Jim Thompson
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The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
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Pitt's Cory Sanders on Miami's Malachi Toney: "No. 10 can make 3 guys miss in a phone booth."
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Pitt's Cory Sanders on Miami's Malachi Toney: "No. 10 can make 3 guys miss in a phone booth."
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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ICE agent when told he's about to arrest a US citizen. Direct quote: "I DON'T CARE."
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ICE agent when told he's about to arrest a US citizen. Direct quote: "I DON'T CARE."
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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NEWS
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NEWS
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
The IRS is suing GOP Senator Jim Justice and his wife saying they owe more than $5 million in back taxes.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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The blocking on this play was better than I remembered.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The blocking on this play was better than I remembered.
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After last night's loss to Quinnipiac, KenPom favors Pitt to win three of its remaining 24 games -- vs. Hofstra (12/7), vs. Binghamton (12/17) and vs. Notre Dame (2/21).
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
After last night's loss to Quinnipiac, KenPom favors Pitt to win three of its remaining 24 games -- vs. Hofstra (12/7), vs. Binghamton (12/17) and vs. Notre Dame (2/21).
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Meanwhile, back in the real world . . .
The average US retail gas price is currently $3.19, up from last week. It was a penny cheaper last Thanksgiving when Biden was president.
The average US retail gas price is currently $3.19, up from last week. It was a penny cheaper last Thanksgiving when Biden was president.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Meanwhile, back in the real world . . .
The average US retail gas price is currently $3.19, up from last week. It was a penny cheaper last Thanksgiving when Biden was president.
The average US retail gas price is currently $3.19, up from last week. It was a penny cheaper last Thanksgiving when Biden was president.
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Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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No. 24 Pitt finds renewed confidence heading into regular season finale vs. No. 13 Miami
No. 24 Pitt finds renewed confidence heading into regular season finale vs. No. 13 Miami
ACC schedule makers did Pitt a small favor when determining kickoff times and television designations for its Week 14 games. They assigned No. 24 Pitt...
www.post-gazette.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
No. 24 Pitt finds renewed confidence heading into regular season finale vs. No. 13 Miami
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Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Pat Narduzzi on Braylan Lovelace: "I can't help what the media says but I know we've got 3 dudes at linebacker and they're all good. ... He is, in my opinion, an all-conference linebacker."
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pat Narduzzi on Braylan Lovelace: "I can't help what the media says but I know we've got 3 dudes at linebacker and they're all good. ... He is, in my opinion, an all-conference linebacker."
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This headline is missing the part about how they are also business partners with the Trump family in several different ventures.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This headline is missing the part about how they are also business partners with the Trump family in several different ventures.
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Pat Narduzzi on the win over Georgia Tech: “I think a lot of people were shocked. … We’ve got a good football team here in Pittsburgh. I wasn’t shocked by how our guys played.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Pat Narduzzi on the win over Georgia Tech: “I think a lot of people were shocked. … We’ve got a good football team here in Pittsburgh. I wasn’t shocked by how our guys played.”
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Just want to remind everyone that Mike Flynn told a crowd of rabid QAnon troglodytes in no uncertain terms that the military should conduct a coup in order to reinstall Trump as an unelected dictator, and he never once was subject to the penalties that the UCMJ demands for that sort of thing
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just want to remind everyone that Mike Flynn told a crowd of rabid QAnon troglodytes in no uncertain terms that the military should conduct a coup in order to reinstall Trump as an unelected dictator, and he never once was subject to the penalties that the UCMJ demands for that sort of thing
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Pat Narduzzi said there's no timeline for starting placekicker Trey Butkowski's return to action.
"I wish there was."
"I wish there was."
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pat Narduzzi said there's no timeline for starting placekicker Trey Butkowski's return to action.
"I wish there was."
"I wish there was."
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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Here's ABC's broadcast team for Miami-Pitt on Saturday. Pretty good trio. And I believe Bob Wischusen was on the call when Pitt upset No. 2 Miami back in 2017.
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here's ABC's broadcast team for Miami-Pitt on Saturday. Pretty good trio. And I believe Bob Wischusen was on the call when Pitt upset No. 2 Miami back in 2017.
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Interesting that Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi, despite exclusive access to the “files,” couldn’t figure out that Twitter was a giant bot farm run out of Russia and Nigeria.
I look forward to Weiss having Taibbi on a 60 Minutes segment exposing how Musk is profiting as a stalking horse for Putin.
I look forward to Weiss having Taibbi on a 60 Minutes segment exposing how Musk is profiting as a stalking horse for Putin.
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Interesting that Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi, despite exclusive access to the “files,” couldn’t figure out that Twitter was a giant bot farm run out of Russia and Nigeria.
I look forward to Weiss having Taibbi on a 60 Minutes segment exposing how Musk is profiting as a stalking horse for Putin.
I look forward to Weiss having Taibbi on a 60 Minutes segment exposing how Musk is profiting as a stalking horse for Putin.
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Paul Conrad on the far right painting enemies with a red brush, Ventura County Star, 8/24/1966.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Paul Conrad on the far right painting enemies with a red brush, Ventura County Star, 8/24/1966.
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"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy."
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy."
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
This should send shivers down the spine of Republican and Democratic members of Congress alike.
It's a 'perspective' not capable of negotiating for true U.S. interests.
(video via Republicans Against Trump on X)