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Column: Presidents can no longer be trusted with pardons (Los Angeles Times)
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November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The World Has Got the Measure of a Corrupt President (WhoWhatWhy)
When Donald Trump boasts of the dawn of a “new golden age” and claims that foreign investments are pouring in, he isn’t lying for once. But the president isn...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Dumb Luck Is Masking the Trump Admin's FEMA Mess, But it Won't Last Forever (Splinter)
Given that the "E" in FEMA does indeed stand for "Emergency," it's all too easy to assume whoever has been manning that top post through 2025 at least had so...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Ty Cobb: Trump reversal on Epstein documents shows president at ‘narcissistic worst’ (The Hill)
Ty Cobb, former White House lawyer in President Trump’s first term, said on Monday that Trump’s reversal on the congressional vote to release the Jeffrey Eps...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Think Tank Launches 'One-Stop Shop' for Economic Info to Fight Trump's War on Data (Common Dreams)
Amid President Donald Trump's efforts to conceal the harmful consequences of his economic policies by hiding key data and replacing economists who tell harsh...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Judge Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Texas Gerrymandering Scheme (The New Republic)
A federal judge has thrown out Texas’s gerrymandered congressional maps.Judge Jeffrey V. Brown ruledTuesday that the Lone Star State must return to its 2021 ...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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The BAD NEWS is OVERWHELMING and it is NON-STOP. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO BRING THIS ADMINISTRATION TO AN END. THE SOONER THE BETTER!
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Democrats seek to halt Trump’s reported plan to sell off student loan portfolio (The Hill)
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers are highlighting and trying to prevent reported Trump administration plans to sell the government’s student loan portfoliot...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein links (The Guardian)
The Harvardprofessor and economist Larry Summers s...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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‘We’re in Trouble’ – Ford Can’t Fill 5,000 6-Figure Mechanic Jobs (MotorBiscuit)
Ford service bays aren’t supposed to be quiet places. A lift sitting empty despite two-week turnaround times feels wrong. Like a diner filled with hungry pat...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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More Americans Fall Behind on Utility Bills as AI Data Centers, Trump Attacks on Renewables Raise Costs (Common Dreams)
Although the rising cost of groceries has gotten a lot of attention in recent weeks, US consumers are also increasingly under pressure from the rising cost o...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Greedy Donald Trump asks FIFA boss how much money America is getting out of World Cup (Irish Star Online)
The World Cup is coming to the United States next summer, and US President Donald Trumpis set to have his fingerprints all over it. He spoke with the World C...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The Stock Market Flashes a Warning as Investors Get Bad News About President Trump's Tariffs (The Motley Fool)
Key Points The S&P 500 has declined in November as investors have contemplated worrisome economic data and elevated valuations. The U.S. manufacturing sector...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Strange Structures Found Lurking in The Blood of People With Long COVID (ScienceAlert)
A hidden physical change in the body may be helping to drive the prolonged malaise some people experience after contracting COVID-19. Analyzing blood samples...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Trump Plots Massive Suck-Up for Saudi Prince With Cannons and Sports Legend (The Daily Beast)
President Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman with a military flyover and the world's biggest soccer star during the crown prince's fir...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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6 Things ICE Can’t Actually Make You Do During a Traffic Stop (MotorBiscuit)
It can be terrifying to be pulled over during a policetraffic stop. It can feel even scarier when the officers work for U.S. Immigration and Cu...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Furious Brit hammers Trump for threats that could give World Cup a 'tournament low' (Raw Story)
Donald Trump and "his FIFA soulmate" Gianni Infantino got slammed Tuesday by a European analyst who claimed America's president is destroying the world's lea...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Voices: As America sneezes, the world shivers: why we should brace for a US recession (The Independent)
Fear stalks the world’s markets. A smorgasbord of American economic data, delayed by the recent federal government shutdown, is due, and investors are deeply...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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NAZIS AND NAZI TACTICS!!!!
‘Would You Like to Be Detained?’: Louisiana Cops Spark Outrage After They Threaten Black Woman Filming Mother’s Arrest Over Minor Traffic Ticket (Atlanta Black Star)
Two Louisiana sheriff’s deputies are facing backlash after an arrest of a Black woman in a mental health crisis went viral. The startling video of the incide...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Survivor Reveals Epstein Threatened to ‘Withhold Care’ From Cancer-Stricken Mother to Trap Her in ‘Cycle of Abuse’ (Mediaite)
A survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse detailed how the disgraced financier weaponized her mother’s brain cancer diagnosis to entrap her, telling reporters at...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Aid for data: Trump administration trades funding for health information (The Telegraph)
The Trump administration has demanded digital access to developing countries national health s...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Trump blasted after declaring hard line in in high-stakes health care clash (AlterNet)
Scuttling bipartisan efforts to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, President Donald Trump on Tuesday dec...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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l.smartnews.com/p-6BXUq3Go/x... ANYTHING THAT DOESNT PUSH ‘CHRISTIANITY’ IS BIASED AGAINST IT. UNDERSTAND???
Texas AG sues state-run education programs over 'anti-Christian' bias (The Christian Post)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit aimed at...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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WHY ISNT HE IMPEACHED BY NOW!?!
As Trump Issues New Threats to Mexico and Colombia, Democrats Push to End Unauthorized Aggression (Common Dreams)
As Democrats in the US House of Representatives introduced their latest measure to stop President Donald Trump from continuing his attacks against alleged dr...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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DHS statement shows Border Patrol isn't just going after ‘the worst' in Charlotte | Opinion (The Charlotte Observer)
Before the U.S. Border Patrol arrived in Charlotte, officials insisted the operation would target "criminal illegal aliens terrorizing Americans." But so far...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM