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Biden admin. ignored reports of Israeli war crimes. “5 former US officials told Reuters that in December 2023, the State Dept.’s legal team brought reports to Sec. Antony Blinken showing Israel was breaching international law & committing war crimes in Gaza." libertarianinstitute.org/news/us-offi...
US Officials Warned Secretary Blinken that Israel Was Committing War Crimes in December 2023 | The Libertarian Institute
US officials in the Joe Biden administration repeatedly warned that Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza. The White House ignored the reports to avoid cutting military aid to Israel. Five former ...
libertarianinstitute.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Biden admin. ignored reports of Israeli war crimes. “5 former US officials told Reuters that in December 2023, the State Dept.’s legal team brought reports to Sec. Antony Blinken showing Israel was breaching international law & committing war crimes in Gaza." libertarianinstitute.org/news/us-offi...
U.S. said planning $500 million military base in Israel. “Israeli officials familiar with the preliminary plans said the facility would be used by international forces operating in Gaza to help maintain the cease-fire and could accommodate several thousand soldiers." www.ynetnews.com/article/sjay...
US plans $500 million base near Gaza border to support cease-fire, Israeli sources say
According to Israeli officials, the planned US base along the Gaza border would house several thousand troops tasked with maintaining the cease-fire; the move signals Washington’s determination to dee...
www.ynetnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
U.S. said planning $500 million military base in Israel. “Israeli officials familiar with the preliminary plans said the facility would be used by international forces operating in Gaza to help maintain the cease-fire and could accommodate several thousand soldiers." www.ynetnews.com/article/sjay...
Former French president released from prison pending appeal. "...[Nicolas] Sarkozy described his [20 days in] solitary confinement as ‘gruelling’ and ‘a nightmare’. ....He had a toilet, a shower, a desk, a small electric [hotplate]... a small TV... and...a small fridge." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Former French president Sarkozy released from prison after three weeks
The former French president was jailed in October for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Former French president released from prison pending appeal. "...[Nicolas] Sarkozy described his [20 days in] solitary confinement as ‘gruelling’ and ‘a nightmare’. ....He had a toilet, a shower, a desk, a small electric [hotplate]... a small TV... and...a small fridge." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Indonesian govt. declares former dictator Suharto a ‘national hero’. "...a nationwide purge of alleged communists [was] overseen by Suharto’s powerful military, with human rights groups and historians estimating that between 500,000 to one million people were killed." edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/a...
He was a US-backed dictator who led sweeping massacres. Why is he now being named a national hero? | CNN
Former dictator Suharto was named an Indonesian hero on Monday, sparking protests from those who say he oversaw decades of bloodshed and corruption.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Indonesian govt. declares former dictator Suharto a ‘national hero’. "...a nationwide purge of alleged communists [was] overseen by Suharto’s powerful military, with human rights groups and historians estimating that between 500,000 to one million people were killed." edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/a...
U.S. blows up 2 more suspected drug smuggling boats in Pacific. "The U.S. military has killed six more people in strikes on what it claims were drug-running boats, [War] Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the total death toll in the series of attacks to 76." www.cbsnews.com/news/us-stri...
U.S. military blows up 2 more alleged drug boats in Pacific, killing 6 "narco-terrorists," Pentagon chief says
As in previous strikes, U.S. officials did not release the identities of those killed, or offer evidence that they were smuggling narcotics or posed a threat to the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
U.S. blows up 2 more suspected drug smuggling boats in Pacific. "The U.S. military has killed six more people in strikes on what it claims were drug-running boats, [War] Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the total death toll in the series of attacks to 76." www.cbsnews.com/news/us-stri...
4 arrested while trying to display bug art at Berkeley. "UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism.... while attempting to hang [a] cardboard bug off Sather Gate in protest of Turning Point USA’s... upcoming event on campus." www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
4 arrested while trying to display bug art at Berkeley. "UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism.... while attempting to hang [a] cardboard bug off Sather Gate in protest of Turning Point USA’s... upcoming event on campus." www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
Supreme Court declines to hear same-sex marriage appeal. "...the court denied an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who... [refused] to issue [same-sex] marriage licenses after the court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges..." edition.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Supreme Court declines to hear same-sex marriage appeal. "...the court denied an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who... [refused] to issue [same-sex] marriage licenses after the court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges..." edition.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Judge blocks USDA’s attempt to ‘undo’ full payment of SNAP benefits for November. "Several states have already issued full November SNAP benefits. These include Massachusetts, Hawaii, Oregon, Wisconsin, California, Kansas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Washington.” www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...
Move to "undo" SNAP payments blocked as judge rebukes "vindictive games"
The administration is now attempting to retract hundreds of millions of dollars in food assistance benefits.
www.newsweek.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Judge blocks USDA’s attempt to ‘undo’ full payment of SNAP benefits for November. "Several states have already issued full November SNAP benefits. These include Massachusetts, Hawaii, Oregon, Wisconsin, California, Kansas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Washington.” www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit...
Utah judge rejects U.S. House election redistricting plan. "In her ruling... Judge Dianna Gibson said the Republican map ‘fails to abide by & conform with the requirements’ of a 2018 voter-approved ballot measure that created nonpartisan redistricting standards..." www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Utah judge denies GOP-passed congressional map
The judge opted to instead put in place a map offered by the plaintiffs in the case.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Utah judge rejects U.S. House election redistricting plan. "In her ruling... Judge Dianna Gibson said the Republican map ‘fails to abide by & conform with the requirements’ of a 2018 voter-approved ballot measure that created nonpartisan redistricting standards..." www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Cop confronts man pointing gun at motorist, discovers he’s an ICE agent. "After the agent identified himself, the officer told him ‘he could not assist with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred, and that local law enforcement was en route.’" www.latimes.com/california/s...
Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent
A Fullerton police officer told the agent he couldn't help 'with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred.' Under state law, local police cannot enforce federal immigration law.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Cop confronts man pointing gun at motorist, discovers he’s an ICE agent. "After the agent identified himself, the officer told him ‘he could not assist with someone following or recording him if no crime had occurred, and that local law enforcement was en route.’" www.latimes.com/california/s...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
How Sweden’s Social Democratic Party lost the working class. "After losing the 2006 election, [they] conducted a post-election analysis. ....[and] decided to prioritize [business] & middle-class issues, viewing the working class as a shrinking group that would disappear." jacobin.com/2025/11/swed...
How Sweden’s Social Democrats Abandoned the Working Class
The decline of Swedish social democracy is an illuminating case study in why the Left is losing the working class. It also offers clues as to how the Left might win workers back.
jacobin.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
How Sweden’s Social Democratic Party lost the working class. "After losing the 2006 election, [they] conducted a post-election analysis. ....[and] decided to prioritize [business] & middle-class issues, viewing the working class as a shrinking group that would disappear." jacobin.com/2025/11/swed...
Trump re-posts claim that Barack Obama earns ‘royalties’ from the government for ‘Obamacare’ program. "...[in 2017] it was featured on... a satirical website that produces fake news reports designed to generate engagement from outraged conservatives." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump shares false claim Obama earned $40m in ‘royalties’ from Obamacare
US president promoted fictional claim from satirical website that has been debunked repeatedly since 2017
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Trump re-posts claim that Barack Obama earns ‘royalties’ from the government for ‘Obamacare’ program. "...[in 2017] it was featured on... a satirical website that produces fake news reports designed to generate engagement from outraged conservatives." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump pardons coup plotters. "Among those who received the ‘full, complete & unconditional’ pardons were... John Eastman & Kenneth Chesebro, attorneys who helped devise a strategy to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election on Jan. 6, 2021." www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election
Pardon recipients include Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman and dozens more.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Trump pardons coup plotters. "Among those who received the ‘full, complete & unconditional’ pardons were... John Eastman & Kenneth Chesebro, attorneys who helped devise a strategy to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election on Jan. 6, 2021." www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
8 centrists cave to Republicans, vote to bail out broke Trump admin. “The deal, which the Senate voted 60-40 to advance, includes [funding] the govt. through Jan. 30, reversing federal worker layoffs and a promised vote in December on expiring Obamacare subsidies." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Which 8 Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown?
The group includes Democratic moderates, an independent, 4 former governors and 2 senators who have announced they're retiring. None face 2026 races.
www.usatoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
8 centrists cave to Republicans, vote to bail out broke Trump admin. “The deal, which the Senate voted 60-40 to advance, includes [funding] the govt. through Jan. 30, reversing federal worker layoffs and a promised vote in December on expiring Obamacare subsidies." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
San Francisco police shoot dog and homeless man after barking complaint. "The dog continued barking and moved toward the officers, who shot him in the right front leg…. Both the dog and the man ran from the officers, who shot the man in the left leg, she said.” www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
S.F. police shoot dog, then owner, on busy downtown street
Police shot the pair on Market Street after the dog bit an officer and another person, authorities said.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
San Francisco police shoot dog and homeless man after barking complaint. "The dog continued barking and moved toward the officers, who shot him in the right front leg…. Both the dog and the man ran from the officers, who shot the man in the left leg, she said.” www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
USDA tells states to claw back full November SNAP benefits credited before Supreme Court’s stay. "The US Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food stamp benefits for November and to ‘immediately undo’ any issuance of the full allotments..." edition.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
USDA orders states to stop issuing full SNAP benefits and to ‘undo’ benefits sent for November | CNN Politics
The US Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food stamp benefits for November and to “immediately undo” any issuance of the full allotments, after a Supreme Court justice on Fr...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
USDA tells states to claw back full November SNAP benefits credited before Supreme Court’s stay. "The US Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food stamp benefits for November and to ‘immediately undo’ any issuance of the full allotments..." edition.cnn.com/2025/11/09/p...
I agree. If Trump doesn't like giving tax dollars to private insurance companies, why not have a non-profit, national health insurance system? Giving Americans cash is not going to work - unless they are going to pay $5,000 out-of-pocket for just the ambulance ride.
I’m no great fan of the ACA.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
I believe we should guarantee health care as a human right through a single-payer Medicare for All system.
But — at minimum — we cannot allow Republicans to destroy our already-broken system by doubling insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I agree. If Trump doesn't like giving tax dollars to private insurance companies, why not have a non-profit, national health insurance system? Giving Americans cash is not going to work - unless they are going to pay $5,000 out-of-pocket for just the ambulance ride.
Trump admin. raises corporate alternative minimum tax threshold from $500 million to $800 million in profits. "The CAMT requires highly profitable US corporations to pay a tax of at least 15% on their so-called book profits, the figures reported to shareholders." www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...
Trump Quietly Dishes Out More Tax Breaks to Rich Investors While Slashing Food Aid for Millions | Common Dreams
"Why would corporations spend millions on Trump's ballroom or Bitcoin? Because they're getting billions in unlegislated tax breaks," said one Democratic lawmaker.
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trump admin. raises corporate alternative minimum tax threshold from $500 million to $800 million in profits. "The CAMT requires highly profitable US corporations to pay a tax of at least 15% on their so-called book profits, the figures reported to shareholders." www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...
1,460 flights canceled Saturday. "The FAA... reported major air traffic control staffing issues, affecting 37 airport towers and other centers... delaying flights in at least 12 major US cities – including Atlanta, Newark, San Francisco, Chicago & New York." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly 1,500 flights canceled on second day of cuts tied to government shutdown
Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effects
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
1,460 flights canceled Saturday. "The FAA... reported major air traffic control staffing issues, affecting 37 airport towers and other centers... delaying flights in at least 12 major US cities – including Atlanta, Newark, San Francisco, Chicago & New York." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Second media outlet covers scientist’s admission that Pentagon has alien spacecraft. “A former Defense Intelligence Agency scientist reveals that the United States has been quietly studying a ‘non-human’ craft that appears to fly without any visible fuel source..." www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-dia-s...
Former DIA Scientist Says US Is Studying a 'Non-Human' Craft That Can Fly Without Fuel
A former DIA scientist claims the US has been studying a 'non-human' craft that can fly without fuel in an effort to understand and replicate its propulsion system.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Second media outlet covers scientist’s admission that Pentagon has alien spacecraft. “A former Defense Intelligence Agency scientist reveals that the United States has been quietly studying a ‘non-human’ craft that appears to fly without any visible fuel source..." www.ibtimes.co.uk/former-dia-s...
Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds former president Jair Bolsanaro’s 27-year prison sentence. "‘It was… demonstrated that the appellant acted freely & knowingly to spread false information about the electronic voting system and to draft a coup decree...'" apnews.com/article/braz...
Brazil's Supreme Court panel unanimously rejects Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding 27-year sentence
The justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel have unanimously rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds former president Jair Bolsanaro’s 27-year prison sentence. "‘It was… demonstrated that the appellant acted freely & knowingly to spread false information about the electronic voting system and to draft a coup decree...'" apnews.com/article/braz...
Unions in Portugal mobilize against proposed changes to labor laws. "The centre-right government wants to make it easier for employers to fire people, outsource work to other companies, and limit some types of compassionate leave..." www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands take to Lisbon streets over Portugal's proposed labour laws
The government wants to make it easier for employers to fire people and to limit some compassionate leave.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Unions in Portugal mobilize against proposed changes to labor laws. "The centre-right government wants to make it easier for employers to fire people, outsource work to other companies, and limit some types of compassionate leave..." www.bbc.com/news/article...
1 killed, 17 wounded during clashes between Israeli settlers & West Bank villagers. "A group of illegal settlers stormed the outskirts of the Abu Falah... and torched a one-story home, causing parts of the house to burn, local sources told the state news agency Wafa." www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
1 killed, 17 injured, including foreign activists, as illegal Israeli settlers attack farmers in occupied West Bank
Palestinian, foreign journalists among those injured as illegal settlers assault olive harvesters near Nablus - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
1 killed, 17 wounded during clashes between Israeli settlers & West Bank villagers. "A group of illegal settlers stormed the outskirts of the Abu Falah... and torched a one-story home, causing parts of the house to burn, local sources told the state news agency Wafa." www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
Move over ‘Sleepy Joe’, ‘Dozin’ Don’ is now in charge. “…the president appeared to doze off during an Oval Office meeting about how tackling obesity can improve sleep. Trump, 79, was seen with his eyes closed at several moments during the televised event..." www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Trump health allegations re-emerge after president’s reaction to Dr. Oz speech
President photographed appearing to doze during announcement of price cuts for weight loss drugs – which tackle obesity and aid sleep
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Move over ‘Sleepy Joe’, ‘Dozin’ Don’ is now in charge. “…the president appeared to doze off during an Oval Office meeting about how tackling obesity can improve sleep. Trump, 79, was seen with his eyes closed at several moments during the televised event..." www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...