Anonymous
11/20/2025 21:00
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks, pp! What a week!
‘HANG THEM’: Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress.
“In a series of unhinged social media posts, he also called it “punishable by DEATH” that lawmakers released a video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.”
https://apple.news/A_c6Aq8U1Tmy6rOnDc8m4BA
Trump said he would fix Joe Biden’s inflation mess. The economy is worse now.
“Much heralded by the White House, the study found that tariffs reduce inflation. Ignored by the White House, the same study found tariffs reduce inflation by causing an economic slowdown and an increase in unemployment.
Stated very simply in the report’s page one abstract, the bank found, “that a tariff hike raises unemployment (lowers economic activity) and lowers inflation.”
For those keeping score at home, Verizon just announced a 15,000-person layoff. Amazon is cutting 14,000 employees. UPS is cutting 48,000 positions. Intel is reducing its workforce. Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs globally. Target is reducing employees. IBM, American Airlines, General Motors, Meta, Accenture, Bosch, Starbucks, Ford, and others also have all announced layoffs in the past few months.
Some are related to AI efficiencies. Others are directly related to reductions in demand, particularly in the automotive and airline industries.”
https://apple.news/AvI2RMlKeR4K9kAsOPcsitg
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files.
“The calls come amid speculation that the Justice Department may cite ongoing investigations or other reasons to hold back material.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5614039-justice-department-epstein-documents/
Mark Epstein says his brother Jeffrey spoke with Trump after 2016 election.
“Jeffrey told me that Trump — it was after the election that Trump called him, and it was sort of like, ‘Can you believe this?’ Because nobody believed Trump was going to win,” Mark Epstein said during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5615087-trump-signs-epstein-document-release/
Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’.
“Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), who served on the National Security Council (NSC) in the first Trump administration, called on President Trump to release the transcript of a “shocking” phone call that took place with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the aftermath of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination.
Vindman — who played a key role in exposing details of Trump’s infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 — said a second phone call exists with the Saudi crown prince that rivals the first as “the most problematic.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613961-vindman-trump-saudi-call-transcript-khashoggi/
Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses.
“Even Republican senators expressed skepticism about the reclassification. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told reporters the policy change “seems ill-advised,” while Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said “that would not seem to be something I agree with”.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called the move “incomprehensible and utterly antithetical to basic norms and values,” while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) described the policy as “ludicrous but consistent with what we’ve seen,” adding that “every week we see a further decline away from what is human, right, justice and decent”.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/bipartisan-outrage-over-noems-swastika
Trump defense of Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes sparks chatter in GOP Jewish circles.
“A former White House staffer from the first Trump administration told The Hill that a number of Jewish Republicans are puzzled over his response to Carlson’s interview of Fuentes, given the president’s own advocacy and ties to the Jewish community.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5613912-conservative-rift-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-trump/
TACO Time: Trump administration reverses, wants to join G20 summit: South African president.
“The administration’s last-minute pivot to join the summit comes after months of tense relations between the U.S. and South Africa, in part due to President Trump’s claims that the country is discriminating against white Afrikaner farmers.
Trump again repeated these claims in early November, when he announced the U.S. would be boycotting the G20 summit being held this weekend.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615255-us-joins-g20-south-africa-summit/
DOJ, FBI probing top Trump officials over investigations of president's foes: Sources.
“In what would be an extraordinary breach of DOJ protocol, Martin is also believed to have shared sensitive grand jury information about the James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked with another person from outside the federal government to examine potential evidence in the Schiff and James probes, sources familiar with the matter said.
At least one witness in the Schiff investigation has received a grand jury subpoena to hand over any correspondence with Martin's associates as well as with Pulte himself, sources told ABC News.
Senior Trump administration officials have expressed concerns that the potential misconduct may have compromised the investigations and jeopardized the viability of the cases if they proceed to trial.”
https://apple.news/AG7b69zqHRFWnu0IBh4BWiw
Democrats win another discharge petition, this time to force vote on federal worker bargaining rights.
“Legislation to restore union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is headed for a House vote.
The bill is opposed by the GOP leaders who control the lower chamber, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week very quietly secured the required 218 signatures on a discharge petition to sidestep Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and force the proposal to the floor.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613978-discharge-petition-union-rights-bill/
ICE operation ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Is officially over—no CBP activity is planned in Charlotte on Thursday, November 20.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlotte-ice-dhs-north-carolina-operation-charlottes-web-11082676
Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal.
“A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., was illegal, concluding he lacks authority to send in troops “for the deterrence of crime.”
https://apple.news/A7XPBd772RJqoyTobXIRc_Q
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol.
“Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-border-patrol-marimar-martinez-charges-dismissed-rcna244979
March of Dimes said that the U.S. is not doing enough to protect mothers and newborns. The group’s annual report card gave the country a D+, calling pre-term birth rates a crisis in the country.
https://www.wsmv.com/2025/11/17/report-tennessee-has-worst-score-us-maternal-mortality-among-worst-infant-mortality/
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/dick-cheney-funeral-washington
Donald Trump Faces New MAGA Discontent Over AI Proposal.
“Several Republicans have spoken out against the potential move, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who said the plan was "federal government overreach." More broadly, several MAGA leaders have expressed dismay about the president's AI push and tech policies, with Steve Bannon having previously said that the pursuit of AI intelligence was akin to "summoning the demon," and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders writing over the summer in opposition to the AI moratorium in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" to "drop the preemption plan now and protect our kids and communities."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-faces-new-maga-discontent-over-ai-proposal-11083153
A longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming the FBI director, Kash Patel, the justice department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, as defendants.
https://apple.news/AbAgu07xfStmYbEp7S0kNQg
Verizon laying off more than 13,000 workers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615298-verizon-layoffs-13000-workers/
Poll: 64 percent of American workers report living paycheck to paycheck, up from the 46 percent who said the same in a 2023 study.
“A separate study from Bank of America, released last week, estimated that the share of lower-income households living paycheck to paycheck—defined as their necessity spending exceeding 95 percent of household income—had inched up to 29 percent from 28.6 percent in 2024 and 27 percent in 2023.”
https://www.newsweek.com/number-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck-surges-11079125
ICE Agent Arrested in Sex-Trafficking Sting Told Cops: "I'm ICE, Boys”.
““Bella” told Back that she was 17 a second time, and then gave him a Bloomington address, where police arrested him and took his phone.
“When he was arrested, he said, ‘I’m ICE, boys,’” Hodges said. “Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up.””
https://apple.news/AdbOh2yIPQ-aT3s0vRgx68g
Former GOP staffer charged with fabricating anti-MAGA assault—“our thoughts and prayers are with her.”
A former congressional staffer is accused of staging a fake and self-targeted political attack involving mutilation and derogatory writing on her body.
Natalie Greene, 26, who once worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), faces federal charges of conspiracy and making false statements to law enforcement. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5614824-gop-staffer-anti-maga-attack-hoax/
Feel like these keep getting longer.
Thank you, OP
Another thank you to this poster
Ditto.
Sobering reading though. So much clean up ahead of us.
Thank you so much.
Anonymous
11/20/2025 19:39
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks, pp! What a week!
‘HANG THEM’: Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress.
“In a series of unhinged social media posts, he also called it “punishable by DEATH” that lawmakers released a video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.”
https://apple.news/A_c6Aq8U1Tmy6rOnDc8m4BA
Trump said he would fix Joe Biden’s inflation mess. The economy is worse now.
“Much heralded by the White House, the study found that tariffs reduce inflation. Ignored by the White House, the same study found tariffs reduce inflation by causing an economic slowdown and an increase in unemployment.
Stated very simply in the report’s page one abstract, the bank found, “that a tariff hike raises unemployment (lowers economic activity) and lowers inflation.”
For those keeping score at home, Verizon just announced a 15,000-person layoff. Amazon is cutting 14,000 employees. UPS is cutting 48,000 positions. Intel is reducing its workforce. Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs globally. Target is reducing employees. IBM, American Airlines, General Motors, Meta, Accenture, Bosch, Starbucks, Ford, and others also have all announced layoffs in the past few months.
Some are related to AI efficiencies. Others are directly related to reductions in demand, particularly in the automotive and airline industries.”
https://apple.news/AvI2RMlKeR4K9kAsOPcsitg
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files.
“The calls come amid speculation that the Justice Department may cite ongoing investigations or other reasons to hold back material.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5614039-justice-department-epstein-documents/
Mark Epstein says his brother Jeffrey spoke with Trump after 2016 election.
“Jeffrey told me that Trump — it was after the election that Trump called him, and it was sort of like, ‘Can you believe this?’ Because nobody believed Trump was going to win,” Mark Epstein said during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5615087-trump-signs-epstein-document-release/
Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’.
“Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), who served on the National Security Council (NSC) in the first Trump administration, called on President Trump to release the transcript of a “shocking” phone call that took place with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the aftermath of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination.
Vindman — who played a key role in exposing details of Trump’s infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 — said a second phone call exists with the Saudi crown prince that rivals the first as “the most problematic.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613961-vindman-trump-saudi-call-transcript-khashoggi/
Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses.
“Even Republican senators expressed skepticism about the reclassification. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told reporters the policy change “seems ill-advised,” while Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said “that would not seem to be something I agree with”.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called the move “incomprehensible and utterly antithetical to basic norms and values,” while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) described the policy as “ludicrous but consistent with what we’ve seen,” adding that “every week we see a further decline away from what is human, right, justice and decent”.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/bipartisan-outrage-over-noems-swastika
Trump defense of Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes sparks chatter in GOP Jewish circles.
“A former White House staffer from the first Trump administration told The Hill that a number of Jewish Republicans are puzzled over his response to Carlson’s interview of Fuentes, given the president’s own advocacy and ties to the Jewish community.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5613912-conservative-rift-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-trump/
TACO Time: Trump administration reverses, wants to join G20 summit: South African president.
“The administration’s last-minute pivot to join the summit comes after months of tense relations between the U.S. and South Africa, in part due to President Trump’s claims that the country is discriminating against white Afrikaner farmers.
Trump again repeated these claims in early November, when he announced the U.S. would be boycotting the G20 summit being held this weekend.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615255-us-joins-g20-south-africa-summit/
DOJ, FBI probing top Trump officials over investigations of president's foes: Sources.
“In what would be an extraordinary breach of DOJ protocol, Martin is also believed to have shared sensitive grand jury information about the James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked with another person from outside the federal government to examine potential evidence in the Schiff and James probes, sources familiar with the matter said.
At least one witness in the Schiff investigation has received a grand jury subpoena to hand over any correspondence with Martin's associates as well as with Pulte himself, sources told ABC News.
Senior Trump administration officials have expressed concerns that the potential misconduct may have compromised the investigations and jeopardized the viability of the cases if they proceed to trial.”
https://apple.news/AG7b69zqHRFWnu0IBh4BWiw
Democrats win another discharge petition, this time to force vote on federal worker bargaining rights.
“Legislation to restore union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is headed for a House vote.
The bill is opposed by the GOP leaders who control the lower chamber, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week very quietly secured the required 218 signatures on a discharge petition to sidestep Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and force the proposal to the floor.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613978-discharge-petition-union-rights-bill/
ICE operation ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Is officially over—no CBP activity is planned in Charlotte on Thursday, November 20.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlotte-ice-dhs-north-carolina-operation-charlottes-web-11082676
Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal.
“A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., was illegal, concluding he lacks authority to send in troops “for the deterrence of crime.”
https://apple.news/A7XPBd772RJqoyTobXIRc_Q
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol.
“Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-border-patrol-marimar-martinez-charges-dismissed-rcna244979
March of Dimes said that the U.S. is not doing enough to protect mothers and newborns. The group’s annual report card gave the country a D+, calling pre-term birth rates a crisis in the country.
https://www.wsmv.com/2025/11/17/report-tennessee-has-worst-score-us-maternal-mortality-among-worst-infant-mortality/
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/dick-cheney-funeral-washington
Donald Trump Faces New MAGA Discontent Over AI Proposal.
“Several Republicans have spoken out against the potential move, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who said the plan was "federal government overreach." More broadly, several MAGA leaders have expressed dismay about the president's AI push and tech policies, with Steve Bannon having previously said that the pursuit of AI intelligence was akin to "summoning the demon," and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders writing over the summer in opposition to the AI moratorium in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" to "drop the preemption plan now and protect our kids and communities."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-faces-new-maga-discontent-over-ai-proposal-11083153
A longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming the FBI director, Kash Patel, the justice department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, as defendants.
https://apple.news/AbAgu07xfStmYbEp7S0kNQg
Verizon laying off more than 13,000 workers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615298-verizon-layoffs-13000-workers/
Poll: 64 percent of American workers report living paycheck to paycheck, up from the 46 percent who said the same in a 2023 study.
“A separate study from Bank of America, released last week, estimated that the share of lower-income households living paycheck to paycheck—defined as their necessity spending exceeding 95 percent of household income—had inched up to 29 percent from 28.6 percent in 2024 and 27 percent in 2023.”
https://www.newsweek.com/number-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck-surges-11079125
ICE Agent Arrested in Sex-Trafficking Sting Told Cops: "I'm ICE, Boys”.
““Bella” told Back that she was 17 a second time, and then gave him a Bloomington address, where police arrested him and took his phone.
“When he was arrested, he said, ‘I’m ICE, boys,’” Hodges said. “Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up.””
https://apple.news/AdbOh2yIPQ-aT3s0vRgx68g
Former GOP staffer charged with fabricating anti-MAGA assault—“our thoughts and prayers are with her.”
A former congressional staffer is accused of staging a fake and self-targeted political attack involving mutilation and derogatory writing on her body.
Natalie Greene, 26, who once worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), faces federal charges of conspiracy and making false statements to law enforcement. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5614824-gop-staffer-anti-maga-attack-hoax/
Feel like these keep getting longer.
Thank you, OP
Another thank you to this poster
Ditto.
Sobering reading though. So much clean up ahead of us.
Anonymous
11/20/2025 18:57
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thanks, pp! What a week!
‘HANG THEM’: Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress.
“In a series of unhinged social media posts, he also called it “punishable by DEATH” that lawmakers released a video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.”
https://apple.news/A_c6Aq8U1Tmy6rOnDc8m4BA
Trump said he would fix Joe Biden’s inflation mess. The economy is worse now.
“Much heralded by the White House, the study found that tariffs reduce inflation. Ignored by the White House, the same study found tariffs reduce inflation by causing an economic slowdown and an increase in unemployment.
Stated very simply in the report’s page one abstract, the bank found, “that a tariff hike raises unemployment (lowers economic activity) and lowers inflation.”
For those keeping score at home, Verizon just announced a 15,000-person layoff. Amazon is cutting 14,000 employees. UPS is cutting 48,000 positions. Intel is reducing its workforce. Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs globally. Target is reducing employees. IBM, American Airlines, General Motors, Meta, Accenture, Bosch, Starbucks, Ford, and others also have all announced layoffs in the past few months.
Some are related to AI efficiencies. Others are directly related to reductions in demand, particularly in the automotive and airline industries.”
https://apple.news/AvI2RMlKeR4K9kAsOPcsitg
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files.
“The calls come amid speculation that the Justice Department may cite ongoing investigations or other reasons to hold back material.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5614039-justice-department-epstein-documents/
Mark Epstein says his brother Jeffrey spoke with Trump after 2016 election.
“Jeffrey told me that Trump — it was after the election that Trump called him, and it was sort of like, ‘Can you believe this?’ Because nobody believed Trump was going to win,” Mark Epstein said during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5615087-trump-signs-epstein-document-release/
Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’.
“Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), who served on the National Security Council (NSC) in the first Trump administration, called on President Trump to release the transcript of a “shocking” phone call that took place with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the aftermath of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination.
Vindman — who played a key role in exposing details of Trump’s infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 — said a second phone call exists with the Saudi crown prince that rivals the first as “the most problematic.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613961-vindman-trump-saudi-call-transcript-khashoggi/
Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses.
“Even Republican senators expressed skepticism about the reclassification. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told reporters the policy change “seems ill-advised,” while Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said “that would not seem to be something I agree with”.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called the move “incomprehensible and utterly antithetical to basic norms and values,” while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) described the policy as “ludicrous but consistent with what we’ve seen,” adding that “every week we see a further decline away from what is human, right, justice and decent”.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/bipartisan-outrage-over-noems-swastika
Trump defense of Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes sparks chatter in GOP Jewish circles.
“A former White House staffer from the first Trump administration told The Hill that a number of Jewish Republicans are puzzled over his response to Carlson’s interview of Fuentes, given the president’s own advocacy and ties to the Jewish community.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5613912-conservative-rift-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-trump/
TACO Time: Trump administration reverses, wants to join G20 summit: South African president.
“The administration’s last-minute pivot to join the summit comes after months of tense relations between the U.S. and South Africa, in part due to President Trump’s claims that the country is discriminating against white Afrikaner farmers.
Trump again repeated these claims in early November, when he announced the U.S. would be boycotting the G20 summit being held this weekend.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615255-us-joins-g20-south-africa-summit/
DOJ, FBI probing top Trump officials over investigations of president's foes: Sources.
“In what would be an extraordinary breach of DOJ protocol, Martin is also believed to have shared sensitive grand jury information about the James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked with another person from outside the federal government to examine potential evidence in the Schiff and James probes, sources familiar with the matter said.
At least one witness in the Schiff investigation has received a grand jury subpoena to hand over any correspondence with Martin's associates as well as with Pulte himself, sources told ABC News.
Senior Trump administration officials have expressed concerns that the potential misconduct may have compromised the investigations and jeopardized the viability of the cases if they proceed to trial.”
https://apple.news/AG7b69zqHRFWnu0IBh4BWiw
Democrats win another discharge petition, this time to force vote on federal worker bargaining rights.
“Legislation to restore union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is headed for a House vote.
The bill is opposed by the GOP leaders who control the lower chamber, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week very quietly secured the required 218 signatures on a discharge petition to sidestep Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and force the proposal to the floor.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613978-discharge-petition-union-rights-bill/
ICE operation ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Is officially over—no CBP activity is planned in Charlotte on Thursday, November 20.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlotte-ice-dhs-north-carolina-operation-charlottes-web-11082676
Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal.
“A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., was illegal, concluding he lacks authority to send in troops “for the deterrence of crime.”
https://apple.news/A7XPBd772RJqoyTobXIRc_Q
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol.
“Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-border-patrol-marimar-martinez-charges-dismissed-rcna244979
March of Dimes said that the U.S. is not doing enough to protect mothers and newborns. The group’s annual report card gave the country a D+, calling pre-term birth rates a crisis in the country.
https://www.wsmv.com/2025/11/17/report-tennessee-has-worst-score-us-maternal-mortality-among-worst-infant-mortality/
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/dick-cheney-funeral-washington
Donald Trump Faces New MAGA Discontent Over AI Proposal.
“Several Republicans have spoken out against the potential move, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who said the plan was "federal government overreach." More broadly, several MAGA leaders have expressed dismay about the president's AI push and tech policies, with Steve Bannon having previously said that the pursuit of AI intelligence was akin to "summoning the demon," and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders writing over the summer in opposition to the AI moratorium in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" to "drop the preemption plan now and protect our kids and communities."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-faces-new-maga-discontent-over-ai-proposal-11083153
A longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming the FBI director, Kash Patel, the justice department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, as defendants.
https://apple.news/AbAgu07xfStmYbEp7S0kNQg
Verizon laying off more than 13,000 workers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615298-verizon-layoffs-13000-workers/
Poll: 64 percent of American workers report living paycheck to paycheck, up from the 46 percent who said the same in a 2023 study.
“A separate study from Bank of America, released last week, estimated that the share of lower-income households living paycheck to paycheck—defined as their necessity spending exceeding 95 percent of household income—had inched up to 29 percent from 28.6 percent in 2024 and 27 percent in 2023.”
https://www.newsweek.com/number-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck-surges-11079125
ICE Agent Arrested in Sex-Trafficking Sting Told Cops: "I'm ICE, Boys”.
““Bella” told Back that she was 17 a second time, and then gave him a Bloomington address, where police arrested him and took his phone.
“When he was arrested, he said, ‘I’m ICE, boys,’” Hodges said. “Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up.””
https://apple.news/AdbOh2yIPQ-aT3s0vRgx68g
Former GOP staffer charged with fabricating anti-MAGA assault—“our thoughts and prayers are with her.”
A former congressional staffer is accused of staging a fake and self-targeted political attack involving mutilation and derogatory writing on her body.
Natalie Greene, 26, who once worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), faces federal charges of conspiracy and making false statements to law enforcement. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5614824-gop-staffer-anti-maga-attack-hoax/
Feel like these keep getting longer.
Thank you, OP
Another thank you to this poster
Anonymous
11/20/2025 18:24
Subject: All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Ben Franklin 325 years before trump knew him
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQZz4MDihAI/?igsh=MWJ2ejRtZXAxa3FkcA==
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQZz4MDihAI/?igsh=MWJ2ejRtZXAxa3FkcA==
Anonymous
11/20/2025 17:53
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Anonymous wrote:Thanks, pp! What a week!
‘HANG THEM’: Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress.
“In a series of unhinged social media posts, he also called it “punishable by DEATH” that lawmakers released a video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.”
https://apple.news/A_c6Aq8U1Tmy6rOnDc8m4BA
Trump said he would fix Joe Biden’s inflation mess. The economy is worse now.
“Much heralded by the White House, the study found that tariffs reduce inflation. Ignored by the White House, the same study found tariffs reduce inflation by causing an economic slowdown and an increase in unemployment.
Stated very simply in the report’s page one abstract, the bank found, “that a tariff hike raises unemployment (lowers economic activity) and lowers inflation.”
For those keeping score at home, Verizon just announced a 15,000-person layoff. Amazon is cutting 14,000 employees. UPS is cutting 48,000 positions. Intel is reducing its workforce. Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs globally. Target is reducing employees. IBM, American Airlines, General Motors, Meta, Accenture, Bosch, Starbucks, Ford, and others also have all announced layoffs in the past few months.
Some are related to AI efficiencies. Others are directly related to reductions in demand, particularly in the automotive and airline industries.”
https://apple.news/AvI2RMlKeR4K9kAsOPcsitg
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files.
“The calls come amid speculation that the Justice Department may cite ongoing investigations or other reasons to hold back material.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5614039-justice-department-epstein-documents/
Mark Epstein says his brother Jeffrey spoke with Trump after 2016 election.
“Jeffrey told me that Trump — it was after the election that Trump called him, and it was sort of like, ‘Can you believe this?’ Because nobody believed Trump was going to win,” Mark Epstein said during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5615087-trump-signs-epstein-document-release/
Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’.
“Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), who served on the National Security Council (NSC) in the first Trump administration, called on President Trump to release the transcript of a “shocking” phone call that took place with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the aftermath of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination.
Vindman — who played a key role in exposing details of Trump’s infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 — said a second phone call exists with the Saudi crown prince that rivals the first as “the most problematic.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613961-vindman-trump-saudi-call-transcript-khashoggi/
Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses.
“Even Republican senators expressed skepticism about the reclassification. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told reporters the policy change “seems ill-advised,” while Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said “that would not seem to be something I agree with”.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called the move “incomprehensible and utterly antithetical to basic norms and values,” while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) described the policy as “ludicrous but consistent with what we’ve seen,” adding that “every week we see a further decline away from what is human, right, justice and decent”.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/bipartisan-outrage-over-noems-swastika
Trump defense of Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes sparks chatter in GOP Jewish circles.
“A former White House staffer from the first Trump administration told The Hill that a number of Jewish Republicans are puzzled over his response to Carlson’s interview of Fuentes, given the president’s own advocacy and ties to the Jewish community.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5613912-conservative-rift-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-trump/
TACO Time: Trump administration reverses, wants to join G20 summit: South African president.
“The administration’s last-minute pivot to join the summit comes after months of tense relations between the U.S. and South Africa, in part due to President Trump’s claims that the country is discriminating against white Afrikaner farmers.
Trump again repeated these claims in early November, when he announced the U.S. would be boycotting the G20 summit being held this weekend.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615255-us-joins-g20-south-africa-summit/
DOJ, FBI probing top Trump officials over investigations of president's foes: Sources.
“In what would be an extraordinary breach of DOJ protocol, Martin is also believed to have shared sensitive grand jury information about the James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked with another person from outside the federal government to examine potential evidence in the Schiff and James probes, sources familiar with the matter said.
At least one witness in the Schiff investigation has received a grand jury subpoena to hand over any correspondence with Martin's associates as well as with Pulte himself, sources told ABC News.
Senior Trump administration officials have expressed concerns that the potential misconduct may have compromised the investigations and jeopardized the viability of the cases if they proceed to trial.”
https://apple.news/AG7b69zqHRFWnu0IBh4BWiw
Democrats win another discharge petition, this time to force vote on federal worker bargaining rights.
“Legislation to restore union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is headed for a House vote.
The bill is opposed by the GOP leaders who control the lower chamber, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week very quietly secured the required 218 signatures on a discharge petition to sidestep Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and force the proposal to the floor.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613978-discharge-petition-union-rights-bill/
ICE operation ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Is officially over—no CBP activity is planned in Charlotte on Thursday, November 20.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlotte-ice-dhs-north-carolina-operation-charlottes-web-11082676
Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal.
“A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., was illegal, concluding he lacks authority to send in troops “for the deterrence of crime.”
https://apple.news/A7XPBd772RJqoyTobXIRc_Q
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol.
“Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-border-patrol-marimar-martinez-charges-dismissed-rcna244979
March of Dimes said that the U.S. is not doing enough to protect mothers and newborns. The group’s annual report card gave the country a D+, calling pre-term birth rates a crisis in the country.
https://www.wsmv.com/2025/11/17/report-tennessee-has-worst-score-us-maternal-mortality-among-worst-infant-mortality/
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/dick-cheney-funeral-washington
Donald Trump Faces New MAGA Discontent Over AI Proposal.
“Several Republicans have spoken out against the potential move, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who said the plan was "federal government overreach." More broadly, several MAGA leaders have expressed dismay about the president's AI push and tech policies, with Steve Bannon having previously said that the pursuit of AI intelligence was akin to "summoning the demon," and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders writing over the summer in opposition to the AI moratorium in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" to "drop the preemption plan now and protect our kids and communities."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-faces-new-maga-discontent-over-ai-proposal-11083153
A longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming the FBI director, Kash Patel, the justice department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, as defendants.
https://apple.news/AbAgu07xfStmYbEp7S0kNQg
Verizon laying off more than 13,000 workers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615298-verizon-layoffs-13000-workers/
Poll: 64 percent of American workers report living paycheck to paycheck, up from the 46 percent who said the same in a 2023 study.
“A separate study from Bank of America, released last week, estimated that the share of lower-income households living paycheck to paycheck—defined as their necessity spending exceeding 95 percent of household income—had inched up to 29 percent from 28.6 percent in 2024 and 27 percent in 2023.”
https://www.newsweek.com/number-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck-surges-11079125
ICE Agent Arrested in Sex-Trafficking Sting Told Cops: "I'm ICE, Boys”.
““Bella” told Back that she was 17 a second time, and then gave him a Bloomington address, where police arrested him and took his phone.
“When he was arrested, he said, ‘I’m ICE, boys,’” Hodges said. “Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up.””
https://apple.news/AdbOh2yIPQ-aT3s0vRgx68g
Former GOP staffer charged with fabricating anti-MAGA assault—“our thoughts and prayers are with her.”
A former congressional staffer is accused of staging a fake and self-targeted political attack involving mutilation and derogatory writing on her body.
Natalie Greene, 26, who once worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), faces federal charges of conspiracy and making false statements to law enforcement. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5614824-gop-staffer-anti-maga-attack-hoax/
Feel like these keep getting longer.
Thank you, OP
Anonymous
11/20/2025 16:36
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Thanks, pp! What a week!
‘HANG THEM’: Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress.
“In a series of unhinged social media posts, he also called it “punishable by DEATH” that lawmakers released a video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.”
https://apple.news/A_c6Aq8U1Tmy6rOnDc8m4BA
Trump said he would fix Joe Biden’s inflation mess. The economy is worse now.
“Much heralded by the White House, the study found that tariffs reduce inflation. Ignored by the White House, the same study found tariffs reduce inflation by causing an economic slowdown and an increase in unemployment.
Stated very simply in the report’s page one abstract, the bank found, “that a tariff hike raises unemployment (lowers economic activity) and lowers inflation.”
For those keeping score at home, Verizon just announced a 15,000-person layoff. Amazon is cutting 14,000 employees. UPS is cutting 48,000 positions. Intel is reducing its workforce. Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs globally. Target is reducing employees. IBM, American Airlines, General Motors, Meta, Accenture, Bosch, Starbucks, Ford, and others also have all announced layoffs in the past few months.
Some are related to AI efficiencies. Others are directly related to reductions in demand, particularly in the automotive and airline industries.”
https://apple.news/AvI2RMlKeR4K9kAsOPcsitg
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files.
“The calls come amid speculation that the Justice Department may cite ongoing investigations or other reasons to hold back material.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5614039-justice-department-epstein-documents/
Mark Epstein says his brother Jeffrey spoke with Trump after 2016 election.
“Jeffrey told me that Trump — it was after the election that Trump called him, and it was sort of like, ‘Can you believe this?’ Because nobody believed Trump was going to win,” Mark Epstein said during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5615087-trump-signs-epstein-document-release/
Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’.
“Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), who served on the National Security Council (NSC) in the first Trump administration, called on President Trump to release the transcript of a “shocking” phone call that took place with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the aftermath of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination.
Vindman — who played a key role in exposing details of Trump’s infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 — said a second phone call exists with the Saudi crown prince that rivals the first as “the most problematic.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613961-vindman-trump-saudi-call-transcript-khashoggi/
Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses.
“Even Republican senators expressed skepticism about the reclassification. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told reporters the policy change “seems ill-advised,” while Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said “that would not seem to be something I agree with”.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called the move “incomprehensible and utterly antithetical to basic norms and values,” while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) described the policy as “ludicrous but consistent with what we’ve seen,” adding that “every week we see a further decline away from what is human, right, justice and decent”.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/bipartisan-outrage-over-noems-swastika
Trump defense of Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes sparks chatter in GOP Jewish circles.
“A former White House staffer from the first Trump administration told The Hill that a number of Jewish Republicans are puzzled over his response to Carlson’s interview of Fuentes, given the president’s own advocacy and ties to the Jewish community.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5613912-conservative-rift-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-trump/
TACO Time: Trump administration reverses, wants to join G20 summit: South African president.
“The administration’s last-minute pivot to join the summit comes after months of tense relations between the U.S. and South Africa, in part due to President Trump’s claims that the country is discriminating against white Afrikaner farmers.
Trump again repeated these claims in early November, when he announced the U.S. would be boycotting the G20 summit being held this weekend.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615255-us-joins-g20-south-africa-summit/
DOJ, FBI probing top Trump officials over investigations of president's foes: Sources.
“In what would be an extraordinary breach of DOJ protocol, Martin is also believed to have shared sensitive grand jury information about the James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked with another person from outside the federal government to examine potential evidence in the Schiff and James probes, sources familiar with the matter said.
At least one witness in the Schiff investigation has received a grand jury subpoena to hand over any correspondence with Martin's associates as well as with Pulte himself, sources told ABC News.
Senior Trump administration officials have expressed concerns that the potential misconduct may have compromised the investigations and jeopardized the viability of the cases if they proceed to trial.”
https://apple.news/AG7b69zqHRFWnu0IBh4BWiw
Democrats win another discharge petition, this time to force vote on federal worker bargaining rights.
“Legislation to restore union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is headed for a House vote.
The bill is opposed by the GOP leaders who control the lower chamber, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week very quietly secured the required 218 signatures on a discharge petition to sidestep Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and force the proposal to the floor.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613978-discharge-petition-union-rights-bill/
ICE operation ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Is officially over—no CBP activity is planned in Charlotte on Thursday, November 20.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlotte-ice-dhs-north-carolina-operation-charlottes-web-11082676
Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal.
“A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., was illegal, concluding he lacks authority to send in troops “for the deterrence of crime.”
https://apple.news/A7XPBd772RJqoyTobXIRc_Q
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol.
“Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-border-patrol-marimar-martinez-charges-dismissed-rcna244979
March of Dimes said that the U.S. is not doing enough to protect mothers and newborns. The group’s annual report card gave the country a D+, calling pre-term birth rates a crisis in the country.
https://www.wsmv.com/2025/11/17/report-tennessee-has-worst-score-us-maternal-mortality-among-worst-infant-mortality/
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/dick-cheney-funeral-washington
Donald Trump Faces New MAGA Discontent Over AI Proposal.
“Several Republicans have spoken out against the potential move, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who said the plan was "federal government overreach." More broadly, several MAGA leaders have expressed dismay about the president's AI push and tech policies, with Steve Bannon having previously said that the pursuit of AI intelligence was akin to "summoning the demon," and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders writing over the summer in opposition to the AI moratorium in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" to "drop the preemption plan now and protect our kids and communities."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-faces-new-maga-discontent-over-ai-proposal-11083153
A longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming the FBI director, Kash Patel, the justice department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, as defendants.
https://apple.news/AbAgu07xfStmYbEp7S0kNQg
Verizon laying off more than 13,000 workers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615298-verizon-layoffs-13000-workers/
Poll: 64 percent of American workers report living paycheck to paycheck, up from the 46 percent who said the same in a 2023 study.
“A separate study from Bank of America, released last week, estimated that the share of lower-income households living paycheck to paycheck—defined as their necessity spending exceeding 95 percent of household income—had inched up to 29 percent from 28.6 percent in 2024 and 27 percent in 2023.”
https://www.newsweek.com/number-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck-surges-11079125
ICE Agent Arrested in Sex-Trafficking Sting Told Cops: "I'm ICE, Boys”.
““Bella” told Back that she was 17 a second time, and then gave him a Bloomington address, where police arrested him and took his phone.
“When he was arrested, he said, ‘I’m ICE, boys,’” Hodges said. “Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up.””
https://apple.news/AdbOh2yIPQ-aT3s0vRgx68g
Former GOP staffer charged with fabricating anti-MAGA assault—“our thoughts and prayers are with her.”
A former congressional staffer is accused of staging a fake and self-targeted political attack involving mutilation and derogatory writing on her body.
Natalie Greene, 26, who once worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), faces federal charges of conspiracy and making false statements to law enforcement. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5614824-gop-staffer-anti-maga-attack-hoax/
‘HANG THEM’: Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress.
“In a series of unhinged social media posts, he also called it “punishable by DEATH” that lawmakers released a video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.”
https://apple.news/A_c6Aq8U1Tmy6rOnDc8m4BA
Trump said he would fix Joe Biden’s inflation mess. The economy is worse now.
“Much heralded by the White House, the study found that tariffs reduce inflation. Ignored by the White House, the same study found tariffs reduce inflation by causing an economic slowdown and an increase in unemployment.
Stated very simply in the report’s page one abstract, the bank found, “that a tariff hike raises unemployment (lowers economic activity) and lowers inflation.”
For those keeping score at home, Verizon just announced a 15,000-person layoff. Amazon is cutting 14,000 employees. UPS is cutting 48,000 positions. Intel is reducing its workforce. Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs globally. Target is reducing employees. IBM, American Airlines, General Motors, Meta, Accenture, Bosch, Starbucks, Ford, and others also have all announced layoffs in the past few months.
Some are related to AI efficiencies. Others are directly related to reductions in demand, particularly in the automotive and airline industries.”
https://apple.news/AvI2RMlKeR4K9kAsOPcsitg
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files.
“The calls come amid speculation that the Justice Department may cite ongoing investigations or other reasons to hold back material.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5614039-justice-department-epstein-documents/
Mark Epstein says his brother Jeffrey spoke with Trump after 2016 election.
“Jeffrey told me that Trump — it was after the election that Trump called him, and it was sort of like, ‘Can you believe this?’ Because nobody believed Trump was going to win,” Mark Epstein said during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5615087-trump-signs-epstein-document-release/
Vindman demands release of Trump-Mohammed bin Salman call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’.
“Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.), who served on the National Security Council (NSC) in the first Trump administration, called on President Trump to release the transcript of a “shocking” phone call that took place with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the aftermath of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination.
Vindman — who played a key role in exposing details of Trump’s infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 — said a second phone call exists with the Saudi crown prince that rivals the first as “the most problematic.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613961-vindman-trump-saudi-call-transcript-khashoggi/
Lawmakers react with bipartisan disgust to the Coast Guard's policy change removing hate symbol status from swastikas and nooses.
“Even Republican senators expressed skepticism about the reclassification. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) told reporters the policy change “seems ill-advised,” while Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said “that would not seem to be something I agree with”.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called the move “incomprehensible and utterly antithetical to basic norms and values,” while Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) described the policy as “ludicrous but consistent with what we’ve seen,” adding that “every week we see a further decline away from what is human, right, justice and decent”.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/bipartisan-outrage-over-noems-swastika
Trump defense of Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes sparks chatter in GOP Jewish circles.
“A former White House staffer from the first Trump administration told The Hill that a number of Jewish Republicans are puzzled over his response to Carlson’s interview of Fuentes, given the president’s own advocacy and ties to the Jewish community.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5613912-conservative-rift-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-trump/
TACO Time: Trump administration reverses, wants to join G20 summit: South African president.
“The administration’s last-minute pivot to join the summit comes after months of tense relations between the U.S. and South Africa, in part due to President Trump’s claims that the country is discriminating against white Afrikaner farmers.
Trump again repeated these claims in early November, when he announced the U.S. would be boycotting the G20 summit being held this weekend.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615255-us-joins-g20-south-africa-summit/
DOJ, FBI probing top Trump officials over investigations of president's foes: Sources.
“In what would be an extraordinary breach of DOJ protocol, Martin is also believed to have shared sensitive grand jury information about the James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked with another person from outside the federal government to examine potential evidence in the Schiff and James probes, sources familiar with the matter said.
At least one witness in the Schiff investigation has received a grand jury subpoena to hand over any correspondence with Martin's associates as well as with Pulte himself, sources told ABC News.
Senior Trump administration officials have expressed concerns that the potential misconduct may have compromised the investigations and jeopardized the viability of the cases if they proceed to trial.”
https://apple.news/AG7b69zqHRFWnu0IBh4BWiw
Democrats win another discharge petition, this time to force vote on federal worker bargaining rights.
“Legislation to restore union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers is headed for a House vote.
The bill is opposed by the GOP leaders who control the lower chamber, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers this week very quietly secured the required 218 signatures on a discharge petition to sidestep Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and force the proposal to the floor.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5613978-discharge-petition-union-rights-bill/
ICE operation ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Is officially over—no CBP activity is planned in Charlotte on Thursday, November 20.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlotte-ice-dhs-north-carolina-operation-charlottes-web-11082676
Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal.
“A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., was illegal, concluding he lacks authority to send in troops “for the deterrence of crime.”
https://apple.news/A7XPBd772RJqoyTobXIRc_Q
Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol.
“Prosecutors had accused Marimar Martinez and another defendant of ramming their cars into a federal vehicle in October. Her legal team argued it was federal agents who rammed her.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-woman-shot-border-patrol-marimar-martinez-charges-dismissed-rcna244979
March of Dimes said that the U.S. is not doing enough to protect mothers and newborns. The group’s annual report card gave the country a D+, calling pre-term birth rates a crisis in the country.
https://www.wsmv.com/2025/11/17/report-tennessee-has-worst-score-us-maternal-mortality-among-worst-infant-mortality/
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/dick-cheney-funeral-washington
Donald Trump Faces New MAGA Discontent Over AI Proposal.
“Several Republicans have spoken out against the potential move, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who said the plan was "federal government overreach." More broadly, several MAGA leaders have expressed dismay about the president's AI push and tech policies, with Steve Bannon having previously said that the pursuit of AI intelligence was akin to "summoning the demon," and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders writing over the summer in opposition to the AI moratorium in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" to "drop the preemption plan now and protect our kids and communities."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-faces-new-maga-discontent-over-ai-proposal-11083153
A longtime FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired for displaying a Pride flag at his desk, naming the FBI director, Kash Patel, the justice department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, as defendants.
https://apple.news/AbAgu07xfStmYbEp7S0kNQg
Verizon laying off more than 13,000 workers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5615298-verizon-layoffs-13000-workers/
Poll: 64 percent of American workers report living paycheck to paycheck, up from the 46 percent who said the same in a 2023 study.
“A separate study from Bank of America, released last week, estimated that the share of lower-income households living paycheck to paycheck—defined as their necessity spending exceeding 95 percent of household income—had inched up to 29 percent from 28.6 percent in 2024 and 27 percent in 2023.”
https://www.newsweek.com/number-americans-living-paycheck-paycheck-surges-11079125
ICE Agent Arrested in Sex-Trafficking Sting Told Cops: "I'm ICE, Boys”.
““Bella” told Back that she was 17 a second time, and then gave him a Bloomington address, where police arrested him and took his phone.
“When he was arrested, he said, ‘I’m ICE, boys,’” Hodges said. “Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up.””
https://apple.news/AdbOh2yIPQ-aT3s0vRgx68g
Former GOP staffer charged with fabricating anti-MAGA assault—“our thoughts and prayers are with her.”
A former congressional staffer is accused of staging a fake and self-targeted political attack involving mutilation and derogatory writing on her body.
Natalie Greene, 26, who once worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), faces federal charges of conspiracy and making false statements to law enforcement. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5614824-gop-staffer-anti-maga-attack-hoax/
Anonymous
11/19/2025 15:51
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Hoo boy -- I'm barely keeping up with the losses this week and it's only Wednesday. Please add any I missed.
Doing the tireless work OP! Your 📌 friend from website forum. Adding on:
“I wanted to keep a little secret for tonight.”
Trump has formally designated Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally. “A strategic
defense agreement which we signed a little while ago.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/im-pleased-to-announce-that-we-are-formally-designating-saudi-arabia-as-a-major-non-nato-ally/
While the Epstein victims once again pleaded for the release of the files and implored the President to sign the Epstein Transparency Act, Trump spent yesterday canoodling with the Saudi Prince. Melania joined them for a dinner reception.
He had time to sign an agreement with the Saudis, yet he couldn’t prioritize signing the ETA. Jared move for sure.
The unduly elected U.S. President has used the term “little secrets” many times. This time it was deliberate disrespect toward the victims.
Anonymous
11/19/2025 10:58
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Hoo boy -- I'm barely keeping up with the losses this week and it's only Wednesday. Please add any I missed.
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing—saying “Things happen”
https://apple.news/A6AWylCbYT9eBly74Bw7PlA
Despite congressional action, quick release of Epstein files is in doubt.
“If President Donald Trump wanted Bondi to release all of the Epstein files, he could have ordered her to do so at any point in the past six months. He didn’t.”
https://apple.news/AhFUAvh-hSS6Q6GUGdSGSqQ
After commentator Megyn Kelly seemed to downplay the youth of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, former child actresses and current teenagers took to social media to express outrage.
https://apple.news/AAHc7wWQeSmCm_c1RenMw4w
Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI Board Amid Epstein Revelations.
“Harvard’s former president received criticism for his correspondence with the sex offender.”
https://apple.news/AIV4ec-ekRhangRayQNXIrg
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 rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group
Senators push for probe into Trump-linked crypto firm over token sales tied to North Korea and Russia.
“Those entities included traders with ties on the blockchain to a notorious North Korean hacking organization, a sanctioned Russian “ruble-backed sanctions evasion tool,” an Iranian crypto exchange and Tornado Cash, a known money-laundering platform, the watchdog alleged.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/senator-probe-warren-trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial-usd1-wlfi-ties-north-korea-russia-iran.html
Trump accused of caving to big business after deal to cut Swiss tariffs to 15%—after they gifted him a Rolex watch and gold bar and a ton of flattery.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/14/tariffs-swiss-goods-reduced
Appeals court panel mulls $1M penalty for Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton.
“A three-judge panel sitting in Birmingham, Alabama, also heard arguments over a nearly $1 million penalty a court imposed on Trump and his then-attorney Alina Habba for filing and persisting in the lawsuit a judge determined in 2023 to be frivolous.
William Pryor Jr., the chief judge in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, made clear near the outset of the session that he believes Trump’s lawsuit — which came in at 108 pages in the first version and 193 in a second attempt — violated federal court rules by vaguely linking too many defendants and too many legal claims.”
https://apple.news/Aprqx-AUxQEeZ-AWi4P57wQ
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
https://apple.news/AIOa30g80SeuC_a7jDXzXXQ
A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol was arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim.
https://apple.news/AUDQIX9L8RlSUxZYnhsOKTg
More than 97% of immigrants detained in Trump Chicago raid had no criminal conviction—Data sharply contradicts officials’ portrayal of immigration sweeps as effort to fight ‘worst of the worst’ criminals.
https://apple.news/A7YFeBJ0-Qb-8yOLq48lvFw
ICE agent arrested for pulling gun on Southern California teen, lawyer says.
“Lawyer Greg Kirakosian, who represents the boy and his family, told KTLA that the 17-year-old was driving home after dropping a friend off down the street when he saw the suspect, identified by investigators as Gerardo Rodriguez, pointing a gun at his vehicle, demanding he pull over. “
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/
A federal court Tuesday delivered a devastating blow to Texas Republicans’ attempt at a mid-decade gerrymander—Dhillon’s letter “ham-fisted.”
“And the court found that a July letter sent by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — intended to justify the GOP’s aggressive redraw — effectively handed voting rights advocates a smoking gun proving it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”
…
“It’s challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors,” the judges wrote. “Indeed, even attorneys employed by the Texas Attorney General — who professes to be a political ally of the Trump Administration — describe the DOJ Letter as ‘legally unsound,’ ‘baseless,’ ‘erroneous,’ ‘ham-fisted,’ and ‘a mess.’”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-dojs-ham-fisted-letter-key-to-ruling-blocking-texas-gerrymander/
‘Blackmail’: Indiana Senate Republicans say no to redistricting despite Trump’s primary threats.
“I’ve been a legislator 42 years. I’m not going to change my vote,” said Sen. Vaneta Becker, an Evansville Republican who told CNN her office has received more than 750 calls opposing redistricting and 37 in favor. “Hoosiers are not used to being sort of in blackmail position. It does not bode well,” Becker said.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/politics/indiana-republicans-trump-redistricting
Preservation law firm and DC Preservation League sue to pause Trump’s latest renovation plans to paint the landmark Eisenhower Exectutive Office Building white.
https://www.culturalheritagepartners.com/eeob/
17 transgender Air Force and Space Force members are suing the United States government over what they say is an “unlawful” revocation of their early retirement benefits and pensions.
https://apple.news/AVRqehy6bQtq6hW6pjrFZSg
A Coast Guard contractor says the government had him fired over Facebook posts about Charlie Kirk. He's suing.
"Just over one month ago, individuals in the highest circles of the federal government decided to target me when I and countless others criticized someone I viewed as a bigoted person," Souders said in a statement shared with Business Insider. "It was and is my right to do so. The First Amendment was designed to protect individuals from the overreach of a would-be totalitarian government."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/coast-guard-contractor-says-government-150002050.html
Appeals court panel rejects Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ defamation lawsuit against CNN—The three-judge panel, which included two Trump appointees, said the network’s use of the term didn’t amount to defamation.
https://apple.news/AswTpdvpeTMOjg6Kk9TdAFg
Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining University of California over alleged discrimination—Government can't use funding threats to override the First Amendment.
“In her ruling, Lin said labor unions and other groups representing UC faculty, students and employees had provided “overwhelming evidence” that the Trump administration was “engaged in a concerted campaign to purge ‘woke,’ ‘left,’ and ‘socialist’ viewpoints from our country’s leading universities.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-colleges-california-fine-funding-ace25d1c17a3b6cdf2b56df9a6853ee3?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Tennessee court rules deployment of National Guard to Memphis unlawful.
“A Tennessee court has ruled that Gov. Bill Lee's deployment of the National Guard to Memphis as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force was unlawful, court records show.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-judge-rules-national-guard-deployment-memphis-unlawful-rcna244552
Fannie Mae's fraud watchdogs doubted charges against James—newly-revealed communications add to mounting evidence of procedural and other flaws in the mortgage fraud case.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/fannie-maes-fraud-watchdogs-letitia-james-00655533
Judge pauses release of grand jury material to Comey after magistrate hints at dismissal.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/trump-james-comey-doj-grand-jury.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud.
“Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith pleaded guilty Monday to what he previously called “ludicrous” charges that he personally forged more than 100 signatures on his petitions for reelection last year.
The Republican from Surprise was a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, which has a history of spreading false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and pushed for election law changes in the state legislature.”
https://azmirror.com/briefs/turning-point-leader-former-gop-rep-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-election-fraud/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure.
“The arrangement resolves litigation filed by NPR accusing the corporation of illegally yielding to Trump's demands that the network be financially punished for its news coverage. The argument, part of a broader lawsuit by NPR and several stations against the Trump administration, focused on CPB funding for NPR's operation of a satellite distribution system for local public radio stations.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5611103/npr-trump-cpb-lawsuit
Home Depot faces growing consumer boycott calls ahead of holidays—store suffered declining foot traffic in its stores during the third quarter of 2025.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/home-depot-to-suffer-massive-boycott-from-holiday-shoppers
Protesters wrap 'crime scene' tape around White House perimeter.
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW231815112025RP1/
About 20% of Americans support boycotting companies that align themselves with President Donald Trump’s agenda, and additionally, 46% cited companies cutting back their DEI policies as a reason for their boycott.
https://apple.news/AUFaz4a-7Tzmj3NpaLcA3Kw
More than half of US homes lost value in the past year.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/more-than-half-of-us-homes-lost-value-in-the-past-year-171219733.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates—From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/15/christian-democrat-candidates-trump-republicans
LOL: Top Trump official: Hold off on spending your $2,000 stimulus check.
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he wants to “persuade” Americans to save President Donald Trump’s $2,000 tariff rebate check if it eventually hits their wallets.
Trump announced Monday that dividend checks, fueled from sweeping tariff revenue his administration has collected, will “probably” come in mid-2026 or shortly afterward.
…While speaking to Fox News, Bessent late Tuesday appeared uncertain over whether the checks will come to fruition, but said he hopes any money will be funneled to “Trump accounts” when asked about the potential for inflation.”
https://apple.news/AoTIraYPSRt6CSo0mCgtNZg
LOL: Despite big election losses, Republican leaders insist there’s no problem with GOP policies.
““Republicans are entering next year more unified behind President Trump than ever before,” Republican National Committee spokesperson Kiersten Pels said. “The party is fully aligned behind his America First agenda and the results he’s delivering for the American people. President Trump’s policies are popular, he drives turnout, and standing with him is the strongest path to victory.””
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/despite-big-election-losses-republican-leaders-insist-theres-no-problem-with-gop-policies?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
More independents in every single state say they disapprove than approve of how Trump is handling his job as president.
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-hits-a-record-low-with-political
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing—saying “Things happen”
https://apple.news/A6AWylCbYT9eBly74Bw7PlA
Despite congressional action, quick release of Epstein files is in doubt.
“If President Donald Trump wanted Bondi to release all of the Epstein files, he could have ordered her to do so at any point in the past six months. He didn’t.”
https://apple.news/AhFUAvh-hSS6Q6GUGdSGSqQ
After commentator Megyn Kelly seemed to downplay the youth of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, former child actresses and current teenagers took to social media to express outrage.
https://apple.news/AAHc7wWQeSmCm_c1RenMw4w
Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI Board Amid Epstein Revelations.
“Harvard’s former president received criticism for his correspondence with the sex offender.”
https://apple.news/AIV4ec-ekRhangRayQNXIrg
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 rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group
Senators push for probe into Trump-linked crypto firm over token sales tied to North Korea and Russia.
“Those entities included traders with ties on the blockchain to a notorious North Korean hacking organization, a sanctioned Russian “ruble-backed sanctions evasion tool,” an Iranian crypto exchange and Tornado Cash, a known money-laundering platform, the watchdog alleged.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/senator-probe-warren-trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial-usd1-wlfi-ties-north-korea-russia-iran.html
Trump accused of caving to big business after deal to cut Swiss tariffs to 15%—after they gifted him a Rolex watch and gold bar and a ton of flattery.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/14/tariffs-swiss-goods-reduced
Appeals court panel mulls $1M penalty for Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton.
“A three-judge panel sitting in Birmingham, Alabama, also heard arguments over a nearly $1 million penalty a court imposed on Trump and his then-attorney Alina Habba for filing and persisting in the lawsuit a judge determined in 2023 to be frivolous.
William Pryor Jr., the chief judge in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, made clear near the outset of the session that he believes Trump’s lawsuit — which came in at 108 pages in the first version and 193 in a second attempt — violated federal court rules by vaguely linking too many defendants and too many legal claims.”
https://apple.news/Aprqx-AUxQEeZ-AWi4P57wQ
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
https://apple.news/AIOa30g80SeuC_a7jDXzXXQ
A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol was arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim.
https://apple.news/AUDQIX9L8RlSUxZYnhsOKTg
More than 97% of immigrants detained in Trump Chicago raid had no criminal conviction—Data sharply contradicts officials’ portrayal of immigration sweeps as effort to fight ‘worst of the worst’ criminals.
https://apple.news/A7YFeBJ0-Qb-8yOLq48lvFw
ICE agent arrested for pulling gun on Southern California teen, lawyer says.
“Lawyer Greg Kirakosian, who represents the boy and his family, told KTLA that the 17-year-old was driving home after dropping a friend off down the street when he saw the suspect, identified by investigators as Gerardo Rodriguez, pointing a gun at his vehicle, demanding he pull over. “
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agent-arrested-for-pulling-gun-on-southern-california-teen-lawyer-says/
A federal court Tuesday delivered a devastating blow to Texas Republicans’ attempt at a mid-decade gerrymander—Dhillon’s letter “ham-fisted.”
“And the court found that a July letter sent by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — intended to justify the GOP’s aggressive redraw — effectively handed voting rights advocates a smoking gun proving it was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”
…
“It’s challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors,” the judges wrote. “Indeed, even attorneys employed by the Texas Attorney General — who professes to be a political ally of the Trump Administration — describe the DOJ Letter as ‘legally unsound,’ ‘baseless,’ ‘erroneous,’ ‘ham-fisted,’ and ‘a mess.’”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-dojs-ham-fisted-letter-key-to-ruling-blocking-texas-gerrymander/
‘Blackmail’: Indiana Senate Republicans say no to redistricting despite Trump’s primary threats.
“I’ve been a legislator 42 years. I’m not going to change my vote,” said Sen. Vaneta Becker, an Evansville Republican who told CNN her office has received more than 750 calls opposing redistricting and 37 in favor. “Hoosiers are not used to being sort of in blackmail position. It does not bode well,” Becker said.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/politics/indiana-republicans-trump-redistricting
Preservation law firm and DC Preservation League sue to pause Trump’s latest renovation plans to paint the landmark Eisenhower Exectutive Office Building white.
https://www.culturalheritagepartners.com/eeob/
17 transgender Air Force and Space Force members are suing the United States government over what they say is an “unlawful” revocation of their early retirement benefits and pensions.
https://apple.news/AVRqehy6bQtq6hW6pjrFZSg
A Coast Guard contractor says the government had him fired over Facebook posts about Charlie Kirk. He's suing.
"Just over one month ago, individuals in the highest circles of the federal government decided to target me when I and countless others criticized someone I viewed as a bigoted person," Souders said in a statement shared with Business Insider. "It was and is my right to do so. The First Amendment was designed to protect individuals from the overreach of a would-be totalitarian government."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/coast-guard-contractor-says-government-150002050.html
Appeals court panel rejects Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ defamation lawsuit against CNN—The three-judge panel, which included two Trump appointees, said the network’s use of the term didn’t amount to defamation.
https://apple.news/AswTpdvpeTMOjg6Kk9TdAFg
Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining University of California over alleged discrimination—Government can't use funding threats to override the First Amendment.
“In her ruling, Lin said labor unions and other groups representing UC faculty, students and employees had provided “overwhelming evidence” that the Trump administration was “engaged in a concerted campaign to purge ‘woke,’ ‘left,’ and ‘socialist’ viewpoints from our country’s leading universities.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-colleges-california-fine-funding-ace25d1c17a3b6cdf2b56df9a6853ee3?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Tennessee court rules deployment of National Guard to Memphis unlawful.
“A Tennessee court has ruled that Gov. Bill Lee's deployment of the National Guard to Memphis as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force was unlawful, court records show.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-judge-rules-national-guard-deployment-memphis-unlawful-rcna244552
Fannie Mae's fraud watchdogs doubted charges against James—newly-revealed communications add to mounting evidence of procedural and other flaws in the mortgage fraud case.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/fannie-maes-fraud-watchdogs-letitia-james-00655533
Judge pauses release of grand jury material to Comey after magistrate hints at dismissal.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/trump-james-comey-doj-grand-jury.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud.
“Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith pleaded guilty Monday to what he previously called “ludicrous” charges that he personally forged more than 100 signatures on his petitions for reelection last year.
The Republican from Surprise was a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, which has a history of spreading false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and pushed for election law changes in the state legislature.”
https://azmirror.com/briefs/turning-point-leader-former-gop-rep-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-election-fraud/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure.
“The arrangement resolves litigation filed by NPR accusing the corporation of illegally yielding to Trump's demands that the network be financially punished for its news coverage. The argument, part of a broader lawsuit by NPR and several stations against the Trump administration, focused on CPB funding for NPR's operation of a satellite distribution system for local public radio stations.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5611103/npr-trump-cpb-lawsuit
Home Depot faces growing consumer boycott calls ahead of holidays—store suffered declining foot traffic in its stores during the third quarter of 2025.
https://www.thestreet.com/retail/home-depot-to-suffer-massive-boycott-from-holiday-shoppers
Protesters wrap 'crime scene' tape around White House perimeter.
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW231815112025RP1/
About 20% of Americans support boycotting companies that align themselves with President Donald Trump’s agenda, and additionally, 46% cited companies cutting back their DEI policies as a reason for their boycott.
https://apple.news/AUFaz4a-7Tzmj3NpaLcA3Kw
More than half of US homes lost value in the past year.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/more-than-half-of-us-homes-lost-value-in-the-past-year-171219733.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates—From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/15/christian-democrat-candidates-trump-republicans
LOL: Top Trump official: Hold off on spending your $2,000 stimulus check.
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he wants to “persuade” Americans to save President Donald Trump’s $2,000 tariff rebate check if it eventually hits their wallets.
Trump announced Monday that dividend checks, fueled from sweeping tariff revenue his administration has collected, will “probably” come in mid-2026 or shortly afterward.
…While speaking to Fox News, Bessent late Tuesday appeared uncertain over whether the checks will come to fruition, but said he hopes any money will be funneled to “Trump accounts” when asked about the potential for inflation.”
https://apple.news/AoTIraYPSRt6CSo0mCgtNZg
LOL: Despite big election losses, Republican leaders insist there’s no problem with GOP policies.
““Republicans are entering next year more unified behind President Trump than ever before,” Republican National Committee spokesperson Kiersten Pels said. “The party is fully aligned behind his America First agenda and the results he’s delivering for the American people. President Trump’s policies are popular, he drives turnout, and standing with him is the strongest path to victory.””
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/despite-big-election-losses-republican-leaders-insist-theres-no-problem-with-gop-policies?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
More independents in every single state say they disapprove than approve of how Trump is handling his job as president.
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-hits-a-record-low-with-political
Anonymous
11/16/2025 11:34
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
TACO Time: Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs.
“President Trump on Friday moved to lower tariffs on beef, coffee and dozens of agricultural and food goods, marking a significant rollback of his so-called reciprocal levies as he looks for ways to address Americans’ concerns about the cost of living.”
https://apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2EQ2WO4ayBnw
More TACOs: 'Where is my president?': Some MAGA supporters uproar over Trump's H-1B visa comments.
“Trump’s comments have sparked widespread outrage from prominent voices on the right, ranging from popular MAGA influencer Jack Posobiec to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to Trump supporter and former 1990s “Hercules” actor Kevin Sorbo.
“What an atrocious thing to say. This will cost republicans the midterms,” Sorbo wrote in a post on X.
…
Meanwhile, Kylie Kremer, a diehard Trump supporter who helped organize the rally before the Jan. 6 riot, posted in response, “Where is my President?” and Steven Crowder, another popular right-wing podcaster, called Trump’s comments “as bad as it gets.”
“Was hoping he learned from Elon’s blunder on this one, but it’s not looking like it,” he added.”
https://apple.news/AQdSOQ-RpT6WiArBGDEPbyw
Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful.
“Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them.
The U.S. strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats and deployments to American cities have sparked a firestorm of debate over their legality, and some service members are turning to nonprofit organizations for help.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/military-personnel-seek-legal-advice-on-whether-trump-ordered-missions-are-lawful?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us?cid=ios_app&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Advocacy group wants prosecutor Lindsey Halligan investigated, alleging "abuse of power" in charges against Comey and James.
“A legal watchdog group is pushing the state bars of Florida and Virginia to investigate Lindsey Halligan, a Trump appointee who is leading the prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The complaint from the Campaign for Accountability, which was submitted to the state bars on Tuesday, accuses Halligan of violating the Virginia State Bar's ethical rules for lawyers in her handling of the criminal charges against Comey and James, two longtime foes of President Trump.”
https://apple.news/AOTWkR5WFSx2rteSu1f_vsw
These fired federal workers are starting new roles opposing the Trump administration.
“Democracy Forward, a progressive legal nonprofit that has frequently sued the Trump administration, is bringing on more than a dozen former federal officials as fellows, part of a program that seeks to look beyond the Trump era.”
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/trump-federal-workforce-lawsuits?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Trump discusses Biden, changes name of holiday in Veterans Day speech.
“President Donald Trump mentioned political correctness, President Joe Biden and renaming Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery after laying a wreath for the holiday.
Trump said he plans to rename the holiday celebrated on Nov. 11 as "Victory Day for World War I."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-discusses-biden-changes-name-201027186.html
President Donald Trump took to social media early Tuesday morning to comment on how one major city’s “murder and crime” rate contributed to the decline of a shopping mall that was “once considered our nation’s best”—but it doens’t exist.
https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2025/11/trump-calls-for-troops-in-chicago-over-nonexistent-shopping-mall.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Trump talking about his MRI again on Friday aboard Air Force One—spark renewed focus on presidential health transparency and medical protocols for U.S. leaders.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reveals-he-had-an-mri-what-we-know-11052698
Democratic wins up north cloud DeSantis' demand for Florida redistricting.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2025/11/13/dem-wins-elsewhere-put-desantis-redistricting-push-in-question/87194076007/
People held in ‘decrepit’ California ICE facility sue over ‘inhumane’ conditions.
“The suit alleges “life-threatening” medical neglect, with the plaintiffs saying they have been denied cancer treatment, basic disability accommodations and regular insulin for diabetes.
The facility is run by CoreCivic, a private prison corporation, which is not a named defendant.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/13/california-ice-detention-lawsuit
Judge orders ICE to release 300+ detained immigrants.
“By Nov. 21, DHS must release on bond into a monitoring program at least 313 people whom the plaintiffs suspect were arrested in violation of the agreement and the government deems low risk for flight. They'll remain free on bond until the merits of their cases can be assessed.”
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/11/12/ice-release-300-detained-immigrants?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Protests erupt in Charlotte, NC before the arrival of ICE.
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/uptown-firstward-fourthward/anti-cbp-protest-charlotte-11-15-2025/275-355cc508-9b7b-480a-8edf-d58c13425400
…and then ICE immediately raids a church.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlotte-church-goers-flee-border-patrol-raid-albemarle-road-immigration-11055071
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds.
“More than 250 Venezuelans deported from the US to El Salvador by the Trump administration have suffered systemic and prolonged torture and abuse including sexual assault in detention, according to a new report.”
https://apple.news/AJ22HVpmmTi2KCZiVPRUHdg
A veteran prosecutor said Friday he is appointing himself to take over Georgia’s closely-watched election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others.
“Pete Skandalakis, the head of the state agency tasked with naming a replacement prosecutor after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said he could not find another attorney willing to take over the racketeering case.
“Several prosecutors were contacted and, while all were respectful and professional, each declined the appointment,” said Skandalakis, the executive director of the nonpartisan Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, in a press release. He declined to share their reasoning, but said “the public has a legitimate interest in the outcome of this case.”
https://apple.news/AjYtj26b3Sf2pnSiWlXyOzQ
New foreclosures jump 20% in October, a sign of more distress in the housing market.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/foreclosures-rise-october-housing-market-distress.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Chicago treasurer boycotting US Treasury Bonds.
“Melissa Conyears-Ervin says her office will no longer invest the city's money in U.S. Treasury Bonds.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycotting-us-treasury-bonds-saying-she-back-trump-aldermen-concerned/18152624/
In email messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote ‘of course [Trump] knew about the girls’
https://apple.news/AnnI7gc81T5iPHu_Es-tnTQ
…and now the felon is sweatin’: Trump puts intense pressure on Republicans to block release of Epstein files—Representatives Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace have been summoned to Situation Room or phoned by Trump himself.
https://apple.news/A9YMZCriNRnmsTZT3bb7pPg
…and this: Epstein’s Flights Were Coordinated With Trump’s Schedule Multiple Times During First Term, New Emails Show.
https://dailyboulder.com/jeffrey-epsteins-flights-were-coordinated-with-trumps-schedule-multiple-times-during-first-term-new-emails-show/
Republicans expecting mass defections on Epstein vote.
“Senior Republicans privately believe dozens of Republicans will vote for it, possibly 100 or more, according to five people granted anonymity to speak candidly. Democrats pushing the petition publicly predicted that Republicans would rush to support the measure once it hit the floor.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/12/congress/house-epstein-vote-gop-defections-00649624
Trump-Epstein ‘Best Friends Forever’ Statue Reappears In DC After Bombshell Emails.
“The massive “Best Friends Forever” statue, which looks like a real national monument, popped up early Thursday outside a Busboys and Poets art cafe near downtown D.C. It depicts Trump and the world’s most famous pedophile kicking their feet into the air and grinning at each other, with a plaque below them titled “In Honor Of Friendship Month.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-epstein-statue-dc-best-friends-forever_n_691545a1e4b0295c356a6bff?aki
'South Park' shows shocking scene of Donald Trump and JD Vance having sex.
“The Nov. 12 episode, "Sora Not Sorry," is just the latest to skewer the Trump administration.”
https://apple.news/ARNkNDgmdQ0K8uRVOqJ9FPQ
Marjorie Taylor Greene Throws Down MAGA Gauntlet to Donald Trump.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene has challeneged Donald Trump's MAGA approach, saying he should "refocuses his effort" and that Americans are asking why he is fighting "so hard" to prevent the full release of the Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein”
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-throws-maga-gauntlet-donald-trump-epstein-files-11055289
Poll: Democrats more energized for 2026 elections than Republicans.
“The six-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed 44% of registered voters who called themselves Democrats said they were "very enthusiastic" about voting in the November 3, 2026, elections, compared with 26% of Republicans who said the same. Some 79% of Democrats said they would regret it if they didn't vote in the election, compared to 68% of Republicans.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-more-energized-2026-elections-than-republicans-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-11-13/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Poll: Only one in 3 U.S. adults approve of the way Trump is managing the government, with much of the rising discontent coming from Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/12/us-adults-trump-approval-rating-federal-government-ap-poll/
Tucker Carlson starts losing sponsors after fawning interview with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-sponsors-b2863878.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
“President Trump on Friday moved to lower tariffs on beef, coffee and dozens of agricultural and food goods, marking a significant rollback of his so-called reciprocal levies as he looks for ways to address Americans’ concerns about the cost of living.”
https://apple.news/AvknzMEMgQy2EQ2WO4ayBnw
More TACOs: 'Where is my president?': Some MAGA supporters uproar over Trump's H-1B visa comments.
“Trump’s comments have sparked widespread outrage from prominent voices on the right, ranging from popular MAGA influencer Jack Posobiec to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to Trump supporter and former 1990s “Hercules” actor Kevin Sorbo.
“What an atrocious thing to say. This will cost republicans the midterms,” Sorbo wrote in a post on X.
…
Meanwhile, Kylie Kremer, a diehard Trump supporter who helped organize the rally before the Jan. 6 riot, posted in response, “Where is my President?” and Steven Crowder, another popular right-wing podcaster, called Trump’s comments “as bad as it gets.”
“Was hoping he learned from Elon’s blunder on this one, but it’s not looking like it,” he added.”
https://apple.news/AQdSOQ-RpT6WiArBGDEPbyw
Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful.
“Military service personnel have been seeking outside legal advice about some of the missions the Trump administration has assigned them.
The U.S. strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats and deployments to American cities have sparked a firestorm of debate over their legality, and some service members are turning to nonprofit organizations for help.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/military-personnel-seek-legal-advice-on-whether-trump-ordered-missions-are-lawful?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us?cid=ios_app&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Advocacy group wants prosecutor Lindsey Halligan investigated, alleging "abuse of power" in charges against Comey and James.
“A legal watchdog group is pushing the state bars of Florida and Virginia to investigate Lindsey Halligan, a Trump appointee who is leading the prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The complaint from the Campaign for Accountability, which was submitted to the state bars on Tuesday, accuses Halligan of violating the Virginia State Bar's ethical rules for lawyers in her handling of the criminal charges against Comey and James, two longtime foes of President Trump.”
https://apple.news/AOTWkR5WFSx2rteSu1f_vsw
These fired federal workers are starting new roles opposing the Trump administration.
“Democracy Forward, a progressive legal nonprofit that has frequently sued the Trump administration, is bringing on more than a dozen former federal officials as fellows, part of a program that seeks to look beyond the Trump era.”
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/13/trump-federal-workforce-lawsuits?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Trump discusses Biden, changes name of holiday in Veterans Day speech.
“President Donald Trump mentioned political correctness, President Joe Biden and renaming Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery after laying a wreath for the holiday.
Trump said he plans to rename the holiday celebrated on Nov. 11 as "Victory Day for World War I."
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-discusses-biden-changes-name-201027186.html
President Donald Trump took to social media early Tuesday morning to comment on how one major city’s “murder and crime” rate contributed to the decline of a shopping mall that was “once considered our nation’s best”—but it doens’t exist.
https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2025/11/trump-calls-for-troops-in-chicago-over-nonexistent-shopping-mall.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Trump talking about his MRI again on Friday aboard Air Force One—spark renewed focus on presidential health transparency and medical protocols for U.S. leaders.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reveals-he-had-an-mri-what-we-know-11052698
Democratic wins up north cloud DeSantis' demand for Florida redistricting.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2025/11/13/dem-wins-elsewhere-put-desantis-redistricting-push-in-question/87194076007/
People held in ‘decrepit’ California ICE facility sue over ‘inhumane’ conditions.
“The suit alleges “life-threatening” medical neglect, with the plaintiffs saying they have been denied cancer treatment, basic disability accommodations and regular insulin for diabetes.
The facility is run by CoreCivic, a private prison corporation, which is not a named defendant.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/13/california-ice-detention-lawsuit
Judge orders ICE to release 300+ detained immigrants.
“By Nov. 21, DHS must release on bond into a monitoring program at least 313 people whom the plaintiffs suspect were arrested in violation of the agreement and the government deems low risk for flight. They'll remain free on bond until the merits of their cases can be assessed.”
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/11/12/ice-release-300-detained-immigrants?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Protests erupt in Charlotte, NC before the arrival of ICE.
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/uptown-firstward-fourthward/anti-cbp-protest-charlotte-11-15-2025/275-355cc508-9b7b-480a-8edf-d58c13425400
…and then ICE immediately raids a church.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlotte-church-goers-flee-border-patrol-raid-albemarle-road-immigration-11055071
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds.
“More than 250 Venezuelans deported from the US to El Salvador by the Trump administration have suffered systemic and prolonged torture and abuse including sexual assault in detention, according to a new report.”
https://apple.news/AJ22HVpmmTi2KCZiVPRUHdg
A veteran prosecutor said Friday he is appointing himself to take over Georgia’s closely-watched election interference case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others.
“Pete Skandalakis, the head of the state agency tasked with naming a replacement prosecutor after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said he could not find another attorney willing to take over the racketeering case.
“Several prosecutors were contacted and, while all were respectful and professional, each declined the appointment,” said Skandalakis, the executive director of the nonpartisan Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, in a press release. He declined to share their reasoning, but said “the public has a legitimate interest in the outcome of this case.”
https://apple.news/AjYtj26b3Sf2pnSiWlXyOzQ
New foreclosures jump 20% in October, a sign of more distress in the housing market.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/foreclosures-rise-october-housing-market-distress.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Chicago treasurer boycotting US Treasury Bonds.
“Melissa Conyears-Ervin says her office will no longer invest the city's money in U.S. Treasury Bonds.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-treasurer-melissa-conyears-ervin-boycotting-us-treasury-bonds-saying-she-back-trump-aldermen-concerned/18152624/
In email messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote ‘of course [Trump] knew about the girls’
https://apple.news/AnnI7gc81T5iPHu_Es-tnTQ
…and now the felon is sweatin’: Trump puts intense pressure on Republicans to block release of Epstein files—Representatives Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace have been summoned to Situation Room or phoned by Trump himself.
https://apple.news/A9YMZCriNRnmsTZT3bb7pPg
…and this: Epstein’s Flights Were Coordinated With Trump’s Schedule Multiple Times During First Term, New Emails Show.
https://dailyboulder.com/jeffrey-epsteins-flights-were-coordinated-with-trumps-schedule-multiple-times-during-first-term-new-emails-show/
Republicans expecting mass defections on Epstein vote.
“Senior Republicans privately believe dozens of Republicans will vote for it, possibly 100 or more, according to five people granted anonymity to speak candidly. Democrats pushing the petition publicly predicted that Republicans would rush to support the measure once it hit the floor.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/12/congress/house-epstein-vote-gop-defections-00649624
Trump-Epstein ‘Best Friends Forever’ Statue Reappears In DC After Bombshell Emails.
“The massive “Best Friends Forever” statue, which looks like a real national monument, popped up early Thursday outside a Busboys and Poets art cafe near downtown D.C. It depicts Trump and the world’s most famous pedophile kicking their feet into the air and grinning at each other, with a plaque below them titled “In Honor Of Friendship Month.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-epstein-statue-dc-best-friends-forever_n_691545a1e4b0295c356a6bff?aki
'South Park' shows shocking scene of Donald Trump and JD Vance having sex.
“The Nov. 12 episode, "Sora Not Sorry," is just the latest to skewer the Trump administration.”
https://apple.news/ARNkNDgmdQ0K8uRVOqJ9FPQ
Marjorie Taylor Greene Throws Down MAGA Gauntlet to Donald Trump.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene has challeneged Donald Trump's MAGA approach, saying he should "refocuses his effort" and that Americans are asking why he is fighting "so hard" to prevent the full release of the Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein”
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-throws-maga-gauntlet-donald-trump-epstein-files-11055289
Poll: Democrats more energized for 2026 elections than Republicans.
“The six-day poll, which closed on Wednesday, showed 44% of registered voters who called themselves Democrats said they were "very enthusiastic" about voting in the November 3, 2026, elections, compared with 26% of Republicans who said the same. Some 79% of Democrats said they would regret it if they didn't vote in the election, compared to 68% of Republicans.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-more-energized-2026-elections-than-republicans-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-11-13/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Poll: Only one in 3 U.S. adults approve of the way Trump is managing the government, with much of the rising discontent coming from Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/11/12/us-adults-trump-approval-rating-federal-government-ap-poll/
Tucker Carlson starts losing sponsors after fawning interview with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-sponsors-b2863878.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Anonymous
11/11/2025 12:15
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Post 4 of 4 today…whew. 😰
Consumer sentiment is sinking across the board — except for Americans with the most stocks.
“The initial reading for the University of Michigan’s sentiment index fell to 50.3 in November from 53.6 last month, almost matching the all-time low of 50 from June 2022, when the annual rate of inflation hit its post-pandemic high.
“With the federal government shutdown dragging on for over a month, consumers are now expressing worries about potential negative consequences for the economy,” Joanne Hsu, the survey’s director, said in a statement Friday. “
https://fortune.com/2025/11/08/consumer-sentiment-confidence-stock-market-investing-wealth-effect-spending/
A startling 760,000 seasonally adjusted jobs cuts through October, far outpaces the same period in 2024 and runs higher than any year since 2009 — the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis.
https://archive.ph/ew886#selection-1203.24-1203.214
Several Popular Imported Pasta Brands Could Vanish from U.S. Shelves If Trump Rolls Out 107% Tariffs.
https://www.newsweek.com/these-pastas-could-vanish-from-us-shelves-trump-tariffs-11025427
Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities.
“Supporters of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor-elect, say they expect her to reverse efforts to impose conservative priorities on the state’s prestigious public university system.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/spanberger-democrat-virginia-higher-education.html
Gavin Newsom Leads Over JD Vance Among Young Male Voters, Republican Pollster Finds.
“When the young men in the poll were asked whether they would vote for Newsom or Vance if the 2028 presidential election were held today, 38% picked Newsom, 33% Vance, 15% said someone else, and 15% were not sure.
Naturally, Vance did better among the young men who voted for Trump, winning 67% of that group, but Newsom still pulled 14% of 2024 Trump voters.”
https://apple.news/AP9E3lv6STCC0chtYERufgA
Video: President Trump Booed At Commanders vs. Lions Game Sunday—From Fans Inside Stadium.
“President Trump, 79, is the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NFL regular season game at the stadium. He bragged immediately upon his arrival.”
https://thespun.com/nfl/video-president-trump-booed-at-commanders-vs-lions-game-sunday
Donald Trump's "Insane" Response To A Loyal MAGA Voter Begging Him To Lower Grocery Prices Is Going Viral.
“In a recent Fox News segment with host Bret Baier, a three-time MAGA voter pleaded with Donald Trump to lower high grocery prices, and Trump's response is going viral.”
…
"So, I guess what do you say to Regina and people like her?" Baier asked.
"Well, I do say this, beef we have to get down. I think of groceries, you know, it's an old-fashioned word, but it's a beautiful word. Beef, we have to get down, but we've got prices way down."
https://apple.news/AV0-yh9SgQqGnPTwDm8-vmg
A federal magistrate twice denied FBI bids to search a 66-year-old woman’s phone, stalling the DOJ’s Stephen Miller “doxxing” probe against her.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-stalls-stephen-miller-doxxing-case-against-retired-lady-66/
South Park Creators Explain Their Extreme Anti-MAGA Turn: 'Politics Became Pop Culture'
“Over the past couple of months, however, they've aimed all their shots at the MAGA movement in a viciously funny storyline that paints Donald Trump as a narcissistic lunatic with a tiny penis, Vice President Vance as a subservient clone of Hervé Villechaize's character on Fantasy Island, Attorney General Pam Bondi as such a kiss-@ss that her face is literally coated in Trump's fecal matter, and Homeland Security Secretary Pam Bondi as plastic surgery-scarred freak whose face literally falls off her head and scurries away. The storyline revolves around Trump impregnating Satan with a demon baby. (And yes, we see Trump's tiny penis on several occasions. It's funny every time.)”
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/south-park-creators-maga-trump-attacks-1235463043/
Consumer sentiment is sinking across the board — except for Americans with the most stocks.
“The initial reading for the University of Michigan’s sentiment index fell to 50.3 in November from 53.6 last month, almost matching the all-time low of 50 from June 2022, when the annual rate of inflation hit its post-pandemic high.
“With the federal government shutdown dragging on for over a month, consumers are now expressing worries about potential negative consequences for the economy,” Joanne Hsu, the survey’s director, said in a statement Friday. “
https://fortune.com/2025/11/08/consumer-sentiment-confidence-stock-market-investing-wealth-effect-spending/
A startling 760,000 seasonally adjusted jobs cuts through October, far outpaces the same period in 2024 and runs higher than any year since 2009 — the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis.
https://archive.ph/ew886#selection-1203.24-1203.214
Several Popular Imported Pasta Brands Could Vanish from U.S. Shelves If Trump Rolls Out 107% Tariffs.
https://www.newsweek.com/these-pastas-could-vanish-from-us-shelves-trump-tariffs-11025427
Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities.
“Supporters of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor-elect, say they expect her to reverse efforts to impose conservative priorities on the state’s prestigious public university system.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/politics/spanberger-democrat-virginia-higher-education.html
Gavin Newsom Leads Over JD Vance Among Young Male Voters, Republican Pollster Finds.
“When the young men in the poll were asked whether they would vote for Newsom or Vance if the 2028 presidential election were held today, 38% picked Newsom, 33% Vance, 15% said someone else, and 15% were not sure.
Naturally, Vance did better among the young men who voted for Trump, winning 67% of that group, but Newsom still pulled 14% of 2024 Trump voters.”
https://apple.news/AP9E3lv6STCC0chtYERufgA
Video: President Trump Booed At Commanders vs. Lions Game Sunday—From Fans Inside Stadium.
“President Trump, 79, is the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NFL regular season game at the stadium. He bragged immediately upon his arrival.”
https://thespun.com/nfl/video-president-trump-booed-at-commanders-vs-lions-game-sunday
Donald Trump's "Insane" Response To A Loyal MAGA Voter Begging Him To Lower Grocery Prices Is Going Viral.
“In a recent Fox News segment with host Bret Baier, a three-time MAGA voter pleaded with Donald Trump to lower high grocery prices, and Trump's response is going viral.”
…
"So, I guess what do you say to Regina and people like her?" Baier asked.
"Well, I do say this, beef we have to get down. I think of groceries, you know, it's an old-fashioned word, but it's a beautiful word. Beef, we have to get down, but we've got prices way down."
https://apple.news/AV0-yh9SgQqGnPTwDm8-vmg
A federal magistrate twice denied FBI bids to search a 66-year-old woman’s phone, stalling the DOJ’s Stephen Miller “doxxing” probe against her.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-stalls-stephen-miller-doxxing-case-against-retired-lady-66/
South Park Creators Explain Their Extreme Anti-MAGA Turn: 'Politics Became Pop Culture'
“Over the past couple of months, however, they've aimed all their shots at the MAGA movement in a viciously funny storyline that paints Donald Trump as a narcissistic lunatic with a tiny penis, Vice President Vance as a subservient clone of Hervé Villechaize's character on Fantasy Island, Attorney General Pam Bondi as such a kiss-@ss that her face is literally coated in Trump's fecal matter, and Homeland Security Secretary Pam Bondi as plastic surgery-scarred freak whose face literally falls off her head and scurries away. The storyline revolves around Trump impregnating Satan with a demon baby. (And yes, we see Trump's tiny penis on several occasions. It's funny every time.)”
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/south-park-creators-maga-trump-attacks-1235463043/
Anonymous
11/11/2025 12:14
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Post 3 of 4 today…due to uncooperative links…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to landmark same-sex marriage decision.
https://apple.news/AJgdXzwZjQey6LFz2Kz7vKw
A federal judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan has resigned, issuing a scathing public condemnation of Republican President Donald Trump administration's approach to justice and the rule of law.
"The White House's assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable," Wolf writes.”
https://www.newsweek.com/reagan-appointed-judge-issues-brutal-condemnation-of-donald-trump-11018477
Unions sue over Trump administration's political 'loyalty' hiring plan.
“Unions representing federal workers filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to include what they said is a partisan "loyalty question" in more than 1,700 job posts since October's start.”
https://apple.news/AeGGm0_n5QN6J74InMsA1hw
Battleground states North Carolina, Wisconsin, Maine, Arizona and Michigan are among a coalition of states suing the federal government over new restrictions on disaster-relief grants, increasing pressure on the Trump administration.
https://apple.news/AWt6TK1x7R0WRDN564bXtPA
Republicans’ Anti-Transgender Attacks Didn’t Work This Election. They Still Want to Use the Playbook in 2026—Democrats say they’re ready.
“Republicans went all in on anti-trans messaging for the 2025 election, inspired by President Donald Trump’s effective “Kamala is for they/them” ad.
It didn’t work — and now Republicans are trying to figure out why, and who is to blame.”
https://www.notus.org/2025-election/anti-transgender-attacks-republicans-virginia-new-jersey
Supreme Court rejects challenge to landmark same-sex marriage decision.
https://apple.news/AJgdXzwZjQey6LFz2Kz7vKw
A federal judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan has resigned, issuing a scathing public condemnation of Republican President Donald Trump administration's approach to justice and the rule of law.
"The White House's assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable," Wolf writes.”
https://www.newsweek.com/reagan-appointed-judge-issues-brutal-condemnation-of-donald-trump-11018477
Unions sue over Trump administration's political 'loyalty' hiring plan.
“Unions representing federal workers filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to include what they said is a partisan "loyalty question" in more than 1,700 job posts since October's start.”
https://apple.news/AeGGm0_n5QN6J74InMsA1hw
Battleground states North Carolina, Wisconsin, Maine, Arizona and Michigan are among a coalition of states suing the federal government over new restrictions on disaster-relief grants, increasing pressure on the Trump administration.
https://apple.news/AWt6TK1x7R0WRDN564bXtPA
Republicans’ Anti-Transgender Attacks Didn’t Work This Election. They Still Want to Use the Playbook in 2026—Democrats say they’re ready.
“Republicans went all in on anti-trans messaging for the 2025 election, inspired by President Donald Trump’s effective “Kamala is for they/them” ad.
It didn’t work — and now Republicans are trying to figure out why, and who is to blame.”
https://www.notus.org/2025-election/anti-transgender-attacks-republicans-virginia-new-jersey
Anonymous
11/11/2025 12:03
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Post 2 of X today…
‘Extreme’ gerrymander: Utah judge rejects GOP lawmakers’ congressional map, picks districts favoring Democrats.
“Third District Judge Dianna Gibson rejected new congressional boundaries proposed by Republican legislators late Monday night, instead choosing a map that will create a heavily Democratic-leaning district in Salt Lake County and shake up Utah’s political landscape.”
https://apple.news/Au7-5yd5DQJG7wYBVG-EPrA
Democrats could gain 20 House seats in 2026, CNN analyst says.
“Democrats could win up to 20 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives next year if the electorate remains as pro-Democrat during last week’s elections, according to CNN political analyst Harry Enten.”
https://www.masslive.com/data/2025/11/democrats-could-gain-20-house-seats-in-2026-cnn-analyst-says.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge In a Stunning Reversal Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship.
“That order echoed years of debunked right-wing claims of noncitizen voting, and threatened to make Wisconsin’s already restrictive voting system even more burdensome.
Maxwell formally erased his own directive on Nov. 5th, after a hearing where both sides agreed the prior order should be withdrawn.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-win-for-voters-wisconsin-judge-withdraws-anti-voting-order-on-proof-of-citizenship/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
This North Carolina Democrat can’t win her district. So she’s running as a Republican.
“When Democrat Kate Barr ran for a state senate seat in North Carolina last year, she pitched herself to voters as a “loser.”
Now, Barr has declared her bid for Congress. This time, she says she could actually win.
The difference? She’s running as a Republican.
Barr, a 43-year-old lifelong Democrat, has changed her party registration to run in the GOP primary against incumbent Rep. Tim Moore, who represents North Carolina’s 14th congressional district. She says it’s the only way to compete for a gerrymandered seat whose boundaries were drawn to heavily favor Republicans.”
https://apple.news/A30KcRz35QZig48aa8VW_uQ
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment.
“"When government employees enter public service, they do not sign away their First Amendment rights," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote in his decision on Friday, "and they certainly do not sign up to be a billboard for any given administration's partisan views."
The lawsuit was brought by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).“
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/08/nx-s1-5602859/education-department-out-of-office-emails-ruling
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students barely impacts enrollment, data shows.
“About 1.3 million students in the U.S. had active visas in October, down less than 1 percent from a year ago.”
https://apple.news/AbjECjPERQXSFNiYqghGo8Q
Massie calls out FBI silence on reported Capitol Police involvement in planting Jan. 6 pipe bomb.
“Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is questioning the Trump administration’s silence on allegations that the U.S. Capitol Police planted the pipe bombs discovered near the Capitol as the events of Jan. 6, 2021, unfolded.
Massie weighed in on the report Monday, claiming the FBI, CIA, and Capitol Police “are implicated in this story.” He continued to denounce leading figures in the Trump administration, including FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, as well as CIA Director John Ratcliffe, for their approach to the report, saying, “It’s been out three days and still no response.”
https://apple.news/Aj7PD0clfSRC7aq1mi7azOw
In L.A., federal prosecutors are charging more protesters — with notably limited success.
“Some former federal prosecutors say the discrepancies in how the Trump administration is describing protest behavior has created a credibility problem for current prosecutors, who are increasingly facing skeptical juries and judges. One said that is happening not just in Los Angeles but also in cities like Chicago and Portland, where protests and arrests continue.”
https://apple.news/ADrg9TQDXToaGpmFiYvaU_g
‘Extreme’ gerrymander: Utah judge rejects GOP lawmakers’ congressional map, picks districts favoring Democrats.
“Third District Judge Dianna Gibson rejected new congressional boundaries proposed by Republican legislators late Monday night, instead choosing a map that will create a heavily Democratic-leaning district in Salt Lake County and shake up Utah’s political landscape.”
https://apple.news/Au7-5yd5DQJG7wYBVG-EPrA
Democrats could gain 20 House seats in 2026, CNN analyst says.
“Democrats could win up to 20 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives next year if the electorate remains as pro-Democrat during last week’s elections, according to CNN political analyst Harry Enten.”
https://www.masslive.com/data/2025/11/democrats-could-gain-20-house-seats-in-2026-cnn-analyst-says.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge In a Stunning Reversal Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship.
“That order echoed years of debunked right-wing claims of noncitizen voting, and threatened to make Wisconsin’s already restrictive voting system even more burdensome.
Maxwell formally erased his own directive on Nov. 5th, after a hearing where both sides agreed the prior order should be withdrawn.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-win-for-voters-wisconsin-judge-withdraws-anti-voting-order-on-proof-of-citizenship/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
This North Carolina Democrat can’t win her district. So she’s running as a Republican.
“When Democrat Kate Barr ran for a state senate seat in North Carolina last year, she pitched herself to voters as a “loser.”
Now, Barr has declared her bid for Congress. This time, she says she could actually win.
The difference? She’s running as a Republican.
Barr, a 43-year-old lifelong Democrat, has changed her party registration to run in the GOP primary against incumbent Rep. Tim Moore, who represents North Carolina’s 14th congressional district. She says it’s the only way to compete for a gerrymandered seat whose boundaries were drawn to heavily favor Republicans.”
https://apple.news/A30KcRz35QZig48aa8VW_uQ
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment.
“"When government employees enter public service, they do not sign away their First Amendment rights," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote in his decision on Friday, "and they certainly do not sign up to be a billboard for any given administration's partisan views."
The lawsuit was brought by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).“
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/08/nx-s1-5602859/education-department-out-of-office-emails-ruling
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students barely impacts enrollment, data shows.
“About 1.3 million students in the U.S. had active visas in October, down less than 1 percent from a year ago.”
https://apple.news/AbjECjPERQXSFNiYqghGo8Q
Massie calls out FBI silence on reported Capitol Police involvement in planting Jan. 6 pipe bomb.
“Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is questioning the Trump administration’s silence on allegations that the U.S. Capitol Police planted the pipe bombs discovered near the Capitol as the events of Jan. 6, 2021, unfolded.
Massie weighed in on the report Monday, claiming the FBI, CIA, and Capitol Police “are implicated in this story.” He continued to denounce leading figures in the Trump administration, including FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, as well as CIA Director John Ratcliffe, for their approach to the report, saying, “It’s been out three days and still no response.”
https://apple.news/Aj7PD0clfSRC7aq1mi7azOw
In L.A., federal prosecutors are charging more protesters — with notably limited success.
“Some former federal prosecutors say the discrepancies in how the Trump administration is describing protest behavior has created a credibility problem for current prosecutors, who are increasingly facing skeptical juries and judges. One said that is happening not just in Los Angeles but also in cities like Chicago and Portland, where protests and arrests continue.”
https://apple.news/ADrg9TQDXToaGpmFiYvaU_g
Anonymous
11/11/2025 11:50
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Post 1 of X today. I have a bad link that’s getting rejected and have to find it.
The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court A FIFTH TIME to block lower-court decisions requiring it to pay full food assistance benefits to about 42 million Americans who rely on the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
https://apple.news/AWOsEopp9QsublUFxhslUwA
Government shutdown will have lasting effects on National Guard, advocates say.
“The “damage” also goes beyond paychecks and into more than a month of canceled school, training and maintenance opportunities that troops will struggle to make up when the government reopens, said John Hashem, executive director of Reserve Organization of America, an advocacy group for Guard and Reserve troops.
“It’s not just, ‘We’ll pick it up next month,’ it’s that we are in turmoil now — I just can’t throw you back into school if I had to take you out of it. I just can’t get you ready for the next exercise because now, probably, the exercise has been changed entirely,” Hashem said.
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-national-guard-troops-pay-720e3bd58bfaad39489a73ff093e5868
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign after Trump has said casework should lead to the arrests of an expansive list of individuals, including former President Barack Obama and former CIA Director John Brennan.
“Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones called the impromptu meeting of the largest section in the criminal division — major crimes — a unit that includes two to three dozen career prosecutors. The source said it is unusual for an office’s top prosecutor to convene such a gathering.”
…
The Justice Department approved at least 30 subpoenas on Friday, including for Brennan and former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.”
…
“The source familiar with the internal schisms inside the SDFL office said that one of the prosecutors resigned because they “felt like there was something they could not take part in because it would violate their ethical responsibilities.”
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/us-attorney-investigating-alleged-grand-conspiracy-calls-unit-wide-mee-rcna243100
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced.
“The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys since the start of the Trump administration and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates, bureaucratic delays and hiring freezes.”
https://apple.news/ABlX_lLOTRm2mfcMqmBt8qg
A Turning Point USA event descended into chaos on Monday as violent protests broke out at the University of California, Berkeley.
“Four students were arrested Monday morning for alleged vandalism after they attempted to hang a large cardboard bug on a gate ahead of the event.
During the protests, chants of "fascists out of Berkeley" could be heard, while some carried signs reading "no safe space for fascist s-c-u-m," The Guardian reported.”
https://www.newsweek.com/violent-protests-erupt-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-event-berkeley-university-california-11026383
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago.
“Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-chicago
…and now, The Trump administration has made plans for U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents to soon leave the Chicago area, three U.S. officials told CBS News Monday.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-plan-to-leave-chicago-area-sources-say/
Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent.
https://apple.news/Ay-78ac6JQIqMI46S26XCRA
Girl Scouts cancel food drive after seeing encounter with masked ICE agents.
https://www.newsweek.com/girl-scouts-food-drive-ice-agents-chicago-illinois-11020583
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional.
“President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday.
The finding from U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, deals a major blow to the president’s authoritarian bid to militarize U.S. cities and to integrate soldiers into routine policing.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-appointed-judge-rules-his-portland-military-takeover-unconstitutional/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of release.
“Man accused of groping family’s nanny, evading bridge tolls and swinging IV pole at nurse and threatening to kill her”
https://apple.news/Al9lXloHMRiGm7yP6SynvNw
LOL: ‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage—Our felon is impulsive!
“The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
On Saturday evening, Pulte arrived at President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach Golf Club with a roughly 3-by-5 posterboard in hand. A graphic of former President Franklin Roosevelt appeared below “30-year mortgage” and one of Trump below “50-year mortgage.” The headline was “Great American Presidents.”
Roughly 10 minutes later, Trump posted the image to Truth Social, according to one of the people familiar, who was with the president at the time.”
https://apple.news/AUGldk5foS4mmYraloD1bbA
The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court A FIFTH TIME to block lower-court decisions requiring it to pay full food assistance benefits to about 42 million Americans who rely on the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.
https://apple.news/AWOsEopp9QsublUFxhslUwA
Government shutdown will have lasting effects on National Guard, advocates say.
“The “damage” also goes beyond paychecks and into more than a month of canceled school, training and maintenance opportunities that troops will struggle to make up when the government reopens, said John Hashem, executive director of Reserve Organization of America, an advocacy group for Guard and Reserve troops.
“It’s not just, ‘We’ll pick it up next month,’ it’s that we are in turmoil now — I just can’t throw you back into school if I had to take you out of it. I just can’t get you ready for the next exercise because now, probably, the exercise has been changed entirely,” Hashem said.
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-national-guard-troops-pay-720e3bd58bfaad39489a73ff093e5868
U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign after Trump has said casework should lead to the arrests of an expansive list of individuals, including former President Barack Obama and former CIA Director John Brennan.
“Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones called the impromptu meeting of the largest section in the criminal division — major crimes — a unit that includes two to three dozen career prosecutors. The source said it is unusual for an office’s top prosecutor to convene such a gathering.”
…
The Justice Department approved at least 30 subpoenas on Friday, including for Brennan and former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.”
…
“The source familiar with the internal schisms inside the SDFL office said that one of the prosecutors resigned because they “felt like there was something they could not take part in because it would violate their ethical responsibilities.”
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/us-attorney-investigating-alleged-grand-conspiracy-calls-unit-wide-mee-rcna243100
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced.
“The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys since the start of the Trump administration and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates, bureaucratic delays and hiring freezes.”
https://apple.news/ABlX_lLOTRm2mfcMqmBt8qg
A Turning Point USA event descended into chaos on Monday as violent protests broke out at the University of California, Berkeley.
“Four students were arrested Monday morning for alleged vandalism after they attempted to hang a large cardboard bug on a gate ahead of the event.
During the protests, chants of "fascists out of Berkeley" could be heard, while some carried signs reading "no safe space for fascist s-c-u-m," The Guardian reported.”
https://www.newsweek.com/violent-protests-erupt-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-event-berkeley-university-california-11026383
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago.
“Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-chicago
…and now, The Trump administration has made plans for U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents to soon leave the Chicago area, three U.S. officials told CBS News Monday.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-plan-to-leave-chicago-area-sources-say/
Fullerton police stop man pointing gun at female driver, only to learn he is ICE agent.
https://apple.news/Ay-78ac6JQIqMI46S26XCRA
Girl Scouts cancel food drive after seeing encounter with masked ICE agents.
https://www.newsweek.com/girl-scouts-food-drive-ice-agents-chicago-illinois-11020583
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional.
“President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday.
The finding from U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, deals a major blow to the president’s authoritarian bid to militarize U.S. cities and to integrate soldiers into routine policing.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-appointed-judge-rules-his-portland-military-takeover-unconstitutional/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of release.
“Man accused of groping family’s nanny, evading bridge tolls and swinging IV pole at nurse and threatening to kill her”
https://apple.news/Al9lXloHMRiGm7yP6SynvNw
LOL: ‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage—Our felon is impulsive!
“The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
On Saturday evening, Pulte arrived at President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach Golf Club with a roughly 3-by-5 posterboard in hand. A graphic of former President Franklin Roosevelt appeared below “30-year mortgage” and one of Trump below “50-year mortgage.” The headline was “Great American Presidents.”
Roughly 10 minutes later, Trump posted the image to Truth Social, according to one of the people familiar, who was with the president at the time.”
https://apple.news/AUGldk5foS4mmYraloD1bbA
Anonymous
11/08/2025 17:14
Subject: Re:All the Trump/Vance/MAGA LOSSES -- another BIGLY thread
Anonymous wrote:Post 2 of 2 today, forgot these earlier...a few of which are from late last week...
Virginia Completes Step 1 of Plan to Counter Trump Gerrymander.
“Virginia is one step closer to helping counter the GOP’s gerrymander after the Senate passed a proposed constitutional amendment Friday that would allow the state to redraw its congressional map.
The Senate voted 21-16 for the amendment, after the House took action this week. The measure would allow Virginia to make changes to its map until 2030 “in response to actions taken by another state.” The measure would need to pass again in the next session, which starts in January, before being approved by voters. Democrats hold majorities in both chambers of the Virginia legislature.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/virginia-completes-step-1-of-plan-to-counter-trump-gerrymander/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
More than 200,000 Missourians have signed a petition supporting a referendum to block Republicans’ new gerrymandered congressional map.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-sec-of-state-proposes-dishonest-ballot-language-to-thwart-anti-gerrymander-referendum/
Judge permanently bars Trump from using an Executive Order to require proof of citizenship to vote.
“The ruling on Friday found that Trump had usurped the power vested in Congress and the states to administer and oversee elections protocols.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/us/politics/trump-proof-citizenship-voter-registration.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors”—now they’re both running for Congress.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-national-guard-members-speak-out-i-wont-turn-against-my-neighbors/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Arizona Court Rejects Election-Denial Lawsuit, Upholds Trust in State’s Voting System.
“The ruling affirms that Arizona’s elections will continue to follow the law and rely on certified voting machines, not GOP-driven skepticism.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/arizona-court-rejects-election-denial-lawsuit-upholds-trust-in-states-voting-system/
Federal Court Rules that FDA’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion are Unlawful, Vindicating Reproductive Health Experts.
“Today, a federal district court ruled that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) imposition of medically unnecessary restrictions on the medication abortion pill mifepristone violated federal law. While this ruling does not change patients’ ability to access medication abortion in the near term, it affirms the FDA’s legal obligation to consider the overwhelming evidence of mifepristone’s safety and not to impose restrictions that unduly burden patient access to this essential medication.”
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-rules-that-fdas-restrictions-on-medication-abortion-are-unlawful-vindicating-reproductive-health-experts
National outdoor Orvis retailer to close almost 40 locations after 169 years in business due to tariffs.
https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/11/national-outdoor-retailer-to-close-almost-40-locations-after-169-years-in-business.html
More Than 20 Billionaires Tried—and Failed—to Stop Zohran Mamdani.
“During his campaign, Mamdani often remarked on the huge amounts of money being spent to defeat him.
“They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,” he said in an interview with MSNBC last week.”
https://apple.news/ADkJB_JAxQBGx_7uhLBoK2w
‘Some in this room are going to prison’: Trump ally Steve Bannon has a dire message for MAGA after Dems’ wins.
““With God as my witness, if we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included,” Bannon said at a Conservative Partnership Institute event on Wednesday.”
Fierce backlash within GOP after Tucker Carlson gives White nationalist Nick Fuentes a platform.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts
Sumner County in Tennessee fails to pass transgender book ban after fourth attempt.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2025/10/30/sumner-county-transgender-book-ban-middle-tennessee/86986121007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z116644p000350c000350u116544d00----v116644&gca-ft=53&gca-ds=sophi&utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack&sltsgmt=0154_D
Republican candidate for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, Matt Van Epps ignoring questions when caught on video at airport re Epstein and Johnson’s plan should he win. Election will be on Dec 2.
https://www.tiktok.com/@nowthisimpact/video/7570083376762211598
Nearly Two Thirds of Young Americans Are Considering Leaving the US—because of the state of the nation.
The American Psychological Association’s annual survey “also found that three-quarters of adults are feeling more stressed about the country's future than they used to be.”
https://www.newsweek.com/nearly-two-thirds-of-young-americans-are-considering-leaving-the-us-11010814
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