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And there’s another danger: the looming Great Climate Insurance Collapse, already spiraling in Florida.
www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...
www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...
Nobel-Winning Economist Sounds Alarm on Looming Financial Crisis
Paul Krugman says the U.S. may be headed for trouble.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
And there’s another danger: the looming Great Climate Insurance Collapse, already spiraling in Florida.
www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...
www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-winnin...
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
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An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState
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“One of those working most closely with Epstein, up to and including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
www.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“One of those working most closely with Epstein, up to and including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
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All of the past week’s Civil Discourse columns collected for you in one place. Get up to speed on what was a surprisingly full holiday week’s worth of news before we head into the new week. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Sunday Morning Wrap-Up
Here’s the highlight reel of the past week’s posts and events.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
All of the past week’s Civil Discourse columns collected for you in one place. Get up to speed on what was a surprisingly full holiday week’s worth of news before we head into the new week. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
The oldest abuse in human government
Donald Trump and the ‘king’s justice’
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
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What we’re reading in Ohio….
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What we’re reading in Ohio….
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“Trump has delivered many of the rewards that Biden merely dangled before the Saudis,” Franklin Foer writes. One reason may be the kingdom “licensing the Trump name for a series of lavish mega-projects across the Gulf”:
Why the Gulf Monarchs Shower Trump With Gifts
Until now, no president had yielded to royal temptations from abroad.
bit.ly
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Trump has delivered many of the rewards that Biden merely dangled before the Saudis,” Franklin Foer writes. One reason may be the kingdom “licensing the Trump name for a series of lavish mega-projects across the Gulf”:
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We didn’t realize how bad Trump’s Biden-derangement syndrome really is. The first analysis found that he mentioned “Biden” an average of 6.32 times per day. That number has since climbed it’s now just over seven times a day.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We didn’t realize how bad Trump’s Biden-derangement syndrome really is. The first analysis found that he mentioned “Biden” an average of 6.32 times per day. That number has since climbed it’s now just over seven times a day.
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"Qualified prosecutors at the Justice Department 'who understand, know and care about the rules are showing themselves unwilling' to carry out Trump's demands," our own @kristyparker.bsky.social told @reuters.com
US Justice Department stumbles in retribution campaign against Trump foes
Lindsey Halligan, a close ally of President Donald Trump, went before a grand jury in late September seeking criminal charges against a high-profile target: former FBI Director James Comey.
www.reuters.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Qualified prosecutors at the Justice Department 'who understand, know and care about the rules are showing themselves unwilling' to carry out Trump's demands," our own @kristyparker.bsky.social told @reuters.com
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Without oversight and transparency measures in place, the growing use of AI-powered tools in policing risks infringing on civil rights and civil liberties by amplifying bias and chilling free speech. Our new analysis details the risks and the needed safeguards needed to address them. bit.ly/44nxPlx
The Dangers of Unregulated AI in Policing
New data fusion tools risk embedding biases and chilling free speech.
www.brennancenter.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Without oversight and transparency measures in place, the growing use of AI-powered tools in policing risks infringing on civil rights and civil liberties by amplifying bias and chilling free speech. Our new analysis details the risks and the needed safeguards needed to address them. bit.ly/44nxPlx
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Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology. bit.ly/3Kq348R
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Trump administration openly says that it will use its domestic spying capabilities to target people who oppose ICE’s actions. And ICE has been bulking up on the latest surveillance technology. bit.ly/3Kq348R
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PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Judges appointed by Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush have entered the conversation on our lawsuit, Trump v. Slaughter, to say that the Supreme Court should not abandon nearly 90 years of precedent. Read their full message to SCOTUS here: 🔗 https://protdem.org/4prhWCM
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE THIRTEEN RETIRED FEDERAL JUDGES IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS
protdem.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Judges appointed by Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush have entered the conversation on our lawsuit, Trump v. Slaughter, to say that the Supreme Court should not abandon nearly 90 years of precedent. Read their full message to SCOTUS here: 🔗 https://protdem.org/4prhWCM
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deference to the executive branch when it claims war powers, which dramatically reduces judicial oversight. The political logic is simple: a foreign conflict is being used as a pretext to unlock a domestic tool that normally would be unconstitutional to deploy at scale.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
deference to the executive branch when it claims war powers, which dramatically reduces judicial oversight. The political logic is simple: a foreign conflict is being used as a pretext to unlock a domestic tool that normally would be unconstitutional to deploy at scale.
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But by creating even a limited foreign conflict, the administration can claim that a state of hostilities exists, and once that designation is in place, the president can argue that Venezuelan nationals fall under wartime authority. Courts have historically granted wide
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
But by creating even a limited foreign conflict, the administration can claim that a state of hostilities exists, and once that designation is in place, the president can argue that Venezuelan nationals fall under wartime authority. Courts have historically granted wide
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from a country the U.S. is at war with or engaged in hostilities against. Under ordinary circumstances, the government cannot legally conduct mass detentions or broad, nationality-based deportations due-process protections, asylum law, and federal courts all create barriers that stop overreach.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
from a country the U.S. is at war with or engaged in hostilities against. Under ordinary circumstances, the government cannot legally conduct mass detentions or broad, nationality-based deportations due-process protections, asylum law, and federal courts all create barriers that stop overreach.
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Lets explain how escalating/manufacturing a military confrontation with Venezuela gives the administration a legal “hook” to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, one of the oldest national-security laws still on the books. This statute allows a president to detain, restrict, or deport non-citizens
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Lets explain how escalating/manufacturing a military confrontation with Venezuela gives the administration a legal “hook” to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, one of the oldest national-security laws still on the books. This statute allows a president to detain, restrict, or deport non-citizens
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Equal parts gangster and gong show at MAGA DOJ.
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Equal parts gangster and gong show at MAGA DOJ.
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Swiss businessmen gave Trump an engraved gold bar worth more than $130,000. Then he agreed to cut tariffs on Swiss imports.
bit.ly/4oV46sG
bit.ly/4oV46sG
A New Era of Crony Capitalism
Washington hasn’t seen graft like this for at least a century.
www.brennancenter.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Swiss businessmen gave Trump an engraved gold bar worth more than $130,000. Then he agreed to cut tariffs on Swiss imports.
bit.ly/4oV46sG
bit.ly/4oV46sG
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A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
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The real Election Day is Tuesday, December 2, 2025. We’re closely monitoring this election and will keep you updated with any further warnings.
Democrats investigating flyers with wrong Tennessee special election date
Rachel Campbell, chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, raised concerns about "fraudulent dates being circulated."
www.newsweek.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The real Election Day is Tuesday, December 2, 2025. We’re closely monitoring this election and will keep you updated with any further warnings.
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There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.
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Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...