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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.

More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Politico looks through the results in hundreds of New York State governments, and finds Dems flipped 50 seats — more than the 2017 blue wave. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Forget Mamdani. New York’s real political shift happened everywhere else.
Democrats flipped over 50 county legislative seats across the state. Republicans flipped one.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
Suuuuuuper interesting.

And somewhat economically/financially terrifying.

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
AI Can Cook the Entire Market Now
Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developme...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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btarrington.bsky.social
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."

~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.

Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Important to do this press conference about a mass shooting from behind a comic book convention’s folding table inside the hotel from The Shining.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”

As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
migrant earning $30,000 with a green card will get roughly $50,000 in yearly benefits for their family. The real migrant population is much higher. This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.). As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for “prey” as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone. The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst “Congressman/woman” in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how “badly” she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation…
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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michaelsderby.bsky.social
This is what we’re rejiggering the economy for?
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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kurtandersen.bsky.social
This is from David Bier, the libertarian Cato Institute’s Director of Immigration Studies.
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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yasharali.bsky.social
This is nuts!

Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?

I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
4 minutes ago Laura Loomer speculates about shooter's identity By Beth Reinhard Laura Loomer, the far-right political activist known for her virulently anti-Muslim views, was quick to speculate about the shooter's background on X, where she has 1.8 million followers. "Communist, Muslim, Trans terrorist, Furry, or ANTIFA?" she asked. Loomer also posted a photo of a bearded man being carried into an ambulance, though The Washington Post could not immediately verify that the image came from Wednesday's crime scene. "I'm just going to say. That's a very Mohammedan looking beard," she wrote. "I'll wait for more details. But the beard with no mustache the night before a Western holiday is not lost on me."
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
mserinlloyd.bsky.social
My god. Please read this. To the end. We have become absolute monsters.
pochoaespejo.bsky.social Paulina Ochoa Espejo @pochoaespejo.bsky.social · 2d
“I had to take the baby from my crying wife’s arms.“ It hasn’t even been a year, and this is not a scandal anymore? What is wrong with us?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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A group of federal workers who were laid off during the government shutdown are accusing the Trump administration of violating the law by failing to rehire them once federal agencies reopened. nyti.ms/43PIXHK
Fired Employees Say Government Won’t Rehire Them After Shutdown
A group of former General Services Administration workers are accusing the administration of breaking the law in refusing to reinstate them.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Yikes.

(via @steverattner.bsky.social)
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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dominicervolina.com
lol

I was just thinking back to when Kevin McCarthy was Speaker

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peterwsinclair.bsky.social Peter Sinclair @peterwsinclair.bsky.social · 3d
9 years ago,House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Speaker to be Kevin McCarthy had a recorded conversation in which McCarthy says, "There are two people that I think Putin pays, (Representative Dana) Rohrbacher and Trump. Swear to God."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oio0...
Washington Post: House majority leader said in 2016, "Putin pays" Trump
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
Nothing to worry about, just a US official advising our nuclear-armed adversary how to manipulate the President of the United States, a notoriously weak-minded mark
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · 3d
This is really wild stuff tbh
During his call with Ushakov, Witkoff told his Russian counterpart that he had deep respect for Putin and that he had told Trump that it was his belief that Russia has always wanted a peace deal. The US envoy mentioned Zelenskiy’s upcoming visit and suggested that Putin could speak to Trump ahead of that meeting. “Zelenskiy is coming to the White House on Friday,” Witkoff said. “I will go to that because they want me there, but I think if possible we have the call with your boss before that Friday meeting.”  Ushakov asked Witkoff whether it would be “useful” for Putin to call Trump. Witkoff said it would. He also recommended that Putin congratulate Trump for the Gaza peace deal, say that Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace. “From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said. Steve Witkoff “Here’s what I think would be amazing,” Witkoff then added. “Maybe he says to President Trump: you know, Steve and Yuri discussed a very similar 20-point plan to peace and that could be something that we think might move the needle a little bit, we’re open to those sorts of things.” Ushakov appeared to take some of the advice on board. Putin “will congratulate” and will say “Mr Trump is a real peace man,” he said.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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beccasaintpaul.bsky.social
Never stop eastside
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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emsetc.bsky.social
LOL. lmao even.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."

“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”

- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal

www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Thanks for everything, DOGE. 🤡

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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i just want to say that i wrote this exactly one year ago.
This election was not a grand public affirmation for his most expansive plans and aggressive schemes. The electorate was as close to evenly divided as is possible (Trump is ahead by less than two percentage points in the popular vote) in a system where someone has to win. The marginal Trump voter — that is, the person who put him over the top — wants lower prices and cheaper homes, not chaos, dysfunction and autocratic, strongman government. But there are no real Trump plans to improve life for most Americans. If there is such a thing as favorable terrain for a fight, this is it. This is the opportunity to weaken Trump and make his administration even less effective than it is already shaping up to be. The 2024 election was the end of one iteration of the American republic. But the new one is still gestating — still formless, its outlines still unclear. And we, as free and equal citizens, have the capacity to shape it. Yes, Trump will fight to try to impose his vision of the new world. Yes, he will lay claim to the powers of a monarch. Yes, he will speak as if he has royal prerogative. Yes, he will work to undermine our revolutionary heritage. But there is a large gap between a stated intention and an accomplished fact. And it is within that space that politics happens.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
devawo.bsky.social Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 5d
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
“After Aceituno again told the agents he was a U.S. citizen, they finally threw him out of the van…[And] the agents had taken his car keys.

(Aceituno voted for Trump in 2024 because of the border and the economy. He now calls it ‘the worst decision of my life.’)”

www.thebulwark.com/p/baker-past...
A Baker, a Pastor, and Charlotte’s Stand Against ICE
How everyday people are reminding the nation what it means to be American.
www.thebulwark.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM