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3 days ago

George Santos freed, Maine gov celebrates trans rights work & LGBTQ+ people get "No Kings" attention - LGBTQ Nation

Mass nationwide protests highlighted opposition to administration attacks on LGBTQ+ people, concerns about politicized clemency for George Santos, and uncertainty over Obergefell's future.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

The tragic change a single year has made in America | Margaret Sullivan

The United States has rapidly shifted toward authoritarianism and fascism by late 2025, with democratic norms, institutions, and civil liberties severely eroded.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Can Democrats harness the energy of the No Kings protests to fight Trump?

Millions peacefully protested Donald Trump's authoritarianism in 'No Kings' rallies, signaling broad anti-Trump sentiment and urging mass mobilization to defend democracy.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Commentary: A youth movement is roiling Democrats. Does age equal obsolescence?

Democratic activists are pressing senior party figures to step aside for younger leaders, targeting Nancy Pelosi after Boxer and Feinstein's departures.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
2 days ago

Political expert says the resistance has gained momentum: "Furious" Americans have had enough - LGBTQ Nation

A broad popular resistance against the current administration is mobilizing nationwide, demonstrated by mass protests, media pushback, university refusals, and consumer boycotts.
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fromAxios
2 days ago

Newsom, Harris hint at 2028 White House runs

Gavin Newsom is open to considering a 2028 presidential bid while Kamala Harris remains undecided, intensifying an already competitive Democratic primary field.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 days ago

Latest line: A good week for Daniel Lurie, a bad week for Charles Munger

San Francisco leaders seek different federal law-enforcement help; a billionaire's son gave $33M against Prop 50 despite polls; a fired sheriff gets 90% pension.
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fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago

Bay Area partisans are fired up over California's Prop 50 contest. Others? Not so much

Proposition 50 would redraw California congressional districts to help Democrats flip five Republican-held seats, while many Bay Area voters remain disengaged.
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fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago

Latest line: A good week for Daniel Lurie, a bad week for Charles Munger

San Francisco sought federal law-enforcement support instead of troops, Prop 50 leads despite large donations, and a fired sheriff secured a 90% salary retirement.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

Newsom, Harris both considering runs for president in 2028

In a sign of California's rising status as a major hub of Democratic politics, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday he's considering a run for president in 2028 - just a day after former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris made the same pronouncement. Newsom, a Democrat who has won national prominence this year pitching himself a leader of the resistance to President Trump, admitted for the first time publicly that he is seriously weighing a 2028 presidential run.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

CBS's Margaret Brennan Grills Hakeem Jeffries On Rhetoric

Margaret Brennan accused Hakeem Jeffries of hypocrisy after he labeled Republican gerrymandering an attempt to rig midterm elections while previously criticizing similar rhetoric.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Trump's Asia trip live: US president to attend ASEAN in Malaysia

President Trump begins his first post-re-election Asia Pacific trip, attending ASEAN in Malaysia to address trade, China, tariffs, rare earths, and a Thailand-Cambodia peace deal.
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fromFortune
2 days ago
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Kamala Harris expects a woman to be president, and says it could 'possibly' be her - 'I'm not done' | Fortune

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2 days ago
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Kamala Harris expects a woman to be president, and says it could 'possibly' be her - 'I'm not done' | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

Trump told Pence in Jan. 6 Call 'You'll Go Down as a Wimp'

During the meeting, as reflected in the Vice President's contemporaneous notes, the Defendant [Trump] made knowingly false claims of election fraud, including, Bottom linewon every state by 100,000s of votes' and We won every state,' and askedregarding a claim his senior Justice Department officials previously had told him was false, including as recently as the night before'What about 205,000 votes more in PA than voters?'
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fromemptywheel
2 days ago

Donald Trump and His Speaker-Puppet - emptywheel

He has argued that the House, which under the Constitution has the sole power to initiate spending legislation, has no reason to meet as long as Senate Democrats are blocking a bill to reopen the government. He has refused to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won election a month ago and has sued in federal court to be allowed to take her seat, claiming he lacks the power to do so.
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fromAol
4 days ago
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House Republicans want to strip Zohran Mamdani of citizenship, possibly deport NYC mayoral frontrunner over form omissions

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4 days ago
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House Republicans want to strip Zohran Mamdani of citizenship, possibly deport NYC mayoral frontrunner over form omissions

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fromFortune
2 days ago

Republican lawmakers in these deep-red Midwestern states are blocking Trump's redistricting push | Fortune

Republican legislatures in Indiana and Kansas currently lack votes to pass GOP-favoring congressional maps despite White House pressure.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

'You Will Respect Our President!' Ilhan Omar Defended Trump Hard When an EU Diplomat Ripped Him

Here is something from the You Wouldn't Have Bet on It file: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) passionately sticking up for President Donald Trump (R) to European politicians while traveling abroad. But that is exactly what happened, according to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who shocked businessman and political commentator Patrick Bet-David by telling him the story on his PBD Podcast on Thursday.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Trump's White House overhaul fits a global trend among far-right populists | Jan-Werner Muller

Trump's East Wing demolition symbolizes cronyism, disregard for preservation, and use of classical architecture to impose a purified, exclusionary national image.
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fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

Trump and Xi will 'consummate' TikTok deal on Thursday, treasury secretary says | TechCrunch

The United States and China have reached a final agreement to move forward with a TikTok transaction placing U.S. operations and security under new control.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

GOP Melting Down About Party Not Acting to Lower HealthCosts

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) told CNN that he had a recent phone call with President Trump who made it clear he doesn't want to hurt people. His concern is, is there something better we can do? Van Drew said, adding that he told the president, I don't think we're going to get it done in a matter of weeks.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

WaPo Editorial Board Praises Trump's 'Aggressive Approach' To Building His New Ballroom

President Donald Trump's aggressive bypassing of review processes accelerated construction of a White House ballroom despite conflicts of interest and inelegant methods.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

'Have You Apologized?' MSNBC's Host Stops Karine Jean-Pierre Cold With Tough Question On Biden

Jordan, during MSNBC's The Weekend: Primetime on Saturday night, asked Jean-Pierre if she regretted going after Special Counsel Robert Hur, after his 2024 report called into question Biden's cognitive ability and memory. Biden's mental decline, Jordan said, was obvious to Americans who watched his debate with President Donald Trump in June 2024 so why would Jean-Pierre, at the time, call Hur's report gratuitous and one that did not live in reality, Jordan wanted to know.
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fromAxios
2 days ago

Graham predicts Trump's war on "narco-terrorists" will expand to land strikes

Driving the news: Graham said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" that he thinks Trump has decided "it's time for" Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro "to go," calling land strikes a "real possibility." Worth noting: The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request to confirm whether such a briefing has been scheduled. Trump last week said his administration would "probably go back to Congress and explain exactly what we are doing" before launching land strikes, but added, "we don't have to do that."
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fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump's 100% tariff threat on China is 'effectively off the table'

US and China have reached a substantial framework for trade talks, removing the threatened 100% tariff and potentially allowing Trump to finalize a TikTok deal.
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fromNew York Post
2 days ago

Exclusive | NYC rally with Zohran Mamdani, AOC and Bernie Sanders infuriates locals over last-minute parking ban: 'Completely unacceptable'

Residents forced to remove vehicles within 24 hours for a rally featuring Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, sparking local outrage.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

US and China reach final deal' on TikTok sale, treasury secretary says

We reached a final deal on TikTok, Bessent said on Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. Alluding to Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Bessent continued: We reached [a deal] in Madrid, and I believe that as of today, all the details are ironed out, and that will be for the two leaders to consummate that transaction during a meeting scheduled for Thursday in Korea.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

Who is Timothy Mellon? The reclusive billionaire is rumored to be behind a $130 million donation to the Pentagon.

Timothy Mellon anonymously donated $130 million to the Pentagon to help pay troops during the government shutdown while backing Trump and RFK Jr.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Rand Paul Takes to Fox News Sunday to Condemn Trump Over Shutdown Gridlock, Extrajudicial Killings' On Suspected Drug Boats

Sen. Rand Paul called recent U.S. airstrikes extrajudicial, cited constitutional war-power concerns, and urged a bipartisan Senate commission to resolve health-care issues within a month.
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fromNew York Post
2 days ago

Exclusive | Dov Hikind, one of Curtis Sliwa's biggest supporters, changes mayor pick to Andrew Cuomo

Dov Hikind withdrew support for Curtis Sliwa and endorsed Andrew Cuomo, believing Cuomo is the only viable option to stop Zohran Mamdani.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

Treasury Secretary Awkwardly Dodges Questions On Trump Jacking Up Canada Tariffs Because Reagan Ad Made Him Angry

Trump imposed a 10% tariff on Canada after Ontario aired an ad; Treasury Secretary defended the move and called the ad propaganda.
fromFortune
3 days ago

Trump adds 10% tariff on Canada due to a TV ad, even though key economic powers law doesn't allow its use against 'informational materials' | Fortune

Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now,
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Ex-DHS Secretary Slams 'Radical Left' Dems For 'Targeting' ICE With 'Dangerous' Doxxing Apps

Chad Wolf criticized Democrats for supporting apps that track and dox ICE agents, calling them dangerous and inconsistent with majority support for law enforcement.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

The Rushmore story is hard to tell': how an Indigenous park leader revealed the monument's dark side

Mount Rushmore embodies contested American history, built as a political monument on sacred Lakota land and now central to contemporary political symbolism.
fromCbsnews
2 days ago

Mikie Sherrill says NJ Transit fare hikes, new taxes "not an option," offers these alternatives

New Jersey, I think, has really strained the taxation system to its breaking point. We have the highest corporate taxes in the nation right now. Simply looking to fare hikes and taxes is just not an option,
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fromABC7 San Francisco
3 days ago

Anxiety grips Bay Area immigrant communities as possible misinformation swirls about federal raids

Rumors of federal immigration raids are causing widespread fear among Bay Area immigrants despite federal operations being canceled, prompting nonprofit hotlines and legal observers.
fromNew York Post
3 days ago

Independent NJ candidate's martial arts theatrics shake up township meeting - before railing against mayor

He then broke out singing "Eye of the Tiger" and asked the bemused crowd to join in. That's when two helpers on either side of the floor unfurled a sign that said "Unfair Taxes," and Thilly proceeded to kung fu kick through it. One man in the crowd can be seen laughing, and another man held his head in his hands.
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fromFuturism
3 days ago

Dr. Oz Crashes Out Trying to Explain How Trump Cut Drug Prices by by "1,500 Percent," Which Would Mean People Were Being Paid to Take Drugs

Something just wasn't adding up when Dr. Mehmet Oz - the current administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid service - tried to explain president Trump's new drug pricing scheme. That something was his brain trying to make sense of pretty simple math. During an interview on the NBC News "Meet the Press" segment on Wednesday, Oz was asked about Trump's absurd claim that he slashed prescription drug prices by up to "1,500 percent" - and completely lost it.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Trump sanctions have swift impact but will world stop buying Russian oil and gas?

US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil could force global buyers to stop purchasing Russian fossil fuels, cutting Kremlin export revenue and crippling its war funding.
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fromFuturism
2 days ago

Startup Says It's Launching a Test Weapon Into Orbit

Apex plans a commercially-led orbital demonstration to deploy and test space-based missile interceptors using its satellite platforms as soon as June 2026.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

Staffing issues trigger temporary ground stop at LAX

A staffing shortage at Los Angeles International Airport prompted a temporary ground stop affecting flights Sunday morning. The restriction began around 8:45 a.m. affecting departing flights for Oakland and was lifted at 10:30 a.m. with a possibility of being extended until 2 p.m., according to an FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center advisory. Even after the resumption of flights, travelers were instructed to check the status of their flights.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Scott Bessent Mocked by Left for Saying He Feels the Pain' of Soybean Farmers Because He is One: Net Worth is Over $500 Million'

ABC News's Martha Raddatz asked Bessent Sunday about the plight of farmers facing Chinese boycotts on American soybeans due to President Donald Trump's tariffs. American farmers have really suffered, Raddatz said Sunday. Do you see a real light at the end of the tunnel there, they may allow soybeans again? Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too, Bessent answered.
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fromsilive
2 days ago

Staten Island resident arranges meeting with President Trump and Andrea Bocelli: White House concert set for Dec. 5 | Inside Out

Andrea Bocelli delivered an impromptu Oval Office performance for President Trump just before Trump's October 17 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

US judge rules ICE illegally detained man whose daughter is battling cancer

The detention by immigration authorities of a Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer is illegal, and he must be given a bond hearing by 31 October, a federal judge has ruled. Attorneys for Ruben Torres Maldonado, 40, who was detained on 18 October, have petitioned for his release as his deportation case goes through the system.
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fromAxios
2 days ago

Farm owner Bessent on soybean crisis: "I have felt this pain too"

Bessent, a soybean farmer, promised a China framework deal would aid farmers while he delays divesting extensive North Dakota farm holdings.
fromsfist.com
3 days ago

Undocumented Man Taken By ICE in Front of Home in San Jose

Advocates warn of ongoing isolated ICE raids after an undocumented immigrant was detained in front of his San Jose home Saturday despite the Trump administration calling off the mass deployment of federal agents in the Bay Area earlier this week. As NBC Bay Area reports, federal agents with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement approached Gerardo, 42, in his driveway as he was leaving for work at 7:45 am Saturday, which was captured on the family's Ring camera (included in the below video clip).
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 days ago

June Lockhart death: Lassie and Lost in Space star dies aged 100

June Lockhart, beloved television actress known for Lassie and Lost in Space, died of natural causes at age 100 in Santa Monica.
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