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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
There is a lot of ignorance regarding the number of working people who are homeless.
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There is a lot of ignorance regarding the number of working people who are homeless.
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A lot of economic anxiety leads Page One:
In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”
In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”
In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”
In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A lot of economic anxiety leads Page One:
In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”
In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”
In Boston: “.. the unraveling of the middle class ..”
In Texas: “.. food banks stretched thin ..”
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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This needs to get a LOT of traction.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This needs to get a LOT of traction.
We would all be billionaires if we could enact policies that impact companies and then trade off that.
This is insider trading and conflict of interest retest on steroids.
This is insider trading and conflict of interest retest on steroids.
President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies
Trump Buys Another $82 Million of Corporate and Municipal Bonds
President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies.
bloom.bg
November 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We would all be billionaires if we could enact policies that impact companies and then trade off that.
This is insider trading and conflict of interest retest on steroids.
This is insider trading and conflict of interest retest on steroids.
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At least three North Texas groups are joining an artist-led nationwide protest against what its organizers deem to be a rise in authoritarianism under the administration of President Donald Trump.
Artist-led protest against Trump administration comes to Dallas
North Texas groups are participating in Fall of Freedom, which organizers have described as a “creative resistance.”
www.dallasnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
At least three North Texas groups are joining an artist-led nationwide protest against what its organizers deem to be a rise in authoritarianism under the administration of President Donald Trump.
Disability rights activist gone too soon.
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Disability rights activist gone too soon.
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THIS. Teenage victims have a completely different set of prejudices to deal with. Trust me, I know. Grooming is probably the least understood aspect of child abuse.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
THIS. Teenage victims have a completely different set of prejudices to deal with. Trust me, I know. Grooming is probably the least understood aspect of child abuse.
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Well, this is the foundation of the MAGA movement. Without political pastors’ help, there is never a President Trump.
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Well, this is the foundation of the MAGA movement. Without political pastors’ help, there is never a President Trump.
Take a minute to read about this historic building in South Dallas with connections to Black, Jewish and German residents in Dallas.
Columnist Robert Wilonsky writes:
Since a Dallas City Council vote in January 2012, this Prairie-style structure has been one of South Dallas’ few untouchable structures.
That didn’t stop city attorneys and code officials from trying to raze it just a few months ago.
Since a Dallas City Council vote in January 2012, this Prairie-style structure has been one of South Dallas’ few untouchable structures.
That didn’t stop city attorneys and code officials from trying to raze it just a few months ago.
Wilonsky: It’s hard enough to save South Dallas history without city attorneys’ intrusion
I was driving around South Dallas a few days ago when a left turn off Elsie Faye Heggins Street put me in front of a large old house at the corner of Leland...
www.dallasnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Take a minute to read about this historic building in South Dallas with connections to Black, Jewish and German residents in Dallas.
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The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
'We need to get out of here': Trump's immigration crackdown is quietly reshaping where immigrants live in America
The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.
Putting clergy face down on pavement to arrest them in Chicago.
History will remember.
History will remember.
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Putting clergy face down on pavement to arrest them in Chicago.
History will remember.
History will remember.
Good work Harris County!
📢 TEXAS WORKER WIN: Harris County commissioners approved a countywide worksite safety policy to prevent injuries, enforce safety standards, and ensure workers can speak up without fear when calling out unsafe practices.
No worker should have to choose between their job and their life.
No worker should have to choose between their job and their life.
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Good work Harris County!
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James Talarico: We've got to get to the bottom of this Epstein pedophile ring. We have to know who enabled it, who supported it, and who covered it up. This is not about right versus left. This is right versus wrong`
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
James Talarico: We've got to get to the bottom of this Epstein pedophile ring. We have to know who enabled it, who supported it, and who covered it up. This is not about right versus left. This is right versus wrong`
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Massachusetts AG Campbell: What you heard from the president and the speaker is total bullshit.
Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country — during a war or an emergency shutdown — has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.
Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country — during a war or an emergency shutdown — has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Massachusetts AG Campbell: What you heard from the president and the speaker is total bullshit.
Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country — during a war or an emergency shutdown — has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.
Let’s take a step back. Never in the history of this country — during a war or an emergency shutdown — has the federal government ever stopped funding SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable.
Another patriot steps up.
“I could no longer bear to be silent,” says retired federal judge Mark Wolf, who quit his lifetime seat to warn about Trump’s threat to democracy. It’s part of a broader movement which Wolf hopes will “create this tidal wave that will be sufficient to sustain our democracy.” #Velshi
The judge who quit to save democracy and ‘send a ripple of hope’
Former federal judge Mark Wolf resigned his lifetime seat to warn that Donald Trump threatens American democracy. His departure is part of a wider pattern inside government, with DOJ attorneys leaving in record numbers and some National Guard soldiers refusing what they say are unlawful orders. These acts point to a systemic crisis of faith and to a growing movement of judges, civil servants, and citizens determined to defend the American experiment as it nears its 250th year. “I hope I'm sending out a ripple of hope, and it will merge with these other ripples,” Wolf says. “And together create this tidal wave that will be sufficient to sustain our democracy.”
www.msnbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Another patriot steps up.
Why? Threats against her made her afraid. She was 13 and still in her 20s when she dropped it.
www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
Woman suing Trump over alleged teen rape drops suit, again
The lawyer who organized the event said Donald Trump's accuser had received threats and was too frightened to show up.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Why? Threats against her made her afraid. She was 13 and still in her 20s when she dropped it.
www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.
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Federal workers: The government shutdown may have ended, but we know that many of you are still dealing with its lasting repercussions.
We want to hear from you. Here's how to securely reach out: https://propublica.org/tips
We want to hear from you. Here's how to securely reach out: https://propublica.org/tips
How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Federal workers: The government shutdown may have ended, but we know that many of you are still dealing with its lasting repercussions.
We want to hear from you. Here's how to securely reach out: https://propublica.org/tips
We want to hear from you. Here's how to securely reach out: https://propublica.org/tips
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"Texas has not identified any new revenue streams for public education since 2006. (We're) coming up on 20 years since we have really had a big policy conversation about diversifying the ways that we fund and support public schools in Texas."
Read more: https://go.ryht.org/increasefunding
Read more: https://go.ryht.org/increasefunding
Public education advocates push for new increased funding for schools
The new funding model comes amid promises from Gov. Greg Abbott to overhaul the local property tax system.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Texas has not identified any new revenue streams for public education since 2006. (We're) coming up on 20 years since we have really had a big policy conversation about diversifying the ways that we fund and support public schools in Texas."
Read more: https://go.ryht.org/increasefunding
Read more: https://go.ryht.org/increasefunding
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In Sept, my colleagues & I published one of the first stories in our series from the trove of 18K emails we obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's private Yahoo acct.
This email Maxwell sent to Epstein on Aug 23, 2007 still piques my interest
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
This email Maxwell sent to Epstein on Aug 23, 2007 still piques my interest
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In Sept, my colleagues & I published one of the first stories in our series from the trove of 18K emails we obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's private Yahoo acct.
This email Maxwell sent to Epstein on Aug 23, 2007 still piques my interest
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
This email Maxwell sent to Epstein on Aug 23, 2007 still piques my interest
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Great information regarding denied health care claims.
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
You have a right to see this file.
(Published May 2023)
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Great information regarding denied health care claims.