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Trinity Church in Manhattan, famous from Hamilton, runs Trinity Commons’ Compassion Market, feeding thousands and providing baby supplies, clothing, essentials, and hope.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bread, diapers and hope: how Trinity church feeds New York’s hungry
US families queue for groceries, hot meals and baby supplies as demand at Trinity’s Compassion Market soars
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
US small businesses sound the alarm over Trump’s tariffs, which are hurting holiday sales and driving up costs. 74% are worried about their business surviving over the next year.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US small businesses sound alarm over Trump’s tariffs amid crucial holiday season
Some small business owners doubt that even strong holiday sales will ease impact of tough year plagued by uncertainty
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
2020 election deniers now hold key roles in Trump's DC (Ed Martin, Harmeet Dhillon, Heather Honey, etc.) They're shaping election rules, overseeing voter data, and sowing doubt ahead of 2026.

“The call is literally coming from inside the house."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They tried to overturn the 2020 US election. Now, they hold power in Trump’s Washington
Those who tried to overturn the 2020 election now occupy key federal roles, shaping rules and sowing doubt for 2026
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Immigrant advocates blocked ICE at a Chinatown garage near Canal St., delaying a raid. NYPD was called to intervene. Once gone, NYPD pepper-sprayed the protesters and arrested at least 10.

www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/29/p...
Protesters block ICE from leaving garage to conduct Canal St. sweep as NYPD makes arrests
Immigrant advocates tried to stop an ICE operation Saturday on Canal St. by blocking a Chinatown garage’s exit, temporarily preventing the masked agents from leaving, officials and advocates …
www.nydailynews.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump loyalist and TX House GOP Rep. Troy Nehls, who co-sponsored bills to put DJT on the $100 bill and rename Dulles Airport after him, will NOT seek re-election in 2026, citing family discussions over Thanksgiving.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House Republican Troy Nehls will not seek re-election in 2026
Rep. Troy Nehls, a Trump loyalist from Texas, said Saturday he made the decision after consulting with his family over the Thanksgiving holiday.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Polygraphs, extensive biometric data, including retinal scans, require current force members to vouch for them.

That intense vetting process in Afghanistan gave the agency confidence that people who had fought in their units posed no danger to Americans.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Afghans Who Assisted U.S. During the War Underwent Rigorous Vetting
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Hernández was convicted of conspiring to traffic 400 tons of cocaine into the US & he gets a pardon. Meanwhile these unknown individuals, who may or may not be fishermen or drug traffickers, we don’t really know, are getting murdered in the open seas. The policy is nonsensical & blatantly illegal.”
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Another day, another pardon for another criminal.

Donald Trump granted clemency to private equity executive David Gentile (CEO of GPB Capital), who had just begun a seven-year prison sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6B fraud scheme.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump grants clemency to executive convicted in fraud scheme – report
David Gentile had just begun to serve a seven-year sentence for role in $1.6bn scheme that defrauded thousands
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
How is this even legal? Isn't this point-blank foreign electoral intervention?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hondurans vote amid Trump threat to cut aid if his preferred candidate loses
US president favours Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of rightwing National party, as polls show three candidates are neck-and-neck
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Well, isn't that just the pot calling the kettle black?

I swear, their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

The White House rolled out a new section of its official website on Friday that publicly criticizes and catalogs media organizations and journalists it claims have distorted coverage.
White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Critics say it’s “so stupid it feels like a joke."

Lebanese news outlet reports that Trump demanded the return of $39K American bomb that Israel recently dropped but failed to detonate.

www.rawstory.com/lebanon-trum...
'So stupid it feels like a joke': Trump admin ruthlessly mocked over bomb return request
The Trump administration was dog piled by critics after a Lebanese news outlet claimed that the United States is demanding the return of an advanced bomb it had recently dropped on the country but fai...
www.rawstory.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New report by National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) says AI could eliminate 3M jobs over the next decade, hitting administrative, secretarial, customer service, & machine operators the hardest.

www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-repl...
AI could replace 3 million jobs over next decade, report warns
Admin, customer service and machine operators among most threatened roles, research suggests
www.the-independent.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Leaked files show far-right influences among Project 2025 applicants. Applicants reportedly cited Nazi theorists and other extremists as inspiration for Trump administration roles.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Leaked files show far-right influences among Project 2025 applicants
Applicants reportedly cited Nazi theorists and other extremists as inspiration for Trump administration roles
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If he's speaking, he's lying.

