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Giant 7’9” French Canadian is Tallest Player in College Basketball History, Dunking Without Jumping (WATCH) Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot, 9-inch redshirt freshman at the University of Florida, just became the tallest player in college basketball history.

7’9” French Canadian is Tallest Player in College Basketball History, Dunking Without Jumping
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A Free Pop-Up Apple Orchard in the Big Apple Invites You for Free Fruit and Hot Cider The collaboration between the nonprofit Farmlink Project and fashion discounter 260 Sample Sale will be giving away 20,000 pounds of apples.

A Free Pop-Up Apple Orchard in the Big Apple Invites You for Free Fruit and Hot Cider
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How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.

How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
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Happy Saturday, Beloveds. If you have good weather, please go outside and say hello to your neighbors.

NYT: “.. The Trump Organization is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments .. the latest example of Mr. Trump blending governance and family business ..”

@nytimes.com
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Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That. After ProPublica revealed changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs covers men with breast cancer, House members demanded the agency reverse its decision. Separately, new Senate legislation wo...

Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

'Worst of the Worst'? DOJ Figures Show 97.4% of 614 Detained Immigrants in Chicago Had No Criminal Record | Common Dreams Of 614 people on list who may have been unlawfully arrested and detained by federal officials, only 16 had a criminal record of any kind.

'Worst of the Worst'? DOJ Figures Show 97.4% of 614 Detained Immigrants in Chicago Had No Criminal Record www.commondreams.org/news/worst-o...

US Bishops Issue Rare Message Denouncing Trump's 'Indiscriminate Mass Deportation' Campaign | Common Dreams The US Conference of Catholic Bishops voted overwhelmingly for a rare message condemning Trump's "indiscriminate mass deportations." One writer noted that "never with such unanimity... have American b...

US Bishops Issue Rare Message Denouncing Trump's 'Indiscriminate Mass Deportation' Campaign www.commondreams.org/news/us-bish...

For many Jamaicans, patties feel like home—a hot patty with a box drink or cold soda is the comfort meal that never fails. Patties are the core of WCK’s #ChefsForJamaica efforts & we’ve been working with several local suppliers to provide 300,000+ patties to families affected by Hurricane Melissa.

YouTube video by LutherVandrossVEVO Luther Vandross - Love The One You're With

Luther break
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”

--Megyn R. Kelly

“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”

--Also Megyn R. Kelly

Singing the Scriptures For her daily devotions, Julie began singing the Scriptures. “As I sang, my ...

Singing the Scriptures
Dark am I, yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Songs 1:5
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Black History.
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CEO pay increases. Workers pay does not?

YouTube video by Occupy Democrats Trump PANICS As Leaked Texts Just EXPOSED MORE MAGA Epstein TIES🚨

Epstein. Bannon. SCOTUS hearing advice?
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Bacon: "If we're gonna go to war with Venezuela, the president needs to make his case. And they've done 0 on this. He needs to come to Congress."

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What was in that folder that mysterious man left Felicia?
Is Trina off base getting in Jordan’s face? Her mother Portia cheats on her husbands.
#GH #GeneralHospital

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General Hospital knows how to do a Friday cliffhanger.
#GH #GeneralHospital

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Bill’s dinner is not going well. Naomi threw her husband Jacob under the bus. Haley let things slip about her feelings about Izaiah?
#BTG #BeyondTheGates

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Launched A NASA Mars Mission In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at Blue Origin’s successful Mars mission, learning new languages from AI, why voting is good for you, and more.

Newest edition of my emerging tech newsletter, the Prototype, is here. Inside:

🚀 Blue Origin successfully launched a Mars mission for NASA

🤖 A startup that's using AI to teach people new languages

🗳️ Why science says voting is good for you

And more!

www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...

National parks facing ‘nightmare’ under Trump, warns ex-director of service

Americans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks through the “nightmare” of Donald Trump’s presidency, former National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis told The Guardian.

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Student Republican who called ICE on car wash faces backlash An attorney for those detained said, "Is he taking a college seat away from an American since he's from London?"

Zac Segal, Boston U runner and Young Republican alerted ICE to a car wash in Allston MA which had immigrants working - he said they were taking US jobs. ICE raided the car wash. All detained had legal status according to their lawyer.

Segal was born and schooled in London. 🙄

and the cruel and needless punishment of 42 million Americans receiving nutrition support. And the American people stood with Democrats as we stood firm and fought for Americans’ right to healthcare.“

“The public rightly recognizes that Trump and Congressional Republicans are to blame for the longest government shutdown in history, exploding healthcare costs,

Progressives were clear from the beginning of this fight: the American people need Congressional Democrats to demand real relief, not empty promises.“

government:

“Today, my Progressive Caucus colleagues and I unanimously voted against the Senate deal on government funding today, just as we unanimously opposed the partisan House bill in September.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Statement on House Passage of Senate Government Spending Bill
November 12, 2025
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Trump is opening an "investigation" because that precludes DOJ from being allowed to release the files.

Congressional Black Caucus The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans ...

CBC Statement on Historic Trump-Republican Government Shutdown - 11/5/25
“The CBC and House Democrats have repeatedly made clear that we are focused on lowering the high cost of living and protecting our nation’s health care from Republican spending cuts.“
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