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The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
Roberts "has consistently shown hostility towards civil rights, trade unions and environmental protections, approaching the law with the rigidity of a right wing ideologue."
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Schools that sign the compact would agree to a five-year freeze on tuition and agree to reform or abolish “institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”
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A Seventh-day Adventist HBCU wants to sign Trump’s compact to reform colleges
(RNS) — The president of Oakwood University, a faith-based HBCU, said the school wants to sign on to the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education — if the DOE makes…
religionnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Schools that sign the compact would agree to a five-year freeze on tuition and agree to reform or abolish “institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”
religionnews.com/2025/11/24/a...
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Josh Brolin is reflecting on his former friendship with Donald Trump after meeting the businessman years before he became president.
Josh Brolin looks back on his past friendship with President Trump
Josh Brolin is reflecting on his former friendship with Donald Trump after meeting the businessman years before he became president.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Josh Brolin is reflecting on his former friendship with Donald Trump after meeting the businessman years before he became president.
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Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled in Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region, while a wintry mix of rain and snow developed in the Northeast.
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Winter storm snarls flights for post-Thanksgiving travelers in Chicago
Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled in Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region, while a wintry mix of ra...
www.pbs.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Travelers at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday on Sunday were finding hundreds of flights delayed and canceled in Chicago following a winter storm in the Great Lakes region, while a wintry mix of rain and snow developed in the Northeast.
https://to.pbs.org/48z8WF4
https://to.pbs.org/48z8WF4
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Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
Citing one raid, special forces shot at a mosquito net until there was no movement. “When the net was uncovered it was women and children. The individual who did the shooting was given some form of award to make it look legitimate.”
Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told
Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told
Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raised
The former director of UK special forces and other senior military officers tried to cover up concerns that SAS units were carrying out unlawful killings in Afghanistan, an inquiry has heard.
A senior special forces whistleblower said the chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of two small children, after the alarm was first raised in early 2011. That failure allegedly allowed them to continue until 2013. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Citing one raid, special forces shot at a mosquito net until there was no movement. “When the net was uncovered it was women and children. The individual who did the shooting was given some form of award to make it look legitimate.”
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David Horsey
November 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
David Horsey
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Cartoon by John Deering | Creators
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Cartoon by John Deering | Creators
In other words, they have a "concept" of what it's going to look like
The Ukrainian delegation met with US officials in Miami on Sunday ahead of scheduled talks between the US and Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, later this week.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/J88H
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/J88H
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In other words, they have a "concept" of what it's going to look like
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Zohran Mamdani's challenge as mayor of New York will be to handle the routine needs of the city "in a better way" and let residents "see the improvements in the day-to-day city services," says Dean Fuleihan, who will serve as first deputy mayor in the new administration.
Zohran Mamdani’s Top Deputy on How to Deliver an Affordability Agenda
Zohran Mamdani will be taking office as mayor of New York in just five weeks. His transition team continues to make announcements about the new administration, recently unveiling a 400-person advisory...
www.democracynow.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Zohran Mamdani's challenge as mayor of New York will be to handle the routine needs of the city "in a better way" and let residents "see the improvements in the day-to-day city services," says Dean Fuleihan, who will serve as first deputy mayor in the new administration.
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Since 1973, at least 201 people on death row have been exonerated—meaning cleared of any responsibility for a crime. Eighteen of those people were in Texas. A recent report reveals how racist the ultimate punishment really is:
New Report Highlights the 'Fatal Flaws' Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions
The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries to be leading contributors to exonerated death sentences.
www.texasobserver.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Since 1973, at least 201 people on death row have been exonerated—meaning cleared of any responsibility for a crime. Eighteen of those people were in Texas. A recent report reveals how racist the ultimate punishment really is:
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“There are enough voters out there who can absolutely turn an election and blow up what they are trying to do.”
The GOP's recent redistricting of the county commissioners court has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026.
The GOP's recent redistricting of the county commissioners court has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026.
In Tarrant County, a Grassroots Coalition Pushes Back on Christian Nationalists
The recent redistricting of the county commissioners court has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026.
www.texasobserver.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“There are enough voters out there who can absolutely turn an election and blow up what they are trying to do.”
The GOP's recent redistricting of the county commissioners court has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026.
The GOP's recent redistricting of the county commissioners court has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026.
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Featured story from @liseolsen.bsky.social and @psskow.bsky.social: Oil and gas wells produce prodigious amounts of waste. One horizontal well generates upwards of 8,000 barrels—or 336,000 gallons—of waste during the drilling and completion process.
East Texans Fight Oil Waste Pits Run by an Operator Cited for Dozens of Violations
In bucolic areas near the Louisiana line, residents ask, "Why are Texas taxpayers liable for other states’ toxic waste?"
www.texasobserver.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Featured story from @liseolsen.bsky.social and @psskow.bsky.social: Oil and gas wells produce prodigious amounts of waste. One horizontal well generates upwards of 8,000 barrels—or 336,000 gallons—of waste during the drilling and completion process.
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A Yahoo/YouGov poll found that 49% of respondents said Trump's actions since taking office in January have raised prices rather than lowering them.
Americans say Trump has done more to raise prices than lower them by 2-to-1: New poll
A Yahoo/YouGov poll found that 49% of respondents said Trump's actions since taking office in January have raised prices rather than lowering them.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Yahoo/YouGov poll found that 49% of respondents said Trump's actions since taking office in January have raised prices rather than lowering them.
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GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard a boat in the Caribbean.
Pete Hegseth is finally getting investigated
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" aboard a boat.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
GOP-led committees are looking into a report alleging Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard a boat in the Caribbean.
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Earlier, from @michellepitcher.bsky.social: “In America, this risk [of wrongful conviction] is not only a defining feature of the modern death penalty, but it also results in the disproportionate conviction and execution of innocent Black people.”
New Report Highlights the 'Fatal Flaws' Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions
The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries to be leading contributors to exonerated death sentences.
www.texasobserver.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Earlier, from @michellepitcher.bsky.social: “In America, this risk [of wrongful conviction] is not only a defining feature of the modern death penalty, but it also results in the disproportionate conviction and execution of innocent Black people.”
The first federal investigation into Border Patrol corruption and “excessive violence” was launched in 1930; by 1933, the government had fired every single working agent.
Fast forward to today, and the agency's sexualized workplace leads to harassment and assault, according to former agents.
Fast forward to today, and the agency's sexualized workplace leads to harassment and assault, according to former agents.
“He’s an agent. No one will believe me over him.”
The case of an alleged rape at the Border Patrol Academy, and the culture of silence that helped keep it from public view.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation.
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Netanyahu requests pardon from Israeli president during his ongoing corruption trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the natio...
www.pbs.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation.
https://to.pbs.org/49Om6QK
https://to.pbs.org/49Om6QK
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Westbound I-70 closed near Glenwood Springs for snowy crash trib.al/2llOE0I
Westbound I-70 closed near Glenwood Springs for snowy crash
Westbound Interstate 70 was closed Sunday near Glenwood Springs for a crash as snow fell on mountain roads, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Westbound I-70 closed near Glenwood Springs for snowy crash trib.al/2llOE0I
I'd like a second opinion
US authorities believe the shooter suspected of killing one National Guard member and seriously wounding another in Washington, DC, was radicalized while in the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said
National Guard Shooter Was Radicalized While in US, Noem Says
US authorities believe the man suspected of fatally shooting a National Guard member and seriously wounding another in Washington, DC, was radicalized while in the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
bloom.bg
November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'd like a second opinion