CIA/Counterterrorism officials vetted the National Guard shooting suspect before he entered the U.S. through Operation Allies Welcome. Contradicting Trump's claim that he was “unvetted” under Biden.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hegseth ordered SEAL Team 6 to “KILL THEM ALL” in the first alleged drug-boat strike in September. After the first strike, two survivors clinging to wreckage were hit by a second missile. Hegseth declines to comment.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
225 judges have ruled in more than 700 cases that Trump’s new policy violates the law and the right to due process. The judges, 23 appointed by Trump himself, hail from 35 different states. The number of judges opposing the administration’s position has more than doubled in less than a month.
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
www.politico.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's indiscriminate murder.

The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed, and the strikes were not designed to take out high-ranking cartel leaders.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Intelligence on U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Is Limited
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Might as well get to know the country that our #CriminalRegime is about to invade in an illegal war.

28.4 Million people
1-1/2 size of Texas
90% Christian/Catholic
85% live in urban areas (north)
Largest oil reserves in the world
NOT known for drug trafficking

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Venezuela explained in 10 maps and charts
Al Jazeera visualises Venezuela’s political and economic landscape, oil riches, migration crisis and tensions with US.
www.aljazeera.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
He's fueling the hate mongering.

Trump’s hateful, falsehood-filled rant on Thursday, blaming immigrants for crime, social dysfunction, & economic hardship, is refuted by stats, which show that immigrants dramatically bolster the US economy & commit crimes at far lower rates than US-born people.
Trump’s hate-filled rant ignores facts on immigrant crime and economic benefits
In the wake of the deadly Washington DC shooting, Trump claimed immigrants are ‘destroying everything America stands for’. Here’s what the data shows
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
So the #CriminalRegime will blow up anonymous people on boats, claiming without any basis in fact, that they're trafficking drugs to the US. But then Trump will pardon an ex-Honduran President who “paved a cocaine superhighway to the United States”.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump to pardon ex-Honduras leader serving drug trafficking sentence in US
Hernández was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Almost all major players in the Charlie Kirk killing were searched months prior (Israel & DC Google users). The Nat'l Guard shooting suspect ALSO appeared in searches before the attack.

The alleged killer was a CIA asset, recruited as a child in Afghanistan.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A report reveals the DOJ—after frantically realizing the files would be released—has been paying FBI agents nearly $1M in overtime to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project."

Ostensibly aimed at protecting victims' privacy. It's also their way to prevent exposing Trump & his allies.
Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files
A new report reveals the FBI’s frantic “special redaction project” when they thought the Epstein files would be released.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
As Russian drones and agents repeatedly unleash attacks across NATO countries, Europe is now considering the ‘unthinkable’: cyber offensives, rapid attribution, and surprise NATO drills to retaliate and deter further provocations.

www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retaliating against Russia
Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as Moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For first time since 1988, under Trump, the US will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day, which honors those lost to the disease, celebrates efforts against it, and raises awareness.

“An awareness day is not a strategy.”

Conflicting with their Anti-communism week, Made in America week, etc.
For Trump, there’s Columbus Day and Victory Day, but no World Aids Day
Administration said ‘awareness is not a strategy’, but here is a short list of orders the president has signed to do just that
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
US Navy accused of cover-up. They knew for a year about lethal plutonium at San Fran’s Hunters Point shipyard site used in the 1950s to decontaminate nuclear ships. 2,000g remain on site, now planned for 10K housing units.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US navy accused of cover-up over dangerous plutonium in San Francisco
Advocates allege navy knew levels of airborne plutonium at Hunters Point shipyard were high before it alerted officials
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM