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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Europe rearming is never a good sign, as history has shown us, and it's occuring because Trump is allied with Russia -- with only Ukraine's ferocious defense keeping Moscow in check. Europe's armies (other than Russian/Ukraine/Turkey) are all smaller than the U.S. Marine Corps alone.
France on Thursday announced the creation of a paid, voluntary military service for young adults, becoming the latest European country to begin beefing up its armed forces in the face of perceived threats from Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
France Creates Voluntary Military Service as Europe Faces Russian Threat
The effort is aimed at young people and came after an army chief angered many by saying the country must accept the possible loss of children in a future war.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Europe rearming is never a good sign, as history has shown us, and it's occuring because Trump is allied with Russia -- with only Ukraine's ferocious defense keeping Moscow in check. Europe's armies (other than Russian/Ukraine/Turkey) are all smaller than the U.S. Marine Corps alone.
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“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
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We Ain’t Buying It Day 1! Spend time with your family, tell them you ain’t buying it and why! #weaintbuyingit
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We Ain’t Buying It Day 1! Spend time with your family, tell them you ain’t buying it and why! #weaintbuyingit
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A man in France is accused of drugging more than 200 women at a job interview.
He gave them a drug to make them need to urinate, and then made sure they didn’t have access to a toilet.
Many had to urinate in public or have accidents.
This is why we choose the bear.
He gave them a drug to make them need to urinate, and then made sure they didn’t have access to a toilet.
Many had to urinate in public or have accidents.
This is why we choose the bear.
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A man in France is accused of drugging more than 200 women at a job interview.
He gave them a drug to make them need to urinate, and then made sure they didn’t have access to a toilet.
Many had to urinate in public or have accidents.
This is why we choose the bear.
He gave them a drug to make them need to urinate, and then made sure they didn’t have access to a toilet.
Many had to urinate in public or have accidents.
This is why we choose the bear.
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RFK Jr. was doing felching the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
RFK Jr. was doing felching the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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but do it chronologically starting with the eponymous single "Jailbait."
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
but do it chronologically starting with the eponymous single "Jailbait."
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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The nonviolent moment was *not* peaceful.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
retaliating tooth-tooth when bigots bring violence feels good in the moment
strategic non-violent civil disobedience wins in long term👇🏼
certainly do what you need to do in an individual encounter
I’m talking more about how to win in long term & end this madness
👍🏼👍🏼
bsky.app/profile/owas...
strategic non-violent civil disobedience wins in long term👇🏼
certainly do what you need to do in an individual encounter
I’m talking more about how to win in long term & end this madness
👍🏼👍🏼
bsky.app/profile/owas...
One central lesson of 1960s civil rights protests is that activists can “dramatize injustice” through strategic “narrative construction,” essentially creating compelling stories in the media with clear heroes and villains. More in this thread: bsky.app/profile/owas...
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The nonviolent moment was *not* peaceful.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
The point was to draw out state violence, and be willing to face batons, water cannons, jail, and worse.
And Martin Luther King still got shot in the head— other civil rights leaders assassinated.
And now, civil rights progress is being rolled back.
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“Merrick garland will save us” will live with me as long as I live because it was always about pacification and never about actually stopping fascism.
Garland and others are as culpable for Trump 2 as any republican.
They chose to let Trump run again and destroy the country. Garland chose this.
Garland and others are as culpable for Trump 2 as any republican.
They chose to let Trump run again and destroy the country. Garland chose this.
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“Merrick garland will save us” will live with me as long as I live because it was always about pacification and never about actually stopping fascism.
Garland and others are as culpable for Trump 2 as any republican.
They chose to let Trump run again and destroy the country. Garland chose this.
Garland and others are as culpable for Trump 2 as any republican.
They chose to let Trump run again and destroy the country. Garland chose this.
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
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I think this is the best and only piece worth reading on this subject: www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I think this is the best and only piece worth reading on this subject: www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
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RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-denies-ever-laying-eggs-in-olivia-nuzzi/
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Denies Ever Laying Eggs In Olivia Nuzzi https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-denies-ever-laying-eggs-in-olivia-nuzzi/
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OpenAI denies liability in teen suicide lawsuit, cites ‘misuse’ of ChatGPT
OpenAI denies liability in teen suicide lawsuit, cites ‘misuse’ of ChatGPT
The case is ongoing.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
OpenAI denies liability in teen suicide lawsuit, cites ‘misuse’ of ChatGPT
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
So the editor of New York Magazine said there was no bias or ethical problems with Olivia's articles?
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
Does he still think that?
They should retract all of her stories
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
yeah it’s bad that Lizza has been sitting on this for so long but also how cursory and inept was that Vox investigation that not only managed to miss the biggest scandal in the history of American political journalism but affirmatively exonerated her bsky.app/profile/bkel...
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Everyone involved in this is a genuine piece of shit
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Everyone involved in this is a genuine piece of shit
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tfw when you have a lead on the greatest assassination conspiracy theory of all-time but you're "just gonna have to leave there" but it interferes with your revenge against your ex-fiancée
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
tfw when you have a lead on the greatest assassination conspiracy theory of all-time but you're "just gonna have to leave there" but it interferes with your revenge against your ex-fiancée
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This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
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My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
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The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Disrupted Federal Funding for Extramural Cancer Research
This cross-sectional study assesses the scale and scope of terminated cancer research grants from the National Cancer Institute.
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The US government support of cancer research via NCI
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
has been severely cut.
And of June 2025, "There were 181 individual terminated NCI funded grants, with a total award amount of $640,867, 956."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...