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nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
nuzzi / lizza misconduct imo enabled the destruction of so much public health & scientific research — and a resurgence in measles in the US. this is not petty tabloid gossip or inside baseball. that they went undetected or were rewarded while great reporters were laid off? it’s a huge system failure
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Collective, racist punishment.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Collective, racist punishment.
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Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
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Prediction: Some will seize on the shooting to try to pull Dems back to a position of cowardice on Trump's deportations, and Stephen Miller will scam dimwit commentators into making this case as well, but what happened ultimately won't dent public disapproval of the raids/arrests in the slightest.
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Prediction: Some will seize on the shooting to try to pull Dems back to a position of cowardice on Trump's deportations, and Stephen Miller will scam dimwit commentators into making this case as well, but what happened ultimately won't dent public disapproval of the raids/arrests in the slightest.
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Firefighters are battling one of Hong Kong's deadliest modern blazes for a second day, fighting to control the fire that blackened several high-rise towers and killed at least 44 people.
Fire that killed at least 44 burns in Hong Kong towers for a second day
Firefighters are battling one of Hong Kong’s deadliest modern blazes for a second day, fighting to control the fire that blackened several high-rise towers and killed at least 44 people.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Firefighters are battling one of Hong Kong's deadliest modern blazes for a second day, fighting to control the fire that blackened several high-rise towers and killed at least 44 people.
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
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look who's back
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
look who's back
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Are you resting up tonight for a big day tomorrow?
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Are you resting up tonight for a big day tomorrow?
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The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The reason that we reporters are focused so intensely on the L'affair Nuzzi is that, as Olivia notes, it is a basically apocalyptic scandal in the most literal sense of that term: a dropping of masks. It's acting as confirmation of every hideous story anybody's ever told about political journalists
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"a debilitated CDC unable to protect the health of the American people."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
"a debilitated CDC unable to protect the health of the American people."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
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For something that only benefits mental manipulation for more oligarch control.
While also warming the planet even faster.
bsky.app/profile/lora...
While also warming the planet even faster.
bsky.app/profile/lora...
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
For something that only benefits mental manipulation for more oligarch control.
While also warming the planet even faster.
bsky.app/profile/lora...
While also warming the planet even faster.
bsky.app/profile/lora...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump calls for reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under Biden admin after National Guard shooting.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump calls for reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under Biden admin after National Guard shooting.
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FUN FACT: Turkeys are extremely social, intelligent birds that will even get used to you when they're wild.
There's a reason Ben Franklin wanted them as our national symbol.
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There's a reason Ben Franklin wanted them as our national symbol.
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At The Gentle Barn, this flock of turkeys isn't going to end up on your plate, but they might cuddle up in your lap.
At The Gentle Barn, turkeys are for snuggling, not stuffing at Thanksgiving
At The Gentle Barn, this flock of turkeys isn't going to end up on your plate, but they might cuddle up in your lap.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
FUN FACT: Turkeys are extremely social, intelligent birds that will even get used to you when they're wild.
There's a reason Ben Franklin wanted them as our national symbol.
bsky.app/profile/apne...
There's a reason Ben Franklin wanted them as our national symbol.
bsky.app/profile/apne...
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Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
New: Alt5 Sigma, one of Trump's key business partners, told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October.
An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
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An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules With Filing On CEO
One of Trump's key business partners told the SEC it suspended its CEO in mid-October. Internal records suggest he was on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Update—
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
💥 Alt5 Sigma’s board sacked its acting CEO/CFO. Been in the job for just a few weeks.
💥 COO also ousted.
💥 Director quit.
💥 Special committee disbanded.
All per new SEC filing:
www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Arch...
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The city council under Eric Adams was a progressive counter to the mayor; with Julie Menin locking the race for city council speaker today, it looks like the council will be a centrist counter to him.
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The city council under Eric Adams was a progressive counter to the mayor; with Julie Menin locking the race for city council speaker today, it looks like the council will be a centrist counter to him.
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After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man.
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man.
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
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November 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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I just feel awful for the National Guard troopers caught up in this. They’re just standing around looking bored all the time, but they have been made into a deliberate symbol by the Trump admin and that may have made them a target for this gunman.
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I just feel awful for the National Guard troopers caught up in this. They’re just standing around looking bored all the time, but they have been made into a deliberate symbol by the Trump admin and that may have made them a target for this gunman.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Let me use MAGA logic & agree with them for a thought experiment.
The National Guard shooter is an Afghan national, so we must deport all Afghans & Muslims & stop immigration.
OK.
Trump's failed assassins were 2 white men. White men are the #1 domestic shooters in America.
So, deport all whites?
The National Guard shooter is an Afghan national, so we must deport all Afghans & Muslims & stop immigration.
OK.
Trump's failed assassins were 2 white men. White men are the #1 domestic shooters in America.
So, deport all whites?
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Let me use MAGA logic & agree with them for a thought experiment.
The National Guard shooter is an Afghan national, so we must deport all Afghans & Muslims & stop immigration.
OK.
Trump's failed assassins were 2 white men. White men are the #1 domestic shooters in America.
So, deport all whites?
The National Guard shooter is an Afghan national, so we must deport all Afghans & Muslims & stop immigration.
OK.
Trump's failed assassins were 2 white men. White men are the #1 domestic shooters in America.
So, deport all whites?
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It's not just that the United States has stopped trying to promote liberal democratic ideas internationally. It's that the United States is actively trying to promote the contrary. It's trying to turn more countries into Hungary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
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Democracy on life support in the gloaming.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Democracy on life support in the gloaming.
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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
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here