Breaking: Sen. Jacky Rosen of the Foreign Relations Cmte. says, if reports are true, "Hegseth likely committed a war crime when he gave an illegal order that led to the killing of incapacitated survivors of the U.S. strike in the Caribbean."

Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."

US manufacturing stuck in doldrums as tariff headwinds persist U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.

"U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted..."

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House Judiciary Democrats are investigating Kash Patel's reported use of a government jet to visit his girlfriend and take other personal trips.

"Why should American taxpayers be footing the bill for private jets every time you decide to hang out with your golf buddies…?" tinyurl.com/3km7j6dt

How life changed in a rural town that lost its clinic after Trump’s megabill, even if the politics haven’t | CNN Politics As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its only health clinic.

"The 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic.

Augusta Medical Group cited the health care provisions in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, for closing the rural clinics in Churchville and two other locations..."

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(Bloomberg) - Costco Wholesale Corp. joined a fast-growing list of businesses suing the Trump administration to ensure eligibility for refunds if the US Supreme Court strikes down the president’s signature global tariffs policy.

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Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar? The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.

Dear MAGA: Bannon thinks you're an idiot to be duped. He was helping Epstein.

Bannon to Epstein: “there is a crazed jihad against u – ive never seen anything like it...It’s an op dude...If you do an interview it has to be amazingly professional and perfectly cut.”
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Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.

"a country she said she had never been to...."

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Leaked Trump Russia–Ukraine Peace Draft Required Amnesty for Russians Accused of War Crimes An early Trump peace draft sought legal amnesty for Russians accused of war crimes, which legal experts say would also cover indicted officials such as Vladimir Putin.

🚨A leaked early draft of a U.S. peace plan under President Donald Trump sought broad amnesty for Russians accused of war crimes, in a way that legal experts say could also cover indicted officials such as Vladimir Putin.
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The White House has now confirmed the second boat strike on Sept. 2.

This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.

Both were later sentenced to life in prison!

A tweet from The Bulwark Online includes a transcript of an exchange between Sen. Mullin and CNN’s Dana Bash. Below the text is an image showing Bash on the left and Mullin on the right during a TV interview, with blue studio backgrounds behind each.

A U.S. senator is justifying war crimes: the military acting as judge, jury, and executioner for non-capital offenses. A reminder that there is evidence innocent passengers were onboard these vessels.

FEMA Puts Whistleblowers on Leave Shortly After Reinstating Them Days after reinstating a group of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who publicly signed a whistleblower letter raising concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, the agency has placed those workers back on administrative leave.

Days after reinstating a group of FEMA employees who publicly signed a whistleblower letter raising concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, the agency has placed those workers back on administrative leave

Looks like Mike Johnson is taking his role as Trump's mouthpiece quite literally.

"She hates Christianity" -- Trump rants on Mike Johnson's phone at a Van Epps rally

White House Throws Admiral Under The Bus In Killing Of Alleged Drug Boat Survivors Press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the apparent war crime was legal even as she said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth knew nothing about it.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the apparent war crime was legal even as she said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth knew nothing about it.

Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.

I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
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There is almost no chance DC would grant permits for a ballroom larger than the White House.

Everyone saw this coming.

Trump stiffed his contractors, then fell out w/his architect because he refused to back his demand for a ballroom bigger than the WH.

And those corporate donations he keeps bragging about are pledges, not real money. Taxpayers will end up on the hook one way or another.

CNN stunned as MAGA senator squirms while defending Trump's pardon of drug trafficker Just moments after championing the Trump administration for increasing hostilities with Venezuela over suspected drug trafficking, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) squirmed in trying to defend the president’s pardon of convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernandez.Appearing on CNN with Dana Bash, Mul...

CNN stunned as MAGA senator squirms while defending Trump's pardon of drug trafficker

📌This week alone, Trump, who is rotting from the inside out right in front of our eyes, has called female reporters, “Piggy, stupid, horrible and ugly.”
This burnt-orange, triple-chinned, slop-eating, mess of a man, who tapes a dead ferret to his head each morning, is mocking other people’s looks.

"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."

ICE detains young woman who came to courthouse to report being sexually assaulted—hasn't been heard from since.

"She's victim of sexual assault," witness tells agent. "And you're arresting her and kidnapping her?"

"Bro, why you grabbing her so tight? You're a big man!"

Riverside, California

Trump is boasting about his bribery ballroom again. It’s his number one priority.

Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire ...

Trump’s recent decision to deny disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan could cost local residents tens of millions of dollars. It will hit a working-class region that voted overwhelmingly for Trump last year, helping him win the crucial swing state.

If this were your dad, you’d be texting the siblings: “We need to talk.”

Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.

Prime Minister Mark Carney: “We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the United States has ended.”🇺🇸🇨🇦

President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison term of David Gentile, who led GPB Capital, less than two weeks after he began serving a seven-year sentence in a $1.6 billion fraud that prosecutors said harmed more than 10,000 investors.
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