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The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger

The Art of Letting Trump Claim a Win, While Walking Away Stronger www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w... via @nytimes.com

Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens The Pentagon has ordered thousands of specialized National Guard personnel to complete civil unrest mission training over the next several months, an indication that the Trump administration’s effort ...

Pentagon readying thousands of Guard ‘reaction forces’ as U.S. mission widens www.yahoo.com/news/article...

From a Superbowl Championship with the @Packers to an Army chaplain www.legion.org/information-...

Trump orders Pentagon to match other nations’ nuclear testing www.legion.org/information-...

How A Billionaire Felon Boosted Trump’s Crypto Company En Route To a Pardon The giant crypto exchange facilitated a $2 billion purchase of World Liberty’s stablecoin and built its technology. The clemency for Changpeng Zhao—the tycoon known as CZ—surprised some in the adminis...

How A Billionaire Felon Boosted Trump’s Crypto Company En Route To a Pardon www.wsj.com/finance/curr... via @wsj.com

New Bill Legalizes Online Sports Betting, Circumventing Wisconsin Constitution Bipartisan proposal lets gamblers bet remotely using servers on tribal lands in state.

New Bill Would Legalize Online Sports Betting, Circumventing Wisconsin Constitution urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/10/29/n...

Murphy’s Law: Wisconsin Is Creating 2 School Systems At what point will taxpayers rebel against the high costs?

Wisconsin Is Creating 2 School Systems: At what point will taxpayers rebel against the high costs? urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/10/29/m...

Bipartisan Wisconsin Bill Would Create New State Disaster Aid Program $30 million grant program to offer aid for those not covered by federal disaster assistance.

Bipartisan Wisconsin Bill Would Create New State Disaster Aid Program urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/10/29/b...

Trump Administration Denies More Disaster Aid for Wisconsin 'Adding insult to injury,' Gov. Evers complains, FEMA denies mitigation grants.

Trump Denies More Disaster Aid for Wisconsin urbanmilwaukee.com/2025/10/29/t...

Visual representation of "a concept of a plan".

Trump Administration Won’t Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown

Trump Won’t Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown: The decision appeared to contradict earlier guidance from @usdagov.bsky.social that said it could tap into leftover emergency funds. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Trump hails ‘success’ of trade talks with Xi US President Donald Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan on Thursday, aiming to end years of trade conflict and restore stability between the world’s two largest economies. The talks, their fi...

But Trump said that Taiwan "never came up. That was not discussed actually." (Sure, just like he never heard of Project 2025.) f24.my/BWvs.X via @france24.com

Golden Dome = Golden Shower (for taxpayers)

Trump orders immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons testing US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has directed the Pentagon to immediately restart nuclear weapons testing, citing the need to match the capabilities of Russia and China as he prep...

Trump orders immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons testing. The United States last tested a nuclear weapon in 1992. f24.my/BWvb.BS

Linda McQuaig: Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system offers nothing but the illusion of safety And while the debate rages on in Canada about how best to resist Trump’s grip on our economy, Carney has quietly signed on to fully co-operate with his ultimately more

Trump’s 'Golden Dome' missile defence system offers nothing but the illusion of safety www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Robin V. Sears: It is time for Canada to make an auto deal with China? China will soon heavily dominate global electric vehicle production. Would it not make sense to secure an early partnership with the next auto giants?

It is time for Canada to make an auto deal with China? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Justin Ling: It’s good news there’s no trade deal with Trump’s America What we should do next, however, may well enrage Trump

"It is a more effective route than counting to haggle, barter, flatter and negotiate with the president, hoping against hope that he will suddenly abandon a core part of his illiberal shakedown effort." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

“This is really nickel and diming a very small group of people who should be taken care of.” www.propublica.org/article/vete...

Trump’s Plans for the East Wing Keep Changing. Here’s a Look. Here’s what we know about Mr. Trump’s plans to remodel the torn-down East Wing.

The expanding #JeffreyEpsteinMemorialFuckPalace. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | When My Family Lived in the White House I Resented It. Now I Mourn It.

When My Family Lived in the @whitehouse-47.bsky.social I Resented It. Now I Mourn It. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...

Trump’s Yemen Strike Killed 61 Immigrants and No Combatants The attack on Sa’ada detention center violated humanitarian law and should be investigated as a war crime, says Amnesty International.

Trump’s Yemen Strike Killed 61 Immigrants and No Combatants
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Newly Released Data Reveals Air Force Suicide Crisis After Years of Concealment A detailed breakdown of Air Force suicide data shows that the crisis is particularly acute among aircraft mechanics.

“Mama, I’m tired. I’m just so tired.” theintercept.com/2025/10/27/a...

Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases

Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/h... via @nytimes.com

Of course they are 🙄

National Security for Sale How profit seeking distorts American policymaking.

National Security for Sale www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... via @foreignaffairs.com

Climate change is causing millions of preventable deaths each year, report warns An influential new Lancet report has warned that climate change is taking a devastating toll on global health, with policy failures contributing to millions of avoidable deaths annually. The study urg...

Climate change is causing millions of preventable deaths each year, report warns f24.my/BWmn.BS

Live: Israel says resuming ceasefire after new strikes on Gaza kill more than 100 Israel on Wednesday said it had resumed the Gaza ceasefire after having carried out a series of overnight air strikes that killed more than 100 people, including scores of children. Israel said the st...

Israel says resuming ceasefire after new strikes on Gaza kill more than 100 f24.my/BWnn.X via @france24.com

Vinay Menon: Geddy Lee on his love of baseball, the Blue Jays, and a few of his favourite things The lead singer of Rush is well-known for his love of Toronto’s team; his new book “72 Stories” shares memorabilia and memories from over the years

Geddy Lee on his love of baseball, the Blue Jays, and a few of his favourite things www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Israel’s military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104 The strikes — the deadliest since the ceasefire was enacted on Oct. 10 — marked the most serious challenge to the tenuous truce to date.

Israel's military says ceasefire is back on as death toll from overnight strikes in Gaza reaches 104 www.thestar.com/news/world/m...