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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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I always find it interesting that Nate Silver headlines and promotes his reports with the first image (which makes it appear like Trump’s popularity is narrow, close-run thing) when the actual trend data is the second image.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I always find it interesting that Nate Silver headlines and promotes his reports with the first image (which makes it appear like Trump’s popularity is narrow, close-run thing) when the actual trend data is the second image.
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“commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck”
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive..’The order was to kill everybody,’ one of them said”
We are being governed by psychopaths
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive..’The order was to kill everybody,’ one of them said”
We are being governed by psychopaths
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“commanders watched the boat burning on a live drone feed. As the smoke cleared, they got a jolt: Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck”
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive..’The order was to kill everybody,’ one of them said”
We are being governed by psychopaths
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive..’The order was to kill everybody,’ one of them said”
We are being governed by psychopaths
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The new Mediterranean restaurant will feature tried-and-true dishes from one of the most popular spots by José Andrés.
World-famous chef opens first Bay Area restaurant next week. Here’s what to know
The new Mediterranean restaurant will feature tried-and-true dishes from one of the most popular spots by José Andrés.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The new Mediterranean restaurant will feature tried-and-true dishes from one of the most popular spots by José Andrés.
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Donald Trump incited an insurrection on J6. He should never have been able to run for public office again. What a failure of justice to not hold this man accountable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Donald Trump incited an insurrection on J6. He should never have been able to run for public office again. What a failure of justice to not hold this man accountable.
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ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
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Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
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16-year-old American Mohammed Ibrahim has been released after over 9 months in an Israeli prison without trial.
I was relieved to hear from his family today and to know that he’s safe and where he belongs — with his family.
I was relieved to hear from his family today and to know that he’s safe and where he belongs — with his family.
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
16-year-old American Mohammed Ibrahim has been released after over 9 months in an Israeli prison without trial.
I was relieved to hear from his family today and to know that he’s safe and where he belongs — with his family.
I was relieved to hear from his family today and to know that he’s safe and where he belongs — with his family.
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Trump has explicitly included legally naturalized citizens among his targets for “remigration”.
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Trump has explicitly included legally naturalized citizens among his targets for “remigration”.
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A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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What a ridiculous sentence.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
What a ridiculous sentence.
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If social media had existed in 1938, the Nazis would have encouraged Germans to rat out Jews just like this.
Push back. Fight. We cannot become that.
Push back. Fight. We cannot become that.
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If social media had existed in 1938, the Nazis would have encouraged Germans to rat out Jews just like this.
Push back. Fight. We cannot become that.
Push back. Fight. We cannot become that.
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Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
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Who’s gonna tell ‘em
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Who’s gonna tell ‘em
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Why did Admiral Holsey resign?
Congress needs to find out.
The public has a right to know.
And so do our troops.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/p...
Congress needs to find out.
The public has a right to know.
And so do our troops.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/p...
Commander overseeing US forces in the Caribbean to retire one year into tenure | CNN Politics
The admiral overseeing US Southern Command, which has responsibility for forces in the Caribbean, where the US has carried out multiple legally ambiguous strikes against alleged drug cartels, is retir...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Why did Admiral Holsey resign?
Congress needs to find out.
The public has a right to know.
And so do our troops.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/p...
Congress needs to find out.
The public has a right to know.
And so do our troops.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/p...
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Imagine being proud of this.
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Imagine being proud of this.
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
And unlike some of the finer questions of “was the president’s inherent Art 2 powers in play”, shouldn’t offing people who are hors de combat be clearly known to be an illegal order all the way down the line to the lowest Seaman?
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
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No, nobody is letting anyone off the hook or handing anything to anyone, those are different words and concepts and I did not use them
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
No, nobody is letting anyone off the hook or handing anything to anyone, those are different words and concepts and I did not use them
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Ed Whelan was Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for OLC from 2001-2004, so when he suggests that laws of war have been violated by the executive branch, that’s… something
Does Pete Hegseth have a "golden shield" against prosecution in the form of a DOJ OLC opinion? Ed Whelan thinks not.
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Ed Whelan was Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for OLC from 2001-2004, so when he suggests that laws of war have been violated by the executive branch, that’s… something
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
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This coming from Seth Moulton really highlights where the politics are. The men and women who actually served their country with honor and integrity are pissed off.
“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This coming from Seth Moulton really highlights where the politics are. The men and women who actually served their country with honor and integrity are pissed off.
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Trump can barely fog a mirror, his approval is in the toilet and other institutions have showed that bending the knee only brings them back for more but standing up to them often gets results.
And yet:
And yet:
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Trump can barely fog a mirror, his approval is in the toilet and other institutions have showed that bending the knee only brings them back for more but standing up to them often gets results.
And yet:
And yet:
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November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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