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European intelligence warned that the initial U.S. draft to end the Ukraine war drew early input from Russian oligarch emissaries and U.S. investors pursuing sanctions-tied deals—while Ukraine, the state being bombarded, received it only after its concessions had been set.
How Trump’s “Peace” Plan Let Putin’s Business Allies Shape Ukraine’s Fate
Russian intermediaries shaped Trump’s Ukraine plan before Kyiv saw it—an inversion of alliance norms that left an invaded ally reacting to a draft built with its aggressor.
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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A cryptocurrency named for Melania Trump has lost 99 percent of its value since Inauguration Day, while other Trump-linked assets have fallen as much as 80 percent, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.
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Melania Trump Coin Collapses 99% as Other Trump-Linked Investments Drop Up to 80%
Trump-aligned digital tokens and the stock of Trump Media have experienced some of the steepest declines in consumer-facing assets this year, according to financial filings and multiple news reports.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
A cryptocurrency named for Melania Trump has lost 99 percent of its value since Inauguration Day, while other Trump-linked assets have fallen as much as 80 percent, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal.
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Melania Trump Coin Collapses 99% as Other Trump-Linked Investments Drop Up to 80%
Trump-aligned digital tokens and the stock of Trump Media have experienced some of the steepest declines in consumer-facing assets this year, according to financial filings and multiple news reports.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Trump is reshaping election control by installing loyalists and stripping state power, a sweeping federal grab that could let the White House decide how America votes and who counts the ballots.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🚨Toppled by protesters, tied to war crimes and white supremacy, Albert Pike’s statue is set to return to D.C.—rekindling a national fight over history, power, and who deserves a pedestal in the American story.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
President Donald Trump’s casual talk of possible U.S. strikes in Nigeria, aired mid-flight and online, was an extraordinary moment: a commander in chief turning threats of war into performance.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump’s $300 million East Wing demolition hides a deeper mission—modernizing the secret wartime bunker that has protected presidents since Roosevelt.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NYT DealBook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin warns the U.S. is sleepwalking into another 1929 market crash as an AI-fueled bubble of soaring prices, record debt, and fading trust threatens to ignite catastrophe.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A federal judge has sharply criticized the Justice Department’s handling of its case against former FBI Director James Comey, identifying errors in the preparation of the indictment and the instructions given to the grand jury.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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European intelligence warned that the initial U.S. draft to end the Ukraine war drew early input from Russian oligarch emissaries and U.S. investors pursuing sanctions-tied deals—while Ukraine, the state being bombarded, received it only after its concessions had been set.
How Trump’s “Peace” Plan Let Putin’s Business Allies Shape Ukraine’s Fate
Russian intermediaries shaped Trump’s Ukraine plan before Kyiv saw it—an inversion of alliance norms that left an invaded ally reacting to a draft built with its aggressor.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
European intelligence warned that the initial U.S. draft to end the Ukraine war drew early input from Russian oligarch emissaries and U.S. investors pursuing sanctions-tied deals—while Ukraine, the state being bombarded, received it only after its concessions had been set.
How Trump’s “Peace” Plan Let Putin’s Business Allies Shape Ukraine’s Fate
Russian intermediaries shaped Trump’s Ukraine plan before Kyiv saw it—an inversion of alliance norms that left an invaded ally reacting to a draft built with its aggressor.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ex-GOP Chairman Arrested on Kidnapping, Domestic Violence Charges

Blake Floyd Cozzens, 36, ex-Iron County GOP chairman, was arrested in Utah on charges he forced his wife back into a car as their 3-year-old watched; he denies the allegations.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Daraxonrasib, an experimental pill that shuts down proteins driving most pancreatic cancers, nearly doubled survival in early trials and earned FDA fast-track status. But public health officials warn the testing may be moving too fast.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨Across the U.S., a century of public-health consensus is being quietly rewritten. In statehouses from Florida to Utah, lawmakers are advancing measures that erode vaccination and food-safety standards.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
After his party’s sharp election losses, even loyal Republicans are beginning to act like the president has an expiration date, and his own behavior suggests he knows it.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨New research shows Covid vaccines may boost cancer treatment, helping the immune system fight tumors and nearly doubling patient survival compared with those unvaccinated.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Scientists at Mass General Brigham, a Harvard Medical School–affiliated health system, said their analysis found that children exposed to maternal COVID-19 were more likely to receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by age 3.
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COVID-19 During Pregnancy Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children
A large Boston cohort reported higher early developmental diagnoses after prenatal COVID-19, underscoring ongoing national research into childhood outcomes.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Scientists at Mass General Brigham, a Harvard Medical School–affiliated health system, said their analysis found that children exposed to maternal COVID-19 were more likely to receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by age 3.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
COVID-19 During Pregnancy Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children
A large Boston cohort reported higher early developmental diagnoses after prenatal COVID-19, underscoring ongoing national research into childhood outcomes.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
By 2026, 23,500 Guard troops will drill in crowd control. Trump once praised China’s deadly “strength.” History now asks what happens when that version of "strength" turns inward.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene built a career on QAnon, on conspiracy, defiance, and rage. Then, live on national television, she said she’d been “misled” about the movement, disavowing it and claiming she was a victim of it.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene built a career on QAnon, on conspiracy, defiance, and rage. Then, live on national television, she said she’d been “misled” about the movement, disavowing it and claiming she was a victim of it.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Foreclosure filings rose 19 percent from a year earlier, extending an eight-month climb that reflects growing financial pressure amid record household debt and rising delinquencies.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM