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"As heavily armed and camouflage-clad Border Patrol agents crowded into the plaza outside the Japanese American museum...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Haunted by History, Japanese Americans Fight Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"As heavily armed and camouflage-clad Border Patrol agents crowded into the plaza outside the Japanese American museum...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
Ms. Fujimoto heard the commotion and tore out of the store, shouting that immigration agents were there. 'I felt like Paul Revere,' she said..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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"U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US manufacturing stuck in doldrums as tariff headwinds persist
U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted..."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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"The 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic.
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump’s megabill, even if the politics haven’t | CNN Politics
As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its only health clinic.
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic.
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
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RT=Endorsement
"A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon."
"A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon."
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
RT=Endorsement
"A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon."
"A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon."
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
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Thanks so much for giving Senator Kelly a platform, haters! He's making gorgeous use of it and looking pretty fearless too.
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thanks so much for giving Senator Kelly a platform, haters! He's making gorgeous use of it and looking pretty fearless too.
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And also…ALSO…it’s just wrong. Try that on.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
And also…ALSO…it’s just wrong. Try that on.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
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The president has now blocked three economic data reports. Does he think this is somehow a *good* sign for the economy? trib.al/4GF0dvo
Trump Cancels Release of Crucial Economic Report to Hide His Failures
Donald Trump has now blocked three economic data reports.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The president has now blocked three economic data reports. Does he think this is somehow a *good* sign for the economy? trib.al/4GF0dvo
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Trump lied. His ICE is not going after the "worst of the worst" like he promised.
The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump lied. His ICE is not going after the "worst of the worst" like he promised.
The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
The vast majority of the people being taken are hardworking, law-abiding members of our communities. They are just trying to provide for their families and contribute to America.
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Young adults deserve to feel supported as they transition into adulthood.
That’s why California is investing $56M to expand access to housing so our youth never have to choose between their education, paying rent, or putting food on the table.
We won’t leave them behind.
That’s why California is investing $56M to expand access to housing so our youth never have to choose between their education, paying rent, or putting food on the table.
We won’t leave them behind.
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Young adults deserve to feel supported as they transition into adulthood.
That’s why California is investing $56M to expand access to housing so our youth never have to choose between their education, paying rent, or putting food on the table.
We won’t leave them behind.
That’s why California is investing $56M to expand access to housing so our youth never have to choose between their education, paying rent, or putting food on the table.
We won’t leave them behind.
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Wow
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Wow
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
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The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
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A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Kalshi Is a Corruption Time Bomb—and Congress Is Sitting on It
A platform that lets insiders (and legislators) gamble on their own behavior is a threat to democracy.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Meiselas: If Trump was just some crappy, scummy billionaire who lived in Florida, do you think I'd give a crap? My issue is this freaking loser, this con artist, this grifter, this scammer has brought his life of scamming, bankrupting and destroying to the American people, who are now suffering.
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Meiselas: If Trump was just some crappy, scummy billionaire who lived in Florida, do you think I'd give a crap? My issue is this freaking loser, this con artist, this grifter, this scammer has brought his life of scamming, bankrupting and destroying to the American people, who are now suffering.
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
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We’re suing the Trump Administration for its unlawful cuts to homeless housing funding — cuts that threaten to rip permanent housing support from tens of thousands of California families.
Donald Trump’s recklessness jeopardizes our housing stability.
We will stop him.
Donald Trump’s recklessness jeopardizes our housing stability.
We will stop him.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We’re suing the Trump Administration for its unlawful cuts to homeless housing funding — cuts that threaten to rip permanent housing support from tens of thousands of California families.
Donald Trump’s recklessness jeopardizes our housing stability.
We will stop him.
Donald Trump’s recklessness jeopardizes our housing stability.
We will stop him.
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The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
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Trump's domestic Gestapo raided a job site, then handcuffed a US citizen born in Raleigh NC -- even after being shown the guy's REAL ID, which is only available to US citizens and LPRs
CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump's domestic Gestapo raided a job site, then handcuffed a US citizen born in Raleigh NC -- even after being shown the guy's REAL ID, which is only available to US citizens and LPRs
CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
CBP+ICE will ignore your identifying documents when it suits their racism
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
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Trump isn’t just firing more Veterans than any President in history—
He’s cancelling contracts with Veteran-owned small businesses that help cancer patients…
…and forcing them to consider selling their cars just to pay their employees.
Truly despicable.
He’s cancelling contracts with Veteran-owned small businesses that help cancer patients…
…and forcing them to consider selling their cars just to pay their employees.
Truly despicable.
Almost a year into Trump's second term, veterans doing business with DC are feeling the sting of the president's efforts to shrink the federal government and DOGE’s crusade to combat what it calls waste, fraud and abuse.
Veteran-owned businesses are feeling burned by Trump’s contract cutting
Among the contracts DOGE canceled under the Department of Veterans Affairs alone, two-thirds were with veteran-owned businesses.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump isn’t just firing more Veterans than any President in history—
He’s cancelling contracts with Veteran-owned small businesses that help cancer patients…
…and forcing them to consider selling their cars just to pay their employees.
Truly despicable.
He’s cancelling contracts with Veteran-owned small businesses that help cancer patients…
…and forcing them to consider selling their cars just to pay their employees.
Truly despicable.