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Ways you and I can help Ukraine

1) From the Obama Foundation:

www.obama.org/stories/help...
How you can help the people of Ukraine
How You Can Help the People of Ukraine
www.obama.org
"I watched from my hospital bed as [RFK Jr], in the face of logic and common sense, was confirmed for the position, despite never having worked in medicine, public health, or the government. Suddenly, the healthcare system on which I relied felt strained, shaky." bbc.com/news/article...
JFK's granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg shares terminal cancer diagnosis
Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, says she was diagnosed shortly after giving birth in 2024 and has less than a year to live.
bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pointer Sisters said it all:
"I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it" www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
Live updates: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James
A judge rules the US attorney, who brought the case against Trump's political foes, was improperly appointed.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Turbulent November market puts the onus back on the bulls to show resilience
Turbulent November market puts the onus back on the bulls to show resilience
Is the market in the process of building a better, more-balanced bull while humbling the hubristic momentum traders?
cnb.cx
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Ukraine’s top prosecutor told 60 Minutes that the number of war crime investigations open at the beginning of the fall was 178,391. cbsn.ws/4agyGIq
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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I, for one, have only really thought about the VRA through the prism of federal elections, not local elections.

But this well-reported piece reminds us that ending the VRA will have an impact on ALL levels of representative government.

Via @pascalsabino.bsky.social.

boltsmag.org/voting-right...
Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts
The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.
boltsmag.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Are we not even making our own disinformation? What happened to American manufacturing?
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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The drug lenacapavir will be distributed to Eswatini and Zambia — the first step toward providing at least 2 million doses to the countries with the highest HIV burden, largely in Africa, by 2028.
A 'breakthrough' drug to prevent HIV, an 'unprecedented' rollout
The drug lenacapavir will be distributed to Eswatini and Zambia — the first step toward providing at least 2 million doses to the countries with the highest HIV burden, largely in Africa, by 2028.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Montana hunting and fishing guide Donna McDonald tells 60 Minutes she could not run her business if public lands were sold off, as some in Congress proposed. Access to land that McDonald’s operation depends on would disappear. cbsn.ws/4oVJYq2
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital currencies.
Crypto Crash Is Eroding Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers
In President Donald Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital currencies.
bloom.bg
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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At a time of hyper-polarization, the Birkenstock crowd and the cowboy boot crowd are coming together with a common cause: protecting the last best place. cbsn.ws/3Xalw8p
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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A Republican senator says President Donald Trump risks dividing his MAGA base if he maintains his course on a flashpoint issue.
GOP Senator Predicts Cause of Next MAGA Civil War
A Republican senator says Trump risks dividing his MAGA base if he maintains his current course on a flashpoint issue.
trib.al
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Montanans say they no longer know their neighbors. Newcomers, rapid development, and a surge in “no trespassing” signs are reshaping communities across the state. cbsn.ws/4psdp32
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. n.pr/4puzyhb
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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💥 Explosions reported in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, this was our most-read story: on.ft.com/4oRlPB2
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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musk agreeing with an explicitly eugenicist post
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Photographer Lou Bopp showed 60 Minutes some of the 10,000 photos he has taken of bedrooms left behind by children murdered in American school shootings. Bopp has photographed the rooms belonging to eight children who were killed in five different school shootings. cbsn.ws/49UiEEj
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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“They can't surrender the rooms, because you surrender the rooms, and that's just another piece of their kid that's gone,” explains Steve Hartman, who has been documenting the rooms of children murdered in school shootings. Many have been untouched for years. cbsn.ws/4o778sl
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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That bulb is screwed.
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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While many of you are likely yelling "Go Eagles!" or "Go Cowboys!" I'm yelling "Go Robert Mueller and the rule of law!"
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Democrats have vocally condemned the president's incendiary posts, while Republicans have offered far less pushback.
'Crickets': Mark Kelly Calls Out Republicans' Muted Reaction To Trump's Attacks
Democrats have vocally condemned the president's incendiary posts, while Republicans have offered far less pushback.
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM