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Day 1780 – Dec. 4, 2025
✨ "A bloated, useless entity."
✨ "A bloated, useless entity."
Day 1780
“A bloated, useless entity.”
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December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Day 1780 – Dec. 4, 2025
✨ "A bloated, useless entity."
✨ "A bloated, useless entity."
It Sure Looks Like the Trump Admin Is Prepping for SCOTUS To Demolish Its Tariff Policy talkingpointsmemo.com/news/it-sure...
It Sure Looks Like the Trump Admin Is Prepping for SCOTUS To Demolish Its Tariff Policy
President Donald Trump’s foreign trade policy has been marked by contradiction from...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It Sure Looks Like the Trump Admin Is Prepping for SCOTUS To Demolish Its Tariff Policy talkingpointsmemo.com/news/it-sure...
“When To Accommodate, and When To Fight? NY Officials Agonize and Prepare for Federal Escalation talkingpointsmemo.com/news/new-yor...
When To Accommodate, and When To Fight? NY Officials Agonize and Prepare for Federal Escalation
Jackie Bray has been thinking about how quickly things could spiral out...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“When To Accommodate, and When To Fight? NY Officials Agonize and Prepare for Federal Escalation talkingpointsmemo.com/news/new-yor...
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All Trump and his cronies know how to do is steal then lie about it.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
All Trump and his cronies know how to do is steal then lie about it.
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just hearing about this small business saturday thing. i think this means you should subscribe to @talkingpointsmemo.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
just hearing about this small business saturday thing. i think this means you should subscribe to @talkingpointsmemo.com
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First...HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope you're enjoying it in a way that is meaningful to you.
Now...the NO paywall article for the day: It took investigators hours to find the shooter. It took Trump minutes to lie about him.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Now...the NO paywall article for the day: It took investigators hours to find the shooter. It took Trump minutes to lie about him.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
First...HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope you're enjoying it in a way that is meaningful to you.
Now...the NO paywall article for the day: It took investigators hours to find the shooter. It took Trump minutes to lie about him.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Now...the NO paywall article for the day: It took investigators hours to find the shooter. It took Trump minutes to lie about him.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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REUTERS: “Trump blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members — but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under Trump…” www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
REUTERS: “Trump blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members — but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under Trump…” www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Someone needs to set up a camera so we'll know when Pete Hegseth orders this plaque removed from West Point.
Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Someone needs to set up a camera so we'll know when Pete Hegseth orders this plaque removed from West Point.
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I have been saying I wanted to write about this, so I am glad that I was able to just spend two solid days working on this story, basically without interruption. I haven’t had much of that since January, but it’s important, and I hope folks who appreciate it subscribe if they don’t already!
NEW: Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas.
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
www.lawdork.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I have been saying I wanted to write about this, so I am glad that I was able to just spend two solid days working on this story, basically without interruption. I haven’t had much of that since January, but it’s important, and I hope folks who appreciate it subscribe if they don’t already!
“Step by slimy step, President Trump has made us numb to his crudeness and cruelty.”
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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Opinion | Piggy Gets Polite
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November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Step by slimy step, President Trump has made us numb to his crudeness and cruelty.”
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Federal Register: "Medicaid Information Sharing Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security
. . .
DATES: This notice is applicable immediately."
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. . .
DATES: This notice is applicable immediately."
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Public Inspection: Medicaid Information Sharing Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security
Medicaid Information Sharing Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security
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November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Federal Register: "Medicaid Information Sharing Between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security
. . .
DATES: This notice is applicable immediately."
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
. . .
DATES: This notice is applicable immediately."
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JUDGE COBB: “.. At its core, Congress has given the District rights to govern itself. .. Those rights are infringed upon when defendants approve, in excess of their statutory authority, the deployment of National Guard troops to the District.”
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November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
JUDGE COBB: “.. At its core, Congress has given the District rights to govern itself. .. Those rights are infringed upon when defendants approve, in excess of their statutory authority, the deployment of National Guard troops to the District.”
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Opinion | No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’
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November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The Latest Way Trump May Seek to Avoid Releasing All the Epstein Files talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
The Latest Way Trump May Seek to Avoid Releasing All the Epstein Files
There has been no clear reporting today on when exactly President Trump...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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FOX NEWS POLL: “.. 76% of voters view the economy negatively. That’s worse than .. the 70% who said the same at the end of former President Biden’s term.”
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November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
FOX NEWS POLL: “.. 76% of voters view the economy negatively. That’s worse than .. the 70% who said the same at the end of former President Biden’s term.”
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
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Dems won the hell out the government funding fight so much that the centrists couldn't stand it anymore.
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Dems won the hell out the government funding fight so much that the centrists couldn't stand it anymore.
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WTF just happened today?
⚡️ Day 1765: "I’m going to fire your ass."
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⚡️ Day 1765: "I’m going to fire your ass."
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Day 1765
“I’m going to fire your ass.”
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
WTF just happened today?
⚡️ Day 1765: "I’m going to fire your ass."
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⚡️ Day 1765: "I’m going to fire your ass."
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 20 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing at least 80 people.
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
All the U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats
The U.S. military has killed dozens of people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September.
www.pbs.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 20 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing at least 80 people.
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj