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Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The intense focus on Citizens United has obscured a less-recognized campaign finance case, one that never made it to the Supreme Court: a case that actually paved the way for the super PACs frequently used by billionaires like Elon Musk.
Case that lets billionaires spend big on elections never reached Supreme Court
A less-recognized campaign finance case from 2010 paved the way for the super PACs frequently used by billionaires such as Elon Musk to spend big on elections.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The intense focus on Citizens United has obscured a less-recognized campaign finance case, one that never made it to the Supreme Court: a case that actually paved the way for the super PACs frequently used by billionaires like Elon Musk.
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At least nine elected Republicans in Indiana have been the target of swatting attacks in the weeks since President Trump publicly pressured state lawmakers to pass new congressional maps that would benefit Republicans.
At least 9 Indiana Republicans were targeted in swatting attacks amid redistricting pressure from Trump
The threats came after Trump publicly called on state lawmakers to pass new congressional maps that would benefit Republicans.
nbcnews.to
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
At least nine elected Republicans in Indiana have been the target of swatting attacks in the weeks since President Trump publicly pressured state lawmakers to pass new congressional maps that would benefit Republicans.
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Mayor Eric Adams announced a $38.9 million settlement with Starbucks on Monday over violations of New York City’s law guaranteeing fair working conditions, a resolution that officials said was the largest worker protection settlement in the city’s history. trib.al/uqfim3j
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mayor Eric Adams announced a $38.9 million settlement with Starbucks on Monday over violations of New York City’s law guaranteeing fair working conditions, a resolution that officials said was the largest worker protection settlement in the city’s history. trib.al/uqfim3j
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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David Sacks, one of the Trump administration’s top technology officials, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
David Sacks, one of the Trump administration’s top technology officials, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
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Marlene Parsons and Edward La Rue Sr. met in the pool during a water aerobics classes. Both their spouses had recently died, and neither one had been interested in remarrying.
But this month, they got married in the shallow end of an Illinois pool.
But this month, they got married in the shallow end of an Illinois pool.
A widow and widower fell in love during water aerobics. They wed in the pool.
Marlene Parsons and Edward La Rue Sr. got married in an Illinois pool where they met in a YMCA water aerobics class.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Marlene Parsons and Edward La Rue Sr. met in the pool during a water aerobics classes. Both their spouses had recently died, and neither one had been interested in remarrying.
But this month, they got married in the shallow end of an Illinois pool.
But this month, they got married in the shallow end of an Illinois pool.
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Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras, helped orchestrate a decades-long scheme that prosecutors said brought more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S. He was convicted in a sweeping case last year, but President Trump said on Friday that he would pardon Hernandez.
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras, helped orchestrate a decades-long scheme that prosecutors said brought more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S. He was convicted in a sweeping case last year, but President Trump said on Friday that he would pardon Hernandez.
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A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said on Sunday.
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration agents at the Boston airport before a flight to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving. She is now in Honduras.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said on Sunday.
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NEW: I have a personal announcement. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-person...
NEW: Personal Announcement
I just made a personal announcement on a live show I want to share with you
www.muellershewrote.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
NEW: I have a personal announcement. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-person...
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Though Americans might be clamoring for relief on groceries, housing and energy costs, economists say there’s a bigger downside to falling prices: Ironically, falling prices can both signal a recession and trigger one.
Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do
Though Americans might be clamoring for relief on groceries, housing and energy costs, economists say there’s a bigger downside to falling prices.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Though Americans might be clamoring for relief on groceries, housing and energy costs, economists say there’s a bigger downside to falling prices: Ironically, falling prices can both signal a recession and trigger one.
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Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
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In a paradox of global warming, thawing ice isn’t making Arctic waters easier to navigate: it makes them more dangerous.
My Three Weeks Navigating Ice in the Arctic Ocean
In a paradox of global warming, thawing ice isn’t making Arctic waters easier to navigate. It makes them more dangerous.
on.wsj.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In a paradox of global warming, thawing ice isn’t making Arctic waters easier to navigate: it makes them more dangerous.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel formally requested a pardon from the president on Sunday in his long-running corruption trial. Here’s what to know about the trial.
The Netanyahu Corruption Trial, Explained
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israel’s president to pardon him preemptively, before any verdicts were reached in his corruption cases. Here’s what to know about his trial.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel formally requested a pardon from the president on Sunday in his long-running corruption trial. Here’s what to know about the trial.
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The FDA's Vinay Prasad says children face “a tremendously low risk of death.” Actually, 821 kids <19 died of Covid during a 12-month perdiod, according to a 2023 JAMA paper. www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/c...
Experts say top FDA official’s claim that Covid vaccines caused kids’ deaths requires more evidence
The FDA’s top vaccine regulator asserted in a staff email that the Covid vaccine caused at least 10 kids' deaths, but experts told STAT they are skeptical of the “extraordinary” claim because it was n...
www.statnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The FDA's Vinay Prasad says children face “a tremendously low risk of death.” Actually, 821 kids <19 died of Covid during a 12-month perdiod, according to a 2023 JAMA paper. www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/c...
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Kick Republicans in the BUTT and flip TN-07! Vote this Tues. Dec. 2nd for Aftyn Behn!!
November 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Kick Republicans in the BUTT and flip TN-07! Vote this Tues. Dec. 2nd for Aftyn Behn!!
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Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey celebrated his marriage to his partner Alexis Lewis in an intimate ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening.
Cory Booker Weds Alexis Lewis in a Private Ceremony
The couple married at a courthouse in Newark days before hosting an intimate wedding in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. They shared their wedding details exclusively with The New York Times.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey celebrated his marriage to his partner Alexis Lewis in an intimate ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening.
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Trump vs. Mark Kelly, there is more to it. Let's talk about it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump vs. Mark Kelly, there is more to it. Let's talk about it.
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#🚫Target🚫HomeDepot🚫Amazon #Boycott
#Nov28-Dec1
#WeAin’tBuyingIt is also encouraging people to #ShopLocal & support community businesses.
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@aclu.org
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Nov28-Dec1
#WeAin’tBuyingIt is also encouraging people to #ShopLocal & support community businesses.
@teamsters.bsky.social
@mass50501.bsky.social
@indivisable.bsky.social
@aclum.bsky.social
@aclu.org
@jaybird54.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?
While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#🚫Target🚫HomeDepot🚫Amazon #Boycott
#Nov28-Dec1
#WeAin’tBuyingIt is also encouraging people to #ShopLocal & support community businesses.
@teamsters.bsky.social
@mass50501.bsky.social
@indivisable.bsky.social
@aclum.bsky.social
@aclu.org
@jaybird54.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Nov28-Dec1
#WeAin’tBuyingIt is also encouraging people to #ShopLocal & support community businesses.
@teamsters.bsky.social
@mass50501.bsky.social
@indivisable.bsky.social
@aclum.bsky.social
@aclu.org
@jaybird54.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
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If MTG truly believes that she can run for president, she would do well to read the Epstein client list into the congressional record, then move to vacate the Speaker’s chair. Might as well go out with a bang.
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
If MTG truly believes that she can run for president, she would do well to read the Epstein client list into the congressional record, then move to vacate the Speaker’s chair. Might as well go out with a bang.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. official said that Truml hasn't
been as involved in the specifics, - WP
"You tell him, T'm going to try to get a deal.' He will say, 'Great, go see what you can do.' And that's the level of detail he has."
"It's been absolute chaos all day. It's embarrassing."
been as involved in the specifics, - WP
"You tell him, T'm going to try to get a deal.' He will say, 'Great, go see what you can do.' And that's the level of detail he has."
"It's been absolute chaos all day. It's embarrassing."
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. official said that Truml hasn't
been as involved in the specifics, - WP
"You tell him, T'm going to try to get a deal.' He will say, 'Great, go see what you can do.' And that's the level of detail he has."
"It's been absolute chaos all day. It's embarrassing."
been as involved in the specifics, - WP
"You tell him, T'm going to try to get a deal.' He will say, 'Great, go see what you can do.' And that's the level of detail he has."
"It's been absolute chaos all day. It's embarrassing."
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Speaking of pulling stuff out of Trump's butt...
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Speaking of pulling stuff out of Trump's butt...
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Apologies for showing a bum on here 🤭
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Apologies for showing a bum on here 🤭
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild