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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
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The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
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Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
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U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Meta is one of the most significant engines of fraud in the United States, with Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp involved in a third of all successful consumer scams.
Hold Meta accountable for fraudulent ads
Facebook exposes users to 11 scam ads a day
action.consumerreports.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Meta is one of the most significant engines of fraud in the United States, with Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp involved in a third of all successful consumer scams.
Food bloggers report that AI-generated "recipe slop" is distorting nearly every way people find cooking advice online, causing consumers to waste time and money on unappetizing or impossible dishes.
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Food bloggers report that AI-generated "recipe slop" is distorting nearly every way people find cooking advice online, causing consumers to waste time and money on unappetizing or impossible dishes.
Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.
FRIDAY, Nov. 21, 2025 — Health officials are warning parents that recalled ByHeart baby formula is still showing up on store shelves, even as lab tests confirm it was contaminated with dangerous bacteria tied to a growing botulism outbreak.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
FRIDAY, Nov. 21, 2025 — Health officials are warning parents that recalled ByHeart baby formula is still showing up on store shelves, even as lab tests confirm it was contaminated with dangerous bacteria tied to a growing botulism outbreak.
Trump’s sudden acquiescence, as he stares down yet another humiliating news cycle tying him to a notorious pedophile, seems little more than a facade.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What Trump's "quiet, piggy" rage reveals
The cruel remark is not the response of a man at peace.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump’s sudden acquiescence, as he stares down yet another humiliating news cycle tying him to a notorious pedophile, seems little more than a facade.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A new investigation found that Meta – Facebook’s parent company – delivered 15 billion scam ads a day to users, exposing each person to roughly 11 scam ads daily.
Hold Meta accountable for fraudulent ads
Facebook exposes users to 11 scam ads a day
action.consumerreports.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A new investigation found that Meta – Facebook’s parent company – delivered 15 billion scam ads a day to users, exposing each person to roughly 11 scam ads daily.
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported? by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
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Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
Exchanges about Trump between reporter Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.
theintercept.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported? by @noahhurowitz.bsky.social
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
At a Menards in Cicero, Ill., ICE agents shattered a man's truck windows, dragged him out, and took him away in an unmarked vehicle. Menards management told employees to delete any videos they took of today's ICE raid — or face termination.
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 on X: "Menards told employees to delete any videos they took of today's ICE raid—or they would be fired. Manager told contract security guard to delete his recording of the arrest—he refused. Video shows agents shatter both truck windows to drag man out, detain him, and take him away https://t.co/YzH9mGIo5T" / X
Menards told employees to delete any videos they took of today's ICE raid—or they would be fired. Manager told contract security guard to delete his recording of the arrest—he refused. Video shows agents shatter both truck windows to drag man out, detain him, and take him away https://t.co/YzH9mGIo5T
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October 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
At a Menards in Cicero, Ill., ICE agents shattered a man's truck windows, dragged him out, and took him away in an unmarked vehicle. Menards management told employees to delete any videos they took of today's ICE raid — or face termination.
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Coast Guard bought Kristi Noem two private jets (I guess if one breaks down). Cost: $172 million. Is that what you call draining the swamp?
October 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Coast Guard bought Kristi Noem two private jets (I guess if one breaks down). Cost: $172 million. Is that what you call draining the swamp?
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures | US news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures
From New York to San Francisco, millions of Americans hit the streets to voice their anger over Trump’s policies
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
No Kings protests across the US: in pictures | US news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
JD Vance would like you to do anything but pay attention to those abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday. And if you do read them, he wants you to think they’re just “kids” saying “edgy, offensive” things.
Except that they appear to be full-grown adults
Except that they appear to be full-grown adults
No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.
www.motherjones.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
JD Vance would like you to do anything but pay attention to those abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday. And if you do read them, he wants you to think they’re just “kids” saying “edgy, offensive” things.
Except that they appear to be full-grown adults
Except that they appear to be full-grown adults
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Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.