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Sen. Elissa Slotkin says police responded to her home tonight in response to a bomb threat. Slotkin wasn't at home at the time.

This is two days after Trump said Slotkin and other Democrats committed "seditious conspiracy, punishable by death."

This is not a serious administration.

The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean? • Michigan Advance U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befuddled advocates and lawmakers, coming mere days after recipients...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ call for a close reexamination of the 42 million people who receive federal food aid has befuddled advocates and lawmakers, coming mere days after recipients began to see benefits that had been stalled during the government shutdown.

Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...

Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.

It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...

Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.

"When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search."

YouTube video by MS NOW 'HANG THEM': Trump melts down, accuses six Dems of ‘seditious behavior’

WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.

Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget. In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...

"get real mad while reading us" week continues apace at @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/sexu...

The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....

1. Bloomberg journalist Jason Leopold reported this morning that the president’s name has been redacted from more than 100,000 documents the FBI has on child-sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Our French foreign exchange student is getting an A in English and got Student of the Month for this month. She knows on various levels 4 languages.

Mark Silk: “Judeo-Christian values are out and Christian nationalism is in.” Mark Silk has been studying the use of "Judeo-Christian" in American life for over 40 years. Here is the Religion News Service columnist and scholar of American religion: ...an exclusivist Christian vision of the national future has led to an open rejection of “Judeo-Christian” by significant figures on the religious right. “This is not a ‘Judeo-Christian’ Movement,” declared self-described Christian nationalists Andrew Torba and Andrew Isker in their 2022 tract, “Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide to Taking Dominion and Discipling Nations.” In his 2023 book “Mere Christendom,” the prominent pastor Douglas Wilson, who likewise describes himself as a Christian nationalist, writes that there is “no such entity as the Judeo/Christian religion” and calls the Judeo-Christian 

Mark Silk: “Judeo-Christian values are out and Christian nationalism is in.”

Mark Silk has been studying the use of "Judeo-Christian" in American life for over 40 years. Here is the Religion News Service columnist and scholar of American religion: ...an exclusivist Christian vision of the national…

Always, always, ALWAYS FOLLOW THE MONEY!

He’s the richest. He is by no means the smartest.

Turning Point leader pleads guilty to attempted election fraud Former GOP state Rep. Austin Smith was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.

Turning Point leader pleads guilty to attempted election fraud in Arizona

Former GOP state Rep. Austin Smith was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.

White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.

Breaking news: The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Post.

This viral AI pen didn’t help me cheat Don’t fall for the YouTube videos of ‘AI smart pens’ helping students cheat on paper tests. We tried one and it sucks. by Elissa Welle Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales

the verge's reviews program has always been the heart of the site and one reason we jealously protect it and refuse to do brand deals is so we can just say the products are bad www.theverge.com/report/82215...

Plastic surgeons wrestle with requests for ‘Mar-a-Lago face’: ‘You’re going to look like Maleficent’ The puffy, artificial look is rising in popularity - thanks to Maga elite such as Kristi Noem and Matt Gaetz

“A practice out of Boca Raton, Florida – less than an hour away from Mar-a-Lago – calls it a procedure that ‘doesn’t scream surgery. Instead, it whispers refinement.’”

Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...

Chatbot roleplay and AI image platform Secret Desires left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women at their workplaces, graduating from universities, taking selfies on vacation, and more www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...

Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.

Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment

The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV

www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...

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Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”

That would be Trump's own CIA.

Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.

Exclusive: The Education Department plans to move multiple parts of the agency to other federal departments, an unprecedented effort to dismantle an agency created by Congress to ensure all Americans have equal access to educational opportunity.

Trump can pardon federal crimes.

If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.

At least three weeks

Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.

Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump's pardon entitled him to multi-million dollar reparations. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...

How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.

New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

YouTube video by MS NOW ‘Biggest backtracking yet!’: Trump rolls back tariffs as officials refuse to say they raised prices

Trump rolls back tariffs as officials refuse to say they raised prices

Axios Senior Economics Reporter Courtenay Brown joins Alex Witt to discuss the Trump admin.’s tariff agenda and some of Trump’s personal investments.

WATCH:

GOP Maintains Solid Hold On Youth That Already Look Like Old Men The Republican Party may have an insurmountable lead among young voters who dress and act like they’re already 50 years old.

The Onion was very prescient on this one: theonion.com/gop-maintain...

I'm 7 years older. I have a mild case of gray hairs in my sideburn areas and that's about it.