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Early voting ended today.

Let’s Go TN… Election Day
Tuesday!

www.newsweek.com/democrats-cl...
Democrats close to flipping Trump Tennessee District—Poll
Aftyn Behn was just two points behind Matt Van Epps in a district Donald Trump carried by 22 points in the 2024 presidential election.
www.newsweek.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done

…to no one’s surprise 😦
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Trump's EPA is abandoning oily cleanup of Chicago canal, Illinois official says — Chicago Sun-Times
Feds say the state should finish oversight of removing liquid asphalt from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal after massive spill.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Fulton County judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others agreed to kill the probe on Wednesday after a state prosecutor said the alleged criminal conduct amounted to more of a federal, not state, case.
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Georgia dismisses Trump election case, ending his last criminal prosecution — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ election interference case against President Donald Trump has been dismissed, ending Trump’s last remaining criminal trial.
apple.news
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Good afternoon.
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
He and his crew left the state-owned property on Rosa L Parks Boulevard, where they had been working on the proposed 9-mile tunnel from the state capitol to the airport after months of safety and financial issues with Musk’s company.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work - Nashville Banner
Willie Shane and his crew walk off the Music City Loop project, citing safety concerns and payment issues with The Boring Company.
nashvillebanner.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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More Than 40,000 Bottles of Nasal Spray Recalled Nationwide Due to Bacteria Contamination

www.health.com/walgreens-na...
More Than 40,000 Bottles of Nasal Spray Recalled Nationwide Due to Bacteria Contamination
A nasal spray from Walgreens was pulled from shelves due to bacterial contamination. The FDA gave the recall the second-highest risk level.
www.health.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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How cool is Senator Mark Kelly riding a skateboard?
Kegseth 🍺 will never.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Hegseth writes. Alas, the group supporting over 1 million kids is no longer there to “cultivate masculine values.”

Translation, he wants to indoctrinate boys BEFORE they become young men to be better abusers of women and children.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Black Kos Tuesday: Rest In Peace and Power, Mrs. Viola Ford Fletcher
Commentary by Black Kos Editor Chitown Kev @chitownkev.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Black Kos Tuesday: Rest In Peace and Power, Mrs. Viola Ford Fletcher
Rest In Peace and Power, Mrs. Viola Ford Fletcher by Chitown Kev Yesterday, it was announced that the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher, passed away. She ...
www.dailykos.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In a memo drafted to Congress, Hegseth writes that he wants to cut the military’s support for Scouting America, the 115-year-old organization teaching kids survival and outdoor skills. In the draft leaked to NPR.

REMINDER: Hitler also banned the Boy Scouts.
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Pete Hegseth Has Found the Real Enemy: The Scouts — New York Magazine
The Defense secretary is cutting the U.S. military’s ties with the group because it’s too “woke” or something.
apple.news
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Good afternoon.
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.

#DougForAlabama
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Why Trump’s Decision to Downgrade Degrees in Nursing and Other Professions Is a Direct Threat to Black Students’ Dreams www.theroot.com/why-trump-s-...
Why Trump’s Decision to Downgrade Degrees in Nursing and Other Professions Is a Direct Threat to Black Students’ Dreams - The Root
Online, Trump's decision to redefine what is or isn't a "professional degree" has sparked outrage.
www.theroot.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Let’s not forget the “Origin Story” of this moment of autocracy we find ourselves in.
A long running Russian “Information War”

“You can see it with your own eyes,” he said. The American media would be able to see it, if it just focused on it.

bigthink.com/the-present/...
39 years ago, a KGB defector chillingly predicted modern America
A former KGB agent named Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov claimed in 1984 that Russia has a long-term goal of ideologically subverting the U.S.
bigthink.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.

111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.

She never got the justice she deserved

www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
www.fox23.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Good evening.
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
History shows that loyalty to dictators is a one-way street. Anyone expecting reciprocity, as MTG appears to in the FO stage, faces a harsh lesson. Even Hitler executed some of his leading generals before his own suicide. Yet another example of why #historymatters.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Good afternoon.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map favorable to Republicans to be used in the midterm elections.

www.npr.org/2025/11/21/g...
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Trump on Truth Social:

I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Humanity is at risk of dissolution. The US is in an age of reckoning.
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Lauren Underwood led the charge from the House.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🎥: "Why America Can’t Move Forward Without Confronting Its Past" --Pt2

From the Lost Cause myth to the Wilmington Coup, Vigilante Inc., and Bad Faith—tracing the roots of today’s political chaos.

🐳Friday, Nov 11th at 9:00p EST/8:00p CST

Join us unpack the truth.
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Dee-scussions: Documentary Watch Party w Q&A
Why America Can’t Move Forward Without Confronting Its Past pt.2 (Timestamp starts at 46:01)
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We must Call a thing a thing
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November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM