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HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
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Supreme Court agrees to hear case on whether states may count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day https://cnn.it/4pmlWVl
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on whether states may count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day https://cnn.it/4pmlWVl
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Already squeezed by settlers, Palestinians say IDF increasingly blocking olive harvests www.timesofisrael.com/already-sque...
Already squeezed by settlers, Palestinians say IDF increasingly blocking olive harvests
The army is using closed military zone orders -- meant to avert friction -- to keep many West Bank residents from picking their fruit, while failing to halt settler violence, locals and activists char...
www.timesofisrael.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Already squeezed by settlers, Palestinians say IDF increasingly blocking olive harvests www.timesofisrael.com/already-sque...
In advance of Veterans Day (Armistice Day), the history of how the poppy became the symbol of remembrance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqEi... (Reported/produced in 2016 by Audrey Galex)
AIB Presents - Poppy Lady
YouTube video by AIB
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In advance of Veterans Day (Armistice Day), the history of how the poppy became the symbol of remembrance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqEi... (Reported/produced in 2016 by Audrey Galex)
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/dandiamo...
open.substack.com/pub/dandiamo...
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
A case study in how bad information can spread — and how hard it is to correct it.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A man collapsed in the Oval Office. The internet got the story wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/dandiamo...
open.substack.com/pub/dandiamo...
Today's 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution, seems a good time to mention "A Life of the Party," my book about the adventures of a woman who devoted 40+ years to the cause of working men and women, as a member of the Communist Party. Available through capitalist book sellers.
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Today's 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution, seems a good time to mention "A Life of the Party," my book about the adventures of a woman who devoted 40+ years to the cause of working men and women, as a member of the Communist Party. Available through capitalist book sellers.
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Agents forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced her into a van and drove away.
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
trib.al
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Agents forcibly opened her door and pulled her out of the vehicle by her legs without identifying themselves, presenting a warrant or informing her that she was under arrest. As bystanders yelled, “You hit her! We have it on video!” agents ignored the crowd and forced her into a van and drove away.
American synagogues are closing at a record rate. This retired judge is rescuing their stained glass windows. forward.com/news/779236/...
American synagogues are closing at a record rate. This retired judge is rescuing their stained glass windows.
Jerry Orbach is rescuing stained glass from closed synagogues — giving the windows, and the communities they once illuminated, a second life.
forward.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
American synagogues are closing at a record rate. This retired judge is rescuing their stained glass windows. forward.com/news/779236/...
Mamdani’s Candidacy Roils Jewish Communities Across the Country www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Mamdani’s Candidacy Roils Jewish Communities Across the Country
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Mamdani’s Candidacy Roils Jewish Communities Across the Country www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
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NHS thinks we’re the problem, say nurses challenging trans stance
Hospital staff who were uncomfortable with a legal and biological man using their changing room were told they ‘had to be educated’, tribunal told ⬇️
Hospital staff who were uncomfortable with a legal and biological man using their changing room were told they ‘had to be educated’, tribunal told ⬇️
NHS thinks we’re the problem, say nurses challenging trans stance
NHS thinks we’re the problem, say nurses challenging trans stance
www.thetimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
NHS thinks we’re the problem, say nurses challenging trans stance
Hospital staff who were uncomfortable with a legal and biological man using their changing room were told they ‘had to be educated’, tribunal told ⬇️
Hospital staff who were uncomfortable with a legal and biological man using their changing room were told they ‘had to be educated’, tribunal told ⬇️
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42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as “food stamps,” are set to go without benefits. Among them are union members in underpaid industries like grocery and retail labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
SNAP Axe Could Fall on Grocery Shoppers and Workers Alike
Beginning November 1, 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as “food stamps,” are set to go without benefits. Among them are union members...
labornotes.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as “food stamps,” are set to go without benefits. Among them are union members in underpaid industries like grocery and retail labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
Social Security Announces a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Increase for Beneficiaries www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/b...
Social Security Announces a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Increase for Beneficiaries
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Social Security Announces a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Increase for Beneficiaries www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/b...
She survived the worst antisemitic attack in US history. Finally, she's ready to talk about it forward.com/news/556331/...
She survived the worst antisemitic attack in US history. Finally, she's ready to talk about it
A survivor reveals the lessons she’s taking with her after the verdict in the trial of the Tree of Life shooter.
forward.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
She survived the worst antisemitic attack in US history. Finally, she's ready to talk about it forward.com/news/556331/...
Health insurance for a family through a job hits $27,000 a year — the cost of a new Toyota Corolla hybrid chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
Health insurance for a family through a job hits $27,000 a year — the cost of a new Toyota Corolla hybrid
The average premium for family coverage is up 26% over the past five years — the first time in two decades the cost of covering a family of four has risen by 6% or more for three straight years.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Health insurance for a family through a job hits $27,000 a year — the cost of a new Toyota Corolla hybrid chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...
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New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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Retirements call for flowers, but also reevaluation. Christen Press’ career defies neat storylines of success on and off the field, even as she retires as a two-time World Cup winner.
An attempt to capture the whole, at @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
An attempt to capture the whole, at @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
Christen Press felt like a ‘villain’. The ex-USWNT forward played long enough to become a hero
The World Cup winner doesn't view her professional career as 'storybook,' but a journey full of lessons
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Retirements call for flowers, but also reevaluation. Christen Press’ career defies neat storylines of success on and off the field, even as she retires as a two-time World Cup winner.
An attempt to capture the whole, at @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
An attempt to capture the whole, at @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
From one former hostage to 20 newly freed others blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-one-for...
The Blogs: From one former hostage to 20 newly freed others
After 1,481 days in captivity in Cuba, I initially found liberty bittersweet: my heart and mind had to catch up to my body. And then, slowly and surely, they did
blogs.timesofisrael.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
From one former hostage to 20 newly freed others blogs.timesofisrael.com/from-one-for...
