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"In 2019, Epstein wrote to journalist Michael Wolff that Trump "asked me to resign," apparently from Trump's club, Mar-a-Lago. "[O]f course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop," Epstein added. 1/7
Jeffrey Epstein: Trump ‘spent hours at my house' with victim
Congress released emails from the late sex trafficker discussing how to leverage his relationship with the future president.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"The First Amendment protects filming the police, but Berenice Garcia-Hernandez says she was dragged out of her car and detained for nearly seven hours for snapping photos of ICE agents."

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Oregon woman says ICE broke out her car windows and detained her for filming them
Berenice Garcia-Hernandez says she was dragged out of her car and detained for nearly seven hours for snapping photos of ICE agents.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"A federal judge in Chicago ordered roughly 600 people to be released from immigration detention...The individuals, the judge found, had been arrested in violation of a 2022 consent decree designed to ensure immigration agents have probable cause before making warrantless arrests." 1/2
Federal judge orders over 600 ICE detainees to be released from custody
The order was made after finding that these individuals were arrested without a warrant or probable cause, and in violation of a consent decree.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
MAGA Mike PANICS as Trump SCREWS HIM OVER

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MAGA Mike PANICS as Trump SCREWS HIM OVER
YouTube video by Adam Mockler
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November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In places where wealthy people want to be and are not just there for tax advantages, higher taxes often don't make many wealthy people leave. Keeping high-skilled professionals is more important to a city than keeping super wealthy people.

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If We Tax Rich People... They Will Just Leave!
YouTube video by How Money Works
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November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In Hitler's Germany, many Christians sought out Hitler and offered their support as Christians. Other Christians stood by while Hitler took over and did and said nothing, sometimes making excuses for Hitler.

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When German Christians Worshipped Hitler: A Warning for American Evangelicals
YouTube video by Culture, Faith, and Politics
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November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trump is sliding the U.S. into autocracy with his repeated abuses of power.

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We're Already Living Under Authoritarianism
YouTube video by Sam Harris
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November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Russia is slowly encircling Pokrovsk, but at a great cost in casualties.

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Was Pokrovsk Actually A Trap for Russian Forces?
YouTube video by Combat Veteran News
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November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The real problem isn't deficits, It's Neoliberalism“ Top Economist warns

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“The real problem isn't deficits, It's Neoliberalism“ Top Economist warns
YouTube video by ProfSteveKeen
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November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Without the ability to recover the costs of legally mandated repairs, the unit currently sits empty." 1/2
A new lawsuit says New York's rent law is forcing landlords to keep apartments empty
Rental property owners and landlords say vacancy caps make units economically unusable, and violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"Cigarette Taxes Are Costing States Billions in Lost Revenue"

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Cigarette taxes are costing states billions in lost revenue
Punitive levies drive black markets, fuel criminal enterprises, and—perhaps counterintuitively—help people evade the tax man.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution says, with only a handful of exceptions: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury." In practice, though, grand juries rarely fail to indict. 1/3
Less indictable than a ham sandwich
They say a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. But failing to get indictments has been a hallmark of the second Trump administration.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"The other possibility is that no such emergency ever actually existed, and that the president's idea of what constitutes an emergency depends largely on who is paying him homage and what gifts they might leave behind. 1/3
The 'emergency' that demanded huge tariffs on Swiss imports is now over. So what was the emergency?
Trump ordered a whopping 39 percent tariff on all imports from Switzerland earlier this year by claiming there was a national emergency.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Societies that primarily grow rice rather than wheat tend to be more collectivist due to rice requiring more of a group effort.

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How Eating Wheat vs Rice Shaped The Vast Cultural Differences Between Northern and Southern China
YouTube video by Soppy Frog Productions
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November 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Indians on the Right Are Realizing What Black Folks Already Knew

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Indians on the Right Are Realizing What Black Folks Already Knew
YouTube video by The Amazing Lucas
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November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The online ecosystem of the right includes a heavy dose of straight up anti-Semitism. Trump helped break the mold from the beginning of his first political campaign when it comes to rhetoric that used to be unacceptable. 1/2
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown

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An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown
YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts
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November 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Why the Stock Market Hasn’t Crashed Yet - with Paul Krugman

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Why the Stock Market Hasn’t Crashed Yet - with Paul Krugman
YouTube video by Hasan Minhaj
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November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Scott Galloway & Morgan Housel on the Art of Spending Money | Office Hours

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Scott Galloway & Morgan Housel on the Art of Spending Money | Office Hours
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
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November 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
BREAKING: New Emails Suggest Epstein Had Major Leverage Over Trump

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BREAKING: New Emails Suggest Epstein Had Major Leverage Over Trump
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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November 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"After a few months in the program, Smith was no longer diabetic, and she has now been sober for two and a half years.
Her story highlights the success of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot, which launched in North Carolina in March 2022... 1/8
The Medicaid Program That Saved Money, Turned People’s Health Around — and Got Killed
The end of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in North Carolina is a story of how MAHA might actually be realized — or not — at the state level.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"dummymanders. The idea is that, by spreading a party’s voters more thinly across a greater number of districts in order to pick up more seats, a new map will turn strongholds into potential areas of danger. 1/3
How Redistricting Turned a Setback Into a Bloodbath
The 1894 election cycle holds some key lessons for partisan gerrymanders today.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Trump is carving out his own brand of capitalism — launching extraordinary federal interventions in the economy through ownership stakes in private companies alongside sweeping tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation. But the way he’s using these tools isn’t really guided by a discernable..strategy 1/2
‘He’s Actually Weakening the Economy’: Why Trump’s Strategy May Fail
A top economist says Trump is doing industrial policy all wrong.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
According to an Epstein email, Trump spent hours at Epstein's house with a victim. This is where Epstein called Trump "that dog that hasn't barked". 1/6
Trump Might Be F*cked
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
France surrenders: Pensions will Devour its Economy and there is nothing to be done

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France surrenders: Pensions will Devour its Economy and there is nothing to be done
YouTube video by VisualEconomik EN
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November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM