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A Simi Valley couple were gunned down at their home by the husband’s son, who then fled to Chino, set his car on fire and fatally shot himself, police said.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
Simi Valley doctor and wife were fatally shot in their garage by his son, police say
A Simi Valley couple were gunned down in their garage by the husband's son who then fled to Chino, set his car on fire and fatally shot himself, police said.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “Anyone who watches President Trump in his daily public events can clearly see he is in impressive physical and mental shape, with an unrelenting work ethic.”
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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The tide is turning.
Good morning everyone.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs. The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is accusing Speaker Mike Johnson of undermining a White House proposal to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies for two years as Congress stares down a fast-approaching deadline to avoid massive premium hikes.
Jeffries says Johnson ‘tanked’ Trump’s health care proposal
Congress has just a few weeks left to reach a deal to avoid expiring Obamacare tax credits.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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www.laprogressive.com/defense/fat-...
The military historian Dennis Showalter once told me that he didn’t care about the amount of fat around a general’s belly—he cared about the fat between a general’s ears. It was a telling quip, and one that highlights the shortsighted nature of Pete
Are Fat Generals Really the Problem?
Hegseth's absurdity masks a far scarier issue
www.laprogressive.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the execution by firing squad of Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, a Nazi U-Boat commander who sank a civilian steamer and then killed the survivors.

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Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now — The Atlantic
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
apple.news
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Boycott Bezos empire
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Let’s collect all of the salary she was given during her illegal tenure.
NEWS: A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Alina Habba is disqualified from serving as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey — calling her appointment unlawful and void. The 3rd Circuit panel upheld a prior decision that her tenure violated federal appointment law.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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One of the things that has happened due to the Roberts Court’s feckless, Illogical and corrupt presidential immunity ruling is that many of his enablers and sycophants have failed to realize that just because he has immunity for illegal acts (“a dog’s obeyed in office“ & worse than dogs”) they don’t
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
President Donald Trump sprung a fellow convicted fraudster from prison this week after the man had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for a $1.6 billion Ponzi scheme.

www.thedailybeast.com/convicted-fr...
Convicted Fraudster Trump, 79, Frees Man Convicted of $1.6B Fraud
David Gentile, who scammed thousands of “hardworking, everyday people,” had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How do you spell “election interference?”

Hondurans have begun voting in an election held amid threats by Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hondurans vote amid Trump threat to cut aid if his preferred candidate loses
US president favours Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of rightwing National party, as polls show three candidates are neck-and-neck
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
See, if you follow illegal orders, your commanding officer will deny issuing those orders, and you will be left holding the bag.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’
Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US military
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Trump’s war on the Inflation Reduction Act and all things climate embodies the horrors of Republican rule: a paranoid, lawless crusade waged by online ideologues who are using their control over every branch of government to stoke culture wars, settle scores, and please their deep-pocketed donors.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Mark Kelly: "We have a president who doesn't understand the Constitution, who installed an unqualified secretary of defense. I cannot think of a secretary of defense in the history of our country that is less qualified than Pete Hegseth. He should've been fired after Signal-gate."
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.

This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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"Kill them all."

- Pete Hegseth, ‘Secretary of War,’ September 2025 open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
"Kill them all" is a confession to murder under American law
The United States of America stands at the edge of war against Venezuela.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It’s the guns!
Four people were killed and 10 others were injured in a shooting at a banquet hall in California’s Central Valley on Saturday evening, the local sheriff’s office said. The authorities said they were looking for a suspect.
4 Dead After Shooting at Banquet Hall in California
The shooting in Stockton, a city in California’s Central Valley, left 10 others wounded. The authorities said they were looking for a suspect.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM