David Swerdlick

Opinion | Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal.

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Costco Sues Trump Administration for Refund of Tariffs

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Opinion | Japan Has Changed How the World Must Think About Taiwan

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Opinion | ‘We Are Going to Have to Fight Three Wars’

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Opinion | It Is Time to Bury Franco’s Ghost

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The 52 definitive rules of flying A handbook for behaving like a civilized person, from airport arrival to landing.

Today's gift link. Minor quibbles with 6 and 24--and airport lounge staff should be added to the whom-to-tip list--but overall this is a solid guide. cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social wapo.st/3XSEWif

D.C. Shooting Live Updates: Two National Guard Members Shot Near White House The police said one suspect was in custody. President Trump, who is in Florida, said the suspect also had been shot.

Breaking News: A suspect is in custody after two National Guard members were shot near the White House, local and federal officials said. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/49BJwZs

Taiwan plans to spend $40 billion on U.S. arms, increase defense budget Taiwan’s government will ask the legislature to approve a special budget for defense purchases as Chinese threats to the self-governing island mount.

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Opinion | Taiwan’s president: I will boost defense spending to protect our democracy An unprecedented military buildup by China threatens peace and stability in the region.

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Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago

Bonus gift link. "A NYT analysis of hours of police radio and hundreds of videos posted to social media refutes the federal government’s claims that CPD didn’t respond quickly to the scene, leaving federal agents to fend for themselves during what they called a riot." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Opinion | Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth

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Not exactly a hot take but my Thanksgiving table is not complete without boereg.

U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza

Bonus gift link. "Mr. Lightstone’s group has a much broader and longer-range mission than just the compounds. It has kicked around ideas ranging from a new Gaza cryptocurrency to how to rebuild the territory in such a way that it has no traffic, two officials said." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...

The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.

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Opinion | We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like

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Opinion | Trump Is Down Again. His Way Back Up This Time Is Not So Clear.

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Opinion | Trump Is Mired in a War of Attrition

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Manhattans in Brooklyn, and 25 Must-Try Cocktails in New York City

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European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out The 28-point proposal would require Kyiv to surrender territory, reduce the size of its army and relinquish some weaponry, according to officials familiar with the proposal.

European leaders on Friday warned that the Ukrainian army should not be defanged and that they should be consulted on talks to end the war in Ukraine, as they scrambled to respond to a U.S.-Russian peace plan that has largely excluded them and Kyiv.

Opinion | Does Trump Know the Price of Milk?

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Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally

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Opinion | No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’

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Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.

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My autographed copy of @zentronix.bsky.social's new book has arrived...

Donald Trump has now officially passed Obama's eight-year total of rounds of golf — in less than five years. I've added a chart to my tracker of Trump's golf/property visits to show just how far past Obama he's getting.
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Opinion | Who’s Afraid of Tucker Carlson? I Can Think of Two People.

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Trump’s Tariffs Sent Trade Plummeting in August The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows.

Breaking News: President Trump’s sweeping tariffs sent trade plummeting in August, with imports dropping 5.1%, new data shows.

Russia Strikes Ukraine as Zelensky Aims to Revive Peace Talks At least 10 people were killed in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil when a Russian missile hit a residential building, a Ukrainian official said.

Russia launched a barrage of missile and drone strikes on western Ukraine on Wednesday. At least 10 people were killed when a Russian missile hit a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Ternopil, a Ukrainian official said.

Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On

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Border Patrol Expands North Carolina Operations to More Liberal Cities Agents are expected to be active in the Raleigh area on Tuesday, though the scope of the immigration crackdown in the state’s Research Triangle region was not immediately clear.

Federal Border Patrol agents are expected to expand their operations in North Carolina on Tuesday to include Raleigh, the state capital, local officials said. It's the latest escalation of President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, which has targeted Democratic-run cities.