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Utah business owners say Trump's tariffs cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars (AlterNet)
For Jared and Dawnita Hendricks, the holiday season is usually the most profitable time of year. But thanks to President Donald Trump's tariffs, their busine...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Powerful Republican Turns on Pentagon Pete's ‘Kill' Orders (The Daily Beast)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's alleged order to "kill" everyone aboard a suspected Venezuelan drug boat is slated to face...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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The One Promise Liar, Liar Trump Delivered to Americans (LEVEL Man)
I find it disheartening when I hear talking heads describing Donald Trump as having kept his camp...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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JD Vance rages at lesbian stepmom for being childless & “brainwashing” children (LGBTQ Nation)
GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) ranted about how a lesbian who is the leader of a teachers’ union doesn’t have children and, therefore...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Economist says core Trump claim is 'just nonsense' (AlterNet)
President Donald Trump repeatedly claims that he inherited a troubled, dysfunctional economy from his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, and quickly turned i...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Bank fires back at Trump’s Epstein threats (Knewz)
JPMorgan Chase r...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Data shows Trump is 'funneling' donor money into his bank account (AlterNet)
Newsbreak reports that millionaire President Donald Trump is diverting donor money straight into his pocket. “Even as he leverages his presidency to make him...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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How the Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals have exacerbated food waste (Fast Company)
The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President Donald Trump’s second term. Policies such as immigration raids, tariff changes, and tempor...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Trump Issues Venezuela Threat After Bloodthirsty Orders Leak (The Daily Beast)
Donald Trumpannounced that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela would be closed, just hours after a leak suggested that his agenda in the Carib...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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They tried to overturn the 2020 US election. Now, they hold power in Trump’s Washington (The Guardian)
The people wh...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Trump’s hate-filled rant ignores facts on immigrant crime and economic benefits (The Guardian)
A protester outside an ICE facility in Broadview, west of Chicago, Illinois. Trump claims his immigration raids are targeting criminals but a
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November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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WSJ Bombshell: Trump Chiefs Met With Putin Honcho On Peace Plan To Access Billions Frozen In Europe (Mediaite)
President Donald Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Putin negotiator Kirill Dmitrievto hammer out a peace deal that would ...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Trump's 'real' plan for Ukraine war 'revealed' with $300bn boost to US (Daily Mail)
Donald Trump is reportedly eager to engage in business deals with Vladimir Putinas a way to end the war in Ukraine - hoping to bring billions of dollars from...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Trump Slammed Biden's $52 Billion CHIPS Act. Then He Used It To Buy a Federal Stake in Intel. (Reason.com)
In March, President Donald Trump blasted the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022. He called it "a horrible,...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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IT WILL SOON BE NECESSARY TO PHYSICALLY DRAG THESE PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY!
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Pentagon Pete Lashes Out at His Bloodthirsty Orders Leaking (The Daily Beast)
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has come out guns-blazing against reports that his lethal strikes on a vessel in the Caribbean could constitute war crimes. La...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The Mar-a-Lago Party That Future Historians Will Never Forget (The New Republic)
Scantily clad young women dancing in tall revolving martini glasses greeted the guests as they entered Mar-a-Lago. Models dressed as flappers with huge white...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The comeuppance of a very incompetent Trump admin lawyer is delicious (AlterNet)
Kak·i·sto·cra·cy- (kakə̇ˈstäkrəsē): a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a stateA ‘kakistocracy’ is a system of government where the m...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Trump Again Funneling Money From Political Committees He Runs Into His Own Pocket (HuffPost)
President Donald Trump uses a cellphone aboard Marine One before it departs Leesburg Executive Airport in Leesburg, Virginia, on April 24, 2025. Trump is ret...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Trump's $2 Trillion Plan to Cash in on Ukraine ‘Peace' Leaks (The Daily Beast)
At the center of President Trump's contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn't peace: it's profit. Trump envoys Ste...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The Trump administration keeps cancelling key economic reports and everyone is suspicious (indy100)
The Donald Trump administration keeps cancelling key economic reports and everyone is concerned. On Monday (24 November), the USBureau of Economic Analysis c...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Trump White House ‘World’s Most Corrupt Crypto Startup Operation’: House Democrats (Decrypt)
Donald Trump and his family have used the presidency to make hundreds of millions of dollars from “cryptocurrency schemes,” according to a new partisan repor...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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DEI Hire Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Accused of Committing War Crimes In Bombshell Report (Hip-Hop Wired)
DEI Hire Pete Hegseth could be in some serious trouble after a bombshell Washington Post report alleges he may have committed “war crimes.”According to the W...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED!!!
Trump Betrays Close Ally to Suck Up to Yet Another Dictator (The Daily Beast)
President Trump urged Japan to dial back talk of Taiwan after a tense call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival (The Guardian)
For a moment, Jacob Hannah saw an unprecedented opportunity to make Appal...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM