How to avoid Africa’s next war Pressure from America and its allies can prevent a return to fighting

America, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE must push Ethiopia and Tigray to avoid war and honour the peace agreement of 2022. It is easier to stop a war from starting than it is to end one

Gold slips as dollar gains, focus on US data for more Fed cues Gold prices slipped on Monday, pressured by a stronger dollar as investors waited for a series of U.S. economic data this week that could shed more light on the Federal Reserve's interest rate path.

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In a first, Taiwan to distribute security handbook to all households as China threat rises Taiwan will begin distributing millions of civil defence handbooks to households across the island this week, in an unprecedented effort to prepare residents for potential emergencies, including the possibility of a Chinese attack.

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No One Matters to Trump But Trump His self-serving treatment of last week’s elections shows his disregard for his party.

Trump couldn't care less about the party he leads, and the rest of the party is supposed to pretend they don't notice. That's what happens when you hand over the keys to an ego-driven, thin-skinned narcissist. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-one-mat...

Saudi crown prince visits US with defence, AI and nuclear on the agenda It will be the first trip by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the U.S. since the 2018 killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, which caused a global uproar.

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Saudi prince restores clout in first White House trip since Khashoggi crisis Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is on a mission to reclaim his place on the world stage and prove to President Trump that backing his forceful leadership was worth the gamble.

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Just a reminder that for the first several months of this admin it was MAGA activists who were calling for this to be released. And Bondi, Patel & Bongino all promised it. Then Trump freaked out and many of them reversed their positions. This was not initiated by Dems. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Bovino’s rant fits the authoritarian indicators in our assessment: empowered security forces acting with impunity, militarized immigration raids, executive overreach through federalized enforcement, and loyalty-driven ops unmoored from oversight. His tone isn’t an outlier but a symptom.

Why the Democrats may lose again to Donald Trump One congressman’s choice not to run again is a dire signal for them, and about politics in general

The president and some of his allies resist reaching moral judgments about fellow travellers on the right, even when they are toxic. Democrats have a different problem

How democrats can fight back Fifty years after Franco’s death, autocracy is going strong

Today’s most significant potential promoters of democracy are the Europeans. They need to fight autocrats in the information war, says Simon Kuper: on.ft.com/3WWCsz6

Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!

Trump seems to be claiming US is in an “armed conflict” with Venezuelan cartels to justify bombing boats. Congress needs to demand production of legal memo because this just doesn’t add up. “War on Drugs” was just a slogan, but Trump seems to be using it literally.
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The Grift Bubble A Political Theory of American Collapse

"Trump and Vance imagine that they can grift endlessly. They do not understand that their grift depends upon the honest labor and decent convictions of millions of Americans. Were there not Americans who actually worked, there would be nothing and no one to grift."

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Trump issues two pardons related to Jan. 6 investigation President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents.

New: Trump has pardoned a woman convicted and imprisoned for threatening to shoot FBI agents investigating Jan 6 - www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

The U.S. President Should Practice for a Nuclear Crisis The commander in chief gets almost no preparation for the ultimate decision. That needs to change.

The intensity of nuclear war means that impulse may dangerously override careful thinking—which makes presidential preparedness essential, argues Christopher David LaRoche.

Rep. Massie is being polite, as he should be, and is trying to get more Republican votes for the discharge petition, as he should be doing.

But the truth is, I think, that Trump is trying to protect himself.

CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump.

Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.

My new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, was written with all Americans in mind. I wanted to explain clearly why engaging with the world, working with (not against) our allies, and supporting democracy abroad are essential to America’s national interest. Learn more here: www.amazon.com/Autocrats-vs...

Seems like a pretty straightforward and irrefutable point 👉

"By 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Did Trump's Epstein Fears Trigger HISTORIC Shutdown?

What if the GOP's government shutdown strategy was about the Epstein Files?

In this video I break down the strange behavior of Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP Congress and explain how it all may have all been to protect Trump from the Epstein Files. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...

We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.

“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”

The presidency is a side gig for Trump‘s grift.

Remember when conservatives went batshit crazy that government officials occasionally alerted social media companies to posts that might violate their TOS?

Galaxy Brain: The Internet Is a Misery Machine Hank Green on outrage, creativity, and what, exactly, went wrong with the internet.

Hank Green has made a living riding the algorithmic waves of the social web. He joins @cwarzel.bsky.social to discuss the early promise of the internet—and what went wrong.

Listen to the inaugural episode of “Galaxy Brain”:

Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51 The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m

Indiana Senate Says It Won’t Vote on Redistricting That Trump Sought

Another sign that people are pushing back against political overreach: Indiana’s GOP-led Senate just refused Trump’s demand to redraw congressional maps. It’s the second state in two weeks to buck his attempts to rig the maps for partisan gain. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

Faculty, staff, and students should never be punished for their ideas. This wasn’t just a harmful attempt to stifle speech, it’s a betrayal of the Constitution and a dangerous step toward autocracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

I keep coming back to this mind blowing @jvl.bsky.social observation.

In the Obama White House we were so careful to follow the rules, including about use of the seal (which is regulated by statute), that we ran a legal process just to see if we could use the seal for fun on our White House softball team tee shirts!

No joke. The team was called STOTUS.

YouTube video by Matt Lewis & The News Why People Believe Lies: Psychologist Exposes the Manipulator Playbook

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