threats from Trump:
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
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The New Apostolic Reformation is “the greatest threat to US democracy you’ve never heard of.”
Christian nationalists dream of taking over America. This movement is actually doing it.
The New Apostolic Reformation is "the greatest threat to US democracy you've never heard of."
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The New Apostolic Reformation is “the greatest threat to US democracy you’ve never heard of.”
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I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.
It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.
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You probably didn't notice when Trump posted this on Election Night. Tomorrow I write for Democracy Docket about how this was a cue for the GOP to take off the gloves in the war on voting and how one state is already escalating its attacks on democracy.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
You probably didn't notice when Trump posted this on Election Night. Tomorrow I write for Democracy Docket about how this was a cue for the GOP to take off the gloves in the war on voting and how one state is already escalating its attacks on democracy.
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
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Remember, Kushner EXPRESSLY PROMISED he would not play a role in Trump's second administration as a way of waiving away criticism that he took billions in Saudi investments
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Remember, Kushner EXPRESSLY PROMISED he would not play a role in Trump's second administration as a way of waiving away criticism that he took billions in Saudi investments
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In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
wrd.cm
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
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Republicans know exactly what they are doing in these cases. Speculation that they might simply be waging an ideological battle — and that it could backfire politically — is either dangerous wishful thinking or uninformed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The Zero-Sum Game Behind Republican Voter Suppression
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Republicans know exactly what they are doing in these cases. Speculation that they might simply be waging an ideological battle — and that it could backfire politically — is either dangerous wishful thinking or uninformed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
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My law firm is currently litigating 61 voting and election cases, including 12 redistricting cases. We have four cases in one stage or another before the Supreme Court.
These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.
These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My law firm is currently litigating 61 voting and election cases, including 12 redistricting cases. We have four cases in one stage or another before the Supreme Court.
These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.
These cases — and others like them —
will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.
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Here are the key events from day 1,368 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,368
Here are the key events from day 1,368 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Here are the key events from day 1,368 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Officials from the US, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, UK and Germany to hold talks.
Drone attack hits Russia as US, European officials discuss Trump’s plan
Officials from the US, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, UK and Germany to hold talks.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Officials from the US, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, UK and Germany to hold talks.
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We now have leaders of allied nations unable to trust a word the US tells them.
We are witnessing one of the greatest diplomatic and foreign relations blunders of our lifetimes.
We are witnessing one of the greatest diplomatic and foreign relations blunders of our lifetimes.
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We now have leaders of allied nations unable to trust a word the US tells them.
We are witnessing one of the greatest diplomatic and foreign relations blunders of our lifetimes.
We are witnessing one of the greatest diplomatic and foreign relations blunders of our lifetimes.
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Never forget that Trump claimed it as HIS plan, Vance personally promoted it, the White House said Rubio authored it - and they all gave Zelensky a week to agree to it or lose all support.
Presidencies have collapsed & people have been imprisoned for FAR less.
Treachery.
Presidencies have collapsed & people have been imprisoned for FAR less.
Treachery.
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Never forget that Trump claimed it as HIS plan, Vance personally promoted it, the White House said Rubio authored it - and they all gave Zelensky a week to agree to it or lose all support.
Presidencies have collapsed & people have been imprisoned for FAR less.
Treachery.
Presidencies have collapsed & people have been imprisoned for FAR less.
Treachery.