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ICE is fascist. Fight for immigrants! Palestinians must live: we’re complicit. Black Lives Matter! Anti-Semitism sucks. Disability rights! Me: old fat white lesbian, former A’s fan. Live on unceded Lisjan/Huchiun land, in Oakland, CA.
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I’ll bet conservatives thought seatbelts were a bad idea, too. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Exclusive | Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Nov. 25, 2020 — Felon Trump pardoned felon Flynn who had signed off on his own guilt twice. Now, the 6-time bankruptee and draft-dodger Trump is going to pay felon Flynn up to $50 million in taxpayer dollars for reasons seemingly unknown to the public. #MorningJoe and Comcast News 'ghost cover.'🤫
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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So this thing was full of errors.

The Trump administration claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show its rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Donald Trump's "demand to punish anybody who merely endorses the Constitution vindicates the charge that he is the document’s greatest enemy."

The latest from @jonathanbchait.bsky.social at The Atlantic...
Trump and Hegseth’s Hysterical Reaction to an Ad
For the president and his minions, loyalty is more important than legality.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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oh yes. the full instructions were to put the bag of potatoes in the roasting pan & the pan in the oven, so at least the oven floor was spared?

the pan was discarded.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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oh god we have a family story! not specifically thanksgiving related, but...

my m-i-l called home & asked my f-i-l to put the bag of potatoes in the oven. "the whole bag?" he asks. they have 5 kids, so she says, "yes, the whole bag."

guys! guys!! he put the whole bag of potatoes in the oven!!
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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The aliens among us: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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So we’re just experimenting with AI in criminal cases huh
“The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Scoop: Tesla co-founder JB Straubel's battery recycling firm Redwood Materials laid off dozens of staff, as the company shifts its focus to energy storage and critical minerals. This comes a month after Redwood raised $350 million for an over $6 billion valuation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tesla Co-Founder Straubel’s Battery Startup Redwood Fires Dozens
Tesla Inc. co-founder JB Straubel’s battery recycling firm Redwood Materials Inc. cut dozens of jobs as the startup scales back some of its ambitious projects to refocus on tapping into demand for gri...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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If you need to catch up on this case, the leaders of this cult were convicted of forced labor conspiracy this summer. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/n...
Leaders of ‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Group Are Convicted of Coercion Charges
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I've lost friends to OneTaste and had to bail out of a work retreat accidentally programmed at a venue owned by OneTaste founders. Very glad @ellenhuet.bsky.social exposed the manipulation driving it. Here she is in convo with Jules Evans (www.ecstaticintegration.org).
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Trump EPA is repealing air pollution rules that EPA’s own scientists say would save the lives of 4,500 Americans every year.
The Trumpers now say polluting the air and killing the neighbors is just the cost of doing business

Literally prioritizing profits over people

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Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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CPDA Executive Director Kate Chatfield was quoted in The New York Times discussing the ramifications of prosecutors using AI in their briefing to courts. CPDA sponsored SB 54, which requires police to disclose if they used AI in their police reports.

Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The "stable genius" doesn't know what he's doing.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Doesn’t Understand Inflation
Having promised to lower living costs, the president seems keen to make American life more expensive.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Important advice.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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I've made these a few times now and the key is chill the buttermilk in a measuring cup in the freezer for about 10 minutes (it'll be just starting to ice over). This makes the best clumps when you mix it in with the warm melted butter
Best Drop Biscuits | America's Test Kitchen
Drop biscuits are the no-nonsense alternative to traditional rolled biscuits. Only one problem—they're often not very good.
www.americastestkitchen.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Glossy PSAs are everywhere featuring DHS head Kristi Noem. They're a waste of public money, writes @plopezmn.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
DHS Has Better Ways to Spend $200 Million Than This
The ads have been popping up on Fox News, Good Morning America, the Today Show and Univision. They feature Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem against a backdrop bristling with American flags, gal...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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While RFK Jr spreads conspiracies, California will stick to science.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The housing crisis goes way deeper than supply and demand. It’s a massive policy failure. Corporations bought up the homes, and zoning laws stopped us from building more. We are locking an entire generation out of the stability of homeownership.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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To sing the praises of cabbage!

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Enough With the Brussels Sprouts Already
Cabbage is the better Thanksgiving option.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM