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Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."
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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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“There aren’t clear environmental factors, we’re not seeing that it’s radon or secondhand smoke or anything specific that’s leading to these mutation-driven lung cancers… there are probably factors that we don’t know in our modern-era world that are affecting both lung cancer but also other cancers”
These women were diagnosed with lung cancer. They weren't eligible for screening.
Researchers at Northwestern Medicine found that 65% of their lung cancer patients weren't eligible for screening. They were likelier to be female, Asian American or nonsmokers.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“There aren’t clear environmental factors, we’re not seeing that it’s radon or secondhand smoke or anything specific that’s leading to these mutation-driven lung cancers… there are probably factors that we don’t know in our modern-era world that are affecting both lung cancer but also other cancers”
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“They are a class of prisoners languishing incommunicado deep within the penal system of an enemy state. Some have died in captivity, and relatively few have been released. Those who have been freed, like Mr. Zakhozhyi, say they were tortured, nearly starved and tormented constantly.”
The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“They are a class of prisoners languishing incommunicado deep within the penal system of an enemy state. Some have died in captivity, and relatively few have been released. Those who have been freed, like Mr. Zakhozhyi, say they were tortured, nearly starved and tormented constantly.”
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If you are looking for a small business to support this Saturday, Veselka is having a sale: 20% off orders of $100+, 30% off orders of $200+, free shipping. You can send delicious treats to people in your life who don’t need more stuff in their house, support a local business, and support Ukraine.
Best Sellers of Veselka
Discover Veselka's best sellers! From delicious pierogi to hearty borscht, find out why these dishes are fan favorites. Taste the tradition today!
veselka.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you are looking for a small business to support this Saturday, Veselka is having a sale: 20% off orders of $100+, 30% off orders of $200+, free shipping. You can send delicious treats to people in your life who don’t need more stuff in their house, support a local business, and support Ukraine.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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We will post updates on the swing Senate races after the #TN07 special election next week.
We will also include a concise list of all the current Democratic candidates and links to their campaign websites.
We will also include a concise list of all the current Democratic candidates and links to their campaign websites.
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We will post updates on the swing Senate races after the #TN07 special election next week.
We will also include a concise list of all the current Democratic candidates and links to their campaign websites.
We will also include a concise list of all the current Democratic candidates and links to their campaign websites.
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I’ll spare you the rest of Trump’s statement where he calls Tim Waltz the R-word & hate mongers immigrants—
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’ll spare you the rest of Trump’s statement where he calls Tim Waltz the R-word & hate mongers immigrants—
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
On a day meant for gratitude, he ranted about “vermin,” & vengeance. It’s the clearest reminder yet — there is no moral bottom too low or autocratic line he won’t cross
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2024: Biden wrote: "Happy Thanksgiving, America. May we use this moment to take time from our busy lives and focus on what matters most: our families, our friends, our neighbors, and the fact that we've been blessed to live in America, the greatest country on Earth."
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
2024: Biden wrote: "Happy Thanksgiving, America. May we use this moment to take time from our busy lives and focus on what matters most: our families, our friends, our neighbors, and the fact that we've been blessed to live in America, the greatest country on Earth."
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Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
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the price of populism
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
the price of populism
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
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The best way to understand a case is to talk with the person litigating it. The ACLU’s Lee Gelernt explains the most recent developments in the case involving migrants who the government sent to CECOT prison in El Salvador. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Live with Lee Gelernt & Joyce Vance
A federal judge is considering whether to refer a criminal contempt case against government officials involved in sending Venezuelan migrants to CECOT prison to DOJ
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The best way to understand a case is to talk with the person litigating it. The ACLU’s Lee Gelernt explains the most recent developments in the case involving migrants who the government sent to CECOT prison in El Salvador. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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This is achingly beautiful and almost too painful to read in places (but you still should). The cruelty of cancer, the longing to be with your children — and the twist of fate, being RFK Jr’s cousin as he unwinds U.S. health research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is achingly beautiful and almost too painful to read in places (but you still should). The cruelty of cancer, the longing to be with your children — and the twist of fate, being RFK Jr’s cousin as he unwinds U.S. health research.
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I can’t tell you how important it is to see people standing up for others.
This is the only thing differentiating us from 1930’s Germany.
This is the only thing differentiating us from 1930’s Germany.
Since ICE invaded Raleigh, NC, walkouts and protests have broken out, and more than 600 volunteers have signed up to help keep residents safe in the city.
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I can’t tell you how important it is to see people standing up for others.
This is the only thing differentiating us from 1930’s Germany.
This is the only thing differentiating us from 1930’s Germany.
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There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
www.sja.marines.mil
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
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Buh-bye Margie
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Motorhead - Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye (Lyrics on screen)
YouTube video by R.P.C. Lyric Videos
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November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Buh-bye Margie
youtu.be/y8Gm58Mgbmw?...
youtu.be/y8Gm58Mgbmw?...
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Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
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A real question asked at the White House press briefing: Does the president want to execute members of Congress?
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A real question asked at the White House press briefing: Does the president want to execute members of Congress?
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Trump Continues to Issue Pardons that Endanger ALL Americans
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Trump Continues to Issue Pardons that Endanger ALL Americans
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Trump Continues to Issue Pardons that Endanger ALL Americans
youtu.be/6877Iaf3vOI?...
youtu.be/6877Iaf3vOI?...
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Home invasions.
Child sex crimes.
Homicide.
Just a couple things that some of the 1500+ January 6 defendants have been convicted of since Trump released them back onto our streets.
The GOP isn't the party of law and order.
They're the party of lawlessness and violence.
Child sex crimes.
Homicide.
Just a couple things that some of the 1500+ January 6 defendants have been convicted of since Trump released them back onto our streets.
The GOP isn't the party of law and order.
They're the party of lawlessness and violence.
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Home invasions.
Child sex crimes.
Homicide.
Just a couple things that some of the 1500+ January 6 defendants have been convicted of since Trump released them back onto our streets.
The GOP isn't the party of law and order.
They're the party of lawlessness and violence.
Child sex crimes.
Homicide.
Just a couple things that some of the 1500+ January 6 defendants have been convicted of since Trump released them back onto our streets.
The GOP isn't the party of law and order.
They're the party of lawlessness and violence.
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If TX is ruled illegal and CA is okay, I will absolutely LOSE IT. Would be one of the funniest things to happen in a while.
In soccer, this would be an own goal.
Even funnier: if the gerrymander goes through and the Democrats win most of the new districts anyway b/c ICE lost the hispanic vote.
In soccer, this would be an own goal.
Even funnier: if the gerrymander goes through and the Democrats win most of the new districts anyway b/c ICE lost the hispanic vote.
storage.courtlistener.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
If TX is ruled illegal and CA is okay, I will absolutely LOSE IT. Would be one of the funniest things to happen in a while.
In soccer, this would be an own goal.
Even funnier: if the gerrymander goes through and the Democrats win most of the new districts anyway b/c ICE lost the hispanic vote.
In soccer, this would be an own goal.
Even funnier: if the gerrymander goes through and the Democrats win most of the new districts anyway b/c ICE lost the hispanic vote.