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“Don’t it always seem to go
You don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone…”

youtu.be/94bdMSCdw20?...
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
YouTube video by RetroTop10
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“More than seven decades later, the 79-year-old Sanford grandfather – still a man without a country – found himself in legal limbo in the Alligator Alcatraz detention camp in the Everglades, picked up on a decades-old deportation order authorities had previously chosen not to enforce.”
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.

He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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"What did Trump think Epstein was 'stealing' these girls for? Epstein did not own a resort hotel. The answer is that he was recruiting them for his sex trafficking operation. The idea that Trump would have had any uncertainty on that point is absurd." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
His ordinary scandal management techniques are not working.
www.publicnotice.co
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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This act of sabotage on railways in Poland, after arson, assassination attempts, cyberattacks, other terrorist acts, etc. is nothing but a confirmation that russia is waging a war on Europe.
Let's expect more like this as long as Moscow is not defeated in Ukraine.
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
La Pologne dénonce le « sabotage sans précédent » d’une voie ferroviaire menant vers l’Ukraine
Depuis le début de l’agression russe contre l’Ukraine, en février 2022, la Pologne, membre de l’OTAN et de l’UE, dit être la cible de tentatives de sabotage orchestrées par la Russie.
www.lemonde.fr
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Look Who’s Talking❤️🍎🥦🫛
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”

@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"

www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Air defense intercepts a Russian drone just moments before it was supposed to hit a residential building.
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Catholic Church puts foot down on Trump’s mass deportation policy. That’s a start.
Commentary: Catholic Church puts foot down on Trump’s mass deportation policy. That’s a start
When millions of European immigrants came to the United States in the 19th century only to be scorned by mainstream society, it was the Catholic Church that embraced them, taught that keeping the cust...
www.latimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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The Trump administration is canceling a Biden plan that would have required airlines to pay passengers cash when their flight is disrupted and it’s the airline’s fault.

This would have put money back in Americans’ pockets. Not anymore.
Trump admin drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights
The Trump administration said on Friday it was formally withdrawing a plan to require airlines pay passengers cash compensation for U.S. flight disruptions.
www.cnbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Daily events of attorneys sanctioned for filing AI-written briefs which include fake citations. It’s on the user to check and correct the AI output. We all are impacted by AI, whether blue or white collar. Don’t rush to use AI while sacrificing quality work

cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/10/28/l...
As more lawyers fall for AI hallucinations, ChatGPT says: Check my work
AI hallucinations are surfacing more often in court filings. Asked about its own fabrications of plausible-sounding but non-existent cases, ChatGPT-5 says lawyers should check its work more carefully ...
cronkitenews.azpbs.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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jawdropping
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.

It's a surreal--and troubling--read.

drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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"The restrictions were intended to prevent a repeat of the Nazi rise to power, when anti-democratic forces were able to subvert democracy from within..."

www.politico.eu/article/larg...
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The furor over the death of a Colombian fisherman has ignited a feud over the huge U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and the legality of the deadly attacks on nearly 20 vessels since September.
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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ICE abducted a 57 year old US Citizen and Veteran along with 11 others, outside of the Portland ICE Detention Center.
11/11/25
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Every day there are multiple instances of blatant corruption. Our government policy is for sale to the highest bidder and every bad actor in the world knows it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM