Stuart Drunsfield
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The Guardian reports that a European intel agency likely leaked the Witkoff-Ushakov-Dmitriev calls, frustrated by Trump’s envoy pushing Kremlin lines. Others point to disgruntled CIA or NSA insiders. Ukraine had motive, but the risk of fallout with Washington makes that unlikely.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Guardian reports that a European intel agency likely leaked the Witkoff-Ushakov-Dmitriev calls, frustrated by Trump’s envoy pushing Kremlin lines. Others point to disgruntled CIA or NSA insiders. Ukraine had motive, but the risk of fallout with Washington makes that unlikely.
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I only make $0.36 per sale on some of my titles.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I only make $0.36 per sale on some of my titles.
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Illinois is among a group of Democratic states suing the Trump administration, seeking to block a change to the federal food stamps program that the states say unlawfully prevented some legal immigrants from accessing the aid.
Illinois sues Trump admin to block changes to SNAP eligibility of immigrants
chicago.suntimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Illinois is among a group of Democratic states suing the Trump administration, seeking to block a change to the federal food stamps program that the states say unlawfully prevented some legal immigrants from accessing the aid.
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Trump’s immigration detention camps exist to drive profits for the prison companies giving him money.
The more profit they make, the more money they’ll give him, and the more people he’ll find to fill up those prisons — it’s not about crime and it won’t stop with immigrants.
The more profit they make, the more money they’ll give him, and the more people he’ll find to fill up those prisons — it’s not about crime and it won’t stop with immigrants.
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump’s immigration detention camps exist to drive profits for the prison companies giving him money.
The more profit they make, the more money they’ll give him, and the more people he’ll find to fill up those prisons — it’s not about crime and it won’t stop with immigrants.
The more profit they make, the more money they’ll give him, and the more people he’ll find to fill up those prisons — it’s not about crime and it won’t stop with immigrants.
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Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Is Steve Witkoff Trying to Do?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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South Carolina’s measles outbreak isn’t yet as large as those in other states, such as New Mexico, Arizona, and Kansas. But it highlights a confluence of larger trends — including historically low vaccination rates, skepticism fueled by the pandemic, misinformation, and “health freedom” ideologies.
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Illustrates Danger of Vaccine Misinformation
A confluence of larger national trends threaten communities with reemergence of a preventable, potentially deadly virus.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
South Carolina’s measles outbreak isn’t yet as large as those in other states, such as New Mexico, Arizona, and Kansas. But it highlights a confluence of larger trends — including historically low vaccination rates, skepticism fueled by the pandemic, misinformation, and “health freedom” ideologies.
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Imagine George W Bush causing
5k dead US soldiers
1 million dead Iraqis
an occupation w/no WMDs
a global recession
Wall St meltdown
derivatives & housing market crash
blow off a hurricane
crash economy while enriching millionaires...
...and he's still not the worst POTUS of the 21st Century.
5k dead US soldiers
1 million dead Iraqis
an occupation w/no WMDs
a global recession
Wall St meltdown
derivatives & housing market crash
blow off a hurricane
crash economy while enriching millionaires...
...and he's still not the worst POTUS of the 21st Century.
Remember when George W Bush was the dumbest living President. I really miss those days.
September 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Imagine George W Bush causing
5k dead US soldiers
1 million dead Iraqis
an occupation w/no WMDs
a global recession
Wall St meltdown
derivatives & housing market crash
blow off a hurricane
crash economy while enriching millionaires...
...and he's still not the worst POTUS of the 21st Century.
5k dead US soldiers
1 million dead Iraqis
an occupation w/no WMDs
a global recession
Wall St meltdown
derivatives & housing market crash
blow off a hurricane
crash economy while enriching millionaires...
...and he's still not the worst POTUS of the 21st Century.
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The U.S. believes it was Ukrainian intelligence that recorded and leaked Steve Witkoff’s call with Putin’s aide to the media, according to journalist Serhiy Sydorenko from European Pravda.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The U.S. believes it was Ukrainian intelligence that recorded and leaked Steve Witkoff’s call with Putin’s aide to the media, according to journalist Serhiy Sydorenko from European Pravda.
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📅Nov 10 1903: Mary Anderson patented the windshield wiper. Automakers rejected it, claiming drivers would be “too distracted” to use it. Her so-called distraction became mandatory on every car, yet she never earned a cent from her invention. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
tinyurl.com/yxh5w584
tinyurl.com/yxh5w584
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📅Nov 10 1903: Mary Anderson patented the windshield wiper. Automakers rejected it, claiming drivers would be “too distracted” to use it. Her so-called distraction became mandatory on every car, yet she never earned a cent from her invention. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
tinyurl.com/yxh5w584
tinyurl.com/yxh5w584
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Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
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this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
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It’s so cute when they write his posts trying to sound like him and you end up with “highly successful Mayor of Tegucigalpa” when if Trump actually posted this he’d call someone Slippy Jim and somehow think this was happening in Asia
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It’s so cute when they write his posts trying to sound like him and you end up with “highly successful Mayor of Tegucigalpa” when if Trump actually posted this he’d call someone Slippy Jim and somehow think this was happening in Asia
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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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‘Mental Model’ Approach to Countering Vaccine Bunk www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/mental-model...
Key: "....exposing people to visual, verbal, or animated models" about "scientific concepts so that they either have the tools in place to identify misconceptions before encountering them..."
Key: "....exposing people to visual, verbal, or animated models" about "scientific concepts so that they either have the tools in place to identify misconceptions before encountering them..."
‘Mental Model’ Approach Shows Promise in Reducing Susceptibility to Misconceptions About mRNA Vaccination | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Showing people a "mental model" of scientific concepts may help undercut vaccine-related misconceptions, according to APPC research.
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
‘Mental Model’ Approach to Countering Vaccine Bunk www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/mental-model...
Key: "....exposing people to visual, verbal, or animated models" about "scientific concepts so that they either have the tools in place to identify misconceptions before encountering them..."
Key: "....exposing people to visual, verbal, or animated models" about "scientific concepts so that they either have the tools in place to identify misconceptions before encountering them..."
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The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular sites, while leaving them out of fee-free days that will be reserved for American residents.
National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular US parks
The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular sites, whi…
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular sites, while leaving them out of fee-free days that will be reserved for American residents.
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I would decline to voluntarily cooperate. No way. Issue a subpoena and fight it out in court.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I would decline to voluntarily cooperate. No way. Issue a subpoena and fight it out in court.
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Terrible news.
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
apnews.com/article/sinc...
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
apnews.com/article/sinc...
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
Sinclair has submitted a bid to buy out E.W. Scripps for $7 per share, in a deal that could bring further consolidation across America’s local TV news landscape.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Terrible news.
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
apnews.com/article/sinc...
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
apnews.com/article/sinc...
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US bank regulator approves relaxed leverage rules reut.rs/3Xl9glt
US bank regulator approves relaxed leverage rules
A U.S. bank regulator approved new final rules aimed at easing leverage requirements for banks, requiring firms to set aside less capital as a cushion against losses of low-risk assets.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
US bank regulator approves relaxed leverage rules reut.rs/3Xl9glt
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Home Depot has provided tools and materials to build this regime. HD turns profits from customers who bust their assess constructing & repairing in our communities, then aid in allowing the regime to abduct them. (Who knows, perhaps for an additional sum.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?
While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Home Depot has provided tools and materials to build this regime. HD turns profits from customers who bust their assess constructing & repairing in our communities, then aid in allowing the regime to abduct them. (Who knows, perhaps for an additional sum.)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A look at what is possible.
Could California be done with gas electricity by 2030? The rapid acceleration of battery storage systems seems to point in that direction.
Could California be done with gas electricity by 2030? The rapid acceleration of battery storage systems seems to point in that direction.
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A look at what is possible.
Could California be done with gas electricity by 2030? The rapid acceleration of battery storage systems seems to point in that direction.
Could California be done with gas electricity by 2030? The rapid acceleration of battery storage systems seems to point in that direction.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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The poet became a pioneering punk artist with the release of her debut album, a collection of both literary sophistication and animal energy. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Turns 50
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The poet became a pioneering punk artist with the release of her debut album, a collection of both literary sophistication and animal energy. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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More: Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command, via @nytimes.com
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
More: Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command, via @nytimes.com
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Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Pretty cool way to launder money to seditionist militias right out in the open tho
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Pretty cool way to launder money to seditionist militias right out in the open tho