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An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back

Still…

The arrest of the dad & 2 kids turned out to be a case of mistaken identity, according to an ICE official; Chief Current pressed ICE officials to at least release the 2 children from custody to reunite with their mother, but he was rebuffed 🤬

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

How Cheney’s Presidential Power Push Paved the Way for Trump to Go Further

Even @nytimes.com allows this to be said in its pages!!!
"Trump’s approach to power is, in many ways, the fulfillment of the worldview of the Dick Cheney of a quarter-century ago."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

Like clockwork

Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.

gift article #Doomscrolling #MentalHealthMatters #FindYourJoy #PositivityOverNegativity #TakeABreath #SelfCare #MindfulLiving #EmpowerYourself #PoliticalReflection #JoyfulLiving www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Opinion | Tune In to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The Justices Will Be Squirming.

"Early-onset cognitive dissonance" 😀

"Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh, in perhaps a display of early-onset cognitive dissonance, dissented."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...

Jack Smith, Trump’s Target, Shifts From Defense to Counterattack

We are all Jack Smith now. 🙌

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

The quiet terror in American classrooms | Opinion In the months since the Trump administration lifted the so-called sensitive locations policy, the spaces where children learn and grow have lost their sense of safety.

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How Big Tech’s Unchecked Power Could Swallow Us All

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
Tim Wu’s “The Age of Extraction” is a dispiriting guide to the way Silicon Valley has warped our markets and our democracy.

Opinion | American Farmers Want Fair Trade, Not Handouts Relief payments and Chinese promises won’t make up for Trump’s tariff damage to agriculture.

American Farmers Want Fair Trade, Not Handouts by @wlheckman_mark

www.wsj.com/opinion/amer...

Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito

I’m shocked.
This is my shocked face. 😱

Trump’s Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

Opinion | American Farmers Want Fair Trade, Not Handouts Relief payments and Chinese promises won’t make up for Trump’s tariff damage to agriculture.

American Farmers Want Fair Trade, Not Handouts by @wlheckman_mark

www.wsj.com/opinion/amer...

These are the U.S. ships and aircraft massing off Venezuela The large-scale buildup of U.S. military forces and assets in the Caribbean suggests that the Trump administration is preparing to expand operations.

These are the U.S. ships and aircraft massing off Venezuela wapo.st/4qEm9nZ

Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.

Your occasional reminder that Trump ran on lowering prices.

Opinion | A Third Trump Term Is Not the Charm

@jamellebouie.net is a national treasure, and I will brook no debate on the topic.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...

Opinion | All It Took for Trump to Dismantle the Justice Dept.

FREE TO READ
"The Dept of Justice under Donald Trump is still standing. But inside, he & his lieutenants have taken a wrecking ball to this core pillar of our nation’s governing system."
Affects ALL Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes A top Trump administration lawyer told Congress that the War Powers Resolution, which would require the end of hostilities within 60 days, doesn’t apply to cartel strikes.

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Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes

The Office of Legal Counsel told lawmakers that the War Powers Resolution, which requires Congress’s approval for ongoing military conflict, does not apply here.

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Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween

Thread: The Halloween Terror

1/ They chose Halloween deliberately. Federal agents tackling people near schools, during trick-or-treat hours. This isn't immigration enforcement—it's domestic psychological operations.

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...

Opinion | What Happened to the Art of the Deal?

Trumplicans have been exposed during this shutdown…

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...

JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures

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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

This is a must read article… Posted free so you can read it without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump’s Plan Is Now Out in the Open It’s getting ever harder to avoid connecting the authoritarian dots.

We see Trumps corruption, disregard for the law and unconstitutional actions daily. But to see them all noted in one article, seeing them all listed than recognizing the end game is easy and justified. Trump intends to subvert the 2026 elections at any cost.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump Canada’s anti-tariff ad was an incursion in the trade war, but there’s another reason it may have bothered Trump.

"To Trump, Reagan’s composed performance, with its affirmation of consensus, is almost intolerable. It must be discredited not because it is inaccurate but because it represents an entirely different model of what presidential authority looks like." -Jake Lundberg
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Trump Administration Must Pay SNAP Benefits During Shutdown, Court Rules

U.S. Federal Judge order Trump & Repub politicos to pay SNAP benefits during their shutdown of the GOV

#Trump #MikeJohnson

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid The next step in Musk’s propaganda machine

What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid

The next step in Musk’s propaganda machine

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

In the Trump Presidency, the Rules Are Vague. That Might Be the Point.

Must read opinion piece!
Thus, it's my gift to you!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/m...

Opinion | Trump Lost the Trade War to China

On point