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Majority of Americans want Trump to justify Venezuela ‘drug boat’ strikes A majority of Americans oppose war with Venezuela and believe President Donald Trump needs to provide evidence to justify military action against the nation

Majority of Americans say they don't accept that Trump's killings in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific are of dangerous drug smugglers, because Trump has produced no evidence whatsoever to support his reach to lethal force. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Big report at Law Dork tonight on this decision — and much more on DOJ’s anti-trans attacks: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...

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.

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:

Timely polling from The Vandenberg Coalition showing the opinion of *Trump voters* on the prospect of forcing Ukraine to give up territory to end the war; it's staggeringly unpopular—only 16% support the idea.

As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role

"The prosecutor running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

Also because most of the gains from the U.S. economy go to the top 1%, and because college debt delays the accumulation of savings for a down payment. These are policy choices worth mentioning, @washingtonpost.com

President Trump is terminating the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota

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Who is Behind the Growing Abundance Movement? | Revolving Door Project Who is behind the fast-growing abundance movement? Who are the billionaires and media figures helping it gain popularity?

Meet the Big Money backers of the so-called "Abundance" movement.

In that sense, they resemble the cheap short-term plans that the Trump administration has pushed as a private-market alternative to the ACA. Critics call them “junk plans,” while proponents say they expand affordable options to an underserved group.

While these policies are inexpensive, they come with major restrictions. The plans cover checkups and most medical procedures, but they aren’t required to cover applicants with preexisting conditions or maintain coverage for someone who becomes seriously ill.

More states are offering cheap health plans to farmers, with a catch Moe and more states are allowing their farm bureaus to sell low-cost health plans to farmers. The catch is that they don’t comply with Affordable Care Act requirements.

More states are offering cheap health plans to farmers, with a catch

Farm bureaus in 12 states are now allowed to sell low-cost plans that don’t comply with Affordable Care Act requirements.
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DOGE was not a failure. Its purpose was to use the completely fabricated claim of “efficiency” to irreparably annihilate vast amounts of federal government infrastructure, which it did instantly, violently, and in ways we will not see the full repair of in our lifetimes.

Truth social post from Trump, in golden armour with crown on a throne, small democrats kneeling at his feet.

Things are going well over on Truth Social, where Trump just reposted AI Slop of himself as what I can only describe as imperial Lannister cosplay, with prominent Democrats kneeling at his feet

This poisonous Trump regime is a disgrace. Their removal will be a day to celebrate.

This Louisiana resident expects to pay 45 percent more for home insurance this year.

Similar increases are hitting homeowners across the state, where insurance costs have exploded over the past four years.

A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much. (Gift Article) Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.

A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.
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Creep

In short: Even though the court ordered discovery based on the likelihood of vindictive and selective prosecution, we don't even need to get into it and you should dismiss the charges now given we just learned the DOJ lied to a judge about Costa Rica not accepting Mr. Abrego.

Its always exactly who you expect

'Horribly wrong': Veterans angered by Trump admin's 'unlawful' use of the military The Guardian reports veterans are condemning President Donald Trump’s politicization of the military, particularly after Trump accused Democratic lawmakers of “sedition, punishable by death.”A small g...

'Horribly wrong': Veterans angered by Trump admin's 'unlawful' use of the military
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Trump ups his social media attacks on Democrats — latest US politics news Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she’s resigning from the House at the start of next year

Trump ups his attacks on Democrats with posts calling them a ‘Domestic Terrorist party’ and ‘traitorous communists’: Latest

JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.

Trump officials, including the head of OPM, are saying DOGE no longer exists. DOGE as influential entity seems to be done, but some DOGErs are in the National Design Studio and some burrowed into agencies e.g. Big Balls is at Social Security.
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A quieter, more dispersed version of DOGE began to emerge, its members plugging away at fairly specific policy areas with whatever authority and resources they had left. Forty-five DOGE employees remain as of October, a White House shutdown plan revealed, plus dozens more who have transitioned to working for an agency full-time. Atop the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, Gruenbaum is striking deals with tech companies for the widespread implementation of AI throughout the federal government. Gruenbaum, who declined to comment on his role, also contributed to the so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Education” that most universities have resisted signing and is now in Israel implementing the administration’s Gaza peace plan.

DOGE is down to about 45 employees, but others have burrowed their way into government agencies as full time employees. Some are helping Vought's efforts to downsize the government. Others are implementing private AI across government.

Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind What really happened when he logged out of Washington.

"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
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All the job growth over the last four months have been in healthcare. Imagine the Trump economy being so pathetic that they have to boast about this.

Making the PE form liable for all debts owed by the companies they purchase gets rid of most of the problem

Many of the biggest problems America faces today have their roots in “forgive & forget” after the Civil War & the violent overthrow of Reconstruction by white supremacists. We can’t afford to repeat those enormous blunders this time. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...