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A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine n.pr/4incxdN
Trump defends key negotiator after leaked phone call appears to show him coaching Russia
A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine
n.pr
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Gotta love how Ryan Lizza is farming engagement and hustling for subscribers to his Substack by drip-drip-dripping his Olivia Nuzzi story, complete with cliffhangers.

I think we can all concur that there are no heroes in this entire saga, right?
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Nuzzi, Lizza writes today, would “regularly” share “opposition research” that she had obtained from trusted sources with Kennedy during his presidential campaign.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
Ryan Lizza Claims Olivia Nuzzi Would Share “Opposition Research” With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The claim is the latest in a series of explosive allegations about the Vanity Fair West Coast editor and the Health and Human Services Secretary, who allegedly had an affair last year.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And when he is in public, occasionally, his battery shows signs of wear. During an Oval Office event that began around noon on Nov. 6, Mr. Trump sat behind his desk for about 20 minutes as executives standing around him talked about weight-loss drugs.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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NEWS via NBC

National guard shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism.

The suspect has been identified as an Afghan national.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Newly released internal emails show the FBI mounting a costly overtime-fueled sprint to analyze the Epstein files as political pressure grew to release them—in a project dubbed the “Special Redaction Project,” Bloomberg reports.

www.thedailybeast.com/fbis-frantic...
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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If you just wait… time and metabolism will give you a BBW
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to "attack boy-friendly spaces," according to documents reviewed by NPR.
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Zarbab Ali, 28, was found guilty of first-degree murder for stabbing his estranged wife, Rachel Castillo, to death in Simi Valley in November 2022.

Ali confessed to murdering Castillo, burying her body in a shallow grave, and then digging it up to rape her corpse.

www.foxla.com/news/califor...
Simi Valley man found guilty of murdering ex-wife, burying her, then digging her up to rape the corpse
Zarbab Ali confessed to murdering his estranged wife, Rachel Castillo, and then further desecrating the body by burying it in a shallow grave before later digging it up to rape her corpse.
www.foxla.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Four Marion County Fire and Rescue employees were arrested in connection with a "violent hazing incident" that included allegedly waterboarding a 19-year-old co-worker, the county's sheriff's office said in a news release.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Florida fire and rescue employees arrested after waterboarding co-worker in hazing incident, officials say
Officials said four employees chased and beat the victim after he wouldn't show them a TikTok video on his phone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Garza claims that Bally made several racist comments about "Indian workers." He also claims Bally disclosed he often comes to work high on edibles.

Bally also allegedly "said that Campbell's is 'highly processed food' for 'poor people,'" the documents add.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Campbell's exec on leave after allegedly mocking 'poor people' who eat its soup | CBC News
A lawsuit filed by a former security analyst at Campbell's alleges he was fired for reporting inappropriate conduct by a senior executive, including an hour-long rant in which the executive allegedly ...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know exactly how addictive their platforms can be to teens. And they continue to target teen users anyway.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/t...
Lawsuit alleges social media giants buried their own research on teen mental health harms | CNN Business
Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know exactly how addictive their platforms can be to teens. And they continue to target teen users anyway.
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Multiple sources at GMU confirmed what they called a disgusting and dangerous situation that put one student in danger when a undergraduate apparently drank so much in class that they passed out and EMS was called to help.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/n...
GMU lecturer fired for drinking in class with undergrads, sources say
An adjunct faculty member at George Mason University was fired after openly drinking alcohol with undergraduate students in class last week, sources tell News4.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
But in a statement on social media, the school says it has chosen to relocate to Canada, pointing to policies enacted under the Trump administration for its decision.

www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada
A renowned American beer brewing school is heading north and getting ready to settle in at a new address in Montreal.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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The governor of West Virginia is now walking back his initial post, where he stated two National Guard members died after being shot
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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“Washington, DC is now a totally safe city. And you can walk down any street in Washington, and you’re going to be just fine. And I want to thank the National Guard.”

– Trump yesterday, lying that Washington, DC hasn’t had a murder in 6 months. There had been 62 murders in DC the last six months.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot and killed Wednesday just blocks from the White House, the state’s governor said.

apnews.com/article/nati...
Two National Guard members shot just blocks from the White House
Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital have been shot just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Violence perceived is violence achieved.

He threatened to sue and they flinched. Now he knows they’re soft and they’re complying in advance.

newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Trump *has* given illegal orders.

But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?

TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM