Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.

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Two million people will spend this holiday season behind bars in the United States. Here are some of their stories, in their own words. https://www.reckon.news/justice/2023/12/perspectives-what-its-like-to-spend-the-holidays-in-prison.html

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Of course, no one seems willing to hold him accountable. A judge in Georgia has now dismissed the last remaining criminal case against Trump, effectively ending any effort to hold him criminally responsible for trying to overturn the 2020 election.

One thing we're grateful for this season? A whole lot of bad news for Elon Musk and Tesla! #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/25/tesla-full-self-driving-fsd-licensing-strikeout-patent-lawsuit/

Lots of RICO trials this week -- the dismissal of the Fani Willis indictment against Donald Trump and the dismissal of Trump's RICO lawsuit against Jim Comey and others.

The Trump admin has decided it will no longer commemorate December 1st, World AIDS Day. Fed employees have been instructed to refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.

Trump needs to quit the games and his defamatory accusations about who’s in the Epstein files, and just release the 300 gigabytes of data from the Epstein case—even if he has an army of elves trying to redact or whitewash any references or images of Trump himself.

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Fresh off a Trump settlement, RealPage is trying to overturn New York’s anti-rent-gouging law.

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“It was like playing the lottery,” said astronomer Tomonori Totani, adding that he hopes other scientists will verify the possible detection of a new dark matter signature.

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What would you call this if you saw it happening in another country? https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-scheduling-interviews-with-democratic-lawmakers-who-warned-military-about-2025-11-25/

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In his rationale dismissing the Georgia January 6 case, Peter Skandalakis misrepresents what Jack Smith said about the evidence against Donald Trump.

Elon Musk is a threat to democracy EVERYWHERE. We're stoked to see more folks across the pond joining @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social and @everyonehateselon.bsky.social to fight back ✊ #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall https://www.techtimes.com/articles/312940/20251124/uks-anti-elon-musk-movement-intensifies-billionaire-accused-threatening-democracy-climate.htm

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The “Jeopardy!” host and former contestant Ken Jennings joins Tyler Foggatt to talk about America’s favorite game show. The wide-ranging conversation took place before a live audience onstage at the annual New Yorker Festival, on October 25th. Jennings discussed his historic seventy-four-game winning streak, how contestants’ game strategies have changed over the years, his relationship with the former longtime host Alex Trebek, and why a political career was not for him.Related reading: “Ken Jennings Has Some Questions About Death,” by Sarah Larson “The Rare Authority of Alex Trebek,” by Doreen St. Félix “The Hidden Depths of Alex Trebek’s Banter with ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestants,” by Beth Blum Tune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday, Dec. 2, in a case brought by First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a group of faith-based pregnancy centers that the New Jersey […]

We’re wishing you a happy and restful Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving weekend. On Monday, the justices will be back in the courtroom to start the December sitting, and the SCOTUStoday newsletter […]